Chapter 5 (Part 3)

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I bolt up, a quick and quiet yell startled Connor awake. "Brody!?" He gasps, staring at me in horror, "What's wrong?!" He pants. "J-Just a Nightmare." I try to calm down. Connor cocks one eyebrow. "What was it about?" He asks, proping himself up. "I... don't really want to-" I start, but as soon as I move, a pain runs through my body. The same pain I felt in my dream. I groan before I look down. To my surprise, I see no wounds at all.

"You sure you're alright?" Connor asks. "Fine." I mumble. Before I had woke up, the man had picked me up and floated towards the sky. He grinned wide as he dropped me. I paniced and grabbed onto his foot. He dived towards the ground and pulled up at the last second, forcing me to loose my grip and slide across the ground. Pain ran all throw my body as the arrow was forced into my side even more. I ripped it out, dumb move, and got up. Still weak, he flew into me and started hammering down on me. And that's when I blacked out.

I lay back down and get some rest.

"Wake up!" I hear a voice call. I grogily open my eyes. "Wake up or you're going to make everyone angry!" I bolt up and dash down the stairs. Connor was a little too fast and he collided into my back. We tummbled down the stairs. I slowly lift up my head and shake it. I glare at Connor who was just lifting his head up. "Idiot!" I bark and force his head back down. He grabs my head and pushes it against the wall beside me. I get up and sit on his back. He rolls, knocking me off balance and we continue to roll, trying to avoid each other's punches.

"Boys!" We hear Steve yell. "You're acting like noobs who just joined the hunger games for the first time!" He growls. We stop instantly and get back to our feet. Steve shakes his head and points to the door. "Go out and work. Maybe the workers will feed you something." Steve mutters. I glare at Connor who glares back as we both head to the door at the same time. I back away slightly and gesture to the door, "Ladies first." I snicker. "Oh, then you should be going first." Connor retorts.

Before we could say anything, Steve picks us both up from our backs and whips me out first, then Connor. Connor lands heavily on my back. I look up to see two female players giggle at us. "Urg... Get off!" I push myself up, forcing him off my back. He catches his balance though and stands strait. I stand strait as well and push past him.

I walk past the giggling girls and I felt my face flush hot with embarrasment. Stupid Connor... I think angrily as I storm towards Curlos' hut.

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