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Phil

As the sun was fully risen, Phil went back into the cave and woke Dan up.

"Dan, it's morning." Phil whispered.

Dan moaned slightly and almost refused to get up, but knew he had to get up. He then slowly sat up.

"Hey." Phil said. "Good morning."
"Anything happen while I was asleep?" Dan asked.
"No." Phil said. "Nobody came."
"See? I told you you would be fine." Dan said.

Dan slowly stood up, grabbed supplies and headed out of the cave.

"Will this cave be our shelter again tonight?" Phil asked.
"Depends on where we are when nighttime arrives." Dan explained. "If it's someplace different and far away from here I'm not going to risk walking all the way back here."
"Yeah, I wouldn't either." Phil agreed.

The two of them started walking when the two of them saw smoke in the distance. They could smell a fire.

"What the hell happened here?" Phil asked.
"I dunno but we better turn around." Dan insisted.

Phil nodded and they both turned around and continued walking.

After walking a couple of miles, both of them heard the echoing of bullets. They stopped where they were and looked around.

"I-Is that coming from nearby?" Phil asked.
"No," Dan responded shaking his head. "It sounds like it's coming from the other side of the forest."

The sound of the bullets suddenly stopped. A cannon boom was heard soon after.

"Looks like somebody died from those bullets." Dan said.

Phil then grew an idea.

"Maybe if those bullets are done flying, and they're just lying on the ground, maybe they could be useful for my gun!" Phil suggested.
"I don't know..." Dan shrugged. "Maybe it's some kind of a trap. They might know you have a gun."
"Or maybe that might've been the trap that killed that one person the cannon went off for." Phil suggested.
"It doesn't matter, I'm not taking any risks." Dan said.
"Dan, everything is a risk here." Phil claimed.
"Well, maybe when you run out of bullets in that gun, we can go search for them." Dan said. "Right now, you have 5 bullets in that gun and 20 bullets in your bag. As long as you shoot well, we'll be fine."
"O-Okay..." Phil nodded.

The two of them continued to walk when suddenly, a rope-like trap wrapped around Dan's ankle and sent him down to the ground, then hanging upside down.

"DAN!" Phil screamed.

Without any hesitation, Phil grabbed his gun and pointed it at the rope. He then fired the gun and the bullet broke right through the rope. Dan then fell right to the ground.

"Dan! Dan are you alright?" Phil asked in a panic.

He helped Dan up and then hugged him tightly.

"Phil, it's alright, I'm okay." Dan assured him.

Suddenly, over Phil's shoulder, he noticed the tribute from District 5, Ryan, with a spear appear behind some bushes.

"Phil! LOOK OUT!" Dan said.

Dan let go of Phil and pushed him to the ground.

When Phil sat up, he looked at Dan, who's eyes were wide. He then noticed Dan look down, which made him look down at his chest.

There right at the center of his chest, was a spear.

Phil's eyes widened and panic ran throughout his body.

He immediately stood up and ran over to Dan as Dan starting falling over. Phil caught him.

"Dan, I've got you! I've got you!" Phil said in a panic.

All Phil could hear was Dan breathing heavily.

Just then, Ryan walked over to the two of them, where he yanked the spear out of Dan's chest. Dan screamed in pain.

Ryan then faced Phil. Phil had a look of fear on his face as he knew Ryan would probably get him next.

Instead, Ryan smirked a smile.

"You deserve to suffer!" Ryan mumbled to Phil.

Ryan then put the spear in his backpack and walked off.

Phil then looked over at Dan, who was breathing heavily and shaking.

"Dan! Dan! Look at me!" Phil panicked.
"Phil..." Dan breathed.
"Dan, you're going to be alright. I promise." Phil claimed.
"N-No Phil..." Dan said.

Phil then covered his wound with fresh leaves and applied pressure, trying to stop the bleeding, but the leaves were soaked within seconds.

"Oh god no..." Phil cried, his voice shaky.

Dan then gripped onto his hand tightly.

"Phil..." Dan groaned. "You have to keep going..."
"Dan, I won't be able to..." Phil cried.
"You can do it Phil..." Dan groaned. "I-I believe in you."
"Dan, Dan I can't..." Phil said.
"D-Do it for me Phil..." Dan groaned. "I-I love you."

Dan picked his head up and Phil leaned down, trying to give each other one last kiss.

But before their lips could touch, Dan let out a breath. His final breath.

Phil looked at Dan, his eyes staring up at him, but were lifeless.

"Dan?" Phil said. He then shook him, he still wouldn't respond. "DAN?!" There was still no response.

Phil's lips shook and tears started forming in his eyes.

"Oh god please no..." He mumbled to himself.

He then sobbed on Dan's body.

"You can't be dead... Please I don't want you dead..."

Just then, he heard another cannon boom, confirming the death.

He then put his hands over Dan's eyes and closed them.

All Phil did was silently sob. It seemed like he was there forever.

Until he heard a noise.

Jack

Jack kept walking through the woods, in search of Robert when suddenly he heard another cannon boom. Three people have died already in one day. He was concerned one of them would be Mark. He hasn't seen him since he first saw him on the pedestal at the beginning of the games. He then thought about Robert. If Robert is one of the three dead, then he wouldn't have to worry about searching for him and possibly killing him himself.

Suddenly, he heard what sounded like crying. He stopped behind the tree right where he was at. He peeked around the tree and noticed Phil, the tribute from District 4, crying on top of Dan. Jack's shoulders then slouched. He began feeling bad for him, because he knew they both cared about one another.

He thought that maybe he could possibly go down there and maybe help Phil out somehow.

He then went out from behind the tree and quietly went down the hill.

But suddenly, just as he was right near Phil, Phil was pointing a gun right at his face.
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Just FYI I suffered writing this chapter.
-What do you think Phil should do? Spare or kill Jack?

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More to come!
~Jackir30

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