Rue's Fight

Chapter 10 - Friendship

Chapter 10 - Friendship

I'm look everywhere to hide Katniss hopefully somewhere concealed amongst the trees. When I do I lie her unconscious on the grass, no doubt the tracker jacker venom will have gave her hallucinations.

The careers don't follow which is great, because i can now take Katniss wherever i go. I drag her over to an old oak tree and rest het against it. Thankfully she is also surrounded by a bush, its not the best protection but its the best i can do until she is conscious.

A day passes, she doesn't move. I wonder if shes dead. I press the palm of my hand to where her heart should be and its beating, loud and clear. I hide that night in a tree close by keeping watch on her. I eat some berries and a bird. Im thankful that no one has passed us, for Katniss would surely be dead.

And i need a partner..

What if she doesn't want to be my partner? What if she minute she wakes up she takes the arrows and her bow, and just shoots me straight through the heart. I don't think she would, she came across as a loving person. Just to be safe i disarm her of all arrows so she is left with only a bow.

The anthem begins to play and only two faces show tonight. The remaining tribute from district 4 and another girl i remember seeing only one or twice st the training centre.

On the second day i worry that Katniss may never wake up. Im collecting berries when i hear her move. I hide behind the nearest tree and watch her get up. She looks around, perplexed by the leaves on het body that have healed the tracker jacket stings.

She picks up het bow and looks around for the arrows. Then she notices me hiding behind the tree.

" Rue?" She asks.

" Yes, Katniss?"

Her face breaks out into a smile and i find mine is doing the exact same.

" What's happened?" She asks.

" You dropped the tracker jacket nest remember? It killed the girl from 1 and sent the others running. You've been unconscious for two days."

She starts to remove the leaves from her skin.

" They help remove the venom." I explain.

I return her arrows to her and she thanks me. We sit down together, becoming a team without speaking any words of agreement. I scatter some nightlock nearby while i tell her about the past events.

" Who's all dead?" She asks me.

" Since you have been unconscious only the last tribute from district 4 and that girl with the dark black hair. I cant remember what district shes from."

" What about Peeta? The boy from my district?"

" I last saw him when you dropped the tracker jacket nest. He was fighting with the boy from district 2. He must be alive though, his face hasn't appeared at night."

I wonder how Katniss must feel about Peeta. One day declaring his love for her and the next ganging up against her.

" Is it true? You and him?" I ask with a smirk on my face.

She laughs but winks, i take that as a no. She probally doesn't want to give such a good strategy away by telling the truth for all of Panem to hear. Although Peeta has made a very good attempt at it.

Nobody ever teams up with the careers. They stick together and we are like the mice that they must catch, they are the cats hunting us down.

I hear an animal squack, and we both rush to where i left my nightlock. There lying dead is what looks like a turkey, only with a deformed head. Katniss cooks it under my blanket and we share stories of home.