(Age 23, The 75th Hunger Games- Quarter Quell )
"Get up!". Pain flooded up my back side as I tuned over groggily to be met with an annoyed pair of grey eyes. Katniss.
She ignored me and started shaking Johanna and Finnick instead of angirly kicking them. "Get-up we have to move".
It's offical, as soon as this alliance breaks I'm killing her first. I rolled over, grabbed my machete and followed the others. There was no point running. Not with Finnick, Johanna and Katniss here and all armed. No, I'm simply...apart of this alliance? Well I hoped I was.
As much as it pains me to say it, this is now the strongest alliance in the games. Theres only four left apart from us being: Gloss, Brutus, Enobaria and Chaff. The smart thing to do is to stick it out with this lot, kill off the remaining stragglers and cut ties without getting myself killed.
That's what my training is telling me, all other options increase my likihood of death. Even leaving now and going after Gloss is a suicide mission. This lot would just kill me or the Careers might not accept me back. Plus, I'd be alone in the jungle and I know no surival skills. So the smart thing to do is to stay. Besides, at the rate we're going we may even be able to hunt the Careers down by the end of the night. Obviously I'd kill anyone that kills Gloss but Enorbaria and Brutus are free game now in my eyes.
Katniss gave us some weird explaination about the arena being a giant clock. It made sense however, I'd never seen anyting like that in a games. I could tell Johanna was a bit skeptic too but she didn't voice any concerns. I know I'm pretty much on thin ice with everyone here so I didn't say anything either.
I'm still weary of them all. I know theres something bigger at play here. Something that involves me and Katniss. However I couldn't figure it out, something Haymitch has planned that involves this mega alliance? That seemed more pressing to me so I focused more on figuring that out over whatever Katniss was saying. However, I could barely even focus on that with Johanna yapping loudly next to me.
"...worthless thing. It's some kind of wire or something. That's how he got cut. Running up to the Cornucopia to get this. I don't know what kind of weapon it's supposed to be. I guess you could pull off a piece and use it as a garrote or something. But really, can you imagine Beetee garroting somebody?"
I scoffed. Did she not research her competition at all before entering? typical outer district.
I saw Peeta tip his head in confusion at Johanna. "He won his Games with wire. Setting up that electrical trap, It's the best weapon he could have."
And suddenly it hit me. Peeta, is like Katniss and I. Unaware of what their motive is. But this, this was proof that something is going on. I stood proctectivly close to Peeta and eyed Johanna suspiciously while she raised an eyebrow in return. "You'd know, right? Afterall that's why you nicknamed him Volts".
I felt someone stand next me and huff. "Seems like you already had that figured out though".
Well this was starting to become an unlikely pattern, Katniss and I working together. Looks like she's figured out the same thing I have, not everybody here is focussing on the actual games...theres something else gaing on.
Johanna clicked her tongue and glared at me before switching her glare to Katniss. "Yeah, that was really stupid of me, wasn't it?"
I felt myself nod even though it was rehtorical. She'd have failed allaince101 if she studied at the academy.
She shrugged her glare still on Katniss. "I guess I must have been distracted by keeping your little friends alive. While you were...what, again? Getting Mags killed off?"
Katniss' grip instantly tightened on her bow and I raised my machete. Johanna galred at me again."Go ahead. Try it."
She then switched glances to Katniss. "I don't care if you are knocked up, I'll rip your throat out".
I raised to swing but an iron grip held my arm back so tightly that I winced in pain. Sea green eyes were looking down at me in warning. "Maybe we all had better be careful where we step". He shot another warning look at Katniss before dropping my arm.
Ouch. That fucking hurt. I massaged the area that Finnick had just held, ignoring Johanna's satisfied grin.
Finnick forcefully pushed the wire into Betee's chest in slight anger. "There's your wire, Volts. Watch where you plug it."
As we walked along the spokes of the Cornecopia I noticed Katniss' eyes flicker to each of us and our weapons. There was no doubt in my mind that she was thinking of the best way to go once the alliance goes south. Afterall I couldn't balme her, we're getting to that point and she had Peeta to think about. Peeta, her liability in my opinion.
From the looks of it I think she'd enjoy going after Johanna, an attainable look crossed her features as she eyed the axe in her hand. She'd ignored Beetee and Wiress, let's be real they're not threats. But Finnick, her eyes lingered on Finnick for a long while and I could see the hesitation there. He had saved Peeta. Her eyes then met mine and she instantly dropped her gaze like you do when you've been caught staring at someone. However this is worse, she'd been caught sizing everyone up.
She cleared throat as we contuined to walk along the spokes. "This entire arena seems to layer out like a clock with a new threat every hour, but they stay within their wedge. It all starts with the lightning. Then the blood rain, fog, monkeys. That's the first four hours".
I smirked from behind her, nice save Everdeen. As if she could feel me smirking at her, she started pointing out sections to aviod suspicion from the others. "At 10, that big wave hits from over there".
We started hovering around some weapons, Finnick pulling me along beside him casually before looking down a Wiress with a smile. "Wiress, you're a genius".
I hated that I actually liked how it felt to be feld by Finnck. Like we just fit, that perfect size combination of petite and toned. I loathed it because I know only one of us can make it out and I still didn't know if I wanted it to be him or me. He's everything now, more than Cashmere or my mother. Despite his ulterior motives I felt he truly cared about me. Why else would he save me three times in a row? Or choose me over Mags?.
Peeta mapped out the arena in the dirt. "So 12-1, lighting. Then 1-2 is blood. Then fog, and then monkeys".
Simple enough. But too much was unknown, atleast half the sections had a question mark in them which made me uneasy. We'll have to stick to the beach for the rest of the games.
"Then 10-11, the wave. What about everything else? Did you guys see anything?".
Johanna shook head. "Nothing but blood".
Katniss sighed in disapointment. Peeta looked at Katniss before indicating to the map. "It doesn't matter, as long as you stay clear of whichever sector is active, we'll be safe".
"Yeah, relatively speaking". I looked up at Finnick's apprehenive expression and I gripped his hand a little tighter. "Don't worry we're safe on the beach".
He smirked at me and opened his mouth to say something before he was cut off by Wiress gasping.
I quickly whipped my head in that direction. Gloss! He's alive!. BOOM.
Gloss gave me a small smile before detaching a knife from Wiress and casually pushing her body into the water. I subconciously went to take a step towards him but found myself trapped. I whipped my head back towards Finnick and he shook his head at me. Instead of holding me in comfort he was now holding me tightly against his chest. He's too strong to fight off. In my stare off with Finnick I was only vaguely aware of an arrow whizzing past us.
It all happened in slow motion. Sympathetic sea green eyes, a flying arrow, a grunt, a small trickle of blood from the wound before his body fell in the water with a splash.
BOOM.
Dead. Another district partner dead. Gloss was gone. The brother of my bestfriend gone, and again I was powerless to save him. Like Sparks, all I could do was watch as he died, they both died...My eyes filled with rage as they connected with the Mockingjay's.
...She's so dead!
