"So 11," Finnick said sitting across from me.
"Agriculture," I said smiling at Annie as she sat down next to Finnick.
"Or home as others like to think of it," someone said sitting in the seat that I had been saving; Peeta had said he would put our bags in the train if I saved him a seat and I just lost it.
"Annie this is Thresh," Finnick tried to introduce her but she was to busy scribbling something down in a notebook.
"Thresh this is Katniss," Finnick introduced me. He was built like a brick wall with dark brown skin and short black hair, his eyes were a shade that I had never seen before a soft golden brown.
"Nice to meet you," I smiled.
"You too," he said looking at me.
"So do you know what we are doing in 11?" Finnick asked.
"Thresh is a funny name," Annie said looking up. "Oh," she said shocked when she looked at him. "It really suits you," she weakly smiled and went back to writing in her book.
"Hey," Peeta said winking at me.
"Peeta," he offered his hand to Thresh.
"Thresh," he said taking Peeta's hand.
"You remind me of someone," Peeta said sitting down next to Annie.
"Your from 12 yeah," Thresh said.
"Yeah have we met?" Peeta had the cute little wrinkles in his forehead he got when he was thinking.
"Bran," Thresh said smiling; his smile was so warm compared to the rest of him.
"One of my best friends," Peeta said sitting back looking Thresh up and down.
"My cousin," he laughed.
"I knew there was something familiar about you," Peeta laughed. "We met once at his birthday you punched Wyatt."
"Don't remember doing that," Thresh laughed.
"Wyatt probably deserved it," I said which knowing Wynn probably did.
"He did," Peeta laughed.
"Gale," Thresh stood up and greeted him.
"Finnick, Annie, Catnip," he said.
"Sit," Finnick said standing up shaking Gale's hand.
"I can't I have to turn around and walk away isn't that right Catnip," Gale smiled.
"Sit down if you want," I sighed.
"Nah wouldn't want Peeta to get his bread all twisted up," Gale laughed then walked away.
"Bit of history there," Finnick laughed.
"A bit," I said screwing up my face.
"What are you writing Annie?" Peeta asked.
"Has anyone ever been decapitated in 11?" she said looking at Thresh.
"I don't think so," he said giving her a weird look.
"Can I sit here?" Freya the fiery haired girl from last night slipped into the chair next to Thresh.
"Are you sure," she said leaning forward and taking his hand.
"I'm not really sure man," he said pulling his hand away.
"Please I need to know," she said hitting her forehead with the palm for her hand.
"I don't know," Thresh said standing up. "What the hell is wrong with her?"
"There is nothing wrong with her," Finnick stood up and pushed Thresh back into Freya.
"Fuck you man," Thresh began to move towards Finnick but Peeta stood in the way.
"How about we just cool off," he said calmly.
"Your both fucking crazy," he said pointing at Finnick before he turned around and stormed off.
"I'm going to go to," Freya said getting up. "Conflict isn't my thing."
"Thanks," Finnick said to Peeta as he sat down. Annie was sitting with her hands over her face. Finnick forced her to move them into her lap; then he leant in and whispered something in her ear causing her to smile. It all happened in a second but you could tell that the love they shared wasn't going to be stopped by anything.
"Not going to lie thought he was going to snap me in half," Peeta said sitting down causing Annie to burst out in the most infectious laughter I had ever heard within in second we were all laughing with her.
"I write stories," Annie said stopped laughing and smiled at Peeta.
"What kind?" it took Peeta a few seconds to realize what she was talking about.
"For kids," she said handing Peeta her notebook.
"Like picture storybooks," he asked flipping through the notebook.
" I would love that but I can't draw, so more like stories you sit down and tell a class full of kids," she smiled. "I want to be a teacher."
"Peeta can draw," I was watching Finnick stare out the window at the passing trees. How could someone like that have fallen for a poor mad girl like Annie.
"Can you," her face lit up.
"Yeah," he said looking at me with a face that said he wished that I had kept my mouth shut.
"Yeah I am nothing special I mostly just draw for me," he said.
"Can I see?" she said smiling.
"Annie, Peeta doesn't want to show you," he sighed.
"No its fine," Peeta said grabbing his backpack and looking through it. "Just most of my good stuff is in my sketchbook that's in the back."
"I'm going for a walk," Finnick said getting up and pushing past Annie and Peeta.
"Wait up I'll come with you," I jumped up quickly kissing Peeta on the cheek and going after Finnick.
"So does this train turn into a boat or a plane I just want to be prepared," I joked when I caught up to him.
Finnick didn't say anything he just opened the door that linked the two carriages and stepped out. "Come on I won't let you fall," he said offering me his hand.
The platform was barely big enough for both of us to stand on and the flimsy chain that were meant to stop me falling to my death wasn't helping me feel more confident.
"Want one?" Finnick said offering me a smoke.
"No thanks," people in twelve didn't really smoke I guess it goes back to before the rebellion where people from 12 couldn't afford to smoke.
"They are never going to let her be a teacher," he said taking a drag and blowing out smoke right into my face.
"Shit sorry the wind," he said. "Swap sides."
"Why won't they let her be a teacher she seems to really want to," I said after I had a firm grip on the chain on the other side of the tiny platform.
"Come on Katniss your smarter than that you know why," he said shaking his head. I wanted to ask him what was really wrong with Annie but it wasn't any of my business.
"Maybe Peeta can help her with these stories she writes," I said.
"All she wants to do is teach," he said putting his cigarette out of the side of the train and letting it fall to the ground. He looked like a worried father talking about what was wrong with his children and not wanting to admit there was nothing he could do to help.
"Then she will find a way to teach," I said wanting to die a little inside when Finnick pulled out another smoke and started lighting it.
"Can Peeta really draw?" he asked.
"Yeah he is amazing," my boy was so talented.
"Doesn't seem like the drawing type," Finnick laughed.
"What does he seem like?" I asked.
"Let me rephrase that," Finnick said finishing off his second smoke.
"You don't seem like the type to fall in love with the painter type," Finnick said opening the door for me.
"What type do you think I will fall in love with," I laughed.
"I don't know," he said looking me up and down. "You seem more of casual sex and no commitment kind of girl."
"A slut, that's the kind of girl you think I am," I said.
"I was just saying you don't seem like the long term relationship girl," Finnick laughed.
"Well I wasn't not until Peeta anyway," I said.
"Hey Johanna," I said as she brushed past us.
"I don't want to sleep with you," she snapped.
"Damn it," Finnick said hitting the wall. "I was hoping you two would let me watch."
"Who are you?" Johanna shot a look at Finnick.
"Finnick," he said waving.
"I don't want to sleep with you either," she snapped at him.
"I was hoping we could all sleep together," he said with a big goofy smile on his face.
"Shut up," she snapped. "Sorry those fucking bitches from one and two have gone around telling everyone that I'm a lesbian and people are looking at me like I'm going to rape them," she screamed at a girl that was passing us.
"Well I didn't think you were going to rape me until you yelled at me," I said moving closer to Finnick.
"Okay so this conversation is getting me really excited how about we all have sex," he said smiling cause Johanna and I both to punch him.
"It was just a suggestion," he said rubbing his arm.
"I'm not sleeping either of you," Johanna said walking away.
"We were this close," Finnick said.
"No you weren't, when someone opens a conversation with I don't want to sleep with you I don't think you can get this close," I said putting my fingers a little bit apart like Finnick did.
"So is she a lesbian? Because if a girl doesn't want to sleep with all this," he said pointing to his body.
"I don't know if she decides to eat me I will let you know," I said sitting down next to Peeta.
"What are we eating?" Annie said throwing her arms around Finnick's neck.
"Nothing," I screamed before Finnick opened his mouth.
"Come come," Mrs. Trinket said trying to get all the students gathered.
"Hey shut up," someone yelled from up the front and everyone went silent.
"Now I'm Mr. Cotton from here in eleven and I will telling you what to do when you're here," he yelled. "Now because it only took us an hour and a half to get here so we decided that today will be your school day." There was a collective groan from the whole crowd.
"Shut up. Tomorrow we will be visiting some of the orchards here in eleven and at night we will be playing something we call here in eleven Reb. Now I am going to give you your rooms just like in 12 four people per room. Everyone needs to be down here by ten because the later we are getting to school the later you guys will have to stay in class. Do you understand?"
There was another groan from the crowd.
"So I'm going to take that as a yes. I'm going to say the names don't move until the end just remember your room number when I have allocated everyone to their room then you can move" he said. Then he started reading out names I was only listening for the names that mattered.
"Clove from 2 is something you cook with, Katniss from 12 is a what exactly?" he said sighing.
"It's a plant," someone I had a feeling it was Gale yelled.
"Exactly not a name," he snapped. Who the hell did he think he is I loved my name! My father picked that name! Peeta must have known that I was going to say something because he pulled me closer to him and kissed the top of my head.
"Wiress from 3 come on and Pinee from seven come one people what's with the names? Your in 2."
"Mrs. Cotton how about you just read out the names," Mrs. Trinket made her way to the front.
"How about you sit you Capital ass down," he snapped.
"Hey don't talk to her like that," Peeta yelled.
"Why don't you just read out the names," she said with a little more confidence.
"Look we are not in 12 anymore this show is mine so just back off," he said.
"Thor from 6, Peter from 12." "Its Peeta," he mumbled under his breath.
Cato from one and Beetee from 3. Please tell me what the hell a Beetee is?" Mr. Cotton sighed.
"That would be me," a small man with ashen skin and dark rimed glasses said putting his hand up.
"Your in 3."
"Gale from 12 come on people Gale is a strong wind not a girls name," he laughed.
"So what the hell is your name?" Gale yelled moving through the crowd.
"Stay here," Peeta sighed.
"You think you're a big man standing up there and picking on the names that our parents gave us," I knew this was about me.
"Where are you from?" Mr. Cotton smiled.
"Twelve," Gale spat.
"I suggest that you get back 12 or I will make you walk back to your district," he threatened.
"Come on Gale," Peeta said holding me back.
"Get off me bread boy," he said pushing Peeta away.
"Boys stop," Mrs. Trinket said.
"District 12 was always good for nothing," he laughed.
You could see the moment that it came out of his mouth Gale and Peeta stopped staring at each other and turned to look at him.
"What did you say?" Peeta said.
"How dare you," Gale yelled.
"Twelve is good for nothing is that what you said?" Peeta yelled.
"Boys come on just leave it we are better than this," Mrs. Trinket tried to get Gale and Peeta to stop.
"No answer them," Mr. Abernathy stumbled onto the stage. "What the hell did you say about 12?"
"Typical a bunch of uncivilized drunks," he spat at Mr. Cotton.
"Did you hear that boys uncivilized," he said turning to Peeta and Gale.
"Haymitch don't," Mrs. Trinket warned.
"Oh come on capital bitch we made of tougher stuff here in eleven I can take anything," he laughed.
"Don't you talk to her like that," Gale and Peeta both yelled.
"Take this," Mr. Abernathy paused for a moment then punched him.
"We might be uncivilized in 12 but a asshole like you is an asshole in any district," Mr. Abernathy spat.
"Come on boys," Mrs. Trinket stepped in as Peeta and Gale continued to cheer Mr. Abernathy. "And I am from district 12 and you don't you think that you will get away with talking about my district like that," she screamed snatching the piece of paper off Mr. Cotton.
"Now get the hell away from my students," she yelled.
"This is not the end of this," he said.
"Oh yes I think it is," she said smiling. I wanted to cheer, wave a flag, and show my pride for district 12.
"Okay my lovely people," Mrs. Trinket took a second to regain her composure. Mrs. Trinket read out the rest of the names stopping to complement each one.
"Okay I think you can have a little extra time to get settled, lets say we meet back here at 10:30," she said smiling.
"What are you smiling at? I wanna kill that guy," Peeta said coming up to me.
"You and Gale worked together," I said putting my arms around his neck.
"That's what you got out of that?" he asked.
"Even if it was only for a second you two worked together and weren't fighting each other," I said kissing him.
"Come on guys lets get moving," a teacher that I had never seen before said.
"You want me to be friends with him," Peeta said sighing.
"I miss him," I admitted.
"I will try," he said shaking his head.
"You are to good for me Peeta," I said kissing him.
"You have no idea how much that isn't true. Come on I will carry your bags up," he said grabbing my bag.
"Hey Annie," she was standing by herself next to a tree.
"Hello Katniss," she said moving closer to me.
"Where is Finnick?" I liked Annie even if people were calling her crazy.
"Smoking," she screwed up her face pointing to a nearby tree Finnick was hiding behind.
"Ew," I said screwing my face up as well.
"You should trying kissing someone after they have done it," she said.
"Can you taste it?" I asked.
"Yeah it is disgusting," she laughed. I didn't see how it was funny but I laughed with her.
"I'm 94% more likely to be hit by a fallen branch here than I would be sitting in my room," she said.
"I am sure that you won't be hit by anything," I said.
"That's what Finnick said that's why I am here. I don't want him to miss out on anything else because of me," she said looking over at him.
"Nothing is going to happen to you," I tried to reassure her.
"I know but I am still scared," there was a loud bang in the distance causing her to jump and grab my hand.
"Are you my friend?" she asked still holding my hand.
"Yes. Are you my friend?" I asked.
"Yes. I have never had a friend except for Finnick," she said looking over at him again. "People think I am weird."
"I don't think you are; being weird and being scared are two totally different things," I said smiling.
"Really?" he said looking at me.
"Of course," I said as Finnick joined us.
"This should be exciting," Finnick laughed.
"District 11 grows fruit, corn, cotton and as well as different vegetables," Annie said. "It should be fun," she tightened the grip she had on my hand.
"Really?" Finnick said looking down at our hands.
"Yes," she nodded but didn't sound to convincing. "I'm looking forward to it."
"Are you okay?" he asked her.
"Yes I am fine," she said smiling kissing him.
"Okay I will see you later," I said dropping Annie's hand as Finnick's hands made their way under Annie's top and he pushed her up against the tree.
"So apparently they fired Mr. Cotton," someone said coming up behind me.
"After what he said about 12 he should have been fired," I snapped.
"A little harsh don't you think Katnip," Gale laughed.
"No he got what he deserved talking to Mrs. Trinket like that I should have punched him."
"You didn't need to send your boyfriend up to help me I had it," he said.
"One he lives in 12 as well he had every right to be up there and two I didn't he did it all be himself," I said crossing my arms. "He is just that kind of guy."
"One that puts his head where it isn't wanted?" Gale questioned.
"No one that defends people when they are getting picked on and stands for what he believes in," I said.
"Well tell him that I didn't want or need his help," Gale said.
"Just one question and I will never mention it again," he said.
"What?" I didn't want to keep going over and over this again.
"Why him and not me?"
"Dad always said that if ever find yourself in love with two people you always need to go for the second one," I said.
"Why?"
"Because if you were really in love with the first person you wouldn't have fallen in love with the second."
"Okay guys gather around come on," someone yelled interrupting Gale.
"We are missing 2," a teacher announced after she had counted us.
"Okay find the teacher from your districts so we can work out who is missing," they said and I made my way over to Mrs. Trinket.
"Hello Katniss," she smiled at me.
"Hello, are you okay? What that man said was horrible," I said smiling.
"Of course I am okay," she smiled. "I have had to endure harsher comments from people in 12."
"What do you mean?"
"Being a person from the capital in one of the outlying districts is not easy Katniss. People were very hard on my when I first arrived in 12."
"They aren't any more are they?" I said.
"Of course not I am more of a novelty now," she said laughing.
"All my people," she said smiling as Gale and Peeta joined us.
"Now I wanted to talk to all three of you," she said seriously. "Now as much as I am proud of both of you for defending me and our district. Could we all try to fly under the radar for a while." She smiled looking at all of us. I just nodded and smiled back at her.
"Yeah," Gale said.
"Of course," Peeta said.
"That's my people," she said shuffling off.
"Is the boy and the girl from four," I heard someone say. I had a feeling I knew what they were doing.
"Finnick and Annie?" Peeta questioned.
"They are just having some alone time," I said laughing.
"Oh," Peeta laughed.
"Okay sit tight guys we they probably are just a little lost," someone called out.
"Who is lost?" Finnick said coming up behind me scaring me half to death.
"You two are," I laughed pulling a twig out of Finnick's hair.
"We aren't lost," Annie laughed. "Unless we are all lost."
"I found them," Mrs. Trinket yelled coming over to us.
"Where have you two been?"
"We just got a little lost," Finnick said winking at me.
"Okay try and stick with the group," she said going over to talk with the other teacher.
"Now that we are all here we can start. Now follow me and all stick together," the women yelled.
"But we weren't lost we were having sex," Annie said staring off into distance.
"Annie shh," Finnick snapped.
"I'm cold," Glimmer stamped her foot causing her heel to get stuck in the dirt. You think she would have learnt by how just to wear flat shoes.
"We are all cold but you're the only one complaining about it," Lyra from 3 snapped. We were all standing in the middle of an apple orchard waiting for someone to tell us what to do.
"Apparently it is some sort of.." she had dark hair that was tied up in a bun on top of her hair and she shared the same ashen skin that all people from district three had.
"War game," Beetee I think his name was finished her sentence.
"War games are used to.." she trailed off again.
"They are used in the military to simulate war in order to test weapons or tactical maneuvers," he said pushing his glasses further up his nose.
" Yes yes but that's not the sort we are about to participate in," she said. She seemed to be talking to him and she never seemed to finish a sentence.
"War games can also be recreational game that simulates battle experiences," he said.
"The battle between the people of eleven and the capital," she said.
"Nuts and Volts," Johanna said coming up beside me.
"What?"
"Its what people are calling them," she said smiling.
"And who came up with that name?" I asked.
"Guilty," she laughed. "But hey it fits right."
"I get she is nuts but why volts?"
"Apparently he is some sort of genius back in three invented some sort of new wire that can… I really have no idea."
"They seem harmless," I said.
"Harmless and crazy," Johanna laughed.
"Why doesn't she finish any of her sentences?" I said as she kept talking about something and he kept filling in the blanks.
"She is nuts," Johanna laughed.
"Right," I laughed. "Its all in the name."
"Okay gather round," the teachers yelled moving us closer together.
"Okay I am Miss Leaf and I will be replacing Mr. Cotton on the rest of the tour," The teacher said.
"So here in eleven we have a sport we like to call Reb which is short for rebellion. Now after the Capital bombed 13 and the districts rebelled 11 was one of the first districts the capital hit. This is because 11 was the main source of food for people in the capital and to them we were the most valuable. They came at night thinking that they could take the district while it slept but the Capital forgot that they had given all we needed to fight them, all we needed to win. They had taught us to climb the trees to pick the highest fruit, they had given us these she said holding up a pair of glasses. The capital gave these to the people of eleven so that even the sun going down wouldn't stop them from working. So we used them we were ready we hid in the trees and we drove the capital out of our district. To remember this the people of eleven created Reb it started as a reenactment of the battle but over time is has grown into the official sport of District 11. It is usually played with 4 teams of 10 however we thought it would be interesting to have smaller teams and have district battle against district."
"So cool," Johanna exclaimed.
"Now don't worry this going to be a real gun fight," Miss Leaf said.
"Not going to lie kind of disappointed now," she laughed.
"We will be using these," she said holding up some sort of vest. "I am going to be honest with you I have no idea how these work but it has something to do with laser." she said holding up what looked like a gun and shot the vest which started flashing different colors. "We have lots of different weapons that all work using these lasers guns, bows, swords, rifles."
"Now I know that some districts have three students and others have four. So the Districts with three students are going to have a teacher join you. Now the games are going to start in an hour, I want all students to find their teachers. They will explain how to use the weapons and the rules."
"I won't hesitate to kill you," Johanna said laughing.
"Me either," I said moving off.
"This is going to be exciting," Peeta said when I joined them.
"As long as I get to shoot you," I said taking his hand.
"We are on the same team," he laughed.
"But I so want to shoot you," I said kissing him.
"I will let you shoot me," he winked.
"If we are going to work together and win this can we please stop doing that," Gale sighed.
"So," Mr. Cinna said coming up to us holding a giant bag. At that point I was relieved that it was Mr. Cinna that would be working with us not Mrs. Trinket or Mr. Abernathy.
"Here each of you take a pair of these," he said handing us a pair of glasses.
"Cool," Gale said putting on the glasses and holding his hand up to his face.
"Bran told me about these," Peeta said smiling after he put on the glasses.
"What are they?" I asked.
"Put them on Katnip," Gale said smiling at me.
"Its okay put them on," Peeta said grabbing my glasses and putting them on me.
"Wow these let you see in the dark," I looked out over the orchard before where it was pitch black it was now was now different shades of green.
"So when the game start you need to keep the glasses on because this isn't a ordinary orchard it is a stadium we are enclosed in a giant dome all lights will be turned off and these are going to be the only way you will be able to see," Mr. Cinna said opening the bag revealing different weapons.
"You aren't playing?" Peeta asked.
"No I don't think I am cut out for a game like this," he laughed.
"Once Mrs. Trinket located Mr. Abernathy he will be joining you," he said.
"We are good with just the three of us," Gale said.
"Here put these on," Mr. Cinna ignored Gale and handed us all a vest.
"Here let me," Peeta said taking the vest off me I lifted my arms and he slipped it on adjusting the straps so it fit properly.
"Stop hitting me women," Mr. Abernathy came bursting out of the tree line followed closely by Mrs. Trinket.
"Children," he said nodding at us.
"Here," Mr. Cinna said handing him a vest.
"Why am I doing this again?" he asked putting it on.
"Because we want the students to have a good time," Mrs. Trinket said hitting him with some sort of fan.
"We are fine if you don't want to play," Gale spat.
"I like him what's your name?" Mr. Abernathy said putting his arm around Gales shoulder.
"I have been in your class for three years and you couch our baseball team," Gale said.
"Are you sure?" he said laughing.
"Positive," Gale said looking confused.
"What do I call you in class?" he said sitting down at Gale's feet.
"Hey you," he said looking down at him.
"Hey you! I remember now I always liked you," he laughed.
"Really?" Gale said looking at Mrs. Trinket.
"Haymitch get up now!" she snapped.
"I swear women get away from me with that thing," he said grabbing the fan she was hitting him with and throwing it into the tree line.
"That was silk," she started hitting him with her hands.
"Come on guys we are running out of time," Mr. Cinna said. "Why don't you all grab something and have a try."
I knew what was going to happen the second Mr. Cinna said it Peeta and Gale sprinted to the bag and started fighting over the same gun.
"Stop it," I said grabbing a gun that had fallen at my feet shooting both of them.
"What the hell," Gale said standing up looking down at his flashing vest.
"You both get one shot at each other," I said grabbing a gun and shoving it into Peeta's arms. "Then if either of you even think a bad thought about the other and I will do this by myself. Peeta go."
"Why does he get to shoot me first," Gale said crossing his arms.
"Seriously Gale," I said grabbing the gun off Peeta and throwing it at Gale. "Go," Gale lined up his shot and shot Peeta.
"Was that good?" I snapped grabbing the gun and giving it to Peeta.
"Would now be an inappropriate time to tell me that all this yelling is kind of turning me on," Peeta laughed shooting Gale.
"Really," I said smiling.
"Hell yeah," Peeta winked at me.
"Okay guys focus," Mr. Cinna said laughing.
"This part of the arena is district 12 this is where we will start I really have no advice for you other than stay away from 11 because Thresh is on a professional team," Mr. Cinna said.
"Out of the way," Mr. Abernathy said pushing Mr. Cinna out of the way.
"Sweetheart what are you good at?" he said pointing at me.
"She can shoot," Gale said picking up a bow and handing it to me. "We used to go hunting with our fathers she is a amazing shot."
"Peeta is strong and Gale is a fast," I said quickly.
"I'm not that strong," Peeta laughed.
"Yes he is I have seen him lift 100 pound sack of flour and he can pick me up without a problem."
"Grab a sword kid and hey you grab a gun," he said.
"This is what we are going to do," he said. "Sweetheart can you climb?"
"Yeah," where was he going with this?
"and Blondie your on my baseball team as well?"
"Have been for three years," Peeta said.
"So we are going to have the skirt hide in the tree while you two work together and bring people back here for her to shoot," he said sitting up against a tree.
"And what will you be doing? When we are luring people back to Katniss," Peeta asked.
"Well if you shut up for a second I would like to get back to sleep," he said yawning.
"Haymitch," Mrs. Trinket snapped.
"This clearing has one way in you and you will get people to come through there and the lady and I will shoot them," he said climbing the tree.
"The game will commence in 5 minutes," a booming voice came from all around us and a clock appeared in the sky.
"So when the game starts it will go for two hours there will be a score board projected in the sky. The district with the most players at the end will be the winner," Mr. Cinna said. "If any of you are shot a tube will appear that you will step into and it will take you to a viewing room, before you step into the tube you need to take the glasses off because the viewing room is full of bright lights and the glasses will hurt your eyes."
"Well good luck. Peeta and Gale maybe this exercise will be a good time for you to aside you differences and work together," Mrs. Trinket said smiling.
"We must get out of here before it starts," Mr. Cinna said.
"Haymitch wake up," she yelled before leaving.
"Are you two going to fight?" I said looking up at the sky seeing that there was only 2 minutes left.
"It's a good plan," Peeta said.
"Yeah can you shoot?" Gale said looking at him.
"Yeah I have been hunting a few times," Peeta said.
"I guess it could work," Gale said.
"The game will begin in one minute," the voice said.
"Lets get you in a tree," Peeta said taking my hand.
"You going to be nice?" I asked fixing his collar.
"Yes Katniss I'm going to be nice," he laughed kissing me.
"That's my man and just remember it is only a game," I kissed him.
"Let me help you," he said boosting me into the tree.
"Play nice please," I said one last time.
"Try not to shoot me," he laughed.
"Not promising," I said.
"Good luck Gale," I yelled as they both disappeared behind some trees.
10…9…8…7…6…5…4…3…2…1
There was a loud siren and then the count down in the sky restarted but this time it read 2 hours. Also the sky was filled with the names of each of the districts and underneath little pictures of all the people playing on that team. I have to admit that I didn't know there were this many people on the tour. I knew a handful at most.
After a few minutes people faces started to fade from the sky.
First it was a guy from 10 then a girl from 5 then it just kept going.
Around ten minutes later Peeta and Gale came running through the tree line followed by a pack people from one and two. Picking them off one by one was easy.
Marvel
Gloss
Cato
Glimmer
Clove
It was a little good watching their pictures disappear from the sky and to hear them swearing and yelling when their vests lit up and they were forced to step into the tubes.
"Yeah who thought that the three good for nothings from district 12 could take out one and two," Gale yelled.
"Fuck you," Cato yelled.
"You alright up there babe?" Peeta asked.
"Yeah, having fun?"
"Yeah its alright," he laughed.
"Come on," Gale sighed.
"We'll be back," Peeta said winking.
"Would you stop snoring," it had been half an hour since Gale and Peeta left and Mr. Abernathy's snoring was getting louder and louder.
"Oh shut up," I lifted my bow and shot him square in the chest. I did feel a little bad when the flashing lights from his vest woke him up and he fell out of the tree.
"Are you okay?" I yelled.
"You shot me," he yelled.
"No it wasn't me someone must have heard you snoring," I snapped.
"Well have fun sweetheart," he said getting into the tube.
"Come on boys," the clocks in the sky kept ticketing on, 45 minutes to go and to be honest I was pretty bored.
Then Peeta and Gale's picture disappeared from the sky at exactly the same time.
"I swear I am going to kill them both," I mumbled to myself. I had been sitting in a tree for over an hour if they had a fight and shot each other I was going to kill them.
I had been wondering around for a couple of minutes trying to find someone. The whole of eleven was left, one person from 6, 10 and 8. Johanna and Blight from 7, Finnick and Annie as well as everyone from 3. Which was surprising.
"Katniss," someone called my name. "Finnick. Katniss."
"Annie," she was the only one that it could be.
"Katniss where are you?" she sobbed.
"Stay where you are Annie just keep talking to me I will find you,' I said trying to find where her voice was coming from.
"I lost Finnick Katniss I'm scared," I spotted her sitting against a tree her knees pulled up to her chest.
"I'm here its okay," I said running up to her putting my bow down and hugging her. "Are you okay?" I said letting her go.
"I'm sorry," she lifted her head she wasn't crying.
"What are you sorry for?" I asked.
"This," someone dropped down from the tree and shot me.
"Finnick," I yelled as my vest lit up.
"Sorry babe," he said smiling.
"Nicely played," I said looking down at Annie.
"I'm really sorry Katniss," she laughed.
"If it makes you feel any better Katniss Peeta and Gale fell for it as well," Finnick said as a glass tube shot out from the ground.
"A little," I laughed looking into the tube.
"Apparently it just takes you down a level," Finnick said.
"I guess we will see," I said stepping into it. "Good luck."
Finnick was right it was just like a little elevator and in a second I the tube was opening up into a giant room.
"Fell for it too?" Peeta said helping me out of the tube.
"They were sneaky," I said pouting.
"Its okay we weren't going to win anyway," Peeta said.
"We could of," Peeta lead me over to a long couch with everyone intensely staring at the wall of screens.
"Nah I don't think so," Peeta said pulling me down onto his lap.
"Why?"
"District three," Peeta said pointing to the screen. All the students from three were in a clearing Beetee and Wiress were doing something to one of the vests while Lyra and a boy kept watch.
"What are they doing?"
"Apparently all the vests are connected," Peeta said. "They are trying to rig it so that if they shoot one all the others will go off."
"Can that work?"
"The people from eleven don't know," Gale said not looking away from the screen.
"I guess we are about to find out," Beetee was now doing something to Lyra's vest.
"Who is left?" I asked as he did the same thing to the boys vest.
"All of 11, Johanna and Blight, Finnick and Annie and three," Peeta said.
"They are about to do it," I heard Cato say from across the room and my attention went back to the screen.
Beetee had put the vest back on and Lyra lined up the shot and fired. The vest that Beetee was wearing started to flash and then everyone's attention turned to the screens that were trained on the other students.
"It didn't work," Glimmer laughed. But then Finnicks vest started flashing, then Thresh's vest went off, then Annie's followed the other vests.
"They did it," Peeta said sounding shocked.
"That's fucking cheating," Cato yelled.
Long one sorry it took me so long to write… I hope you like it
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