Love in the heart of the games

chapter 23

Okay i don't have any comments really so please please please if you read it comment with ideas! This is from Katniss' point of view so it will be mostly boring. 

Katniss' POV 

 I watched Cato get stabbed with a needle that would probably hurt really bad. For some reason I think mine will hurt worse because of Karma from all those animals I killed to feed me and my family and Gales for a matter of fact. I dismissed the thought, I was just nervous. 

I really shouldn't be belted in so tight because I already felt like I was gonna puke. So if I was gonna puke it would be all over someone else. Perfect. I really shouldn't be so mean I am going in to an arena where I would most likely die. I shouldn't have thought that. Now it just made me even more mean. I'm probably gonna die so why not make them full of hate and make sure they knew I died while I hated the Capitol. Well still hated this would be more acurate. 

I ended up trying to stop all thoughts because they rambled on and on. I finally just started thinking about the moment I had with Effie.  'I know you can do it. Do it for you. ' I smiled. Then started crying and didn't care. Then Cato walked in but  She didn't stop talking.'  Her words kept rining through my head,  I know you can do it.'  I smiled on the outside. I would keep thinking of that. That and my sister. 

Then we landed with a soft thud. I was walked well dragged basically to a room I thought was the launch room. It had a large '12 female' plaque above it and I wa basically shoved in because I didn't want to go. 

I missed my sister, I missed Cato, I missed my mother, I missed Gale, I missed Haymitch and surprisingky, I missed Effie along with many others, like Greasy Sae. I missed My sister most of all. 

There was a stone able and a glass tube but when I saw the light reflected off of some kind of medal I ran to the tble and grabbed it.

my pin. My mocking-jay. My little sister's pin that I gav her almost one week ago that she had returned for my luck and safety. 

That's when I noticed Cinna standing silently by a hanger with what I assumed was my jacket for the arena. I started breathing hard when I realized what the tube actually was. I ran to Cinna and hugged him. I fought back tears and was succeeding. "It's okay Katniss. You will be fine. You can do it. I assume Haymitch already told you but don't go to the lake. Even though Cato is there," He is the only one who would actually call Cato by name, "He can't stop Clove, Glimmer and Marvel all at once if they team up to try and hurt you." He paused as if thinking about what to say, "Haymitch told me what happened to you and Clove in the bathrooms at the interviews." He sighed and I felt anger boiling inside me, How many people is he going to tell! I'm pretty sure Effie knows, Peeta probably does too and obviously Cinna knows. He seemed to sense it. "I am the only person he told Katniss, don't get mad at him he wanted me to knw because I woul be here to comfprt you and give you ast minute tips." He smiled and then started again, "I'm not aloud to bet, but if I was I would bet on you." This made me feel good. "Six-ty Seco-nds." the robotic voice I was growing to despise said. Then realization hit and I started to tremble in fear. Cinna pinned the mockingjay onto my jacket collar and put a finger to his lips. "Thir-ty sec-onds " The robotic voice said. Now I really despised it. I  started to tremble even more out of fear and anger. "Ten sec-onds" It said and Cinna lightly shoved me towards the glass tube.  He kissed my forehead and then closed the door. 

I sudenly felt claustrophobic. Then I thought of Prim probably crying and shaking in my mother's arms. I started to move and I saw a bright Gamemaker made sky. The electronic voice I had never heard before. 

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Prim was the only thought in my head. Ws she crying? Was she cowering? Was she clinging to mother? Was she crying in beween my mother and Gale's arms? 

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Then It was Gale. Was he watching in the square? Wa he comforting my mother and Prim? Was he hunting to help provide for my family and his too? I highly doubted the next one, Was he crying? 

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Then I looked to Clove. She was eyeing Peeta. She looked as though she liked him. Then I saw what I wanted to. Trees. I saw a bright orange pack right in front of me.  I would grob it turn and run fr the trees to find water.

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Then I thought about Cato. I wondered if he planned on trying to find me. I hoped not. I didn't want him risking his life for me.

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I looked up to the sky and said "Prim don't cry. I love you." 

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And I ran.