The Evil Inside Us
By Elizthewiz
Chapter 14
"This is all my fault," I say to Clove
"Shut up," She tells me without looking in my direction. "It's not your fault. You told her where to go. She may have gotten sidestepped," Clove reassures me
We continue walking through the woods. Clove walks slowly, trying to track her down. She still has blood all over her clothes and it really smell bad.
"Clove, why do you have blood on you?" I ask her
She sighs. "Me and a walker had a little tussle in the RV. No big deal," She shrugs
My eyes widened "How'd it get in the RV?"
"I don't know, but it smelled me," She chuckles to herself. Clove never seems to be phased by much. She literally just got attacked and now she's thrown that all aside to help me find Rue. I can't help but wonder about Clove's past. All I know is that she didn't have a group, she was completely alone.
Cloves stops for a second. "She was on the right track, but she suddenly turned around," She observes
I don't know how Clove knows how to track but she is really good at this. From my view, she looks kinda crazy staring at the ground. We continue to walk deeper into the forest, following her tracks. Clove stops again.
"They're gone," She sighs.
"What's gone?" I ask. Clove sits down on a rock and rubs her face.
"Her tracks, they just disappeared out of thin air," She says quietly. "How does that even happen?" She mumbles to herself.
I shake my head. We can't give up. We have to find her somehow. I can't lose another member of this group. It'll disappoint Prim that she doesn't have a friend anymore if we don't try harder.
Clove looks up. "It's getting dark, we should head back," she suggests. She starts walking but she stops.
"Look at the deer," She whispers. "We can have that for dinner," She grabs her knife.
I stop her from walking towards it. I know how to be silent around animals, I'll do this. "Give me the knife," I reach my hand towards it. "I'll do it,"
She reluctantly hands me the knife. I slowly walk my way towards the deer, trying to stay as silent as possible. The deer makes eye contact with me but doesn't move an inch. I reach my hand out towards the deer, trying to gain it's trust. When I reach behind my back to grab the knife, I'm knocked back in pain. I hear Clove scream and rush near me. The last thing I see is her face before I black out.
I wake up in a room. I have no idea where we are, it's kind of freaking me out. I try to sit up but I feel a sharp pain in my shoulder. I'm hooked onto an IV strangely. Was this all just a dream? If so, why am I injured? I've never seen this place before.
An old woman comes into the room. She walks over to the little desk next to the bed.
"Excuse me, who are you? And what am I doing here?" I ask her
She turns around and looks at me. "My name is Mags. You've been shot by one of my people," She tells me
"Shot?" My eyes widen. What the hell is going on.
"You've been out for three days. Had to get the bullet out of your shoulder and stitch you up. You lost a lot of blood,"
"Can you please explain to me why I was shot?"
She stands up and walks over to my bed. "I'll get you into a wheelchair and take you to the living room," She tells me and helps me get into the chair. My shoulder still hurts like hell but I want to see where everyone is. Are they ok? She wheels me into a room filled with people. I soon come to my senses and recognize everyone from my group expect for Mag's people.
Peeta rushes towards me and bends down to give me a long kiss.
"Hey! We don't want to see that," Johanna says with a smirk
After me getting settled in, I realize no one still has told me what happend to me.
"So can someone explain how I've ended up injured?"
A girl with long blond hair steps up. "I'm Cashmere, my idiot brother Gloss did it," She says
"Why?" I ask confused for why he shot me.
"He would explain it himself but he's out getting meds for you," She starts explain. "Anyway, Gloss and I were in the woods and we came across this short girl who was scared out of her mind. She was looking for her group. We were going to take her with us and help her find her group later on until this guy and girl came out of nowhere. They held us at gun point and took the girl. We went to chase them but they disappeared quickly. Then Gloss saw you, thinking that you were the girl that took the little child and he shot before I even could say a word," She quickly explains
My heart is beating out of my chest. Was that girl Rue?
"What did you say the girl's name was?" I ask Cashmere
"Rue,"
"Oh my gosh," I whisper to myself.
"I heard the guy's name. I think his name was Gale,"
Hello lovelies! *Gasp* Rue has been kidnapped! I rewrote this chapter like 3 times and I still don't feel like it's the greatest. But atlas I wanted to update two stories today, so after I update this chapter I will start working on Love Is The Greatest Gift and that should be updated around 4 or 5pm, depending if I'm completely focused or not. So I hope you enjoyed this chapter, if you would so kindly leave a review telling me what you thought about this chapter. Pm me if you have any questions, concerns, or comments! I will see you guys later :)
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