A/N - I'm so very sorry for disappearing off the face of the earth. I read the first chapter and couldn't move beyond thinking that it was utter crap. So, now I'm going to not go over this chapter (that I just wrote all over again) or else I might lose my nerve. BTW I'm fairly new to writing so any advice would be appreciated.
She looked up at him with those big blue eyes of hers and Gale was once more reminded of how tiny she was. Gale shook those thoughts out of his mind and just as she opened her moth to ask for an explanation, He cut her off.
"The Capitol's gonna want revenge on Katniss".
Apparently, that was all she needed. She understood. Of course she did, she'd learnt to read into each and every incident and understand its implications. One did not survive as the Mayor's daughter with picking up a few skills. Gale was pretty sure she'd have arrived at the same conclusion he had within a couple of minutes.
Madge nodded and darted inside. Gale was tempted to hold her back and take just her with him so that he could keep her safe but he knew that he couldn't do that to her. He had gotten his family out and deserved the same. He also was compelled for a fleeting for a moment to confess his feelings to her but he quickly decided against it. He did not want to do it on the Capitol's terms. He would tell her when the time was right, on his own terms.
A small voice in his asked him what he would do if she didn't make it. Gale squashed that voice with the utmost ruthlessness. He absolutely refused to even consider that as a possibility.
All these thoughts raced through his head as he watched Madge race inside and then he tore down the road to the Everdeen's.
He reached the Victor's Village to see both blonde Everdeens out on their porch, obviously not understanding why they had been hit with a power cut. there were never any power cuts in the Village.
AS he approached them, Prim ran out to intercept him but Gale didn't stop until he reached her mother. He stopped in front of her to catch his breath for a moment as he haltingly conveyed his suspicions to her and Prim (who had followed Gale back to her mother). He knew that they didn't have a lot of time left and he pulled the both of them along, not giving them any time to pack anything. He had a hunch that the Village would be spared.
The trio was running forr the meadow the next moment. The just reached the gate to the Village when the first bomb hit, all the way in the Seam.
They stumbled a little before they continued running. The second bomb hit just then, starting off a continuous rain of firebombs that shook the ground without respite and saturated the air with the sound of explosions.
As they neared the town, Gale noticed that the rain of rain now moving towards them, so he told the two petite blondes to skirt around Town along the fence to reach the spot where (hopefully) Thom had managed to tear it down.
Then he ran straight into Hell.
A/N - I hope that this wasn't utter crap. Please review and try to limit it to constructive criticism. Thanks!
