Chapter 3: A Chat with Paylor

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"So, I see you're friends," President Paylor says in a calm tone. I just stare at her. I decide to answer to that.
"Best friends, actually," I correct.
I don't want to talk to her anymore, so I just straighten my body.
"I know you may not want to talk to me," President Paylor says, "but I have something that may interest you, and yes, it's about the Hunger Games."
I stare at her to see if it was true. She didn't seem to show any signs of lie, so I choose to believe her.
"What is it?" I say coldly.
"Firstly," she says, "even though you don't want to, you will have to kill to keep your life, as every single victor had to do." She smiles.
I stare at her back coldly. What is she talking about? I think. "If I take anyone's life, it will just be sick. I won't and I won't change my mind," I say.
"You'll have to, if you want to win," she says.
I know that she isn't lying, but I simply don't want to take anybody's life. I roll my eyes and shake my head and start walking away from her, she jogs beside me, passes right in front of me and stops in her tracks, me bumping into her.
"I've already told you, I won't change my mind," I say roughly.
I keep walking when suddenly a Peacekeeper grabs me and takes me to President Paylor because apparently she had commanded him.
"Well," she says, "we may not get to change your mind, but we certainly can help you and your friend win."

Wow, I think, she certainly is persistent. Then, I start thinking on what she had said. She had said we, not I, we. I turn around.
"We?" I ask, "What do you mean by 'we'?"
She simply stares at me with pity, like I was just a little puppy and she was a human who saw someone just throwing me out of a car in movement.
"Well, I supposed you would've already figured it out," she says. "Do you remember the surviving victor's names?"
I rack my head thinking in them.
"Enobaria from Two," she starts saying, noticing my confusion, "Beetee from Three, Annie Cresta from Four, Johanna Mason from Seven, Haymitch Abernathy, Peeta Mellark and Katniss Everdeen from Twelve."
I am totally confused.
"Well," she says "you wanted an answer, and I gave it to you."
As soon as she finishes talking, the doors swin open, hitting the wall, producing a loud CLANK!

There is too much light for me to see what it is, or who they are. I can only see their dark silhouettes, and a blonde head.

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