87th Games

Complications

(A/N: short chapter, but extremely important. Hope you all like, vote and comment your thoughts!)

I woke up in the middle of the night to hear a cannon go off, meaning another tribute had been killed. I shot up and looked around the dimly lit room. I couldn’t find Zane. I started to bite my nails thinking he mustn’t have come home from his hunt. For a second, I realised how much I actually cared about losing him. I didn’t love him or anything, but he was important to me nonetheless.

“Oh for the love of God” I hastily picked up my belongings, if Zane was in trouble I had to help somehow. Yes, he was cocky and annoying, but he was part of my alliance and that meant I would do everything in my power to help him and save him. I quickly make a lasso with my rope, maybe I would need it.

I stepped outside of the cornucopia barn only to see the hologram in the sky. A boy from district twelve had been killed.

I let out a deep sigh of relief.

“Thank God” I said under my breath, my heart still thumping incredibly fast.

Zane was okay. He’ll be home soon.

I slipped back into the cornucopia barn. I caught a quick glimpse of the bracelet around my wrist. Avery had given it to me as my district 10 token. She wore something similar in her games and it meant a great deal to me. As I laid back down I began to wonder if I had made my coach proud or if she had completely disowned me in front of the capitol. After all, I had done some pretty stupid things in the area. I felt incredibly home sick and scared about my impending doom.

On cue, I suddenly heard a beeping noise, the tell-tale sign of a sponsor gift. I ran outside, wondering what it could possibly be.

I grabbed the box and opened the letter. I read the writing sprawled messily on the paper.

“No” I gasped, reading it over again. I understood Avery’s poem completely.

“No, no, no!” I reiterated, absolutely shocked. This kind of thing didn’t happen in the games. Ever.

“Zane is trapped, things have changed

Take Trouble out for a run.

Bloom is on a rampage,

It’ll be you when she’s done”.

Bloom had captured Zane and was going to come after me next. She wanted me to take trouble and run. Coaches never sent warnings so I had no idea what was going on and why things had changed. Avery must be putting her life at stake to tell me this information.

I ripped the paper up into tiny pieces and buried it under the dirt. I didn’t want anyone to know about this, let alone the capitol viewers. The chances were that the camera was on Zane and Bloom right now, not me. But I still couldn’t take any chances.

I hastily grabbed my belongings including my lasso rope. It felt little like de ja vu.

“Why do bad things happen to good people?” I mumbled, kicking the door as I left.

I was now leaving the cornucopia unguarded which meant anyone could take it over. Still, Avery risked her life to tell me this information and I was going to follow it. I was going to take Trouble, and I was going to run, but only so I could save Zane.

He was in my alliance and I was going to help him.

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“Trouble, calm down” I had no idea how and when she became so attached to me. She was trying to nuzzle into my neck and was neighing gleefully.