Hi, this is my first fanfic! Yay! Anyway I will only write more if people actually read it, so please review. Any comments and constructive criticism will help me. Oh, and I don't own the Hunger Games. Suzanne Collins does. This is during MJ when Peeta has been rescued. Except something extra happens… Enjoy!
Chapter 1
I'm in some sort of hospital. I know that for certain. But what else do I know? My head throbs constantly, I can't feel my fingers.
"Mr Mellark?"
I'm vaguely aware of someone calling my name. It hurts, but I tilt my head up ever so slightly to see who it is. I sigh. It's only a nurse, looking down on me with her brow furrowed in concern. I groan as let my head fall back on the hospital bed. The nurse leans over me, and I see her smile sadly. She touches my forehead gently with her gloved hand.
"Well, you're fever's going down, Mr Mellark. But I'm afraid you're not quite stable yet. This will hurt quite a bit…"
Ouch. She wasn't joking. I clench my fists, which are held firmly to the hospital bed by tight metal restraints, as the nurse jabs the needle in my forearm. I feel a sudden relief, though, as the substance in the syringe slowly makes its way into my bloodstream. I know I'm about to drift off, so I let myself close my eyes and welcome sleep. I hear the nurse's voice, but it's muffled. I hear another voice, too, one that I don't recognise…
The voice sounds panicked and frantic. It's a girl.
"What's happened to him? What have you done?" she cries.
The nurse replies calmly, but the girl, it seems, won't have any of it.
"How… How could you let this happen?" she's practically screaming now. "How could you?"
Now I hear a man's voice.
"Listen, you need to explain fully what happened to Peeta."
Wait… what? I'm trying to fight through the desire to sleep, now. What did happen to me? Who are these people? How do they know me? I know it's too late to try and resist. I fall asleep suddenly and then wake up in alarm. Sleep is tugging at me fiercely, trying to pull me under. I briefly catch the words 'hijacking', 'tried to help' and 'amnesia' before I fall asleep.
Okay, so this is short, really short. It's probably more like a prologue... But, if people want me to write more, the next chapter will be much longer!