A crossover between The Hunger Games and The Maze Runner.
The 74th Hunger Games have arrived, and guess who the tributes for District 12 are? You're right. And wrong.
They are Katniss and Gale.
When Katniss opened her eyes in the arena, only v...
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"Can this thing record audio?" Ashton asks as he picks up a beetle blade. The creature whines and struggles in his palm. "Hey, tell Adam his green cloak is awful."
"Who's Adam?" Minho asks.
"Adam's my mentor," he answers with a shrug. "He's always wearing that hideous green cloak over a bright orange dress, and it's pissing me off."
"I think it's recording," I blurt out, and Ashton freezes. "Look at that red light."
Ashton gulps as he stares at the pulsing red light. "Adam, I absolutely love your fashion sense."
"Nuh-uh, too late," Minho sings.
Gale grunts and our attentions snap to him.
"You okay?" Ashton asks him, and throws the creature away.
"He's clearly in pain and you guys are not helping," I say and Gale shakes his head lightly.
"Katniss, at this speed, I don't think we can move very far before I collapse again." Gale's voice is hard, his jaw tensed, as if he is trying his very best just to speak.
What should I do? With a badly injured Gale here, it would be difficult for us to travel and avoid other tributes and possibly the Gamemakers, but I can never leave him behind!
"Ashton, bring me the beetle blade," I tell Ashton and he gives me a confused look. "I'm gonna get some painkillers for Gale."
Ashton nods in understanding and bends down to find the beetle blade he threw.
"We need painkillers for Gale. He has a really deep wound and-" I glance at Gale, whose face is squished as he tries his best to keep everything inside. "-he's in a lot of pain."
Ashton makes sure to position the creature so Minho and Thomas won't be shown.
After a nod, Ashton throws the beetle blade away and I could only pray that Haymitch stays sober enough to send us some painkillers.
"Where are we going?" I ask as we start moving again.
"Anywhere," Ashton answers. "The Careers are like sharks. And sharks sense blood." He eyes Gale's bloody outfit.
"He's right," Minho says, and even Thomas looks shocked to witness the first time Ashton and Minho agreeing on the same thing. "But according to you, Kat, we'd have to face that dude that tried to kill us, eventually."
"His name is Cato, and that's true," I sigh. "But for now, until Gale's recovered enough, I don't want to engage us in a bloodbath."
Gale shakes his head. "It's all my fault."
"It's not, Gale," I touch his cheek, and immediately removed my hand when he flinches. "We all know how ruthless the Careers are."
We round a corner and all of a sudden, a shrill voice calls from behind.
