Failure. I, Katniss Everdeen, had failed. The war with the Capital had been lost. We'd been so close too.
"We're getting slaughtered out here! On your right! Aug-They've broken the perimeter, fall back, fall baahh-" I cut the radio feed. I needed to focus. We were in President's Snows office, trying to figure where the slimy bastard had run off too. His house had been empty, so we had to improvise.
Fat lot of good it did in the end, I snorted to myself. That was right before a swarm of capital troops had burst in, guns blazing. Half my team was down in the first two seconds, And the rest followed soon after. And Peeta, poor Peeta...
"You need to get out of here, Katniss!" Peeta was shouting, but I couldn't understand, no wouldn't understand him. "I'm not leaving you!" I shouted back. "You're more important to the cause and you know it, I'll hold them off. And that's final." With he turned and ran back. "NO, PEETA, PEEEETAAAA!"
I shook my head, I need to concentrate. I made it out in one piece, but he was captured. I got a video shortly after: a recording of them torturing him, with the promise of stopping if I turned myself in. I couldn't watch, not even 5 seconds. That was when I got the offer.
"It's simple," said the living shadow, "You do this for me, and I get Peeta back for you and make the capital lose at the same time. Couldn't be clearer." "What's the catch?" "A fresh start."
I still don't know what he was talking about, assuming that was a he. I turned the object over and over in my hands, considering his offer. He'd been kind enough to offer the tech required to use it, since it was really outdated.
"It was supposed to be used centuries ago, but that apocalypse of yours got in the way."
Another cryptic answer, I'd swear this guy only talks in half-answers. I ponder it a bit longer, but really, I knew my choice a long time ago. I pull the "cd" out of its sleeve and stick in the computer. A fresh start, rescue Peeta, and screw Panem over at the same time. I start installing the program, and link up with Peeta, my "Server." Just play the game with my allies. A game called Sburb. I had no clue what I was doing.
R&R guys, you know the drill.