Hope you all like the second chapter of Catching Fire.

Chapter 2

Last Time:

"The boy who is representing District 13 is..." Coin opens the sheet of paper, "James Wakefield from the 61st Hunger Games."

James stands up and stands next to Coin.

"The girl who is representing District 13 is..." Coin pulls a sheet of paper from the box on her left and opens it, "Alex Russo from the 74th Hunger Games."

Alex stands up and walks over to Coin. James and Alex shake hands before the walk into the Hall of Justice.

Now:

Alex sits down on the bed and waits for her parents and siblings to come in. Not even 3 minutes later, the door opens and Theresa, Jerry, Justin, Max and Ramona comes in.

"Do I just have bad luck?" Alex asks them as soon as the door closes.

"Maybe. Do you have your wand?" Jerry asks. Alex pulls out her wand and passes it to Jerry. Jerry takes it and passes it to Theresa who puts it in her dress pocket that is deep.

"I remember the spells you taught Justin and I. I know how to heal myself. Yes, right now I'm cool about going into the Hunger Games again but it will catch up to me later. I wonder if Kat is going to be in there with Rue..." Alex trails off with a grin on her face, "Ok if they are we are going to team up and have fun."

"Do you think the arena is like last year?" Ramona asks.

"Hopefully. That way we can just relax in trees." Alex smirks, "And it will be fun."

"Plus you would have an advantage." Justin comments.

"Exactly." Max gives Alex his bracelet like last year as Ramona, Justin, Theresa and Jerry gives Alex the same items for good luck.

After a few hugs, the Peacekeepers arrives to escort the family out, before coming back to get Alex on the train.

~K&A~

17 year old Katniss Everdeen and 40 year old Haymitch Abernathy are sitting together on the train with Effie in front of them.

"So Haymitch, how do you feel about going into the games?" Effie asks.

"I didn't know you are Caesar." Haymitch smirks.

Everything goes silent as the door opens. Katniss, Haymitch and Effie looks at the door to see Coin, a guy and Alex walk in.

Alex looks over and grins.

"Hey Kat, are we going to have a party?" Alex jokes. Katniss chuckles and rolls her eyes.

"Why do you always make a joke like this?" Katniss asks.

"It hasn't hit me yet that we are going back into the arena to get killed." Alex answers before going silent, "And now it has."

Coin wraps her arm around Alex's shoulders and gives her a push toward Katniss. Alex walks over to Katniss and sits down next to her. Katniss wraps her arms around the 13 year old and hugs her tightly.

The guy and Coin sits down next to Effie and they all look at one another.

"Let's get to know one another. Just say your name, age and the year you are from." Effie tells them.

"I'm James. I'm twenty-nine and from the 61st Hunger Games." James says. Katniss sneaks a look at Alex to see her staring at her. One thing is for sure, they are both thinking James is like an older version of the James from last year.

"I'm Haymitch. I'm forty and from the 50th Hunger Games." Haymitch answers.

"I'm Katniss. I'm seventeen and from the 74th Hunger Games." Katniss tells them.

"I'm Alex. I'm thirteen and also from the 74th Hunger Games." Alex forces a smile as she rests her head on Katniss' shoulder.

"How old were each of you when you won?" Coin asks.

"Twelve." Alex answers quickly.

"Sixteen." Katniss forces a smile.

"Sixteen." Haymitch answers.

"Fifteen." James replies staring at Alex like she's a fresh piece of meat.

"Yes I'm the youngest!" Alex pumps her fist in the air before standing up, "I'm hungry."

Alex skips over to the table and makes a sandwich. She makes one for Katniss and Haymitch. She brings them over and hands Haymitch and Katniss theirs before sitting down.

"Thank you Russo." Haymitch smiles.

"Welcome dude." Alex sticks her tongue out at Haymitch making him chuckle.

Coin stays silent with a smile on her face. Coin knows that Alex will be fine in the arena as long as she, Katniss and Haymitch work together.

~A&K~

Alex sits down next to James on the bed waiting for Cinna to walk in.

"Are you related to James Dane?" Alex asks James.

"He was my son." James looks at Alex with his eyes narrowed, "I changed my last name the day he was killed. I am going to kill you in the arena because you killed my son."

"I didn't kill him." Alex whispers.

"You are the reason he was killed." Alex looks down at the floor. Before she could react, James grabs Alex's throat and drags her to the wall before pinning her to it. Alex's feet are far from the floor, "Because of you, my son is dead. Because of you, I will never see him again. Because of you, my son will never be able to come back."

With each word James tightens his grip on Alex's neck. Tears fall down Alex's cheeks as she struggles for air and to remove James' hand from her neck. Alex face quickly turns from her normal tan colour to blue, to purple.

The door opens and James throws Alex to the ground and sits down on the bed. Alex gasps for air and the person who walked in, runs over to her and picks her up.

Due to Alex's eyesight being all blurry she can't see the person. Alex hears another door open.

"Katniss, I need your help." Alex hears a familiar voice.

"Oh god Cinna. What happened?!" Alex hears Katniss' scared voice.

"James was strangling her." Cinna answers passing Alex to Katniss. Katniss hugs Alex close to her before walking to the bed, "I'll come back here to get her ready. I am not letting her near the jackass. I swear he is like that James guy from last year."

"Son." Alex gasps out relaxing in Katniss' arms.

"What?" Cinna asks in a whisper.

"The idiot from last year is..." Katniss starts to translate.

"His son." Alex finishes closing her eyes.

Cinna's and Katniss' eyes widen in shock. The James in the other room is the father of the idiot from last year.

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