A/N: I got my second review today so I decided to post this as well to up the suspense. If you're wondering about the 'Alice' subplot... it's a thing that I put in for reasons that will be uncovered later. Enjoy this extra chapter and you can thank "ReadBooksWriteThings" for the review.
Archer:
The wedding is beautiful, all the people there having fun, singing and dancing and then here I am watching life unfold in front of me. What I would give to have Haymitch here with me. What I would give to have 60 seconds of their life.
60 seconds.
Haymitch:
Sure, the arena's pretty nice but I need to avoid it being the last thing I see.
59.
Maylisee:
It's pretty... the arena... I can't focus on anything else...
58.
Bliss:
Focus... I need to focus...
57.
Archer:
Haymitch... please... live
56.
Kelsi:
So... I need to find Maylisee and then what... I pick flowers or something... I have no idea how this works
55.
Cherry:
I don't want the timer to count down. I don't want them to die.
54.
Laurel:
He's wearing the bracelet... he's going to be fine.
53.
Alice:
I don't like watching the Hunger Games the day after my wedding.
52.
Ida:
Maylisee. I believe in you...
51.
Mayadeen:
If you die... if you die... you can't die...
50.
Hemlock:
Haymitch, please come home.
49.
Willow:
I don't know you very well but I don't want you dead.
48.
Caesar:
I talk to kids and then I kill them... is this our world right now.
47.
Maylisee:
I.
46.
Will.
45.
Win.
44.
Haymitch:
I look around the arena.
43.
Nothing much of note.
43.
It looks pretty and I wish that the Meadow looked like this.
42.
But I'm not in the Meadow.
41.
I'm in the games.
40.
I angle my feet towards the cornucopia.
39.
As soon as the gong sounds-
38.
as soon as I can.
37.
I need to go to the bloodbath.
36.
To the children.
35.
Cause I've been reaped.
34.
I need to deliver their entertainment.
33.
I've taken place in their parade.
32.
I've become their monster.
31.
I've trained to kill.
30.
So I need to kill.
29.
I've done their interviews.
28.
So as soon as these 60 seconds are up.
27.
I'm going to.
26.
I start breathing fast. It's itchy and-
25.
I'm going to die in the bloodbath
24.
-and I feel dizzy and-
23.
It's not the time for that Haymitch.
22.
-and I try to steady myself and touch my wrist-
21.
Archer is right here with me
20.
-and I feel the bracelet he gave me and I'm-
19.
I need to be better now. I have to be better now.
18.
-safe and warm and the Hunger Games don't exist.
17.
safe and warm...
16.
I need to go now.
15.
I need to run now.
14.
I need to kill now.
13.
I need to take care of myself now.
12.
I can't freak now.
11.
No panicking allowed.
10.
No crying now.
9.
Breathe.
8.
And keep breathing.
7.
Fight
6.
And keep fighting.
5.
Kill
4.
And keep killing.
3.
Run
2.
And keep running.
1.
"Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome to the 50th Hunger Games"
0.
Times up. Let's go.