Chapter 7

I must've dozed off after Kate went away because I awoke to a very loud bang that I had not

expected and jumped nearly out of my bed! What was that? I wondered as I looked around the

room, the pictures in the hall looked like they had shaken a bit and the other patients near me

looked confused as well, I looked out the window which was just beside my bed and I couldn't

believe what I'd seen!

The whole of the next street was destroyed, forever buried in ashes and rubble, everyone was

screaming and the rebels were on top of the roof of one of the destroyed buildings, preparing to

fight! The Capitol were at it again….

I suddenly didn't care anymore that I was still sick and injured and knew that I had to go out there

and join in with the fight! I managed to drag myself up out of bed, put on some shoes and got my

bow and arrows that now sat beside my bed, been rescued and went out of the ward as quietly as I

could go.

I took off running down the hospital even though it hurt, determined to get out before im caught…

But it was too late! I felt a rough arm grabbing me by the stomach and I screamed because that was

where one of my main pains were besides my back!

"Get back into the ward, you stupid girl," the woman hissed as I struggled to get free of her grasp,

"you aren't well enough to be out here, see? Do you feel your pains when I do..this," she grabbed

my tailbone and squeezed it, I badly wanted to show her that I was fine but the pain was so

unbearable that I had to scream again,

"I-I need to get outside, to fight! I need to do this for the rebels!" I cried at her, but she didn't listen

and tried to get me back to the ward, I shouted and kicked my feet.I considered shooting her with

one of my arrows as I really didn't like this nurse but that would only get me into more trouble….

Just then, I felt her loosen her grip on me and I wondered if she really did listen to me, but when I

looked back, I could see someone else being grabbed by the evil nurse as well,

"I have never had the guts to stand up to you before, but I do now! Let the mockingjay go and do

whats right, she needs to go out there and join the rest of the army, no matter how much pain she

is in!" shouted this smaller looking nurse that I've never seen before, well accually I haven't seen

either of them before….

"so you want the girl to go out there and die?" laughed the big nurse, a horrible crackly laugh,

"my god Madison, I thought you would have had enough training by now to know that!"

Madison, the smaller nurse glared at her and then said, "her courage is something most of us have

never seen before Georgina….we need her to win this war! People out there have been starving all

their lifes and she needs to fix that! so go."

"Don't you dare call me Georgina," Georgina the big nurse muttered but I felt her big hands let me

go, I could finally breathe again.

"Thank you," I said to Madison, she seemed to look like shes was in a daze for a bit before replying,

"no problem, you need to go out there and fight please, for us!"

"Don't worry I will," I whispered, she went to run off but she tapped me on the shoulder,

"Katniss?" she asked me, "just one more thing,"

She pressed an scrap book into my palms and she nodded at me as if to tell me to open it.

I couldn't believe my eyes! The pages in it were full and full of pictures of me! and paragraphs

And even a fact file on me…..i skimmed through it till I got to the very last page, it said 'this page is

reserved for page so If I ever meet Katniss Everdeen, I can get her autograph.'

I smiled at her as I knew exactly what to do, I got the pen that was kept at the side of the book and

wrote my signature in it in big letters, I saw her smile a mile wide that she had planted on her face

grow even bigger when I wrote her a little message beside my autograph, it said

'Dear Madison: It is a pleasure to have a look at this wonderful book and see my whole life right before my eyes, thank you for believing in me all this time, The mockingjay hopes that you stay strong.'

"Thank you for signing this and the message." Madison said, she looked at me closely, "You stay

strong too Mockingjay, that's the most important thing right now,"

"I will," I replied, we said our goodbyes and I ran off down the hosptail again to the exit, Madison's

kind words fresh in my mind, giving me new hope!