CHAPTER 7: Assailant
Chapter 7 song:Titanium-David Guetta Feat. Sia SONG VOLUME: Loud
KATNISS POV
I think of Finnick's question. Why did I get mad? Maybe because I now have to spend all of my time in the Capitol, and not with family.
"Nothing against you Finnick, but I just wanted to get out of here. I wanted to leave all this and just go home. Now I have to stay here," I tell him and look into his sea green eyes.
He nods understandingly and puts his arm around me.
I don't know why, put I put my arms around him and start to cry.
He just pats my head and rubs my hair comfortingly. "I know. I'm sorry all this had to happen to you."
I sob and just continue crying until we reach the Training Center.
I move away from Finnick to get out but he just keeps me pressed to his chest and he practically carries me out of the car and I don't look into any camera that kept continuously flashing in my face.
We finally make it inside and I head into my room as soon as the door's close. I decide Finnick might be annoyed with where I went but I decide that he wouldn't care. Everything we did was for show. Wasn't it?
FINNICK POV
I just let her go to her room. She needed to sort things out in her mind. I sit down on a plush seat and lay my back.
I'm about to dose off when the smell of liquor fills my nose.
Haymitch.
"What do you want?" I ask him while still resting.
I hear him sigh and he throws a paper at me.
I open my eyes and sit up, seeing that Haymitch was gone, I got up and grabbed the paper.
I frown, it was a Capitol Gossiper and I look at the front cover.
"Katniss Everdeen dating Gloss Beckham?"
What? She cheated on me! Wait Finnick come down. I feel my fists clench and I want to see Gloss dead. How could she? And how could he?
I walk angrily to Katniss' room and open the door without knocking.
She was resting on her bed and looked surprised at seeing me. "Finnick, y'know there's a thing called knocking." She tells me rolling her eyes.
I toss her the magazine and say, "You know there's something called not cheating on your boyfriend."
She looks at the newspaper and frowns. "This is crap." She announces and turns her eyes back to her TV.
"No, it shows you and Gloss eating together." I tell her angrily and full of jealousy.
"When I walked off I ran into Gloss in the street. He asked me where I was going and if I needed directions, and I said no. HE then asked me if I wanted to eat, so I said yes." She tells me watching her TV the entire time.
I want to protest but obviously she didn't realize that when he asked her if she was hungry, it meant a date.
I sigh and leave the room.
I head over to Floor 1 where Gloss was staying and knock on his door.
He answers and says, "Hey man. The game starts in ten minutes."
I cut to the chase. "Gloss, did you eat with Katniss today?" I ask him casually.
He scratches his head. "Yeah I did. Poor girl was crying. Decided to take her out to eat. She didn't even know it was a date!" He says proudly. "She's amazing Finnick."
I'm about to punch him when the scream occurs that sends everyone shooting out of their seats. Then some bullets ring through the air.
KATNISS POV
Seriously? I was eating with Gloss for like 15 minutes. How'd they get pictures?
I get out of my seat and head to the balcony where I usually sat when I needed to think.
I liked Finnick. He was funny, kind, sweet. But I didn't want to get attached to him. It would be someone Snow could use against me. I sigh. I was a puppet. Snow owned me, he owned everything I was. And I hated it.
A noise causes me to tense and rise. "Who's there?" I ask hesitantly.
Nothing but the sound of a gun loading.
I start running out of the balcony and franticly press the elevator.
I hear footsteps and my instincts kick in. I see a man with a ski mask come near me with a Pistol and a duck to the side as a bullet shoots past me.
"FINNICK!" I scream and then run to balcony
I stand up on the railing and decide to jump and try to climb down the building. I see the man approach as I jump off the balcony.
I start to reach for the ledge when an electrical current hits me and I'm flung right into the arms of my assailant. That's when I black out.
FINNICK POV
I sprint out of Gloss' apartment and head toward the stairs. I hear footsteps behind me and I know Gloss is following.
It was Katniss. I was sure of it. Her scream. I had heard it in the box.
I race up the stairs up to the 12th floor and I come up to the 12th floor balcony.
I see a masked man holding Katniss and I rush towards him when he positions a gun on Katniss temple.
Time seems to stop as I stop in my tracks and watch blood trickle down Katniss arm.
The masked man speaks gruffly. "Hands above head of pretty here gets shot."
I look to Gloss and see he already has his hands above his head. I follow and watch as the man stands near the edge of the balcony as a hovercraft comes near the edge and he jumps into it.
Just like that, he was gone. She was gone.
I don't notice Gloss' frantic pulling on my shirt as I slump to the floor. Because I had been stupid about worrying about what she was doing with Gloss. I sigh and I don't even realize when a police officer comes and talks to Gloss.
I had failed her. And I hated myself for it.
Sorry I haven't been on! I have just been in meeting with Scholastic as they will be publishing my dystopian future novel. YayJ
Anyway! Sorry it's a little weird, but I didn't want to much surrounding details. It was more like thoughts.
Lexi
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