The Hunger Games: Catching Niam

Chapter 4

"You finally awoke from your deep slumber small guy. You look so cute sleeping, haha. Oh here, I was saving this part for you. want some?" The chocolate eyed person said as he motioned to give me a peace of groosling. "Sure I said as I sat up from the position I was sleeping in. "Liam?" I said as I recalled his name, as if I knew him. "Yes?" He replied with a small grin on his face that was covered in meat. "Um, thanks." I said as I grabbed the peace of groosling he offered me and started nibbling on it softly, trying to enjoy the flavor so it wouldn't go away. "No problem buddy." He answered with a cheeky smile. "So, where are we?" I asked, looking at our surroundings. " Some cave. I brought us here to escape the bloodbath." He simply replied as he took another bite from his meat. "And, um, do you have any clue where my brother could be? Greg."

"I think he's with my sister. The last place I saw them was at the river when I went to go fill both of our water bottles for us." He ended his sentence as he pointed towards the bottles that were laying in the corner with our backpacks. We continued talking and finished our meal when suddenly we heard the water being swam in or walked in.

"Oh looky here. We found the two lovey doveys." A voice called out as it approached our cave, followed by a group of laughter. "Who's there?" I asked as a cuddled closer into Liam's arms. Liam cupped his arms around me tightly as I noticed him motioning slowly to grab a weapon. "Oh don't you remember me? I'm simply a person from the same district as you." She called out before shooting an arrow at me. I quickly dodged it as I noticed it sticking out. "Bethany?" I questioned as a could hear another arrows being shot. "Bingo!" She said as I tried looking for an escape. Arrow by arrow I tried dodging until suddenly I felt something pointy cut through the clothes I was wearing and passing straight into my skin, leading into my organs. "Ahh!" I screamed in agony as I could feel the arrow inside of me, clogging my blood from flowing as it started to leak out. I stumbled backwards as I could feel the air inside of me being shortly taken out. I hit the wall cave harshly and instantly fell onto the floor. The room started spinning and I could hear Bethany starting to chant a song softly.

"There little Nialler don't say a word,

Your life is over who would've know,

All it took to kill you was my bow,

Killing you was easy, practically a show."

She continued chanting as I felt dreary. Her body started swaying as I saw duplicates of her walking towards me and extracting the arrow out of my chest. She diabolically laughed before I blacked out and the last thing I heard was, Boom.

The next thing I knew was that I had awoken in an unfamiliar room. Curtains were surrounding me, blocking me from seeing anything beyond them. I tried to remember where I was and that's when it hit me. I was in the Remake Center on floor 11. A sigh of relief hit me as I notice something unfamiliar about me. I looked at my legs and nails. They were oddly different than how I remember them. I slowly got closer to my legs and noticed that they had removed some layers of my skin. I didn't have hair on them anymore. They were smooth and hairless. I then took a glance at my nails which were practically perfectly shaped, oval shaped and shining. They looked as if they had just came out of a really good washing and cleaning. I also notice my arms and hands had some layers removed from them but that didn't really bother me, knowing that I didn't have much hair on them. I tried getting up when suddenly someone opened the curtains and walked in.

"Hey, is this Niall?" The voice asked as I positioned my eyes on him. It was, Liam. Well, at least I think that's what his name was, recalling all my memories. "Hello, you there?" The voice said as he came close to me. I suddenly grabbed my train of thought and spoke up. "Yea, I'm Niall." I said with a comforting smile. "Oh, well everyone is waiting for you downstairs, we're all having a small meal before we all get ready to get to the training." He said as he motioned his hand out to grab mine. I suddenly smiled as I felt a shiver being sent down through my spine. It took me a while for my body to react and I grabbed his hand. I stood up from my bed, him still holding onto my hand.

We went walking out of my mini hellhole, walking towards the elevator. "So what's your name?" I asked, breaking the silence. "Liam." He simply said as he motioned for me to step in first. "Are you the one who came with a sister?" I asked cautiously. "Yea, I'm willing to protect her through everything." He answered back as he clicked a button that was marked 'Kitchen'. The elevator started moving down as I noticed that my hands were still entwined with Liam's. I slowly removed them, my hands getting sweaty. I suddenly started to blush a pink shade and he just stared at me confused on why I let go. We stood there in silence which was really uncomfortable, especially when the person you're standing next to is the one you've been having dreams about.

"So..." Liam said distantly. "So..." I repeated not really knowing what we could say to each other. The elevator suddenly came to a halt, the glass doors opening slowly. I walked out of it and noticed every tribute from every district eating at a long rectangular table, eating and laughing. I slowly stood frozen at how many people were there. I scanned the table, trying to locate Greg. Suddenly I spotted him. He was talking to some blonde girl. I motioned myself to get closer to him but was grabbed by the arm and forcefully sat down.

"Hey buddy, where are you going? All the seats over there are taken by the poor and filthy. Sit with us." A blonde boy laughed as the people surrounding him joined in. "But my brother is over there." I gestured my hand to point at him.

I noticed Greg looking at me with a confused expression on his face. He was sitting across from Liam and I'm guessing the girl he was talking to was his sister. "Come over here." Greg whispered as he pointed at a seat that he had saved.

"Oh, so you're one of the brothers from district 11!" The blonde headed laughed loudly as he attracted some attention from the others. "Listen, I'm from district 1. Me and my partners have all been trained so we have an advantage. If you join us we won't kill you. If you go to your so called 'brother' be ready to be the first one on our hit list." The boy said as he cracked his knuckles.

"What?" I said confused at what I had gotten myself into. "You heard me. You either choose your weak brother or our strong, trained group." He repeated himself.

"I.." Was the only thing that I could blurt out. "You'll what?" The boy said, seeming a bit annoyed. "I'll join." I said finally. "Congratulations my friend. I'm Edward by the way and starting today we are you're team." Edward said as he gave me a welcoming hug and so did the rest of his team.

Greg was giving me weird looks as he examined what these people were doing. If only he knew what I had gotten myself into.

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Oh no! What have you gotten yourself into Niall!

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