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I feel my heat drop and I stumble over my words.
"Y-Your brother?" I question
The girl nods and keeps her head down so that her dirty blonde hair covers her hair.
I don't need to hear the sniffling to know that she's crying.
I envelope her in a hug and whisper 'I'm sorry' into her ear over and over again.
"I was supposed to protect him. I failed at protecting my baby brother" she sobs quietly.
"Sh... it isn't your fault. He made his descision. I know you miss him, but we can't dwell on the past. What happened has happened and we can't change it but, we can hope that he is happier now. He lives in you now." I cooed into her ear.
I hold her until her body stops shaking and her tears dry.
She moves from my grip
"What did he say?" she asks
My throat closes and I wish I had more to say to her.
"He says sorry" I say shortly
A rustling from the bushes catches our attention and our head snap towards it.
We freeze instantly.
How the hell is it still even alive?
Now I see that the stings only made it angrier.
"Shit" I mutter
"Katniss" Acionna whispers "What the hell is that?"
I take a deep breath before answering.
"Minotaur"
As if it's name was a starting call, everything around us erupted.
Pandemonium reeked throughout our little encampment as the beast charges towards us.
"Acionna gather the rest and protect Glimmer!" I bark
"But-"
"Go!"
She quickly scurries to the others and I grab my bow.
I notch the arrow and shoot.
It plunges into the Minotaur's eye but, it doesn't deter it.
I don't think it even noticed.
It's getting to close for comfort.
I shoot another arrow and it hits its shoulder.
It's useless! This thing is just charging on!
Now that I know that I can't kill it, I only have one other thing to do.
I need to protect the others.
I run into the Cornucopia and see that everyone is gathered, except-
"Where's Marvel?" I ask breathlessly.
Damian nods towards the opening and dread fills me.
"Why can't anyone just listen to me!" I growl. I look around for a weapon because I know that my arrows causes minimal damage. I spot a large Morning Star and I grab it.
"Don't leave this Cornucopia" I say as I run to the outside, Morning Star in hand.
Marvel is being chased towards the other end of the lake.
There too far away and I'm afraid I won't get there in time. But, I don't have time to worry about that now.
Without another moment's hesistation I bolt towards the scene.
My legs burn and my arms is weighted down by my weapon but, I only try to run faster.
In my head I repeat four words.
Marvel is an idiot.
Marvel PoV:
What the fuck is that thing made of?
I've lost three spear to its back and it hasn't so much as flinched.
I risk a glance back and I see Katniss charging towards us.
I look back forward and growl
Is she insane?
I led this thing away for a reason.
I needed to get it away from her.
I look back again and she that she is still running here.
I can't help but smile.
Out of all the people in the world.
This infuriatingly stubborn, beautiful girl had to waltz into my life.
And I just had to like her.
I would stop and laugh if the situation allowed it.
But it didn't and I have to keep running.
My eyes sting as sweat drips into them.
My head rings with a four letter realization.
Wait, I like her?
Katniss PoV:
After what feels like an eternity of running I reach them.
"Marvel, youre an idiot" I say when I'm next to him
"Hello there Marvel, thanks for leading the rampaging beast away from the others, that takes a lot of courage and skill." He mocks
"Shut up" I growl. I reach for my bow once more to see if it has any more effect.
I notch the arrow and it sails into the beast's raised hand.
It stumbles towards the side of us and crashes into nothing.
But, it's not nothing. The side of the Minotaur furs is pushed into something. It lays flat against something invisible.
A moment later, I hear the buzzing.
Right after that, the Minotaur is electrocuted.
Not enough to kill it, but, enough to make it jump back and fall into an unconscious heap.
Stupid stupid stupid! I repeatedly smack my forehead
"I'm so stupid" I growl
"What are you stupid?" Marvel eyes the beast warily
"The forcefield!" I shout happily
Marvel gives me a confused look but, I ignore it.
The lump on the ground grans ands starts to move.
What Beetee said about the force field is now surprisingly clear in my mind.
A fore field has an area of weakness.
A chink in the armor.
I spot it easily.
And now, I know what to do.
"When I say run. Run" I say to Marvel
"Why? And not without you." He says back
"I will" I lie "Now. RUN!"
He starts running and when he is far enough away, I notch my arrow and shoot.
True to its mark, the arrow hits the chink.
And everything erupts into sparks and balls of electricity.
I brace myself for the blow when I feel a body tackle me to the ground and cover me.
I look up and see who it is.
Marvel.
"I told you to run" I say loud enough so her can hear me over the buzzing.
"How stupid do you believe me to be?" he grins
"Shut up" I growl. I notice the position we are in and my face grows warm. I steel my voice "I think we would have a better chance of living if we run."
"I agree" he gets off me and hold his hand out.
I take it, haul myself up, and we run.
Leaving a now dead minotaur behind.
As we're running, I keep seeing minute changes to our surrounding.
Like a flash of light, I see the arena change and then fade back into normalcy.
Like a glitch.
The ground beneath us turns from hard and grassy to wet and muddy and back.
The sky above us turns from bright blue to orange and purple.
We reach the Cornucopia and see that things are changing here too.
The ground turns to sand and back.
You can hear the faint sound of water lapping against the ground and you can smell salt.
"M-Marvel" I say cautiously.
He looks at me with uncertainy.
"I have no idea"
A blinding white light catches us off guard.
The intensity of the light causes us to cover our eyes.
It left as abruptly as it came.
I uncover me eyes and blink.
At first I don't believe it to be real but, after looking at Marvel, I can tell it is.
We are no longer in our arena.
I look around to the Cornucopia ans see that everyone is fine.
I spot writing on the rim of the opening.
I go to look and I feel my heart drop.
Issued for the use of the 75th Hunger Games Quarter Quell.
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Karvel or Catoniss.
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