Deanie's POV #10
I sit in the center of my bed for twenty minutes before Finnick comes in.
"I like what you said." He says as he takes a seat beside me and I look up at him. "They can't censor you now." I look up at him with a smile.
"Tomorrows going to be," I can't find words. "Different." He turns away from me and looks down at his feet.
"Why are you still wearing your dress." He changes the subject as fast as I changed the last.
"I don't have anything else to wear but that night gown." I pretend to cringe and he laughs. I look out the window and see that its dark. "Is everyone asleep?" He nods his head. "Lets hang out in the living room. I can't sleep." We stand up together and tip toe down the hall trying not to make noise. We get to the living room and sit down on the couch. I sit cross legged while he sits with his arm across the back the couch and his legs up on the table.
"I think it would be best if you got some sleep." He rubs his hair. "I mean you will have a busy day tomorrow." I nod but I don't look at him.
"So any other advice you can give me." I ask him not wanting an answer.
"You already know most of it." We stay quiet for a moment before I ask him.
"Did you teach Brody anything else."
"No." He says it fast. "He can learn on his own. Hell he thinks he is strong enough he can do it without my help." Agian we are quiet for a long time.
"You know." I look up at him. "I enjoy spending my last night with you." He looks down at me.
"I don't want to hear you say that Deanie." He puts his feet on the ground and faces me. "This is not the last night that we see each other." I see his eyes are beginning to be puffy. "You are going to win D." I wrap my arms around his chest and place my head on his shoulder. He holds me close to him and begins to sob. "You got to come back to me D. All I have is you, Mags, and Annie." I look up from him and grab his face to look at me. "You are my family Deanie."
"I'm not leaving you." I tell her softly. He pulls me into his arms again. I lay my head on his chest again and find myself falling asleep. Hopefully he will believe me because I don't believe me. The world beyond me and Finnick goes dull and then it goes black.
Finnick Stands right beside me in the elevator. He holds my hand so tight that I feel all circulation being lost. I turn my head and look past Finnick's face and see Smuil in a blue jumpsuit and Brody on the other side of him. Everything is quiet in the elevator. Even Brody at this time. I think he is as scared as all of us. Smuil turns around and faces all of us.
"You two are going to do our district proud out there." I see a little tear drop roll down his cheek. "You guys entertained me a bit and its been fun with you guys. I will miss you." He looks at me and I look down at my black boots. The elevator doors open and Finnicks grip tightens on my hand. I look up at him.
"Its alright." I place my other hand on his wrist. "I'll be fine." He looks into my eyes and grabs my head and kisses the top of my head. I hold back the tears even harder now. I look into his blue eyes and know that he is my home. "I love you Fin." He nods his head and I see tears in his eyes.
"I love you too Deanie." He releases my hand and I walk past Smuil outside the door. Bordy stands beside me and we are then escorted by two peacekeepers. I look behind me and see Finnick running towards me. Our bodies collide in a hug and his hand goes into my right coat pocket. He looks at me with a smile.
"Show em' what you got." I nod as he is taken to the elevator by one of the peacekeepers. Me and Brody walk into the hovercraft surprisingly he doesn't say anything to me. I choose a seat at the very end of the lined seats and am immediately asked by a lady to hold out my arm. I give her my arm and she shoves a needle in it. I cringe. This must be my tracker. I don't look at anyone on the hovercraft I look at the floor until I arrive in the tunnels of the arena.
A peacekeeper escorted me down a dark hallway until we reached a room with a metal tube in the corner and my stylist standing in the center. She looks at me oddly.
"I see you already changed." She asks and I nod and look at my loosely worn black pants and grey shirt.
"Smuil really is one for being on time and in control." She smiles at me and decides to re-do my hair. I look in the mirror and see that she put two buns, one on each side of my head. I like it. It keeps it off my neck.
"Well here is your coat." She grabs a dark blue coat from the hook behind her and puts it on me. It seems like a coat that can keep me dry and keep me warm at night. She looks at me. "The name is Ainsley by the way." I look into her grey eyes.
"Thats a nice name." I wasn't going to say anymore but a voice cuts into the microphone.
"Tributes in you tubes in 10 seconds." She gives me a quick hug. The she looks at me.
"Why aren't you shaking?" I shrug at her question.
"I have no one to loose." She shakes her head.
"What about Finnick?" I look at her with big eyes and walk towards the tube.
"4 seconds." I step inside the tube and am trapped by glass. She gives my a small wave then the platform pushes my body up the tube. For a few seconds I see nothing but darkness but then am greeted by a flash of light. I squint my eyes to see the side of the gold cornucopia that is surrounded by items. and the clock above it that reads 60. Then I hear the voice.
"Ladies and gentlemen, let the 69th Hunger Games begin."
The clock beeps down to 59. Panic swarms my body for the first time since the reaping and then I search around me. I look in front of me just above the cornucopia and see jungle everywhere. Vines, palm trees, and a bunch other green stuff that I am unsure of. 51. I try my best to see the stuff in the cornucopia but can't see much. 43. I see my trident. I look around me and see all trees. I'm going to run into the trees and hide. 27. A rumble nearly sends me off the pedestal. I turn around and see a huge object in front of me. Its bigger than the building that I was just in. 12. Its a volcano. I turn back around and see the other tributes ready to run. 0. I hear the boom of the cannon that commences the games.
I jump off the two foot high pedestal and sprint towards my trident. I look over and see a couple tributes tackle each other to the ground for a bag. I look on the ground ahead of me and see a black bag. I lower my back just a little and grab the bag and hold it under my arm. I look over to see Brody punching one of the other male tributes in the face, his hands are bloodied. I shake my head and sprint faster for the trident. The trident hangs on forks on the rack and I snatch it from the wall. I quickly search the cornucopia for more items and see another bag. I grab the bag and flop it and the other bag over my shoulders. A knife whizzes past my nose and I look in the direction to see the boy from district 2. I turn my head and begin to run for the bush. I hear screams everywhere but I see a 12 year old girl getting chased by the girl tribute from district 7. The girl from 7 has a axe in her hand and then the small girl has nothing. I run towards them and release the trident from my hands and it hits the girl in the head. Once I get close enough. I retrieve my trident from her head and sprint off into the distance and stand behind a bush to watch.
I see Mailey bolt for the clearing of trees on the opposite end of me. Isn't she a career? I shake my head and look at the scene of blood and bodies. Most of the blood shed has stopped so I turn around and run. There is not a cleared path so I am hit in the face by vines and branches and everything in between. I stop running after few seconds and see the volcano to my right. I sprint towards it. Once I get to the base of the volcano I see that there is enough tress blocking people from seeing me. I sit on a fallen tree and catch my breath. I look up at the volcano and don't see smoke I think thats a good sign. I think it means that nothing is going to come out.
The first boom of the cannon scares me off the tree. I stand up and look at the sunny sky thinking it will show me anything. 2,3,4,5,6,7,8 bangs in a row. I listen for a couple more seconds and hear nothing. Eight people. Eight people are dead and only sixteen are left. I grab my bags and rummage through them. I spill the contents on the ground and see that I have two flasks for water, but no water inside. There is a rope, matches, a blanket, crackers, dehydrated beef strips, and a spile. So I guess that means that there is no ponds or anything I need to use the tree. I decide to put all my contents in one bag, into the biggest bag. Another bang goes off in the distance. Fifteen people. Fifteen people left.