Chapter 20
The inside of hovercraft is huge but also dark, there were very little lights there.
I keep forgetting that I have a stab wound on my leg because of the shock that I am in. The adrenaline makes me not feel the pain.
Suddenly, bunch of people are coming to me. I can't tell who they are but they were dressed like doctors.
"What's going on?" I ask as they put me on a table with wheels.
I don't get an answer so I begin to feel nervous.
I then felt an small pain in my arm coused by a needle being put there.
I lye my head down and as the doctors are taking the table somewhere, everything goes blurry.
My eyes feel so tried.
I close them but I tell myself that it will be just for a minute.
Just for a short bit, just for a second.
My senses are coming to me.
I hear a sound of a machine that counts heart rate,
I feel a soft bed.
My eyes are welcomed by a bright light coming from lamps. Everything seems blurry but just for a moment.
I then looked around to examine my location.
I'm in a hospital, no doubt about it. I have some tubes in my arms and a bandage on my leg,
And chest?
I look at my chest and can definitely feel some pain there. What happened?
I don't remember injuring my chest in any way.
I try not to think about that too much, I am sure no one here would do anything to hurt me since I already won.
I sit down and look at a shelf next to me, some of my stuff is lying there.
Necklace from Luster brings me a warm feeling. I glance at a wooden solider on a string that belonged to Noah, I forgot that I had it. Then I held a knife from Clove. I didn't think that they would let me take it from the arena, I bet one of my mentors convinced them.
I put it back on the shelf and try to think about what will happen next.
I honestly, never thought deeper about what will happen after the games.
Except, fame and pride ofcourse.
I am in a hospital now, what will happen after they let me out? I will probably go to the Capitol for crowing.
I can't wait, I can't wait to have my crown on my head and be officially a victor of 74th Hunger Games.
I feel joy only for a moment because they I remember about what happened on the arena.
It all came to an end, I still can't believe it.
Clove, Cato, Marina, Marvel, Max, Thresh, Katniss, Peeta,
They're all dead.
All 23 tributes are dead and I am the one who came out, I thought that this feeling would feel satisfying but it doesn't.
Everything that happened on the arena feels like a dream, now.
I think about my fight with Katniss.
I can't forget the look she gave me as she was about to fall down or all the words that she said. Katniss was determined and not a bad fighter, if she was a career, maybe we would have been friends.
My peace is interrupted by Ruby walking in. I was actually happy to see a familiar face.
"Ruby!"
"Hello, Glim."
She seemed to he pretty calm when she sat down next to me.
"Capitol seemed to be pretty satisfied with your performance." Ruby said.
"That's good." I was happy to hear that, I worked hard for it.
"That's great, you did great but you need to listen to me know." Her voice was pretty serious.
"They gave you boob surgery-"
"Excuse me?!" I cut her off.
"It was Pluto's idea, he thought that the audience would like you more like that."
Ruby didn't seem to like Pluto's decision but I don't think that there was much that she could do.
"Why did no one asked me-"
"Look, blondie, now that you're a victor, you will have to get used to know to the fact that no one will ask you if you want something."
I didn't know what to say, I thought that as a victor, I would have more choice. I guess, I will have to get used to it, it's not like I had more choice about my life before.
"Okay so, tomorrow, you will get crowned as a victor by Snow. Right after that, you will have an interview. There they will ask about stuff on games and show you videos of what happened there, you might get uncomfortable but you can't show it."
I nodded.
"What happens after that?" I ask.
"You go home, few months later, you have a victory tour."
"Sounds like a plan."
"The beginning is easy." She tells me.
"What about the rest?" I raise an eyebrow.
"The beginning of the rest is hard, you later get used it."
I didn't want to know what she meant exactly, the whole situation was new and scary, I want to rest as much as I can.
The rest of the day went calmly, Avoxes brought me food which wasn't the best thing that I ate but it was better than my food on the arena.
The next day, just like Ruby said, I left the hospital and went to the Justice Building.
I'm welcomed by Cashmere who immediately hugged me.
"Oh, I'm so glad that you're back!!" She was near crying, I hope these were tears of happiness.
"It's good to see you." I reply awkwardly.
"We're proud of you so much." She told me.
I glance at Gloss who seems to be smiling but I can see that he isn't entirely happy.
He spent more time with Marvel, he grew closer to him.
"I'm sorry about Marvel, I-"
I don't know why I felt guilty about him not being here, it's not like I killed him.
"It's okay, darling." She smiled through tears.
"We were all ready for the fact that only one of you can win." Gloss explained.
"Alright, alright! There's no time! Let's get you to the prep team!" Cashmere suggests.
I lost the bit of sympathy that I had for my prep team after the boob surgery. I can't believe that they did this to me.
I don't even make eye contact with Pluto, he seems to be more excited to see me than he was before the games.
I remember when he said that I can't win, I feel like splitting into his mouth.
"Alright, team! We have a lot of work to do!" He said.
"Do you have this necklace that you had on the arena?" Pluto asked me.
"Yeah, I do." I was wearing the necklace at that moment.
I was confused by the question.
"You're going to wear it, everyone who watched the games loved it!"
I sigh, my heart races knowing that soon I will stand face to face with President Snow and get crowned as a victor.
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