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Felix fell back into the chair, letting all of the tears cooped up in his body escape him. He cried into his hands, and then he composed himself after a few minutes. He stood up and wiped himself off. He was done. He had no more grieving to do. Now he had to store his family into the depths of his mind. They were not important anymore, they were a distant memory. Now his duty was to survive. But he hadn’t escaped the grieving yet. The oak doors opened once more.

And in walked Demetrius, or what Fex called him, Demetri. The boy walked in emotionless. The doors closed behind him. He stood silently. “Hi Demetri…………………….” Fex said shyly. It had been extremely awkward for the last week or so. He and Demetri were best friends. They talked about everything and anything together. The week previous to the reaping, they snuck out one night to lay in one of the fields next to the Hovercraft Landing pad. It was far into the night, and the boys had stumbled on the topic of sexuality, and Fex revealed he wasn’t only interested in girls. “I think I might like guys too……..” Felix stuttered, unsure of the reaction of his best friend.

“I…… I feel the same way.” Demetri said. They slowly turned their heads to look at each other. They looked into each other’s eyes, and they knew. They slowly leaned in, and shared an innocent and passionate kiss. He shook his head, that moment changed everything.  And not for the better. Demetri’s face fell. “Fex…………..” He trailed off, walking towards him. They embraced. “I’m going to miss you so much.” Demetri said, sniffling himself.  Fex pulled away, and again, their eyes met. It was the same look they shared that night. The night where their relationship had changed. Fex was leaving, and leaving to fight to the death. Would he take that chance? Yes.

Fex started to lean in, never breaking eye contact with Demetri. “No……..” Demetri said his face turning. He pushed Fex away. “No…….. I don’t do that. That’s wrong” Demetri said with his face down. He couldn’t even look at him now. “So I’m wrong Demetri! You’re lying. You knew that felt right.” Fex said his eyes tearing. His throat was choking up. He couldn’t speak. He would not let himself cry. He would not seem weak in front of this boy who was changing right in front of his eyes.

The whole of District 6 stood silent, watching the freshly reaped tributes go off to their inevitable death. And Felix was one of them. “Well, let us congratulate this fine young man and woman who will be representing District 6! Let’s give them a hand!” The pixie like woman belted. This woman, Livinia Weston, was going to be the District 6 Escort. Felix and Titania were going to have to deal with her presence daily. And in all honesty, Felix wasn’t sure if he could take that. The audience lay silent, and gave each of them sympathetic looks. But no matter how much they wanted to stop this, to take them back. They couldn’t. That was the cruelty of the Capitol.

Livinia shoved Titania and Felix into the Justice Building. She moved incredibly fast. He figured since she was so much shorter than the general populous, she had to move faster to keep up. “Come along, children! We have so much to do!” She squeaked happily.  She led Fex to a room in the building, the room in which he would be saying goodbye to his loved ones. His last goodbye. He didn’t know if he was ready for that. Felix sat in the closest chair in the lavish room, anxiously awaiting his family. Suddenly, the door burst open. His family, who were all huddled together, slowly came into the room.

But one broke apart, his younger sister Posie.  Posie was only 8, and she didn’t fully understand the concept of the Games. She walked up to Felix, and hugged his legs. “I’m sad that you have to go, Fexy. But I know you can win! You run so fast! That’s what the game is right? That’s what mommy and daddy said.” She said, smiling up at him. Her big, blue eyes shone at him. Those innocent eyes that shone with hope and happiness. A tear escaped his eyes. He kneeled on his knees. “Yeah baby girl, that’s all it is. I’ll try and come home soon, okay? And then we can play all the time, all you want” Felix smiled. He sniffled. This girl was all that he cared about in the world. Felix took her into an embrace, sniffling. He couldn’t cry, not now. Not in front of her. She’d know something was wrong.

Felix stood, wiping his eyes, and his mother came forward. She hugged him with all of her might. This might be their last hug, and she was making it last. She sobbed into his shoulder, and then composed herself. She pulled away and grabbed his shoulders. “Listen to me Fex” she said, wiping her eyes. “You can do this. I know you can. You’re so fast, and you’re so smart. You just have to grab a bow and you’ll be fine!” She said, beginning to sob again. This process broke his heart. He couldn’t take much more of it.  It was breaking him apart.

Felix stumbled into the jungle, finally away from the horrors of the Blood Bath. He hadn’t really realized all of the progress he had made. I mean, he did pretty alright for the fact that he was from District 6. He had accomplished everything he had desired, and more. He had grabbed his bow and a pack! But he had also gotten a pretty fatal gash to his side. Vita had done a very good job, and her training had paid off. But not for Felix. He was still shocked; she could have easily killed him right then and there. Why didn’t she? The jungle became increasingly darker the farther he went in, and the more sounds of animals far away could be heard. The trees were very strange, and the ground was mossy, and damp. Maybe he could use some of the materials around him? He hoped so, because this adrenaline was wearing off and the wound on his side was beginning to ache.

He slowly lowered himself down onto a log, and took the small pack off of his pack; it was time to see what its contents had to offer. He zipped it open and found a water bottle. He excitedly unscrewed the cap, only finding an empty cavity. His face quickly fell, and he then pulled out a wad of cotton. This may help with one of his wounds. His forehead. He sighed; this was just getting worse and worse. But then, bingo. Sharp metal darts appeared. These would be useful to him. He put them into his sheath, and then looked at his surroundings.  Vines hung on the trees, there was deep moss all around, and there were logs all around him. He would now begin to try and fashion some kind of bandage. He grabbed one of the darts, and began to saw a vine off of the trees. His wound began to hurt badly. He bit the inside of his mouth, and kept working.

He ripped the vine off of the tree, and that obviously aggravated his side. He was almost done. He grabbed one of his arrows, in need of a flatter blade. He began to saw a sturdy piece of bark off of the log he sat on. He threw that into a pile with the vine. He looked at the floor, and then cut a piece of moss away. He held it up in the light, and took a good look at it. He remembered this from Edible Plants………….. Was it blood moss? He had learned it wasn’t edible, but it was very absorbent. Perfect for the task at hand. Felix slowly began to unzip his tight jumpsuit, revealing the wound in its entirety.

Thank god it wasn’t too deep, but it was bleeding profusely. And it was ugly. Even if the suit managed to absorb some of the blood. Felix quickly piled moss onto the wound. It hurt incredibly, but he pushed on. He then took the piece of bark and forced it upon the gash. Finally, he took the vine and wrapped it around his torso and tied it. Felix hoped that would be good enough until he could find something that could be more of use to him. He zipped back up his jumpsuit, the sleek material now not fitting as well over his makeshift bandage.