Lunalovesgood

Chapter 23: Nothing Left to Lose Athena Beeeeep! Beeeeep! Beeeeep! "You have got to be kidding me!" I hear Eleanor shriek. Suddenly, I see a pillow fly towards the alarm, though it continues its harsh blare. The lights switch on as they have every day for the past two weeks. Instead of getting up, I just lie still, staring up at the ceiling.The tears that drenched me last night do not appear. It's as if my eyes have completely dried up. Sorrow is replaced with a hollow feeling, as if a hole is gaping through my chest. And I know exactly what is missing, or rather, who. Samantha consumes my thoughts. I miss her more and more every day. Sh

I have heard the word. Holocaust. Plastered to the pages of the history books, as though it were only a story. Whispered in the fading voices of it's survivors, their withering hisses all to afraid to tell the whole truth. Perhaps their mind has eroded the memories for them. This happens, truly it does. Wouldn't that be nice? To forget? No. They cannot forget. We cannot forget. To forget would be to kill them all over again. Please, no. No more screams. No more red fireworks that come from the impact of bullet to flesh.  The mist of gas, the smell of rotting flesh that litters the cities and fogs up the mind. It penetrates the nose like not

Chapter 22: Alone and Afraid Eleanor Trying to go to sleep was impossible. Gimpy above me wouldn't stop making insubordinate sobbing noises, her metal arm clattering against the sides of the bed as she twisted and curled amongst the covers, wincing and moaning in her sleep. Honestly, she needs get over it. I'm not even sure who she wanted back so badly, but they couldn't be that important. I wanted to shove a rag in her mouth so I could get some sleep, but that new arm of hers made me uneasy. I saw her burn a hole through a guy with a simple flick of a wrist. I'm sure I could take her out anyway, but I am far too tired and uncaring to bot

Chapter 21: The Last Rescue Athena Did I feel betrayed? A little. It's not as if I knew Alec. He was just Gale's annoying assistant.There was bound to be a traitor in that huge underground district. I guess I had just not expected someone so high up. But betrayal is nothing compared to the dread that consumes me.We had all noticed a far greater problem the second the hovercraft doors had shut. Samantha is not here. None of the families are here. Not only had we been betrayed, but tricked as well, and now we are headed back into those horrid Games again, all the while our families lie hidden somewhere in the Capitol scared and alone and sti