I continue to duck and dodge unintentional bullets and shots as I weave and twist in and out of pillars. My feet seem to somehow know where they're taking me; even if the rest of me isn't quite sure.
Then it hits me like a tidal wave of sudden knowledge; they're taking me to the person I most want to be with. I sigh, shake my head, but I can't stop a grin from spreading all over my face as easily as butter on bread. The adrenaline of being in love sure was something.
I begin to climb up a broken arch, pressing my body up against it as flat as I can. I scratch my knees a few times until small droplets of blood fall, but I still reach the top in no time.
Once I reach the top I jump from the top of the arch to the nearest platform. It wobbles as I land sharply on it, rolling onto my side to stop myself from falling over the edge. There's a gushing cut in my hand, a steady trickle that's draining me of even more blood. I tenderly wrap it up with a small tear of blanket. I sigh and wipe my grimy hands across my forehead to relive me of some of the sweat.
Then out of nowhere, the Boy from 4 comes running at me. I don't even spin around to double check that it is; I just drop my pack in fight and bail. My reflex's kicking in I jump again to the next stretch of a landing and run. I ignore the throbbing in my knees from where I landed and focus on putting all of my power into my legs. I sprint down the corridor, leaping over cracks and rocks.
I run through and empty doorway, a few mere feet ahead of the Boy. I'm out on energy and I have to make a stand. I'm pretty stuck with no weapons though but I have an idea. I begin to bang my fists against the stone around the archway, putting all of the last remaining strength I possess into each pound. My knuckles leave trails of blood on the rocks as I pound but I need the wall to collapse. And it does.
I barely have enough time to jump back before a wall of rubble falls down like a waterfall. It caves in the door which causes a chain reaction which causes the whole section to quack and shake and collapse in on it. Without waiting to see if 4 survived, I sprint off down the corridor. I skid round a corridor before I hear the cannon. I breathe out a breath I hadn't even noticed I was holding. For now; I'm safe.
Or maybe not. I can sense someone in the chamber with me. I'm defenceless with no weapon and no energy and I hardly dare to breathe again. I could feel my heart throbbing through my chest. Its loud beating s seemed to my ears to be vibrating all around the room, giving my position away too easily. I sneak behind me and keep still into the shadows.
Then he walks past. The Boy from District 5. I'd never really studied him much back at the Capitol but now I realise just how gorgeous he is. His brown eyes, as deep as the Earth itself, stare into the depths of the room as if he's searching for something, or someone. They stare hard, but so full of regret and in that one instant I'm scared.
The eyes stop searching and stare at the exact spot I'm in. Then he opens his mouth and speaks.
"Hello District 10."
