❛ 𝑺𝑰𝑳𝑬𝑵𝑪𝑬- 𝘵𝘩𝘨

Chapter 28

The next morning, we woke up, and started walking in the direction that Blue had pointed to. Soon, the mansion came into view. There were rows upon rows of peacekeepers standing in front of it, guarding the capitol. I glanced at Delia, and she was staring at them. The peacekeepers and her were having what seemed like a staring contest.

It was broken, when Delia marched up to them. "We here to see president Snow." She demanded. The head peacekeeper stared at her. "We were instructed not to let anyone in. President Snow doesn't have any meetings today."

He smirked at her, and he pulled out his weapon. The other peacekeepers mirrored his action. I gulped and gripped Apollo's hand. Delia seemed still unfazed though. She punched one of the peacekeepers in the face, and all hectic broke loose. There were other soldiers waiting on the streets, but when Delia punched the peacekeeper, they joined in. Apollo dragged me out of the way.

He pulled me to the side of a building. Willow followed us, not being much of a fighter. "Okay, let's just talk." Apollo said. "What, are you crazy? There's a battle going on right in front of us, and you just want to talk?" I signed. "No, it's so we can try to stay calm..." He responded.

"Okay, um, are you two dating now?" Willow asked. I glanced at him, and he nodded while smiling tightly. Our gazes shifted back to the fighting, and all talking subdued. Soon, the battle was ending, and there was an announcement that all capitol citizens were to come to the mansion. I ran into the battle to see what happened to the others on my team.

I saw that Mae and Delia was standing side by side. They seemed to be alright, but they were standing over a body. I felt my heart rate increase. I hadn't seen Carter in all of this mess. I ran over to them, and felt like my heart was being ripped out of my body.

I knelt down next to him, and put his head down onto my lap. "Carter," I signed to him. His eyelids were half closed, but he was still faintly breathing. "Ada... I thought you left me..." he rasped, and this caused a coughing fit. I saw that he was bleeding from chest. His wound from a few days ago in his shoulder was also bleeding. "No, no... sh, you'll be alright."

"Ada, take care of Dad for me... although before I die, please do me a favor. Make a life with Apollo, and name one of your children after me." He joked quietly. He started chuckling, and as that subdued, his breathing slowed. I checked his pulse once more, but I knew it was useless. Crowds began to form around us, trying to get into the capitol.

We moved aside, as the crowds began to move forwards. I could feel tears running down my cheeks at a rapid pace. Apollo put his hand on my shoulder, and we hugged each other. I saw a hooded figure get up on an abandoned car or something, and I realized it was Katniss.

As I watched her, I saw what looked like sponsor gifts float down from the sky. I realized what was going to happen a few seconds before it did. As people reached up to grab them, they exploded. People started to collapse onto the street, and medics started to pour out onto the street. Mae jumped up and ran in to help them, and Delia picked up Carter's body. She laid him down on a grassy area, and found flowers. She started to copy something that Katniss had done to one of her allies in the 74th hunger games.

As we watched her finish, we heard explosion noises behind us, throwing us down, and that's all I remembered before blacking out.