Hunger Games: Confessions and Consequences

Chapter 9 of my Hunger Games story, what did President Snow mean by 'accident's' happen at any time? Read on to find out :)

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Disclaimer: Hunger Games belongs to Suzanne Collins.

Chapter 9

KATNISS POV

Following the unpleasant incident with President Snow Peeta and I were taken to a chariot which would parade us through the Capitol and then we'd rejoin Cinna and Portia to prepare for another, private, interview with Caesar in which we'd meet with other people like the Gamemasters. Soon we were in the chariot and it began to move, I still hated the idea of the crowds so I leaned closer to Peeta.

"Holding hands like last time," I said, "Only this time, we mean it."

He smiled.

"Sure," He agreed before frowning, "You okay, you look pale?"

I sighed and fought to keep my composure as I spoke.

"Before we left the stage, President Snow said...Accidents can happen at any time." I told him, my voice was shaking but otherwise everything looked fine, "I'm just worried about what he might try to do."

Peeta nodded understanding.

"Don't worry Kat, everything will be fine, we'll get through this together."

I smirked at the nickname he had developed for me, and rested my head on his shoulder.

"Thanks, I know, I was just...nervous."

He nodded and soon the chariot departed.

Almost immediately we were assaulted with cheering and whooping from the crowd. As the chariot rode past them several people waved and cheered, I managed to smile and wave back, Peeta was doing the same, however I could tell we were both thinking the same thing, what did President Snow have planned for us? As we continued I began to realize I recognized some of the people, not directly but I was familiar with their features, they were the families of the other Tributes from the Games. I glanced at the nearest group as we passed.

'Foxface's family,' I thought to myself, 'She inherited her features from her Mother.'

The chariot continued to move, Peeta and I kept playing up to the crowd, all the while keeping our eyes open for anyone we recognized. As we continued Peeta leaned in closer to me and whispered.

"Look out, on the left, Glimmer's family."

I glanced over, it was them alright, they looked like her and I could see they weren't too happy. I shuddered but it didn't seem to have anything to do with Glimmer's family.

"Kat?" I turned to Peeta and smiled.

"It's nothing." I replied, he nodded but I could tell he wasn't convinced.

We continued on, the something that was bothering me was to do with Snow's threat; I just realized that, at this moment, in the chariot, we were at our most vulnerable.

As our chariot continued through the streets passing the crowds, I then saw a group that wasn't cheering but was actually glaring at us with hatred. I gulped.

"Peeta, it's Cato's family," I told him, shifting awkwardly.

"I know I saw them," He replied, before indicating with his head, "I think that's Clove's family up ahead."

I saw another group that wasn't cheering, yeah; it was definitely Clove's family. I couldn't hear over the rest of the crowd but I could tell they were hurling abuse at us and probably threatening us. They were likely ashamed at the thought of their children being beaten by two scrawny runts from District 12 or something. I was glad to finally get past them and heading further through the crowd. I spotted another two familiar families, I felt my throat tighten, Peeta noticed and knew why.

"Thresh's family?"

I nodded and added, "And Rue's family, over there."

He nodded, understanding, both families were watching us and waving, tears in their eyes, especially Rue's. I waved back, it was the very least I could do, to acknowledge them, let them know I was truly grateful for Rue's sacrifice and show how much I valued her as a friend. They smiled back and as the chariot continued onwards I couldn't resist looking back at them one more time. By this time we had nearly completed our circuit around the Capitol and had seen the families of nearly all the tributes. I smiled when I saw Haymitch and Effie in the crowd, just then I felt Peeta's grip on my hand tighten.

"At some of them are happy," I heard him mutter.

I looked at where he was looking and saw it was his family; Dave and Fredrick were cheering and whooping enthusiastically, Mr. Mellark was smirking at the boys' behaviour. Mrs Mellark however was scowling, mostly at me, but that wasn't surprising.

Just then Peeta leaned closer to me.

"They're over there Katniss." He told me.

I smiled, he was pointing out my Mother and Prim. They were smiling and waving at me with enthusiasm, cheering, they were crying happily. I smiled and waved back; I leaned a little closer to Peeta and kissed his cheek.

"Looks like this is going to go well, we have nothing to worry about." I said happily.

"Yeah, I think Snow was making empty threats, trying to shake us up." He replied.

I nodded and soon we were passing Haymitch and Effie, they waved happily, we smiled and waved back, that was when it happened. There was a loud crack and then an explosive bang. I felt my stomach drop, felt fear shot through my body and felt the sensation of falling before I blacked out.

PEETA POV

I groaned as I regained consciousness, I then remembered what had happened. I jerked my head up and felt dizzy. I swallowed hard and waited a short while as the dizziness cleared. I looked around, I was buried under large amounts of rubble and finally all the pieces fit. The chariot had been rigged and exploded, causing nearby buildings to collapse, the question was, did anyone else get seriously hurt. I tried to stand up but found I couldn't, gritting my teeth I looked down.

'Great, that's just what I need,' I groaned.

The explosion and collapsed building had crushed and sheared off most of my artificial leg, only about half of the section above the knee remain. I looked around and then froze.

"Katniss!"

She was lying a few feet away from me, unconscious.

I desperately crawled over to her and grasped her shoulder.

"Katniss!"

No reply, I leaned closer and realized the horrific truth.

'She's not breathing.'

I leaned up, as high as I could. Katniss was flat on her back, covered in dust and rubble, eyes closed, not breathing.

'No, she can't be dead,' I thought desperately.

I could hear dull thudding sounds and I realized that whoever had survived was trying to dig through the rubble and find us. But there was no time to wait for them.

'I have to do this now.'

Ignoring the pain I positioned myself next to Katniss, and gently tilted her head back, opening her mouth, I breathed a sigh of relief, there was no blockage. I immediately pinched her nose shut and quickly covered her mouth with mine; sealing it before exhaling twice, her chest rose as I exhaled so the air did go through. I then straightened up, nothing she didn't react; I pressed my hands together and began pressing gently but firmly on her chest up to thirty times, still nothing.

I continued performing CPR.

"C'mon Katniss, c'mon, breathe." I coaxed, desperate for her to start breathing again.

Some time passed and still nothing.

"KATNISS!" I screamed, please, don't let her be dead.

Just then a beam of light cut through, I turned sharply.

"Hey, you okay kid!" Haymitch bellowed.

"Haymitch, Katniss has stopped breathing!" I yelled back, "I'm trying to give her CPR but..."

"Keep going kid, we'll get through to you!" He called.

I didn't know what else to do so I continued to perform CPR. Finally, sometime later, some hope, Katniss still wasn't breathing but I could detect a pulse.

'She just might make it,' I thought happily.

Just then I heard footsteps, several people starting coming into the area and soon lifted Katniss onto a stretcher and began to take her out.

"Wait, please." I tried to plead with them but Haymitch stopped me.

"Let them take over kid, they'll save her, don't worry, you've get your leg fixed," He told me but I wasn't really listening.

No longer distracted by my efforts to save Katniss the pain from my damaged artificial leg returned. I watched as Katniss was carried away, tears stung my eyes and I let them fall.

"Katniss." I whispered defeated before I sunk into unconsciousness.

End of chapter, what do you think, hope you enjoyed it. Will Katniss make it or was Peeta too late? I think we all know who planted the bomb of course. Please read and review.