The Hunger Games - Solitude.

Chapter 4

I awaken in the hospital. Haymitch is in the bed next to me, still asleep.

"Haymitch." I whisper to him, drowsily, wanting to awaken him but not startle him. You know how he can be.

"Haymitch". I repeat. Just as I am about to repeat once again, a nurse comes in.

"Umm, Katniss Everdeen-Mellark?" She calls. 

"Yeah?" I answer, still drowsy.

"Katniss are you aware of the events of last night?" She questions.

"Um... can you give me a minute? I just woke up and unless I have a coffee, I can't think." I say.

The hospital room appears to have white walls, a the beds are a light blue. Haymitch is to the right, and to the left is and empty bed, ready and prepared for someone.

"I don't recommend artificial substances right now, Mrs Everdeen"

"Yeah... I think I am okay. Yeah I know what happened. Peeta turned, Haymitch, Gale and Dr. Aurelius got beaten up, then SEPA came in and shot all three of us." I explain roughly. "Where are Peeta, Gale and Dr. Aurelius?" 

"Mr. Mellark is at the psychiatric ward, being treated but he is in a medically induced coma. He had two shots, which is dangerous unless in special conditions. He will be okay. Mr. Hawthorne and Dr. Aurelius are just being treated for their wounds." The nurse explains. 

"Okay. Okay. I need to see him."

"See who?"

"Dr. Aurelius. Peeta said something... I need to talk to him. Now."

"I am afraid I can't authorize that. Dr. Aurelius is being treated - "

"Let. Me. Talk. To. Him. Now."

"I guess I can check on how it is going. Just get in your wheelchair - your balance may be off because the serum hasn't yet fully worn off."

I am taken to Dr. Aurelius, where I question him in private.

"Dr. Aurelius, I can't thank you enough for what you have done for me and Peeta. But when Peeta was turning, he said that you helped hijack him. I know Peeta, I have all my life, and I know that at the stage of turning he was at his false memories didn't kick in." I say. I am angry and worried that our so-called 'therapist' hijacked my husband and his client.

He sighs. "I knew that it would come back and bite me on the arse one day. I was. I was on the team that administered the venom. But-"

I interrupt before he continues, and I slap him on the face, then pin his neck on the ground. I see a syringe next to his desk, probably something like adrenaline. I squirt some of the fluid onto the ground, then suck air into the syringe and point it at him. All I need to do is a shot at one of his veins, and he will have a stroke. "

"YOU WHAT? YOU DID IT!? THEN YOU TRY AND BECOME OUR FUCKING THERAPIST? WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU!?" I say in a loud whisper. I don't want to attract attention, but I can't control myself.

"I didn't want to. I did it against my will. Honest. That is why I became his therapist. I know what happened to him, so I thought I could try and reverse it and try and repair what I did. I wouldn't blame you if you killed me" He seems sincere, but I don't know.

I press the plunger to the floor until there is nothing in the syringe, then I stab him in the arm with it. Just the sharp pain into his vein. At a jagged angle, it is sure to hurt.

"Think yourself lucky you son of a bitch. If I so much as detect a slight hint of bad will in you, you expect yourself to die in the same way as Coin." I threaten him. Fear. "Oh. And if anyone asks, you don't know what happened to your arm and seem confused."

I wheel myself back to my bed and put myself back in it. Gale is still asleep - I check as I pass him. Haymitch begins to leave dreamland. 

"Haymitch," I whisper again like I did when I first woke up.

"Wha- What? Has anyone got booze?" He pats around himself and on the bedside table.

"No. Haymitch. Guess what? Dr. Aurelius helped administer the venom to Peeta. I talked to him. It appears that it was against his will. I'm keeping an eye on him."

"Wha - What? Oh, sweetheart shut the hell up I just woke up." He says with a mixture of tiredness, drunkenness, and drowsiness. 

About an hour goes pass before a word is spoken.

"Now sweetheart, what did you want? Something about a Doctor and Peeta?"

"Dr. Aurelius was on the team that hijacked Peeta! He said that it was against his will but I don't know if I believe him. I hurt him good. I warned him that I'm keeping my on him."

"WHAT!? THAT SON OF A-"

He goes to get up. Haymitch, of all people.

"Haymitch don't! I've already had a chat. He won't do anything. If he does, we can beat the shit out of him until he's dead."

"Hmph. Maybe you are smart after all.