The 750th Hunger Games

The Train Ride (Elixir's POV)

I'm terrified, but I won't show it. I watched the district 10 reaping too, and then after Snow came on they carried on as if nothing had happened. But it's not that that's scaring me most. It's Thor. We've always been friends, but he's going too far with Kain. And I've told him what I think. And he threatened to kill me. So I have to play along with what he says, because I've seen how strong he is. If he targets me in the arena, well, I won't last long. The two of us were in the gangs of rough kids that roam the backstreets of District Nine, so we both know how to defend ourselves, but Thor has always been bigger and stronger that the other boys in the gangs. I feel like I should go and apologise to Kain, after years of bullying her. And that boy, Saxon, he probably hates me now. And I don't blame him. I stand up and quietly slip through the door. As I reach Kain's room, my heart is pounding. As I open the door, Kain's brown eyes widen, and she instinctively shuffles backward. I gulp. She's scared of me.
"Look," I begin, " I just wanted to say I'm sorry. And I want-" she looks at me intently, "I want to ally with you in the arena."
"Is this some kind of joke? I thought you hated me." she says, her eyes wide with disbelief.
"I'm not joking. Thor is out to get you, and I always thought we were just teasing, but he's taking it too far."
"Ok. I think it's better to team up than to go solo." She says, and, when I look at her small delicate frame and her wide, innocent eyes, I wonder how I could ever have done anything to harm her.