Hey everyone! Sorry it took so long to update but like a said, family issues. Thankfully those are over so I'm back to you guys! :D Ok, so I'm writing the sequal and I'm having major writer's block :( Also I made a mistake there are 17 chapters in Stay Strong, not 18.
OMG 10 MORE DAYS TIL THE HUNGER GAMES COMES OUT :D Has everyone seen the clips and new trailers? Like the one of Peeta's interview? My heart melted :3 So...A LOT happens in this chapter so...yeah.
Enjoy!
Stay Strong Chapter Eleven
"No!" I yelled as I woke up. I looked up and saw Marvel standing over me. I took a deep breath in and tried to collect myself. I must have had another nightmare about who knows what. Ever sense what happened with Cato and Clove one more person had died, but I'm not sure whom. I shook it off and looked at Marvel.
"Whoa Madge, calm down. It's you're turn to watch." I got up and rubbed my eyes.
"Who's with me?" I asked.
"Glimmer." I sighed.
"Of course." I grumbled. I got out of my tent and put on a jacket. Glimmer stood there and waved me over to her. Brace yourself Madge. I urged myself. "Hey." I said as I sat down.
"Hey!" She squealed. "I'm so excited!"
"Why?" I asked already regretting asking.
"Because I got a kill today! You should have seen the look on their face, it was so funny!" She said like she was buying shoes. That's the thing about Glimmer, I can handle her just being an airhead, but she's an airhead who loves killing people. She's as bloodthirsty as Cato.
"Yeah, cool." I said quietly.
"So… Peeta likes you." She trailed off.
"Can we talk about that?" I asked irritated.
"Are you into Peeta." Don't do it Madge, don't do it. I did it. I punched Glimmer in the mouth. She gave me a shocked look and then gritted her teeth. "Why did you do that?" She screamed. I looked over and saw the others were waking up.
"Because you know I don't want to talk about him and yet you talk about him!" I yelled standing up. She stood up and growled.
"That's no reason to punch me." By now everyone was up and was watching.
"Also, you annoy the crap out of me, so yeah." I said matter of factly.
"That's it!" She lunged at me and knocked me to the ground. She clawed at my face and I kicked her off of me. This is my chance I can walk away, but look week. But I really want to beat up Glimmer. I turned around and kicked Glimmer's ribs.
"Should I break it up?" Cato asked.
"No!" Marvel, Marco, and Jimmy said at the same time. Perverts. I smiled and jumped on top of Glimmer. I punched her in the face and saw blood coming out of her mouth. I punched her again and then she got enough force to flip us around so that she was on top of me. She scratched at my face and I could feel the blood that was being drawn. I threw Glimmer off of me and she ran into Marco. A cannon fired and I looked over to see Marco with a knife in his back.
"Oh my god." I whispered getting up. When I pushed Glimmer off of me she had ran into Marco. He had fallen down into a knife. All eyes turned to me. Crap, they're going to kill me. I saw Clove reaching for her knife but Cato gave her a look and she put it away.
"Well, he was a liability anyway, better now than later." I said quickly. Glimmer glared at me and I returned the gesture. "I say it's time to go hunting." I picked up my knifes and started on the hunt.
It was awkward walking with the others because I could tell all of them wanted me dead. I was at the end of the line on this alliance. This may even be my last night as a career. Wait, this is my last night of being a career! I smiled crept on to my face and I did a small little skip of joy. Once I'm done with the careers, what should I do? Well, I know that: take them down. But I need someone else's help, but who? Peeta? No, I can't that would be too hard for me. Maria? Thresh? No, neither of them seem like they want to be in an alliance. Then it hit me, a crazy thought that would probably get me killed. Rue! She would be perfect!
So that night I decided I would get Rue as an ally. As we were walking I heard a twig snap. We walked towards the sound and busted through the bushes.
Standing within inches of me was Peeta. Cato, Clove, and Glimmer smiled wickedly. "Well, well, well." Cato said circling Peeta. Clove and Glimmer did they same so they were surrounding him. Glimmer kicked his knees so he fell to the ground, making Peeta cry out in pain. I flinched, which was a big mistake, because they saw me.
"What's wrong Madge?" Clove said mockingly.
"Nothing." I muttered keeping my eyes down.
"Really? Well, ok. So I'm going to ask you something, and this time don't punch me when you do." Glimmer purred. "Do. You. Like. Peeta." She said slowly.
"No." I said quietly. Glimmer smirked.
"Cool. So you won't mind if I do this?" Clove asked while taking out a knife. Before I could stop her she stabbed Peeta in the leg.
"No!" I yelled and took out a knife. I grabbed Marvel and put the knife to his throat. "We'll do a trade, you give me Peeta and I'll give you Marvel." I said slowly.
"Kill him, I don't care." Cato sneered. I grabbed Marvel's arm and used a technique my father had taught me and broke his arm. Everyone's eye's widened with shock as Marvel cried out in pain. "I told you I don't care about him." Cato said, but I could tell he was a little scared.
"Ok." I dropped him on the ground and slowly took out a knife and hit it behind my back. "How about her?" I threw the knife at Clove but she moved so it only hit her shoulder. Still, she cried out in pain and dropped to the ground. I took out another knife and hit Glimmer in the heart. Her cannon sounded. Cato realized now that all of his allies couldn't help him he gave up. He shoved Peeta to me and gave me a death stare.
"Take him. But you just made a huge mistake. I was going to kill you quick, but now I'm going to make it as slow and painful as possible." With that he went to care for Clove, and Peeta and I ran off. I could tell that he was in pain because he had a slight limp. Once we were far away we stopped.
"Thanks." He breathed. I panted, but managed to get out.
"You're welcome." After that we ran some more until Peeta collapsed. "I think we're good." I said quietly. I looked where we were and thanked god. "Come over here." I lead him through the brush and he gasped as he saw a stream running through the ground with a cave over it. On the ground were a tent, a sleeping bag, and a container for water.
"What is this?" He asked amazed.
"I knew eventually I was going to leave the careers, so when I went hunting once, I ditched Marco and set up this. I just told them I thought I found a tribute." Peeta nodded in approval then looked at his leg. "Are you ok?" I asked.
"Yeah I'm fine." He reassured. "So, are we allies now?" He asked.
"No Peeta I just risked my life for you because I want to kill you myself." I said sarcastically. I knew I wasn't going to be allies with him but, after seeing him I couldn't leave. I went over to him and kissed him. I knew it was a bad idea and I would regret it later, but I needed to kiss him. He pushed me away.
"Are you sure? Only one of us can win." He said wearily.
"Yeah, I'm sure." He kissed me and smiled.
"Hello?" I heard a tiny voice behind us. I turned around to see Rue standing there with a plant in her hand.
"Rue?" She walked over to Peeta and looked at his leg.
"I can stop the infection with this." I didn't say anything as Rue got the plant and chewed it in her mouth. She spit it in her hand and I nearly puked. It was white with yellow dots in it and smelled like horse crap. She rubbed it where he was stabbed and I saw instant relief wash over his face.
"Oh my god thanks Rue." She smiled and looked up at me.
"Rue, do you want to join our alliance." Her face lite up and she looked at Peeta who nodded encouragingly.
"Sure!" She squealed and hugged me. I hugged her back and looked at Peeta. I mouthed, Are you ok? He nooded.
"Ok, I have a plan guys."
"What?" they both asked.
"Rue, remember how I told you the careers put mines around their camp?" She nodded. "Well, I think this is the perfect opportunity to do the Hunger Games some justice." I said.
"What do you mean?" Peeta asked while a smiled crept up his face.
"Well, it is the Hunger Games." I said slyly.
"But Madge, they're not hungry." Rue argued.
"Now, that's just not fair Rue, now is it?"
Fimiliar? Eh? Eh? Ok, so in this chapter tensions were rising with the careers and madge and madge formed a new alliance! :)
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