Katniss
I can barely look at the screen, it's becoming difficult.

"How could I let this happen!" Kolton yanks at his hair.

"Hey," Talisa says in a hushed tone. "This is not your fault."

"Not my fault? I was the one who let her go up there by herself! That should have been me. I insisted that she went up there all because I said it would be easier for me to lift her. She could have picked me up just fine. I don't even know what the hell happened. Was she attacked by one tribute? Or the career pack?" Kolton mumbles as he examines Raina's back wounds.

She remains unconscious. Maybe that's best for her.

I remember Gale being in a similar situation. The whipping. Laying lifeless on his stomach in my kitchen while Prim pours alcohol over his gashed body. Looking at him with teary eyes. Peeta comforting me.

"Why don't you ask her when she wakes up? What did you hear from up there?" asks Roman.

Kolton carefully pours drops of water onto each open wound on her body and doesn't answer the question.

"These must be from the thorns that surround the maze wall." Talisa concludes.

"Looks more like barbed wire did this." Roman adds.

The wounds on her back are morbid. They start off looking like chickenpox, but instead of circles, they look like little "v" shapes all over her. You can tell that something has pierced her due to the flabs of skin that stick out underneath.

No one knows what happened, but Peeta, Finnick and I do.

"I'll be back." Finnick states angrily, as he rises from the sofa.

"Where are you going?" I ask him.

"That girl needs medicine as fast as possible. We will send it as soon as they open the communication device. Sponsors are lined up out the door."

I put my attention back to the games.

Talisa hands our sponsor gift over to Kolton.

"Such a determined girl. After all she endured, she still got it." Talisa smiles.

Kolton takes a look at the metal box, which is covered in smeared blood.

"I want to wait until Raina wakes up. She should be the one to open it." Kolton smiles down at the parachute in his hands.

"What if it's something we need? Food? Medicine? Something we could use now?" Roman protests.

"Well, then I guess we will just have to wait it out. Don't touch the gift until Raina opens it."

Roman scowls, and retreats back to his sleeping area.

Raina

My eyes feel glued shut, and it takes me a moment to open them. I feel a damp shirt on my forehead. I take it off and sit up from laying on my stomach. I regret it, as a sharp pain floods through me. It has felt much worse earlier.

"Try not to move, you'll make it worse." I hear Talisa's voice.

I look at my hands. They've been washed, but a faint blood stain has worked its way into my skin. My arm is wrapped with gauze, and my back feels like they've been brutally stabbed with knives. I don't know what hurts more.

Roman notices me awake and takes one of the torches from the wall, rushing over.

"How long have I been out?" I question, gladly taking a sip of water from Talisa.

"A couple days." she answers.

I glance around the scenery. They must have traveled further down the underground path. I notice Kolton sleeping beside me.

"He fell asleep a few minutes ago. First time since the incident." states Roman.

"So what was inside the metal box?" I ask.

Roman rolls his eyes, and throws the nearest pair of nightglasses at Kolton, waking him up.

"She's awake, pretty boy."

He bolts up from his spot. His eyes immediately find mine.

"God, it's been days. I thought you wouldn't wake up." he crawls over to the unopened metal box, and then works his way over to me.

"Go ahead." he holds it out in my direction to take.

"You mean you didn't open it?"

"He insisted we wait for you." Roman says.

"Well go ahead, see what Katniss, Peeta and Finnick sent." I say.

"You brainless. We waited so that you could do it. You went through hell to get it." Talisa takes the water from my hand and brushes my loose hair behind my ear.

Why are they pampering me? Then I remember the events that put me in this condition. The hole, the dirt, thorns, the career.

The girl I killed.

My hands go up to grab on my hair and my breathing becomes difficult.

"Woah, what's wrong with her?" Roman adjusts the torch light in his hand.

I killed someone.

But she was trying to kill you.

She didn't do a very good job since she was ten times my size!

"Hey, it's okay. What happened, do you want to tell us?"

"I-" I cough through tears.

They're all patient with me as I continue coughing my lungs out.

I look at each of their faces once before trying to start again.

"I killed her. I killed her!"

I then wait a moment before calming down.
I tell them what happened in detail. As I'm sure all of Panem knows already.
Katniss watched me suffer. And it was out of her capability to help me.

The second I finish explaining, I hold a finger up.

"I don't want your pity."

"Okay, no pity. But 37 times? Damn, Raina." replies Roman.

I don't answer. I already said that I didn't want her death to be slow. Although it was gruesome.

Kolton waits a little while before handing me the sponsor gift.

They all watch me with intensity as I clip open the box.

"Holy shit." Roman stares at the set of machines.

"What! What is it?" asks Talisa.

They look like little ear plugs. All are color coordinated. A pile of remotes lay near the bottom.
I life one up and examine it closely.
The buttons match the color of the plugs.
There is also a green button, that says "all," and a sunset orange button that says, "K+P."

I flip, knowing what this might possibly be.
Could I talk to Katniss and Peeta?

"Everyone choose a color and put them in your ears." I say, excitedly.

I grab the first color I see, which is purple.
Kolton grabs blue, Roman black, and Talisa pink.
These plugs are surprisingly comfortable.
The box has extra colors and extra remotes.
Convenient if we lose something.

I turn the "on" button with my remote, and a little beep noise occurs.

I press the blue button and talk through it.

"I can hear you inside the plugs." Kolton whispers back and presses the purple button, causing his words to project back into my ears.

"Everyone, be quiet for a minute!" I practically shout.

I let out a deep breath, and press the orange button.

"Hello?" I speak into it.

"Raina!" I hear a sexy masculine voice say my name back into the earpiece.
That could only be Katniss's lover, Peeta.
I clasp my good hand over my mouth and smile.