The 34th hunger games

chapter 12

A/n: sorry I usually never do this cause it gets a little annoying, anyways I just thank you guys!! you guys show appreciation and I love that!!

I wake with a jump and sit up quickly. today I will enter the arena. The place, the source of my nightmares.

Rosely arrived with the sun rise. "Hazel, you will go with Dayton. for the launch room, I mean." Rosely says, her voice small and innocent. as if she was talking to a small child, telling them grandma just died.

I don't talk just get up and take a knife from my dresser that feels like it just appeared. I must have grabbed it or something. "duck." I say flatly. "Hazel, you don't have to throw a knife to-" I cut her off," I said DUCK." I roared. she obeyed and crouched down, as I threw that one knife over her head. she looked at me with worry and slowly stalked out the room.

I grabbed a muffin from the kitchen and walked back to my room to change into the clothes they set out for me. a tunic and a pair of skin tight pants to wear over. also rubber sneakers, and a jacket that looked like the pants but not skin tight like the pants and tunic.

I slipped them on and walked where they directed me to go. and there was a Dayton who sat silently, with a bag of goldish chips and a bottle of water. "Eat and drink." he said, handing the stuff to me. he coaxed me into eating and drinking. till a voice boomed over head " 60 seconds till launch." he gave me a worried look and I replied with one myself.

I quietly stepped on the launch pad. the cylinder thingy shut and he walked up to the cylinder.

"Hazel, you will win." he said so quietly that I barely heard him. "30 seconds till launch." the voice boomed again. I took a deep breath and closed my eyes. then I saw the little girl from 11. Her kind eyes boring into mine. "she's to young for this." I think aloud. Dayton glanced up at me with a confusing look. "what?" he asks. " 10 seconds till launch." the voice said deeper then usual. the plate began to rise slowly. "THE GIRL FROM 11 SHOULD NOT BE HERE!" I'm yelling and banging my hands against the glass built to restrain me. Dayton nodded slightly when a single tear breaks from my eye where it rolls down my cheek. I stop banging my hands and yelling when I glance to my left where I see the beautiful beach of district 4.

my eyes well up and the count down is taking place. I will not cry. in 5 seconds you will be fine. I think, 5,4 stay focused on what you must do, I think 3,2 stay focused. 1... i suck in a breath and get ready to run. I stand on the plate by the medical center. my mother would go there on the weekends and volunteer. the cornucopia is to me right, behind a building. BOOM! I run till I find the boy from district 2 there holding out an axe and 8 knives in a special black package. I take it. "thank you." I say when he turns around I think about throwing knives, but then think Hugo should do it. I catch up. all of my real allies are just leaving when I decide to do it. I take the axe in my left hand and swing it at his side. it hits him, but he does not go out without a fight. I'm not very skilled with hand to hand combat but im okay. he tackles me and I leap out of the way about to bring up a knife when a sword flies into my thigh. I scream in agony. and then, despite my wounded leg, I was unstoppable. I took multiple knives and hurled them at his chest one hit him in the arm, another he dodged. he started at me and was on top of me. but there is a fire of desire in my chest that will not go out. I will not allow it.

he's just about to kill me when I swing the axe up and it lands right on his head. a canon booms and i take his stuff, and mine and set off for the careers. Hugo is fighting off one from district 1. I come over there and pretend to stop him when I pull out a knife and take her out. the other two are easy. district 7 has tooken out one. the other noticed everyone was gone. he started to towards the houses but Hugo grabbed him by the back of his shirt. "hmmm, Hugo what do YOU think? knife or axe?" I ask Hugo. "axe. its cooler." he replies with a wink. so while he holds him down I throw the axe and hit him in the arm. I take out a knife angrily and practically toss it at them. I hit him in the throat. the blood is thick and dark. I feel it when I go to retrieve the knife that hit him and spread blood all over my knife. honestly I wish I had not done that.