He's proven right, when Allie grabs a pen and points it at Cat and shouts "I have a pen and I am not afraid to use it!"
Cat seizes a pen and points it at Allie, shouting "Fight me!"
The two start racing around the hovercraft, laughing and attacking each other with pens, nearly flattening everyone on the craft in their hyperactive excitement. Haymitch, after nearly being crushed by a very bouncy Cat, groans "Effie, can't we just chuck them out the hovercraft? Preferably while it's flying?"
Effie, being used as a shield by a very threatened Allie, sighs "No, they're homeless, they need us."
"But if we chuck them, Effie, they'll be lifeless, they won't need us," Haymitch nearly pleads as Cat flies over his shoulders and lands on her front on the floor. "Look, that one's practicing!"
"You will surrender!" screams Allie, flying at Cat, who dodges, slashing the air with her pen.
"Ha ha ha, I will not!" Cat screams, dodging Allie's pen.
"One press of a button, one little push, bye, bye, bouncing girls," Haymitch whines.
"No, Haymitch, pushing two children out of the hovercraft to a certain death is not going to happen," Effie tells him.
"I need a drink," Haymitch moans, putting his head in his hands.
"No," Effie tells him firmly. "You really do not."
Allie throws a neon green bottle at Haymitch and shrieks "Drink the juice!" as Cat lunges at her with the pen.
Haymitch throws it back, yelling "No! For the love of sweet mercy, sit down and shut up!"
Bouncing, the girls keep fighting and Haymitch just gave up and sat in a corner, sulking and turning his knife over in his hand. Effie gets up and goes to wrap her arms around him, whispering comforting things to him. "You'll never catch me alive!" Cat shrieks, giggling madly.
"I intend to murder you with my pen! I don't want you alive!" Allie yells, ready to pounce, laughing madly.
"I'm a vampire, I don't die!" Cat giggles loudly.
"Effie, I really want to put that theory to the test," Haymitch whimpers.
"Please get off me, Allie," Plutarch sighs as Allie uses him as a shield against Cat's pen.
"Fight like a real woman, Allie!" Cat screams, waving her pen scarily close to Plutarch's eye.
Allie jumps and tries to attack Cat again as the hovercraft lands. Haymitch all but dives out of the door as soon as it's open, pulling a laughing Effie behind him, then crouches down on the floor and kisses the ground. "Oh, sweet, merciful earth! Effie, I'd love to bury you under this for subjecting me to the Midnight Monster and its pink bouncy ball! Promise me you'll never pick up strays again."
Effie just laughs. "I picked you up and you're not begging me not to," she tells him, picking him up with surprising strength for someone so small, then dusts him down.
"I'm not a stray. I have a home," he tells her. "They're little girls without homes."
"If you must know, we're both old enough to live alone," Allie states, still sparring with Cat.
"You're kids with privileges," Haymitch tells them. "And by the look of that one, you've got the Capitol goo to change your hair, too."
"That one has a name, Abernathy," Cat states, dodging Allie's pen with a squeak.
"Well, girls, this is the Presidential Mansion. Come on, all of you, inside," Effie beams, grateful to be on the solid ground again. With that, she leads them all into Snow's mansion.
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The Story Of An Allie And Cat - Journies In Panem
FanficAllie and Cat are two teenage girls who have just seen the Revolution, sparked by Katniss. Now that the war's over, these two are causing mayhem in the ruins of the Capitol. What happens when they're found and taken to the new base in the Presidenti...
