Book Travel

10. Hope for Newt

I stared at the gun that was almost connected to my nose. I could feel a panic attack start to come over me, but I closed my eyes and took a deep breath. I refused to be weak in this moment. Both mine and Symphony's life depended on me keeping me cool.

"State your name," I heard a male voice say.

I opened my eyes and looked at the person decked in a white suit standing in front of me. I narrowed my eyes and glared at him so hard, I'm surprised he didnt have holes in his head.

"None of your ever lovin business," I spat at him.

Without thinking, I quickly brought my hand down and knocked the gun out of his hand. The commotion brought the other guys attention on me, giving Symphony ample time to kick the guy where the sun doesnt shine. The guy doubled over in pain. I shoved the other guy with all my strength and knocked him over the one in pain. I grabbed Symphonys hand and we both started running toward the fence.

"Sammy, what're you doing?? The berg is the other direction!" I heard Symphony yell behind me.

I spied a piece of wall jutting out and ran faster. I hid behind it and pulled her along behind me. I doubled over, placing my hands on my knees, trying to catch my breath.

"I know... the berg... is over... there. We have got... to find... someway... to get into... the city!" I exclaimed, still wheezing.

I stood up and leaned against the wall. I closed my eyes and took deep full breaths. As I did that, I heard Symphony walking around.

"I found something!" I heard her exclaim.

I pushed myself off the wall and walked the few feet over to where she stood. She was kneeling on the ground, staring at a small hole in the fence. It was big enough for me to stick my head in, so I did. My eyes were greeted with a dirt road. There were some tents on the side of it, but other than that, it was pretty abandoned.

I pulled my head out and looked at my best friend. She was staring at me with anticipation, waiting for my report.

"It's perfect, I declared grinning. "We can save Newt!"

Symphony squealed and hugged me. I returned the hug, wrapping my arms tightly around her. She let go after a few moments and I placed my hands on her shoulders.

"Okay we need to get out of here now. Hopefully when we get out of the book, everything will reset. But we right now, we need to go home and get some rest. When we come back well bring wire cutters and pliers. Make the hold bigger for us to fit through", I said to her.

She nodded agreeing.

"And well need to grab Newt before the others do. But as much as I want to save Newt, we need to go into the other fandoms first," I added, my mind trying to formulate a plan.

"Agreed. I'm starting to get really tired and to be honest, you're starting to look a bit pale. The air here and in the Hunger Games is different and it's starting to affect us," Symph added her input.

I looked around, nodding my response. I removed my hands from her shoulders and we peaked around the corner of the wall. Seeing nothing, we made our way back to our spot, the space being painstakingly slow. Our sense were on high alert, jumping at every sound made. I was hoping the two dumb nuts gave up on us and went back for Newt.

We finally arrived back at the berg. We slowly inched our way around it, coming to the opening. I peered inside and saw no one. Taking that as the two numbskulls took Newt, we quickly made our way back to our spot. The book in exactly the same spot. We grabbed ahold of it and the travel sensation brough us back to my room.

I opened my eyes after the feeling past and breathed a sigh of relief at seeing my familiar walls again. I looked at Symphony and grinned at her. She gave me an exhausted one in return.

We had just relaxed when we heard pounding steps enter my room. We looked at my doorway and saw Katniss and Peeta.

"We want answers," Katniss stated. "And we want them now."