Ehhh not the best chapter but don't worry because it will get better, Writing for Cinna during the games is hard! BUT i will be bringing them out of the games soon so it will be a bit easier to write.

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"Cinna?" no reply, "Come on Cinna wake up! Cinna!" The young female stylist sighs as she shakes her partners shoulder in hope of getting him to wake up. He had drifted off around the time Katniss had fainted due to the tracker-jackers just before Rue found her.

"CINNA!" She yells in his year, her partners eyes flew open as he jumped up, his eyes searching the room frantically until coming to rest on his amused friend who has back up and trying to control her laughing by covering her mouth. He sends her a joking glare before rubbing the sleep from his eyes;

"What happened? Is Katniss okay?" he asks, she raises an eyebrow;

"Well the girl from 11 found and helped Katniss and she had just woken up about an hour ago. Peeta was stabbed in the leg by Cato and is somewhere by the river…his leg doesn't look good." She says looking down;

"They'll be okay Portia." Cinna says softly; Portia shakes her head, "Only one can live." She replies reaching for the remote and turning on the TV sitting on the couch in their studio.

They sit together and watch as the Careers kill of a tribute. The screen Flicks to show Katniss and Rue sitting by a small fire eating either a squirrel or a rabbit…maybe a bird? Cinna isn't sure what it is, but its food. Rue tells Katniss what's going on in the Arena, about how many died while she was out and where Peeta is.

"And the Careers? What about them?" she asks, Rue swallows and replies;

"They are all by the Cornucopia; they have put all of the food in large piles around it." She replies.

"Well maybe we should take care of that…" Katniss says smirking at Rue.

Cinna swallows, willing her not to do anything stupid or risky, but then again this is the Hunger Games.

Night falls in the arena hours later and Cinna is still watching as Portia is asleep beside him. He watches for a few minutes as Katniss and Rue fall asleep safe in a tree. Once Katniss is asleep he flicks off the TV, Carries Portia to her room and tucks her into bed before returning to his own to sleep.

That night Cinna jerks awake at three in the morning from a nightmare that replays in his head over and over again.

She's running, the fire keeps spreading and the fire balls fly so close to her, all I can do is watching. I can't yell to her, for I can't speak. I can run to her, for I can't move. All I can do is watch from a few feet away as she trips twisting her ankle and rolling down a steep hill. She sits in the grass for a moment trying to get her head to stop spinning.

She waits a moment to long and a fire ball hits her square in the leg, she lets out a loud terrifying scream right before another ball hits her square in the chest…

And then he wakes up, her name on his tongue. He takes a few deep breaths lying back in bed. She can win. She can do this. She's still alive.

The next day Cinna watches with the rest of the group. He leans forward in his seat as Katniss creeps forward as the Careers race off to find the source of the fire Rue just lit. She watches as Foxface does a strange little jig to get up to their food supply before grabbing a sack of food and quietly hopping off. She pauses and thinks about what she just saw. Then she figures it out.

The careers have dug up the mines around the plates and placed them around the food. Suddenly her face brightens with an idea and she fires an arrow at a bag of apples. Cinna is unsure of what her plan is but bites his tongue as she creeps forward revealing herself even more.

She shoots another arrow this one leaving a small hole in the bag, she shoots one more and finally the bag breaks and all of the apples tumble out and fall to the ground thus setting off the mines.

Everything explodes in a cloud of fire and black smoke; Katniss gets blown back in the blast and blacks out. She comes through when the careers return. She cringes, so does Cinna, when Cato grabs the boy who was supposed to be guarding the camp and breaks his neck. She doesn't wait for them to find her; she grabs her bow and stumbles off into the forest.

Once right on her feet she whistles the little four note tune that Rue taught her. However Rue doesn't respond. Katniss whistles again… nothing.

"KATNISS!" the shriek startles everyone including me as Katniss takes off in the direction it came from.

She bursts through the clearing and finds Rue thrashing around in a net. Katniss falls to her knees and cuts the small girl free, Rue then latches onto her in a tight hug.

"It's Okay." Katniss says hugging her back before pulling away;

"We need to go okay?" She says, but then the worst happens, The Male from district one emerges from the woods, Katniss turns in time to dodge his spear and shoot him in the neck with an arrow, but she turns back to find Rue staring at her in shock as she pulls Marvels spear from her stomach.

Katniss lunges forward to catch her as she falls.

"Shh Rue it's okay, you're fine. " Katniss assures though it sounds as though she's trying to convince herself more than Rue. Katniss zips up Rues vest to hide the growing blood stain. Rue motions weakly for Katniss to come closer;

"….You have to win…" Rue whispers, Katniss now has tears dripping down her face, Cinna wants to look away but he can't;

"Will you sing?" She asks; Katniss nods and wipes her tears, she takes a deep breath and starts to sing, When Cinna hears her voice he swears he stopped breathing.

"Deep in the meadow, under the willow

A bed of grass, a soft green pillow

Lay down your head, and close your sleepy eyes

And when again they open, the sun will rise.

Here it's safe, here it's warm

Here the daisies guard you from every harm

Here your dreams are sweet and tomorrow brings them true

Here is the place where I love you.

Deep in the meadow, hidden far away

Cloak of leaves, a moonbeam ray

Forget your woes and let your troubles lay

And when again it's morning, they'll wash away.

Here it's safe, here it's warm

Here the daisies guard you from every harm

Here your dreams are sweet and tomorrow brings them true

Here is the place where I love you."

Rue's eyes flutter shut and Katniss breaks she sobs and sobs clutching Rue's hand and resting her forehead on hers. She takes the spear that lay on the other side of Rue and throws it angrily across the clearing with a painful sob.

"Excuse me." Cinna mutters to the group who hardly spare him a glance as he rises from the sofa and makes his way to his room, once alone he turns the Games on but allows a few tears to fall, Cinna thought well of Rue, She was small yes, but very resourceful.

She lasted a while in the games, she was strong and she made the small place in Cinna's heart that she had obtained somehow swell with Pride and wonder and break at the same time, they had never officially met, but Cinna had a weak spot for children. And seeing Rue lying there in Katniss's arms dead made his chest ache.

He watches now as Katniss kisses Rues forehead and stands up, she looks as though she is about to leave but then she stops. He watches in awe and slight confusion as she starts picking up flowers and arranging them around Rue's body. She places a bunch in Rue's hands that are resting on her stomach. Katniss backs up to show her work, she knows the cameras are watching her.

What Katniss has done leaves me speechless, especially as she brings three fingers to her lips before holding them out. I recognize the signal from her reaping; I think Haymitch said it was a signal meaning thanks, admiration, and goodbye to a loved one.


So I've always wondered what Cinna thought about Rue... Anyway thanks to my readers and don't forget to review!