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Katniss's POV.
So all of us went back to the beach to relax for a while before we can head out again. Finnick placed his trident on the sand and sat down near the water.
Me and Clove sat down next to each other. Haymitch came along and sat down with us. A sound from behind me caught me off guard.
I jumped and looked to see that Johanna was standing behind me with this coconut thing in her hand. I looked inside the coconut and it was filled with water.
She handed the coconut to me and I took it from her.
"Thank you." I said.
"Yeah. Thanks." Clove said. Johanna smiled at me and Clove. Then she sat down next to us. I finished drinking the water that Johanna gave me and put the coconut on the ground. Then I spoke.
"Who's Annie?" I asked.
A few seconds passed and Johanna spoked.
"Annie Cresta, the girl Mags volunteered for. She won like four years, five...years ago." Johanna said.
"Is she the one that went a little..." I said. She knows what I'm talking about when I said that.
"Mm hmm." She nodded. A few seconds passed and then she spoke.
"Love is weird." Johanna said. Then later Beetee spoke.
"I have a plan." Beetee said.
Johanna got up and called out for Finnick.
"Finnick!" Johanna called him.
"I have a plan." Beetee said once again. Then everyone gathered up in a circle and Beetee started discussing his plan.
"Where do the careers feel safe, is it the jungle?" Beetee asked.
"The jungle's a nightmare." Johanna said.
"Yeah, it's not safe in the jungle." Haymitch said.
"Probably here on the beach." Clove said.
"Then why are they not here?" Beetee asked.
"Because we are. We claimed it." Johanna answered.
"And if we left they would come?" Beetee asked.
"Or stay hidden in the tree line." Finnick added.
"Which in just over four hours will be soaked with water from the ten o'clock wave. And what happens at midnight?" Beetee asked.
"The lightning strikes that tree." I answered.
"Here's what I propose. We leave the beach at dusk. We head to the lightning tree. That should draw them back to the beach. Prior to midnight, we then run this wire from the tree to the water. Anyone in the water, or on the damp sand, will be electrocuted." Beetee explained.
"How do we know the wire's not gonna burn up?" Johanna asked.
"Because I invented it. I assure you, it won't burn up." Beetee assured. We all looked at each other for a moment. Then Johanna spoke.
"Well, it's better than hunting them down." Johanna said.
"Yeah. I agree." Haymitch said.
"Yeah, why not? If it fails, no harm down anyway, right?" I said.
"Alright, I say we try it." Clove said.
"So what can we do to help?" Finnick asked.
"Keep me alive for the next six hours. That would be extremely helpful." Beetee said.
Later, it started to get a little bit dark in the beach. Me and Clove were sitting together away from the others. I looked at Haymitch, Beetee, Johanna, and Finnick for a moment and then I spoke.
"I think we need to go." I said.
"Don't worry Katniss. This plan's gonna work." Clove tries to assure me.
"I think so too. And once the careers are dead we both know what happens next. I don't want to be the one that shoots first." I said.
"What if they don't either? What if all of us refuse to shoot first?" Clove asked.
"We might still end up dead." I said.
"Maybe not, I mean, it worked for us last time. Maybe it'll work for us again." Clove said.
"I want to think that too Clove...but..." I sighed, knowing that this was gonna be hard for her and for me to hear.
"They're not gonna make that same mistake again. You know and I know there's only one person walking out of here. And it's gonna be one of us." I said.
Clove didn't liked what I said. She didn't liked what she heard. I don't blame her. I didn't liked what I said either. Then she spoke.
"Katniss...I'm not leaving here without you. I'd rather die than not be with you. I'd rather have you kill me instead because, that's what I wanted you to do in the last games. Because I wasn't going to leave without you." Clove said. It was really sweet of her to say that she wasn't going to leave here without me.
I can tell that she's fighting back the tears in her beautiful eyes. I feel bad for her. Then she spoke.
"The careers are still out there. We should stick with these guys till midnight, and if we hear a cannon, we go." Clove said.
I looked at Beetee and Johanna and they were talking to each other and I looked back at Clove and nodded. Then she spoke.
"Katniss, I don't…I don't know what kind of deals you made with Haymitch but he made me promises too." Clove said.
She takes off the gold medallion necklace that Effie had given her from around her neck.
"If you..." She sniffs.
"If you die and I live, I'd have nothing. Nobody else that I care about." Clove said.
"Clove." I said.
"It's different for you. Your family needs you." Clove said.
She gives me the medallion necklace which also has a locket on its chain with pictures of my mother, Gale and Prim.
"You have to live. For them." Clove said. I looked at the pictures for a moment. Then I looked at Clove.
"What about you?" I asked.
"What about me?" She said as tears started forming in her eyes.
"Nobody needs me." Tears started streaming down her face when she said that. It broke my heart to see her like this. I need her. Without her I'm nothing.
My life wouldn't be the same if Clove wasn't here. I've lost Peeta. I can't lose Clove. So then I spoke.
"I do. I need you." I said truthfully.
Clove and I looked at each other for a moment. Then I leaned in and kissed her. She kissed me back passionately.
Then she wrapped her arms around my neck to deepen the kiss. I wrapped my arms around her waist bringing her close to me.
She bit my bottom lip begging desperately for permission to enter. I gladly parted my lips and allowed her entrance to my mouth.
We moaned as our tongues collided, dancing with each other. Then we broke apart and looked at each other in the eye. Then I spoke.
"I don't want to leave here without you too Clove. Nothing would be the same without you. I've lost Peeta. I can't lose you too. I can't." I said with tears in my eyes. We kissed again. Then she spoke.
"I'm sorry Katniss. I'm sorry that Peeta died in the last hunger games. I feel like I'm the one to blame. Like it's my fault that he died. Sometimes...I think that maybe it would've been better if I had died and you and Peeta would've made it out instead." Clove said with tears streaming down her face.
It was so sad and depressing to hear Clove say that. She actually thinks that she's responsible for Peeta's death. But it wasn't her fault. She's not the one to blame.
So I placed both of my hands on her face, making her look at me. Then I spoke.
"Clove. Look at me. You're not the one to blame. Okay? It's not your fault that Peeta died. You're not responsible for his death. If it wasn't for him, I wouldn't be here right now. And if he knew about us being together...I'm sure he would understand." I said.
"Are you sure?" Clove asked.
"Yes Clove. I'm pretty sure he would." I said.
Clove smiled at me. I smiled back at her. She kissed me. I kissed her back. Then we looked at each other in the eye.
"I'm with you to the end Clove...I will always be here with you...always." I said truthfully. Clove smiled at me.
"Same here Katniss...I'm never leaving you...ever." Clove said. Then suddenly Johanna called out to us.
"Alright, lovebirds!" Johanna yelled out.
Before Clove was about to get up and leave, I pulled her in for another kiss. Then we looked at each other in the eye.
"I love you Katniss." Clove said.
"I love you too Clove...always." I said. She smiled at me. I smiled back at her. We kissed and gathered up our things and we start to head out with the others.
I don't know if this plan will work or not but I have a feeling that this plan might just work. If not...we all might just end up dead.
We might as well try our best to do this thing...It's better than nothing.
Well that's it for this chapter. I hope you guys enjoyed it. Be sure to leave a review and all that good stuff. And yeah...that's that. Peace out! :)