Chapter 4 -The Train
A/N: sorry for not writing anything for a long time. Also I would really appreciate it if you reviewed and told me what you thought! Thanks! :D
Peacekeepers lead me into a jet black car. Outside, on the square there are lots of cameras clicking and the flashes are near blinding me. I sit down in the car and the blacked out windows stop the flashes getting to me. I absorb my surroundings. Leather seats, chrome handles and TV's on headrests. Kate comes in soon after and her face is red and puffy. She has been crying.
"Kate, what's wrong?" I ask quietly, as the car starts to move.
"My sister said, if she were old enough she would have volunteered," she says, through a rack of sobs.
I hug her and let her cry into my shoulder for the remainder of the short car journey. I try to keep myself from crying as I don't want to appear weak. I want to have a career's mindset for the games. I am not weak. I can kill.
When we arrive at the station cameras swarm us, trying to gobble up our images. Kate has stopped crying but her eyes and nose are red. My green dress is crumpled slightly but I don't mind. Cecilia and some peacekeepers march us to the train.
It starts moving the instant we step on, whirling down the tracks like a cheetah chasing a gazelle. we barely have time to take in the train, but it is magnificent. Crystal chandeliers, food i've never set eyes upon and drinks of all the colours of the rainbow. Cecilia sits us down and at a grand wooden table. Sitting at it is a boy about our age who I recognise to be Jaden Memoir, last year's victor.
"This is Jaden. He is your mentor for the games. Do as he says and take his advice. He will seal sponsorship deals for whilst you're in the games, so you had better be decent to him," Cecilia says, the bubbly façade flying out of the window.
"Hi," Kate says timidly.
I just give him a nod, and he accepts it, nodding back.
"So, as Cecilia has said, I will be your Mentor for the games. I will have the assistance of another victor, so don't worry. I will say more about the games when the time comes, but for now, just enjoy the train ride and, please don't make it your last..."