I walk along smiling and waving to the crowd, and after what felt a lifetime I enter the huge doors of the building where we'll get trained to kill. Better than out there. My smile immediantly vanishes. Two peacekeepers grab my arms, they really can't trust me. I'm a threat to everyone. Arianna tells them to back off, saying it was just a mood swing and that because I'm stong it might go a bit wrong. They let go thankfully.
"Thanks." I say quietly to Arianna.
"No problem. I like your style." She says nudging me.
"I guess all the judging kinda gets to you." I say
"What?" she asks
"Everyone judges everyone. Except some people say it out loud or show it in the face. I hate those people." I explain to her and she nods like she's thinking about it. We walk to this glass box called an Elevator where it can shoot up and down really quickly. Since we're in twelve we get the top floor. As we arrive at our floor Whats-Her-Name tells us where are rooms are. And I 24/7 access to the roof whether they meant to or not. I found a window in the roof of my bedroom so I just have to open it and jump thourgh. Roof top access. I think I'll go up on the roof now. So I open the window with this big stick thing and I jump on the bed. 3. 2. 1. Jump! I grab hold of the window ledge and pull myself up then close the window behind me. I'm not the only one up here. Jason is here aswell. He is standing up at the edge of the building. Arms out like he's going to fly. No. He isnt going to do it is he? I run towards him at full speed. He leans forward just as i reach him. I grab his top and pull him back.
"WHAT THE HELL WHERE YOU GOING TO DO?!" I scream at him. I'm on my knees and he is lying on the floor startled. I calm down a little "Jason. Don't leave me here with these idiots." This brings a half smile to his face. "Thats twice I've saved you. Now you pull yourself together. You can't tell me that now since you where going to jump of a building." I say to him. I'm clearly annoyed.
"Fine. I won't die yet. But you can't stop me in the area now can you?" He questions.
"Yes I can. I'll tie you up and put you in a tree." I say with a laugh
"I'd like to see you try." He replies laughing along with me. We sit there for a while. Just looking out at the sencery.
"Wanna go down to training? We arent meant to but we're up here arent we?" Says Jason
"May as well. Tommorow is the chariot ride so we are just losing good training time by sitting here." I reply
"So lets go." Jason says grabbing my hand and leading me down into his room. We sneak along to the elevator and we manage to get into the training center. Its massive. I go and do some parkour and Jason has a shot at spear throwing. He grabs a belt of knivesand puts it on him. Then we both do campfire making. I'm really good at this because I do it everyday so I help Jason. He takes a sharp rock, which I used a bit ago, and a big stick then ties them together. He grabs a sharp knife from the knife thowng station and I realise he is making a spear.
"Wow. Is that what you hunt with. A spear." I ask.
"Yeah, I've been making them for a while." He says handing it to me. Its perfectly balanced. Streamline. Its as good if not better than the capitol ones.
"Well your not the only one with skill." I say circling him. I manage to replace all his knives with stones without him noticing. I hold them up to him.
"What? How did you- You pick pocket!" We laugh. Then I take the stones. I have a small shard of stone on my dress. Oops. I forgot that i was wearing a dress when i was doing the parkour... Hopefully he didn't see. I dont bother about the stone shard.
"Damn it!" he exclaims.
"I've practiced before." I say
"On who?" He asks
"Peacekeepers." I reply and we both laugh again. "I take their guns and hide them. They don't know who it is. They can't hurt people then." I explain. We sit and chat for a while.
"We aren't mentally mute are we?" I say.
"Yeah we're not. We just don't like talking to people. Don't know me. Don't judge me." Replies Jason. "We better get-" He's cut short by eight peacekeepers busting through the door.
"Oi! What do you think your doing in here!" I'm guessing the Head Peacekeeper says. Four of the eight peacekeepers come towards me and I don't resist. The head peacekeeper comes towards me and puts handcuffs on me. "Thats not nessary. I'm not going anywhere." I Say to him. "You've caused to much trouble to be let to roam freely. You will have peacekeepers accompaining you everywhere you go. No time alone. Now take her to the attic." He says.
"No." I Say. I'm stalling here. I take out the little stone shard out my dress and I uncuff myself.
"Yes." He says while turning to leave. 3... 2... 1... Attack! I rip off my handcuffs and I duck down then swipe my foot and I trip up a peacekeeper causing a domino effect. Jason has forght off his peacekeepers.
"Pass me some rope!" I shout to Jason, who was conviently at the knot tying center. He throws me a coil of rope while I'm running towards the head peacekeeper. I make a loop and i keep running. I Jump up and throw the loop around him and i tighten it so he can only move his lower arms. I run up behind him and grab his handcuffs and i cuff his hands behind his back then i tie him up to the climbing frame. Jason is fighting off the other peacekeepers and I join in. I run to the knot tying section.r
"Grab this end Jason!" I shout to him. All the peacekeepers are in a group which makes my plan easier. Me and Jason run with the rope streached between us. We run either side of the little formation the peacekeepers made and ran behind them then past each other so we've made a massive loop around them.
"Pull!" I yell to Jason and we pull on the rope. Forcing the peacekeepers together. We run around to met eachother half way and I do a incredibly hard knot. But its worth it because it's incredibly difficult to undo.
"Come on Jason. As we're about to leave our training teacher (I can tell by her plastic badge.) walks in clapping her hands slowly.
"Good job. But now its serious." She takes our her walkie takie, I've seen it on peacekeepers before. "Twenty peacekeepers needed in the training center. I repeat. Twenty peacekeepers needed in the training center, Over." She says while putting it back in her little holder on her belt. "Stay her or there will be trouble." She says while walking out. She's waiting behind the door so I sit down.
"Might aswell do some training." Jason says. I have a go at the edible plants section and Jason does some spear throwing. I go over to him and I have a try aswell.
"Not bad." Says Jason.
"Thanks." I reply. I throw another spear at a dummy. So close to a bull's eye. Peacekeepers storm in.
"Time to go." I say to Jason. I grab his hand and I run to the parkour section. I jump up and I start doing parkour. "Come on." I say patting our training teachers belt, which is equipt with two new peacekeeper guns. I make the hardest jump. Jason isn't to good at pakour. I've stopped him from falling many times. I hold out my hand for Jason to grab onto. I have my legs wrapped around the pole that I'm on and hold out my other hand. I'm upside down. "I've got you." I say. He jumps. And misses. I grab his hand with one of mine. "Don't. Let. Go." I say to him. He's hanging my one arm. I pull him up as much as I can, then my free arm wraps its self around his waist. I pull him up onto the pole. Peacekeepers are taking aim. I wrap Jason's arms around me and I jump to the highest one. I see a net on the roof. I don't know what its for but it will shield me and Jason from bullets. I Jumps and I pull me and Jason up onto the net.
"Wow your strong... You were freaking carring me!" Jason exclaims.
"Yeah I hurt alot, but freinds help each other out don't they?" I say quietly while stroking my badge. "How long did this take you?" I ask
"Umm... about a month... I Had to use your scrap metal. I mainly took time for carving the picture on the badge. Every one knew that it was rigged. I just didn't know I would be reaped aswell." He says
"Wow... so you made this for me? But how did you know my name? I don't talk to anyone." I question.
"I'll tell you later. Remeber where we are?" He says. Oh yeah... Escape plan.
"Hmmmmm... We have guns... and a walkie takie... Idea. Heres the plan." I start to explain in whispers. "Got it?" I ask
"Got it." Jason says. I take out the walkie talking and mimick President Snow and I send the message to the Head peacekeeper. "What are you doing? I you people over here right now! Don't you realise that the more practice they have the more interesting the game will be? If there has to be twenty peacekeepers just to lock up two tributes then it will be incredible! Now since you haven't seen the consequences of your actions so all of you to your training ground and do 50 press ups on one hand then and another 50 on the other! Go! Leave the tributes alone. If I find out anything has been stolen by them just buy new ones and stop complaining. I'll deal with you later." All of the peacekeepers leave and I help Jason get down and I follow.
"Better return those guns." Jason says.
"Or... Hide one in my room and one in yours?" I reply
"Ok Sky. Thats a bit to much. Now untie the peacekeepers and put down the guns and the belt." The firmness in his voice startles me and I do as he says.
"By the way thats three times I've saved you." I say smiling.
(A/N Finally a long chapter! I hope you enjoyed it! There will be lots of chapters so look foward to that!)