Daughter (Hunger Games Fan-Fic) {Watty Awards 2015} (COMPLETED)

Chapter 10

Careers!

Nine whimpers as blood splatters from his mouth below and falls to the soil.

Just who I thought... Stella. She erupts from the group of unintelligible faces.

"Please don't... Please!" Stella plays around with the sword on her hip as if she actually reconsiders and gives the struggling boy one final chance before stabbing him right in the stomach.

I pinch my eyes closed and plug my ears... The body below makes my stomach churn before I remember the deadly group standing just beside it who can smell fear.

The group begins to walk away, laughing as if someone just told a joke.

"Please don't kill me! Please!" Stella mocks the body laying on the ground and turns to one of the careers behind her, than bursts into laughs. I overlook the group trying to recognize the faces... Stella, Marielle Johnson, the boy from Stella's district, Marius, some boy I hear them call Jackson, and that Ella girl. There is one more blending into the crowd... the smallest of them all, she has what looks like bright red hair and pale skin from her hand intertwined in a tight grip with Ella's. She carries a crossbow, and Ella carries a spear, careful to keep it from the little one. The little one flashes her eyes in my direction but just to stare at a fly by Mockingjay... Her green-blue eyes pierce mine as I recognize the small figure.

Molly.

Molly? How did Molly get in with them?

"Ellie, I am scared... Stella said there could be anyone anywhere... I don't wanna die." Molly looks sincere and I believe her... She is scared. In the little we spoke during training and such she acted nervous than usual... The Molly I know before a school speech or something... Not the usual Molly.

"It's okay Moll girl... No one can hurt you. Stay in the middle of the circle okay?" She gives her a tight hug and helps her to the middle of the circle.

"Ella do you really expect her to make it through these games, huh? What happened to 'I'm the winner of these games and no one can stand between us.' What happened to that Ella?" Stella buds in.

"That was before Molly was hurt... Before the flowers tapered with her system... She was simply hiding from you and those flowers grew deadly to touch... I can show you the scars, is that what you want?" Ella moves in front of Molly, protectively.

"Calm... Come on Stell... You grab the scrawny one and walk or your out." Marius begins to grow angry before Stella comes up behind him and pecks him on the lip seductively.

"Now, now... Marius... You didn't volunteer to get mad now did you? You wanted to protect me, so protect and lead us to the boy." Stella says.

"Maxwell went this way." He comments.

"You sure this will work, that Rose girl will come to the rescue for her little boyfriend and they'll be over?" Ella asks.

"Positive." Jackson replies.

I hold my breath waiting for them to walk away... They finally do and when they do I exhale, closing my eyes and steadying my breath.

The canon sounds and the body gets pulled away from a hovercraft above.

I twiddle with the pin on my jacket after snuggling into the sleeping bag.

The dried fruit went down easily... But I can still feel dehydration creeping in closer and closer.

Right when I feel my body becoming helpless the anthem begins to play... The same anthem they played in all the previous games.

The sky goes dark and I direct my attention to the capitol sign projected in the black skies.