Walking through the forest, purple fog starts to roll in. Stopping, Alex stares at it.
"Alex?" Justin calls up from up ahead. Backing away, Alex rushes over to him and the group. As the fog gets closer and closer, the fog on the right suddenly touches Alex's neck and leg. Screaming, Alex kneels down screaming in pain.
"Run!" Alex shouts at the group. Helping his little sister up, Justin gets her moving. Tripping down the hill, Finnick lifts Alex up bridal style as Justin gets to his feet. Taking off running, Justin grabs Rue's hand and bolts leading them with Katniss in the middle.
Arriving to the beach, they run into the water. Losing his balance, Finnick falls making sure Alex hits the water next to him. Surfacing, the fog is retreating.
"Alex." Looking to her right, Katniss rushes over, "Was it poison?" Nodding, Alex winces, "Let's clean you up." Splashing water onto Alex's neck, the bumps from the poison starts to disappear, "Do what I'm doing to your leg."
Following Katniss' orders, Alex does so. Sighing in relief, Alex lays down in the water in pure bliss.
Hearing a scream, Alex sits up to see a tidal wave come crashing down across the arena.
"Get up, Alex." Finnick orders trying to pull her to her feet, but it's too late. The wave crashes over the Cornucopia and the current pushes Alex then pulls her into the deep water. Finnick dives in after Alex.
Hearing a boom of the cannon, Katniss screams Alex's name. Seeing Finnick surface with Alex, Alex isn't moving. Quickly swimming to shore, Finnick lays Alex down and starts CPR.
"Alex." Katniss cries kneeling down beside them. Justin holds Rue to him, both of them crying. Suddenly another cannon blast is heard, "No." Katniss whimpers. As Finnick slows the chest presses, Katniss begs him to continue.
"Come on, Alex." Finnick growls continuing. Hearing a choke, Justin and Rue look over with Haymitch to see Alex choking on the water. Rolling over, Alex coughs into the sand. Once she is done, Katniss pulls Alex to her and hugs her tightly.
"You were dead." Katniss whimpers.
"My heart is beating now." Alex reassures her, "I'm alive."
Hearing loud talking, as Katniss, Alex, Justin, Rue, Haymitch and Finnick sit on the beach eating, Finnick gets up.
"Johanna!" Finnick calls running over.
"Guess we have more allies." Justin comments getting up as Haymitch walks over.
"I don't know if that's a good thing or not." Alex comments from sitting between Katniss' legs, weak and tired. Watching the five tributes walk over to them, Haymitch introduces the three new allies, Johanna, Beetee and Nuts, as Johanna calls her.
"Tick tock." Nuts speaks.
"She's been saying that every time." Johanna complains.
"Tick tock."
Looking around her, Alex gets up with Katniss. Walking into the water, Katniss holds Alex up. Suddenly the lightning hits the tree twelve times. Alex counts each strike. Looking behind her, Alex sees mutts.
"Guys, move away from there." Katniss orders. Looking behind them, everyone moves into the water.
"Lightning, mutts, fog, blood rain, tidal wave," Alex whispers to herself, "Five horrors."
"What are you talking about?" Haymitch asks Alex.
"It's a clock." Alex breathes, "The arena is a clock." Seeing Nuts nod, Alex smiles, "You're a genius."
"There's a new horror every hour." Rue speaks up, "A new way to kill us."
"Exactly." Alex nods at Rue. Feeling dizzy, Alex clenches onto Katniss before sliding down into the water.
"Alex, are you okay?" Katniss asks worried.
"Just dizzy." Alex explains. Kneeling down next to her, Katniss hugs her and gets Alex to lean against her. Passing out, Katniss begins to panic.
"Let's get to the Cornucopia. Alex can rest inside it." Justin suggests. Agreeing, Finnick swims with Alex to the rocks. Lifting his sister out of the water, Justin picks Alex up and carries her to the Cornucopia.
Putting Alex inside it, the alliance comes up with a plan to kill the careers. As Nuts and Katniss guard Alex, suddenly a spear hits Nuts in the chest. Firing an arrow, the guy gets hit in the head. As he falls into the water, suddenly the Cornucopia starts to spin. Hanging on, Katniss shields Alex from the flying weapons. Feeling Alex slip from her grasp, Katniss shouts Alex's name. Alex doesn't awake. Finnick dives into the water as Alex slips from Katniss' grasp completely. As the island stops spinning, Katniss, Johanna, Beetee, Haymitch, Justin and Rue run over to the spot Alex flew into the water.
Diving into the water, Justin swims down, deeper and deeper into the water.
Above on the island, two cannon blasts are heard. Justin and Finnick surfaces with Alex who's eyes are lifeless and open. Alex's arm is bleeding. Haymitch immediately does CPR on Alex until she starts coughing up water, for the second time. Starting to breathe, Alex stays unconscious.
Staying on the beach until Alex starts to awake, the young girl lets out panic breaths.
"Alex?" Alex hears Rue's voice. Looking at her, Rue dives into Alex's arms, crying.
"We lost you." Katniss whispers as Justin gets Alex to rest her head in his lap once more.
"I'm okay." Alex reassures, "I'm just now freaking out about the arena."
Hearing Max's voice, Alex and Justin shout his name before they take off into the woods screaming his name. Hearing Prim's screaming, Katniss takes off as well. Finnick takes off following with Rue, Haymitch, Beetee and Johanna. Crashing into the force field, the four tributes are trapped. Seeing the Jabberjay that is Prim's voice, Katniss shoots it down, killing it.
"Max!" Alex screams to only be pulled back by Katniss.
"It's not real, Alex. It's a Jabberjay." Katniss states as Alex cries. Hugging Alex, the two of them sink to the ground holding each other. Soon Justin and Finnick joins them on the ground.
As the hour ends, Johanna, Rue, Haymitch and Beetee joins them.
"We should set fire in Snow's backyard." Johanna smirks, "Now that would be something I would love to see. Revenge for doing this."
"I want to go home." Alex sobs.
"We all do, Alex. I don't mind if I die because I have no one to go home to."
"You should go to a different district. Maybe you will find someone there." Alex sniffles.
"Not a bad idea."
By sunset, the alliance begins to move to the tree that the lightning hits. As Katniss, Justin and Rue head with Johanna taking the wire to the beach, Alex stays with Finnick, Haymitch and Beetee.
Helping them guard Beetee, Finnick suddenly takes off when a Career out of three attacks. Haymitch and Alex fight the woman and as Alex stabs the woman and kills her, Haymitch attacks Alex. Knocking the sword away from Alex, Haymitch pins her to the tree and strangles her.
Hearing an explosion, Haymitch turns with Alex to see Beetee on the ground.
"Run." Haymitch hisses.
"Alex!" Alex and Haymitch hear Justin's voice followed by Rue and Katniss. Before Alex could blink, Haymitch groans and knocks Alex out with the handle of his knife. Lifting Alex up, Haymitch moves Alex into the clearing.
Because it is pitch black, Haymitch cuts his tracker out of his arm before doing the same to Beetee.
When Katniss, Rue and Justin arrive with bleeding arms, Haymitch takes cover knowing they will attack him for what he has done to Alex.
"She's breathing." Justin whispers. As Katniss looks at what Beetee has done, Katniss pieces it together. When the lightning strikes, Katniss fires her arrow up at the force field. Since they are too close to the tree, Justin, Rue and Katniss go flying along with Haymitch.
As the arena starts to fall apart, Alex gets electrocuted but it doesn't kill her. Waking, Alex watches a hovercraft appear and it picks her up as she falls unconscious again.
On the hovercraft, Alex looks around her to see only Johanna. Looking above her it's the Capitol symbol. Removing the breathing mask, Alex gets up and sees the Peacekeepers guarding the back and front of the hovercraft. That's when Alex realizes that the Capitol has her and Johanna. Kneeling down next to Johanna, Alex shakes her awake.
"Shit." Johanna mutters looking at the Peacekeepers and removing her mask, "Alex, listen to me." Looking at Johanna with fear, she nods, "Do everything that Snow says, pretend you hate Katniss to keep you from being hijacked."
"How?" Alex whispers.
"Pretend you want to kill her."
"Okay." Alex nods.
"Good girl." Before they could say another word, the hovercraft lands and they are escorted off of it.
Entering the Training Centre, there is President Snow himself.
"How did you survive the bombing of District Fourteen, Ms. Russo?" Snow asks Alex furiously.
"I don't know. I was knocked out then I woke up trapped in the house with debris on top of me." Alex explains.
"Don't lie to me."
"I'm not."
"Ms. Mason, did you know about the plan with the force field?"
"No." Johanna answers.
"Why did you cut out the trackers?"
"Finnick, Haymitch and Beetee told me it can save us. I did everything I could to make that happen." Nodding Snow leads the way to a room, Alex nor Johanna have seen before.
Getting grabbed by the Peacekeepers they strap Alex and Johanna to the chairs.
"Begin the torture." Snow orders leaving through a different door.
Seeing a two men play with needles, Alex knows the liquid, trackerjacker venom. Getting one injected into her neck and the other into Johanna's neck, the hallucinations begin.
Seeing Max in front of her, Alex sees a Peacekeeper walk toward him. Screaming Max's name, Alex runs as fast as she can to her little brother but it's too late, the Peacekeeper shoots him in the back of the head. Kneeling down next to Max's body, Alex cries into his shirt.
Watching in horror as her parents appear, the same treatment happens. Then it happens to Justin and Rue.
"Ms. Russo, all of this is because of you and Ms. Everdeen." Alex hears Snow's voice, "This is the outcome of your actions."
"I just wanted to save Justin, Rue and Katniss." Alex sobs.
"There is a war coming. I will kill everyone you love for your actions. Then you will die alone. Unless,"
"Unless what?"
"You kill Ms. Everdeen."
"I love her."
"Love is what gets your family killed."
Opening her eyes Alex sobs lying on a bed. Hearing the door open two Peacekeepers step into the room and drags her out of the room. Knowing not to fight, Alex lets them take her to where she is supposed to go.
Arriving to Snow's house, Alex is shoved into a room and seated. There is Caesar. Tired, Alex looks at the camera that is on Caesar.
"Here is my guest, Alex Russo." Caesar smiles as the camera backs up to show her, "Hello, Alex."
"Hello, Caesar." Alex speaks exhausted.
"Congratulations on winning the Games."
"I guess I should say thank you." Alex looks at Caesar.
"Did you know about the plan with the rebels?"
"The rebels?" Alex asks confused.
"The plan with your alliance."
"No. Neither did Justin, Rue, Johanna and Katniss."
"It seemed like Katniss knew."
"What are you talking about?"
"Show her the playback." After watching the event take place, Alex is stunned.
"She couldn't have known. She was with me the entire time."
"Are you saying you knew?"
"No. I didn't have a clue."
"Why do you think Katniss did it?"
"Did you see her look at Beetee to see what he did? She could have pieced it together."
"Why are you defending her?"
"I love her and she's my wife." Alex fires back furiously.
"Change of topic. Have you heard that the districts are rebelling?"
"What are you talking about?" Alex questions.
"There is a war going on. Peace is turning to violence. What are your thoughts?" Looking behind the camera, Snow is there glaring. Gulping, Alex knows she has to say something.
"I think it's stupid. Violence shouldn't even be happening. Yes, I know people disagree, but is it really worth people dying?" Alex states. Seeing Snow nod, Alex stares at the camera, "People don't deserve to die. Just let it go. Bring back the peace and stop the fighting, before it gets worse."
In District Thirteen, Katniss knows that Alex is forced to say what she has said. Katniss can see the change in her wife; she knows she is being tortured. Katniss sighs; she also knows that she is trying to keep her alive. Now, how to get her and Johanna out?
Heading the President Coin's office, Katniss storms in seeing Heavensbee sitting there.
"We need to get them out." Katniss states furiously.
"We are not going to lose people for them." Coin argues, "They won't help and will be damaged."
"You shouldn't have saved me. You should have saved Alex."
"You are the Mockingjay."
"I am not! I told you that. Alex is. You got the wrong person."
"Maybe she's right." Coin sighs looking at Heavensbee.
"Katniss, if we get her out," Heavensbee starts.
"And Johanna." Katniss cuts him off.
"If we get them both, will you be the Mockingjay?"
"I'm not the right person for the role. That's Alex."
"I believe in you, Katniss." Heavensbee sighs, "Alex will not be who she was before."
"I know." Katniss frowns, "Please get them out."
"I can only try." Nodding, Katniss leaves. Heading back to the cafeteria, Katniss spots Justin and Rue walking over to her.
"I have something to show you." Justin whispers.
"Okay." Katniss agrees.
Using the tunnels, Katniss and Rue spots the sign that says District Fourteen. Putting a code into the pad on the wall, the door opens. Walking through, Rue takes Katniss' hand and the three of them walk through.
"We are in my district." Justin explains.
"District Fourteen still exists." Rue whispers as they walk passed people and children.
"Just like Thirteen." Justin nods, "I want you to meet some people." Arriving to a room, Justin walks in with Katniss and Rue following. Spotting four people sitting at a table, Justin gives them hugs, "Jonah, mom, dad, Max, these are Rue and Katniss. Katniss, Rue, this is my best friend Jonah," Justin points to the muscular man, "My parents Theresa and Jerry, and my little brother Max."
Shaking hands and greeting each other, Max takes Rue's hand and leads her and Katniss to a bedroom.
"This is Alex's room." Max whispers sadly, "Is she going to come home?"
"I'm trying." Katniss nods, "Even if I have to go there myself."