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The Growing Light in the Darkness	By : SWSWWAD Category: G through L > Hunger Games, The Views: 2343 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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"I'll go back and check it out" Peeta says standing between the two waring Careers.

"Be my guess lover boy but all you will find is that bitches corpse" Cato tells him and I see the blade of his sword shine in the moon light pointed at Peeta. The Careers remain silent and I hear Peeta walk off back to the girl by the fire, it isn't until the Careers believe he is out of ear shot that they speak again but now in hushed voices.

"Why don't we just kill him already?" Clove asks.

"We need him" Cato replies and I can just make out in the darkness him sheathing his sword. "He is our best chance of finding them, you know Fire Girl is with her"

"Yeah and he's good in a fight" Marvel adds. "We all saw his handy work with a knife at the Cornucopia"

"I still say we kill him" Clove moans.

"We will once we have those two" Glimmer tells her. "I saw them running off into the woods together" A branch snaps under someone's boot and the Careers heads turn to look in the direction of the camp fire. "Now be quiet he's back"

"Is she dead?" Clove asks as Peeta returns to the group.

"She is now" Peeta answers just as a cannon fires confirming what he just said.

"Good now then let's move on" Cato says as he starts to walk off with the others quickly following in his heels. "Remember when we find them, Lisa is mine"

I feel a shiver travel down my spine not caused by the cold when I hear that, I don't know what Cato has planned for me if they capture me but by the sounds of that, I think it will be a painful experience to go through. I watch them walk away and then listen to them snap branches and crush leafs when they are out of sight, once I am sure they are gone I turn to look at Katniss. I freeze and have to look back down at the ground haven just locked eyes with her grey eyes that sparkled in the moon light, a warmth flows through my chest at the sight threatening to overwhelm me. I'm glad it's so dark out as it hides my cheeks that I feel redden, the effect this girl has on me is unbelievable and I'm sure she has no idea she has this effect on me.

"I think we should stay here until dawn" I whisper as I see a Hovercraft arrive above the dead girls body, it lowers a claw and the girls blood covered body is lifted into the crafts body. "They should be a good distance away by then"

"I agree" Katniss agrees and in her voice I can tell she's angry at Peeta, it probably shows on her face too but it's too dark to tell. I can't help the smile forming on my lips and the satisfaction knowing I am better a better person in the eyes of the girl he loves.

"I take it you are piss off with Peeta" I say watching at the Hovercraft disappear into thin air like they all do.

"How can I not be" She replies still sounding mad. "He is helping them hunt and kill me"

"Well by the sounds of it he want be doing that for much longer" I tell her looking at her but now it's her eyes down at the forest below. "Clove my get her way and kill him"

"I know" Is what she replies with but not sounding angry or satisfied like I thought she would, she sounds depressed hearing of her traitorous District partners death. What is up with this girl? One minute she is angry at Peeta and now she doesn't want him to die, no wonder I hear the boys around school complaining that girls are confusing and make no sense. "We should get back to sleep, drawn looks like it's still a through hours away"

"Ok" I say settling back into the sleeping bag and closing my eyes, I feel Katniss lay down beside me and feel her warmth against my side. "Goodnight… Again"

"Goodnight" I hear Katniss reply as I drift off into sleep.

I wake up as the first rays of the rising sun hit my eyes, birds are starting to sing and the world is at peace. But I know that it's a lie, I am in the area with a group of deadly killers hunting me and with Katniss laying like she is I can't be at peace. I bet Johanna is loving this. Katniss is laid with her head on my shoulder, her body is half on top of me and the part of this that Johanna would love the most is that one of her hands is gently resting on top of one of my beasts. I look down as much as I can at her and see a smile on her lips and my heart literally skips a beat at seeing her beautiful face shining in the sun light, I have to quickly look away from her because of the surge of emotions her pretty face sends through my body. Unfortunately the only way to look is up unless I wake up sleeping beauty, this will no doubt give the cameras and audience the perfect shoot at my face. But thankfully something distracts me and draws my head back down, I feel Katniss start to stir and wake. Unfortunately her stirring causing her to squeeze my breast and I have to bite my lips to remain silent, yep Johanna is defiantly loving this.

"G…Good morning" Katniss sleepily says as she sits up and stretches.

"Good morning" I reply trying to forget what Katniss's hand made me feel just now.

"What do you think we should have for breakfast?" Katniss asks as she rubs sleep out of her eyes.

"The loaf of bread that won't last as long as our other supplies" I suggest thinking about our supplies and most importantly about our lack of water.

"Ok but we should eat on the move" Katniss tells me and I agree believing I know where she is going with this. "We need to find water and the Careers might still be in the area"

With a nod I agree and Katniss takes the bread, rips two chucks out of it and hands me one. We climb down the tree with our mouths stuffed with bread acting more like squirrels then human beings, more entertainment for the audience I bet they are making jokes at us right now. We drop down onto the forest floor and about to move of when Katniss stops me, I turn to face her and she looks like she just remember something important.

"What is it?" I ask her.

"The snares I set up" Katniss replies and suddenly the memory of Katniss setting snares yesterday evening returns to me. "We haven't checked them and they may have caught something"

"Let's check them fast in case the Careers return" I tell her as she leads me to her first snare. We find nothing, the snare never even went off so Katniss quickly and skilfully dismantles it before we move onto the next snare she set. The second snare again is empty so we again dismantle it and move on to her third and final snare. But this time we get lucky, in the snare dangling from a tree is a fat white rabbit. "Good job you got us some meat to eat"

"It was nothing" Katniss replies and I must be seeing things because a small blush appears on her cheeks. "But now we have to find a way to cook it without a fire"

"Yeah your handy work may have been for nothing if we can figure out how to cook something without a fire" I comment feeling sad at the thought of losing all that mouth-watering meat.

"I have an idea" Katniss tell me nervously. "We could use that girl's fire from last night, the coals and ashes might still be hot enough to cook this bunny"

"Will that work?" I curiously ask watching as her fingers free the rabbit from the snare.

"If they are still warm it should" Katniss answers.

Thirty minutes later

"Well I guess you were right" I tell Katniss as I check the rabbit that has been roosting in the warm coals and find it perfectly cooked. "It did work"

"Told you it would" Katniss replies with a big proud smile on her face.

"Well don't brag too much because we should get moving" I warn her. "We spent too much time stood around already when we have water to find"

"Ok but I wouldn't call this time…" A sound like an oven being light interrupts her and draws our attention towards the tree we spent last night in, an orange glow starts to light up the floor. "What's that?"

"I don't know" I answer but seconds later it becomes terrifyingly clear what it is as the ground erupts in flames and an informal takes hold. "Fire, RUN!"

I take Katniss's hand and run away from the flames dragging her behind me hoping she can keep up, I feel the heat from the fire and hear it burning. I don't look back but from what I can feel and hear the fire is keeping pace with us like its herding us toward something. That's stupid to doubt of course this inferno is herding Katniss and me towards something or someone, the Gamemakers what someone to die for the cameras and to die for the sick fucks in the Capital entertainment. I can feel Katniss grip my hand as we run and I know she is keeping up, the flames are too as I feel they heat but something seems odd, the flames are getting colder and colder. Finally when I can no longer feel their heat I risk a look back and see no flames, in fact I see no signs of there ever being a fire behind me. I stop running and let go of Katniss's hand as I look all around me for any sign of danger, the Gamemakers wanted us here for a reason so I know we are in real danger right now. But where from?

That's when I see it slivering drown from a tall tree that seems out of place among the other pine trees surrounding it, the tree has blood red leafs and has bone white trunk and branches. But slivering down from the tree is something far worse than the death tree. A large snake with blood red scales and teeth, black eyes and a mouth full of razor sharp teeth. This snake isn't natural, I can tell by its size, by its sharp teeth where fangs should be and most of all by the smell of death coming from its long body. Where its tail should be is another give away that this monster wasn't born naturally, where its tail should be is another snake head just as scary as the other one. The snake is now completely on the ground now and both its heads raise into the air, their eyes stare down on us and their snake tongues lick their lips as if they think we are just some tasty snake to them. I guess we are just some tasty snake to them but I won't let them try me or Katniss, they will have to work for it if they want us as their meal.

"Stay close to me" I tell Katniss and I feel her step closer to my side. "We will only get out of this if we work together"

"I agree but…" Katniss replies sounding scared but I don't let her finish.

"We will get through this" I tell her drawing the knife Clove throw at me yesterday, it's funny that her attempt to kill me yesterday may just save both mine and Katniss's life today. "We will figure something out and live through this"

But second later things take a turn for the worse, one of the snake heads throws itself towards us and both Katniss and myself are barely able to dodge the attack. The head slams into the ground where we just were but Katniss and I are on opposite sides, I'm ok I have a knife to defend myself with but Katniss has nothing and is defenceless. I don't have long to worry about her, the snake head attacks again towards me but this time with its mouth wide open showing three rows of razor sharp teeth. Yet another indication this isn't a natural creature. I again dive out of the way and the monsters mouth bites into a rock tearing its hard structure to pieces as if it were paper. I look over just as the other snakes head attacks Katniss, she moves out of the way but the powerful snake jaws bite straight through a trees truck. The tree falls to the ground with a loud thump which is quickly replaced by the deafening screams of the snakes, they sound like human screams of agony not snake sounds. What is this thing? Who in their right mind would make something like this?

I don't have much time to think about that, the snakes head attacks me again and I barely have enough time to move out of the way before it slams into the ground where I was just stood. We have to fight back, just dodging this things attacks won't get us out of this mess. Knowing that I thrust my knife towards the snakes head, my knife buries itself deep within its eye causing the monster to scream out in pain and black ink like blood to cover my hand and knife as I pull my knife free. The head of the snake raises into the air, it serves around and screams in pain as its black blood squirts out of its eyes. The other head attacking Katniss though doesn't do the same as if it feels nothing the other head feels, the other head continues to attack. Attacks which Katniss can barely dodge, I can see her panting for breath and know she won't last much longer against this thing. The snake head attacking me attacks but this time stronger and faster clearly angered by the pain I put it through I dive out of the way and the snakes jaws create a crater where they hit the ground. I strike again this time in the monsters other eye receiving the same results and when the beast is reeling in pain I make a move towards Katniss, I have faith the now blinded creature won't be attacking me in route.

I run aside the snake's body as it pulls its head back after another failed attack on Katniss, I slash my knife through the snake's body as I position myself between it and Katniss. The beast barely reacts at all and just snare at me while the other head screams out in pain, black blood seeps from the gash I opened up on its belly but the snake acts as if nothing has happened. It seems that only one of these heads feels any pain the other looks like it will attack no matter how much pain the first head is in. I look the snake in the eyes and try to hide the fear building within me as its dark black eyes meet mine, I fight to keep my hands from shaking and to hold my ground, and I won't look weak in front of the entire country or in front of Katniss. I will beat this thing even if it kills me, a beast this evil and unnatural has no right to live in this world. I will kill it before it kills me and before it can harm Katniss. The monster attacks again throwing its head at me with its jaws wide open but, I'm ready this time. I roll out of the way and quickly get back on my feet, I drive my knife into the beast's eyes and like before black blood squirts from the wound.

But this time the snakes head doesn't pull back, the other head does and screams but this one doesn't. The snake's head swings towards me hitting me in the chest and sending me flying backwards. My knife slips from my head as I fly and I land hard on the ground, the wind is knocked from my lungs and there's a throbbing pain coming from my left wrist. I look up to see the snake looking down at me blood still squirting from its eyes, it licks its lips as it stares at me treating me once again as a tasty treat. That's truer than ever now, I can't dodge and I lost my knife. If it strikes now I wouldn't stand a chance and would be a tasty snack for it to enjoy. This is the end, I will die in a snake's mouth and my body would be eaten leaving nothing for my father and mother to bury. My mother won't care about that fact but I know it would hurt my father. I'm going to die and leave this world leaving nothing behind, nothing can prevent that now. I look up at the snake as it opens its mouth and slowly lower it towards me, it's almost like its taunting me, enjoying taking its time to kill me. I know it's pointless to resist so I just close my eyes and wait for death to take me.

But nothing happens, I feel a warm watery liquid drip onto my cheeks and open my eyes. I open them to find Katniss repeatedly stabbing the snake's head in its only working eyes, the snake head turns away from me and towards her, it blindly attacks in her direction but misses completely. Katniss uses this time to run over to me and pulls me to my feet, she supports me with her shoulder as she starts to lead us away from the two headed snake. I don't resist and let her lead me away from the monster, staying there would only get us killed so I let her lead me away resisting the need within me to go back and kill that two headed monster. I turn away from it looking forward to help me fight the urge to go back, I still hear the beast screaming as we run away, its screams get quieter and quieter the further away we go until I can no longer here those agonised screams. We stop under an oak tree and Katniss gentle sets me down in its shade, she sits down beside me to catch her breath. She is breathing heavily, we both are after the fight and are sat in silence trying to catch our breaths.

"Do you think that thing would chase us?" I ask looking back the way we came expecting to see the now blind two headed snake slivering towards us.

"No" Katniss replies with a shake of her head. "Gamemakers will keep it confined to the area around that red tree" As she says that the pain to my wrist returns and I winch as the pain ripples through my body, Katniss seems to notice and looks at me with concern and worry in her eyes. "Are you alright?"

"No" I tell her and I roll up my sleeve to see how bad my wrist is hurt causing more pain to surge through my body. "My wrist hurts"

"Let me have a look at it" Katniss says as she shuffles closer to me, she examines my wrist. "It's just bruised, it should be fine in a day or two"
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