The last day.....be prepared......
Final Day: Day 13
Chailyn
District 10
I smile as I see Alec coming up to the Cornucopia, no doubt wanting to eliminate me for my previous escapades, where I killed many tributes. "Hello," I say calmly, acknowledging his presence. He growls. "Chailyn. I was hoping I'd find you here." I chuckle. "Coming here means accepting death, Alec. You wish to die, right here and now? Well, I can oblige."
I pull out my knife. It makes a scraping noise against the scabbard. Alec sighs. "No, I am not prepared to die, but, seeing as you give me no choice in the matter, I might as well." He unsheathes his sword, and goes into a ready position. I twirl my knife a bit, throw it up into the air, and catch it. "Ready?"
Before we commence attack on each other, I hear a rustling noise. I turn to see Rio walking through the prairie toward the Cornucopia. He comes over to where we are fighting, and he breathes deeply. Great. I get to kill both tributes remaining at the same time. I take Alec's moment of distraction to lunge at his throat.
Rio Blackpoint
District 12
Alec reacts quicker than I could have thought possible, and raises his sword to block Chailyn's lunge. Chailyn changes course, pulling out her second knife and charging at me. I barely have time to unsheathe my swords before the attack hits. I block, and force her back again. Alec charges at Chailyn, and does a combination of wild, random attacks.
Chailyn seems to block or dodge every single one. I slash with one of my sowrds, at the same time Chailyn and Alec do. Our blades meet, and we end up in a lock, all three of us. I look at Alec. "We could team up against her," I say. Alec looks at me with an expression of pity. "If....if it had been earlier in the Games, possibly. But.....here....it won't make any difference."
And with that he breaks out of the lock and charges at me. I block, and Chailyn takes her opportunity to attack, forcing us both back. We trade blows against one another, never breaking the others' defenses, but never getting hurt ourselves. I hack viciously at Chailyn, but she blocks every one. Our fight begins to move into the swamp.
Chailyn stabs at me, but I step back, causing her to stumble. Alec takes his chance and slashes at her. She screams as the sword slashes her wrist. The results make me think that it might have punctured a vein. She growls and continues. Alec slashes at me, but I block with one sword, and slash at him with the other. Chailyn slashes at the two of us, forcing us back even more.
Alec does an overhand cut at Chailyn, who dodges, and counters with a double stroke with her two knives parallel to each other. He dodges, and I take my opportunity to slash at Chailyn. She blocks with one knife, and stabs with the other. I use one of my swords to knock it aside, and I counter with another stroke.
Alec unleashes in a wild frenzy at Chailyn, who blocks and steps back. Alec continues to follow her, and then she turns and spin kicks him down a slope. I take my chance to attack, forcing her back. We continue to fight, trading blows, but neither of us drawing blood. How long that will last, I don't know.
She knees me in the stomach, making me kneel over. At that moment, Alec climbs up and is visible. Before he can do anything, the knife is out of Chailyn's hand, flying through the air. It buries itself in his chest, and he gasps. He then falls down the slope and out of sight. The cannon sounds. Poor guy.
Chailyn turns back to me. I right myself and block her slash just in time. She starts to press me back, taking my advantage away from me. I then jump to a nearby tree, and begin to climb. I climb up until I reach a branch I can safely stand on. Chailyn unstraps her bow from her back, notches the arrow, and fires.
I sidestep behind the tree trunk, and the arrow lands in it. I jump from branch to branch, with a trail of arrows following me. Finally, one of the arrows reaches its target. It hits my leg, making me lose balance, and fall. I land with a thud on the ground. Chailyn throws down her bow and attacks with her knife.
She continues to drive me back. I catch one of her strokes on my blade, and then she flicks it, causing the blade to spin out of my hands. I attack with my other sword, but she easily blocks and continues driving me back. Eventually, we reach an outcrop of rock overlooking a bog about ten feet above the bog. She attacks, and sends my blade clattering to the bog below.
She raises her knife to point at me triumphantly. I glance down at the bog. It's only ten feet away. I might survive if I were to jump......Before I can, Chailyn pulls out something from her pocket and smiles. It's a vial. She unstoppers the lid and throws the vial into the bog below.
"What did you just do?" I ask. She smiles coldly. "Remember those snake muttations? Let's just say, ah, I kept a bit of their poison." She points to the cut on my leg. "If you jump," she says. "There is no possible way you will survive. The poison will travel into your blood, and kill you. Utterly." I look at her with horror. What human being would do such a thing?
She twists the knife blade a bit, and her grin widens. "Choose your fate. Die by knife, or die by poison. Your choice." I look at her in anger. "Knife then," I say defiantly. She frowns, as if she expected something a bit more dramatic. However, she seems to mentally shrug, and then slashes at me.
I catch her wrist, and try to wrestle the knife out of her grip. She yells, and tries to push me back off the outcrop. She's much stronger than me, so much stronger. I look down to see the rock cracking. I know what I must do. I let go, and jump to the side, and Chailyn screams as she plummets into the bog.
"No, no, NO!" she yells, staring in horror at her wrist, the place where Alec cut her. Her own idea of a sick game had backfired. Instead of killing me, it killed her. I back up, and retrieve the one sword, and try not to listen to Chailyn's screams. I think the reason the poison took less time to affect her than the others was because the cut in her wrist went down to the vein, causing the poison to spread faster.
I collapse and rest, closing my eyes, trying to avoid the sound of Chailyn's screams. Eventually, she falls silent, and the cannon sounds. The hovercraft comes down and picks her up, and the ladder comes down. I can't believe it. I've won. Just imagine what Mare.....I cut off my thought. I close my eyes, and the events in the Arena flash before my eyes.
I wish I could forget them.
