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Chapter 7
Last Time:
"My name is Alex and I'm fifteen." Cinna smiles and kneels down in front of her.
"Well Alex, I think you are a brave young girl. All the other tributes know what The Hunger Games are and learn how to use weapons. You have no idea what it is or how to use weapons. I know you will win this. I know Katniss will protect you and keep you alive. You will survive."
Alex looks at Cinna in the eye to see him telling the truth. But one thing runs through her mind.
How can I learn to hunt, use a weapon and kill an innocent life? I'm not a freaking killer.
Now:
Alex stands on the District 13 chariot with Massacre next to her. Alex looks down at her outfit which is a grey jumpsuit thing. It's kind of like what scuba divers would wear. Cinna told her all she has to do is wave at the crowd and something magical would happen.
The chariot begins to move and a third of the way through, Alex lefts hand and waves at the crowd.
The crowd goes silent and whispers to each other. Alex grows confused and looks at the screen on the left to see that she is invisible... same with Massacre. Alex looks at Massacre who is smirking.
"Twelve aren't the only ones who are high-tech." Massacre whispers in Alex's ear.
~A&K~
Alex follows Massacre and Coin to their floor below the ground. In the apartment the order goes: District 13 below ground, District 1 on first floor, District 2 on second, District 3 on third, District 4 on fourth, District 5 on fifth, District 6 on sixth, District 7 on seventh, District 8 on eighth, District 9 on ninth, District 10 on tenth, District 11 on eleventh, and District 12 has the penthouse.
Alex sees three bedrooms, the main room, dining room and living room.
"The training center is the floor below us. To go to the arena for the games we have to go up to the roof. For the interviews we go to the floor above us." Coin informs them. Alex nods as Coin dismisses Massacre and calls down a doctor to check Alex's fever and problems.
Once the doctor arrives, he gets Alex to lie down on the couch so he can check her temperature, pulse and other things.
After checking everything the doctor confirms that Alex has the flu and put her on a special type of stomach pills to keep her from getting sick but still lets her eat a little bit.
For her fever she is on a different type of medicine to lower the temperature.
~K&A~
The next day Alex walks into the training center with Massacre. She looks around in shock. She takes a deep breath to calm her nerves and looks to see Katniss and Peeta standing together.
"This way partner." Massacre smirks and leads Alex over to Katniss and Peeta. Alex stands next to Katniss with her hands clenched together in front of her.
"Alex." Katniss whispers. Alex looks over at her and Katniss smiles, "Everything will be fine."
"How can you be sure?" Alex whispers.
"Because you will learn everything you need to know here." Alex takes a breath and looks forward to see a lady stand on the platform and begin to speak.
"Alright tributes. There are different sections here. You can pick where to go but you will have to try all of them. Now get going." The lady dismisses them and Alex looks at the different sections not knowing where to go to first.
She sees Massacre walk over to the targets as everyone splits up. Alex bites her bottom lip and makes her way over to the gauntlet course. The guy in charge of the gauntlet explains to Alex how to do it and even gives her a demonstration. She gives him a thankful smile before doing the course perfectly.
Once she does the course five more times, she moves on to learning about plants.
~A&K~
Alex arrives to the second last section of the training center. She picks up at spear and throws it at the targets to only find it hit the floor not even half way to the target. A group of people bursts out laughing and she turns to see it's the two girls and guys from Districts 1 and 2.
"At least we know she's an easy kill." The girl from District 2 laughs. Alex bites her lip and picks up another spear. She runs at the target and stabs it in the chest before pulling it out and stabbing it in the forehead. She walks over to the knives and picks one up. Alex throws it and it hits the target in the arm. She throws another and it hits the target in the forehead. The final part of the target section is a bow and arrows. Alex picks it up and the trainer teaches her how to hold it and everything she needs to know about the weapon. Alex lines up to the target and fires the arrow to only have it hit the outside of the target. She fires the second arrow and it hits the shoulder. Her final arrow flies through the air and hits the forehead.
Alex sighs and puts the bow back on the shelf and makes her way to the net. At least I'm going to try. I doubt I will live past the first day.
Alex quickly climbs up the net, faster than anyone in the training center even the trainers. She swings herself up onto the rafters and just sits up there relaxing. She has always loved climbing. She is a fast runner, an excellent climber and knows her plants. The lady in charge of the training inwardly smiles. She knows Alex will be hard for the other tributes to catch. They think of her as an easy target just because she can't use weapons. But what they don't know is Alex is actually pretty good with a knife.
~K&A~
Alex makes her way into the apartment and sits down on the couch with Coin. Massacre is in his bedroom taking a shower and Alex has just got out of her's.
"So how was training?" Coin asks.
"Alright. I tried all the weapons and sucked at it. But I like the gauntlet and the net. Learning the plants was cool and for the test I got one hundred percent."
Coin looks at Alex surprised.
"Well, I know you are doing amazing. All the odds are against you but you are doing amazing. Tomorrow for training just work on the weapons to get better at them." Alex nods.
"Ok."
They both hear a cough and looks up to see Massacre and Boggs.
"How's your fever Alex?" Boggs asks.
"I guess ok." Boggs lays a hand on her forehead and nods.
"It's down but not perfect just yet." Boggs pulls out the medication and Alex takes the pills without question.
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