Waves Breaking Over Rocks Part 1

Chapter 12- Mad Girl

Mad Girl

Beep. Beep. Beep.

I wonder if this parachute has more of those little white things. I open my eyes to go outside to check.

As soon as I open them I close them again, blinded by bright lights. I try to open them again and I can only see white. I only see white and light. Beep. Beep. Beep.

I hear the annoying sound and I want to turn it off but I don't know how. I don't know where I am. I panic and scream, thinking maybe I'd rolled away from my little cave or maybe someone had come and kidnapped me.

"She's awake." I hear some strange voice say. I try to get up but I can't, I'm pinned down. I remember how Tyson was pinned down when they cut off his head.

I scream. Then I feel two arms pulling me into a sitting position, but I don't want anyone touching me, ever. I scream louder this time. I'm looking now at a white room that's full of machines, some of which are plugged into my body. I try to get them out but my hands are tied down. I see strange people floating by me, all wearing white.

"Annie. It's ok. You're ok. You've won the Games!" I hear the same voice say. It's coming from a woman in front of me. I laugh because she looks funny. She has red feathers all over her and a beak instead of a mouth. But then I'm confused, because I don't know any games and I've never won anything. But this woman is hurting me, I know that much. I start to cry because I want to go home. Someone comes near me with a horrible tube with a thin metal needle sticking out of it. I scream because the needle looks like a knife and because the man carrying it is going to hurt me.

All the people in the room are bad. They want to hurt me. He comes closer and the closer he comes the louder I scream until finally he decides it's better not to hurt me.

"Come on, Annie, we're going to give you a bath." The bird-woman says. I don't want her coming near me but she undoes my straps and frees me. I try to run but someone grabs me.

"Behave!" They yell. My ears hurt from it and I cry because of it. It don't know what a bath is but I know I don't want it. Someone forces me to walk on into a little room with some sort of pool that's only big enough for one human. I feel someone taking off my clothes but I don't want them to see me naked or to even come close to me.

They fill the pool with water and I scream because I know the water is going to attack me. I don't want to go in. I don't want to go in. I don't want to go in.

I hold on to the sides of the pool, not coming in contact with the water. I scream again, but the people are too strong. I'm forced into the water and it burns my skin. I'm drowning again or maybe I'm just imagining it, but I see a man coming towards me with a needle and a tube and I scream but he comes closer and he gets to me and I feel pain and then I feel nothing.

I wake up again and see the same blinding white roof. I sit up a little, surprised not to be restrained from this small action and I feel someone holding my hand. I turn to the side but I don't pull away because I know this hand.

Mags.

She smiles and I try to smile back and she moves a little strand of hair from my face like I did to Carolina. I cry again, remembering her when she was dying. Well, I think, at least she did help someone win. It's a shame it wasn't anyone decent.

Wait, I realize, if Mags is here, then maybe Finnick is too! She must see the hope on my face because she shakes her head. I cry because I want to see him again.

"He will be here soon." Mags says.

"Bath time." The bird-woman says. My eyes widen and I scream again, but she lifts me up and takes me away. Mags hurries after her, yelling at her to stop. Finally, she convinces her and the bird-lady puts me back where I was.