Thorn pov
rye and I fell asleep really early as we were really tired and didn't really want to go down stairs
"rye, wake up" I shake him. its about 5 in the morning but I want to go hunting to get our mind off things
rye turns his back to me and groans
"rye!" I whisper shout trying not to wake the others
I stand up and pull the covers off the bed which makes rye sit up
"come on lazy, lets go hunting" I chuck him his jacket and start heading downstairs
5 minutes later rye comes down the stairs fully prepared and more awake this time
I hand him an apple and we both head out the door
"so, I was thinking" I say as we come to the edge of the forest "its my birthday coming up soon and I kinda want to uh" I trail off wondering if this is a good idea or not
"what" rye says concerning
"uh well, I kinda want to see my brother and he hasn't been seen around and he was supposedly been sent back to the capital after the whipping and uh I think we should go to the capital and try find him and willow" I say kind of rushing at the end and then look at rye hoping for a yes
"look thorn I don't kn-"
"please please pleaseeeee, we can just say to your parents we are away for a day trip for my birthday" I jump up and down in a begging sort of way
"but its dangerous for us thorn! we found out that the people in the games never actually died, this could get us killed or mahic or even willow" rye says
I sigh
"butt" rye speaks up
I look at him with my best puppy dog eyes
"if we are going to do this we need a plan, and a proper one and its only fair if gabi comes too"
I scream
"yasssss" I hug rye as tight as I can then I let go and start jumping up and down "we're going on a mission, we're going on a mission" I chant and scream a bit more with excitedness
we head back to the the village and we go to the bakery but on our way there this big peacekeepers truck comes charging in with about 7 more after that and peacekeepers come bursting out of them grabbing people and putting them on the tuck and telling everyone to get on
these big loud sirens start going off, ones ive never heard of before
"DAD" I hear rye scream
I turn around and peeta is getting dragged away by two peacekeepers and he is fighting for his life
"ill find you" he shouts back
" rye we got to run" I start running
" now rye" I scream back and rye runs towards me with tears rushing down his face
we run so fast I cant feel my legs
we run back to the house and its already been searched the door was wide open and it looked like Katniss didn't go without a struggle either or haymich
"gabi!" rye suddenly says and starts sprinting up stairs and I follow
we run into willows room and the room is a mess just like all the other rooms
we start searching the house for gabi
"guys" gabi shouts coming in the back door and gives us a quick hug
"we need to leave now, apparently the capitol has been evacuated too and they are sending everyone outside panem, this isn't good whatever it is but we need to find where they are taking everyone"
gabi then goes upstairs to pack the essentials leaving me and rye silently together both very scared
"thorn" I look at rye who looks so scared "what are we going to do"
"i -I uh I don't know" we stand there in silence looking at the mess that was once our home
willow pov
as we start to head towards the car, a couple peacekeepers see us and start heading towards us
shit shit shit
I look around and there is no one except us and the peacekeepers
the peacekeepers run towards us with their battons held above their head and without thinking I shoot them
without a second thought
I turned away and started walking to the car and everyone followed me and I could feel all their eyes on me
as we got closer to the vehicle we realised it was a peacekeeper van which was an advantage in a way, it was quick and had a lot of space
we realised that we had no key and that our plan had completely failed
"well that worked" says Robbie leaning against the van
"wait a minute" I whisper to myself
if the peacekeepers all drive the same van then they all have the same key no matter who they were cause it wasn't the peacekeepers property it was the capitals
I start running towards the 2 peacekeepers I shot down, they both had a key
I ran back with everyone looking at me puzzled not sure what my plan was
when I got to them I stopped and held up the key
"they all have the same key right?" I start to laugh and pass it onto laura
"your a fucking genius will" mahic says and puts his arm around me and kisses the top of my head
we all get in the van and make ourselves comfy for the long drive ahead
Robbie sits in the front with laura to keep her company while the rest of us try get some rest in the back
we reached district 4 quite quickly
"uh guys" Robbie says reaching back and shaking noah and the van stops and Robbie gets out
"what" I say tired and I sit up and follow everyone out the van
"its dead" Robbie says "no ones here" he says and starts to walk towards the pier quite fast
"Robbie" shout after him and start running as well
I hear everyone else get back into the van and follow us
we reach the pier and Robbie goes and looks in his house
"MUM" Robbie shouts through out the house
"Robbie she isn't here" I say quietly
the house is ruined the tables knocked over the windows broken the door has fallen off its hinges and it looks the same at every other house in 4
"Robbie" I say walking up to him as he is still shouting "shes not here, they've taken her"
"no" Robbie whispers "she cant be gone"
"mum" he continues to scream trying to block me out
"Robbie" I shout this time and grab his arm
and all of a sudden he pulls his arm away turns round and punches me and I fall to the gound
"you don't know where she is!" he shouts at me "stop saying things that you don't know!"
I start to tear up as ive never seen Robbie like this
I look at my hands and there is blood surrounding me and I realise I'm actually in a lot of pain and I start to go dizy
"Robbie" I pant
"no willow , I'm not going to listen to you anymore!" Robbie has looked away and is searching the living room
"Robbie" I say a bit louder and he looks around and sees my legs and they are covered in blood
"shit" he whispers
"mahic, noah!" he screams as he bends to my level and trys to keep me awake
"I'm sorry, oh my god what have I done" I hear him say and it goes black
mahic pov
we follow them to the pier in the van but we decide to let them be alone so we just stayed in the van
after a while I hear some shouting so I decide to get out the van and as soon as I do I hear my name being sceamed by someone and I think its Robbie
I bang the van so that noah comes out too
I run into the living room and willow is out cold lying on a pile of glass and her head in robbies arms and he shaking and in shock
"right mahic you go sort Robbie out make sure he is sitting up right and give him a blanket and get him a glass of water and make sure you keep talking to him" noah says quickly while handing Robbie over to me
I do what he says as noah is older than me and knows a lot more about this stuff than me
I take Robbie over by the wall and sit him up and do everything noah says
when I look back over to noah, laura is now in with a load of first aid kits from the van, they move willow onto the table and put her laying on it so her belly is touching the table
by this time Robbie is more alert and awake and we both make our way to the dining room where willow is
noah and laura are both picking out bits of glass out of her hands, bum and mostly legs
the worst was her legs, there was big shards of glass sticking out which could be really serious if we took them out
"here Mahic, get something cold from the fridge and hold I against willows face where the swelling is, it will help it go down and wont hurt as much when she wakes
"what have I done" I hear Robbie whisper as I go to the fridge
"hey mate, look, you wern't thinking straight you just wanted to find your mum, you were worried and scared that's all" noah says still trying to stop he bleeding
I admire noah
he cares so much for everyone and helps so much, he stays so calm in situations like this and wants to help and uses every inch of knowledge to do so
its been about 30 minutes and all the glass is out and the blood has stopped pouring out her body
laura makes everyone a cup of tea
"thankyou laura " I say
"aw don't worry, ive missed making a good brew" she says and sits on the couch
I hear noah laugh to himself, he is over by the fire place looking at the pictures
"rememeber this" he says and turns round and shows Robbie a picture of noah, Robbie, willow and this other girl
"yes" Robbie smirks "that was a good day"
"whos that" I ask and point at the girl
"oh thats Gabi, willow and her are like sisters" says noah smiling at the photo
"wait is that the girl who willow was shouting at that day in 12"
"probably, we wernt there mind" Robbie says "but yes it would've been, Gabi is like a sister to all of us and it mustve been so hard to lose us all"
"shes all alone" someone says weakly
everyone moves their head in the same direction
"willow!" noah says happily, he passes the photo to Robbie and heads over to her
noah starts to change the dressing and puts bandages on for the long term
"remember this" Robbie is now up beside her showing her the picture
"yes" willow says weakly and laughs a little "that's why we need to find her, shes alone, got no body, we were the closest she had"
willow starts to get up
"look take it easy" noah says doing the last of the bandages on her hand "we need to get moving, are you able to to walk" noah helps her to her feet and I rush over to help
Robbie takes the photo out the frame and puts it in his pocket
"right laura are you ready to go"
no answer
we all turn round to where she was sitting but she bent at the fire place holding a picture and crying to herself
"you never told me Annie was your mum" she whispers
we all looked confused at her
"sorry what laura?" Robbie says going to kneel beside her, we put willow back down
"annie, she was my best friend" she tilts a picture towards Robbie and its a picture of her and Annie when they were teens like us
"you knew her" Robbie says taking the picture
"oh god, yes " she chuckles to herself "we were like sisters, doing everything together"
"what happened" Robbie whispers
"the games happened" she burst out crying
Robbie decides to leave it at that
"hey Robbie!" laura says quickly "am I aloud to keep the picture"
"yeh, of course"
Robbie takes the photo out the frame
"look on the back it says something, I don't know what it means though" Robbie says handing it over
I remember Laura! I remember.
when laura reads this her face lights up and she sighs a sigh of relief
noah pov
"right come on guys we need to get going if we want to find anyone" I say helping willow up
we get to the van and Robbie decides to drive and give laura a break
I check the weapons and see if there is enough amo, willow and mahic are asleep
I just hope we find gabi soon
I miss her so much and I am so worried she is in trouble
"Gabi is strong"
I look up and willows eyes are open but her head still rests on mahics knees
"huh?" I say confused
"she is stong and she is a fighter, whatever she is doing right know will be good and she will be helping somebody"
"how did yo-"
"noah, ive known you for like forever"
I smile
"thank you" I look at willow "we will find her right?"
"yes noah, I'm not going to stop till we do"
she holds out her hand and I take it
"thankyou" I whisper
she just squeezes my hand, and that's all I need from willow to know that shes always going to be there