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Soon enough, the night had grown into dawn. The careers laid at the bottom of a tree, where Katniss had perched herself for the night.

Katniss snapped awake, taking in the scene around her. The memories of the night before, slowly made their way back to her mind, as she stared down at Cato, Clove, Glimmer, Peeta, and Marvel.

But as she thought, she realized that they were right. She would have to climb down from the tree and face them, or suffer starvation and dehydration. Neither of the choices had given her hope that she would live.

A faint sound caught Katniss' attention. Her eyes flicker to a tree near her, landing on the small girl from District eleven. She immediately recognized the girl as Rue, the District partner of Thresh.

The small girl held her finger to her lips, signaling for Katniss to be silent. Then, she pointed to a hive. She moved her hand back at forth, trying to tell Katniss to use her knife to cut the branch down, so that it would land on the careers.

She shoots up from her spot, pulling a knife from her backpack. Rue watches carefully, as Katniss unties the rope from her waist, and climbs higher into the tree.

She then proceeds to dodge the Mutts- also known as 'Tracker Jackers.'

Katniss slices away at the thick branch, determined to get down from the tree. Her hunger and hydration mauls at her stomach, begging for help. But of course, she was use to it by now. She glances down at the careers as Cato stirrs.

But still, none of them wake up.

Katniss averts her attention back to cutting the branch that holds the nest. She yelps quietly as one of the Tracker Jackers sting her neck, sending a jolt of pain down her throat.

Through the many stings, Katniss stands her ground, determined to knock the branch down. And to her prevail, a 'crack' noise echoes throughout the woods, as the branch snaps in half.

When the nest hits the ground, a huge swarm of Tracker Jackers swarm the careers, waking them all.

Cato jerks from his spot, swatting at the Jackers that surround them. Glimmer screeches loudly, as the others leave her, making a run for... well, anywhere.

Glimmer clenches the bow in her hand, covering her face, trying to get away. But in the heat of the moment, she finds herself tripping over the roots of a large tree. Taking this as an advantage, the Tracker Jackers attack her, sparing no mercy.

Katniss steps down from the tree, her vision already blurring with hallucinations. She stumbles around, seeing double of everything.

A loud cannon sounds in the arena, signaling that Glimmer hadn't made it.