Rye raced through the woods behind Emery. His head was cooler than it had been since these fucked up games had begun. He realized that he and Emery needed to tip the balance of the games in their favor. More importantly, they should stop being prey, hiding, evading but should carry the fight to Stark's game in ground where they would control the advantage. He had the gun, he had the ability to make bombs, as a matter of fact, he still possessed the one he had made in the cave. He wasn't sure it was operable since it had been soaked but if they used it to totally destroy the home camp, the Cornucopia, then, if it worked, good, if not, no harm done.<br/><br/>Some fool tried to snare him as he ran under the overlapping branches but he caught a glint off metal which drew his eye. His knife found its mark in the fool's neck. When he toppled from the tree, Rye calmly pulled the blade free, wiped it across his pants and raced on.  He lost sight of Emery but the swaying vegetation let him know she or someone  he hoped was Emery was just ahead.<br/><br/>They burst out at the Cornucopia where all was silent and dark. Rye crept cautiously forward pulling the canister from his pack. He tossed it into the store and crept back into the trees where ferns brushed his thighs.  The trees were thick here and he nodded to Emery, pointing up. Without seeing if she followed, Rye scaled the tree  where he put the trunk between him and a possible blast. Taking inventory of his weapons, Rye had enough knives for hand to hand combat as well as throwing. The gun had a full magazine but he had no idea how many shots that was. He had handled many projectile type weapons and tools and figured the gun would be similar to the arrow and knife, aim, relax and fire.<br/><br/>When he had taken out Stark, he would go back to see why Eden had not screamed. If he was dead, Rye would bury him and if he was alive by some miracle, Rye would try to figure out how to help him out of here.<br/><br/>Rye had not waited long until he heard feet pounding on the pathway.