I continue screaming until the fire goes away. But it was a while before that happened. Gale eventually had to carry me away from the fire. "Rue, Rue" I kept yelling. I couldn't and wouldn't believe that she's dead. Gale carried me to safety, a big hollowed out tree. He put me down and asked if I was okay.
"Yes, I'm fine. I need to go get Rue" I reply. I stand up, but Gale pulls me down.
"She's dead Katniss" Gale says.
"No, no" I refuse to believe it.
"Katniss listen to me, she is dead" Gale firmly says. I can't control myself, I start to shake and cry. I think I cried myself to sleep, because when I opened my eyes it was morning.
"What should we do?" I ask
"Just stay here" Gale says. He unpacks the bag he grabbed and opens it up. It's got the remainder of rabbit in it. We eat it slowly, not having a care for the world. We fall asleep in each others arms.
When I wake up, Gale is still sleeping so I carefully slide out from under him and go out of the tree. I start walking, thinking about things. Rue, Gale, Prim, the capitol, Cato, the Hunger games. I keep walking for a while, when I hear a twig crack from behind me. I turn around expecting to see someone, but all I see is darkness. Then someone strangles me from behind. I struggle, trying to pry whose evers hands are holding me, when I pass out