Chapter 7
Panem- Next Day- Jack's POV
We all went to our air crafts. Each District in their own craft. We flew to another building and went in our separate directions. Each one going into our own rooms where their tube would be. The tube goes up into the arena of course.
Cina went with Katniss, Effie went with Peeta, Haymitch went with Jane, and I was alone. I didn't mind though. I was as ready as I could be. I was a bit afraid but I was ready.
"Ten seconds," a voice rang.
I went into my tube and the clear door shut behind me. The floor began to move up. We all appeared in the middle of water. We looked at the Cornucopia, where the weapons were. I saw two bows, two sheaths full with arrows, three swords, a trident, and some other materials. A countdown clock was at the top it was at fifteen seconds before we could go.
Haymitch told us if we moved off too soon, a few mines would kill us. I looked at Peeta and he gestured to the Cornucopia indicating we needed to go there.
I heard the deep ticking of the clock get louder as we reached five seconds. I got in my ready stance but spaced enough so I wouldn't trip the mines. The giant bang was released and we all jumped into the water. Peeta was about to about to reach the island when an attack grabbed him.
I had reached the island and grabbed one bow and a sheath of arrows. Katniss came up and grabbed her bow and arrows. Finnick came up grabbed his trident.
Katniss readied an arrow and looked at Finnick. He showed Katniss his gold bracelet. It was actually Haymitch's bracelet that Effie got for him to match Katniss' pin.
"Duck," he said and we both did.
He threw his trident over us and hit a guy who was running toward us, killing him. Jane had joined us and grabbed a sword. We looked for Peeta and found him just as he was yanked underwater by another tribute.
We heard a cannon and a body floated to the surface. It wasn't much longer before Peeta came to the surface. He swam over and grabbed a sword himself. Mags had joined us.
"Hey Finnick, what happened to the two other tributes?" Jane asked.
"They couldn't swim. So when they had to jump into the water, they unfortunately drowned," he said sadly.
"I'm sorry, Finnick," Peeta said.
"It's fine, we just need to move," Finnick said and we did.
We moved forward for a long while until Peeta chopped at what looked like more vines and trees. But he hit a force field and was sent flying back.
We all ran over. Katniss felt for a breath and exclaimed, "He's not breathing!"
Finnick ran over and began pounding on his chest and breathing into his mouth to pump his lungs. Katniss kept mumbling some things that Jane and I couldn't quite understand. We looked at Peeta worried.
He began to cough and his eyes opened. "Peeta!" Katniss exclaimed. "Oh thank god Peeta!"
He looked her and said, "I'm okay, I'm okay."
"Can you stand up?" she asked. He nodded and she helped him stand up slowly.
We walked on from there. Katniss took some rocks and other small objects and threw it in front of her and to the side so check where the force field was.
We found a place to rest when we heard the beeping. Katniss looked up and saw a parcel floating down towards us. Katniss opened it and read the card. It said, Drink up –H. She looked at the gift and said, "I think it's a spile."
She dug it into a tree and fresh water began to pour out after a minute or so. Katniss began to drink and we all took turns drinking the fresh water. After we were all done, Katniss took it out of the tree and put it in a safe spot.
The sun was going down and Katniss decided she would take first watch. The rest of us lied down to try to get some rest.
I wake up as soon as I hear Katniss yelp in pain. Jane and I were the first up and woke the others up.
"Run, the fog is poison!" she exclaimed and we all began running Mags was on Finnick's back.
We were running and running but Finnick was lagging behind with the extra wait on his back.
Obviously knowing this, Mags wriggled free off of Finnick's back and gave Finnick an encouraging squeeze of their hands. With that she dashed into the fog. It wasn't long before we heard the familiar boom of the cannon.
Katniss told Finnick we have to keep going and Finnick reluctantly ran with us. Jane and I were barely touched by the fog. Only our heels were scorched by it.
We kept running we passed something because the fog began to stop as if it hit a barrier and disperse. Katniss put her hand is a small pond of water. The poison that was on her hand began to soak out and heal. Peeta did the same and they helped Finnick get the poison off of him. Jane and I put out poisoned heels in the water and the poison left our bodies.
"Peeta can you go get our weapons?" Katniss asked.
He nodded and went to get them. Jane and I had held onto our when we went to heel our feet. When he got back, he noticed something surrounded us. We stood up and looked at the monkeys. Finnick and Katniss got up and grabbed their own weapons.
Katniss notched an arrow and so did I. One monkey attack and Peeta killed at. The other monkeys followed and we had to attack.
I shot one arrow, killing on monkey and quickly grabbed the arrow and shot it at another. I did this multiple times before we decided to fall back and run. I left that one arrow I used back in the one monkey I had killed last. We found the beach and passed the boarders of the forest and onto the beach.
We looked back and watched the monkeys stopped their pursuit and we going back into the forest. We looked around and saw Johanna, Beetee, and Wiress coming out covered in some liquid.
We ran over and Johanna told us how they were walking when what they thought was rain came down. Only it wasn't rain, it was blood.
Wiress kept talking about a clock. "What's wrong with her?" Katniss asked.
"She's in shock," Beetee answered. "Do you have water?"
"We can get some," Katniss answered.
After everyone got their water, we went over to the Cornucopia island. We heard the roar of a giant wave and looked over to see a massive tsunami wave coming down hill. You could hear a few screams before you heard the sound of eight cannons go off.
We all added the cannons up in our head. It equaled twenty-seven meaning there were twenty one of us left, including our group. The tsunami wave was about to hit the island but another field pushed the water away.
We began to talk about the positions of each attack. Wiress kept saying, "Tick tock, tick tock, and follow the clock." Katniss walked over to Wiress hearing what she was saying. "Tick tock, tick tock, goes the clock."
"Tick tock, tick tock," she gave a look of understanding. "Wiress you're a genius!" She ran over to us where we were drawing the different positions. "You guys, Wiress figured it out. It's a clock. Each sector has its own threat that goes on for an hour," Katniss explained.
"And the tree would be midnight and noon," Beetee said. "Then it must go, blood rain, poisonous fog, monkeys, Jabberjays, we don't know five to six, the mutated cat, we still don't know seven through ten, the tsunami, the noisy insects, and then back to the lightning tree."
"So what do we do?" Peeta asked.
"If I can connect my wire to the tree and the beach, we can electrocute any one on the beach or in the water," Beetee said.
We heard the sound of the pain filled gasp. We turned around and saw a man taking his weapon out of the dead Wiress. Katniss shot him with an arrow before I could do a thing.
The next thing we all know the island begins to spin fast. I'm able to get a hold of a rock but I saw Jane pass me. I grabbed her hand and she held on tight. I saw Johanna holding onto Katniss but she loses her grip and Katniss falls into the water.
The island slows down, and we all begin looking for Katniss. I still had my bow and arrows thankfully. I kept searching with the rest of the group for any sign of Katniss. We all turn our head when we hear gasping and coughing.
Katniss had come up from the water and was making her way to the island. We all ran over with Peeta desperately helping her onto the island.
"Come on, let's get off this island," Finnick said.
"Yeah, and let's try Beetee's plan before we can't do it at all," Jane said and I nodded.
We carefully hurried over to the tree and found it. Beetee was quick to begin winding the wire he had around the tree trunk. He handed the wire to Katniss, Johanna, and Jane.
"Take this and bring it to the beach," Beetee ordered.
"Can't Peeta come?" Katniss asked.
"And Jack?" Jane continued.
"No, I need all three to stay here and protect me so I can focus on this," Beetee answered.
"Fine, let's go," Katniss gave in.
"See you and stay alive," Jane said. I nodded. With that they left.
Beetee kept working. Him and Finnick seems to know something. I wasn't sure if it was the same with Peeta.
"Jack, come with me," Finnick ordered.
"But, we need to protect Beetee," I responded.
"Come on," Finnick said.
I was confused but curiosity took over and I followed him. When we got a good distance away from tree and Peeta, we stopped.
"Listen, I need you to stay still. I'm going to take your tracker out," Finnick ordered.
I didn't like it one bit but stood still anyways. Pain erupted from my left arm as one of the spear heads of Finnick's trident pierced my flesh. I looked at the ground and saw the tracker in the green floor broken. He handed me a medical piece of his clothing to stop the bleeding. I put it on.
"We need to get back," Finnick said.
"Why did you take my tracker out?" I asked.
"Because you'll need it out. I'll explain more when it's time," he answered.
I nodded in acceptance. I'm not really one to push for answers when they could be given another time.
When we arrived, Peeta was gone and so was Beetee. Katniss and Jane came out of the brush, and both obviously had their tracker taken out. Finnick stepped on a branch. Katniss turned around with an arrow at ready.
"Katniss! Remember who the real enemy is," Finnick said.
Jane saw me and calmed down. She ran over to be and hugged me with relief that I was alright. Katniss lowered her arrow but went over to the torn wire, which I didn't know how it happened, and wrapped it around 1 arrow. She pulled it back at aimed it at the top of the arena.
She waited as the clouds began to swirl indicating the lightning was seconds away from coming down on the tree which was connected to the wire and the arrow.
"Katniss get out of there," Finnick yelled.
The lightning came down and she released the arrow. She was thrown back and didn't move. She was alive but couldn't move.
