Masked Enemies

Chapter Six

Katniss

Who do I love? I thought. Peeta, Gale, or Finnick?

"Katniss." I jumped, startled. I spun around, to come face to face with Haymitch, my "loving mentor".

"To the Control Room, sweetheart." Haymitch said. I hated it when he called me sweetheart, and he knew it. I rushed past the mob of people waiting to try out for the squads. I opened the door to the Control Room. The room was a place lit by bright screens. A giant table was situated in the center of the room. Most of the seats were full, except for one next to Plutarch Heavensbee, the Capitol's head Gamemaker. Or, the ex-head Gamemaker. He had taken Seneca Crane's place bravely, knowing the risks of the job.

"Welcome, Katniss." a petite woman wearing a brown pantsuit said, her voice resonating through the dimly lit chamber.

"Welcome, Katniss." Gale repeated in the voice of Caesar Flickerman as I sat down next to him.

"Shut up."

"Sure. You're the boss." Gale replied

Plutarch cleared his throat. "Anyway, Katniss, you are sitting with the new members of your squad. Squad 451. Oh, let's take role. Katniss?"

I raise my hand.

"Gale Hawthorne?" I felt motion next to me.

"Jackson?" I see a burly brunette put her hand up.

"Mitchell?" A man on the other side of the table raises his hand.

They go on for a while, and I start to get bored. When they call Boggs, I perk up and come back to our world with a start.

"Finnick Odair?" They say finally. Finnick is sitting across the table, looking finicky and uncomfortable. He raises his hand.

"Good. Then we're all here." Plutarch said. He pulled out a device. It was small, but when he pressed a button, a 3D holographic Capitol sat on the table. He explained how the pods worked and that they would try to kill us.

I recognized it before anyone else. Apparently so did Finnick. "Ladies and gentlemen..." he said softly, but like an announcer.

I finished his sentence for him. "Let the seventy sixth Hunger Games begin!" We both broke out in a fit of laughter.

Sorry about the really bad quality on the first chapters, I wasn't as good at this back then. They get better, I promise. Also, sorry for not posting this yesterday, I was busy with school and stuff.

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