Tortured Love

Chapter 5

Lorena's POV

I heard the piercing scream of the girl, her high pitched voice filled the air before all went silent.

'Lets move on, check her for supplies' One girl said.

'Ok' Replied the boy from District 1 as he rummaged through her pockets.

Could it of been Hollie? All these questions about Hollie's safety ran through my mind. Is she safe? Did she die? I don't know but i'm going to find out, i ran back in the direction the careers left the girls body to rot.(A/N: CAREERS ARE DISTRICT 1+2 TRIBUTES)

As i approached the body i noticed someone knelt beside it. The leaves i stood on crunched and Hollie quickly turned around. At least she was safe, she was tending to the district 3 girls wounds.

'It's too late' Hollie whispered pulling she knife out of the girls stomach, blood oozing everywhere.

'Why do you care? Isn't it a good thing that she's dead, your closer to winning right?' I ask, really confused.

'Your just like the others arn't you?!' She yells, not to loudly. Standing up still holding onto the knife.

'Whats that supposed to mean?!' I say back. Like the others i want to go home to my family, but i don't enjoy seeing others in pain.

'All you want is that fame and fortune' She says raising her voice a little.

'No i don't! Why would you think that?!' I ask in a annoyed tone.

'A innocent girl is dead, for no reason. That dosn't make you upset' She nearly shouts, i run over to her and put my hand over her mouth stopping her from talking anymore.

'No it makes me angry, but she's gone and we can't help that' I whisper dragging Hollie behind a tree.

I pull out my supplies and offer her some water she looked so dehydrated. At first she denied my kind offer but after me nagging her about it she drank some, replying with a simple thank you.

We got talking about her home and her job, sewing in the factories. She didn't have a great life but she didn't complain because she had food on her table everyday. Unlike me. I didn't complain either because i enjoyed her company, until we heard a russel in the bushes.

We both jumped up from our spot on the ground and started to run. She ran one way, i ran the other. We decided not to stick together because we didn't want to lose our friend, or have to turn against eachother. We both promised that if we both got into the final 10 we'd partner because there would be more chance of survival.

I looked back as i ran away, Hollie sent me a gentle smile and mouthed 'I'll see you soon' before she turned away and ran. She had a knife and i had no weapons, i won't last 2 more days without anything to kill with. Then i remember the cornucopia, maybe everyone did what i did. Dashed in then left, maybe they'res weapons and food left over.

I pull my back pack onto my shoulders as i begin to run towards the edge of the forest. The light ripples through the trees and i sigh with relief.

A sharp pain hits in my shoulder, i stop running and groan in agony. I look at my blood covered hands and notice the knife stabbing into my arm. The person who injured me stared, with almost regret on his face. Yes it was defiantly a boy, wait. It couldn't be?

It wasn't Carter, but a familiar face. Boy from district 1, he tried to help me. Now he wants me dead? Ok this makes no sense, he was still staring as i wined in pain and slowly pulled the knife from my flesh.

Very centimetre i pulled the knife was agony but i got it out in a matter of seconds. The loss of blood was horrifying, the puddle of blood left me feeling dizzy. I don't know weather it was the loss of blood or just shock, but i fell and hit the ground and everything went black.

I awake to quiet sobs coming from beside me, i quickly open my eyes to see the boy who injured me. Why was he still here? And crying? As soon as he saw me awake he spoke up.

'I am so sorry' He apologised. Wait what?

'I'm fine, go' I moaned.

'No your not' He snapped back, i tried to sit up but ended up collapsing back onto the muddy forest floor.

'Ok i'm not, but you can leave' I said. He just laughed at my comment and started placing medicine on to my wound.

'Ah, ouch' I groaned as he put the cold substance onto my skin, he said it would help. But to be honest it feels worse.

'Shh' He whispered as he hugged me. Muttering 'I'm sorry' about a million times before he let go.

'I have to go' I said.

'No, don't leave me' I asked, and with that he got up and ran away leaving me stranded alone.

I get up, picking up my back pack as i stand. It feels heavier than before, or i'm getting weaker. Wait how long have i been out? It could've been days. I carried on walking as afternoon changed to evening. I found myself a tall tree and began to climb.

'Now to see who's left in the games' Caeser's voice played all over the arena.

'Both of district 1, both of 2, the boy from 3, girl from 5, both from 6, girl from  8, both from 9, both from 10 and both from 12' He announced.

Oh my gosh, Hollies still alive, Carters still alive. But so is the boy from 1. Adam, that's his name. I remember from the training.

Lets just say, i had a feeling with him alive. I wasn't going to be around much longer.

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