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I run out to the nearest exit, and find him in a headlock.

The man holding Lian looks just like the last one, he just has more muscle. He grins when he sees me, and sneers: "Oh, look, lover boy. Your Rose came for you. Even after you left her back there with my brother. I'm surprised she survived." Lian turns red in response. How does he know what happened in the closet? Telepathy? Walkie Talkies? "Oh, my dear miss Mellark. How are you? Probably not very well now, since I have your lover boy, and my master has Panem now. My master…"

I think he starts daydreaming about what his prize will be when he brings me back to Snow. I start inching my hand to my pocket where I put my pepper spray. Why did I put it back there? But, he notices what I'm about to do when my hand is only a centimeter from my pocket.

"Stop right there! I WILL bring you back to President Snow BEFORE the supporters of your mother arrive! You WILL NOT escape me!" his face is starting to turn purple. Lian is starting to look a little afraid that if the man tightens his grip, he might die.

"Not if I stop you." pipes up a voice behind the man. Then, he begins to fall, and Lian wiggles out of his headlock before he faceplates the ground.

Behind the man, who now has a dart sticking out of his neck, is a middle-aged woman with spikes hair and large brown eyes. She should look innocent and harmless, but she actually looks vicious with her dart gun and smirk. "Hey. You two are coming with me." she says, already turning around.

"No. First I want to know who you are, and where the hell we are going." I shoot at her. She begins to scowl at me, but then the scowl turns into a giant smile.

"I like you. You defiantly have more sass than your mother. Anyway, I'm Johanna Mason. I'm one of your mother's friends. And I'm taking you to Annie's."

"What?" asks Lian. Oops. Forgot about him. "Where's Annie's? Who's Annie. What's happening?"

"Annie is one of my mom's close friends. And it's deep in the woods by the lake." I explain.

"Where's the lake?"

"Oh yeah. You were probably never in the woods before. You'll see."

"So, lover boy, are you ready to leave, or does you neck still hurt?" asks Johanna in a mocking voice. She smiles again when Lian turns red.

"I'm not lover boy." he mumbles.

"Oh really?" Johanna raises an eyebrow. "Sure. Now come on. We need to leave soon, or your mother will go all basilisk on the me, Rose."

I am so sorry. My chapter got messed up the second time this month, and I didn't notice until now. Thank you, Liz. I hope you like it now.