AN: Soooo I was gonna make you guys suffer and wait a few days with the cliffhanger. Buttttttttttttttttttttt I wanted to say this.
HAPPY 16TH BIRTHDAY TO MY OLDER BROTHER! 3 10/11/12
And, I'm taking a survival skills club in my online school, and I'm hoping it will be helpful with this fanfiction.
I feel like this chapter is a bit longer then the others... from my point at least.
Sorry for all the typos in previous chapters. I always notice them AFTER I post it...
RoseMaple: You can thank my brother's birthday for making you not suffer with the cliffhanger! ;) And yes, I do get the chatting thing. and I am also Random and crazy!
D3: WHY DID YOU NOT READ MY STORY LAST NIGHT :U YOU WILL READ BOTH CHAPTERS TODAY OR SUFFFFFERRRRRRRRRRRRRRR. ahahahahahaha XD
Lily's POV:
Did she just say what I think she just said. I look up on the screen and saw my face, all the color gone from it. She did just say what I think she said. I looked at Haymitch and he had stopped looking at the floor, his eyes were wide. I turned and look at Xanos, who looked about as pale as me, maybe a little less. The girls had made a path for me. Unfortunatly I have a strong fight or flight instinct, and my reaction was flight this time. I took off running backwards, I heard guards yell something that I couldn't make out, and I heard the sound of feet chasing me. But I didn't stop. I couldn't stop. I couldn't allow myself to be taken to my death I just couldn't do it. My first instinct was to run to the forest and get high in a tree, but I knew I'd get arrested. Where was I gonna go? There wasn't anywhere TO go. I kept running and didn't stop. I heard the feet stop running, but I didn't care enough to look back. I heard someone, who sounded surprisingly like Xanos, call my name, worry in his voice, but I didn't stop. I only stopped when I managed to trip over my own feet and fall flat on my face. I felt two people grab my arms and help me up, I knew it was the Peacekeepers. I shut my eyes as tightly as I could, not wanting to see what they had planned for the runner.
"Lily, open your eyes." I heard Haymitch's voice say softly.
I slowly opened my eyes, and noticed that Xanos and Haymitch had my arms, not Peacekeepers. I winced when I felt that I had cut my eyebrow.
"You just did a full out faceplant." Xanos couldn't help but chuckle.
I almost collasped, I would have collasped if Haymitch hadn't caught me. Haymitch held me close to him as sobs wracked my body. Xanos rubbed my back.
"It's okay, Sis..." He said softly.
"You'll be fine." Haymitch whispered in my ear.
The sobbing calmed down a little after a few minutes, and Haymitch held me at arms lengh, his hands holding my upper arms.
"Now we have to go back there. Okay?" He said, concern still in his eyes.
I just nodded, and Haymitch started to put his arm around me, but two Peacekeepers grabbed my arms. I let out a yelp of surprise and fear.
"Be careful with her!" Xanos snarled, his hands in fists.
Haymitch put a hand in front of Xanos as a Peacekeep glared at him. Two Peacekeepers were in front of me, and two were in back. The ones in back had a hand on my back, I could tell they were ready to grab me if needed. I turned and looked back at the boys. Haymitch nodded slightly and Xanos looked a mixture of worry and anger. I knew he wasn't angry at me though. The Peacekeepers led me to the stage again, all the people stared at me with wide eyes, obviously shocked that I had ran. Haymitch was surprisingly already up on the stage again. I looked around trying to find Xanos. Haymitch nodded his head backwards, telling me to look behind me. I turned slightly around and just saw Xanos out of the corner of my eye, he was following behind us. When we got to the stairs the Peacekeepers half shoved me up them. I tripped, but luckily I didn't do a full out face plant this time. I stumbled back to my feet and went quickly to stand next to Effie.
"Well there's the little runner!" She said with her normal smile, but there was a sour note in her voice. I knew I'd be 'The Runner' for the rest of my time left alive.
I looked up and saw my face on the big screens, I had a cut right above my eye which was bleeding pretty virously, luckily the blood all went around my eye. I also had a scrap on my nose, and a few other miner scratches. I looked down and noticed I had ripped my tights open at the knees. I let out a little sigh, this wasn't going to be easy. I made myself look weak by running, and I don't think I could undo that.
"Well here you have it people! Our two Tributes! Lyon Strounce and Lily Everdeen!" She said, grabbing our hands and holding them in the air. "Now shake you to!"
I was confussed, and I gave her a funny look, but did as she asked and shook myself...Like a dog. It made the crowd explode with laughter. Then I noticed Lyon had his hand held out, looking at me like I was crazy. My face turned bright red. Oh, she wanted us to shake hands... Now I really wish I'd watched the old Hunger Games. I shook his hand, and was to a room. I was in there for a few minutes before I heard a face.
"Hey babe." It said.
Oh great. HIM.
