CH13
The boys fell down in shock. Liam just seemed to have frozen. Niall had bursted into tears, while Zayn tried to mask his worry. Harry had fainted onto the floor while Louis was sitting on the couch with his hands in his hair. He tugged at it furiously.
“Why the hell didn’t we think about them?” he whispered to himself angrily. Katrina walked over and tried to hug him but he pushed her away. She looked awfully hurt that Louis relaxed a little and hugged her.
“What can we do?” asked Zayn. Maria looked at him hopelessly.
“We don’t know…” Maria told him with a loss of hope in her face. Olivia had placed Harry on the couch and was checking him over to make sure there wasn’t any damage to him.
“My plan was to compete in the Hunger games and if the worst came to worst, you guys could preach to the Head Council and ask for them back.” Olivia said back to them looking at Harry with an expression the girls have never seen on her face.
“But why would they listen to us?” asked Louis.
“They’ll listen to you” Olivia replied with an odd expression on her face. It was one of acceptance.
“But only five of us will live” Niall said with a husky voice. Angel felt a rush through her body and blushed. That husky voice was a major turn on for her. She mentally hit herself telling her hormones to shut up.
Niall looked over to Angel to see her blush on her cheeks. He looked at her for a while and realized she was also biting her lower lip as well. He wondered what we going through her head when his eyes met her eyes; he saw lust directed at him. He mentally grinned at himself. Angel liked his husky voice.
“We thought about that too…” Katrina said looking out to the distance. The boys eyes widened in shock.
“NO! NO! NO WAY! YOU ARE NOT SACRAFICING YOURSELVES FOR US!” They began to scream. The girls just stayed silent before looking over at them. Angel was the first to speak.
“I am told that there is a place called heaven, and when you go there… you see your family again. I miss my parents. And I’ll miss my siblings too but I know when it’s my time to go, I will go. And I will be happy” she said choking on her tears slowly falling down from her eyes. The boys felt hot tears sting their eyes. Niall got up and hugged her.
“I don’t want any of you guys to die for us!” Niall told her, looking at her right in the eyes. Angel blushed and buried her head between his neck and shoulders. Everyone smiled at their love moment. Maria was the first to snap out of it and she turned to everyone.
“You boys have to understand that the only way for you to go back home is to win. And let’s admit it; you don’t have the skills to survive in this. Areas one and two have a special training school. It’s supposed to be all hushed up but Area sixteen found out a few years ago… You don’t have the skills, nor do you know any strategies to win. We are your only hope” Maria said to them all. Everyone sighed.
“Maria is right. We are your only hope to surviving this game” Katrina said softly. Louis wrapped his arms around her. Harry shot him a warning look which Louis caught. He nodded. He was in love with Eleanor! He couldn’t think of her like that! Eleanor would be heart broken. He untangled himself from Katrina. She looked hurt but had a glimpse of understanding in her eyes.
“Now what do we do?” asked Zayn quietly. Lily looked straight into his eyes and smiled sadly.
“It is time for you boys to go to sleep. We’ll bring down some food for you shortly” Lily said. The boys nodded and walked down to the basement.
“I don’t want them to sacrifice their lives for us” Niall said after a moment of silence. The boys were silent before they all started to cry softly.
“Why are they so accepting of the possibility of death?” chocked out Zayn.
“Because it’s our job” said a small voice. The boys turned around to see Olivia standing behind them, with five bowls of fresh basil tomato soup and bread.
“We have to protect you and send you home. You guys are supposedly famous right? Not to mention, you have lovers back at your place don’t you?” asked Olivia.
“Lovers?” asked Louis.
“Like… girls that are friends but more… in Area fifteen. We call them Lovers because we believe you are only truly destined for one person regardless of which Area you come from” Olivia said, struggling trying to explain the term to them. They nodded slowly.
“You know… it’s strange… I remember an old story my parents used to tell me about the other world… I wish I could see it someday” she sighed happily as she dreamed about a world she didn’t belong to.
“What happens… when you die in the deadly games?” asked Louise. Olivia’s eyes snapped to him and softened,
“We get taken away and sent to the other world and pronounced dead to the world. But we have heard rumours that some of us are revived and sent back to the other world.” She said slowly handing them their soup.
“What do you mean by ‘back to the other world’?” asked Harry looking directly at her. Olivia frowned.
“Maria did not do a good job telling you about our history.” She said to herself.
“Tell us” urged Liam. Olivia looked at the boys pleading faces and caved in.
“According to legends, people from this world originally came from the Other World, where you belong. We were apparently sent here by our ancestors because we were initially demon spawns on the earth. Some legends proclaim that those from the Capitol were sent from the Other World to save us.” She said with disgust. She sighed and continued her story.
“Due to this Legend, which we believe originated from the Capitol itself, we were furious. That caused the uprising. I’m sure Maria told you about that but sometimes, if the Capitol believes you to be cleansed in death, you are sent back, revived, to the Other World. You have no help but you have to survive on your own. Your skills are still with you. That’s why our parents insisted we learn how to use a weapon” She said looking at each boy. The boys had ‘hope’ written all over their faces.
“So it’s possible you guys can actually revive?” Louis said with a twist of hope layering his voice. Olivia felt her insides twist with guilt.
“The Capitol won’t send us revived… they personally hate us! So it’s unlikely they’ll let us live” she said with twinge of sadness. The boys fell onto the beds in despair.
“You boys better head to sleep…. It’s the draw for the Deadly Games tomorrow so try to get some sleep” she said softly before heading off to sleep.
She left the room instantly. The boys all just looked at each other and cried themselves to sleep.
