68th Hunger Games// Y/n

6

THE GAMES

I rise up from my glass onto a pedestal of sorts and I look around. My heart races and I see Beckett a few people over. He shakes his head but I'm going for a weapon, I need a weapon.
"Let the 68th Hunger Games begin and may the odds be ever in your favour" Claudius Templesmith's voice booms and a ten second countdown starts. My eyes scour the sandy ground for weapons and I find a set of what appears to be knives but I'd be happy with generally whatever.

A cannon sounds and I jump off my pedestal, my feet hit the ground and I sprint towards the cornucopia. I dive at the knives and I whip one out. I turn and throw it at the boy from 6, hitting him in the back of the head and he collapses. I run over, pull the knife from his skull and throw another at the boy from 8. It hits him in the neck and he falls to his knees. My heart races and guilt eats at me, I push the feeling away and run towards Chase. He holds a sword and grins evilly
"Duck" He says and I drop to the ground, he impales the girl from eight. She had a small sword in her hands and she was going to attack me with it.
"Thanks" I smile and he pulls me up. He hands me the sword without a second thought and I take it, I swing it around and he smiles at me. Something hits me in the back and the boy from 10 sits on me, strangling me. I gasp and kick my legs wildly but nothing. Chase is being attacked by the boy from 11 who is surprisingly strong. I manage to grab one of my knives a few inches beside me and I stab his leg. He lets out an animal-like yell and pushes my head into the sand. My vision starts to dot with black and I stab him over and over and over. Blood soaks my hand and clothes within seconds and his grip around my throat weakens. He stands up and I gasp for air, dragging myself away from him. He picks me up by my shirt and throws me into the cornucopia. I fall to the ground and he looms over me, axe in hand.
"Chase" I shriek and Chase lays on the ground. My eyes widen in fear as the boy advances.
"Any last words 4?" The boy sneers and I pant, fear jumping around me. I kick his knee with all my strength and a crack sounds. He shouts and falls. I scramble over, grabbing his discarded axe and in one motion drive it through his skull. His screams stop and his body is still. I stand up and the boy from 11 sizes me up. He's twice my size and charges at me. I dance out of the way and quickly grab a knife off the ground. He has no weapon. He swings at me and I slice his arm. He growls and swings again, I go to cut him and he catches my arm. He spins me around and slams me into the metal cornucopia. His hand wraps around my throat and he lifts me off the ground. My toes brush the sand and I writhe, trying anything to escape. Three blades poke through the boy's chest and he crumples to the ground. Beckett stands behind him and pulls me into his arms. I cough and gasp for air, pushing him off me. Beck looks around wildly, no one else beside our alliance is near.
"Is this blood yours?" He asks and I shake my head. Three. I killed three people and I didn't even know their names.
"Find what you want, we move out in ten" Xander says, taking up Chase's leadership position while he recovers. I retrieve the knives, I find a water bottle, some food, a sleeping bag and a backpack to store all of my goodies. I walk alongside Beckett who keeps a hand on my elbow. I look around at the arena, sand stretches out towards a beach on the right side and abruptly stops and turns into a thick forest. I fall behind on purpose to check on Chase
"Are you okay?" I ask gently and he looks at me shocked
"Yeah" He nods quickly, avoiding my eyes.
"Okay" I shrug and play with the knife in my hand, the rest strapped to my thigh. He stops and grabs my hand, stopping me as well
"You can't trust the rest" He says slowly "Their planning to kill you off soon" He whispers and my eyes widen. He jogs ahead and I blink, they're planning to use me and then kill me. I scoff and start walking again. I have to leave them, better yet kill them and then leave.
"You good?" Sapphire calls back and I snap my eyes up
"Yea" I jog forward and we hunt tributes for the rest of the day. We settle down and I sit close to Beckett who looks at me weirdly. "We gotta talk later" I whisper in his ear and he nods and Sapphire looks at us with a smile.
"You too make a cute couple" she giggles and my eyebrows shoot up.
"Thank you" Beck says, putting his arm around my shoulders and Chase gives me an urgent look. I nod slightly and he nods. We sit around our fire talking about our districts. We all live so differently, I can't imagine what it's like in the outer districts. Hazle yawns and Xander lays down, Hazle lays down. THeir feet slightly touching and Sapphire lays down, her braided hair in a pile of leaves. Why is my hair down?
"I'll keep watch" I say and Beckett lays down beside me. Chase leans on his tree and I stare at the fire.
"You gotta go" Chase whispers, moving closer
"I will" I say, pulling my knees to my chest. We look at eachother, I feel like we could have been friends back home. I look away, gently and quietly wake up Beck. "We gotta go" I say, stroking his hair.
"What?" he mumbles and I shush him
"We're going to go" I say, and he sits up. I grab my knives quietly and Chase hands me a bag, with water and food. I pass it to Becket and he pulls it on.