"This should help with the wound." Peeta explained as he placed some foliage on Beetee's back, having me hear him give out a sigh of relief as we all sat on the beach. Katniss was in the surf with Wiress, cleaning her off after Johanna refused to be around her anymore. She was sell heated after Finnick dunked her under water a few times to cool off, but now she was silent on the beach next to me. Finnick was twirling his trident in his hands in front of us, trying to kill time was was now in his own thoughts as I looked at the wound with the stitching on Beetee's back. I got most of the blood from the blood rain off his body using the emergency blanket in my pack, and I watched as I heard Wiress saying the same two words over and over again like a pattern.

"Tick tock….tick tock."

But this time she was saying it like she was trying to prove a point, with more motivation in her tone as she was whispering it harshly to Katniss. I looked down at my own wound on my thigh, it was no longer stinging but aching as the wound was harsh against my pale skin.

"How did you get that?" Beetee asked aloud, having Johanna look over as well from his question.

"The monkeys." I replied back at him, seeing him analyze the wound. He then reached behind his back and grabbed a little but of his foliage that was healing his own wound, handing it over to me. I shook my head at him.

"You need it more than I do Beetee." I said to him, seeing him look down at the foliage in his hand.

"Don't be stubborn Willow." I heard above me, seeing Finnick look over at me and have me raise my eyebrow at him, seeing him have a stern look on his face.

"I insist." Beetee said aloud, still holding his foliage on his fingers. A part of me was bad at Finnick for looking over me like I was his own sister. Did he not know that I could handle my own pains and turmoils? Then again, he was looking out for me and calling me out on my hard headed personality. I looked from him to Beetee, nodding my head and he smeared the foliage on the thigh gently. It was soothing in the wound, having me sigh silently.

"Willow?" I heard next to me, not hearing Johanna getting up and sitting down next to me, her axe in the sand right to her hand. I said nothing, looking out onto the surf and seeing Katniss and Wiress talking together about something.

"Look, I know it's not really going great in your favor, or for any of us." She said to me in a soft tone, rarely she would use that tone, but I saw her looking right at me with her glaring eyes, but now they were friendly eyes, "But don't shut him out." I looked from the surf over to her, seeing her look right back at me and nod her head at me. I then looked at Finnick, seeing him twirl his trident some more and then hum to himself.

"You two have been friends for years, longer than me, and he only wants to keep you safe. I would think….Sampson would want him to look out for you." She explained to him, having my pull my knees to my chest and wrap my arms around my legs, "I understand you lost your brother. Hell, he was your twin brother, and you lost him in the worst place. But….you can't just shut us all out who are still willing to fight our way out of here." She paused, looking from me to Finnick, "It wouldn't be fair to Sampson….or to Mags."

I closed my eyes then, thinking back to Mags and how he would of wanted me to fight as well as Finnick. How she would be proud of me now, being weak when I needed to me strong. I felt Johanna squeeze my shoulder and I opened my eyes once more.

"I'm sorry." I replied to her, seeing her shake her head.

"We all mourn in our own way." Johanna replied to me, having me look over at her and then remember Blight. She even said so herself, he was from home. She mourned for him, but it was a internal mourn. Nothing like me, who wanted to scream and cry for all of Panem to see. But we stopped talking when I heard Katniss say aloud.

"Wiress, you're a genius!"

"The whole arena is a clock." Katniss explained to us as we walked on one of the jettys that lead tot he Cornucopia. I was on look out with Peeta as we were talking, thinking we were going to be running into the Careers sometime soon and we were more towards the back of the group. I saw the sun setting on the arena, showing another day as come and gone as we approached the Cornucopia.

"Every hour something else happens." She explained as we all stood together at the cornucopia.

"Wiress, you are a genius." Finnick replied to her as I heard her singing to herself by the edge go the jetty. She was alone as the rest of us were figuring out what Katniss was telling us. I went into the Cornucopia to see what was left that none of the other tributes grabbed from the day before. There were axes there, much to the delight of Johanna whom grabbed as many as she could and then started practicing against the wall of the Cornucopia. I saw some smaller dagger and shoved them in the backpack, and then looked around some more and grabbed some more rope. Snares are going to be useful if we were going to try and kill off the other Careers. Finnick found more tridents and grabbed them, looking at each one as if it was a prize.

"Right, so this is the top of the clock." Peeta explained aloud, having me look over and see him draw in the sand with his knife. He was drawing a clock and placed the tip of the blade on the top, "Twelve to one is the lightning zone." I heard him still drawing in the sand and labeling as he went, "One to two: Blood. Two to three: Fog. Three to Four: Monkeys."

"Ten to eleven is the tidal wave." Katniss added aloud, hearing him draw it in. I was looking through the inside of the Cornucopia some more, seeing more weapons and other tools that could be used. I grabbed things here and there, some fish hooks that were in a box on one side and seeing a medium sized box that had Medicine marked on it. I immediately grabbed it as the conversation was going on.

"Did you notice anything unusual in the others?" I heard Katniss ask Beetee and Johanna, "I guess they could hold anything."

"I'm going to mark the ones where we know the Gamemakers' weapons follows us out past the jungle, we we'll stay clear of those." Peeta explained I was at the back of the area now. There was a opening to the other side of the Cornucopia, but it wasn't made it be there. Someone or something smashed through it, having me peek my head out and look out onto the surf once more. I looked from left to right, seeing nothing but the waves on the sand and the jungle on the beach. Something, on the other hand, caught my eye, to the left. It was quick, but as I moved my head over, my heart dropped to my feet. It was a foot from a tribute.

A Career.

"Guys!" I yelled going back from my spot to the group, whirling around and running over to them. I saw the group look up as I looked past them, seeing Wiress against the edge of the jetty. But she was not alone. She was no longer singing and the light of her eyes was gone. Her throat was slit, and it was done by my worst enemy.

Shade.

"Wiress!" I screamed, seeing everyone look behind and see what happened. Katniss immediately threw up a arrow and shot at him, but missed. I wasn't going to let her kill Shade, he was mine to take. Not only did he kill my brother, but now Wiress. I ran past her as saw Shade run to the left side of the Cornucopia, away from us. I followed without even thinking, my dagger in hand and my slingshot in the strap on the outside of the backpack, ready to use. I could still feel the poison dart tube, loaded and ready, hitting my thigh as I ran.

"Willow don't!" I heard Finnick behind me as I saw Brutus from District Two running towards the group. I could hear the commotion inside as I ran to find Shade along that side of the Cornunopia, seeing him finally whirl around and throw his spear at me.

I dodged it to the side, melting against the wall and then seeing him try to strike me again. I blocked the spear with my dagger, hearing the metal clash. He drove his spear at me once more, slicing my arm in the process. When he was close enough I punched him hard in the jaw with the back end of the dagger, hearing him grunt as I saw him teeter back a bit. I threw out the dagger at him, seeing him impale him at the upper chest. But he was still alive, still moving as the blood was seeping on his suit. It wasn't enough.

I suddenly felt the Cornucopia shifting to the left, as if it was sliding….or spinning. I grasped on the wall of the Cornucopia structure and felt us spinning, the jungle being blurry now that we were going faster and faster. My grip was slipping slowly, making me think that I was going to be pushed out into the water and then slammed into a jetty. But that was out of my mind now that Shade ran towards me and grabbed me, throwing me against the wall even though we were still spinning. I let my group against the wall, not clutching Shade and his shoulder as I try to get him off of me. He was glaring at me, the same glare I would see in other tributes before they would kill. He wanted me dead on a platter for all of Panem to see. And from the looks of what was happening, he might get it. My brother was on my mind though, and I knew he wouldn't stop fighting until the other person was dead. So I had to do it.

I shoved Shade and I off the Cornucopia and into the water.

We were spinning now, since the big mass of jetty was pinning next to us. I clung onto him, feel him try to grab my neck and choke me. I pushed him off of me, but still held onto him. As much as I wanted to kill him, he was my anchor in this spinning chaos. He slammed me against the jetty strip, hitting my head hard and having me see blood and feeling the pain soar in my head. I let go of one hand, reaching down and pulling out the poison dart in the tube. Without blinking twice, I slammed it into his neck, seeing him gag and release me. I watched him float away from me, blood pouring out of his mouth and his body spazzing in the water. He then stilled, his body was sinking in the water and life was gone.

Shade was dead.

I was left spinning in the water, trying to find out which way is up and which way is down. MY head was gutting lighter by the second as I moved my limbs around me. I then felt a jetty strip, safe and anchoring in the surf as I grasped it tightly in my two cold hands. I was still under water, looking at the spinning jetty that was holding up at the Cornucopia and seeing it slow down. Once it was at a stop, I could feel myself slowly closing my eyes from the loss of blood and the loss of air in my lungs. My head was too heavy, my body was too clumsy, and I felt myself about to die from the recent event. Slowly I pulled myself out of the water and up on the rocks, feeling the sun hit my face as I coughed a few times, getting to the top of the jetty strip. Finally I collapsed, my head against the rocks and my breathing was shallow. I opened my eyes, seeing the surf sideways and hearing the calming of the water. I was filled with relief, knowing that I killed my brother's murderer, and that brought me peace.

"Where's Willow?" I heard far off, knowing that it was Katniss.

"She ran off for Shade." Peeta said aloud back, his voice was on the brink of panic.

"Which way did she go?" Johanna asked aloud.

"Oh god no." I heard Finnick aloud. He must of seen me, collapsed against the rocks and trying to move. I heard someone running over to me, the feet were fast against the rock and then someone touching my sides, rolling me over and having me lay on my back.

"Willow?" He asked me, Finnick and JOahnna were over me with big worried eyes. I coughed a couple more times, seeing some red from the blood on my head and having water come out of my mouth. Finnick picked me up from my spot, Johanna next to me as I felt my head instantly fall against his chest.

"We have to get out of here." Finnick said aloud as he carried me on the jetty. I opened my eyes up to him, seeing him look down at me and have concern in his own eyes.

"You're gonna be okay, just keep breathing." He instructed me aloud. I could hear Johanna way off in the distance, yelling at the others.

"Come on, let's get off this island."