The 4th Quarter Quell

Chapter 11

That night we took turns sleeping and on night duty. However just as I dozed asleep, Gia had woken me up.
"What?" Cass arose, alert and ready.
"It's changed again," She said. This time the arena was a wheat field.
"Lie flat on the ground," I told the group sharply. I observed some tributes  standing up, only to be greeted with the weapons from the careers.
"What do we do now?" Cass asked. My face lit up. I scanned my surroundings.
"I have a plan," I searched for a rock near me, flinging it as far as I can. This caught the careers attention as they moved in the direction of the stone.
I lifted my head ever so slightly, to observe where they had come from. They were a few feet from where we were and I sprinted over to their base, lighter in one hand, sword in the other. I was wholly prepared for someone to stand guard but they had stupidly left their supplies unguarded.
Quickly before they could come back I lit the supplies on fire, it caught quickly as the wheat was dry and barren from the lack of rain.
However before I could make it back, the careers caught sight of me. The boy from one aimed his loaded bow at me, but just as he was about to fire, he was shot down, dead. I gazed around looking for the boy's assailant, landing my eyes on Caspian who had put on a cold face.
But before I could go back to our supplies, I had a herd of angry teenagers wishing for my death coming at me.
I dashed across the field, Gia and Caspian trailing behind me. Dodging arrows, I was out of breath within seconds, but just as quickly as this arena had appeared it dissolved into another one, and I found myself in a meadow, a forest only a couple yards away from me. I knew I could only run for so long. I gestured the two to follow me into the forest, that way we could seek out a good place to hide from other tributes.
"Look," Gia said gasping for air, "They're gone," I peeked out from behind a tree, the careers had found a different tribute to torment.
"Those flowers, I think they might be edible," Gia said picking up a brightly pink coloured flower who's presence was almost suspicious and plopping it in her mouth.
After a few minutes Gia began to laugh, "Shhh!" Caspian hissed. Then she laughed even harder before falling onto the ground, a trickle of black oozed from her mouth. I opened my mouth to scream, but Caspian covered my mouth shut. The canon boomed Gia's death. I silently sobbed giving her one last hug before the Capitol took her away.
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That night the presentation played out again, this time it was the boys from 1, 10 and 11 and the girls from 6, 11 and finally Gia.
"I don't know how long we can keep playing this for," I sobbed into Caspian's arms, the only thing that could comfort me for the next few days.