Chapter 8
By the time I got out the hospital exit door, I saw all the rebels gearing up for yet another round of
gun firing, I spotted Gale in the mists of them….i ran towards him.
"GALE WHAT WAS THAT ALL ABOUT?" I demanded, tempted to give him a shove, but I knew that I
couldn't because he had heavy weapons on him!
"Katniss, I am so sorry! I didn't mean for it to all turn out like that, but obviously I had no choice…"
he started, but I only interrupted him with more questions,
" what was so important to you that you had to put my life on the line? did you WANT me to die?"
I shouted at him,
"No of course I didn't want you to die!" shouted Gale, getting frustrated, "I was so stupid! I nearly
helped the President of the Capitol of all people kill you, because of your maybe reaction of something I did,"
"And what was that then huh?" I needed to know, what was so bloody important to him that he
nearly killed me?
"I have to tell you now, but I just couldn't bear your reaction…" he started, he took a deep breath
looking pale, "I helped in the bombs that nearly killed Prim,"
I stood there, silent, somehow this news doesn't upset me as much as what he did previously,
But why couldn't he just tell me honestly? Then I might've forgiven him, anger fuelled me yet again!
"Gale, I might've forgiven you and probably would've, if you just told me that honestly rather than
agreeing to some twisted blackmail Snow provided you with so you wouldn't tell me!" I shouted at
him, I couldn't bear looking at his idiotic face no longer so I turned on my shoes and walked off…
"KATNISS!" he shouted after me, I still kept walking…."KATNISS PLEASE!" he called again,' keep
walking' I told myself so that I wouldn't do the stupid thing and go back to him. He seemed to get
the message as he screamed my name one final time, and gave up…..
I went on the roof to join the rebels with their fighting, Gale wasn't there anymore obviously and it
didn't look like he was gonna come back any time soon, because of me! I didn't really want him here
after that but we needed as much fighters as we could to finish this war the way we intend to.
Anyhow, I set up my bow and arrow on an relatively empty space on the roof and tried to
concentrate on hitting the targets, not letting Gale get to me….but it was hard. It seemed like he was
everywhere,! On the rubble, on the next building, even the faces of the people of the Capitol in the
distance, it's like I need to let him explain properly what happened but despite that, I still don't think
that its fair that I should.
Just then, I noticed President Snow making his way down to the street so now he was just below me,
"oh great,"I sighed to myself, "why does he have to come here now and make things worse for me?"
"It's my job Mockingjay," he laughed his horrible stupid throaty laugh, "You escaped and I will now
have to surely make you pay…this time you will die!"
"So are you just gonna put me back in that lift again?" I asked fed up with all his talk,
"Because that would be low even for you! come on Snow, lets face it : you have no ideas left and
once this war is over, you will be over too."
"You will need to watch what your saying Mockingjay! You have no idea of what im capable of…"
He replied, glaring at me from down below,
"Well you might've took Gale from me, but you will never take my courage!" I shouted at him,
Pointing my arrow towards him, thinking maybe if just at the right time, the right moment, I could
shoot him and he'd be dead and my job could be done… It's what I have wanted to do for so long
anyway,
"Is that so Mockingjay?" urgh I hated how he just called me 'Mockingjay' now, like I didn't even have
a proper name! "There is only so much a person can take you know, and I think you've reached your
limit nearly, I can see it, sense it…"
Anger burned in my eyes, I hated him, I really did! i hated how he made all the districts suffer and he
was basically living in paradise, I hated how he hijacked Peeta, took him from me so cruely just for
revenge for me, I hated how he he smelt of blood because he had to hide the fact that he poisoned
people, I hated how he made poor Finnick a sex slave, I hated how he loved to torcher me with
those damn roses…..
My list on why I hate Snow could go on forever, but in that spilt second, I decided that now was the
right time….to kill him!
I pulled the arrow back with determation, and it seemed to fly at top speed, like it was on fire,
And then that's when it hit President Snow's head…..
I guess President Snow did have a point with the phrase ' this will be the the mockingjays final hour'
but Im thinking of changing it to something better: this will be the mockingjays finest hour.
I was going to continue it and have a different ending but I think that this is accually quite a good
way to end it off with the little bit at the end, I hope you enjoyed my story as a different approach
to Mockingjay