The Hunger Games Page #11

CAESAR:

Oh. That’s is a big piece of bad

luck.

PEETA:

It’s not good.

CAESAR:

I don’t think any of us can blame

you. It’d be hard not to fall for

that young lady. She didn’t know?

PEETA:

Not until now.

CAESAR:

Wouldn’t you love to pull her back

up here and ask for a response?

Shouts of agreement from the audience.

CAESAR:

Sadly, rules are rules, and Katniss

Everdeen’s time has been spent.

Well, best of luck to you, Peeta

Mellark. I think I speak for all of

Panem when I say our hearts go with

yours.

Deafening roars of comfort from the audience.

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66.

THANKS FOR THE HEADS UP

INT. Backstage- NIGHT.

Katniss follow Peeta into backstage. She grabs Peeta and

pushes him down.

PEETA:

What was that for?

KATNISS:

You had no right! No right to say

those things! Was this your stupid

plan? Is this why we didn’t train

together?!

Effie, Haymitch, Cinna, and Portia rush walk in. Effie

rushes to Peeta’s side.

EFFIE:

What happened? Did you fall?

Effie and Cinna help him up.

PEETA:

After she shoved me.

HAYMITCH:

Shoved him?

KATNISS:

This was your idea, wasn’t it?

Turning me into some kind of fool

in front of the entire country?

PEETA:

It was my idea. Haymitch just

helped me with it.

KATNISS:

Yes. Haymitch is very helpful. To

you!

HAYMITCH:

You are a fool. Do you think he hrt

you? That boy just gave you

something you could never achieve

on your own.

KATNISS:

He made me look weak!

(CONTINUED)

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67.

HAYMITCH:

He made you look desirable! And

let’s face it, you can use all the

help you can get in that

department. You were about as

romantic as dirt until he said he

wanted you. Now they all do. You’re

all they’re talking about. The star

crossed lovers from district

twelve. Can’t you see it? Can’t you

see anything, slug?

KATNISS:

Enough with the slugs! You’re not

so pretty either, you piece of

crap! Why can’t you be nice?

HAYMITCH:

Who cares? It’s all a big show. And

I’m not the one that needs help,

it’s you. If you want to live, I

suggest you get your act together

and stop talking like that towards

me. If anything, that boy gave you

his own sponsors.

KATNISS:

You should’ve at least told me so

we could’ve sold it. I looked

completely stupid.

PORTIA:

No, you didn’t. Your reaction was

perfect. If you’d known, it

wouldn’t have been read as anymore

real than it seemed.

PEETA:

She’s just worried about her

boyfriend.

KATNISS:

I don’t have a boyfriend.

PEETA:

Whatever. Besides, you didn’t say

you loved me. So, what does it

matter anyway?

KATNISS:

After he said he loved me, di it

seem like I did too?

(CONTINUED)

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68.

PORTIA:

To me, it did. The way you avoided

the cameras, the blushing.

CINNA:

I agree. You sold it without even

knowing it.

HAYMITCH:

See? You’d be forgettable without

that stunt we pulled. WHat are you

now? Unforgettable. You’re golden,

sweetheart. You’ll have sponsors

lined up by the block.

KATNISS:

(to Peeta)

I’m sorry I shoved you.

PEETA:

Doesn’t matter, even though it’s

technically illegal.

KATNISS:

Are you okay?

PEETA:

I’ll be fine. It’s not a big deal.

Beat.

HAYMITCH:

Come on, let’s eat.

They walk off.

CUT TO:

ADVICE:

INT. Dining room- DAY.

Cinna, Portia, Effie, and Haymitch are eating. Katniss and

Peeta don’t bother.

EFFIE:

You aren’t hungry, dear?

KATNISS:

No.

(CONTINUED)

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69.

CINNA:

What’s the matter?

KATNISS:

I’m sure you know.

HAYMITCH:

Stop glowering over this. Out of

all the days, you pick today to cry

over it?

KATNISS:

Shut up, Haymitch. Like you’ve ever

heard me cry.

HAYMITCH:

Oh really? Is that a challenge?

PEETA:

Save it. The games are tommorow

morning.

HAYMITCH:

You think I don’t know that?

EFFIE:

Haymitch, can you please be a bit

kinder? It’s giving me premature

wrinkles.

HAYMITCH:

(sarcastic)

We don’t want that to happen.

KATNISS:

We might die tommorow, Haymitch. At

least act like you like us. Do any

of you have advice?

HAYMITCH:

Don’t die.

Haymitch sips on his drink.

PEETA:

That’s all?

HAYMITCH:

Fine. I’ll go into detail.

He puts down the drink.

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED:
70.

HAYMITCH:

Once the timer hits zero, get the

hell out of there. Do not, I

repeat, do not risk it by jumping

in the mess like morons. Just get

out, put as much distance as you

can between you and the others, and

find a source of water. Got it?

KATNISS:

And after that?

HAYMITCH:

Stay alive.

He sips on his drink.

CUT TO:

LET THE GAMES BEGIN

INT. Underground- DAY.

Katniss and Cinna sit underneath the arena, getting ready.

CINNA:

Katniss, I believe in you.

Cinna takes out the mockingjay pin.

KATNISS:

Where did you get that?

Cinna pins the mockingjay pin on her jacket. He begins to

adjusting her outfit, specially made for survival. He braids

her hair.

CINNA:

Off the outfit you wore on the

train. It’s your district token,

right? It barely passed the review

board. People thought it could be

used at an unfair advantage as a

weapon. They eliminated a ring from

that district one girl, though. If

you twisted the gemstone on it,

spikes popped up. A poison one too.

She claimed she didn’t have any

idea about it. Still got taken away

anyways.

He steps back.

(CONTINUED)

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71.

CINNA:

There. You’re all set. Move around.

Make sure everything feels

comfortable.

She walks a few steps, jogs in place, and swings her arms.

KATNISS:

Yes, it’s fine. Fits perfectly.

CINNA:

Then there’s nothing to do but wait

for the call.

A few moments pass. Claudius Templesmith, the announcer, is

heard.

CLAUDIUS:

(V.O.)

Prepare for launch.

CINNA:

Remember what Haymitch said. Run,

find water. The rest will follow.

Remember this, Katniss. If I were

allowed to bet, my money would be

on you.

KATNISS:

Truly?

CINNA:

Truly.

Cinna walks Katniss onto the platform that will raise up to

the arena soon.

CLAUDIUS:

(V.O.)

Platforms will raise in 3 seconds.

CINNA:

Good luck, girl on fire.

The platform begins to rise. Cinna waves her off. She rises

up and stops en she reaches ground level of the arena. All

24 tributes are in a circle, each on their platforms. In

the middle of the large circle holds survival kits, weapons,

and more.

EXT. Cornucopia, Arena- DAY.

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED:
72.

CLAUDIUS:

(V.O.)

Ladies and gentlemen, let the

seventy-fourth annual Hunger Games

begin!

A loud sound indicates the start of the games. The tributes

launch out. Katniss is a late start by a few seconds. It’s a

bloodbath in there, many people fighting to the death then

and there. Katniss sprints, scooping up bread and a sheet of

plastic. She sprints towards a bright orange backpack with

unknown cotents. Brendan follows. Katniss accidentally drops

her bread. They pull at each side, trying to retrieve the

backpack. Clove lodges a knife into the boy’s back. He lets

go, falling over and dying. Katniss is exposed. Clove tries

to throw a knife at her, but Katniss blocks with the

backpack, the knife getting stuck into it. She escapes into

the woods.

CUT TO:

EXT. Woods, Arena- DAY.

It’s late afternoon. Katniss slows her jog into a walk. She

puts the plastic into her sleeve and pulls out the knife.

She attatches it to her clothing. Eleven cannons go off. She

slumps down next to a tree. She opens her backpack and

checks its contents. A thin sleeping bag with plastic-like

material, a pack of crackers, a pack of beef jerky, a bottle

of iodine, a box of wooden matches, a small coil of wire,

night glasses that look like sunglasses, and a bottle for

liquids. She checks the bottle. Empty. She closes up the

backpack and it’s contents, then heads out. She sets up a

snare. She then climbs up the tree beside her, sets up and

climbs into the sleeping bag, and takes her belt and wraps

it around the tree branch and her waist. She falls asleep.

CUT TO:

THE MOB:

EXT. Woods, Arena- NIGHT.

Katniss awaken to the sound of a campfire. A few moments

pass. Katniss stays completely still. Karma, from district

eight, has dozed off beside the campfire. She is slightly

snoring. The sounds of a mob’s footsteps are heard. They get

closer and closer to them. They’re right at the campfire.

The mob consists of District one and two’s tributes, Lacey

(the district four tribute), and Peeta. They torture the

girl until she’s silent.

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED:
73.

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