A/N: Hey y'all!
Have you heard? LionsGate is making a 5th Hunger Games movie?! This is what we've been waiting for. It's going to take place at the end of Mockingjay Part 2 and continue into the epilogue. At least that's what I heard, but I am 99.9% sure it is true and I am STOKED!
Oh, and I found out that I write better when I am listening to music. :)
Sorry this chapter took so long, I just needed a few days break from writing because my mind was going into overdrive, and if I write too much my writing will become sloppy and I won't work good. So, I took a short break and now I'm back on track. :)
Disclaimer: I DO NOT own the Hunger Games. All rights go to Suzanne Collins.
Chapter 9
Previously on The Boy with the Bread- Katniss' POV
I see Gale's Holo drop and I know there is beeping coming from it. He must have told it to self-destruct.
Finnick is so close to the Holo that it would kill him if it blew up. But it might kill me too. So, I start running the opposite direction, and I yell to Finnick to do the same.
"Finnick run!" I yell, but I'm too late. The Holo blows up, throwing me off the ground, I scream out in pain of the fire and from being hit on the concrete wall, as everything around me goes black.
Peeta's POV (A few minutes before the explosion)
"Nightlock... Nightlock... Nightlock." Gale says into his Holo, and I know all too well what that means. We learned about this in training. Flick a switch, say "Nightlock" three times, then the Holo self-destructs.
Gale had directed Homes to hold me back before Gale took out the Holo. I knew then that I wouldn't like what would happen next.
"No!" I yell, as he drops the Holo down the ladder. Katniss was still down there, and that explosion would kill her. I cringe just thinking about it. I keep screaming at Gale when there is a huge explosion followed by Katniss' scream and then it is silent, besides my own screaming and crying. "You killed her!" I keep screaming at Gale. "You killed her! Now, I'm going to kill you!" I try breaking from Homes grips, but it doesn't work. I scream and scratch like a wild animal. "YOU KILLED HER!"
"Peeta, calm down!" Homes says.
"NO! HE KILLED HER! SHE'S DEAD BECAUSE OF HIM!" I yell. Everyone decides to ignore my screaming for a second.
"Who will be the leader of the squad now that Jackson is dead?" Cressida asks, but I can barley hear her through all my screaming.
"Gale was Jackson's third in command, so he has to lead." Homes says, while struggling to restrain me.
"NO! HE KILLED HER!" I scream. "YOU CAN'T LET A MURDURER LEAD US!"
"Gale has to lead us." Cressida says harshly. "It's not your decision, it was Jackson's."
"Just let me go see her." I beg with tears in my eyes.
"I'm sorry Peeta. We have to leave." Cressida tells me softly. I reluctantly obey.
We hide out in a clothes shop, owned by a lady named Tigris. Cressida told us she knew her, so I guess she can be trusted. Tigris leads us to a basement filled with fabrics and clothes where we can spend the night. The plan is to send two people in the morning to President Snow's mansion so we can kidnap him, and if we have to, kill him right there. We were going to kill him to start with, but President Coin wants to have a whole event for his death.
I try to sleep that night, but it is pointless. I can't sleep knowing that Katniss is dead. All my dreams have been shattered. I wanted to spend the rest of my life, but now that will never happen. She died too young, and I will not let Snow get away with taking Katniss away from me.
"I'm sorry about Katniss." I'm brought out of my thoughts by Gale's voice. He is now sitting next to me, and I now realize my face is covered with tears, so I quickly wipe them away.
"I hope your happy now. She's gone." I say. "You should've waited. She would have made it up the ladder, but you dropped a bomb on her before she could."
"I wanted to help her, honestly. But if I had waited any longer, those mutts may have gotten us. Then we would have all been dead." He says. "You would've done the same, if it meant saving your whole team."
"I would never do that!" I argue.
"No, admit it, you would."
"If you were down there then I would have."
"How's it any different with Katniss? Huh?"
"Because I love her." I say, harshly. "You don't kill someone you love."
"Those mutts would have killed her anyway." He says. "I just put her out of her misery."
"No, she could've fought them off. And I was going to help her. But you killed her before I got the chance." I say. "You killed her, you did! Do you even feel sorry?"
"Of course. She was my best friend. I'll never go one day and not feel sorry for what I did. But it was for the best." He says. "Besides, it wasn't me who wanted her killed."
"What do you mean?"
"Coin told me that I needed to make sure she died. I wasn't going to listen, but she had told me it would fuel the war. And she knows I'll do anything for the war, but I didn't think it would go that far. I was only going to kill her if I absolutely had to. If I didn't kill her when I did, our whole team would be dead."
"I can't believe you! You lied!"
"How did I lie?"
"You said Katniss was your best friend, but people don't kill their best friends. And don't forget that it wasn't just Katniss that died, you killed Finnick too. You killed two innocent people to fuel the rebellion." I say, and I get up to sit on the other side of the room, because I don't want to talk to this traitor anymore. I can't believe he killed Katniss to fuel the rebellion. What a jerk.
Of course, rage isn't my only feeling right now, I'm also full of sadness. I vowed to myself that I would put my life in danger to protect Katniss, but I failed. I failed miserably, and now there's no going back on the mistake I've made.
I fall asleep and dream about Katniss. I dream about every kiss, every touch, every word. I dream about everything, and it only makes me miss her more. I am suddenly shook awake by Cressida.
"Peeta! They found her! They found Katniss and she's alive!"
A/N: This chapter is shorter than usual, but after taking a little break from writing, I wanted to have this up for you guys as soon as possible... and I really just wanted to do another cliffhanger, because you guys know how much I love cliffhangers.
Oh, and sorry about the cliffhanger, but this is how I live, cliffhangers. :)
Hope you liked this chapter, I had fun writing it, so I hope you have fun reading it. I'll have the next chapter up ASAP.
Peace out, homies.
