Chapter 14 - Savior

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Day 3 - 15 Tributes Remain

Claudius' Point of View:

It's a miracle that I'm still alive. My mind felt like it was numbing after hallucinating all night. Sleeping only seemed to put my head back in normal shape, as far as mentality goes. I still feel terrible, since the poison continues to shrivel through my body. Fortunately, my leg has finally somewhat healed, and I can actually walk on it. I got up, ready to drive my dying body through yet another day. Who would've thought that the Hunger Games is this deadly?

Upon standing up, I took a deep breath, realizing then how much worse I've gotten. I'm still extremely hungry, I'm awfully thirsty, I'm completely out of breath, and I always get the feeling that I have to vomit.

Ivory is real lucky that I'm willing to do anything for her. Otherwise, I most likely would have killed myself by now. I'm hoping she is somewhere safe, comfortable, and hidden. Kat might have found her already, and he may be teaming up with us like she'd said.

I still don't trust Kat. Part of me knows that he wants to win, and that he is going to mercilessly slaughter both me and Ivory. It's what anyone with atleast a little bit of faith would do.

The fact that Ivory is trusting him enough to consider him an ally worries me. She is a very smart girl, and I always tell her that. If Kat is planning on killing us, then I would bet Ivory had figured that out already. Neither of them are dead, so we still have time to figure it out.

I roam dreadfully through the woods, hearing multiple tributes passing by. I managed to stay out of sight for the most part. Someone ended up finding me, but as soon as I saw them, they gasped and ran away as quickly as possible. I may have looked highly intimidating in the Capitol, but right now, a blind Snom could kill me with little to no effort.

After walking around for what felt like hours, I somehow wound up back at the Cornucopia. I know that sticking around here is like begging for death, but who knows what could have been left behind here. I went into the metal structure in the center, only to find... absolutely nothing...

The entire Cornucopia had been ransacked, emptier than a dessert. I sighed, and looked around one last time. I then noticed something on the wall of the structure. A message written in blood.

The handwriting was a little crooked, but I think it said 'remember Lucky.'

I guess this Lucky pokemon was here at one point. The blood is dry, so it wasn't written today. No memory came to mind of anyone named Lucky. I assume that they are either dead, or alive somewhere. I take another deep breath, and stretch my arms out above me.

My eyes grew twice their original size when my arms were grabbed by somebody else behind me. I was picked up by my arms, and thrown like a ragdoll across the Cornucopia, landing on the side of my torso, where the poison started. I grabbed my chest, wincing in pain. I looked up to see a Machoke looking down at me, smiling.

It picked me up and threw me at the side of the metal structure. My arm hit first, and it bent in a rather awkward way. I screamed in agony. I could hear someone else laughing maniacally, and it wasn't the Machoke.

The Machoke picked me up, and held my arms behind me, trapping me entirely. I tried to squirm free, but to no avail.

"What are you doing?" I ask, only to have my arms pulled on harder by the fighting type. The feint laughing grew louder, and from behind the other side of the metal structure, out came exactly who I had hoped not to see again.

That stupid Ivysaur.

"Ah, long time no see, Claudius! How've you been?" Sunny teased, before she punched me right by my mouth, cutting it open. Blood streamed out of my bottom lip. My eye started to water.

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