Last chapter! There will be another one, the title is in the author's note at the bottom. I don't own The Hunger Games.
When Katniss wakes up, she asks me if I slept. She's a good mother, so she pretends that she believes me when I say yes. Trent nudges Finlay awake with his foot, but nobody has the guts to awaken Johanna. She does sleep with her axe under her arms, after all.
"We can't just leave her here." I say, biting my lip.
"You wake her up, then." Trent says. So I step towards Johanna and tap her gently on the shoulder. She shoots up onto her feet and swings wildly at me with her axe. I throw myself onto the floor and hope that she doesn't swing again.
"Johanna!" Katniss shouts, snapping her out of her half-asleep daze.
"Huh? Oh, sorry Lillia. I'm not a morning person." Johanna grabs my hand and pulls me up.
"Well, that was scary. But I think we should be leaving." Finlay hands a cloak to everyone. I wrap mine around myself, covering my spears, and pull the hood low over my face. The others do the same, and Katniss hands Johanna the map, who rips it up.
"Why did you do that?" I ask.
"We don't need it anymore. We're taking the sewers and if the Capitol finds it they have a direct link to old rebel hideouts, as well as the new one and my house."
"There's a rebel hideout?"
"Well, yeah. Where else are we going to train our soldiers? Now, come on. Every second we waste is a second later we start the Rebellion." We follow Johanna up the staircase and out of the shop. It is early morning and nobody in the Capitol wakes up until noon, so the streets are clear. We walk about a block until we find a manhole. Trent and Finlay lift the cover off and we climb inside. The first thing that hits me is the smell. It's disgusting. I fumble about in my bag until I find my torch. I click it on and carry on walking. It isn't long until the tunnels slope downwards and Johanna says,
"We're here." I take a deep breath, calming myself, as Johanna curses. The manhole cover has been locked in place, so she has to demolish it with her axe. This time, it is low enough that I can pull myself up. When we are all up, I allow myself to open my eyes. I didn't even realise I had closed them. I hear Katniss gasp beside me. Sat up against the wall in front of us is a man her age. He has blonde hair and blue eyes. It's been so long since I've seen him, but I recognize him. Peeta Mellark, my father. Alive. My godfather and grandmother are sat beside him. And next to Haymitch, who has aged quite well for someone who has been stuck in a cavern under a mansion for about thirteen years, is who I presume is Aunt Prim. They are not chained up; there is no escape from this place. There is a lift in one corner, but that will probably be heavily guarded from the top. I expect Katniss to run straight to Peeta, but she doesn't. Instead, she goes to Prim and hugs her tight. Finlay and Johanna are with Finnick, and I am about to go over to Peeta when I hear someone call my name. I would know that voice anywhere. I spin around, wanting to believe my ears but not wanting to get my hopes up.
"Michael." I whisper, and run to him. I crush my body into his and he hugs me like he hasn't seen me in years. I guess six months can be a long time if you think you're never going to escape.
"How?" I ask.
"Because they can use me to get to you, so they saved me." He says into my hair.
"What about the others from the Games?"
"All the other careers are here. They were your allies, so they were saved too. Everyone here is here for a reason."
"Blackmail." I say and pull out of his hug, but I take his hand instead. Only then does he notice my stick.
"What happened?" He asks, worried.
"I got shot during a jailbreak."
"By who?" The worry is replaced by anger.
"One of the Capitol guards. I'm fine without it, it's just because we had a long journey. You don't need to worry about it."
"I'll find him, and I'll kill him for hurting you."
"My mother already took care of that." I smile weakly and squeeze his hand. Katniss appears next to me with the others and says,
"Lillia. Our family's back together." She can't keep the smile off of her face. I open my mouth to say something to Peeta, but I cannot think of anything to say. My father's alive. It's all I could have hoped for. Instead, I hug him tightly. Then I hug Haymitch and my grandmother.
"Hello." I say to Prim. "I'm Lillia. You're my mother's sister?"
"I am. I've heard a lot about you from Peeta." She smiles at me, and I give her a hug too.
"Katniss, this is Michael." I say, smiling because I finally get to say those words.
"I know, Lillia." She rolls her eyes. "He was on live TV, remember?"
"Aw, leave her be Katniss." My grandmother smiles at me.
"As fun as this reunions been sweetheart, we'd better get going." Haymitch says. We all think this is a good idea, so when Johanna, Finlay and Finnick re-join us we head towards the manhole. The other people here, Katniss friends and old rebels, follow us. We have just reached it and I can see the pipe when the ground shudders and the pipe caves in.
"No!" I yell. That was our only way out.
"Well hasn't this been lovely." I turn around at the sound of Snow's voice. He is stood with his armed guards behind us, smiling evilly.
"Snow." I mutter. It is the first time I have seen him since he had Mitch shot, as he was not at the Capitol feast.
"Hello, Lillia-Primrose. Still considering my offer?" He asks.
"Never." I spit on the ground in front of him.
"What offer?" Michael whispers in my ear, but Snow hears him.
"Ask Finnick Odair. That kind of offer, my boy. She refused, as I expected." He smiles again. I place my hand on Michael's arm to stop him from lunging at Snow.
"Where is she?" I narrow my eyes at him.
"I'm sorry dearie. Who?" He smiles, knowing exactly who I mean.
"Ruby. I don't see her here."
"The fourteen year old girl you volunteered for? So brave, by the way. She's in the medical room with her parents. Healers hands the lot of them. Of course, I couldn't trust Mrs Everdeen and young Primrose in my medical room."
"Let us leave. You have no use for these people anymore. My mother and I are here now, take us and let them go." I feel Michael go still next to me, anticipating Snow's next move.
"Oh, but I do have a use for them, my lovely. I do. I've been training them all up for my army. Well, except for Haymitch of course. He's no spring chicken anymore." He smiles again, reminding me of a snake. "And now that you're all here, I can train all of you up too. You will fight in the upcoming rebellion…For me."
The next in the series will be called White Rose. It'll features three peoples POV's instead of just Lillia's. Leave a review and tell me what you thought of this chapter, or this whole story? :)