Deanie's POV #13
A rumble wakes me up. I put my hand on the volcano and feel that it is ice cold. I don't understand the point of the gamemakers putting the volcano here if it isn't going to erupt. I sit up and peel the jacket off of my chest. I look down at my grey shirt and see a dark stain at the collar in the moonlight.
"Deanie?" I go to turn my head in the direction of the sound and am forced into a hug. Mailey holds my shoulders an arms length away. "I thought I was going to loose you." I see tears fill her eyes and then she embraces me in a hug. I lift up my arm and pat her on the back. I look down my bloodied hand and place it to my side.
"You saved me." I let out a breath and give her a hug. "Thank you, Mailey." She holds me tighter and lets out a long breath.
"You would do the same for me." She pulls away and I stare at her brown eyes. "In fact you already did once. I can never repay you." I chuckle and feel my neck. No holes, just two little indents.
"You just did." I say. "We are going to save everyone from this hell." I tell her sternly.
"Do you want to get up?" She asks me.
I nod at her. She offers her hand to me but I refuse it. I stand up and stretch my body. "I think i'll go hunting." I say to her as I pick my trident up from the ground and hold it tighly in my hand.
"No." She stands up with my and looks up at me. "Brody and the boy from district 1 are still out there. You could get hurt." I look at her for a long moment.
"I'll be fine." I walk past her.
"No Deanie, I don't want you getting hurt. We both need to survive so we don't have to be bos around by Snow anymore. We can stop h-" A cannon sounds in the distance. I look around me and all I see is dark. The only light is that of the moonlight and the Capitol's crest hovering in the sky. The Capitol's anthem brings both mine and Mailey's attention to the sky. In the sky I see the girl from 1 then the boy from 1 then one more boy that is from 7. "Brody is the only one left." Mailey says with a bright smile. I drop my Trident on the ground and face her.
"Mailey no!" I grab her shoulders and try to find her eyes in the dark. "Brody won't listen. All he cares about is winning. He won't even give us a chance to explain to him." She gives me a stare. "He will not be afraid to kill you. He is as vicious as Snow is." Mailey opens her mouth but stops and looks through me.
"Did you hear that?" She asks through a dull tone. She begins to walk to the trees.
"Mailey what are you doing?" I grab the back of her shoulders. "I don't hear anything." She doesn't stop walking so I stand in front of her. I look into her eyes and see them glazed over. She doesn't look like she's there, she doesn't look in control.
"You stay here while I go check it out." She pushes me to the side. I grab her hand but she tugs hard and I almost lose my grip. A noise gets my attention from behind. I stop for a second and let go of Mailey's hand. She continues walking.
"Mailey." I whisper. She disappears into the trees and I can't see her. What has gotten over her?Something doesn't seem right with her, I'm going to find out what. My steps are careful as I make my way towards her. Before I can enter the tree line my body is flung away from the trees and to the ground. I look up and see Brody standing over me. His face is bloodied and he is out of breath.
"Where's your body gaurd Finnick? He says through a wide grin of missing teeth. "Told you that I would get you sooner or later."
I feel my anger rise and jump up and punch him in the nose. He stumbles back a few feet making him further from Mailey and the trees. I take the opportunity to kick his stomach. Blood spurts out of his mouth and on to my pant leg. He folds over and holds his stomach. I walk over to him, grab his ears roughly. I am ready to bring my knee up in a bone smashing connection but he flings my arms to the side and stands up. I bring my fist back ready to hit him but am surprised when his fist connects with my jaw in an uppercut. I am knocked on my back to the ground. For a second I feel out of breath and hold my eyes shut forgetting what stands in front of me. I keep my eyes closed for a second but feel pressure on me. My eyes dart open and I see him sitting just below my stomach. I bring my arm up quickly and hit his ribs. He grunts at me then kicks both of my wrists to the ground and holds them there. After a long moment he moves his fingers up my arm. As he makes his way up my arm he trails his fingers up my neck.
"Oh look. Someone got a little hurt." He digs his nails in my healing snake bite. I bite my tongue and hold my scream. I will not give him the satisfaction of my misery. His head slowly comes closer to mine and his voice comes to a whisper. "You're going to be more than hurt." I move my head to the side but look back at him. I see his hand move at the corner of my eye. I look down at his side. The shine of the blade catches my eye. Panic sweeps my body. He pulls his head away and I kick under him and summon all my strength to my arms, but I fail. He gives me a little smile. "Bye Deanie." His arm lunges forward just below my ribcage and an intense pain rushes through me. My head lunges forward and I feel the urge to vomit, but hold it back. The pain forces me to close my eyes. You got to stay strong. I tell myself. He can't win. I won't win, but Mailey will. I won't let him kill her. I open my eyes and find it hard to focus, but I watch as he lifts himself from me. He stands up and looks down at me. "It may take a while but you will bleed out eventually." He bends down quickly and twists the knife inside of me and pulls it out. I scream so loud, I deafen myself. "Oh don't worry." He looks in the trees. "Your friend will die quickly." He brings the blade up to his face and smiles at me then turns on his heels and slowly strolls away. He limps as he walks and I think that is the reason why he isn't moving faster.
I grab my stomach and squeeze my eyes shut for a moment to collect myself. I open my eyes quickly and look down at the expanding stain on my shirt at my ribs. I place my hand on top of my wound and cringe at the pressure I apply. With my left hand across my stomach, I roll on to my side and sit on my knees. His head bobs slowly up and down and I look for my trident. I bite my lip hard but stand up and stumble over to my trident. My hands are covered in my blood and I'm starting to feel light headed. I can't die yet. I bite even harder with every step I take. The blood in my mouth is too much to handle but I swallow it as I bend down to pick up my trident. My grip tightens on the steal weight as I bring it up and over my shoulder. Brody is just feet away from me so I bring the trident back one last time and throw it forward. The trident hits his back shoulders with a quiet thump and he falls on his knees. The rest of his body topples over a second later. The cannon booms and I fall face first into the dirt.
"Deanie!" I hear Mailey scream. Her footsteps come closer and her body sits down beside me. I feel her hands grab my shoulders and pull me up. She holds my head in her lap and I look up at her face in the dark. "You are going to be alright." She tells me through tears.
"You can't give up on beating them." I say to her. "You won Mailey." She shakes her head viciously and hugs my head. I feel her tears hit my face. I have failed Finnick. I'm not coming back to him.
"No!" She screams. "I can't do it on my own." I shake my head under her and she lifts up her head and looks down at me.
"Show them what you got." I cough and blood squirts out. My eyes trail to the stars and I see them sparkle like the water in district 4. I think of the sharks. I think of Finnick. I think of the last thing he said to me. I did show them what I had. They didn't have me.