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She was alive; neither of us could believe it. We barley slept all night because we worried about the condition in which we would fine her. She had escaped a giant, raging fire of death but she was so small she could have easily gotten seriously burned. Images of her tiny body filled my dreams I was so scared that she wouldn't even survive the night that she was lying somewhere taking her last breath. We wished we could go out looking for her straight away because it wasn't safe to go at night when we couldn't see and anyone could come up behind us due to our lack of visibility.
I knew Thresh felt the same way as me, he tossed and turned next to me all night and it's not easy being in a sleeping bag with a moving mountain. I finally got him to stop when I snuggled in close to him so I didn't feel so alone. He wrapped his strong arms around me and somehow it made it easier to doze off knowing he would always be there for me. I don't know what I'd do if he was the one lost in the forest, he's the only thing keeping me going here, that and the thought of seeing Finnick, Annie, Mags and Tony again.
We were ready to go just after dawn, I wasn't sure about going back into the forest even though I knew the fire was gone and probably wasn't coming back. There could be something much worse waiting out there for us. We searched all morning, looking anywhere and everywhere. Rue was so small she could have fit in any crack between the rocks or the spaces under the fallen trees. It came to the afternoon and there was still no sign of her, I didn't want to give up I wanted to look all day for her but Thresh slipped his hand into mine and looked at me with those huge brown eyes.
'If we were going to find her don't you think we would have by now? We passed our campsite from the other night ½ hour ago. We should head back.'
'I guess, I just really wanted to find her you know?'
'We both did but I don't think there's any more we can do but hope that she'll come back to us.'
'We can always try again tomorrow right?'
'Anything you want.' He gave me a quick squeeze before we turned around and headed back to camp.
'I'm going to go hunting since we didn't get anything this morning,' says Thresh after we've returned to camp. I nod but I head to the cave and curl up under the blankets wishing that I could find Rue.
He'd been gone for around an hour when I heard footsteps outside; I untangled myself from the blankets and went outside to help him drag the haul in. But instead of being met by his steady brown eyes, they were crazy and blue framed by a head of frizzy, brown hair and a hand holding a knife. Shit.
She lunged towards me, I ducked quickly and grabbed her legs shoving her over my shoulders, I ran outside desperate to get away from her as she crashed to the floor of the cave face first. She spun around blood trickling from her mouth down her cheek. She was from District 7 I was sure of it and was relieved she was holding a knife instead of an axe because being from the lumber district she could probably chop me like a tree. She ran full speed at me brandishing her knife I ducked sideways and rolled across the floor, I knew I needed a weapon but she was in front of the cave and there was no way I could get there.
She ran at me again and I tried to duck but she was onto me she grabbed my arm as I tried to turn away and spun me round before throwing me to the ground. I hit the floor hard and felt the blood tricking down my arms. She started to walk towards me her eyes glowing with insanity, I scrambled backwards but there was nowhere to go my hands hit the water and I nearly fell backwards into the lake.
She was still coming as she reached me an insane plan filled my head she brought the knife down as I fell backwards into the water and heard the blade make contact with the ground. I grabbed top of the bank as she tried to pull the knife out of the ground and pushed against it flipping over her head and spinning round kicking her hard in the back causing her to fall face-first into the water. As she swam towards the surface I grabbed her shoulders and held her steady under the water, she thrashed around uncontrollably but I held firm watching as she screamed under the water, I couldn't take it anymore so I squeezed my eyes shut as I held her not wanting to see her die. Big mistake. I screamed as the blade pierced my skin.
Another kinda short chapter with another cliffhanger, i know I'm evil but I'll be posting another one later today or early tomorrow. Rate and Review, thanks :)