A/N- My friend helped me with this chapter, and she helped create the ending. This is the last chapter, but it's long, and there will be a sequel. And sorry about the lines in random places, my word processer had an error, and I'm still working on fixing it. So please ignore them
The peacekeeper (AKA Peaceman 1) grabs my arms roughly, securing them with handcuffs. I look at Annabeth, mouthing "Did you think of this?" She mouths, "No." Crap. This can't be good. Nico looks at me in alarm. I shrug, and restrain myself from kicking Peaceman 1 in a not so friendly place. He shoves me into a seat, and I give him a dirty look.
"Why aren't you killing us now?" I ask.
"Snow wanted to see you. Actually, he has a video for you." He clicks a remote, and a screen slides down, covering the walls. He clicks a button again, and an image pops up saying "Live Video Feed." Suddenly, a scary face pops up, saying
"Come on map, tell us where the Candy Mountain is!" The close-up of Dora's face pans out, and the Candy Mountain is like, 31 feet away from her.
"Dora! The mountain is right there! Why can't you see anything more than 30 feet away from you?" Percy yells. Peaceman 2 looks at him strangely.
"Sorry, wrong video." Peaceman 1 says, pressing the remote. Then Pres. Snow's office fills the screen. He's dancing around, singing some Panem love song.
"Oh… it's on?" He says, sitting down. He yells to his secretary, "Velete, why did you not tell me?"
"Sorry Sir" A voice calls back. He scowls, and sits down. "Well then." He coughs into a reddish handkerchief.
"Are you ready?" Peaceman 2 asks.
"Yes. Now tributes, you know what you have done is grounds for becoming an Avox, or even execution. But, we have a deal for you. Come to my office, and I'll tell you." Suddenly, the Hovercraft jerks to a stop, and we nearly fall out of our seats. Our Then, Peaceman 3 somehow falls out the window, and a bang is heard. That can't be good. The door slides down, and our handcuffs click open.
"Have fun." Peaceman 1 snarls. We walk out of the hovercraft gingerly. I'm almost afraid to take a step. But I do, and I don't die.
"What do we do?" I question.
"Find his office?"Nico shrugs. We were about 10 feet away from the door, when Percy's foot hits a trip wire and he falls.
"I'm okay" He says. But then, something else falls. A cage full of Mutts. They're blue, and frog like, with suction cup fingers, sticking to the bar. They mutts are only about 6 inches big, but at least 100 are in that cage, and they're backs are coated in what looks like poison. A big timer counts down on the front, telling us we have about 2 minutes to get away.
"Lets get out of here." I say, already starting to run. I check carefully for tripwires, and other traps. Jumping over wires, holes, and other things that could kill us, we reach the door. I pause, panting, when a Click! sound is heard.
"That can't be good." I say, looking over. All of the sudden, a cloud of blue comes leaping towards us. The frog mutts. I slash out with my dagger taking down some, but the poison starts to corrode the blade.
"What the…" I mutter, looking at the rusting blade. "Guys, these things have really, really bad poison.
"Yea." Percy says, Riptide also rusty.
"What do we do?" Nico asks.
"No idea" Annabeth yells. I see a Peacekeeper smirk at us. I really can't help what I do next. Skirting around the Mutts, I rush at him, punching him right in the jaw. He starts to grab his gun, but I knee him the stomach and he falls. I take his gun, and run back, somehow shooting some of the frog mutts. Nico is already going in Snows manor after seeing that I'm safe. Annabeth and Percy rush in, and so do I. Pausing, I take in the gold and red carpet, paintings in gold frames, and golden vases.
"He has horrible style."I say.
"Let's go." Annabeth says. We head up the stairs when bits of plaster fall on my head. I look up to see cracks forming on the ceiling.
"It's going to cave in!" I yell, running up the huge staircase. A large chunk falls inches from my feet. Uh-oh. I finally make it the top, when someone yells behind me. I turn, and see that Percy is trapped under a large piece of ceiling.
"No!" Annabeth yells. We run over to him. It's worse than I thought. Blood trickles from under him, and he looks like he's in pain.
"We can heal you!" Annabeth says.
"Annabeth." Percy says. "What do we have?"
"We can-"
"No. Just go."
"But-"
"Go" He says. I close my eyes, a tear running down my cheek.
"I'm not leaving you. " Annabeth protests. The hall suddenly fills with heat, and I realize it's on fire.
"We need to go." I say.
"I'm not." Another tear falls, and I know Annabeth won't leave Percy. I give her one last pleading look, but she shakes her head. I grab Nico's hand and run from the hall as flames narrowly miss my feet. Once we get to a cool spot, I burry my head into Nico's shoulder. Then, two cannons boom. So this is like an extension of the Hunger Games.
"I can't believe it." I say, my voice and body shaking with sobs. He hugs me.
"Neither can I." Nico says softly, eyes wet.
"Let's go." I start to walk out of the room.
"Why?" Nico asks.
"So we can kill Snow. "
We walk to the top flight, and down a long hall, still holding hands. I kick the wall, and the force causes some paintings to fall and break.
"Good. Serves him right." I say angrily, but I can't help smiling. Nico does too. But another falls, one that's right next to something I can't identify. Wait- is that a trackerjacker nest? Crap.
"Nico!" I yell a second before they come spilling out. "I am so stupid!"
"No you're not. You just didn't see them." I reach up and kiss him. Like, on the mouth. And even when the stings come, we don't break apart. With poison coursing through my veins I stop only to tell him I love him.
"I love you too." And then, we lay on the carpet together, holding hands. The world starts spinning, getting shiny, when his hand grows cold. A canon shot. A silver parachute falls into my lap. I guess we are still in the games. I open it and drink down the bottle inside, the world still spinning. And then, little by little, the world is normal. I can think strait. And then- no. No. NO! Nico cannot, cannot, cannot be dead. No, no, no, no, no!
"Nico! Wake up! Come on, wake up! No!" I start sobbing again, laying against him for 5, 10, 15 minutes. When anger replaces sadness, I get up and run. I know I have to kill Snow. I want to strangle him with my bare hands. I reach his office, and barge through the door.
"You killed them!" I scream at the top of my lungs. He doesn't look surprised. "You killed them! I hate you! You-" I leap at him, but two Peacekeepers come in, dragging me back. "What did you even want?" I struggle in their arms.
"Oh, you mean my deal?" He looks around. "Citizens of Panem, I give you the Victor of the 73rd Hunger Games, Thalia Grace!" That's when I notice the cameras. They click off. He stands to speak to me.
I leap out of the Peacekeepers' hold, and punch Pres. Snow in the face.
Yeah.
A/N- I did it! I'm sad L! But if noticed, Snow (that jerk) said 73rd Hunger Games. Yes, Thalia is going to meet Katniss and Peeta.
