Blinding, agonising pain. That's all I feel.
I bite back screams.
In the distance, I hear someone shrieking. 'FINNICK!'
Oh, Annie, why are they hurting you? You're just a sweet, innocent girl.
More screaming comes from the other direction, wordless and yet filled with torment. That must be Johanna. I wish I could tell her to stay strong.
I wrestle against the restraints. A dark, shadowy figure enters the room, along with the overpowering stench of something...like a flower. A rose. Roses.
Snow.
As the next wave of pain rolls through me, I cry out, unable to contain the torture. Evil laughter is heard. Or is that me? Why am I laughing? No, I'm not laughing, I'm screaming, screaming louder than anything, anyone, my pain echoing off the pure white walls. I'm surrounded by white - everything seems so unreal. Glittering, sparkling, shiny.
As the third wave of venom travels through me, I continue screaming. But, like Annie, I cry out for the only person I've ever truly loved.
'KATNISS!' Her name echoes on the walls, echoes on my voice, and echoes in my mind.
'KATNISS! KATNISS, I LOVE YOU!'
I hold onto her memory then. Because this almost unbearable suffering has only one escape, through my mind, back to her. Seeing her outside the bakery. In school. Plucking dandelions and braiding her hair. Then I remember the cave, when she was with me, kissing me, holding me, nursing me.
And I remember how much I love her.
Before it's gone forever.
As the agony becomes too much, and I slip into unconsciousness, I think only one thing.
I will never love her the same way again.