Return to the Sea (Gale Hawthorne x OC)

Chapter 16

The sound of the door opening makes me look up. I peacekeeper walks in and grabs my arm. He lifts me up, not as rough as the other but still not so gentle, and lead me to another room.

The room is the same room I was in when Peeta and I was interviewed. They quickly put me in a grey dress that is very loose due to me loosing weight from malnutrition. They pin my hair back and put a necklace on me of a red rose. I look in a mirror and can see the dark circles and bags under my eyes. And my cheeks have sunken in to where my cheekbones are majorly defined.

"President Snow wants you to tell Panem what is happening because of the Mockingjay's choices." A camera lady says.

I nod and they start to countdown.

"Citizens of Panem. I am Ceto Sommers. And I am here to tell you what the Mockingjay has really done. Because of her actions, lives have been lost. Many people in different Districts have suffered." I take a shaky breath. "Because of the Mockingjay, a motherly figure of mine has died. Mags, victor of the 11th Hunger Games has suffered because of you Katniss."

I can feel the tears coming down my cheeks now and I don't move to wipe them away.

"So please. Stop and think about what you are doing. This is a Civil War you are talking about. Pull out a white flag, and ceasefire."

The camera cut and I'm back into my old clothes. A different peacekeeper takes me to my new room and leaves me be. I curl up to the corner again but someone else gets stuck in my head. Gale.
***
They drag me out again, into the same room for interviewing. Peeta was there too. They put me into a white dress but the sleeves were like a cape thing. They pin my hair back again but with red roses in it. I look in the mirror again to see my eyes are duller, and dark dark circles under them. And my cheekbones are so much more defined than before. I have a cut lip from something a few hours ago and bruises cover my arms.

They sit me down next to Peeta and tell us to say what has just happened. So we do.

"Tonight, we have received reports, of derailed trains." Peeta begins.

"Granaries on fire."

"And a savage attack on the hydro electric dam in District 5."

"We are begging you," I am now on the verge of tears but I push them back. "For restraint, decency-"

In the camera reporting back to us, I see Katniss in a bombing sight, singing an old folk song my mom used to sing to Triton and me when we were younger. I mouth the words of the song.

"Katniss." Peeta whispers. "Katniss, are you there? Katniss."

"Please, continue. You were telling us of these savage attacks." Ceaser urges.

"The attack, on the dam, was a callous and inhuman act. Of destruction." Peeta says.

Another scene of Katniss comes on. This time I'm the one to react to it.

"Katniss, please. Think about it. How will this end?"

Peeta then takes charge. "What will be left? No one can survive this. No one is safe now. Not here the the Capitol, not in any of the Districts. They're coming, Katniss. They're gonna kill everyone! In the district, you'll be dead by morning!"

The footage ends when peacekeepers come and grab us.

They take Peeta to another room and take me to the room with a metal table. A male then walks in with a female behind him. He grabs a syringe and so does the girl. They come up to me and place both syringes in my arm. They inject the venom and I scream in pain.

I thrash around but peacekeepers keep me down. My mind becomes foggy again and I'm soon brought into darkness.
***

I gasp awake. I look around and I'm in a completely new room. There's a small bed in a corner or the small room. I weakly crawl to the other side of the room and curl into a fetal position.

"We're missing a tribute." I hear a faint voice.

I look around and see weird fog dancing around outside the glass.

"We're missing Ceto." Another voice says.

His voice was different. It was deep and smooth yet held so much confidence, pride, and a sense of gentleness.

"Spread out and if we don't find her in three minutes, we're leaving." The first voice says again.

I see shadows of men walk by but only one stops. The door opens and he walks in pointing his gun everywhere until he sees me. He walks towards me and kneels down. I try to move farther from him but I realize I can't go anywhere.

"Hey. Hey. It's okay, your safe. I'm Gale. Do you remember?" The deep smooth voice says.

I furrow my eyebrows and whisper, "Gale?"

"Yeah, Gale. Katniss said in the games that we were a lot alike." Gale slowly reaches up and takes his mask off.

His dark chocolate brown hair sticks to his forehead from sweat. His grey eyes bore into mine but with such a gentle hold.

"We're taking you to District 13. To your brother, Triton. Can you walk?" He asks.

I nod slightly and start to stand but loose my balance and start to fall. Gale catches me quickly. He slides his arms behind my back and under my knees. He lifts me up bridal style without a struggle. He puts his mask on me and starts walking out.

I rest my head on his chest, to tired to keep it up.

"I found her, Boggs." He says into his comms.

We finally get to the outside and I see a hovercraft waiting. We climb up and he gently places me on a seat. I close my eyes but feel him kneel in front of me. His gloved hands caress my face as my eyes open again.

"Stay with me, alright?"

I nod and I feel us take off. I quickly loose the fight between me and closing my eyes. The last thing I say before drifting off to unconsciousness is, "I'm sorry."