Just a little something I wrote when I was extremely writer blocked and couldn't write for Look After You
Just a one shot for now but if enough people like it, I will continue it. I do have another multi chapter GalexMadge story on tumblr. So if you like my writing and are interested in it, you can find a link to my tumblr on my profile page.
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Disclaimer: My name is not Suzanne Collins
Madge is sitting on the old couch with Posy in her lap, they watch as Katniss drives her arrow right into the force field, that's when the screen goes blank.
Madge and Gale look at each other, confused.
"What happened?" Madge whispers as the capitol seal appears on the screen.
The District goes dark a few minutes later and Posy clings to her tighter.
"It's alright, Posy. Just a power outage." she reassures the tiny girl.
Gale stands up and looks around, even in the dark, Madge can see he is concerned.
"Mom, grab the kids. Take only what you need…we have to get out of here."
The Hawthorne family stops dead in its tracks and stares.
"NOW!" he yells and they all mobilize.
Madge has frozen in her seat as Posy clings to her.
"Gale?" she calls out, her voice shaking.
"Something's wrong…" he says before he walks out the door.
Hazelle takes Posy from Madge's arms and she darts out the door after Gale.
"Gale, my parents! I have to go get my parents!" she says but Gale shakes his head.
He makes his way back over to her.
"I'll go get them. Go with my family, and I will find you." He says placing his hands on either side of her face.
She nods, she trusts him. Before he lets her go he places his lips on her and it takes her by surprise. He presses his forehead against hers.
"I should have done that a long time ago."
"Gale…"
"Go. I will find you. I promise…I will find you." He says before he takes off running towards town.
They barely make it to the meadow before the first bomb is dropped on the justice building. Madge falls to her knees with Posy in her arms. A group of people has gathered around them, all screaming, crying as they watch the flames rise up and touch the sky. She doesn't see Gale and she starts to panic. Hazelle places an arm around her trying to calm her down.
"Mama, where's Gale?" says Posy.
"He's on his way, baby," she answers through her tears. She takes Posy from Madge's arms and that's when the second bomb is dropped and she knows it's her house.
Madge let's out a scream and that's when she sees Gale carrying a blond child and being trailed by a couple of merchant families. He hands the child back to his parents and searches the crowd for his family. Their eyes meet for a second before she scans the crowd of town families, looking for her mother's eyes, her fathers graying hair, but she doesn't see them. She looks back to Gale and the way he is walking toward her, the way he is looking at her let's her know they're not there.
"Madge…" he begins and she stands up and starts to run back towards the fire. Gale runs after her and she doesn't get far before he has her locked in his arms and she is struggling and crying out for her mother and her father.
"I'm not letting you go back, you'll die too!"
She stops struggling when she hears him say those words; because now she knows they're really gone and there's nothing she can do.
"I tried…I tried"
She sobs into Gale's chest and they hear a second plane come near.
"Come, we have to start walking, we have to get away" He pulls her to her feet and he begins leading them all away from the fire and into the woods.
