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Chapter 10
Last Time:
"Hey, I told you I would protect you and save you even if it costs me my life. Now, I want you to go into hiding. Do not hunt the others, just stay low." Alex nods.
"Ok." Massacre pulls Alex into a hug then pushes her to the right.
"The others went left, so you go right." Massacre kisses Alex's forehead before watching her run with the knife in hand. He takes off to the left planning to kill Clove, Marvel, Cato, Thresh and Glimmer before they could kill Alex.
Now:
Ramona, Max and Justin are sitting together on the couch with the TV crew from the Capitol setting up their camera and stuff. Ramona is sitting between the two guys with Max on her right and Justin on her left. Her hands are laced with the guys' nervously.
"So who is who?" The guy who interviewed Alex and the other tributes ask.
"I'm Justin." Justin answers, "That's Max, and this is Ramona." Justin points at Max and Ramona, "Who are you?"
"Caesar Flickerman." Caesar gives them a smile, "I obviously work at the Capitol."
"Why did you hurt our sister?" Ramona asks narrowing her eyes.
"I didn't. I was just..." Caesar starts.
"No. Any excuse you are trying to make doesn't give you the right to hurt my sister!" Ramona snaps.
"Before she tries to kill you for hurting Alex, shut up and begin the interview." Max steps in.
"Fine." Caesar nods at the camera crew and they begin to record.
Caesar forces a smile as the siblings copy him and forces themselves to relax.
"I am here today in District 13 with Alex Russo's siblings. So, tell me, what was your reaction to having your sister's name drawned?" Caesar asks.
"Frightening." Max answers removing his forced smile.
"Scared." Ramona answers softly with a frown and her eyes filling with tears.
"Shocked and scared." Justin's face goes neutral, "Like seriously, how would you react if your little sister was chosen to fight for survival?"
"Anyway, tell me something about your sister. Is she a hunter, killer, what?"
"None of the above. She has never been violent, killed an innocent animal or anything. When Ramona screams about a spider, Alex runs up, picks it up and put it outside. But she is a VERY faster runner and excellent at climbing trees." Justin answers as Max and Ramona gets up and walks down the hallway to their rooms.
On the way down the hallway, Ramona wipes her tears away as Max pulls her into a hug.
"I just want Ally home. I hate that these games were created." Ramona sobs into Max's chest.
"I know Rae, they are cruel and unusual. I want Ally home too." Max hugs Ramona tighter to him, both not seeing the camera on them the entire time.
~A&K~
Alex sits on a rock on top of a rock wall. She has been there for three days and been eating lizards nonstop. She has been waiting for people to find her but no one has. She sees smoke off to the side on her right.
Should I go to see if anyone needs help? Alex thinks before taking off her bag and burying it under a rock. She climbs down the wall and runs into the forest before climbing a tree. She jumps from tree to tree toward the river that is right before the smoke. She hears voices and squats down to see Clove, Cato, Marvel, Glimmer, Peeta and Massacre walking together laughing.
"There she is!" Alex freezes thinking Clove is talking about her but sees Clove pointing at the water. She looks at the water and her mouth drops open to see Katniss.
Get out of there Katniss! Alex thinks in panic as Katniss rushes out of the river and takes off in the woods on the opposite side of the smoke. She watches as the Careers alliance chases her.
Alex jumps out of the tree after seeing them go deeper into the forest and runs across the stone bridge. She climbs into a tree once across and follows them jumping from tree to tree silently.
Alex stops short in her tree a few minutes later to see the Careers all looking up at a tree. She looks up to see Katniss sitting up there. She can't hear what they are saying but watches in fear as Cato begins to climb up the tree. She sighs in relief as the branch Cato grabs snaps, making him fall to the ground with a thud.
~K&A~
Later that night, Alex waits until everyone is asleep, to jump out of her tree and runs over to the tree next to Katniss's. She climbs it like a monkey.
"Katniss!" Alex whispers trying to get Katniss to awake. She watches as Katniss's eyes open and look around her.
"Who's there?" Katniss whispers.
"It's Alex." Alex sticks her hand out from the leaves and waves at Katniss. She watches as Katniss smiles, "I'm coming over."
~A&K~
Katniss's eyes widen watching Alex jump from the tree she was in and onto her branch. She lands in a frog like position before sitting down.
"I suck at math. How many people died on the first day, and how many are left?" Alex asks honestly.
"Eleven and thirteen are left." Katniss answers.
"Almost the half way point. To get out of here, are you good at jumping to that tree?" Alex points at the tree she jumped from.
"No." Alex frowns and looks at the other trees, all of them are further away.
"I'm not leaving here without you." Katniss gives Alex a soft smile.
"If you don't then you may get killed. I don't want you too."
"I'm not leaving you." Alex crosses her arms stubbornly.
"Fine. When morning comes I want you to get far away from here."
"No. When morning comes I will jump to the tree next to us to make sure you will live."
"You do know..." Alex ignores Katniss when she hears buzzing. She looks up to see an outline of something.
"Shh." Alex whispers making Katniss go silent. She leaves Katniss on the branch and begins to climb up to the buzzing. Once close enough, she sees it's a nest, kind of like a beehive.
Alex's eyes widen with a smirk on her face. She quickly and silently climbs down to Katniss.
"Do you have a knife?" Alex questions silently praying the older girl does.
"Yes." Katniss pulls the knife out of her bag and hands it to Alex. Alex climbs back up and hears Katniss climbing up after her. Once high enough, Alex places the knife on the branch and begins to saw it, "What are you doing?"
"This is a Trackerjackers nest. Their stings are deadly but two to four of them will just bring out hallucinations. But stung multiple times, you will die." Alex explains as she continues to saw. When her arm begins to get tired, Katniss takes over. They keep switching places during the night until Alex stops when hearing some type of bell. They both look down to see a little ball thing. That is the first time Alex sees burns on Katniss's hands and right thigh.
Katniss climbs down and sees it is burn ointment. She quickly applies it to her burns before putting it in her bag. She climbs back up to see Alex went back to sawing. She looks at the branch to see maybe three or four more times it will be done.
"I will finish it at morning so I can see where I'm running to." Katniss whispers.
"What was that?" Alex asks removing the knife and handing it to the older girl.
"A help ball." Katniss answers as they climb back down to Katniss's branch, "Sponsors help to keep you alive."
"Ahh..." Alex nods yawning, "When you finish off the nest, I will follow you by jumping from tree to tree. I will not leave you. You're my friend and friends don't leave friends when they need you and you need them. I have a campsite up ahead and we will go there because my bag is there."
Katniss nods.
"Ok." Katniss agrees seeing daylight, "Go." Alex gives her a thumb up before jumping back into her tree. She waves at Katniss telling her to go finish the nest.
~K&A~
In her tree Alex freezes seeing a dark girl with curly brown hair and brown eyes. Alex looks at her closely to see she looks like she is around Ramona's age, maybe twelve or thirteen years old.
The two of them has a staring contest waiting for the other to make a move. They both jump hearing a thud and screaming. They look at the ground to see the Trackerjackers nest on the ground and it burst open.
They look at each other before they both jump at the same time into the same tree. Alex keeps her eyes on Katniss as the girl's eyes fill with tears.
"I'm Alex." Alex whispers as Katniss goes back to get the bow and arrows off the dead Glimmer.
"Rue." The girl whispers.
"I'm not going to hurt you Rue. I'm not a killer. I can't use weapons. I barely kill lizards for food."
Rue gives Alex a small smile. Alex remembers seeing Rue in the training center the first day. She remembers how Rue can use a slingshot and really good in the plant and food station.
"Are you a hunter or the type of person to stay in hiding?" Alex asks as Katniss takes off running, yet stumbling her way toward the river.
"Hiding." Alex smiles.
"Me too. You know, the Careers aren't the only ones who can have an alliance. Would you like to be in an alliance with Katniss and I?" Alex offers.
"I have been watching you since the first day to be honest. You scared me when you jumped back into the tree earlier." Rue smiles watching Katniss as she and Alex keep jumping from tree to tree silently yet just a few feet behind Katniss.
"Sorry about that. You ok?"
"Yes, I'm fine. But I would like to be in an alliance with both of you if you don't mind."
"No, I don't mind. I know Katniss wouldn't mind. For some reason, you remind me of my little sister Ramona."
"Really?"
"Ya, I don't know what it is... probably your innocence, shyness and just your personality, but you do."
Rue sneaks a look at Alex to see her telling the truth.
"I will protect you like I protect Ramona. When I found out only one can live, I'm determined to change that. I will find a way to make it that you, myself, Katniss and Peeta to make it out of here. I will find a way if it's the last thing I do."
At the end of Alex's sentence, Katniss collapses on the ground and both Alex and Rue jumps down to carry Katniss the rest of the way to Alex's campsite.
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