Mocking Jay TRAPPED

Chapter 19

I have no idea why Katniss left in such a hurry. Maybe something happened?  I didn't know.  I feel so helpless, lying in here wounded, while the biggest war in our history is happening. I don't even know where I am. I suppose in the Capital still but I am left clueless.

What seems like hours pass, when I hear gunfire getting closer. I try to stand, in case I have to make a retreat, but my leg is swollen, numb, and feels like it's on fire.

I crawl to the door and peek out. Its dark, but I make out a small window at the end of the hallway. Standing with one leg, gripping the wall for support, I get to the end of the hallway, at the window.  I see Katniss, and...no it can't be...Finnick? Annie? The real ones??

Yes it Is. Plutarch succeeded. They are together, Finnick protecting Annie. I look for a weapon nearby. There was a knife in the execution room. Maybe Katniss left me near there. She couldn't have carried me that far. 

I can't see a thing, and I can't search all the rooms for a weapon so I go back to the room and take the last of the pain killers.  I need to talk to someone, anyone. I just want to know what's happening out there. 

Thinking of a useless plan again, I suddenly remember the radio!  I search my pockets and find it.  Yes!  I turn the switch and listen. Static...Static. That'd what I hear for a long time. I sit with nothing left but hope and pain. Hope that I will hear some news and that everything will turn out ok. Pain of everything that has happened. Pain of not knowing if Katniss or anyone else is still alive.

That's when I hear a sound. A small, distant voice.  Mumbling is all I can make out, but it's something.  Plutarch's mumbling I think.  I listen to it for a while, straining my ears to pick up information but I can't hear anything. 

My eyes get heavy but I keep them open, focusing on every sound the radio makes. There is nothing else I can keep busy with. I think it has been a day since katniss left so quickly.

"Hmmm. Hello?".  I gasp. I have no idea who is on the other end.  I decide not to say anything.

" If anyone is there I suggest you answer!". The threats.  I recognize the voice. I can practicly taste the bloody white roses. Snow.

"I don't know. Maybe we can track it". I hear him taking to someone else. I immediately throw it on the floor, cracking it.  I need to dispose of this, if he tracks me... I'm dead. Literally. 

I look out the window. No one is there anymore.  Then I remember the dead bodies. With weapons. Its horrible but it is the only choice I have left.

I pull at the window, locked.  I get down the hallway the best I can.  There is a door there and I gently shake it to see if it is locked too. It isn't. This must be how Katniss escaped.

I slowly and cautiously pry the metal door open. Outside there is a horrific battle scene.

I tip toe among the dead bodies and find a gun. I don't look as i take a weapon from the soldier who fought so hard and lost their life.

I place the earpiece on the ground and aim the gun at it. I put my finger on the trigger then I stop.
What if they hear the shot?   I don't know why I was bring so stupid. That sound could've cost me my life. I have to do it inside.

I prepare to shoot it again when I am inside when another interruption occurs. The door. And the radio!  I snatch it up and listen.

"Just push it open and check all the rooms.  She must be here". Then the voice echoes, only not on the earpiece anymore, but in the same hallway as me!

I yank a cord from the device and run down the hallway. No matter how far I run I can't find an escape. There are no doors and all the windows are small squares of glass. I hear running behind me. Doors opening, screams of frustration. They're getting closer every second. I reach the end of the hallway when suddenly my foot catches on something. The tile below me is unbalanced and is dangerously broken to reveal an empty space below. Ideas of escape are coming as fast as my adrenaline. That's when, without thinking, I slip into the hole just as the soldiers turn the corner.

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