The Evil Inside Us
By Elizthewiz
Chapter 8
"Annie," I say her name trying to gain her attention. She's spacing out again. I need to get her to snap back into reality.
She stares ahead of her, not noticing me. I snap my fingers in front of her face and she jumps back a little. She realizes that she spaced out again.
"Sorry," She whispers quietly
"Don't apologize, you can't help it. I just need to get you out of it in time," I reassure her
When Annie was young, she dealt with a lot of seizures as a child. Now that she's an adult, they are very rare. When she spaces out, her brain tries to trigger the seizures. We either snap her out of it, or let it pass. It's not easy to watch her go through that.
I hand her a pill bottle. "Take your meds, you'll be fine,"
She grabs the bottle from my hand and takes out one of the pills. I watch as she takes the pill, swallowing it down quickly.
"Now, what were we talking about?" She asks giving me a small smile.
"Katniss," Finnick pulls me aside. "Annie's almost out of her medicine, we need to find more,"
I nod. "I'll go soon, I needed to head into town anyway," I say
"You want to go alone?" He looks worried
"Finnick, there are only three people that can snap Annie out of a possible attack. That's you, me, and Madge, who is dead. She needs you. I'll be find, just watch out for her."
He rubs his forehead before nodding. "Just be careful, Katniss,"
"I always am,"
It's very hot right now. I should've found some shorts to wear. I get out of the car and grab my gun, keeping it close to me. I run towards the abandoned store making sure to stay as silent as possible so I won't attract any walkers.
I slowly open the door, keeping my gun in grip, and check for any walkers. When I see nothing, I start making my way towards the back where they store all the medicine at.
I open the door slowly but this time I'm greeted with a click of a gun.
"Put the gun down!" I hear a male voice demand me.
"Hey buddy, I'm not here to harm-"
"I said put the damn gun down! Put your hands up!" He walks into view where I can see him. He has brown hair, brown eyes and has a lanky build. Doesn't look intimidating to me.
"Alright," I slowly put my gun down, while keeping one of my hands up.
"Give me the weapon. Kick it to me," He throws in
I mentally roll my eyes before kicking my gun towards him. He reaches down to pick up the weapon, that was his first mistake.
I quickly reach into my back pocket to feel for my pocket knife. I slip it up my sleeve and resume keeping my hands up.
"What's your name, big fella?" I ask him, trying to at least make friendly conversation.
"Marvel. Now get out of here before you end up dead,"
"Was that a threat?" I raise an eyebrow trying to mock him
"Get out! I'll shoot you," He try's to scare me.
"I want my gun back," I say to irritate him
"It's mine now. Get out," He says once more
"Alright," I say turning around, acting like I'll start walking away. I turn around quickly and release my knife. It plunges deep into his shoulder knocking him to the ground.
"Shit!" He screams
I walk over to him and take my gun out of his hands. "Rule number one, Always make sure you fully disarm a person. You didn't expect that, did you?" I chuckle to myself
I take my knife out of his shoulder and wipe it off on my shirt. "I'm just getting medicine for my friend. If you do anything, I will have no problem throwing this knife back into your shoulder. You're lucky it wasn't Clove, she has a thing for knives,"
He doesn't say anything. He just holds on to his shoulder, groaning in pain.
I grab a lot of the medicine Annie needs and start leaving the store. I get into my car and drive off.
I knock on Finnick and Annie's door. Finnick answers it. He sees all the bottles in my hand and reaches in for a big bear hug.
"Thank you so much Katniss," Finnick whispers
"Just go make sure she's alright. I'm glad to help but now I have to arrange a group to go scavenge for food,"
"Can I come?" I hear a soft voice
"Annie, I don't think it's the best thing right now," I tell her
She sighs. "I have to learn eventually. Just let me watch you guys," she persists
"Fine, but you're always in my sight," I warn her walking off to gather people.
It ends up being an all girl group searching for food. It's me, Clove, Annie, and Johanna. We went to look for another store in town because I don't want to encounter Marvel again.
We find a smaller place but it looks untouched. We all get out of the car and grab our weapons. I open the door first and check for anything.
"Lesson number one, don't just fire your gun. Always use melee items if it's a few," I tell Annie once I spot a walker. It sees me and starts limping towards me. I grab it's throat and stab it in the head.
"Ew," Annie scrunches up her nose
We all keep moving until we find a big pile of food. We start clearing the counters and placing them into our bags.
I hear them before they do. "Annie, go behind that counter and stay there," I tell her
"Why?" She asks
"Just go!" I yell-whisper
She makes it behind the counter just when I feel a cold metal press against my forehead. I mentally groan, I have to deal with more guys in the same day? Two more guys have guns pressed to Clove and Johanna's heads.
"We're just going to make this quick and simple, give us all of the food and maybe we won't kill you," a voice whispers in my ear.
"Hey! It's that bitch that stabbed me earlier," One of the guys said
"Oh? Is it?" I can feel him smirk
"Kill her," Marvel tells him
Time for me to put in my work. "You wouldn't shoot a poor young girl out here," I state
"What makes you think I wouldn't?" He grumbles. "I have a gun pressed right to your forehead,"
"I'm aware of that. I just bet that gun isn't even loaded," I taunt him
"You bitch, you think you know everything?"
I nod at Clove and Johanna. 5 seconds. "I know I know everything," I smirk
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I grab on the the guys belt and use that as a grip to throw my leg back, kicking the crap out of him. Clove punctures Marvel with two other knives, one in his other shoulder and on his foot. Johanna steps hardly on her guys foot and turn and swings a hard punch on him, knocking him out.
"He's lucky I didn't have my axe with me," Johanna smiles
We hear a click. "You think you can just waltz in here and take out my boys?"
He continues his rant while I notice Annie slowly walking towards him. She kicks behind his knees making his legs give out. Johanna pounces on him finishing the guy off.
"Come on let's get our stuff and get out," I tell them. We each grab the bags full of food.
"Where'd you learn to kick back like that?" Johanna asks me
"I took gymnastics when I was younger. It just stuck with me," I shrug.
Annie's quiet. Too quiet.
"Annie?" I ask seeing if she's alright.
She staring ahead of herself.
"Clove go in the car and get the medicine that I brought with us," I tell her
"Annie, come on!" I wave my hand I front of her face.
Come on, come on. I can't have her go into one now.
I snap my fingers in front of her face. She jumps back a little, startled.
"Sorry," She mumbles looking down
"Stop apologizing for what you can't control,"
Hello everyone, I really hope you enjoyed this chapter. Would y'all want me to continue doing flashbacks before each chapter so it'll give you a hint on what might happen? I really wanted to write this one so I started last night so I could publish it at around 9am. Please tell me what you think by reviewing or Pm me! I promise I'm super nice. I'll try to respond to everyone that reviews. Anyway see you guys later :)