Chapter 6: without you I found what true love means.

I didn't know how much time has been since I last saw him but it felt like years. All of the other tributes were next to the pile of dead bodies, admiring the fact that they were the one doing it and that now they are one step closer to win. I looked at the pile once, only to make absolute sure that Blaine wasn't there, I found out that Tina was one of the dead people as well and apparently Puck was the one "accidently" killing her. I was hoping that there weren't more bodies in the forest, or at least, one that counted. Then, I heard the sound of a cannonball. Seven of them.

Seven dead people and thirteen left alive. Just as I was about to count how many people were in front of me, I heard music.it was a soft very familiar melody…my moms lullaby.it wasn't a persons voice, it was bird-like sound…mockingjays.

I had no idea how did I knew that, we didn't have mockingjays in district 2…but there were mockingjays in district 10. A new memory came up in my head.

There was the one time Blaine and I walked back home from school when we ran into two of the bullies who hated us the most, David Karofsky and his friend Azimio Adams.

"Hey fairies!" Was the only thing I heard before the familiar icy- liquid called slushie hit my face. I heard Blaine gasp next to me and they walked away laughing and high fiving each other. I immediately turned to Blaine who was still shocked.

"Blaine?" I stood in front of him, making sure he didn't have a stroke." are you okay?" I asked, opening my bag to grab the towel that was always there. I was very familiar with getting slushies to my face but Blaine wasn't.in fact, I thought this was his first time.so when he didn't answer me; I was starting to feel scared." you will get used to it," I said softly, starting to wipe the ice off his face." How do you feel?" I asked, finally managing to pull Blaine back to the real world.

"My eyes are burning," he said in a small voice that simply broke my heart.

"I know," I said." It will stop in a couple of hours,"

"I really hate them," he said angrily." why do they have to be so…so…"he was struggling on finding the right word.

"don't let them upset you, in a few years we will be out of here and go live in a more glamorous and accepting place, like district 2 or the Gleetol." I said excitedly but Blaines face expression didnt change.

"Why do we have to be the ones running away?" He asked.

"Don't look at this like that, we are just…"it was one of the very few times I didn't know what to say.

"Running away?" Blaine said and folded his arms over his chest." And what are you looking at?" Blaine said and made me noticed the black bird who landed next to us but now backed off.

"Don't, those birds are really cool. Watch," I said and softly sang a random tune. The bird looked at me for a second before repeating the tune and soon others joined it with a lovely harmony. That caused Blaine smile.

"At least birds dont hate us," he said and I sent him a smile, taking his hand into mine.

"Come on, we need to go clean ourselves up." I said and he nodded as we continued our way home.

So Blaine knew how to use mockingjays, and the song they sang was my mothers lullaby, it was impossible for the birds to know that song from the Gleetol, they would only repeat a beautiful melody and we all knew Blaine could sing amazingly so that was it….Blaine must be the one to sing it so he must be alive. I felt a smile finding its way up to my face as I laid back on the grass, feeling the rain sliding down my face. Usual it would make me angry that my hair is getting wet but I didn't care this time because Blaine was alive.

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I ran. I kept on running, as fast as I could, far from the other tributes, far away from Kurt as possible. I ran for about half an hour, thanking the bullies who chased me and improved my running skills. When I finally stopped to breath, all I saw around me were hundreds and hundreds of tall thin and white trees. Their branches were very thin but I knew I will manage to climb on them in some way or another. I grabbed my things and start climbing. For the first time in my life I thanked god for my size because it wasn't that hard climbing those trees as I thought it would be. I picked a little thicker branch and sat on it, and looked over my new view. The arena was huge, I could barely see the cornucopia and once in a little while I saw a tribute running in the woods. I tried to stay as quit as the forest was, as I went to look over my things. The bag I have managed to grab wasn't too big so I wasn't expecting to get a lot, it had a knife, a rope, a small bottle of water that was surprisingly full, a few Beef jerkies and a binocular. Why would they put it there?

The time went by slowly when I was by myself, I looked at the arena, trying to find water from above and look if any tributes were coming too close to me (the binoculars was very helpful with that).the river that went by the cornucopia was going dawn into the forest, beyond what I could see so I decided to wait until tomorrow to go look for water.then,I remembered I had to find a way to tell Kurt I was alive.

When I looked up, I found out I was actually in somebody elses house. Up above my head I saw a nest. Before I realized what it was, a familiar black bird landed on the branch next to me.it looked at me with big black eyes which caused the memory of my first slushie experience come into my head and I smiled.

"Hello there little guy," I said softly and the bird backed off a little. "Don't worry, Im not gonna hurt you," I killed enough for today, I thought and already felt the breakfast I didn't ate coming up my throat but then I heard it. A cannon. 7 of them. 7 dead people in less than an hour. I hated the feeling I had when I realized I killed one of them. But I did it because it was for Kurt safety. Kurt. I need to keep my promise and let him know I was alive. I looked at the mockingjay and it came to me. Something Kurt would recognize something that would tell him it was me. I took a deep breath before singing softly…

Just close your eyes

The sun is going dawn     I remembered all the times Kurt and I sang it together or all the times I sang it to him after his mom died when he cried himself to sleep in my arms.

Youll be alright

No one can hurt you now    I looked at my little friend who was trying to catch up.

Come morning light

You and Ill be safe, and…sound.     I sang and the mockingjay blinked at me twice before opening his beak and sing. I heard a few others joining in and I smiled because I knew the sound was loud enough for Kurt to hear. I could just hope it worked.

I didn't even noticed when the night arrived, I was lost in my own world, but the sound of the Gleetols anthem brought me back to reality. The seven people who died were the boy from 3, the girl from 4, the girl from 5, the boy from 6, the girl from 7 and the boy from district 8.

I decided to stay and sleep on the tree where nobody can find or reach to me. I put the bag and weapon on the nearest branch and used the knowledge I got in the training center to tie the rope to a strong branch and then tie myself to the tree so if I have to run away quickly (happened in too many Glee games) I can just untie myself and then slide all the long way down. I saw that everything was still and took one quick look at the arena to see if any tribute was near before I tried to get comfortable enough to sleep. I knew I had too, I have a big day tomorrow and its not gonna be as easy as this one.

I woke up even before the sun did. The whole sky was colored in light blue and orange, I guess it was around 5 AM. I stretched out as much as I could without falling off the tree, untied the rope and put it back into my bag, pulling it (along with the bow and arrows) over my shoulder and slowly climbed back to the ground. As I was finally down, I took the bow and nocked an arrow in it, ready to shoot at any second.

Yesterday I saw there was a river coming from the cornucopia all the way to somewhere deep into the forest, so I just started walking deeper and deeper, hoping to find it soon. But I didnt. The sun was already passed the middle of the sky when my bottle emptied and it didn't felt like I was even close to find water. I walked for a while longer, my bow wasn't all stretched anymore and I was dragging my feet on the ground. There weren't so many trees at that part of the forest which made me think Im only walking farther and farther from where the water was. I was starting to give up but then I saw something amazing. A rabbit.it was the first animal I saw in the arena (well, besides my little friend and his mockingjay gang.)And a spark of hope got into me I walked a little faster from then on, the rabbit must have drank from somewhere if it's still alive. I started to see more and more animals, little plants and bushes as I headed forward. I could already feel the taste in my mouth as my headache went stronger. Everything was almost spinning when I finally saw (well, heard) it. The sound of falling water. I tried to follow the sound for about half an hour until I reached to the waterfall. The next minute was vague. I ran to it, kneeled and drank as much as I could without choking myself. Sighing at the coldness and the relief that went through my body.so I wont die from dehydration. Maybe. I kept on drinking and was in the middle of filling up my bottle when I heard cannon. Another person died. I didn't know there were mockingjays at that part of the arena, but it wouldn't kill me to try. I cleared my throat, knowing my voice would sound weird because the lack of water but I hoped it was good enough for the mockingjays.

Just close your eyes

 The sun is going down

 Youll be alright

 No one can hurt you now

 Come morning light

 You and Ill be safe and sound

I waited for what seemed like a long moment before I heard mockingjays repeating after me. I turned to continue filling my bottle but I stopped halfway. I heard a sound coming from behind me. Oh please no.no.no.no.no!

I instantly put the bottle away and took my bow, pulling the arrow that was already there and turning to when the sound source was. There weren't many trees but still I didn't see anything (or anyone).

"Whos there?" I managed to ask in a shaking voice, trying to sound strong and not like Im about to faint. But there was nothing. "Come out and fight!" I said more confident this time. But then I heard something that made me lower my bow in a few inches. A sob. I walked toward where the sob came from and I saw him. A little boy, looked like he was 10(I knew it wasn't possible.)He was dirty, blood stains on his face and cloths; one of his toes was out of his shoe. Its only been one day since the games started what could have happened to him that made him look that way? The little boy was sitting on the ground, his back pressed against the tree, his knees pressed to his chest while his head rest on them, his blond hair was a mess and tears were falling from his closed eyes. He didnt move, I could just hear the sobs he was trying to hold back. He opened his eyes for a second (they were light green) to look at me but then closed them much harder, his face looked like he was expecting pain. Why would he-OH. Poor little guy.

"Would you please do it fast?" I heard a small weak voice and I realized it was the boy speaking. I resist not laughing because it would probably scare the boy even more. I put my stuff on the ground and the boy shrank.

"Relax; Im not going to hurt you." I whispered calmly, kneeling in front of the boy. He was curled up into a tiny ball, tears still falling from his eyes." Im not gonna kill you I promise, I killed enough people in this game already." I said and the boy opened one hesitating eye and looked at me behind the hair that fall over his face.

"Really?" He asked. And I nodded, sending him a smile.

"Whats your name?" I asked

"L-Louis." he whispered, now both of his eyes were looking at me. "From district 9."

"Im Blaine," I said. "From district 10."

"I know who you are." Louis said." Everybody does." I didn't know if I should be worry or not.

"How come?" I asked and Louis smiled.

"You and your boyfriend drove the Gleetol crazy, most of the other tributes knew about the Klaine riot as well." That was surprising. I thought the tributes weren't allowed to watch the glee club, how could they know about it. Louis answered my question without I even had to ask." you don't think your mentors were the only ones to ignore the presidents orders?"

"Actually, I did." I had to admit." but...its dangerous, if somebody had found out..."I shut myself us thinking I just admitted that Emma and Will showed me stuff they shouldnt have shown. How stupid can I be?!But on the other hand, Louis just did it himself.

"Don't you worry about the cameras, I was here for a while, and I took care of most of them." Louis said. I already liked this boy." nobody really cares about the Gleetol in our days, why do you think they done the two winners thing? They want to show that they are forgiving and stuff but its not working so far."

"What do you mean?" I knew that the Gleetol wasn't in its best lately, people are starting to refuse orders and skip work sometimes and in extreme cased sometimes the peacekeepers disappear over the face of the earth without an explanation.

"When I got picked up, my mother said its almost good that Im leaving because a mutiny is about to start and maybe its going to be safer inside of the arena." Louis said and I didn't really know how to react. I immediately thought about Cooper, if he is okay or is he even alive?" but I don't wanna talk about it, its too depressing." Louise said and I smiled.

"You are right," I said and got up, Louis looking at me with questioning eyes." lets go get us dinner," for the first time, he smiled.

-A few hours later-

The sun was already down and a few stars were in the sky when Louis and I came back to the waterfall. I managed to hunt 2 rabbits and 3 squirrels and that was amazing considering the fact I never had to hunt before. And Louis, as being from the district that take care of plants found tons of bushes with berries we can eat, so he picked some and we brought it all back here. While he organized all the stuff I took my binocular and climbed on one of the trees to see what was going on. I couldnt see the cornucopia from there which was a very good thing because now we can light a small fire and cook. The closest tribute was very far that I could hardly see him, I think it was the guy from district 5,also known as Mercedess boyfriend, and he was nothing to worry about Couse he was heading the opposite direction.

"We are good," I said when I was back on the ground.

"Yeah we are, we have ton of food," Louis said." Now we just need to find a way to cook it."

"We can light fire," I said." go find something we can light up and I will get everything ready." He nodded and walked away. I took the knife out of my bag and started to take off the skin from the animals.

About two hours later, we were sitting next to a small fire (it took us very long to lit up), each eating their meal in peace.

"Why do you sing that song?" Louis asked and I looked up raising an eyebrow.

"What song?"

"Earlier, when they shot the cannon, you started to sing and then the birds started to sing after you." He said and I nodded." Why are you doing it?"

"Its my way to tell Kurt that Im fine." I said simply." Kurt is my boyfriend." I added and he nodded.

"Lily liked to sing as well," he said in a distant voice.

"Lily?" I asked and he had a sad smile on his face.

"She was the girl who came with Me." he said and I knew I hit a sore spot." she died yesterday; the guy from district 4 killed her. "He said and a tear shined in his eye." we were best friends; we planned on winning this..."

"You don't have to tell me…I understand-"

"No. I want to get this out." He breathed out." we both ran away from the cornucopia the second we heard the buzzer but he ran after us, when he eventually caught us, she told me to run away and I did. I heard her screaming but I couldn't get myself to run and help her." he said, the tears that stood in his eyes finally falling." When I heard the cannons I came back and saw her body, I could barely recognize her face. I stayed next to her until they picked up her body." he said and I couldn't feel more sorry for the little guy, I could only imagine how I would have felt if somebody would kill someone so important to me.

"Im so sorry," I said.

"Im the one who needs to be sorry, it was my fault." he looked down, tears still running down his face.

"no it wasnt," I said firmly." even if you stayed, that wouldn't have helped her, and you both would have died at the end."

"I guess you are right but-"he didn't finished that sentence because now somebody else was speaking. Yelling.

"Brittany, wait! They will kill you!" It was a female voice begging. The next thing I heard was running sound. And it came closer and closer to us.

"What do we do?" Louis asked and looked at me, his half eaten bunny still in his hand.

"Im hungry! Maybe they have some food to share with us!" this time it was a different female voice yelling, probably back at the other one.

"take the knife," I ordered and grabbed my bow as well, getting ready for then to arrive." dont be afraid." I said when I saw the look on his face." we will be alright," Louis nodded.

The people were coming closer, one of the voices begging the other to stop. A little part of me said that they wont be dangerous. Then when they finally reached to us…

The first person I saw was a tall blond blue eyed girl who looked at me with a huge smile.

"A dolphin!" she yelled. That was most serenely not what I was expecting to hear.

"What is she talking about?" I heard Louis asking me.

"I really don't know," I answered. I had no idea what to do with myself. Should I shot her? Should I grab Louis and ran away before the other girl get here? Should I –

"Hey, Im Brittany!" She said in that innocence-child-like voice and came closer to us. Then I was really confused because she lowered my bow with her hand and hugged me. "Its so nice to finally meet a real dolphin!" She said excitedly and pulled away. Then her face expression changed for a second before she said." stop it Santana," I immediately turned around towards the direction she looked at, only to see a girl (probably the one who was yelling for Brittany) only a second away from hitting me with a very large piece of wood.(I guess not everybody managed to take a proper weapon from the cornucopia).her face looked disappointed." he wasnt doing anything," Brittany said and the girl named Santana threw the wood on the ground.

"Come on Brittany lets go." she said and Brittany Frowned.

"But we only just got here," she said and folded her arms over her chest. I really didn't want to hear that argument; I just wanted both of them to leave before Santana regret not killing me and try again.

"And now we are leaving," Santana insisted, not taking her eyes away from me. They changed a look and Brittany sighed.

"fine." she said and grabbed Santanas hand. Sending a sad smiled to Louis. "It was nice meeting you both," I thought I was out of this strange scenario but then Louis spoke.

"Wait," he said. Why would he do that?!Brittany immediately stopped and turned around to look at him with eyes full of hope." you said you were hungry, right?" he asked and Brittany nodded. I heard Santana sighing and I wanted to sigh too because I already knew what was coming next." We have tons of food and the meat is fresh is its better be eaten soon so would you like to stay for dinner?" he asked quickly and I buried my face in my hand and sighed.

"Yes!" Brittany cheered. I was yelling all kinds of nos in my head but that wasn't helping. Brittany and Santana did stay with us. We cooked the rest of the food, Brittany ate happily mostly talking to Louis, I joined the conversion once in a while and Santana only spoke when Brittany turned to her, trying to include her as well (unsuccessfully).after we heard the Gleetols anthem, seeing there was only one dead tribute today and finding out it was Rachel, Louis fell asleep and Brittany was practically half dead in Santanas arms who was playing with her blond hair. Santana and I sat in a complete silence for about 2 hours or so (couldn't fell asleep knowing she is watching me.)When she (surprisingly) spoke.

"Im sorry about earlier, trying to kill you and all that," let along the fact that she was talking to me, she was also apologizing to me! Was that even possible? "you two were very kind, sharing your food with us without a special reason." Did I just hear a thank you?

"Thank Louis, that was his idea." I said." though I don't see why he did, you arent supposed to help people in a game like this. "Its because of your girlfriend." Santana chuckled and ran her hand through Brittanys hair once more, a kind smile over her face. Brittany was smiling in her sleep.

"she has that effect on people," the sight made me smile." one of the many reasons why I love her." she said." Usually it takes longer to people to realize we are together,"

"Well, you do look more like the head bitch cheerleader and her best friend." she now smiled at me.

"we are." she said." we actually met at cheerleading camp, she used to have a boyfriend but that didn't stopped me, we started dating by the end of that summer." she said proudly.

"She is very lucky to have you." I had to admit." I could only imagine what would have happened to her if she didn't have you here."

"You wouldn't have hurt her." She said and I smiled and nodded.

"Thats true, but she could easily run to the cornucopia and nobody there would blink before he killed her." I said and she nodded." it must be hard." I said and she shook her head.

"No, she gives me everything back just by being there…to see the smile on her face worth it all you know?" she asked and I nodded, a dopey smile on my face as the thought of one Kurt Hummel went up in my head. Of course I know. "Oh right, you have that boyfriend of yours, Hummel."

But the other tributes weren't supposed to know. First its Louis and now Santana? Am I missing something? Santana smiled when she saw the confused look on my face.

"You think your mentors were the only ones to show their tributes those glee club shows?" she asked.

"Yeah, maybe…"I said and rubbed the back of my neck." I just know its prohibited so…"

"It is, but none of us really dig the Gleetol and want to follow their rules…"

"Well, it doesnt matter, as long as the career tributes wont find out…"I said as I was already starting to worry about Kurt.

"They wont, their mentors are ass kissers, and they wouldn't dare do something without the presidents permission." Santana assure me and I sigh, she laughed.

"And what exactly is funny to you?" I asked, a little offended.

"You are not afraid for you, you immediately think of him," she said and I lowered my head." how long have you two been dating anyways?" She asked and I had to think for a moment before I answered.

"about…5 days…?" I said and she raised an eyebrow.

"You are kidding right?"

"Well…we sort of broke up when the Gleetol took him away and we got back together 5 days ago…."

"And thats what everybody are crazy for?" she asked, more herself than me and chuckled.

"So…why Brittany calls me a dolphin?" I asked and Santana laughed. We kept on talking until I told her to go to sleep. I stayed up to guard and only regretted it. Seeing Santana and Brittany all wrapped up in each other made me wish Kurt was here even more. Watching the dark night sky, knowing Kurt is watching them too from the other side of the arena wasnt helping. I wondered what was he doing or if he was thinking of me as well, if he misses me and if he is still sane…..but he was alive, I knew he was alive….and that was enough for me. For now.

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That night was even worse than usual. During the day, Mercedes Quinn and I were chasing down the girl from district 10 (thats how the girls called her so I played along), when we reached to her, I stayed at the side, not even watching as they killed her. Then I heard Blaine sing again(the only moment of happiness I got)it was the only time of the day to remind me that he was still there, watching the same sky I do, drinking the same water…that was the only thing to remind me why I am doing all of this for.

I was outside of the camp, guarding everything while the others were asleep or at least, I thought they were. I was looking at the moon which was full, just like it was yesterday (I guess it helps the dramatic affect that the game makers want the games to have.) then I heard a footstep that sounded dangerously close to me. I turned around, raising my bayonet and getting ready to kill whoever it was. I wasn't in a hurry to pull away when I saw it was Noah Puckerman. I smiled, even though his pitchfork was pressed against my chest not yet pricing through my skin because I looked up at his face and saw the look of an unexpected failure.

"Going for a late night walk?" I asked and he smiled.

"Something like that, I like to hunt at night."

"I thought it would take you more than 2 days before you try to commit suicide but its fine with me," I said and he raised an eyebrow." I will try to make it as painless as possible." I said cockily smiling thinking I might enjoy this kill. I really forgot how Puck and I got to this point in the first place, I didn't remember what happened that made us hate each other so much, but I guess it was just the fact we all need sponsors and we all want to win so he might saw me as a threat.

"Same goes to you," he said and his smile turned into a smirk." And your little boyfriend." He said and his smirk turned even bigger. He just crossed the line. Now the Mohawk guy got to go." well not for him," he chuckled. relax Kurt, you cant kill him yet, you need to wait." the things Im going to do to him…"wait until more tributes are dead, then you can kill him and stab each and every part of his filthy body." but Im gonna keep you alive just so you can hear him scream and beg for me to stop the pain-"he didn't even got the chance to finish his empty promise because I was already attacking him. Screw the agreement; he broke it first when he killed Tina.

I stabbed once, hearing Puck moving on the hard ground, jumping to get away from my hits.no matter how much we tried we didn't hurt each other, the only victims were our cloths. I remembered what my mother said to me in the reaping day you can beat anyone from this district but you are going to fight against people from all of the other districts, how do you know they are not going to kill you? Maybe this time she had a point. But it seemed like Puck was getting tiered, there was my chance.

In one quick movement, I made Puck fall on the ground and kicked his pitchfork away and pointing my bayonet to his heart.

"Any last words Puckerman?" I asked smiling, getting ready to finally get rid of him but then somebody yelled.

"No! Please Kurt wait!" it was Quinns voice. I didn't remove my eyes away from puck. "Wait!" she reached to us form wherever she was and rest her hand over my arm. "Don't do this,"

"Why? He was the one coming to kill me," I said and Quinn still didn't let go of my arm.

"Thats still not a reason to kill him." she said and I tried my best not to laugh in both of their faces.

"So what is?"

"It doesn't matter, we all agreed to wait until there are 8 of us remain before we split, then you can try to kill him." she said. I didn't think I ever heard Quinn so scared and out of control.

"He was the one to break his promise, he killed Tina." I said. I didn't know why it was so important to her, she and Puck weren't together and for all I know they weren't even friends. All they had in common was Beth and she wasn't even theirs anymore. Why would she care so much if he is dead or not?

"It wasn't on purpose! It was in the hit of a battle." she protested.

"Thats not an excuse," I said and pressed harder into Pucks chest making him whimper and Quinn to gasp near me.

"Fine then just…do that for me. please," I looked at her for the first time, there were tears in her eyes and she looked like I was a creature from the worst horror movie she ever seen." until we go our own ways," she said and the added with the most broken voice I have ever heard "please," I looked at her and puck one last time before I walked away without saying a word. I will get my chance of killing him at the end. I just now realized that puck did managed to hurt me, there was a long, not very deep cut all over my right cheek, blood was still slowly running dawn my face form it. I walked to the river and looked down to see the real damage .I looked terrible, pretty much as I felt, hoping the cut would heal until the next time I saw Blaine. I kneeled in front of the river and washed my face off.

Mercedes was the one to wake me us the next morning. We all sat and ate our breakfast, Sebastian and I stayed to guard while Puck Mercedes and Quinn went to kill another tribute. Only later I found out who it was.

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The morning went pretty well at first, Louis was the one who woke me up saying that another tribute died during the night, and I thanked him for telling me and started to sing with the mockingjays which caused Brittany and Santana to wake up. They yawned and spoke with each other before Santana pulled Brittany for a kiss, I looked away, knowing Im blushing by now but it still didn't stop the sounds.

"Please guys stop, not in front of the kid." I said and Brittany chuckled before standing up and walking to the waterfall.

"Thanks Anderson thanks a lot." Santana said and I chuckled this time.

While everybody woke up and made breakfast, I took my Binocular and climbed up on the nearest tree to check whats happening in the arena. When I looked around, I was immediately regretting not climbing up there sooner because I wasn't ready at all to what I saw next. 3 running figures which I recognized almost immediately. Quinn Fabray, Noah "Puck" Puckerman and Mercedes Jones. They were very close to us, not more than 2 minutes away and I had a feeling that they knew it. Even if we were 4, we had no chance against those who trained for years in order to kill. I remembered that time at the training center when Kurt tried to teach me how to fight, no matter what I did, I found myself on the ground within 5 second and Kurt wasn't even trying. How am I going to stand and fight with someone who is really trying to kill me and have no intension of showing any mercy? I realized I was frozen for a few moments and almost fall of the tree as I tried to get down as fast as possible. I had no choice but to run for my life that was my only chance. But not before I warn them, I owned them at least that much.

"What happened to you?" Santana asked as I ran towards them, grabbing my bag and stuffing everything that was mine inside of it pulling it over my shoulder and looked for my bow so I can get out of there fast.

"Career tributes, 3 of them, they will be here any minute now." I said and for the first time I saw Santana scared.

"What should we do?" Louis asked, looking up at me. I bit my lower lip, not really knowing what to say. I didn't even have the chance to talk because Brittany was.

"Guys we really need to go!" that was the moment when I saw them. What really made me grab my feet and run was that cocky grin on Pucks face when he saw me. Oh shit.

"Run!" I heard somebody yelling. I was in such a haze that I couldn't even say who was yelling. I immediately obeyed and started running deeper into the forest.my mind was blank as I ran but then I remembered that I left Louis behind. I looked back for the first time only to see there was no one behind me. I stayed in my place for a long moment before I heard a horrifying sound.

"Blaine!" sadly for me, I recognized it. The person who yelled was Louis." Blaine! Help me!" he screamed again and I started to run towards the sound, not really thinking too much about what if it is a trap or not.

It took me about a minute or less to reach to him, and then I froze. Louis was on the ground, shaking and screaming, Mercedes over him, slowly cutting every part of his body. I had no idea what to do. Mercedes was Kurts best friend, how could I kill her? He would hate me forever and I couldn't have that. But I also couldn't let her torture Louis like that, it was obvious he would die from what she did to him already but that was no reason for him to suffer the excruciating pain.

At first, what happened next seemed like a dream, I pulled out an arrow and nocked it ,in order to kill Mercedes but somebody else already did. She fell on the ground next to Louis and I could see an arrow stuck in her back. When I looked up to see the shooter I was shocked.it was Kurt.

I rubbed my eyes to make sure it wasn't a dream but the sight never changed. Same old beautiful Kurt only now his hair was messy, he had a long cut over his right cheek and a strange look in his eyes that I had never seen before (and to be honest, kind of scared me.)

Without knowing whats real, I ran to what used to be Louis, brushing away stray blond hair from his face. What he said about the career tributes was right, they do like to kill in the most painful and bloodful way possible because he looked just the way he described his friend . His face full of bruises and cuts that were already there along with the new ones he got from Mercedes, made him almost unrecognizable. He was barely breathing and I realized he was trying to say something I couldn't quite understand.

"Shh…its okay." I said and a smile appeared on Louiss face. A cocky sarcastic one.

"Im dying, I know." he said slowly, taking a deep breath once in two words.

"Of course you know," I said and smiled. Louis always knew everything.

"Blaine," he whispered." do your best to win okay?" he asked and I immediately nodded.

"I will," I promised." we will, "I mentioned Kurt(at the time I forgot he was there at all, watching the whole scene from the side probably trying to understand why I am so sad and on the verge of tears because of one little 12 year old.)

Louis nodded and smiled. That smiled stayed on his face even after he took his last breath. I stayed there next to him for a few moments but then I heard a cannon. I opened my mouth to sing (a reflex.) but then it hit me, Kurt was here.

OoOoOoOoOoOo

I let him stay next to the dying boy for a while, not wanting to interfere what seemed to be a very sad moment between the both of them. When we heard the cannon, Blaine almost began to cry as he opened his mouth (I think it was to sing (considering he sang that song every time a cannon was heard (I think it was for me (it had to be for me, right?)))I looked at him and finally he looked back. I almost forgot that warm feeling I had every time those golden pair of hazel eyes was looking at me. I smiled and to my surprise he didn't smile back.it had to be the fact he just watched that kid die…I started to walk to him, slowly at first, watching how or if his face expressions changed.

As thought about it, it was nearly impossible for Blaine to lose his mind with only 3 days in the arena  but still, I had to be careful(how do you know if someone is insane or not if he just sits there and stare at you?)

"Blaine?" I asked softly. Its me, Kurt. Remember me?" I asked and…he laughed shortly. Oh no…please don't tell me he lost it…

"Im yet to go crazy, honey, if thats what you are trying to check," he said quietly and I sighed, walking a little faster to him and he stood up so we practically ran into each others arms. "I missed you so much," he whispered against my shoulder and I smiled.

"Its only been 3 days," I said and I could swear that he rolled his eyes." And I missed you too." I had to admit." I have so much to tell you,"

"Me too, lets just…move. Before they get here." he said, the tributes need to stay away from the bodies when the Gleetol come to take them. I nodded and he took my hand, we continued are walk into the forest, Blaine was leading the way. We stopped for a moment when we heard another cannon. We looked at each other and Blaine frowned for some reason.

"What happened? Are you okay?" I asked worried.

"Im fine," he said quickly." But what happened to you?" He said and I felt his finger gently touching the long cut I just now remembered I had.

"Its nothing; it will be gone by the time we are out of here."

"Who did this to you?" he said in a ton that revealed he was completely ignoring the last thing I said.

"It was Puck, he tried to kill me and I got hurt during the fight," I said and he raised an eyebrow.

"Did you kill him?"

"No." Blaine chuckled and that was when I realized how disappointed I sounded.

"And why is that?" He asked and I sighed.

"Quinn came and begged me to let him go, and I did."

Blaine simply nodded.

"So where are we going?" I asked.

"Theres a waterfall nearby, there is nobody there unless Santana and Brittany are back so it should be good." he said and I was even more confused.

"Who are Brittany and Santana?" I asked and Blaine smiled.

"Lets just get there first okay? Its seems like the Gleetol want the sun to go down faster today so it would be dark soon," he said and I was so proud, Blaine is already a better player than me.

"Then what are we waiting for?" I said taking his hand again and we kept on our way to where ever that waterfall was.

We did walk to the waterfall, and whoever Brittany and Santana were, weren't anywhere to be found. Blaine and I cooked dinner in an almost complete silence, each minding his own business. When we sat next to the fire to eat, Blaine finally broke.

"Spill it all, now." he said.

"You will have to be more specific than that," I said and he rolled his eyes.

"You know what I mean, why are you here and not with the others? How the hell did you get another bow? And why are you smiling?" he asked and only then I realized I was in fact smiling.

"Well, if you want to know so badly…I found the bow deep inside the cornucopia," the others didnt take it because its impossible to rip someone apart with arrows, I thought." Im here because I didn't know what tribute they were after and when I found out, I had to know you are okay." I looked into his eyes and he smiled at me which only made my smile grow bigger." Im just happy to see you…"I said and he took my hand. Those words weren't even starting to describe the way I felt.

"Me too, but you didn't have to leave because of me…I would have been fine, and now they will want to kill you too." he said and I chuckled.

"They always wanted to kill me, it doesn't really matter what I did." I said and took another bite from whatever meat I was eating." now you tell me something." I said and he nodded.

"Santana and Brittany are a lesbian couple I met, Brittany is really nice and friendly and Santana tried to kill me at first but they are great." he said, I wanted to ask about the fact somebody tried to kill him but I stopped myself, I have nothing to worry about it, he is alive and nothing seemed to be wrong with him.

"And the boy from earlier?" I asked quietly and the look in Blaines eyes changed a bit which made me add" you don't have to tell me if its t-"I was cut off by his short laugher.

"Its fine," he said." we need to be strong right?" he asked and I nodded in agreement." his name is Louis, district 9, we met yesterday afternoon when I first found this place, almost fainted from the lack of water…"he said, now he wasn't even looking at me, he looked into the dark night sky which had a full moon in it, again." he was hiding behind one of the trees, so scared. All shaking and sobbing because he felt responsible from his friends death…it was heartbreaking." he said and from nowhere, a tear made its way down his cheek. Without needing him to say anything I pulled him closer and hugged him, with the squirrels still in out hand and everything. He didn't need to say it for me to understand that somehow, in the short time they spent together, they made a special connections. I sighed.

"Who make new friends in a Glee game?" I more said then asked.

"Silly me I guess." He whispered and that was the time we hear the familiar sound of the Gleetols anthem.

The girl from district 6 (probably was the cannon I heard last night.)The girl from district 3(Blaine gasp when he saw her picture, then explained to me that was Brittany.)The boy from district 9 (Louis, Blaine hugged me tighter the whole 10 seconds his picture was in the sky, he almost break something.)And Mercedes. Come on Kurt, not now. I kept on returning in my head, reminding myself that there was no time to break down. Blaine kept on staring at the sky, where the pictures already fade away.

"Blaine?" I whispered and he seemed to get out of his trance.

"They are dead," he said." poor Santana. What happened? Now she-that was the Mohawk guy for sure! He was the one to kill her!" Blaine kept on mumbling stuff I couldn't understand even if he was saying them in a human speed (which he didn't.)

"Blaine!" I tried not to scream but at least it made him relax." I think you had enough for today." I said and he opened his mouth to speak but I cut him off." lets just go to sleep, okay?"

"Yeah, sleeping would be good, I guess." he agreed and I smiled.

Sadly, I was too hysterical to find Blaine before Puck, that I didn't take anything from the cornucopia besides the closest thing to me, the bow.so we had to sleep on the ground.

We were both lying there, facing the sky. And there goes day number 3, I thought a second before I fall asleep. Or at least, was about to, Blaine small voice woke me up to reality.

"Hey Kurt?" he whispered and I turned around at him, his eyes finding mine.

"What?" I asked.

"Dont I get a goodnight kiss?" he whispered, his hand cupping my cheek. I rolled my eyes and he chuckled before pressing our lips together into a soft kiss.it was like every time I kissed him only ten times bigger and stronger, that kiss saying all the things we couldn't find the words to say, it seemed like the games or the distance could stop the fact that with every passing day, my feelings only becoming stronger and so does my will to get out of here and live my life already…with Blaine. We broke apart eventually and wished another goodnight; it really was a good night because…we spent all of it wrapped up in each others arms.

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