The Evil Inside Us

By Elizthewiz

Chapter 18

I feel the tears running down my face as I knock on his door at 12 in the morning. I try to wipe them from my face because I don't want him to see me this upset. When I hear the door open, I feel relived. I knew he would be up, he's always up at this time answering my phone calls, listening to me vent or vice versa.

"Katniss?" Peeta asks me in a concerned voice.

It takes all my power not to burst out into any more tears I have left to produce. "Do you have any drinks?" I ask him.

"I have beer if that's what you want?" He opens the door wider, enough for me to let myself inside his apartment.

I go straight for his refrigerator and grab a couple of beers before I walk to the living room to put them down on the table. "You're drinking with me. Wait till you hear what he did now," I plopped down on the couch and started sipping on the drink.

"Gale is an asshole," Is how I start off my long rant. "I come home from the CDC to hear a long argument about how I shouldn't pursue a career with long hours because I won't have time with him or my family, which is ridiculous because I know what I'm getting into and I know how to balance my job between family and friends. So that argument led to how I spend more time with my friends then I spend with him which again is ridiculous because I gave up living with Annie and Madge to move in with him, so I see him everyday and we do stuff at home."

I take a breath and sip on my drink again. "And then we somehow started arguing about you, like how I manage to make time for you but I can't do anything for him like I do for you," I mumble to myself and then chug the rest of my drink down.

"You don't see me everyday like you used to, so I don't see why he has an issue when we hang out, but in the end he's you're boyfriend. Gale loves you and I think he's missing going out with you on dates," Peeta says looking at me.

I sigh, and grab another drink. "I could try more but I can not take the arguments anymore. They are so repetitive over the smallest things. Sometimes I think off breaking up with him because it's so much."

"Kat, I know you love Gale but you have to listen to yourself and decide if you want to make it work or if you want to be miserable,"

I stare at him with tears in my eyes and realize that he is right. So I bury my head in his chest to find a source of comfort. He rubs my back and plays with my hair until I calm down a bit. Peet has always been so good to me. It's a nice feeling to actually feel loved by someone.

"Katniss?" Prim asks me as she walks up to my desk. "When can Rue come out? I miss her."

I run the top of her head, slightly messing it up. "She'll be out soon. Beetee's just looking for something that she may have," I keep my explanation very short. She doesn't understand most of the things that are going on at the moment and I rather her not know much.

"Katniss, I'm not stupid. I may be 14, maybe even 15, I still don't know what month it is, but I just want to know how Rue is doing," She gets to the point.

I sigh and start rubbing my head. "I know you're not stupid, some things are not for you to know yet. She's fine, great even," I tell her as I finish writing some thing for Beetee. "Hey do you know where Haymitch is?" I ask her

She shrugs. "Last saw him outside today. He's probably going back to the farm today, you know to accompany Mags."

"Speaking of Mags, I need to see if she'll let me start walking again. I'm tired of sitting all day doing nothing," I say wheeling myself to the shelves to grab a book.

"It's been a few weeks, I think you're fine. I'll get you something to help your wound," Prim says

"It's alright Prim, I'll just get someone to help me walk tonight. Soon I'll be back in the game, but until then I'll stay here working on a cure."

She stands up and starts to walk towards the door as I start to place my papers filled with research away.

"You know Kat, they need you. The whole group needs you because without you on your feet this group is nothing. I've noticed it when Peeta had his leg amputated, and I notice it now when you've gotten shot. Please just get better," She says one more time before exiting the room.

"Brainless!" I hear Johanna call my name as I wheel myself down the hall. "We have some things to talk about."

She grabs my wheel chair and brings me to the elevator. She proceeds to press the button and push me into it.

"So you see, I have a little problem. Actually we all have a problem. We're running out of food, and gas. Plus we have no idea what to do-"

"Since I'm stuck in a wheelchair?" I say interrupting her. "Look Jo, I know everyone's having a rough time with me not being there to get y'all working but you still have Peeta. Besides I'm still here doing behind the scenes work. Trust me I want to get back to kicking walker's asses as soon as possible."

"But you see Katniss, you haven't been outside for awhile. It's kinda shocking, but I'll show you," She says as the elevator opens again.

She wheels me towards the door and I try to stop her. Does she not realize the danger of just stepping out?

"Calm down," She insists as she pushes me outside. "It's very quite around here. I've seen no signs of walkers for the past week and it's rubbing me the wrong way," She says while squatting down to take a seat on the ground.

"Maybe few have made it here?" I suggest, confused on why this interests her

"Katniss, a few weeks when we came here, we caused a big ruckus. The sound attracts them, so there should be a lot of those assholes outside, but they're not. I fell asleep out here on accident and not a single walker was out here all over me by the time I woke up. Something is going on,"

I'm not sure how to process what Johanna is telling me. One part of me absolutely thinks she's going nuts, but the other side of me sees her points that she's making. It does seem strange. It's great that they aren't here attacking us, but it isn't normal.

I look at Johanna and study her face. She seems to be alright, but I can tell she's tired and even scared. It's not some thing I like to see.

"I'll figure it out. Let's just go back inside,"I tell her

"I know you'll figure it out. You always do."

Hey guys! I actually did uploaded this on Sunday like I expected. Even though this is out later then I expected. So I always forget to mention the characters or include them in the chapters more, so I'm going to try to dedicate some chapters to one or two characters to add more to the storyline. Some big things will happen soon guys. Let's just say we haven't really had a character death in a while... Anyway don't worry about that too much. So if you enjoyed this chapter please leave a review telling me what you thought about it. PM me if you have any questions,comments, or concerns. If you want to talk to me about certain things in the story don't be afraid to PM me. See you guys later :)

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