Girl on Fire Rescued

by ClintonBush43Obama

I was kicking myself because I could have blended this into my Hijacked Mockingjay story on my WizMonCruWil channel. Oh, well. I felt I had to write it. The parallels in dialogue to Princess Bride are intentional. Enjoy!

1. Chapter 1: One Couple in a Century

Chapter 1: One Couple in a Century

President Snow was livid. Livid as he watched Peeta Mellark on the rebels' propo video, which had hijacked regular Capitol footage.

"Mr. President, I now speak directly to you: I love Katniss, and that is something you cannot kill with a thousand arenas or hundreds of Career tributes. Not even the might of the Capitol can crush that. I will come for my Katniss."

In a rage, Snow flew down deep into the bowels of the Tribute Training Center, where Katniss Everdeen, the Girl on Fire, was hooked up to a windmill-like torture machine powered by water. By the Capitol's standards, it was primitive, but it worked. Snow towered over the young woman with a malicious snarl.

"You really love each other," he spat. "And so you might have been truly happy. Not one couple in a century has that chance. And so I'll make damn sure that no one in a century will suffer as greatly as you will." Still consumed by hatred, he seized the bar measuring the power level for the torture and ratcheted it all the way up.

"Not to 50!..." Claudius Templesmith protested, but it was too late.

"ARGHHHHHHHHHH! AHHHHH! AHHHHHH!" Katniss's horrible screams of pain echoed throughout the chamber, bringing music to the sadistic President's ears.

The machine was not switched off until the girl became unconscious.