Just a short chapter, so I figured I'd post it tonight! I hope you like it + the arena! The next chapter will be all about the games, this one was just kind of a filler, don't worry!
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Esmeralda eventually finds me, huddled into a ball in that room. Jolie left earlier, leaving me alone, and I tried so hard to go back to Marigold, but I couldn't. So I just stayed in that ball form.
When she first saw me she was frantic – hair messed up, face red, eyes wild, panting. "Oh! Gemma! Thank god I found you!"
I'm confused, "Why? Why did you need to find me so badly?" I don't move from my ball state.
"Something happen-"
"To who!" I cut her off. I jump up faster than anything, and start to go wild myself. She places her hands on my shoulders, and looks me in the eyes.
"Gemma, calm down. Something happen to Trixie but-"
"Oh my god. Oh my god. Where is she? Is she okay!" So many thoughts race through my head.
"Gemma, listen to me. She's okay. We got her to the hospital in time. We've been searching for you for hours. They won't tell us what happen to her until you were there, you need to come with me, now."
Tears make their way down my face, "What happen to her?"
She grabs my arm and pulls me along, "We were leaving the crowd, and she started having all these spasms in my arms, and I tried talking to her and shaking her, but her eyes rolled into her head. So I grabbed Finnick and Seeder and Haymitch, and we brought her to the hospital. Finnick stayed with her, and three of us came searching for you. Thank god I found you."
We were just walking, but when she told me that I take off full speed down the hall. I hear her calling my name and chasing me, but I can't stop; I need to get to my daughter, now.
Eventually I make my way to the hospital, and it's chaos. One doctor directs me to a chair to sit down, and I start breathing deeply. Esmeralda finally comes and sits next to me. "Es, I need my medication. I know I'm going to leave, and I can't. Not now. Please." She orders a nurse over, and she gives me a pill.
As soon as it slides down my throat I calm down instantly. I hold Esmeralda's hand for support. I see Finnick walk out of a room, fixing his hair and I walk over to him. I go straight into his arms and burst out crying; he's surprised but he holds me. "Thank you." I whisper to him.
"Sh. It's going to be fine. Come in here and talk to the doctor with me. Then you can call Carter, and then you'll see her." I pull away from his arms, and shakily walk into the room he just came from.
We sit in two chairs, holding hands, and a doctor with pink hair walks in. "Hello Ms Stone and Mr Odair. First things first, I want you to know that Trixie's fine." I let out a deep breath I've been holding.
She laughs, "So what happen?" I ask her.
"Well, Your daughter had a seizure, Ms Stone."
"A wha?" I ask dumbly.
"A seizure. It's a sudden, uncontrollable event that happens when there is unusual electrical activity in the brain. Brain cells send out electrical impulses that travel along nerves to the rest of the body. These impulses tell the muscles to move. If too many brain cells send impulses at the same time, it causes an overload. When that happens, the muscles tighten and relax rapidly or stop moving completely."
"Okay, so what can you do to help her?" I'm getting anxious.
"Well, we've diagnosed your daughter with have epilepsy. It's an old disease from before the rebellion; we have the medication to treat it. It just means that your daughter can have seizures at any time, but with the medication it can help it. Has your daughter had a seizure before?"
I'm breathing deeply and clutching Finnick's arm for dear life. He whispers things in my ears, but I can't listen to it. "N-no." I manage to say. I run a hand through my hair.
"Alright. Well, I must go see another patient; feel free to use the phone to call any loved one, and you can go see Trixie right away. Best wishes, Ms Stone."
How can this keep happening to me? So many bad things have been happening, it's crazy. Just like me! The world is punishing me for being so horrible to all those people… and killing so many of them.
The doctor walks out of the room, and Finnick pulls me up and over to a phone. He dials a number, and is directed to my home in the victors village. "Carter? Is this you?" He waits a second. "This is Finnick Odair, I'm here at the hospital with Gemma- No, no she's fine, she wants to talk to you. Here." He passes the phone to me.
"C-Carter?" I whisper.
"Gemma? Oh my god, are you okay? What happen?"
"Carter something happen to Trixie, I'm here at the hospital…"
He breaths in sharply, "What happen."
"She had a seizure, and now she's diagnosed with a disease called Epilepsy. I don't really know what it is- it's some disease from before the rebellion… she has to take medication now, Carter, Just like me." I start crying at the last sentence.
"Sh, baby, she's going to be fine, okay? You have to go see her now, and I'll see you real soon. I wish I could be there with you to comfort you and Trixie, but I know I'd never be allowed. Tell her to get better really quick so she can enjoy the rest of her vacation for me, 'kay? I love you."
"I will, and I love you too. See you soon, Carter." Then I hang up the phone.
I walk out of the room and demand to know what room she's in to know one in particular, Finnick right behind me. There's a crowd formed around Esmeralda now, consisting of most of the Victors I'm friends with, even snake tongue woman. I give them a quick smile as someone shouts out '2A' before racing off with Finn to find the room.
We find it after a few minutes of searching and I slowly walk in. She's sleeping peacefully in the bed, looking as normal as ever. I walk up to her and kiss her forehead, "Hi little monkey…" I sit down in a chair beside her, and rest my head against her stomach. Finnick does the same on the other side, and we wait. And wait. And wait.
…
She doesn't wake up until morning, and I then realize that the games begin around lunch time. The doctor reassured me we will be out by then. I thank him.
Trixie is as happy as ever to be around her friends, Seeder brings her monkey doll and she sits up and plays with it. It's all very cute, in my opinion. I don't know how, but all of the victors are laughing and smiling along side of Trixie; I guess it's better to keep the mood happy then depressed, hey?
They let us out after loading me down with a huge bag full of pills and liquid that will last us a year or so, until we can come back to the capitol. They recommend me crushing the pills, and putting it in something she likes to eat, so she won't have to swallow them. I agree.
We all get back to the training center, where we will be able to watch the games. All the victors go into a big room that has the biggest screen I have ever seen in it, along with couches and little stations for each district. The screen buzzes to life, and even though the tributes won't rise up for another hour or so, we get to see the arena beforehand.
The arena shows on the screen, and I'm baffled. The cornucopia is on the middle of a huge frozen lake; the tributes will rise up around it and will have to run across the ice to get to the weapons and goods. That won't end well; they will all be slipping and sliding all over the place.
I look around the huge map of the arena, and the frozen lake is smack dab in the center of a city. A city? Wow. It's in the 'square' of the city. But the city is destructed; most of the buildings are blown up – ashes all over the place. I can see all kinds of different types of mutts huddled into rooms, just waiting for something to eat. There are also hidden mines everywhere; this is going to be a bloody games. Great.
Me and Finnick stair at each other, baffled by the arena. In under all of the ash, you can see different colors on the buildings. When the cold air blows, you can see the colors on the ground too. Me and Finn both realize at the same time what we're looking at.
It's a destroyed Capitol.