Everthorne

Chapter 19

Katniss's POV
I wake up to the sound of a child screaming. I scramble up in panic, Gale shifting under me uncomfortably. "Sorry," I apologise and then run out of the room. I sprint down the corridor. I almost hit the wall once, but I stop myself and run further. I rush through the door to my kids room.

I enter and see Rue on the floor, clutching her mop of brown hair it pain. Her blue eyes stare at me in pain, racing around the room.

"Rue!?" I ask in panic. I kneel down beside her and touch her shoulder gently.

"Rue?" I say more softly. Rues racing eyes slowly focus onto me, the she screams again.

"MUMMY IT HURTS!!" She screams and pulls onto her brown messy hair. Tears of pain form into her blue eyes. She shuts them and cries out, clutching her head in pain. I hear Gale rush into the room behind me however I don't dare take my eyes off Rue.

"HELP ME MUMMY! HELP!" She lets out a long wail filled with pain and fear. It's such a horrible sound, I wish I never heard it. I see Gale make his way to the crying figure of Prim.

"What's happening to Ruey? I'm scared," she asks Gale. Gale takes her small hand gently. "She is hurt, how about we go have some breakfast now?" He asks softly. Prim wipes her tear stained face.

"Ok," she says and walks out of the room with Gale on her lead. Gale shoots me a worried look, I nod back, to say I can take care of this.

I turn to Rue who is sprawled out on the floor, crying hysterically. I take her hand gently. "What happened Rue?" I ask gently. Rue sniffles and points at her head. "It hurts right there," she cries. I gently separate the hair at where she is pointing and see no injury at all. I frown in confusion.

"Did something happen? Did you fall over?" I ask her. She shakes her head. "No, it just started hurting in my sleep," she says. She obviously calmed down a bit.

Gales POV

I sit down next to Prim, putting a price of toast covered in Nutella. Her face lights up in excitement as she sees the Nutella.

"Yay, Nutella!" She exclaims happily. She grabs the toast and takes a big bite and then smiles in delight. "It's daddy's bread!" She says. Then her face turns dull again. "Daddy died," she says. She looks at me with her big blue eyes watery.

"And Ruey's going to die too?" She asks. I feel a bad feeling in my stomach, like someone dropped a stone in there. Whatever was with Rue, it was definitely serious.

"No she's not going to die," I say.

"Do you promise?" She asks. I can't promise her, no matter how much I want to, I just can't.

"Prim, I..."

Katniss bursts into the room interrupting my speaking.

"Call the ambulance," she says. I nod and reach for the phone hanging on the phone.