Do you listen to music when you write stories? I do, right now I'm listening to Awake and Alive by Skillet. Reminds me of Rachel and Finn.
-Rachel:
When I wake up the first thing I notice is the warm sun on my face, the second thing I notice are the arms wrapped around me and I'm in someone's lap. Instantly I think Finnick, then I remember he's not here. I feel my eyes widen as I slowly turn my head. I see Skitt.
"What are you doing?" I ask as I get out of his lap.
"You started to shake after you fell asleep" he explains simply. That's, nice, of him? I guess.
"Oh, thanks, we should get going then, we've been here a while."
Skitt nods and we quickly pack and then continue hiking on, the ground incline rises. I go and run ahead of Skitt, then climb into a tree; hopefully I can get a better view from up here. I glance down and see Skitt leaning against the tree, casually guarding me with his trident in hand. I shrug, it won't do well in the forest, but oh well, he does best with it.
I easily scale to the top of the tree and lose sight of Skitt. I gasp at the view, we've covered a good thirty miles since the start of the Games. I can see the huge plateau , the golden horn of the cornucopia stands out from the sun behind it. The sea is a glistening foam blue, and I can see that the rest of the area is forest. I can't see any other victors, but I can tell the general shape of the area is a giant square. That could be dangerous, we could be walking and just hit it.
I easily start my way down to Skitt; I stop dead when I hear other voices. I look down to see Skitt and Brandon, a trident to Brandon's throat, a knife to Skitt's.
"I should kill you now; you'd be dead if you weren't prepared before." Brandon hisses at Skitt, slowly and silently I make my way down the tree, positioning myself over Brandon.
"Oh I know, too bad I was paying attention" Skitt rolls his eyes. This earns his the flat of Brandon's knife even closer over his neck. I slowly go and make myself so I hand only five feet above Brandon, and then when Skitt slowly nods his head I drop. Plummeting to the ground, with Brandon below me. He doesn't even have time to react, it's quick and easy when I take a knife from my belt and drive through the back of his neck.
Boom! His cannon fires, I nod to Skitt and we take off running.
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-Finnick:
A few hours later and Rachel's alliance group has grown. It now consists of her, Skitt, Johanna, Lyn, and Blight. They had run into Johanna, Lyn, and Blight an hour ago, they had combined alliances. Now they trek deeper into the forest, Lyn examines the wire; she's supposed to use it to disable the force field somehow. Rachel and Johanna are leading the others around; they're not sure where they're going.
"Just walking" Rachel had said when Blight had started to complain.
All of a sudden a scream rises up from far away. Everyone stops and listens again. The scream rises up again and everyone in the victor's room turns to stare at me. I look to the screen, Rachel's eyes dilate with fear.
"Rach, it's not real it's not real" Johanna is shaking Rachel, who isn't moving at all. What did she hear? My is she responding like this? The scream rises up again, then I realize, it's my voice. The third scream completely breaks her. Rachel is off sprinting all out through the woods towards my voice.
"Finn! Finnick!" She screams as she charges through the woods, her eyes bloodshot as she runs to my voice. No, it's not me though, it's a trick, just a stupid trick. She reaches were the noise is coming from and looks around frantically. "Finn, finn, finn" she whispers my name desperately over and over again. The broadcasters explain that it is not actually me, it's a jabberjay, which is hiding up in the tree.
The others catch up to her a few seconds later. Johanna grabs her and spins her around.
"It's not Finnick! Are you listening to me? It's not him; they're just playing a noise, to mess with us, with all of us." Johanna snarls in her face. She just nods slowly, she clams her hands over her ears. But as another scream rises, right by her, she starts to shake.
Two more screams later she breaks away from Blight, who was comforting her, and runs blindly through the woods. Another scream, and she's running faster, strait, not caring where it will take her.
"She's almost to the force field now" the broadcaster comments. I'm on my feet now,
"Turn around!" I cry to the screen, knowing it won't help, she can't run into the force field, she can't"
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-Rachel:
I take off running as another scream rises; I need to get away, so I can't hear it anymore. I'll die if I hear it again. They make him sound like he's in so much pain. I can't bear to hear him like that. So I go even faster when I hear it again. I glance back; my whole alliance is running after me, trying to catch up. They won't though.
I'm running full out when I slam into it. The force field. I'm catapulted backwards and I'm left writhing on the forest floor. Electric pulses surge through my body. My vision blurs, my heart skips a beat and then falls into an irregular rhythm. I can feel myself being lifted off the ground, but I can barely hear anything. Then someone's pounding on my chest. Then my world goes black and I make out the faint sound of a cannon.
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The darkness almost immediately is overtaken by light, and it takes a while until my eyesight adjusts. When my eyes do adjust I feel the smile spread across my face. There he is, like promised, in his casual clothes. Dusty blond hair, brilliant blue eyes. There is no evidence of his gruesome death. It's my Peeta.
Before I know it I'm in his arms, my head on his chest, his arms engulf me. I feel his lips graze my neck gently, I know he wants to kiss me, and I want to kiss him. I pull my head back and gaze into his eyes, he leans closer and I feel his lips on mine. My hands ball into fists against his strong chest. He rests his forehead against mine.
"I missed you." The sound of his voice, his actual voice, makes me want to never leave, and I will never have to leave. Because I am dead, I am dead but alive.
"I missed you too." I breathe as I kiss him again. After five more he puts his finger on my lips.
"But you need to go back, you need to still live." He tells me. He's asking me to do the unthinkable again. He's asking me to go back to life.
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-Finnick:
Boom! Her cannon fires at the exact moment my knees hit the floor. I hear a chorus of wails go up around me, I don't know from who, and I don't care. I don't care about anything right now, just that Rachel is dead. And, I'm the reason; my screams were what drove her to madness. I can't take my eyes off the screen though as Blight and Skitt work frantically to revive her.
It's no use though. I think over and over again in my head. It's no use, it's no use, it's no use. I don't even flinch when I see Skitt press his mouth to hers, forcing air into her, forcing her heart to start to beat again.
I feel someone helping me to my feet, I don't know who it is, but they lead me to the couch and sit me down. Then rub my back and say everything will be okay, they'll bring her back.
It's now that Lyn starts to hook up a contraption with her wire. She places one end over Rachel's heart, and then ties the other end around a rock. As she works on whatever she's doing Skitt continues to press his lips to Rachel's. It's no use though, why can't they see that?
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-Rachel:
"I don't want to leave you." I plead to Peeta softly.
"You need to, you can change things maybe if you go back, and I want you too. You'll see me again. We you die for real."
"But I-" his lips cut my words off again.
"For me?" he asks gently. Slowly I nod; I'll do anything for Peeta. He pulls me close to him with a smile on his face. "I'll be watching over you." He promises me. I just nod, not wanting to let go.
Then I feel the electric shock that makes my heart race back to life again.
Did you like it? It's a bit confusing, but hopefully that will be cleared up next chapter. The chapter after next we get to day five of the Games!