Chapter 6
When I woke up, I wasn't in the lift at all anymore, I saw big white walls and different beds and I
immediately recognised where I was, the Capitol hospital!
How did I get here? What happened to the President? Why am I not dead? I should be dead…it would be best if I was dead.
Yes, I was reciting that little list again that the doctors from before said that I use to stop myself
going all mental….i thought that I was doing everyone a favour by dying, but obviously not. I
suddenly then realised that I indeed wouldn't be doing anyone a favour! The rebellion would die,
Prim and the others would be distraught and broken, like I would've if Prim had died by the bomb
blast that failed and the Capitol would win! Oh my god, Kate was right: what was I thinking? There
goes Katniss, mucking everything up again, just what I always do! In district 8. District 2 and even in
combat, I always seem to cause trouble because I muck things up.
I tried to sit up, so I could think straight but there was a shooting pain through my back so I had to
lie down again, I suddenly remembered Kate, was she alright?
"Where's Kate?" I asked out loud wondering , not realising that this nurse was beside me working on
my injuries,
"she's having a rest, she will come and visit you later," she said, looking at the tubes that were in my
arm,
"Did she get hurt? How did I get here? How long have I been in here for?" once I asked one question, I just couldn't stop! I needed answers.
The nurse just laughed, "I can see why you are confused, you have been here for approximately 5 days,"
5 days? I'v been asleep for that long! The nurse saw my confused look, "your injuries were quite bad
so we had to put you to sleep, a lot of bones were broken but don't worry they are on the mend now,"
I felt my face, it felt a bit raw and sore, I flinched. "And Kate will explain what happened to you
later," the nurse continued, she went out of the room to get something leaving me alone with my
thoughts….
I looked around the room at the other patients, none of which I recognised, and tried to go through
The millions of questions whizzing through my head at top speed. Eventually I just gave up on trying
To figure out all of them because my head was starting to hurt, I really needed to see Kate right now!
I ended up just falling back asleep again as I was exhausted already and woke up to indeed Kate,
She was peering over my bed anxiously as I'd fallen asleep again and she had probably thought that
I'd went unconscious again, but as I woke up the corners of her mouth went into a smile!
"Hey Katniss, how are you feeling?" she asks me gently, I sat up and looked at her,
"Well I think I'v had better days!" I laughed, "I'm so confused though, how did I get here?"
"I rescued you," says Kate, "well it wasn't as simple as what it sounds, it required a lot of courage
and willpower, but yes I eventually did! Someone else helped me as well,"
someone else helped Kate? I felt my head spinning again with new information, who could've
possibly helped to get me out other than Kate because it was her job?
"Thank you," I smiled at her, "but who was this 'someone else'?"
"Well, believe it or not because he actually helped to start it, Gale!" she replied,
My face made a big O shape of shock…Gale? Why did he want to help me halfway through?
Couldn't he just stick to what he had to do rather than choosing to come back to me at the last
minute!
"I think he felt really bad about what he'd done Katniss," Kate explained before I start shouting the
odds, which were not in my favour anyway, "when he agreed to help, his face was all red like he had
been crying buckets! He said that he regretted what he had done because he realised that he just
couldn't see you in pain anymore, and helped me shut the torcher down,"
"But wouldn't president Snow punish him for that?" I asked, feeling confused, if what he held so
dear was that important to him to agree to the blackmail, why would he go back on it? Did he go
back just because of me?
"Well nobody knows yet but I assume so," says Kate, she looks at her watch, "updates on the war
are much the same, though most of the nation is relieved that you are outta there! If your
wondering about where your sister is, she's in a special unit with your mother, they are safe,"
I felt more relieved at that, at least my family didn't get hurt! "So, what was it like? Carrying an half
dead, bloody me?" I asked, chuckling a bit,
"Well it was actually quite a job!" Kate laughed, "the smell of blood and other stuff was very strong
Plus you are taller than me, but luckily you don't have much weight like me or like most of us,"
I smiled, glad that Kate didn't collapse or something due to me, I kissed her on the forehead,
"Thank you again Kate, for everything," I said to her, looking at her right in the eyes, she blushed
Because she was still the number 1 fan of me but still not too hyped up yet so she replied, "your
welcome,"