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*~KelsNicole~*
Alwin is in his private session right now and I know that I have to do something big again. I smile a little when they come to get me, this time it took less time. When I walk into the room I see that all of the Gamemakers look terrified of me, but I smile at them. They all stare at me when I stop in the center of the room. Staring at them I realize that they might be taking away Alwin and my baby's life, they could kill our child. Anger swells up inside of me and I think about the baby that is inside of me, I have to protect the baby. Before anyone knows what I'm doing I walk over to the dummy and chop its head off, in one quick movement. This time they have a small force field around them and a smile forms on my lips. I pick up matches that are laying on the floor, they must have forgotten to take them, when I set the arrow tip on fire and aim it at the table that holds their food, which is now outside. As I release it they all realize what I'm doing and their food goes up in flames.
No one does anything or moves, while I run around the room like a maniac and I decide to write Children and Baby Killers on a dummy. Yet again I catch a bow on fire and shoot it at the dummy, which makes all of them gasp. With a small bow I turn and walk away from them. They all start to mumble and I walk out the door again with a smile on my lips. If they like my fire they had to have loved that. Fire...my fire better be passed on to this baby, but I want the baby to look like Alwin and have part of his charm. I bite my lip as I get onto the elevator, should I tell Alwin about the baby? No, I have to wait...
"Ace?" I didn't realize that the elevator stopped and I see Alwin standing in front of me. He is staring at me with a concerned look on his face and I smile at him. Silently I walk over to him and kiss him lightly. "Honey...are you okay? You were just standing there..."
He takes my hand in his and we walk off of the elevator. "Yeah, I'm fine. I was just thinking and you know...how did your private session go?"
"Mine went fine." He kisses my hand and I smile at him. We walk into one of the sitting rooms where everyone else is. "How did yours go?"
"Fine..." I smile as I sit down and Odysseus stares at me for a second. He shakes his head and I laugh lightly. "What is it Uncle Odysseus?"
"Nothing little Aca." He says to me and I roll my eyes at him. My dad always called me little Aca and I've missed it. Sitting back into the couch I smile a little. "The scores should be up in a few minutes...they said that they should be."
The black screen comes to life and all of us just stare at it. A woman with long brown wavy hair and bright blue eyes is sitting in the chair, her name flashes across the bottom of the screen Kelley Nichols. She smiles at the cameras, but in a less annoying way.
"Hello everyone! I am Kelley and I'm filling in for Helena." She smiles even wider. "She is at home right now and she is sick. Everyone here wishes her a speedy recovery."
I roll my eyes, normally by 'sick' they mean that the person has gotten more plastic surgery done to them. Her lips move, but I don't really hear what she's saying. Alwin's arms wrap around me and he kisses my forehead. Silently I snuggle into him and keep my eyes on the TV screen. The scores come up and I hold my breath.
Kelley smiles as she looks down at the piece of paper in her hands and the pictures show up one by one. "District One: Jazmine-6, Ben-9, Craig-7. District Two: Jessica-10, Morgan-5, Malvin-12. District Three: Haily-12, Jeff-4, Kenny-9. District Four: Amy-11, Hector-10,Breanne-8. District Five: Maylee-2, Josh-5, Ronny-4. District Six: Ashlee-12, Kevin-12, Cathleen-5. District Seven: Eliza-8, Joe-6, Beth-11. District Eight: Keelee-1, Richy-6, Phil-7. District Nine: Tamera-9, Jamie-11, Jenna-7. District Ten: Mary Anna-10, James-8, Lenny-6. District Eleven: Valarie-5, Keith-8, Samantha-9. District Twelve: Evensay-9, Davison-9, Joanna-12. District Thirteen: Acacia-13, Alwin-13, Ethan-13. Those are the rankings after the private sessions with the Gamemakers. Tomorrow the thirty-nine tributes go into the arena and the Hunger Games begins. Good night everyone, I am Kelley Nichols."
When the TV screen goes black I put my head in my hands. How could all of us of gotten the highest scores possible? I know that they are trying to kill me, but why the other two? Could it be that they actually believe that we are all that good at killing children? Doesn't that sound disgusting? Killing children? So many have died, why can't they see how sick and wrong it is?
"I'm going to bed." Alwin takes my hand in his and we walk into my room. He kisses me and promises that everything will be alright. Part of me wants to tell him about our baby, but...I can't, not yet. "I love you, Alwin..."
He smiles at me as we lay down on the bed. "I love you too, Ace..."
We start to kiss and I feel myself growing tired. Alwin, he is where I feel safe. The only place that I feel safe is in his arms and I carefully touch my belly. I do it in a way so that Alwin doesn't notice and I'm thankful for that. Our family, that's it. Never did I think that I was going to start a family this young or when I was going into the Hunger Games, but I know that in a heart beat my family could be gone.
Alwin falls asleep and I hear a soft knock on the door. Carefully I get out of bed and open my door, its Ethan. He stares at me for a second and asks if we can talk. Silently I follow him down the hallway and out onto the roof. I've never seen Ethan like this, he looks terrified. When he turns to stare at me, I know how he's feeling and I don't want him to feel this way-or anyone to have this feeling.
"How do you do it?" Ethan asks me in a shaky voice. I stare at him confused. "You...were in the Games before, how did you kill people?"
I give my head a small shake and swallow hard. "Ethan, I don't know. Honestly? I wish that I hadn't, because you never forget it. Everyday you'll see the persons face and remember what you did to them. We might be forced to do this, but it doesn't change how you feel."
Ethan nods his head a little and he hugs me. When he lets go of me he walks through the door and back into the hallway. A tear falls down my cheek as I think about my allies from my first Hunger Games, how they died and how I had to kill others. I touch my Jabberjay pin and put my hand to my stomach.
"We'll get out of this alive...I promise you." My voice is just a whisper and more tears fall down my cheeks. "They won't be able to touch you...I will put an end to this."
My baby is giving me a new feeling and I know that I have to make Panem safer for the baby. I already love the baby and I know that Alwin will. After we enter the Hunger Games I'll tell him...or maybe I should now. With a small sigh I walk back into my room and I look at him sleeping. He looks so peaceful and I can't wake him up. Biting my lip I decide to tell him in the morning.
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