Chapter Two
I duck down behind the bush and stare at him. He is walking right up to Liam. I watch as President Chaff talks to him and Liam seems a bit nervous. What are they talking about? President Chaff walks off and Liam is all alone. I grabbed the medicine leaves and ran to Liam.
"What was that about?" I asked curiously.
"Oh, um, he wants me to fight." he says.
"Fight? Like in the annual ?"
"Yeah, he wants me to fight in THIS year's game."
I stare at him speechless. What if he doesn't get out alive? Liam knows that I am shocked so he tells me he is heading home. I watch as he walks to the fence. Then, I get up and remember I didn't fix his wounds. I get up and run to the fence to find him gone. So, I head home.
I walk through the door with my two squirrels that I hunted. I set them on the table on top of a cloth. I look around and find that Jane and my mother are gone. I get scared and I feel a tear escape my eye. What if President Chaff took them? He obviously saw me in the woods today. I then see that someone has left me a note. A note about Jane and my mother. It says,
I saw you today, Anne.
Want your sister and mother back? Kill Liam.
The note doesn't say who it's from. Kill Liam? Liam is like my brother. I need to find a way to save my family without killing Liam.
I'm pretty sure President Chaff took them, who else could've seen me? But, President Chaff wants to send Liam to the games. I change my crying to anger. I stiffen my fists and run to Liam's. I told Liam about the note and he thinks they might be at the Capitol. I run out of his house and onto the yard in front of the Capitol. While I'm standing there I remember why the bombing started. It started over last year's games with Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark. They became Rebels and planned to overtake the Capitol. Katniss also planned to kill President Snow. She didn't but soon President Snow died of old age. That's when his nephew Chaff took the throne. I am at the Capitol's door now, just about to knock when someone shoots my left leg.