kill for your love - the hunger games

(050) clampitt

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KILL FOR YOUR LOVE.

act three.

(chapter fifty, clampitt)

the white room / somewhere, 75 ADD.

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CLAMPITT. 

THAT WAS THE first thing Juniper thought about as she woke up, panting in the bed. She had known Clampitt. Clampitt was the one to convince Snow to not make Juniper do a post-Games interview nor the Victory Tour. Clampitt was the one that had sedated her when she first awoke from the arena three-years-ago. Juniper knew she had seen the doctor before. 

(And even as a dark-haired doctor with glasses came in to sedate her, the girl was still muttering to herself)

(From what Juniper could see as the woman peered over to look at her, she was wearing a white lab coat. She swore she had seen her before)

("Do you remember me, Miss Hale?" The woman asked. Juniper could recognise her face, but not her name. She had seen her before, but not from when she was laying down, trapped by an invisible force. Juniper had seen the woman in the Capitol years ago. When was that?)

And then the next thing Juniper thought about was why? Why was Clampitt here? The woman had deemed the Hale girl, at the time, crazy and psychotic so she didn't have to do the interview with Caesar Flickerman or do the Victory Tour. She had convinced Snow to cancel it all because of Lucy Stevens's wish to send Juniper back home to Ten. So, if Clampitt had done all of that, why was she here? Why was she the main person in Juniper's capture and solitude? Why was she showing her clips? Why did she handcuff her? 

Three-years-ago, Dr. Clampitt was helping Juniper Hale. She managed to persuade Snow. She stood up to Seneca Crane. She was decent to Lucy Stevens. And so, what changed? What made her put Juniper in the white room of hell? The Hale woman could feel her heart thudding, pounding as if it was going to burst out of her chest any moment. 

Clampitt was always there. She was always in the shadows. Watching, waiting. How long had she planned this? Did she think about putting Juniper in the white room of hell the minute she had to sedate her in the room with no windows or doors? Or was she simply just following orders? Juniper could feel herself getting worked up as she began to pant, holding her head in her hands.

And Lucy Stevens had spoken to her. She thanked her. Had Lucy seen her before when Brent won? Juniper didn't know, but she could vividly remember the dream, the memory she had locked away in the chest that resided in her heart. She could remember Seneca Crane. Haymitch and Finnick. Lucy. Clampitt. Brent. The dark-haired doctor was always there, always in the shadows, tending to the newest Victors' whilst planning Juniper Hale's death. 

(And as she walked past the girl, she offered her a smile)

Clampitt had smiled at her. She had known Juniper since she was seventeen. She watched over her whilst she was in that bed in that room. She sedated her. She gave her all the drugs that made her feel numb. And she was a person Snow trusted in. Someone who Snow would listen to. The thought made Juniper sick as she could feel puke rising.