Rose on Fire

Chapter 57

(Gale POV)
It's been 3 days since we got to 13. My eyes are done with the stupid florescent lighting. I don't care what anyone says, I'm going outside. I go to the weapons room, which is surprisingly open. I see my crossbow right where it's supposed to be. I grab some normal arrows, and turn to leave the room, but I have a weird sense, my stomach turns with a nervous feeling, I spin around and go back to grab a the color coded arrow that has an explosive tip. I then proceed to make my way up the hundreds of stairs that lead to the light of day. I would use the elevator, but I don't want to risk being caught by guards. I finally reach the old rusty door that means I've reached my destination. The door is so rusty I have to push all my weight into it to finally get it open. The sun shines into the stairwell I close the door behind me as I take in the familiar landscape. I walk into the woods enjoying the feeling of being free. I hear a stream up ahead, I quickly move towards it, I stay in the thick brush once I see the stream, I load my crossbow and look around for any animals, I wait for maybe 20 minutes when I feel something nudge my back. I spin around startled to find a towering male deer behind me his antlers huge. He backs away from my movement. I drop my crossbow and watch to see what he does. He walks to my left and starts eating the shrub I was using a camouflage. I walk over to him, he ignores my movement. I run my finger through his thick fur coat enjoying the soft feel of it. I walk over to his head, he stops eating and looks at me. I scratch behind his ear, he leans his head into my hand enjoying my touch. I look around for his family but see he must be alone, a male deer like him would never leave his family out of his sight. He looks bigger and bigger the more I look at him, he's on weirdly large, probably the size of a moose. He would make great meat, and a good coat, or blanket, but I think I'll leave him be, it would be cruel to kill him if he doesn't even know to protect himself. I watch him for a few more minutes and relax, enjoying the soft sounds of the stream. I finally decide to head back to 13. I get to the the middle of the clearing and am almost when I feel a blinding pain to my stomach I look down to see a the tip of a harpoon through my stomach, the rope attached to the harpoon starts bringing me up to a hovercraft above, I take a knife out of my pocket that I brought to skin any game I caught. I can't quite reach it, I can't use anymore energy or I'm dead, I know I only have minutes.