Catching Fire #10

Catching Fire

Pg. 139-150

3/28/11

Summary: Katniss is about to kill the Peacekeeper who had her mockingjay, when another voice speaks from behind her. Katniss orders the other Peacekeeper to come around where Katniss can see her, only to find a harmless girl who seems to be injured. Katniss puts her bow and arrow down, and finds out that these two girls are from District 8! She realizes that this is the perfect time to get the inside scoop on the uprising, and starts asking the girls questions. The two girls, Twill and Bonnie, are not Peacekeepers, but rather stole the uniforms from the factory they both worked at. Twill and Bonnie both escaped form the uprising shortly after the factory they were working in blew up and killed all of their family. They are expected to be dead from the explosion, so they thought this would be the perfect time to run away from District 8, and head to the unknown District 13. Katniss brings the starving girls inside, and gives them some well needed food before returning to the conversation of the uprising. Twill and Bonnie explain to Katniss that they’ve been hearing rumors about people still living underground in District 13, out of harm’s way, after the bombings a while back. Katniss highly doubts that there are people in District 13, but simply doesn’t want to break the girls hearts after coming this far. She decides to help the girls in their journey by giving them the rest of her catch from the day, and teaching Twill and Bonnie how to hunt and build a fire. After, Katniss has to return home before anybody gets suspicious about her actions. Twill and Bonnie thank Katniss for all that she has done for them, and they go their own ways. On the way back home, Katniss mind is spinning out of control for all of the things Twill and Bonnie had mentioned. All that comes to her mind is how much President Snow has played her to keep Katniss from impacting any other Districts. Day time is fading for Katniss, and she picks up the pass to get to her house before dusk. However, when Katniss walks up to the fence, she is “jerked” back from the buzz indicating that the fence is alive with electricity!