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Hector Alexander:

It was frekin cold, and not the dry, nippy; cold with an edge. This kind of cold made you lose feeling in your fingers and cold, the actual bone in the center of all of that flesh was the only aching in the hand surrounded by numbness. I huddled down into the front of jacket biting the little flap that sticks up in front of my face. Stupid move, now the wet bit rubs up against my chin chapping it and aggravating me furrther. At least I had a hat on, without that my earlobes would've fallen off after they frosted over.

The cold was not going away though and I was in town to buy food, so there was no wussing out. I'd gotten the broccoli, picked up some bread, I just needed somthing else, so I was walking around until I turned the corner and saw an apple booth, which was perfect. It reminded me of earlier days hanging out with a friend who I don't get a long with any more, trying to blow rings with the hot air from our breath.

I noticed a girl moving a lot quicker than the freezing people around her, but she slowed as she approched the booth. A women who I guess was the owner, sat behind the counter looking straight at the ground, completly oblivous. The girl ran up quickly, her lack of height working to her advantage, since the keeper couldn't see the girl over the cart. She herded the apples into her bag and scurried off. I rolled my eyes, I'd been young too, and then I suddenly felt old. Shaking the creepy feeling off I walked up to the cart paid the women what I thought the girl had taken, she didn't notice until the cash was on the table right in front of her, then she snatched it up without a second glance. Tracking the little girl was a pain but a finally found her and when I did I snuck up behind her flipped open the top of her bag, took an apple, tapped on her shoulder, and when she turned around I took a big juicy bite.

((Sorry if u thought I was powerplaying. U said that she grabbed the apples and ran off so I just described it more in depth from Hectors point of view. My bad though))

Hector Alexander:

The girl turned around too face her thief, looking up at Hector like she'd been slapped by a stranger. Hector felt bad instantly and had to change his plan, this little girl's eyes seemed like Hector had hurt her. He felt bad that he'd forced that mouth to be anything other than a smile. Then she said that that was her apple, why did he take her apple??

He looked right down at the girl and introduced himself. "Hi, I'm Hector, your hungry arn't you? Well stealing isn't the best way to get your food, but sometimes its the only way isn't it? I paid for your apples, keep 'em, but you should only steal from people who don't really need it. I can show you if you want, but it seems like your an expert at getting what you want arnt you?"

Hector felt like a dick to be honest. He was wording this way too harshly, and since when was he some kind of parent. He was only 16!! But Hecto hoped the girl understood he was doing somthing nice, he paid for her apples, and now was offering to help her get some real food...

Hector:

The girl was getting really upset, but she was losing her hold on Hector. If she had started to blame him for being mean, and went on about hungry she was Hector would've felt bad. An adorable little girl, calling the person she stole from fat, just didn't have the same charm as that she had when she was looking adorable.

"Look why don't you tell me your name and I'll show you who reallly needs to be stolen from ok? That women there paid somone else for those apples, so she needs every dollar she can get. But there are people that need to be stolen from, and they're a lot more challanging, and a helluva lot more fun. You say your good, lets see it, I'm giving you a challange."

The girl slowly started grinning in realization as she went through her thoughts on what Hector was proposing. Hecot smiled as she agreed, and he told her his evil plan. An evil plan that was right in so many ways.

"Right so now that it's winter the Captiol is sending a train through to collect furs, and already made coats to take back because its a little chilly in the Rockies. That train coming through though has already gone to the other disticts that are farther east than us, which just happen to include 10, and 11 where all the food is grown. If we somhow get a way onto that train we can take as much food as we can carry. I'm not sure what we'll face though, it could be completly unguarded, or their could be a peacekeeper after ever corner. I just don't know so, what do ya think, are you still in??"

Hector Alexander:

"Follow me" We were heading to the train station. I wasn't sure what day the train was coming in, but I knew that it came this week, and that it wasn't here yet. We walked past all the dirty factories, and I had a mini coughing fit as I breathed in a little to much smog.

It was sad that the district was so dirty, I didn't even understand why it was dirty. Why did making coats take coal and gas, and smoke? Somthing had to be done, one day, one day soon, it would start to affect the sheep. And then wool prices would go down, no one would want the meat, and the district would collapse.

"Lets hurry to the station, I don't like this part of town."

Red Jameson:

She didn't know where the train station was, well could one really expect her too? This girl was eight, she was the youngest thief Hector had ever met, and definatly one of the best. If she wasn't sure where we were that could be even better. The more helpless the girl appeared for the sake of the plan the better. We were almost at there now so soon the two of us were going to make our move.

"It's 2 minutes away, and on the far side of town, you think it would be nice seeing that the Capitolites see the part of town a lot, but its not. It might be the worst, all the bums in the district live near the tracks."