A/N- Thank you Ms. Collins for such wonderful characters!

PPOV

"So we're going into the forest, towards those mountains, right?" I ask Katniss, who is looking around the cornucopia.

She shakes her head, her wet braid hitting her cheek, "I don't think that's the best idea, everyone will know that's where we'll go."

"Well, yeah, but we'll have the advantage there too." I point out the obvious. The game makers haven't even provided us with backpacks in order to carry all these weapons, so I tuck two knives into my belt and grab a spear as well. "Has everyone else scattered?"

I look around us; see blood pools in various spots. I have a feeling that Katniss didn't hesitate this time around. Even though I realized too late that the belts are also floating devices, I see a few bodies floating in the water, either they didn't have enough strength to swim very far or were killed by someone else.

"It looks like they made this arena so that everyone would go to where they think they have the advantage, but I think we should go wherever Finnick chooses to go." She says, taking me by surprise. I know that Haymitch really wanted this alliance, so maybe she's acting on that.

Finnick seems slightly surprised too, but hides it quickly. "Alright, well, we'll go to the beach side. We'll have to swim over there though, think you can handle that, Loverboy?"

"Yes, Fishboy, I think I can." I don't mind the nickname, as so many have called me that since I opened up to the whole of Panem that I love Katniss. Finnick just flashes me one of his mega watt smiles and nods.

"Fair enough." We got back to the edge of the water, Annie and Mags behind us. I haven't seen the others from District 4, so I can only guess that they have already gone onto one of the mainland areas or been killed. I also haven't seen Gale and carefully hope that he's not dead yet. I don't know why I care, maybe just because he's from home and I wouldn't really want to see anyone die who is from home. "Okay, I'll go ahead with Peeta here and you ladies follow. I think we cleared a big enough path so we'll make it there safely. Grab any other weapons you think will come in handy."

"Here, Peeta, you take an extra bow and quiver of arrows, that way I have a spare." Katniss tells me as she hands me one that she has found already.

I pick up a small bag that has been kicked to the side and open it. Pulling a pair of what look like goggles, I hold them up, "What do you think these are?"

Katniss and Finnick look up and then Katniss smiles, "I remember those, Rue told me they are for night vision. How many are there?"

I find seven more bags, "Eight."

"Perfect, bring them all. Looks like we can just hang them around our necks." Finnick replies, grabbing two sets. I pass them out. Finnick, Katniss, and I each wear two. "Alright, let's get going. C'mon, Loverboy, hang on to me."

I go to Finnick, giving Katniss what I'm sure is a pathetic look. I don't care for the fact that I have to rely on Finnick of all people to help me get across, but I can't let Katniss do it. He wades into the water and I follow him and then wrap one arm around his shoulders, watching behind me as the three women follow. Mags and Annie look quite comfortable in the water and Katniss doesn't look like she's having any issues.

We're at the shore within two short minutes, the ladies already coming up on shore as we stand up. I reshift the knives and fix the bow and quiver around my back. Katniss comes up to me and puts her hand in mine. She looks at Finnick, "Okay, now what?"

"Go into the jungle. I'll lead, Annie and Mags in the middle, you two bring up the rear, though I think you should be last with your straight shooting and all." Finnick orders. We all easily fall into place and follow him into the very green, very noisy jungle.

The greenery in here is almost too bright, so different from the forest that Katniss showed me, the one we fought in last year. Even though I haven't seen any birds, you can hear them everywhere over our heads. These trees go higher than I would have thought they would. I wonder if Katniss is going to try and climb them. The air is thick with humidity and I wonder if each area is just like what it looks like, different places of Panem set for every Tribute.

"Are we going to going to look for water or food first?" I whisper to Katniss as we stay in as straight as a line that we can on this uneven path. There are roots and fallen trees everywhere.

"If we find food, we'll find water." She answers back quietly. Just then, Finnick holds his hand up for us to stop.

He turns to us, and looking straight at Katniss, points forward and to the side. I try to see what he's seeing, but I know that Katniss has seen it too and all of a sudden, an arrow flies silently through the maze of green and down goes someone. Finnick comes back to us, "Nice shot, I'll go see who it was. I think we'll go a little further in, see if we find any water."

The four of us wait for him, Katniss on edge, keeping an eye out for anyone else. It was surprising enough to see someone else s close to the same path we're on, but they couldn't have been alone. I glance around me, noticing how twitchy Annie is and how Mags is touching the giant leaves on the bushes closet to us. Before I know it, Finnick is back.

"It was the guy from District 1, Titus, I think. There's no way he could have been alone, he was a Career. Katniss, do you think you can climb one of these? Maybe you can see if there's anyone else nearby?" He suggests, looking up the trunk of the nearest one.

Mags mumbles something that I don't understand and Finnick nods. I look at him, then at Katniss for explanation since she has been able to understand the old woman. "She said that the leaves are slippery, but the trunk is easy enough to grip onto."

Katniss hands me her knives and throws her bow over her shoulder. Looking at where to grip first, she rounds the tree, picking her spot and then heaves herself up. I am amazed as I watch the woman that I love climb up a tree like some kind of animal. It's mesmerizing and scary at the same time. I don't know what she sees when she's up there, but I wonder if it's calming being so high up away from the terror that could be down here. This reminds me to look around me, make sure that no one is trying to sneak up on us.

Katniss comes down after a few minutes. Once her feet are back down on the flora covered ground, she readjusts her bow once again so that it's in her hands. "There's a river of some sort if we go to our right. I saw movement heading from the opposite direction going towards it, so someone else has figured out it's there or is just getting lucky."

"Well, then let's get there first and make sure we can get as much water as we can." I say to apparently everyone's surprise. I'm sure that everyone thinks I'm just here to follow Katniss everywhere and do whatever I can do protect her, but I'm not completely useless.

Katniss nods, "Let's go."

Mags mumbles something again and hands Finnick one of the leaves that she pulled from a bush. "And here are our cups." He says as he turns it into a funnel. Mags hands him some vine from the tree nearest her and there we have it.

"Let's get out of here, Finnick." Annie says, her hands shaking around the spear she's holding.

We all line up again, this time Katniss in front since she saw the river and Finnick in the back, guarding us. Out of nowhere, we hear this awful squealing noise and a huge fat pig with tusks comes shooting out of the brush from our left. Without even thinking about it, Katniss sinks an arrow into its side and it goes down two steps later. Finnick heaves the disgusting thing over his shoulders easily and says, "Nice, we've got dinner then."