The Return of the Hunger Games [FALLEN ASHES] Book II

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*Elissa's POV*

I lay face up on a metal plate, looking up at the lit ceiling. I feel somebody coming, I need to move, I have too. I know what they're gonna do and I can't just stay here and do nothing. I attempt to move my body but I can't. The room gets darker and I feel somebody make their way infront of me. He has a doctor's mask on and he begins to cut into me. I don't feel anything but I continue to try to move. He takes out my internal organs and rips them from my body. At that point I begin to scream, and before I know it I'm in another place. I'm in the middle of the foggy woods. I hear children running and laughing and when I turn around, there we are.

We're all so young. I see the blonde braids on Prim in her blue lace dress. I couldn't miss Will's bright smile even if I tried. I see an unfamiliar face, but his eyes are a perfect green. Then there's young me. Hair down, all wavy and a dark brown. I look at myself as she turns to meet my eye. I stare at her with wild eyes and give a faint smile. She smiles back at me before turning to Prim, Will and the unknown boy. They all look to me and smile, just before the wind blows and they're like sand being swept into the air and disappear.

The only one standing is me and the young me. She looks lost, searching and walking in circles before her back is turnes to me and she looks up. From far away I can see a figure making it's way towards her. And I'm suddenly scared for her and I'm running, but It's endless. She goes farther and farther away and the figure gets closer and closer. I'm screaming at her to come towards me, but the cloudes in the sky turn blood red and the rain comes down like bullets, leaving holes in my flesh as I look down at them. I scream even louder but it's all just white noise as I see bugs crawl from the holes all over my body. I hear a faint scream from far away, and I'm jolted awake by somebody's voice.

"Elissa!" He says, bringing me into his arms.

I'm panting and I'm sweating. I cling onto him,whoever he is, as if its for my life. The lights are switched off, but I can tell it's Kal, I could tell from the way he holds me.

"Oh my god Kal." I say, almost crying.

"Shhhhhh calm down it's okay it was just a nightmare." He tells me.

I close my eyes, trying to forget the dream but it just hits harder than when I actually dreampt it.

"You alright?" He asks, letting me go.

I nod my head. "Yeahhh I guess."

It takes me a while to settle down. My breathing goes back to normal.

"You okay?" He asks.

I nod as I look over to see how Rayla isn't in her bed. "Where's Rayla?" I ask. Attempting to forget it all.

"Her parents sent her to sleep in Trey's bed after I got back from the hospital." He tells me.

"Ohhh." I could really care less about the whole Rayla and Trey situation. If anything, I was happy for them. I couldn't have hate in my heart forever.

Kal places his hand on my forehead. "Your fever is back." He gets up off the bed and towards one of the tables against the wall.

"What time is it?" I ask, looking around at the now lit room.

"Around 5 in the morning." He finds a pill from one of the cabinets. "Here." He says walking up to him and handing me the pill. "Remember the doctor said to take it and you never did." I pop it into my mouth and swallow it. "Good." He says, squeezing my hand in his as a reassurance everything is okay, and that this isn't the nightmare. But in all reality it is.

"When did you get back?" I ask him.

"About 2 hours ago. I was asleep when I started hearing you scream. You scared me."