❛ 𝑻𝑯𝑰𝑺 𝑳𝑶𝑽𝑬- 𝘵𝘩𝘨

CHAPTER 16

Three days later, early in the morning, Vada, Ryker, and Colton burst into her room. Arya bolted up, almost falling out of her bed when Colton screamed her name.

"ARYA, THEY'RE DOING IT, THERE DOING IT! WAKE UP!!"

Arya looked to her sister to see if she would clarify, but she was laughing so hard she couldn't talk. "Y-y-your ex-e-expression! HAHAAHHAH!!!"

Arya rolled her eyes at her sister, and once she was finished laughing, she smiled: "They're rescuing Annie, Peeta, and Johanna!"

Arya's mouth fell open, and a huge, goofy grin spread across her face faster than a car going 500mph. Vada shook her head as Arya jumped off the bed and started jumping up and down, squealing like a teenage girl. "Ahhh, I have to get ready! I'll see you later, sorry!" Arya said as she pushed Vada, Ryker, and Colton out of her room for her to get changed.

She threw on the jumpsuit from district 13, and started fiddling around with her hair, although in the end, she just collapsed on her bed. Then, there was a knock on her door. "Hello? Arya? May I come in? It's Vada. Are you dressed?"

Arya sat up, and called, "Yeah, you can come in."

Vada gently opened the door, and asked her once she saw the disregarded hair brush, and her hair sticking up: "Do you want help?"

Arya gratefully sat up, and turned her back so her sister would brush it out. Vada left most of it down, but took a couple of strands and arranged it in a complex way, so when she finished and Arya admired it in the mirror, it looked like a heart.

"Wow! This looks incredible! Thank you!" Arya smiled and hugged her sister.

Arya left the room being followed by Vada, and so the two of them, Ryker, and Colton walked to the hospital wing. Arya took a seat until Johanna, Peeta, and Annie were rescued.

Arya was staring at her hands until she heard a commotion. There were three unconscious people being brought in the doors, and several other injured people dressed like they were from district 13.

Two of the bodies were put onto beds, but one of them was put onto a wheelchair, and rolled away.

Arya heard them mutter, "The girl needs immediate attention, so we have to look at her first."

Arya stood up, and strode after the doctor wheeling the woman away, but he shooed her away, so she took a seat again.

A couple of hours later, they finally wheeled the girl out again, and Arya finally got to see the face.

But it didn't look like the face she was used to. It was bruised, scabbed, and peeling. Even though her eyes were closed, you could tell she used to be stunningly gorgeous. But now, with her hair gone, she looked younger and thinner.

All Arya wanted to do was hold the girl close to her and hug her, but instead she just watched in pity as the girl she loved slept.

Johanna Mason was a fighter, and that's for sure.