The Evil Inside Us

By Elizthewiz

Chapter 17

"What are you in school for?" Peeta asks me as we walk on campus.

I put my hands in my pockets and look up at the sky. "I want to be a doctor, or atleast something that deals with diseases. I've always liked the idea of helping others," I tell him as we sit down on the bench.

"So you're just taking Literature for fun?" He asks me as he sips on his coffee

"I'm taking Literature because I love to read and it'll teach me how to find out important details. So if I was a doctor examining a patient, I could pay attention to his or her's story and find out what's the problem," I explain to him.

There's something about Peeta that makes me feel comfortable talking to him even though I've only met him yesterday. He's a great guy so far and hopefully we can be friends for a long time.

"I like your brain Everdeen," He taps my head lightly. "You'd be a great doctor. I have no doubt about that."

"So what about you?" I ask him

"What about me?" He wiggles his eyebrows at me while talking in a funny voice. I laugh at him and playfully hit his arm. "Ok, seriously I want to be an art teacher. I'm just so good at it that I want to spread my talent with all," He says sarcastically

I laugh at him again. Peeta has a great sense of humor. "Ok so you want to be an art teacher? Why take Literature? For fun?"

"Woah, slow down there tiger," He says and places his hand on my knee. "I take literature so I can learn how to tell a story through my art. It'll be cool to illustrate a story without any words but people completely understand it."

"I like how you think Mellark," I imitate him and tap his head.

He chuckles to himself. "And this is how a beautiful friendship began," He smiles at me again before drinking his coffee.

"Katniss, I will need your help occasionally," Beetee tells me as he walks in the lab, picking up random bottles off the shelves. "I know your condition is still preventing you from moving around but I still need an extra brain."

I nod at his request and wheel myself towards him. He starts messing with the chemicals, making sure they still function correctly.

"I need a dead walker."

"I'll get Peeta to do it," I smile at him before wheeling myself out of the lab.

I go into the rooms behind the lab to find Peeta. I hope he's still here. He has to get some of our things and Prim. Johanna and Clove have a hold on Gale at the moment. I would watch him myself but I can't even take myself seriously when I'm in a wheelchair.

I find Peeta sitting on one of the beds. He's adjusting his leg to be more comfortable with his stance. I knock on the door warning him that I'm entering the room. He looks up and smiles when him sees me.

"Hey," He bends down to get on my level and kisses me on the forehead and messes with my hair a little.

"Hi," I say, taking a moment to admire his features. "Beetee needs a dead walker. You think you could get that for us?" I lean closer to his face.

Then, Peeta, careful of my wounds, scoops me out of the wheelchair and lies me on the bed. "I'll get you anything you need, but you need your rest. You still have to go with Clove and Johanna to question Gale and recover from your injury."

"I know, I know. I'll be alright here," I remind him, not wanting him to get to worried. He stares at me for a moment before leaning down to press his lips against mine. His hands touches my cheek and then he gets up.

"I'll be back soon. Get your rest before you talk with Gale again." He nods at me.

I wheel myself into the Lab checking to see if Beetee might need anything before I question Gale again. I'm not surprised when I see Rue in the room being inspected by Beetee.

"What are you doing?" I ask him looking at the lab report that he has written down.

"I'm looking at her bites and then I need to draw blood. It might be her certain blood type that prevents her from turning into a walker," He explains to me

"It might not be that because her parents were bitten and they turned. Most likely her parents were the same blood type as her," I suggest.

"True, but it is possible for her to have another blood type. Any other ideas?" He asks me

"Um, you could check if there was any abnormality in her DNA or scan her brain for any signs of difference."

He motions for me to grab the needle that is next to me. I take it in my hands and hand it to him after I'm done preparing it. I watch as he injects Rue with it.

"Thanks Katniss. I know you have other things to do, so you're free to go," He smiles at me

"I'll be back later, Beetee," I tell him as I'm leaving the room.

"I was wondering where you were. A couple more seconds, I would've been out looking for you," Johanna says while watching me wheel myself in the room. Clove sighs and gets up. She grabs my wheelchair and moves me closer to them.

"Johanna, you can't even help her in here," Clove smirks as she locks my chair into place.

Johanna shrugs as she gets up to get Gale. She goes into the closet and drags him out by the arm. She puts him in front of me and sits him up. He's awake, so atleast we won't have to have Johanna use her skills to wake him. Gale looks at me oddly.

"What do you people want now?" He asks us leaning back onto the wall.

"You don't ask us the questions, we ask you," Clove sternly reminds him. She folds her arms while looking at Gale intensely.

"Anyway, I just have a few questions Gale. First, do you know if this outbreak has a cure?"

He scoffs. "Unless you want to inject everybody who's alive and dead with the cure, I highly doubt you'll be able to do it."

"Wait, so there is a cure?"

"Of course there is. I don't know the specifics but it's not hard to make especially since you have Beetee," He comments

"Why inject both the living in the dead?" I curiously ask him, not understanding some things.

He rolls his eyes, which earns a slap to the head delivered by Johanna. "Ow!" He moans in pain. "To answer your question, this disease was let out before hand to infect everyone at the time. It's only when you die that you turn into a walker. We are all infected as of now, the only non infected that I know off is Delly, Snow, and Rue."

"Why wouldn't they give you the cure?"

He shrugs his shoulders. "I didn't know about this until the last moment."

I rub my eyes trying to piece together this information. "Do you know how Rue is not infected then?" I ask him this last question

"I don't know that answer. They didn't give her the cure. Something is different about the girl and that's what attracted Snow to her."

Hi guys! I how you enjoyed the chapter! Alright guys so this was an all over the place kind of chapter, we have Beetee figuring out the cure, Peeta checking on Katniss, Rue being examined, and more of questioning Gale. So tell me what was your favorite part of this chapter? What do you think will happen next time on The Evil Inside Us? You can tell me about this if you would be so kind as to leave a review telling me what you thought about this chapter. Pm me if you have any questions, comments, or concerns and I'll happily respond. Hope you enjoyed the chapter and I'll see y'all later :)

Also, I finally updated Secrets In The Shadows, I'm not sure if many saw this but make sure to give that story some love. It's getting pretty interesting :)

Two more things. First I just want to tell you guys that I'm in summer school for math because I failed my exam, but the good news about that is that I still have access to my computer, phone, etc and I only have a one hour class so it shouldn't affect my writings.

Last but not least, I saw The Fault In Our Stars yesterday, and I've never cried so hard in my life. I feel a little depressed after watching it but it was really good! I'm not good at handling sad sad movies but I wanted to see it atleast one time. It was a really good movie, stayed true to the book but I will never watch it again because I can't handle crying every time. Me and my best friend were just crying hard. And that's it so bye :)