Chapter Five
Once I get back to our campsite, papa is gone. Probably gone to gather more wood for fire. Hopefully, he would get back soon, so we could eat the squirrel quickly.
To burn time, I look for berries, roots, and plants to add to our future meals. I find a large, starchy root, which smells vaguely like basil. Interesting.
I start to head to the campsite, thinking papa should be home by now, shooting a small ground animal on my way,not knowing the name of, much less have seen before. But, as far as I’m concerned, it looks plenty edible, so I bring it with me.
As I start to move again, I hear a twig snap. Taken by surprise, I drop all the food, and I inwardly groan. There goes all my hard work. I glance around, searching for the source of the noise, but come up empty handed. Am I just being paranoid? I slowly start to regather all the food, hoping I could salvage the clean morsels, when I hear the faint …show more content…
They would still look and act the same way as their original personas, but there was one major flaw: It turned the victim’s eyes jet black, due to the cell disorientation. The capitol calls them deteriorates, because the serum deteriorates the person’s original cells, replacing them with ones that can be easily manipulated by the rebels. The rebels call themselves the Freedom Fighters, or just the F.F. for short.
How would they have captured mother, though? It would’ve have to been after the fire, while I was still knocked out senseless. Perhaps the fire was purposely set by the F.F., in order to get mother. But they could have just as easily taken me as well. Or maybe they left me on purpose? Perhaps they planned to use mother as a way to unnerve me, and maybe use other tactics like this to drive me to insanity? They aren’t that smart though, right? Never underestimate the enemy,
Once I get back to our campsite, papa is gone. Probably gone to gather more wood for fire. Hopefully, he would get back soon, so we could eat the squirrel quickly.
To burn time, I look for berries, roots, and plants to add to our future meals. I find a large, starchy root, which smells vaguely like basil. Interesting.
I start to head to the campsite, thinking papa should be home by now, shooting a small ground animal on my way,not knowing the name of, much less have seen before. But, as far as I’m concerned, it looks plenty edible, so I bring it with me.
As I start to move again, I hear a twig snap. Taken by surprise, I drop all the food, and I inwardly groan. There goes all my hard work. I glance around, searching for the source of the noise, but come up empty handed. Am I just being paranoid? I slowly start to regather all the food, hoping I could salvage the clean morsels, when I hear the faint …show more content…
They would still look and act the same way as their original personas, but there was one major flaw: It turned the victim’s eyes jet black, due to the cell disorientation. The capitol calls them deteriorates, because the serum deteriorates the person’s original cells, replacing them with ones that can be easily manipulated by the rebels. The rebels call themselves the Freedom Fighters, or just the F.F. for short.
How would they have captured mother, though? It would’ve have to been after the fire, while I was still knocked out senseless. Perhaps the fire was purposely set by the F.F., in order to get mother. But they could have just as easily taken me as well. Or maybe they left me on purpose? Perhaps they planned to use mother as a way to unnerve me, and maybe use other tactics like this to drive me to insanity? They aren’t that smart though, right? Never underestimate the enemy,