HELOOOO! Well my pretty little readers, how are you? I wish I were updating faster, but oh well! My friend lent me her copy of tLoZ wind waker :3 hehehehehehe…. Mildly addicted! Either way, I really hope I find a way to put a little bit of Raven into this one, I must say I missed her in the last one. So, I hope to god this chapter isn't as crappy as the last one, alors, lisez!
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|Finnick|
To say the least, Finnick had to say that the next few days of training weren't as tedious as the first one. By the third day, Finnick had successfully found a way to avoid Orchid a little bit, making his life much easier.
Finnick also made sure to keep an eye on Ravine. Ever since he had found out that her brain was much more developed than that of the average bunny rabbit, he wanted to know just exactly what it was she was up to. She may be his district partner, but he still wanted to win. He had also decided not to tell Desmond about her secret, feeling like she had trusted him enough to let only him know.
He also noticed that Pluto (D1) had sort of assumed command of the career pack. Everyone just seemed to listen to him, and while Finnick didn't exactly like following orders, her figured that since this boy was a trained killer, he should just go with the flow. However the alliance itself still concerned Finnick, because he was absolutely positive he didn't want to be a part of it, but he knew that winning this game would prove to be much more of a challenge without Career supplies.
He was also glad, to say the least, that the career group wasn't as tight as it had been the first day. This allowed him a lot more time to move around to the different stations that there were available, but all of the necessary ones for survival (fire starting, knot tying,), Finnick found weren't that difficult to pick up anyways. However while he was over at the knot tying station, he was reminded of when he had first shown Raven how to tie knots, and found himself absentmindedly tying a net. God he missed home.
He still spent most of his time at the spear station, because that was where they kept the tridents. Not that that was where he spent all of his time though, but he spent a fair deal of it there. He spent a fair bit of time observing the other tributes as well.
Ravine, he noticed, could not be separated from her bow and arrow, while both Denver and Pluto used short and long swords (respectively). Topaz, to say the least, proved to be much more bloodthirsty that he had originally given her credit for. After seeing her behead and slash open a few dummies with a sickle, he figured it would be best not to get on her bad side. Orchid, on the other hand, used a simple blow gun (and proved to be only somewhat skilled at it). However overall, training went well.
Finnick arrived at the District Four suite after Ravine did, on the night before the individual sessions. He had stayed for an extra while to practice some hand to hand combat with some trainers. He looked around and noticed that Ravine was in a serious conversation with her mentor, Sapphire. Finnick guessed it was likely about the session tomorrow. Finnick didn't bother to hang around in the main area for long, though, because he wanted to go and wash up.
When Finnick stepped into the main room of their apartment again, Desmond immediately called him over.
"Finnick, come here a minute." He stepped down the stairs to where his mentor was sitting on a couch, reading a book called 'A series of unfortunate events'. Finnick couldn't help but think how perfectly that title suited the circumstances. Desmond put down the book, however, and turned to face Finnick when he sat down across from him. "Have you thought about what you're going to do for your individual session yet?" He asked him.
"Well, you know," Finnick shrugged, "Probably just throw some spears and tridents; tie a net or a few knots. I'm fairly confident in my abilities."
"Alright. You were gonna get a good score anyways, considering they'll still be sober when you enter the training room, but it'd be nice to keep things mildly interesting for them if you could. It might earn you a bonus point."
"Duly noted," he replied, turning to walk away. Desmond called him back.
"Wait a second, get back over here I'm not done with you." Finnick looked back at him and raised an eyebrow, then flopped back into the seat opposite Desmond.
"What?"
"So I've observed over the past few days that you are indeed a part of the career alliance. Am I wrong?"
"Ya, I've been meaning to tell you about that…"
"Mm hmm. I can, however tell, that you hate that. Did you promise someone that you wouldn't?"
"Well… Not really. "He said, thinking of how disappointed his mother and Raven would be. "I'm just not okay with sitting back and being a part of the way they go through the games, if you get what I mean."
"Ya, I think I do" Desmond sighed, "but you need to realize Finnick, one does not simply leave the career alliance. Not with their life at least. You know that, right?"
"Ya, but anything's possible I guess. What I'm trying to say Desmond is that I won't stay with them. I just want their stuff, but I'm not sure how to go about that." He finished.
"Well you'd better figure something out soon. I don't recommend even letting on the slightest hint of what you plan on doing, because you will lose your head so fast, you won't even have time to process running off. You're free to go now." He said. Finnick stood up. "Oh wait! Before you go, just out of curiosity; who did you get that token from? There's no way in hell it's yours." He smirked at him.
"Oh." Finnick replied, thinking back to when Raven had given it to him, "a friend of mine." He answered simply. After that, Finnick sat and relaxed on the couch, trying to think of an interesting way to impress the gamemakers and zoning out for the next little while.
He knew that he would have to use spear and tridents at some point, but that had been done so many times before. His hand absentmindedly reached for the necklace around his neck, and it was then that he remembered when he had shown Raven to make knots. Right there, he now knew what he would do.
Around ten thirty, he retired to his bedroom for some sleep to be rested for tomorrow.
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"Einstein, Tamika."
Finnick, along with all of the other tributes, sat lined up along a bench outside the training room as the other tributes were called one by one. Districts one and two had already been completed, the male for three was done, and scrawny fifteen year old Tamika was the tribute to go right before Finnick. Like her District Partner before her, she didn't take long; fifteen minutes at best. When the robotic voice finally announced Finnicks name, he stood up and entered the room, feeling confident.
Finnick noticed upon entering that there were fewer gamemakers then there had been during the normal training days. Some of the ones from before must have been sponsors. He counted approximately twenty, whereas there had been thirty before. The gamemakers told him to start.
So, he walked over to the knot station, still praying that this would work. He tied a noose. He hung it off of a bar in the middle of the room, and moved a few dummies behind it. He then stood in front of it, and took three spears. He then threw them though the hole of the nose and perfectly onto the target. He turned around, and the gamemakers looked amused, and impressed. Excellent.
Now, for the finale. This was the part where luck would be key. He left the noose where it was, and positioned a dummy do that it was facing the gamemakers, and ran about twenty feet behind it. He spoke some sort of prayer in his head, and threw this time a trident at the dummy, spearing it directly in the back and causing it to fall forward, hook in the noose, and hand suspended from the ceiling for everyone to see.
And that was all he had. He turned to look at the gamemakers, who had a mix of horror and amazement on their faces. Finnick couldn't help but smile. A few gamemakers came down to inspect his work, and they proceeded to dismiss him. Finnick practically ran up to his apartment to tell Desmond all about what he had done. He felt sure he would get a twelve, however unlikely that would be.
Ravine arrived back at their suite about a half an hour after Finnick, looking rather unfazed, making Finnick feel a little stupid for freaking out about how awesome he thought he did. The rest of the day, however, was long because the scores wouldn't be broadcasted for another three hours. So, they relaxed, ate supper, and when six thirty came, they all sat down eagerly in front of the television to hear Ceaser Flickerman announce their scores.
"The scores are as follows!" He announced with a stupid grin.
D1: Pluto Greenwich-10
Topaz Ora- 9
D2- Denver Hyla- 9
Orchid McQuarrie-8
D3- Gadget Wire- 5
Tamika Einstein- 4
D4-
Finnick held his breath uneasily,
Finnick Odair- 10
Finnick couldn't help but beam stupidly at the television, overjoyed about his score. Although he had been hoping for something legendary, a ten he decided would suffice. 'I guess that means they like my noose' he thought, somewhat evilly. But he turned his attention back to the screen to see what Ravine had gotten
Ravine Sandpiper- 9
"A NINE? HOW THE HELL DID YOU GET HIGHER THAN ME?"
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|Raven|
Raven had stayed home all day that day. She was too nervous to miss the training scores, even if he knew that they, for a fact, did not start until six thirty. She was never usually this invested in the games, but then again, she had never known anyone in them. Her mother had been off doing other things around and outside of the house, and had left Raven by herself for most of the day. It actually made Raven somewhat happy to see that for the first time in months, her mother only had maybe a drink or four in her. Before Raven knew it, it was six thirty and time for the scores to be broadcasted.
D1: Pluto Greenwich-10
Topaz Ora- 9
D2- Denver Hyla- 9
Orchid McQuarrie-8
D3- Gadget Wire- 5
Tamika Einstein- 4
D4-
Raven leaned even closer to the television (her face was now only inches from Ceaser Flickermans)
Finnick Odair- 10
"YES!" She hollered/cheered. That probably wasn't the best idea, considering her mother was still in the house, and loud noises don't really agree well with her.
"SHUT UP!" She heard her mother holler from the other room, but honestly she was so excited that he hadn't done something stupid and failed miserably that she didn't even care. The only issue was that now she was really curious to know what he did, which sucks because he's four Districts away right now.
'Oh Well,' she thought, 'as long as he doesn't die, he'll be able to tell me.'
Shitty ending, know, but I had no idea how to go about that one :P But I got my wish! Raven was in this chapter! You're probably thinking, 'well of course you got your wish silly, you wrote this.' HEHEHE! Ya so I finished wind waker the other day! Had to fight SO hard to not cry my face off at the very end! AH well, what can you do. Thank you to all of my wonderful reviewers, followers, and favritors (?), for keeping this story going, and my guest reviewers as well, I love you guys for reviewing this all of the time!
Merci beaucoup!
~LinneaPike
PS:: was thinking that you guys might be curious about the names of the other tributes. I'm gonna let you know now just to save some time for the future: (order- male, female)
D5: Donald Fairweather (16) / Electre Wave (13)
D6: Evan O'Leary (16) / Lillia Byway (16)
D7: Abrax Maplewood (18)/ Alexa Pine (15)
D8: Colby Maronus (15)/ Marissa Satin (16)
D9 : Riley Calypso (16)/ Linnea White (17)
D10: Ashton Finley (16)/ Melody Belle (12)
D11: Rye Green (13)/ Cassie Maris (15)
D12 : Gregory Dusty (12)/ Janet Dusty (17) –Yes they are siblings-