TRIS:
The bullet ricocheted off of the wall next to Gale. He should have shot straighter. He usually does. I looked at him, bewildered.
"Tobias, please! Look at me." I said. An arrow then all of a sudden zipped toward me in blinding speed. I had barely enough time to see Katniss with a bow and arrow notched at my head when Tobias pushed me out of the way and knocked us both down.
"Go." He said simply. He pulled me up and out through the door frame, grabbed my hand, and dragged me across a field of houses. I felt weak, a headache throbbing in my head; stiffness in my shoulder.
The houses were placed in a U formation and there was a gate in the front. Victor's Village, it said. We ran straight through it. I was running blindly, unaware of where he was taking me. I looked back for a second to see if Katniss and Gale followed us. They weren't there. I don't know if I'm supposed to be glad that they couldn't keep up or angry that Tobias interrupted me trying to get information about this seemingly different world.
We ran across, what seemed to be an empty market place, a soldier meeting area. There were soldiers in sleek, built white uniforms that looked like body armor, patrolling the grounds. Peacekeepers, I thought. Tobias stopped me behind a run down house. We crouched down, trying to catch our breath.
"Where the hell are we going?" I asked. I wanted to go back. We could have had some security, a place to stay for a night or two.
"We're going back into the woods. We have to head to this place, remember?" he said. He pulled out a paper map that had quick, sketch drawing that consisted of a big circular section with train tracks surrounding it, like a big city. There were indicated rectangles that represented skyscrapers. One labelled President Snow. Another labelled Plutarch Heavensbee. In the middle of the map, a building was drawn with circular standings around it. Soldiers. There were roads out of the building, interconnecting with different houses along the way and then ending at the borders of the map. It looked like any ordinary map besides the strange names. I recognized President Snow's name because of Katniss. Then out of the corner of my eye, I noticed a star on one of the houses far right, almost hanging off of the map. It's label was Cinna.
I looked up at him. There were a scar at his lip and a couple of scratches on his forehead. The circles under his eyes were more prominent than usual.
"How long?" I asked. He looked at me in understanding.
"Since you ran after the girl in the woods. You probably didn't realize it but you ran a lot farther than you thought." he said. The corners of his eyes started to crinkle. "I couldn't keep up."
I laughed nervously. "No surprise."
He grew serious again. He squeezed my shoulders. "Don't ever run away like that again. As many times as I tell you, you never listen. At least next time, tell me so I can follow." His eyes were desperate. Worried.
"Okay." I said softly. We locked eyes for perhaps a minute or two. He stretched out his hand to pull me into a kiss and right before our lips met, I hesitated.
"What is it?" he asked, questionably.
"That house you broke into, that's where Katniss lived." I said. He raised his eyebrows. "The girl. Her name is Katniss."
"How'd you find out her name? Let me guess, tying her down? Shooting her arm? Straight up attacking her?" he asked. I turned away.
"I sat in a chair and she told me." I couldn't look at him.
"Really?" He asked. I nodded, feeling both bothered that I was so submissive and that he couldn't accept that I had common sense. I was about to tell him just how bothered I was, until we heard shouting coming from the direction of the soldiers. We peered a little out behind the house and saw the peacekeepers running toward the direction we ran from.
That means Katniss and Gale were going to get caught sooner or later. I didn't know how I felt about that. But I shoved that thought deep in the back of my mind. I had already felt the clocking ticking silently in my head. Tick, tock, tick tock. We were running out of time.
Without thinking, I grabbed Tobias's hand and continued running toward the woods. We raced and jumped over barrels and boxes. We ran around houses, quickly and quietly avoiding people. Out in front of us, laid the electric fence. Tobias once said that the fence was similar to where we lived. The Factions. Wrought around, closing us in, charged with electric power. The leaders told us it was to protect us.
Fools. If only they saw this.
We reached the fence. Tobias climbed in between the wires first and then turned around to help me when we heard shouts. I turned and saw the peacekeepers yelling and pointing something at us. Guns.
Tobias immediately pulled a gun out and shot at the nearest peacekeeper heading our way. He swirled to my left and shot another peacekeeper. Straight through the heart. More shouts and yells were coming. Some held up tasers, releasing little sparks of electricity here and there. What is this place?
He pulled me over the wires and hand in hand, we disappeared into the woods.
END OF CHAPTER 3.
Author's Note: Sorry that this chapter was so short. I've been extremely busy, especially with exams so sorry for the late update! But pay attention closely to the hints I've dropped. It might hint to what's coming in the next chapters and what this story is truly about. Thanks so much!