Disclaimer: I don't own the Hunger Games no matter how much I would like to.
Thresh spun around rapidly calling Rue's name repeatedly, I grabbed his arm before he went charging back into the flaming woods.
'You can't, you'll kill yourself.'
He sunk to the floor sobbing, I wrapped my arms around him and stroked his hair as he cried,
'She might not be dead, she might not be dead.' I said it over and over again in the hopes that maybe if I said it enough I might actually believe it. 'She might not be dead.' I fell to the floor crying harder than I ever had before, unable to stop. I felt his strong, warm arms drag me into his chest and we just sat there holding each other until the sun went down. The flames had gone out midafternoon but we didn't dare risk the forest again.
When we broke apart I saw that his arm was red and raw and starting to blister.
'Shit 11. Come here and let me fix that.'
'I'm okay, really don't worry about it.'
'Give your fucking arm Thresh and don't be an idiot.'
He extended his arm to me and I lit a fire so I could look at it better which caused him to flinch.
'Relax I just need to see you better, nothing bad's going to happen.'
His burn looked pretty serious and I know we didn't have many medical supplies so I did the only thing I could think of, I lifted my head to the sky, 'Please Finnick, please help me.' It took approximately 10 seconds before the parachute landed in my open hands. I twisted the lid of the container and scooped some of the purple goo onto the tips of my fingers before rubbing it into Thresh's wound. He let out a sigh of relief the moment it hit his skin.
'Now are you hurt anywhere else?'
'No, I think I'm good. What about you?'
'No I avoided the worst of the fire thanks to you. I owe you one.'
We spun around quickly when we heard the anthem blare, I felt Thresh's fingers intertwine with mine and I squeezed my eyes shut not wanting to see her face in the sky knowing that I could have saved her if I really tried.
'Blondie, blondie, blondie. Look up.' I felt thresh stand as he let go of my hand.
I opened my eyes and gasped as I looked to the sky, and saw something I was never expecting. No one the sky was empty, no one had died today, that meant one thing.
'She's alive.'
Okay yeah it's really short, sorry about that. I've just had the most hectic week with exams and everything meaning I've had no time to write but I felt I owed it to you guys to post. Cliffhanger I hate those but like I said no time but exams are over now so expect a longer chapter in the next few days. Review please it means alot.