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Chapter 10: The Big Leagues
Tempest knocked on Sapphire's door irritably after finding herself unable to open the 17 year old tribute's door. "SAPPHIRE! OPEN THE DOOR THIS INSTANCE!" she yelled in frustration before turning in desperation and running into a shirtless Finnick. The poor escort's face turned cherry red as she took in the washboard abs on the playboy mentor from 4.
Finnick yawned tiredly before looking down at Tempest curiously, "What's all the fuss about Tempest? Some of us are trying to sleep," he asked before looking behind her and a small smile working it's way across Finnick's face. "Is Sapphire why you are all wound up? Don't worry Temp, I'll take care of our sleeping beauty," he offered with his signature smirk in place as he herded the blushing Tempest out of the hall. Liam looked up from his place at the table and raised an eyebrow at Finnick before shaking his head tiredly and mouthing good luck to his future brother-in-law.
Finnick skillfully picked the lock on Sapphire's door and slowly entered the quiet room. His sea green eyes locking in on the curled up figure on the lush bed and a small smile worked it's way across his face. He carefully made his way towards his sleeping tribute and gently pulled her hair from her face. Sapphire looked so peaceful and he could tell by the slight circles under her eyes that she had a rough night.
He carefully sat beside her on the bed and ran his fingers through her long golden brown tresses. Sapphire snuggled up into him and mumbled something dreamily. Finnick's eyes widened slightly as he recognized what she said, before he shook it off and said a silent prayer of protection. He bent down over her ear, "Rise and shine Sunshine," he whispered gently into her ear. Sapphire groaned and rolled over onto her other side, "Ten more minutes," she moaned sleepily. Her mentor smiled at her before scooping her up into his arms, "Come on Angel, the others are waiting," he stated with a slight laugh and carried her out of the room.
Tempest's eyes seemed to bug out as she witnessed the Finnick Odair carrying a very groggy Sapphire into the dining room. Liam looked up from his plate of breakfast and smiled faintly at his sibling and future in-law, before getting up to pull out a chair for Finnick to set Sapphire in.
"You managed to make it out unscathed, impressive," Liam congratulated sarcastically as Finnick narrowed his eyes at him before shaking his head and starting the trying process of getting Sapphire to eat something. Tempest looked completely confused and looked at them all with a baffled expression as Hayden and Cynthia joined them at the table.
"What do you mean by unscathed?" Cynthia asked as she sat beside Liam and Tempest. Finnick sat back and ran a hand through his slightly messy hair, "Sapphire is not a morning person..." Finnick trailed off at Liam's scoff. "That's coating it lightly. Back home when we need to get her up in the morning, we always use a bucket of water from the doorway, then quickly slam the door," Liam explained while preparing a fizzex for his unresponsive and sleepy twin, adding an extra kick into the bubbling concoction.
"Why would you do that?" Tempest asked while warily watching Liam mix the concoction for his sister. "Because things can get painful very fast," he further explained, this time earning a scoff from Finnick, "Now who's putting things lightly? She has given Liam two respective fractured ribs and four bloody noses. As well as given me a broken nose and seven bloody noses," he laughed bitterly while coaxing Sapphire to drink the fizzex.
The prep team looked at the docile tribute in shock, "I don't believe it for a moment," Synthia stated while Hayden and Tempest wisely stayed silent. Liam laughed dryly, "It's true, the people back home call her Hurricane Aphroditey," he offered before laughing as Sapphire pulled a face at the liquid flowing down her throat.
"Only you would find a way to make an elevator malfunction," Liam laughed as they both walked out of the stairwell. Sapphire gave her brother an annoyed look before glaring at the aforementioned elevator. "It's not my fault Sie. I told you what happened last night," she explained exasperatedly. "What happened last night?" Cato asked as he and the other Careers joined the twins.
Liam burst out laughing. If looks could kill Liam would have been 10 ft under at the look his sister gave him. "She... got into a fight... with the elevator... and lost," he managed to get out between fits of laughter. The other Careers looked at Sapphire who looked ready to strangle her partner. "No! The elevator keeps malfunctioning and it's not my fault that I am always in the vicinity," she defended herself before shooting them all an annoyed look and storming off.
"We took the stairs because of her paranoia," Liam explained as he watched his sister walk off. Marvel laughed at the information given before looping off to join the female tribute from 4.
Sapphire made her way over to the weapons stations with Finnick's instructions ringing through her brain. She glanced around the possible stations before settling on the sword station. Walking up to the station she scanned the swords before settling on a pair of twin duo blades.
She tested the balance before swinging them through the air and practicing different stances. Spinning around her blades resounded with a clang against another sword. Looking up she scowled and disengaged her blades from his gladious."Not bad 4, maybe you're not too useless after all," Cato lazily stated as he lent up against the wall with a smirk. "Thanks so much 2," she paused and swiftly disemboweled a dummy with extreme accuracy, "that means allot coming from a Career like you," She smiled at him and returned her swords to the training rack, before going over to join Glimmer at the bow section.
The training center went silent as they watched the girl from 4 walk away from the hulking tribute from 2.
Well here is chapter 10
Cynthia is Liam's stylist
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