1. Surgery

Katniss' Pov

I was walking toward Rue and I's last fake fire pit. Where Rue and I had been planning to meet after blowing up the others campsite. With my ear gushing of blood from the explosion. I know I have to keep going and that's when I hear a scream from the direction I'm headed. I know that scream well enough to know that it is Rue. Rue's cry of pain. I hear Rue's painful scream again and before I know it I'm bolting in the direction after her "RUE!!!" I scream as loud as my voice will allow forgetting all about the games and that I could possibly be killed because of that. All I care about right now is that Rue is safe with me here. I push away the leaves and there I see Rue lying on the ground with a spear going right through her torso and her potential murderer standing there laughing at a job well done as she cries in pain. With as much anger as I have in me I raise my bow and arrow without thinking and shoot the arrow right into the boy from district 2's head. He drops dead where he stood and then I hear a cannon go off signaling that he is surely dead. I rush to Rue's side immediately "Rue… stay with me Rue stay with me." I say "Katniss…it… it hurts" she cries. I know that she will not make it. I look where I think a camera might be and I mouth the word "Help" Rue moans and I go to her side hoping, praying that she'll some how make it. I close my eyes praying some more. thud… thud my eyes fly open and I hear something in the trees my bow and arrow quickly reset in my hand and ready to fire. I see a small silver parachute in the leaves and I automatically whisper "thank-you" I run to the tree and quickly grab the parachute. It is a backpack. Inside the backpack it has well written instructions and supplies… for surgery. I realize that I have to do surgery in order for her to live. I have to be strong. Think Katniss think how would Prim or mom do this. I think to myself. I have to do this quick or she will surely die from the loss of blood. I walk back to Rue and then quietly tell her what I must do. She agrees and promises she will be strong I read the instructions twice and then begin. I roll Rue on her side and cut the blade off the end of the spear. I roll Rue back on her back and slowly pull the rest of what is left of the spear. Rue winces within parts of this process. I block the blood from leaving Rue's body by wrapping Rue's wounds with a special towel that was created in the capitol's lab. -very expensive- it keeps the blood in well. I pull out needles that's labeled "blood transfusion" and inject them all in Rue one at a time I can see as the new blood pumping through Rue's veins begin to help Rue regain a lot of conscious. I carefully and slowly remove the towel from the top of her and quickly give her stitches and put bandages on the top to block infection. My forehead is dripping with sweat from my nerves I've never operate on something before. But I wouldn't dare tell Rue that. "Rue I have to work on your back if I roll you over you got to keep yourself off the stitches ok?" I say "yeah alright" she says. I place the towel where im going to roll her on the ground, and slowly start to roll her. She keeps her self from laying on her stitches while I fix her back, I put the bandages on her back like I did her torso . -although the wound is so small that it only took three stitches to sew her up- I finish doing the surgery and wipe the rest of the sweat from my hands and forehead. Rue sits up and examines my work. "thank-you Katniss" she says while giving me a hug. "your welcome Rue. Now lets get a move on." I say as I start packing everything up. I notice as I pick up the surgery bag that there appears to be something in it that I missed. I look and its pills. Painkillers for Rue I slip them back into the surgery bag and put that bag in my backpack and slip it on to my back I hand Rue her backpack and ask her to try and walk. Rue obeys and starts to walk but winces to much from the pain so I decided to carry her instead. She climbs onto my back after she insists on putting my backpack and hers on her back I let her because I know I won't win the fight and I just want to get back to our camp. I start walking after Rue gets a good grip and soon we find the river. good. I needed to re-fill my canteen. I slowly come to a stop and let Rue slip off my back I rumble through the bags and find our canteens. I fill them up with water and put the drops of purifier in them. I wait twenty minutes for it to purify and then give Rue her canteen to drink while I pull out some berries for her and I to eat. After taking our break Rue slips back on to my back and I continue walking. In about an hour we reach our previous camp Rue slips off my back and then I set up the sleep bag so she could lay on it while I started a fire. I lit the fire and when I turned back to Rue she had already slipped into a deep sleep.

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Rue's Pov.

I was headed back to Katniss' and I's last fire pit where we planned to meet after sabotaging the others. But then all of the sudden I hear an explosion. It shook the ground and I see bits of things flying in the air. "NOOOOO!!" I scream afraid it was Katniss who died with the others close by I bolt into a run headed for the fire pit hoping she is there waiting for me. But then all of the sudden I trip and a net drops around me I start screaming hoping she'll hear me and come to help me. I manage to get the net off right when I see him. The boy from district 2 there standing above me with a spear in his hand. I scream again and all I can think about is Katniss. If she's alive hopefully she's on her way to help me. And if she's dead then ill be meeting her soon. I see the spear go in me and then I feel the torturing pain. I hear a sound in the bushes over the boy from district 2 roar of laughter at my pain and then I see her. I see Katniss emerge from the bushes. I see the hurt in her eyes about my pain and the spear that now rested in my body. I see her eyes flash to the boy in district 2 who was still laughing and probably didn't notice Katniss was here to save me and his life was about to end. I only knew this because I saw her bow and arrow come up to shoulder only for a second and then I see the boy from district 2's body hit the ground. He was dead. Katniss had killed him. Katniss came to me immediately. "Rue… stay with me Rue stay with me." she says to me. All I can manage to say out of the million things I would like to is "Katniss…it…it hurts." she knew I was talking about the spear that was now more painful then ever. I know I am going to die, but I know I have to tell Katniss to win for me if I die. I open my mouth but all that seems to come out is a moan followed by a painful shock of the spear I should remember not to move. Katniss sees something in the tree I try to see it to but fail because of the pain of the spear. Katniss is back in a flash with a backpack that is attached to a silver parachute. She reads a piece of paper and then starts to explain to me what she must do. She tells me that she must perform surgery. I agree to this and I know that I must be strong. So I know I must not show any pain what so ever. She begins by turning over to my side, she removes the spear head and puts a cloth like material under me she then, flips me over to my back and begins to pull out the rest of the spear. She quickly raps the towel around the rest of my torso- to keep the blood in my body- I see her pull out three needles and I quickly tell myself it'll be ok- im terrified to the core of needles- then she sticks me with all three needles one at a time. She quickly removes the top of towel from my stomach and gives me stitches then does the same to my back. "Okay Rue its over your done." Katniss tells me I sit up and examine my now finished surgery. She did the best job I have ever seen. And the best part about it was that I had a second chance to live. Again out of the millions of things I wanted to say to her all I could manage was to whisper "thank-you Katniss" I say while giving her a hug. "your welcome Rue. Now lets get a move on." she says while gathering everything up. I agree. She hands me my backpack and asks me to try and walk to see if it hurts to much. I obey and start to walk I try not to but I wince every time I take a step. Katniss tells me that she'll carry me there. I climb on to her back after I insist to put both backpacks on my back. I chat with Katniss as we walk to the river then before I know it we are there. good. I think. I could really use a drink. Katniss sets up camp after purifying the water. I feel bad that I can't help her. I cant help but feel helpless. All I can do is drink water and watch Katniss run all over the place trying to set up camp. She rolls out our sleeping bag and then helps me to it so I can sit on something other then the dirt. She starts a fire and I watch the flames slowly grow as I think about home and how much I miss it. Family, Friends, all the animals. I miss it all I just want to go home, but yet I don't wanna leave the Hunger Games because then I will never see or hear from Katniss again and I would never want that to happen. She's like the big sister I always wanted. I think about this a lot. And before I know it I slowly drift off to sleep.

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