Disclaimer: I do not own THG OR MR. OKIE DOKIE?
Lil' note: THIS IS THE LAST CHAPTER!
James sat on the other side of the fire we made, he looked into the flames as I cried over Miri and Diana's deaths. Every once in a while he would poke one of the burning logs with a stick, and then he would look up at the sky, waiting for the anthem to play. It did, the anthem played, and the faces of John, Miri, the career named Carter, Emma, Dawn, and Diana's faces flashed in the sky. I swallowed, looked down at the fire, and inspected my blue jay necklace. I really didn't know why I had thought it was a bluebird, maybe because that's what my cows name was, but it was a blue jay, one of the most protective birds in the world.
"What do we do now?" I whispered.
James looked up at me, "I don't know…"
"Should we stay in the air as much as we can?
James sighed, "I just don't know Dessity…"
I looked back at the fire, "There are only THREE of us left, I don't even know how we got here…"
James nodded, "We've survived five days of the Games."
"I just don't see how we'll survive any longer though, Sapphire is – "
"Seventeen, I know…" James said.
I sighed, "James?"
"Yeah?"
"On the first day of training… you acted as if you knew Sapphire."
I could see James' face turn pale, "So?"
"How do you know her?" I asked softly.
"I don't she's… she's just another tribute, I don't – "
I looked him in the eyes, something told me that he did know her, "Tell me."
He sighed, "I… I'm not from District Ten."
I stared at him, "What?"
"I'm not from District Ten."
"Then where – "
"Twelve, I was born in District Twelve to Nancy and James Mellor, I was taken when I was a baby to the Capitol to be tested on, when they gave me wings they wanted to see if I could fly, when I couldn't… they sent me back."
"As I got older I taught myself how to fly, my wings got stronger and before I knew it… I was soaring," he continued, "my sister encouraged me with flying, and I encouraged her with training, she always wanted to go in the Games, I never knew why though…"
"My sister and I were… really close, she loved to watch me fly… when I turned fourteen I told her that I wanted to see all of the Districts, that I was going to fly away to see them."
My memories of wanted to fly away came back to me, of when I was a little girl and dreamed of flying to different Districts.
"Go on…" I said.
James sighed, "My sister got mad at me and threatened to tell my parents, she didn't want me to leave, she was jealous, she wanted to see the world too, that was the other thing she wanted to do besides the Games. I did it anyway, when nighttime came I flew away, I flew all the way to District Ten, I really liked it there so I decided to stay for a few years…"
"And you met me when you had been there for a year…" I whispered.
He nodded, "And…"
"Sapphire is your sister."
James looked up at me, "She hates you…"
I nodded, "Because you and I were close."
James laughed, "Yeah, now she wants both of us dead and nothing is going to stop her."
"Thank you for telling me."
James smiled, "It feels good to get that off of my chest, you're the only one who knows besides me and Sapphire, I also thought that you should know why she wants to kill you so badly."
I looked back up at the sky, an animal howled in the distance, the fire crackled.
"I'm going to go on to sleep, do you mind taking the first watch?" I asked.
James shook his head, "I'm fine, goodnight."
"Yeah…" I said as I closed my eyes.
"Let's see how she reacts when we put her in the maze," I heard my father say.
I turned to look at him, he was wearing a white lab coat and some glasses, he leaned down and poked a needle in my skin, I jumped back.
"Her reactions are still pretty fast, let's go ahead and put her in the maze," another scientist said.
I was lifted up and brought to a room where the maze was built, I was to run through it and find the exit, and if I slowed down I would get shocked. The scientist put me at the start, a bell rang and I was shoved into the maze. I whimpered and tried to run back, but I got shocked and pushed back into the maze. I turned and ran, the only way out of the maze was the exit, so I had to find it. After a few twists and turns I saw the exit, I was about to leap out when my foot got caught on some wire and I fell. They shocked me once, I winced and struggled to get up, twice, I let out a small yelp, three times, I stumbled up and ran to the finish line.
"Her heart rate hasn't gone up, we should put her back in," My father said.
My father bent down to pick me up, I bit him, he swore, grabbed me and dragged me to the finish line.
"Make sure it's harder this time," My father said to the other scientists while glaring at me.
The bell rang and I was shoved in to the maze, as I took my first step I was shocked, I yelped and started running, I turned a right, then a left, I managed to find the exit, but this time, instead of tripping on wire the scientists let an Eraser loose in the maze…
I sat up, a scream almost escaped my mouth, James heard my sudden movement and ran over to me.
"What's wrong?" He asked.
"I had a nightmare," I said in a shaky voice.
James sat down next to me, "What about?"
"I was at the lab… my father was throwing me into the maze… he set an Eraser loose in the maze."
"Did that actually happen?" James asked.
I nodded, "They didn't let the Eraser hurt me though, when he was about to harm me he got shocked and I ran to the finish line."
James reached over, grabbed a water bottle, and handed it to me, I chugged it down and sighed.
"Thanks."
He nodded, "I think it's early enough to go hunting or – "
"No," I said.
"What do you want to do?" James asked.
"Let's head back to the Cornucopia, there could be some more supplies there."
"Sapphire could also be there."
I nodded, "I know, and if she is things will go down a whole lot faster, I just want to get this over with."
James nodded, "Ok."
We packed up our stuff and flew back into the air, headed for the Cornucopia, deep down I knew that I didn't want Sapphire to be there, but part of me hoped that she was.
"There it is," James pointed in front of us.
The Cornucopia shined brightly, the careers tent was still set up next to it, I looked over at James.
"What time do you think it is?" I asked.
"Around… 8:30 AM I'm guessing."
I nodded, tucked in my wings, and dove, when I reached the ground I spread out my wings and landed softly, James was right behind me. As James set down some of the orange backpacks that he was carrying I slowly walked inside, it was deserted, all the bodies were gone from the day before. I bit my lip and turned my attention to the rest of the tent, the tables were cleared of everything that was on them. I turned and ran out of the tent, James was walking towards me.
"Is there anything in there?" he asked.
I shook my head, "Nope, everything is gone, Sapphire must have come back."
"You bet I did."
I turned around, Sapphire was walking along the side of the tent, "I figured you guys would come back, so as soon as you left I decided that I would too, just so that things will go a bit faster…"
Sapphire walked up to me, she was so close that I could see right into her dark sapphire eyes, "This stops now."
"You bet it does," I growled.
Sapphire laughed, "This is going to be the BEST day of my life, prepare to die…"
Sapphire swung her leg under mine, tripping me, as soon as I hit the ground Sapphire took out of her other daggers and stabbed it on my jacket sleeve, trapping my arm, she did the same thing with my other arm, stabbing it into the material so that it was nailed to the ground. I screamed, James had gotten his spear out and was fighting with Sapphire. I watched in horror as Sapphire got a sword out and sliced James' spear in half, James groaned and started whacking her with the stick he was now holding. Sapphire laughed and knocked it out of his hands, she flashed me a smile.
"Now," she threw the sword to the side, and got her dagger out, "I get to kill James, and you, "she looked at me, "Get to WATCH."
I gasped, James took a step backwards, Sapphire smiled, "Oh brother… while you were out seeking the world I trained, there is no escaping."
James brought his hand back getting ready to punch her, she grabbed the collar of his shirt then turned to me again, "Say goodbye BIRDgirl." Then she stabbed him. Tears streamed down my cheeks as he brought his hand to his stomach where the dagger was, he gasped for air, and then fell on the ground.
"NO!" I screamed, I yanked my right arm to the side, the material finally broke, I yanked the dagger out of the ground near my left arm.
"Now it's your turn," Sapphire said as she brought out her favorite blade.
I picked up the sword that she had thrown to the side, anger swelled up in me, how dare she kill James, my James! I ran towards her and swung the sword, she ducked and tried to trip me again, I jumped out of the way. Sapphire groaned and charged towards me, I slashed at her, she blocked my sword with her dagger, I opened my wings and flapped once, Sapphire stepped back, and then lunged at me again. I ducked away from her attempt to stab me, she rolled on the ground and screamed in frustration. I had my sword pointed out towards her, I had no clue how to use it, but I was going to try. Sapphire ran towards me again and swung at me with her dagger, she suddenly brought her hand to her neck, I blocked her dagger and kicked her in the stomach, she fell backwards and hit the ground, her dagger flew out of her hand. I put my foot on her stomach to hold her down, she scratched at my shoe and screamed. I unhooked my bow from the orange backpack I was wearing, then I grabbed an arrow from my quiver and loaded my bow.
"You were right Sapphire, " I said aiming the arrow at her chest," This. Ends. Now."
I let the string slip past my fingers, I heard it hit Sapphire in the chest, she screamed and thrashed around. Then she suddenly stopped moving, she stopped breathing and blinking her eyes, she was dead. Her cannon went off, I immediately dropped my bow, my orange bag, and my quiver, and then I ran towards James' body.
"His cannon didn't go off," I said through tears as I bent over him.
He was still breathing, but his shirt was stained with blood, "James!" I cried.
He opened his eyes halfway, "Dessity… I – I'm sorry."
"Please don't die," I wiped tears off my cheeks.
James smiled, his lips were turning pale, "There's no reason for me to live, you don't love me."
"But James!" I cried, I took his hand and squeezed it.
He stopped smiling, "Dessity…"
"But James I do, I - "
He closed his eyes, fresh tears streamed down my cheeks, "I love you…" I whispered.
His cannon went off, and within seconds I could hear the hovercrafts coming, when it landed three men in peacekeeper uniforms ran out towards me. They started to pull me away from James but I screamed and grabbed on to James' arm. One of them grabbed me and I tried to grab James' shoulder with my other hand but the peacekeeper pulled me away before I could, I just ended up smacking my fist down on James' chest.
"Please…" I said, but they pulled me away into the hovercraft, and they brought James' body to the other one.
I was flown back to the Capitol training building, I was brought inside and up to the tenth floor where James and I had stayed before the Games. Felicity was sitting at the table, and as soon as I stepped off of the elevator she ran over to hug me.
"Dessity… you did it!" she held me out in front of her.
I swallowed and nodded, Felicity smiled, "Do you want to go home?"
I nodded and tears fell down my cheeks, "Come on," she said, and we went back into the elevator.
OMG… (Wipes a tear) that was the LAST chapter…
Part 2… coming soon to computers near you. (Lol)
~Stargazer12256
