(Finnick POV)
"So, the golden boy of Panem has decided to fight against those who have given him so much. I would expect this kind of behavior from Ms. Mason and Ms. Everdeen, but I thought that you were above this kind of barbaric behavior. I guess that I was wrong."
Snow growled these words at me when I finally regained consciousness. He thought that he could use the disappointed father route to try and make me talk. When he realized that it wasn't going to work on me, he decided to use more aggressive tactics.
This meant using tracker jacker venom while shoving me into ice water. The combination of the venom inside me and the unforgiving chill of the ice water provided some interesting hallucinations. Several of my hallucinations included Mags dying right in front of me, while several faceless figures held me back. The rest of them included Katniss appearing to run towards me, but she always seemed to die right before she could reach me. What made matters worse was the chilling scream that she would let out when she said my name as she was dying.
Each time I return from the hallucinations, Snow or a peacekeeper would keep asking me if it was really worth protecting a girl who doesn't love me. But Mags' phrase always stuck with me, so I would always answer with a hell yes.
After about a week of non-stop torturing, they finally threw me into a dark cell.
"Who's there?" A familiar voice weakly asked.
"Finnick Odair. Who's asking?"
"Well, I'll be damned. At least the assholes here are giving me some good company." The voice weakly responded in an attempt at sarcasm.
"Johanna? Is that you?"
"Afraid so, Finn. Looks like you are stuck with me." Johanna said in an attempt to not sound defeated, but failed miserably.
The rest of the week went by as such. Me and Johanna having a weak banter, I get tortured first, then Johanna. I found out from her that they were basically electrocuting her while using water, which has really seemed to impact on her willingness to survive. This fact alone broke me, since I always viewed her as the tough but lovable sister.
That's when I knew that I had to act before I completely lost her.
I started with recon. The secrets that some of the high ranking members of Panem was proving to be useful, as I was able to know the basic guard routes in this prison as well as knowing that they were severely undermanned. The next step was to see everything for myself. I pretended to be unconscious, thus preventing the guards from putting the hood over my head. That was how I was able to pick up on the routes that they were taking as well as flaws in the system.
This took about a week before I felt confident enough about the layout and the guards to move forward.
The next step was to use a familiar face to bring in a much needed item to move my plan forward. This meant to use Caesar by pretending to play ball with Snow and to talk against the revolution. Snow can be too predictable, as he immediately jumped on the chance to use the ever popular Finnick Odair as a prop to bring people in to support the fight against the rebellion.
I knew that I had to give Cesar some time to obtain what I needed, so I asked Snow if I could talk to Cesar beforehand in order to 'reacquaint myself' with what the talking points were. He obliged, after he told me about the positives of being 'friends' with him.
He brought in Cesar and everything went as expected. I knew Cesar was secretly in favor of the revolution, but was afraid of Snow and the ramifications that would come with Snow knowing about Cesar's true motivations. I made sure that I asked Cesar for what I wanted in a way that wouldn't get the attention of the peacemakers. I told him that I needed him to give me material in order to 'get my point across' to those near me. Cesar promised me that he will be able to give me what I need during the interview.
So, here I am, casually talking to Cesar about being pro Snow. After a couple minutes of 'casual' conversation, it looks like it is time to be my fake self again.
"So, Finnick, what made you change your mind about dividing the people of Panem?" Cesar asks in his flamboyant manner.
"Well Cesar, I will admit, I had a temporary lapse in judgment and went against something that I normally wouldn't have if I had used simple logic. Snow is simply trying to bring the people of Panem together, not tear them apart, unlike this so called rebellion. Snow is a man of peace who simply wants what's best for Panem and some people just don't seem to understand it. I have learned my lesson and I hope that my fellow members of Panem will do the same."
"Well said Finnick. Finnick Odair everyone!" Cesar yells as he raises my arm up, while casually slipping in what I needed into the sleeve of my shirt.
"Thank you Cesar for everything." I respond with sincerity for the first time in a long time.
Now that I have what I needed, all that I need to do is wait.