Treasurer Hunter

Chapter 11: A Blessing and a Curse

Sarahs point of view

When we start moving in the right direction it is great. It is the mid 70s so not to hot or cold. The weather is perfect. Instead of trudging on mud like before we walk on nice warm green grass. We are able to go three times as fast compared to last time and three times as long. It is great.

The mood is happy and we all chat noisily even Jake who is new to us talks a lot. It is only miday and we have made it farther than we have in the entire past 3 days.

Katie and Jasper set out a cloth and we all sit down and eat. I chew on the berries and dried fruit not really eating much meat where as Max is just eating meat. He stuffs himself with some of the dead wolves that we cut up and packaged. Nobody says a single words everybody is to busy eating or drinking to have time to talk. We eat for about 30 mins Katie is being the last to finish. Then Jake rolls up th cloth and we start walking but this time on a full stomach.

Before we even get a mile a cannon goes off. I jump at the noise. And check to see if every thing is okay but it isn't. I catch a glimse of 5 teens. 3 boys and 2 girls. Luckily it wasn't anyone of us who got killed it was just some random person.

I recognize these 5. These are the oh what do they call themselves um.... Oh yes careers. Some years a group of trained kids puts there name in the raffle like 100x so they will almost automatically be picked. I remember there being 1 more girl but she must have died.

All of us draw are weapons her bow and arrows (collected them after fight from dead wolves) and one steak knife, Max has two golden spears, I have throwing knives and a steak knive in my pocket and the one sharpened stick, Rhiannon with her trident, and Jake as and the axe, knives, and the other sharpened stick. The 2 largest boy careers both have maces. The third boy has a sword and both girls have daggers. Almost none of there weapons are long range and most of ours are. So we will have a big advantage in the Begining and then a disadvantage when they charge. We have to damage them before they get close.

Silently I see Katie draw back her bow and fire. It hits the boy with the sword right in the thigh. It sort of ruins our element of suprise but since with large thick trees it doesnt really matter. They are ready when she fires again and leap out of the way. She fires rapidly, arrows chasing them some hitting others missing. When it's all done only the boy with the mace sand one girl are completely unharmed. But all can still fight. Now it is my turn to do some damage. I crouch behind a large tree unseen. And start throwing my knives mostly they just hit their limbs but finally I get a good shot right in the second strongest boys stomach. He falls to the ground with a thud. His comrades all rush by his side. There weeps soon come to an end and the rage starts to enter there mind. The biggest screams "You did this." Pointing a bloody finger at me. "You killed him and for that I will KILL YOU." He charges at me with his mace.

I throw the stick at him but he bats it a side and doesn't even slow down. He swings his mace when he is close. I manage to duck and it hits a tree with a thud. I hear more thuds as he narrowly misses shattering my skull. I use my throwing knives with there original use, throwing, and as daggers.

I jump behind a large tree and catch my breath. But before long the top of the mace is buried in the tree right next to my head. I run behind the next tree and the next dodging and running trying to lose him. Finally I do. He spins his head in confusion not even knowing the remote direction I am in. He is in the center of 13 large trees and we both know I behind one. But which one? I wait for my opertuntity to attack. I wait till he faces the other way. Then I charge. I slash with my knives tearing his skin he screams and drops the mace. I reach and pick it up and slam it into his back again and again and then stick both knives in his neck. He is still standing but honestly wind could knock him over. I swing them mace one more time hitting is back he crumples down and his cannon sounds.

I run back to everyone. On myway back another cannon goes off. When I get to everyone I see Jasper had his cannon go off. He is face down on the floor in his own blood. The boy with the mace standing over him looking super happy. That is until he sees me. Me here signals his partner is dead. Katie is being pulled to the ground by her hair by one girl. The other girl fights off Max. Wile the boy with the mace now takes Jake and Rhiannon. I know she is going to end him. I watch as the mace clubs Jake sending him sprawling to the ground. I run but not to him to Katie And Max. Katie is worse her head being slammed into a rock. Now she's going to see just how much her best friend likes that. I run forward and throw a knife. She deflects it with her dagger and turns toward me leaving Katie on the ground. Right at that moment it starts to drizzle. The girl with blonde hair pounding shakes her hair and laughs then turns and skips away.

I run to Max who is fighting but still losing the girl scrapes him with her knives. I yell a battle cry and charge. I boldoze into her. Knocking her off her feet. But she bends her arm backwards so her elbows are pointing up and launches herself up. Her combat boots nail me in the face. I stumble back wards and blindly punch. My second punch lands right in her cheek bone. I hit her again in the nose blood streams out. Her boots gave the blackest eye ever impossible to see out of. I swing my mace as her dagger goes into my chest. I hear a cannon. She is dead or me.

Rhiannon point of view

He died and I will avenge him I think as I cry. I am fighting one on one with the large boy. He hits me with the mace and knocks me over countless times but I have to do this I promised myself I would keep Jasper safe I failed that promise but I won't fail to avenge him. I leap up and kick him in the head. Twice. I then smack him as hard as I can with the flat of the trident in the back of the head. He obviously blacks out and crumples to the floor. I don't want to kill him he is out he can't hurt me but it is to avenge Jasper!!! "Aaaaaaah." I scream as I plunge the trident into his back. I leave it there and fall to tired and weak to move. "Boom."

The sound goes off I have done it I avenged Jasper.