Chapter 4: False Identities
Disclaimer: I think you know that by now, I am not Suzanne Collins!
Mark Everdeen's POV
I watched helplessly as she ran upstairs. Wow. I am getting off to a bad start here. "Does this happen often?" I asked. "Usually,"said Prim. " Well I guess that is what the games will do to you," I sighed. "Should I go up there and comfort her?" I asked nervously. "No, just let her cool down overnight," Evelyn said, still a bit shocked of my arrival.
I decided to start my explanations. "Sorry I just showed up here with no warning. I just had to see you guys again, and after five years, I forgot what you even looked like, which is a big disappointment. I'm supposed to be your father, but instead I've been wandering the woods for five years and haven't been able to support you especially when Katniss went in the games."I kept saying apologies for about every little thing until Evelyn stopped me. " Don't you dare feel sorry for us," she said. " You were the one lost in the woods for five years. How did you even survive especially with amnesia?" " All good questions,"I said,"But I'm afraid the answers will have to wait until tomorrow. I am Very Very Tired." "You can sleep in one of our many guest rooms." suggested Prim. " That would be lovely," I replied.
Once I was settled down in my room, I opened my brown leather bag and took out my to do list. 1. Find "Greasy Sae" and pry the information I need to know about Katniss and her family out of her in a good way. Check! 2. Find Katniss. Already done. 3. Convince Evelyn,Prim and Katniss that I am "Mark Everdeen" Working on it. 4. Report all my findings to President Snow. Oh yeah, I still have to do that. I picked up the phone next to my bed and dialed Snow's office. "Hello you have reached President Snow's office. If you would like to speak to President Snow press 1." I pressed 1 and I was put on hold. Until 3:00 A.M.! Outrageous! I'm Snow's top spy and I have to wait this long!
Katniss POV:
I was in the cold, dusty, coal mines of district twelve. Black walls surrounded me as I watched the men mine the black coal surrounding us in piles that made my nose twitch. Carefully, I looked at the people surrounding me and saw my father with a bright light shinning around the walls. Right then, possibly a few moments after, the yellow canary bird that hung by my father stopped singing. My father looked over to the bird, worry written all over his face only to find it dead.
I tried to scream for him to get out of there as fast as he could, but no sound came out and I watched, helplessly, as the mine erupted in a shower of sparks, igniting the coal and the people in a flame of fire that ran down the tunnel. By now I was screaming bloody murder but of course no one could hear me. The world around me suddenly evaporated in flames as I woke up.
Of course I didn't get a night with no nightmares like I had wished. I looked over at the alarm clock sitting on my nightstand next to my bed. It was 3:00. I decided to call Peeta because this was a absolute emergency. I picked up the phone, but all I heard was music. Then I heard my father cursing because he had been on hold for so long. I heard someone pick up finally after 5 minutes. "Hello President Snow, what do you want?" "President Snow!" I thought terrified. "What does he want?" Then I heard my father say, "I called to report my findings about the Everdeens. "What?" I thought nervously. "Yes Yes what do you know?" Snow practically hissed. "Well I talked to Sae like you asked, and she gave me all the information I needed to know." "Go on, go on," Snow drawled. "I almost failed when I accidentally knocked the girl out, but that is how I got into house. Also, I have been acting like her dad like you said. I called her my baby, and vomited in their rosebush because I felt guilty. But I'm over that now. I am fully on board with this hostile scheme." I was really scared now, and I thought that maybe I should go tell someone. My instincts however, drew me back into the conversation. Snow replied, "Excellent! I am proud that I picked you, Barren. You have proved yourself worthy of being my assistant and Vice President. Now we just have to keep this a secret from that young wise girl, Katniss." " No problem, by tomorrow, she will be in your grasp from a little "accident." "Perfect! I expect to hear back from you tomorrow, and I will have my secretary put you at the top of the list so you won't have to be on hold for quite so long." "Thank you and goodnight," "Barren" said. "Goodbye." said Snow through the phone. I wasn't thinking, and I gasped. "What was that?" Barren said through the phone but by now, Snow had hung up. I quickly slapped a hand over my mouth, put the receiver down on it's base and rolled over in bed and pretended to be asleep while I heard footsteps in the hall walking towards my room. Barren quietly opened the door and peeked inside. He walked over to my receiver and examined it. Shoot! I forgot that I hadn't hung it up! Rats! "Hmm," he mumbled. Then all of the sudden, He had a hand clasped over my mouth, and he was speaking. " I know you listened in on my private conversation, and I swear if you tell anyone at all, I will kill your real father who is being held hostage at the capitol." Wchhnfkbhdsjv!" I said. I couldn't exactly talk with his hand over my mouth. He removed his grip and I said "What do you want from me?"
He replied, " Your Dad was found in the woods planning with the other miners." "Planning what?" I whispered. Barren chuckled. "An uprising of course!" "We were afraid he was going to be successful, so now we have him, and we are planning to have his family too." "What do you need from the rest of my family?" "I have told you enough already, and I might get in trouble with Snow. Remember my warning," he said. And with that he left, taking my phone with him and locking me in my room.
I know that this is short but it holds the main plot of the story and its 2:22 and I'm still in my pj's. Happy New Year everyone! Read and review! Seriously, they put that button there for a reason so make good use of it!
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