When two worlds collide

Chapter 5

Chapter 5

Tris POV:

I turn my head to look at president coin, she's surprisingly calm. she's tapping her fingers as the man, who I think is named Haymitch, tells her to get her people ready. She looks at him and blabs on about something, he answers back to her with sarcastic tone of sincerity.

"We're overdue for a level 5 security drill," says president coin, "let's proceed with the lockdown." she's typing so quickly on her key-board I think it would have even impressed the Erudite.

When she lifts her head, sirens begin to scream from the audio system. Everyone begins to move out and onto a wide stairway. I keep expecting people to push others down, or scream, but nothing. People are just efficiently moving down and down the stairs... Tobias is getting fidgety, probably realizing how deep into the ground were going. He grips my hand, and I give it a soft squeeze. The sirens get softer the further down me move; driving us further into the ground. I'm grateful that the sirens aren't as loud down here; they were starting to give me a headache.

I start to see Katniss' braid move apart from the crowd. She's following a man who looks to be in his 40's, and a very good-looking man, with sun golden brown skin.

She's about to keep moving into a doorway, when the older man tells her something. She looks down to her arm, and she waves it under a scanner. I look down at mine, so does Tobias, and Christina. We do what she did, noticing everyone else doing it to. I hear someone murmur that it's so everyone is accounted for. I guess that makes sense.

As we make our way in, I'm shocked to see a whole living area; it has a kitchen, bathrooms and a first-aid kit station. There's letters and numbers in different sections, we go to the one that matches our compartment, which mean were going to letter D.

We find the wall with the letter on it. In the wall there are 2 bunks and a thin mat for a 3rd person to sleep on the floor. After a bit of arguing, I finally give in; Christina and I get the bunks and Tobias gets the floor. (Even though I offered and insisted) But he's stubborn. I just sit on mattress, where I pick up a paper with instructions, it says I need to go to the supply station and secure one pack for each member of our compartment, ready our living area, then return the packs. I look around the room, where I see Katniss walking back to her bunk with 3 bags. People are quickly getting in line.

"Tobias, I'm going to get those supply bags before the whole room is in line," I say.

"Alright,"

He glances around and his eyes land on Katniss', who's now sitting crossed-legged on the floor. her long braid to the side. She looks around the room often, fidgeting with her thumbs.

"I'll be right back" he says as he plants a soft kiss on my forehead.

I nod and walk toward the line. Christina sits on her thin mattress; picking at the dirt under her nails. Glancing down at my own nails, I realize mine aren't any better... all well.

Katniss POV;

People are flowing into the large room, moving around. I see a tall, muscular man, with a small scare on his chin, with a set of dark blue eyes, almost black, moving towards me. It takes me a second to remember that I know him; it's Four.

He's now standing in front of me.

"Hey" he says.

"Is everything okay?" I ask a bit confused... people don't really make a habit of talking to me, and I usually return the favor. Usually they just want something from me, when they do talk to me.

But then I see his face again, and I begin to wonder what it feels like for them, meeting us, and being here. Being put on lock down on their second day, what a fantastic welcome to Panem this must be.