The Girl On Fire (undergoing editing)

11. Desert-ed

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Not doing cinna (1) cinna (2) thing because cinna (2) is not with them, so there's not point!

What is this place? Where is the water? the nearest lake? 

River?

Drop!?

We'll die in days! Cinna will die! That can't happen.

Okay... Think! All I have to do is keep him alive, longer than everyone else. I'll search for water. I'll kill everyone I can. Cinna  will go home and continue with his life... with Peeta.

Peeta.

I musn't think about him. He'll make me weak. I can't afford to be weak. Cinna's life depends on my strength.

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BUZZZZZZZZZ

The timer goes and people are off their pedestals in a flash. 

Everyone runs to the cornucopia, in a rush to bag the best weapons. Cinna starts to as well, but I tell him to run and hide. I push Aloe flat on her arse, and take the backpack, bow and arrow and knife set from her hands. She lunges at me, but I stab her thigh before she can do any real damage.

serves her right! The turbulent bitch!  I thrust her off me and run, clumsily, to find Cinna. He's hiding behind a rock, shaking ferociously.

"Hey, baby. We're okay," I console "I promise. I'll keep you safe. No matter what happens, I've got you. Until the end. Forever."

"Forever." He repeats. 

"Okay. Now lets check what we have!" I smile. I open the backpack and take out its contents.

A tub of  healing ointment.

three 3-and-a-half litre bottle of water.

5 energy bars 

A huge thick blanket

A long piece of rope

and a long tube of some kind.

I put everything back in the backpack and give Cinna a knife.

"Here. You're most skilled with the knife. If anyone tries to attack you when I'm gone, DON'T hesitate. You stab then here--" I touch my finger to his head. "--Here--" Then to his chest" or here." I touch his stomach.

"These people have no mercy. And neither do you. You are a killing machine. Do you understand? Don't think you have an advantage because you're young. Fifteen years ago I watched as a spear punctured a twelve year old girl's stomach. I held her as she died. I then heard her murderer gloat about it. No one cares. Not even you. Trust no one." I leave two bottles of water, the healing ointment, the blanket and two energy bars with Cinna. Everything else comes with me. My first target: Jackalope. He's only young, won't put up too much of a fight. I know; I sound like such a horrible person. But what choice do I have. It's him or Cinna, and to be honest, it's not such a hard decision. I set out to find Jackalope.

When I eventually do, my excitment isn't long lasting. He's partnered up with Floss and Shimmer! They both got eleven's! Well, what do I do, now? Ugh! 

Okay. For Cinna. I hide behind a cactus, close to their resting base and wait for them to settle down. God, I hope Cinna's okay, it's getting quite chilly.