The Hunger Games: Catching Fire Page #3

How else could you taste everything?

I think it's time for a dance.

Katniss?

People are starving in 12.

Here, they're just throwing it up

to stuff more in.

Katniss? Peeta.

This is Plutarch Heavensbee.

Head Gamemaker.

Successor to Seneca Crane.

That's a tough act to follow.

Peeta!

May I?

Please.

So how do you like the party?

It's a little overwhelming.

It's appalling-

Still, if you abandon your

moral judgment, it can be fun.

So are you having fun?

I'm the Head Gamemaker. Fun is my job.

Thought that was what happened

to Seneca Crane.

Too much fun.

Seneca decided to quit breathing.

Decided.

It was that or poison berries.

Being Head Gamemaker has never been

the most secure job in the world.

Then why are you here?

Same reason as you. I volunteered.

VVhy?

Ambition.

The chance to

make The Games mean something.

The Games don't mean anything.

They only mean to scare us.

Well, maybe it was you

who inspired me to come back.

The Presidential welcome.

I'm sure we'll meet again.

Katniss, come. The President awaits.

You think we convinced him?

I'm not sure what else we can do.

Tonight, on this, the

last day of their tour,

I want to welcome our two Victors.

Two young people who embody our ideals

of strength and valor.

And I, personally, want

to congratulate them

on the announcement

of their engagement.

Your love has inspired us.

And I know it will go on inspiring us

every day

for as long as you may live.

Look at them.

She's not who they think she is.

She's not a leader.

She just wants to save her own skin.

It's as simple as that.

I think that's true.

But she's become

a beacon of hope for the rebellion.

And she has to be eliminated.

I agree she should die.

But in the right way.

At the right time.

It's moves and countermoves.

That's all we gotta look at.

Katniss Everdeen is a symbol.

Their Mockingjay.

They think she's one of them.

We need to show that she's one of us.

We don't need to destroy her.

Just the image.

Then we let the people do the rest.

What do you propose?

Shut down the black markets.

Take away what little they have.

Then double the amount of

floggings and executions.

Put them on TV. Broadcast them live.

Sow fear. More fear.

It won't work. Fear does not work

as long as they have hope.

And Katniss Everdeen

is giving them hope.

She's engaged.

Make everything about that.

What kind of dress is she gonna wear?

Floggings.

What's the cake gonna look like?

Executions.

Who's gonna be there? Fear.

Blanket coverage.

Shove it in their faces.

Show them that she is one of us now.

They're gonna hate her so much

they might just kill her for you.

Brilliant.

When did you...

We need to talk.

Where are we gonna run away?

Into the woods.

Like we always talked about.

If we leave right now, we can be

far away from here by tonight.

Yeah, who's "we"?

You, me and your fianc?

It's not just me and Peeta any more.

Snow threatened to have you killed.

Anyone else?

Well, he didn't exactly

give me a copy of the list

but a good guess,

it includes both of our families.

Unless what?

You and Peeta get married?

Unless nothing now.

Gale, we can do it.

You said yourself that we could do it

the morning of the Reaping.

What do you say now?

Do you love me?

Gale, you know how I feel about you.

But I can't think about anyone

that way right now.

The only thing that I can think about

every day, every waking moment

since the Reaping, is how afraid I am.

There's no room for anything else.

But maybe, if we got away from here,

if we went somewhere safe,

it could be different.

I could be different.

You think maybe the

President's bluffing?

He's not bluffing.

Not with what's going

on in the districts.

What do you mean?

What did you see?

There were people fighting

in the streets, and fires,

and Peacekeepers were gunning

them down, but the people were...

What? The people were what?

They were fighting back.

It's happening-

It's finally happening.

I should've just eaten the berries in the

arena and died like I was supposed to.

Then everything would be back to normal

and everyone would be safe.

Safe for what?

To starve? Work like slaves?

Send their kids to the Reaping?

You haven't hurt people, Katniss.

You've given them an opportunity.

They just have to be

brave enough to take it.

There's already talk in the mines.

People wanna fight.

We have to go, Gale,

before they kill us.

They Will kill us.

What about the other families?

The ones who stay.

What happens to them?

- People are looking to you, Katniss.

- I don't want anyone looking to me.

I can't help them.

You do what you want.

I'm staying here.

Commander Thread,

welcome to District 12.

Let's get to work.

- Let's go! Keep moving!

- Stay close!

Find and clear.

Burn all contraband.

Let me go!

Ripper!

My eye!

I'm gonna get you out of here.

No!

Leave her be! Stop!

No!

In the square.

Here.

Yeah, hold that on there.

No!

No! No! Stop!

Katniss!

It's okay.

Just go. It's okay.

Move.

You want another?

Go ahead.

- Get out of my way!

- No, you don't want to shoot her.

How about I shoot both of you?

Look, Commander, you're new here.

Trust me, I'm trying to help you.

I'm Haymitch.

You recognize her? Katniss Everdeen.

Darling of The Capitol.

She interfered with a Peacekeeper.

I never said she was smart.

Look, you already got

a couple of lashes in, right?

That's not good enough.

She's an agitator.

- Easy, easy.

- Look...

You're sure Snow

wants three dead Victors here?

Because that's what we're looking at.

It's bad enough that you marked up her

face on the eve of the big wedding.

Let it go. And we will, too.

All right.

Okay.

But next time, it's the firing squad.

Excellent idea.

I don't care who she is.

Clear the square!

You're all under curfew.

Anyone out after dark

will be shot on sight.

Get 'em outta here.

It's Gale.

Get him here.

Here we go.

Really easy. Up, UP-

Okay.

Okay. Thanks.

New Head Peacekeeper.

Not entirely peaceful.

Missed your eye.

Doesn't need stitches.

- Make a snow coat.

- Peeta, get the snow. I'll grind the herbs.

What is that? That's hurting him.

He needs morphling.

It's okay.

Mom. No. I'll do it.

Oh, God.

Hold him, please.

That's better.

- Hey, Catnip.

- Hey.

Thought you'd be gone by now.

I'm not going anywhere.

I'm gonna stay right here.

Cause all kinds of trouble.

Me, too.

Hey.

You wanna get some rest?

I can look after him for a while.

I'm gonna go get him more snow.

Hey.

How's your eye?

It's not my eye that's bothering me.

How can we live like this?

How can anybody live like this?

It's not living, but...

Since the last Games,

something is different.

I can see it.

What can you see?

Hope.

You understand that whatever I do

comes back to you and Mom.

I don't want you to get hurt.

You don't have to protect me. Or Mom.

We're with you.

I love you.

I love you, too.

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