Chapter 7

As they slow into a walk, Finnick puts Alex on the ground.

"Do you know who didn't get killed back there?" Haymitch asks Alex as they all stop to catch their breaths.

"Uhm..." Alex breaths heavily becoming more scared, "Beetee, Wiress, they're from District 3. Blight and Johanna from District 7. Chaff, from Rue's District. And Damien from my District."

"Do you know who those four were?" Peeta asks.

"Uhh... Gloss and Cashmere are from District 1 and are Careers. Brutus and Enobaria are from District 2 and Careers as well." Alex answers as Mags pulls Alex into a surprising hug.

"You ok." Mags smiles at Alex.

"Thank you Mags." Alex whispers hugging Mags back.

Mags is an elderly lady, who only talks in half sentences because when she was in her Hunger Games, she got stabbed where her voice box is but the mutts killed the guy before Mags could have died.

"Let's sit down." Rue, Katniss, and Peeta sits down on a rock together as Haymitch and Finnick sits down together on the grass. Mags and the Morphling siblings sit down on a log. Alex tosses Haymitch a bag from passing one to Mags and the other goes to Katniss.

"The only bags in the whole pyramid." Alex informs them in a whisper.

Haymitch opens his and sees a metal bottle, rope, compass and a tap for a tree.

Mags' bag and Katniss' have the same things.

"What's the taps for?" Rue asks. Alex bites her lip and looks at her knife.

"I think I have an idea." Alex walks over to a tree and touches the soil... wet.

Alex touches the soil that they were walking on... dry.

Alex stabs the tree a few times as the rest of the alliance watches Alex amused.

Alex stabs the tree once more before water runs out of the wound.

"Bottles and tap." Katniss grabs the other two bottles and takes the three bottles and tap to Alex. Alex puts the tap in and the two girls begin to fill the bottles.

Once the bottles are filled, Mags rushes over and begins to drink the water happily. Each person drinks some water before sitting down relaxing.

~A&K~

Night time arrives, and 10 cannons go off.

Alex looks at the sky with Katniss as everyone else sleeps.

The male and female from District 5, Woof and Cecelia from District 8, male and female from District 9, male and female from District 10, Seeder from District 11, and Serenity from District 13, pictures come up.

Rue is sleeping against Katniss with Alex on the other side, resting her head on Katniss' shoulder.

A clock chimes and Katniss and Alex both count it... 12.

"Twelve? What does twelve mean?" Alex whispers.

Suddenly a crack of thunder is heard and lightning strikes. The lightning hits a nearby tree and it catches on fire.

"GET UP!" Katniss screams at the rest of the alliance as Alex, Rue and Katniss gets up. The lightning strikes again and hits the spot where the three girls were. Everyone quickly gets to their feet and begins to run into a clearing in the jungle.

"That was close." Alex whispers as Rue hugs her and Katniss.

"It's the first fucking night and this is all new." Finnick curses looking around.

"Well duh! They are trying to kill us! What do you think will happen?" Alex rolls her eyes. Finnick grabs Alex's shoulders and slams her into a tree.

"Shut the fuck up 13!" Finnick slams Alex into the tree again as Haymitch and Peeta pulls him off her. Alex slides down the tree letting tears fall. Mags pulls Alex to her and glare at Finnick.

"Asshole!" Mags shouts at Finnick while sticking up her middle finger.

"Go cool off Finnick." Haymitch pushes Finnick, "Stay away from Alex, Katniss, Rue and Peeta."

"Whatever Haymitch. I hope all of you die!" Finnick grabs his weapon, a trident, and storms off.

Haymitch sighs and rubs his forehead. His best friend hates Alex and just tried to kill her.

He turns to Mags and Alex to see their alliance all comforting Alex.

~K&A~

The next morning, Alex hears 9 chimes. She opens her eyes and sits up. There is purple fog surrounding them.

"WAKE UP!" Alex screams jumping her feet while grabbing her weapons and bags.

Everyone grabs their stuff and they take off running.

As they run up a steep hill, Alex trips and rolls back down the hill screaming.

Mags runs after Alex and pulls her up.

The fog approaches faster. Mags pushes Alex up the hill and slips.

An ear piercing scream escapes from Mags' mouth as the purple fog covers her. Alex begins to sob and runs up the hill. Katniss pulls Alex to her and lifts her off the ground.

The fog pulls away, and they all see Mags' body all bone, no skin.

"It's poison fog." Peeta whispers.

Alex buries her face in Katniss' neck, wrapping her arms around her neck.

Katniss whispers in Alex's ear, kissing her cheek.

"At least Mags doesn't have to suffer anymore." The female Morphling tells Alex, rubbing her back.

Alex sniffles already wanting the games to end, fully and completely.

~A&K~

At 3 o'clock in the afternoon, there are 3 chimes.

Everyone gathers their stuff getting ready to run... but it doesn't happen.

A cannon goes off and Blight picture comes up.

Katniss laces her's and Alex's hands together as they walk out of the jungle with Rue leading.

"STOP!" Katniss stops the group. Rue and Alex freezes in their spots.

"What?" Rue asks.

"There's... some type of shield in this area..." Katniss answers confused. Alex takes a few steps passed Rue, only to come into contact with something. Alex gets thrown backward, and lands in the bushes. Everyone runs to Alex, and discovers her not moving or breathing.

A cannon goes off and Alex's picture comes up.

"NO!" Katniss cries.

They hear running footsteps, and not even a second later, Finnick comes out of the jungle.

"Move!" Finnick pushes the Morphling siblings, Katniss, Haymitch, Peeta and Rue away and begins CPR on Alex.

Katniss sobs in Peeta's arms and Rue sobs in Haymitch's.

With one last breath, Alex begins to cough.

Katniss sighs in relief and tackles Alex with a hug after Finnick helps her sit up.

"Thank god you are ok." Katniss whispers hugging Alex tightly.

"There has been a mistake. District 13's Alex Russo is still alive." Plutarch announces.

~K&A~

Alex and Katniss are sitting in one tree while Haymitch and Rue are in the one next to them on the right and the Morphling siblings are in the one on the left. Finnick is one the branch below Katniss and Alex.

Two cannons go off and Chaff and Wiress pictures come up.

Alex and Katniss look at each other and recap the tributes that are still alive.

"Me, you, Rue, Haymitch, Finnick, the Morphling siblings, Peeta..." Katniss starts.

"Beetee, Johanna, Gloss, Cashmere, Brutus and Enobaria." Alex finishes.

"14 still alive." Rue concludes from her tree, as she closes her eyes.

Alex and Katniss close their own eyes, happy that 15 out of 29 are dead even though Mags let herself die to save Alex.

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