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Chapter 4
The night hadn't been my friend. Even with gripping the pearl Peeta gave me during the Quarter Quell, I still woke up due to the nightmares; the outburst Peeta had yelled about me gave a new set of them.
Today we were going to be leaving around noon to get Haymitch's friend. I make my way to the armory to suit up. Since we were heading out into the field, I needed to be in my Mockingjay suit no matter how small the chances are for a fight, the one Cinna designed. I strap the sheath, that are divided into three cylinders of arrows, to my back; right side, fire, left side, explosive, centre, regular. I shouldn't need them, but better safe than sorry.
Not long, Boggs shows up to escort me down to the Airborne Division. There's the series of loud clicks. The elevator comes to a slight pause and then begins to move laterally to the left. The clicks resume. We drop down again briefly, and the doors open on the Hangar.
"I don't think I'll ever get use to the travel to get here" I say.
"I live here, and I'm still not use to it" Boggs says, and I'm sure I saw a slight smile on his face.
We walk towards one of the smaller hovercrafts. I mount the stairs to find Effie, Gale, Haymitch, and the rest of the rescue team, along with the pilot, already inside, "Am I the last one?"
"Not by much sweetheart" Haymitch says.
There's a warning of the upcoming takeoff and I strap myself into a seat next to Gale, facing off with Haymitch and Effie. We glide through a maze of tunnels that opens out onto a platform. The elevator device lifts the craft slowly up through the levels. All at once we're outside in a large field surrounded by woods. Then we rise off the platform and become wrapped in clouds.
The ride to District 12 is short, and it's where we landed last time; the Meadow. I look at Haymitch; the last time I had come here, he couldn't come without 'a bottle'. Looking at him now though, he's shaking a bit, but looks determined. Is meeting this person really making a huge difference in him overcoming his demons?
After about five minutes in, I wish I had something to distract me from the sorrow that was coming back. Despite coming here twice, the pain doesn't seem to lessen.
Gale doesn't look any better than I do about returning back here. Once I, Haymitch, Boggs, and Gale get off the aircraft, Effie states to keep the earpieces in at all times, and that she'll let us know of anything should she spot something. Only two others get off the aircraft with us, while the rest stay with Effie as the hovercraft raises back up.
The two choose to stay in the location of the Meadow, while I and Gale begin to lead the group to the woods, where the cabin would be located.
"Why would she choose to stay in the woods instead of the victor's villages houses?" Boggs asks.
"Because there was a chance that the houses may have been bugged, even if no one is here anymore; she didn't want to risk flipping them off of her location" Haymitch responds.
Were silent after that as we proceed to the fence where behind them were the woods. Even though the electric current no longer runs through them, it's still a habit to go underneath that broken part of the fence. Haymitch doesn't bother and just cuts it up, making it so we just walk through them.
At this point we were trying to be quiet, whether to not scare his friend, or because we were cautious, I'm not sure. As we get closer to where the lake and cabin is located, a snap of a twig is suddenly heard. We freeze for a moment, until the sounds of retreating footsteps follow. This causes us all to start chasing after those footsteps.
As the footsteps get louder, we get a better visual in front of us. Looking up, we see a boy, with a sheath and bow, running. He's fast, but we were slowing catching up to him.
"Wait" I call out, but he just keeps running.
Once were almost neck to neck with him, Gale jumps forward to pin him down.
The boy struggles to get off, but Gale is just too big and strong, "Hey, relax; were not here to hurt you."
"You're making that hard to believe" the boy snaps back.
"Gale, get off of him. Kid, do you recognize me at all?" Haymitch says. Gales gets off of him.
The boy stands up, and begins to pat himself off. He looks up, but it's not at Haymitch; it's at me.
"It's you. She said that a group of people were coming today to pick us up, but we had to be careful in case the airplane bombers showed up" the boy says.
"Can you take us to your family; I swear were here to help" I say.
The boy looks hesitant for a second, but starts to walk towards where I know the cabin and lake is.
"We got here two weeks ago. The forest is nice, kind of like homes forest, until my sister injured her foot. She's still limping with it. Although we needed to get moving, there wouldn't be any shelter to travel. We couldn't carry her, so we had to stay. Fortunately, there are plenty of animals and berry trees, along with eating roots, and eggs here, so food hasn't been a problem" The boy begins to talk.
"You know how to hunt" Gale suddenly asks.
"Since I was five; my mother's cousin taught me. We both enjoy the quietness the woods give us. Back at the capitol we had to hide our hunting things to prevent the peacekeepers from taking them whenever we would head out" the boy explained.
"Your mother's cousin knows how to hunt?" Gale asks.
"Anything that has to do with something physical, she knows; hunting, rock climbing, tree climbing, swimming, running, and so forth" the boy says.
"She left you to hunt on your own?" I ask with an edge in my voice.
"I keep a tracker on me, so she knows I'm alright. If I leave out of the radius where the tracker can't track me, then she gets worried" he just responds back like it's no big deal.
"That's still no reason to let you hunt by yourself" Gale says.
"I've been hunting by myself since I was 8. Even though she would still be with me since proper age is 16 there, she would not lift a hand to help me in order for me to get the experience. Apart from school, the kids life is boring if you're not into makeup, or whatever they are interested in" the boy says.
That keeps every quiet to ponder the kids words.
We've reached view of the lake. On closer observation, there was someone swimming in it.
"Mona, the people you were talking about are here" the boy yells out.
This causes the splashing to stop, and as we get closer, we see it's a woman.
She climbs over to the edge to get out; she's in black shorts that reach to her knees and a blue sports top that go past her hips.
When she gets out, I'm surprised to see how normal she looks. She looks about 5'4, with tanned skin. A bit of hair could be seen growing on her skin, along with a couple of visible scars. She has dark brown eyes, with an oval face and rather thin eyebrows. Her build was slim, but pure muscle. The only thing that told me she was from the Capitol was the wavy violet hair, with red streaks in it. It wasn't even a wig, but her colored hair. When she turned to the side, I notice my mockingjay symbol tattooed on her upper left arm.
"Mona, long time no see" Haymitch says.
"What's the one word that you think of me?" she says back, looking tense.
"Hidden" Haymitch says. This causes her to relax.
She looks at all of us, looking curious. The look doesn't feel on edge or guarded, just observant, like she's looking at something new.
"Sami, please tell everyone in the cabin to pack everything. We'll be leaving today" Sami just nods, and runs toward the cabin.
Once Sami heads inside, she turns to us, or more specifically towards Haymitch.
"Typical, the first time I see you in months, and it's you doing something physical" Haymitch says.
She observes him for a bit before speaking, "Have you finally quit drinking?"
"More like I've been forced to stop; they have a strict rule of no alcohol in district 13" Haymitch grumbles out.
"I am already starting to like it" she says.
As she says this, she starts walking towards us, stopping in front of Haymitch. Then she surprises us all when she gives Haymitch a hug while still wet from the lake.
What I notice, and surprises me, though, is that Haymitch isn't complaining about it. In fact, he returns the hug, not loosely, but tight, and not minding that he's getting wet in the process.
After they let go, she turns towards us, "My name is Mona blueprint. My brother and second cousins are inside. Follow me" she starts towards the cabin and we follow her inside.
The place looks different than the last time I was here. Some of the broken places of the cabin seem fixed, and some sort of dish, connected to a laptop, seemed to be set up. A couple of weapons, including a bow and arrows, were placed on the side. The table had carrying bags. The people inside stopped what they were doing, and stood up.
"Everyone, this is my brother Omar Blueprint. He was an architect back at the Capitol, and a genius in computers. The tall boy here is Khodor. He was studying technology to invent devices. The girl lying down by the fireplace is Delal. She wants to be a doctor, and was taking advance courses to improve her chances at being one. The youngest one here that you've met is Sami. He's too young to go into anything specific, but I've taught him everything when it comes to hunting and the woods. He's also very active like me" Mona explained.
I looked at each one of them, and couldn't help but be surprised on how all of them seemed perfectly normal, like no alternation had been done to them.
Omar looked to be 5'11. He looked similar to his sister with his face and brown eyes, but he had stub hair growing on his chin and lip. His build was also slim, but broader than his sisters. He was wearing a dark grey long sleeve with black pants. His hair was dark brown.
The one named Khodor looked to be more than 6 feet. He had a more circular face than oval, with light brown hair and light brown eyes. He had a red shirt on with light blue long jean shorts.
The girl named Delal, who was lying down near the fireplace, looked to be 5'5. She also had an oval face, but dark brown hair, and dark brown eyes. She had a brown sweater with black pants on.
The boy named Sami looked like an exact replica of his brother; He appeared to be 4'8. His hair was also light brown, with light brown eyes. He had on a green sweater, with brown pants on.
"Is she the one who injured her foot?" Haymitch's voice breaks me out of my thought process.
"Yes. At first I thought it was just a sprain. Now I think it's possibly broken. I'm worried that it's healing incorrectly if that's the case" Mona says. She had changed into drier clothes as we all settled in. She now sported a dark grey long sleeve (similar to her brothers) with black sport pants.
"What is that you have over there" Boggs pointed towards the thing that was connected to the laptop.
"A satellite dish; we've been using it as a way to detect those in hovercrafts, and a way to track ourselves when were not in the same room" Omar replies.
Just as he said that, a beep noise was appearing on the lap top.
He moved towards it as Gale asked, "What's that noise?"
"Something is approaching in the air, and it's moving at an alarmingly fast pace. Everyone, make sure everything's been packed. Mona, here" he passed a device to her.
She quickly went to the weapons, and strapped her sheath at her back, along with the bow.
I was about to ask what she was doing, until I heard Effie's voice in my ear, "Everyone, planes from district two is heading towards district twelve."
There we go
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