GEOP | The hunger games

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The new days were pure horror. The guards went even harder on us and I even had to cry myself to sleep sometimes again, what I didn't do for years. But the worst was, when they decided to separate Rue and me. They reorganized the bed-order, so we had to sleep on different sides of the huge corridor, they didn't let us sit together in classes and when they saw us together on breaks, they separated us. I won't go into details, but what happened in the Centre of the GEOP isn't something, that doesn't leave a trauma. And when I couldn't share my feelings with Rue, I feared to fall apart for real. I tried to stay strong, now that things were so close of getting better, but it was hard to think positive, when you got punished for the tiniest mistake and were forced to reinvent yourself.

The only thing for me left to do was study, study and try to stay alive and keep contact with my friends in here. I visited Finnick a few times but I had to be careful, because if I'd get into trouble I wouldn't be able to leave again and either would Rue go without me or she'd stay for me, wich both didn't sound exactly thrilling. I slowly learned how to be a good teacher and I even got hope that it'd be fun in district two, even though I always wanted to be a doctor. I was at the edge of breaking down, when finally the first week was over, wich meant, that we only had one more week left, before I'd get the hell out of here. I met Rue in the bathroom and fell into her arms.

"I can't do this any longer! I can't!", I exclaimed to her. "I know, it's awful, even worse than normal. But we'll get through it. Think of Katniss, okay? What would she say, if you'd give up so close to the end? One week left and hello district 2. As soon as we get there, our lives will change for the better. I'm feeling awful as well and I miss you so much but it'll be okay, I promise.", she said. I just stood there and held her as tight as I could. "One more week to go.", I said. "One more week to go and we'll be free." "I kind of feel bad for the others. What is Finnick going to do without us? You know, that he's in a miserable condition. And I don't really like the thought of leaving the careers here either, even though I'd never have thought I'd say that", I said. "Me neither. But as soon as we are done with this, we'll think of a way to free them. Shit, they'll notice that we're both gone, any moment. Listen, if we don't have another chance to talk this week and we get transported into different parts of the district, than we'll try to get to the justice building, understand? We'll meet there as soon as we can and than we may be able to visit our districts or what's left of them." Before I could respond, she opened the door, smiled at me and left, before we'd get punished.
When I left the bathroom I felt more optimistic. It would work.

I awoke in the middle of the night, when someone slapped me. I thought it was a night guard at first but then I looked into the face of a girl with red hair. "Sorry, you wouldn't wake up.", she apologized. "Finch, what the hell are you doing here?", I asked the girl that was one of the last competitors against my sister, until she ate those nightlocks. "Listen Everdeen, I know your smart and I know that you won't be here anymore soon, so I wanted to give you a tip." It felt weird to be called by my real name again, when no one said it in a week, but I liked it. "What is it?" "This Place is the worst and I really think we should do something against it. All these people can't stay here forever, you're the only unit that can leave someday. So, you'll be the ones that have to do something because in here, we don't have a chance. Understood?" I nodded, even though I didn't really know, what she meant.

"They'll install chips on your arm, so they can track you and make sure everything's going like try planed. If you really wanna help yourself and us, than you'll have to get rid of it at first and after that you can figure something out.", she continued. "But how do I do that?", I asked. "That's why I'm here. I think I figured it out. I really hope that you're the right choice for me to share these informations. But if it works, than you'll have to try and free us all from here, okay? And you'll have to do me a personal favor." "Of course. My friends are here, if I can do anything, I will." "Perfect. Now listen carefully."

Foxface told me everything she knew and after she had left my head was flooded with informations I hoped I'd remember in district two. I grabbed some record papers from my desk and wrote down as much as possible. I folded it and stuffed it into my sock, so it wouldn't be motive by any of the staff. I heard someone coughing badly down the hallway, but I was to tired to think about it and the other people on this unit didn't really care about me or Rue either, so it didn't really matter. Now that I knew how I'd get rid of the trackers, nothing could stop me from being independent and free. One week and Coin and her stupid staff would have no control over me. And maybe, just maybe, if I was strong enough, I could bring this shit down.