The Hunger Games: Prim [REWRITING]

Chapter 25: The End of the Games

Mutated dogs. Yup. That's what they are.

Cato keeps running, and he's running to the cornucopia. I follow him. He must have his reasons.

I run and run, then I turn around and see that Katniss and Peeta are both behind. Katniss could have easily ran and caught up with me, but she is helping Peeta. Of course.

I reach the cornucopia and scale to the top. And oh, it is hot! The sun's been burning down on the metal for hours and it burns me.

It hurts, it hurts so bad but I still climb to the top. I feel like my hands are going to fall off. At the top, Cato's lying down and panting. I could just kill him right now and he'd be done. I have the one spear in my hand and I'm itching to just throw it at him just right now. And I decide to do so, these Games have been long, and now they are going to end.

I lift the spear and aim it at Cato's chest. But just then Katniss screams.

"Prim! Help me!" is what she says. I turn around and she is hoisting Peeta up to the cornucopia. I take Peeta's hands and pull him up with all my might. He get's up, and he pulls Katniss up. One of the dogs jump and try to bite Katniss, but it just misses her, ripping off part a of her pants and the hem of the cuffs.

I watch Cato, who isn't trying to kill us, but watching the mutts, horrified. I watch them too, and they send some sort of signal to each other. Then they all back up, except for one. It has long blonde fur. It runs and tries to jump onto the cornucopia, and misses by a mere foot. The dog has pink lips and green eyes. The collar is decorated with jewels, and it has the number 1 etched into it. Then suddenly it clicks into me. The blonde fur, green eyes, pink lips. The number 1. It's Glimmer.

"Ah!" I shriek when I suddenly notice that it is her. Is it her? Yes it is. And there's a mutt for each tribute.

I look and see that two mutts are together, with the same red coat, number 5 on their collars. One's big and the other is smaller. It's Jacqueline and her sister. Then most horrifying, there is a small mutt with dark fur, golden eyes, the number 11 weaved into the collar made of hay. Rue. I start looking at all the other mutts and they assemble the tributes. I'm watching the mutts. I'm watching the mutts when I feel myself fall down, and I slide off the cornucopia. I'm falling.

"Katniss!" I panic. It's going to end soon. I'm gonna fall to the bottom and the mutts are gonna eat me. I'm gonna die. I close my eyes. I feel something bite into my leg and the pain throbs and I scream in pain.

"Prim!"

I hear something being stabbed, and them I feel myself being pulled back up.

"Prim, a-are you okay?" I hear Peeta. His hands are covered in blood. What just happened? I don't understand.

"I'm...fine," I manage to say but we all know that I am not. I look down at my leg and it is in a bad, very bad state. It's bleeding from where the dog bit me, and blood is pouring out. No, gushing out. I will die soon from the blood I lose.

"Prim, give me the spear," Katniss says with her hand extended towards me. I hand over the spear. I'm not gonna be much use with it anyways.

I look around to see the mutts again, then I notice the medium sized one with pale skin, dark eyes. The number 3. I almost instantly recognize him. Noah. What did the Gamemakers do? Have they taken the dead bodies of the tributes and mutated them into these horrible mutts? No. I refuse to believe. I am watching the mutts when I'm suddenly pulled away, and held in a headlock.

I gasp for air. Cato's trying to suffocate me. I try fighting back but it is useless.

"Cato! Let go of my sister right now!" Katniss shrieks as she aims the spear at Cato's head.