CHAPTER 10
I crouched down low moving around the back of the District 2 Hall. I looked up into the window immediately crouching back down pressing myself to the wall hoping no one saw me. I was at the back of the building so no one could see me except through the windows I kept peeking through. I slowly rose looking through the window, it was dusty and hard to see through but I managed to see if I squinted really hard and tilted my head a little.
"Hey!" I squealed as someone tapped my shoulder. I turned quickly coming face to face with Jessup "I got away, thanks for your concern" I didn't even have time to react before his elbow connected with my jaw. I flew into the building making a lot of noises, the people inside were sure to hear me "You think you can just betray me and get away with it?" Jessup punched me into the street making people scream "You little bitch" he went to lean down and hit me again but I stuck out my legs catching his arms, I moved one of my legs quickly and stood shoving my spear through his chest, I was sure I pierced his heart. Jessup went weak and slumped to the ground; I stood over him grabbing my spear to pull it out when something pierced my skin. I pulled the needle type contraption out of my neck; it was a dart with a red feather on the end of it.
I stumbled a bit on my feet, falling to the ground, I tried blinking madly and widening my eyes but it was too blurry to see anything, I fell completely to the ground feeling queasy.
"The Capitols going to be so pleased with us, she will be out for a few days at east, enough time for her to get there" I tried lifting my arms but they felt too heavy that they felt numb. I tried to talk but only small noises came out of my mouth. I shut my eyes letting the darkness take me over.
I felt so damn hot, I couldn't really breathe, there was something covering my face. I opened my eyes, I think but it was still dark, the sack smelt like potatoes and my hands were bound, I was thrown over someone's shoulder and my stomach hurt like hell.
"Put her in here with the rest of them" I knew that voice but couldn't place it. I tried to struggle and run in any direction I could go in "Good, she's awake… Everyone against the wall, we're coming in!" I struggled against them still weak. The sack was pulled off my head; the light blinded me before I was shoved into a dark room, it was no better in here, as soon as the door shut behind me I was attacked my neck was grabbed and I was shoved against the wall. I tried to claw against the hand but they didn't let up even a little. My legs were dangling in the air and I was struggling to breathe when a small light bulb in the middle of the room flickered on providing light for the room.
It was then that I saw the crazed eyes of my dad.
"Bell?" he released me letting me catch my breath "No, no, no, no, no. How did they get you?" he set me up right looking at me in the eyes. I looked around the room, no one was in good shape, and they all looked horrible and starved and beaten. I looked at dad shaking my head.
"I was with the others and I went back for something"
"Others?" Katniss walked over with Eliza gripping her hand tightly.
"Yeah, Peeta, Kaleb, Ryder, Daniel, Annie, Johanna and her daughter Abaigael"
"Annie and Johanna, as in Annie Cresta and Johanna Mason?" Haymitch piped up from in the corner by himself "Well this will indeed be interesting" he chuckled "They will get us out"
"How are daddy and Kaleb?" Eliza asked coming over to me and hugging me. What Peeta or Kaleb wouldn't do to be in my position with the rest of their family, but then they would also be captured by the Capitol.
"They are fine, we are all going to be fine honey" I crouched down to her level to look her in the eye "Peeta, Kaleb and the rest of them will come and get us, they will save us and I know exactly how and when they are coming" I smiled at her and let her launch herself at me with a bone crushing hug. I was going to be a great mum.
"Did you say Johanna had a daughter?" Dad looked at me "How old is she?" I squinted at him, why was he so interested?
"A little younger than me, why?"
"Just curious"
"What about Annie, how is she?"
"Sane surprisingly, after what she has been through I wouldn't blame her for being crazy but she has become so level grounded" Dad came over hugging me, pulling me from Eliza's grasp; I buried my face into his chest. There was no way in hell I would tell him about my pregnancy, just yet.
"I'm so glad you're safe Bell" I hugged him tighter then looked around the room, Katniss had moved to the other side of the room with Eliza where they were sitting and Katniss was doing Eliza's hair, Haymitch was slumped in the corner with his head hung low, Effie was sitting on a bench with perfect posture and brushing her fingers through her hair and Mrs Everdeen was asleep on the one and only bed in the room.
"Hawthorne" The door opened and some Peacekeepers filed in followed by President Heavensbee. Dad placed his arm in front of me pushing me backwards behind him.
"Step down Mr Hawthorne, we just want to talk with mini Hawthorne" The Peacekeepers advanced grabbing dad and punching him across the face and then in the stomach, he doubled over gasping for air.
"Daddy!" I went to help him but was restrained by another Peacekeeper.
"You are new here so let me tell you how it goes. You do what we say, you don't get in the way of anything and if we come in here and you try and be a hero you will be punished" Plutarch growled gripping my cheeks in-between his hand "Yes, yes, Philliam was right, you are a beautiful one, pity about those scars ruining your face" Whoa, step back, Philliam? What the hell was he doing here and why was he talking about me to people? I did one of the most disgusting and lowest things I have ever thought of. I spat in his ugly scared face. I had earned myself a backhand from him and a kick to the legs so that I was bowing to him.
"How do you want her punished President Heavensbee?"
"Not now, after the interview, we need her to look desirable" he growled widening his eyes at me. I was dragged from the little room with dad screaming behind me. I was dragged into a familiar room as I was met with familiar people. My prep team from the games, they were looking at me weirdly and whispering among each other. Only one Peacekeeper stayed, keeping an eye on me, making sure I wouldn't do anything rash.
"Annabella, my dear" Philliam came over to me touching my hair and looking me over "Well I very well can't see what I'm working with while you have all those clothes on" he clicked his fingers and his team attacked me pulling my clothes off in every direction, I stood in my underwear in front of the worst person possible, Philliam studied me before clicking his fingers again, the people came to take my underwear off. I didn't want to be naked in front of him again, as soon as the first person touched me I connected my foot with their throat, knocking them into the wall. Hopefully that was enough warning for them not to touch me.
"I'm not some innocent girl you can mess with Philliam, you have to work to get my clothes off" Philliam smirked and next thing I knew I was knocked over the head with a blunt object, I groaned on the floor, I didn't know what was happening most of the time. I kept dozing off and only seeing little things.
My clothes were stripped and I was lying on a cold, hard table, he was talking with someone who was outraged, they were yelling but I couldn't catch any words.
There were flashes of light, something cold and moving on my stomach and sharp pricks digging into different parts of my body.
"Put the tracker in" Something sharp pierced my arm and I groaned "Calm down now gorgeous"
"You're right about one thing Annabella; you are not the innocent girl I once knew. You've grown balls, and a baby apparently" I could feel Philliam run his hands all over my naked body "Such a shame, you have a divine body"
I was being lifted up on my feet, I could stand and move minimally, I was still weak and drowsy, but I could see clearly and almost talk clearly, mostly grunts and groans. Someone was holding me while someone else was lifting my legs into some kind of fabric; they pulled it up my body and put my arms through the holes.
I could see Philliams face appear in front of mine "Wonderful" his lips softly brushed mine before he got to work on me. He started with my hair; he laid me back on the table and bran over a dish washing my hair. He wasn't being at all careful with his actions, he was very rough, pulling and snapping when my hair 'got in his way'. When he was done styling my hair it was curly and pinned back in a messy bun where bits were falling out all over the place. I was pulled into a sitting position and held there where one of Philliams minions was working on my make-up.
When he was done I was turned to face a mirror, he has packed on the mascara and eye liner around my eyes to try and take attention away from my scars and put on some shiny red lip gloss on my lips, my face looked paler than usual and my cheeks rosier. My hair looked better, at least this time he didn't dye it blonde, they had put me in a frilly strapless dress that barely went to my mid-thigh, it was black with buttons down the middle and a red corset for the bodice, it was very tight, I could barely breathe, and you could see a small bump where my stomach is.
"Beautiful and no one will even notice the mistake inside" Philliam smirked. I wanted so badly to rip his head off but when I tried I could only move my fingers a little bit. Philliam knelt down at my feet placing black stiletto heels with silver spikes over them on my feet. I glared down at him as his hands were roaming over my legs, it doesn't take that much to put a shoe on. He stood grabbing me by the waist and pulling me up. I wish I could move so badly, when I can move again the first thing I want to do is choke him until I see the light leave his eyes.
"It's time" Another Peacekeeper came in with another needle, I didn't want them putting anything else in me!
"Wait, I think we should cuff her first" Philliam smirked devilish and placed the cuffs on my hands very tightly before they gave me another shot giving me all my movement back. I jumped up into action, leaping for Philliam.
ABAIGAEL POV
It has been days since we have seen Annabella, almost a week now. She told us to keep moving so that's what we have been doing, we had passed District 1 at least 2 days ago, and she should have caught up by now. Mum thinks she might have been captured but Kaleb refuse to believe that, he thinks she is on her way, trying to find us. Not long after she had left Daniel had found Jessup's TV thingy, Kaleb and Ryder immediately wanted to go after her but Peeta wouldn't allow it. just trying to get around with me was bad enough, for the first 2 days I had to be carried but I can kind of walk now, it hurts still but I won't tell any of them that. The bullet had gone right through me not piercing anything important thankfully.
Right now we were setting up camp in a small cave apparently we were close to the arena because the stupid TV thingy was beeping off the fritz but it was password protected so we couldn't get into it. Daniel was guessing all the passwords he could think of. I was sitting with Ryder while he was re-applying my bandages and sling, mum, Annie and Peeta had gone hunting, and to see if they can see Anna anywhere close by.
"How much does it hurt today?" Ryder was touching my fast healing wound. If it weren't for Mrs Everdeen's supplies that she shoved into a bag for Annabella then I wouldn't be healing this quickly, I would still not be able to move my arm, I can barely move it now because it hurts a lot. But the thing that pissed me off the most was that I was right handed so this was my main sword and knife arm, I was so angry and trying to train my other arm to be just as good and to reach back with that arm instinctively instead of my right one, it sucked.
"Less than yesterday" I mumbled, that was my answer every time they asked, it wasn't a lie but it also wasn't accurate enough for them.
"Abby-"
"What?"
"You have to rest it, you know it will never function the same, you will always feel pain when you over work it"
"I know!" I yelled, I was sick of everyone telling me that, yes I realise it will never function exactly the same, there is no need to remind me every hour, I sighed heavily and looked at him apologetically "I'm sorry, just please hurry up and finish" Ryder sighed and placed the sling back on my arm.
"I'm just trying to help out freckles, no need to bite my head off" Ryder pulled me in for a one armed hug, I shoved him off me and ruffled his hair.
"I don't need you to look out for me; I'm only a year younger than you"
"I remember when we met you were a 60 year old man" I scrunched my eyebrows in confusion, what the hell is he on about? Sometimes I ask myself if he takes drugs but then I think he wouldn't even know where to get any, if someone held a bag up in front of his face full of drugs he wouldn't know what they were.
"What?"
"Well after you tried to kill me you told Annabella that your name was Plutarch Heavensbee… you never apologised for trying to kill me by the way"
"Why would I apologise? I didn't do anything wrong, besides you had no idea what to do with yourself" I laughed remembering his hopelessness at the time; he kept asking Annabella what he should do and whether he should listen to me.
"Oh yeah?" he wrapped his arms around my waist standing up and swinging me around, I squealed and laughed, his fingers tickled at my side.
"Are you an idiot" Ryder was jerked back and I was placed on the ground "Anyone could be out here and you're making her squeal? Annabella wouldn't have stood for it and neither will I!" Kaleb growled gripping at Ryder's arm.
"Well she isn't here is she; she probably left because she couldn't stand to be around you anymore. I feel sorry for that kid for having you as a dad, if it is yours that is" Ryder smirked. Wait, is he implying what I think he is implying? Did he and Annabella have sex?
"You'd better be lying Ryder or I will kill you" Kaleb said slowly glaring manically at Ryder.
"Of course I'm lying! Wow do you really think that lowly of her? Me, I understand but her? You're supposed to love her and yet you don't deserve her" Ryder was always sticking up for Annabella, maybe he did like her? They did spend a lot of time together before they even met us, Ryder likes her, I know it. Kaleb growled and punched Ryder, is there ever a time when these two don't fight?
"Hey!" we all turned in shock, Daniel just spoke "I got it, and you may want to see this" We were all too shocked to move, he actually just spoke! He never speaks, like, ever! "Now!" we all jumped into action, even Ryder and Kaleb, we rushed over all looking at the screen not believing our eyes. Annabella was walking on the stage to have an interview with Caesar Flickerman…
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