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Fear.. that is the basic emotion of all animals, humans included and Finnick knew preciously how to use it to his advantage.
Fear was the emotion that guided all animals in their evolutionary process, fear is the key.. and with that tool he could finally rid Reagan from this Earth.
Finnick waited till the night, to gain back his strength and scout out the castle, he finally watched Reagan with at least a dozen of his wives walk into his master bedroom and now that Reagan was done he could plan his attack.
Armed with nothing but a spear, Finnick would stab his weapon deep inside the heart of Reagan and impale him into the bed, but questions remained.
What if he did not have a heart? That would make sense considering his actions, or.. wait the heart is a organ that pumps blood, Finnick wasn't thinking straight.
During the dark hours before when the guards were barely even awake Finnick thought and prayed and contemplated on his actions.. "only one more" Finnick would repeat over and over, just one more murder and he would be free, but even if all went to plan.. what if the invasion was still activated? He would of have to kill even more.
The time had come and Finnick entered into Reagan's room quietly.. the room was dark and quiet, only the murmurs from Reagan's wives who were sprawled out all over the bed.
Finnick positioned himself at the top of the bed and searched for Reagan for a minute before he found him in the middle of all of his wives.. time was of the essence, he would kill Reagan and use his small body to move out of the castle.
He closed his eyes and thought of Nick.. of all the loved ones he lost on his journey to make it where he is now.. seeing the tyrant who took it all away lay right in front of him for the taking.
He smiled.. holding his spear close he let out a ear shattering scream and jumped up.. still screaming but Reagan's eyes opened.. shocking Finnick, in a split second Reagan turned over and the room erupted into chaos and anarchy.
The women screamed and cried our Reagan's name as their naked bodies began to run out of the bed in mass, Finnick landed where Reagan had been before.. impaling his spear right through the bed.
Reagan rolled out of the bed, seeing that he might still have a chance.. Finnick ripped the spear from the bed and ran slowly between the legs of the frantic women.
"YOU KILLED HIM, REVENGE IS COMING!" Finnick barked but suddenly a loud sharp noise fired near him.. a gunshot.
Finnick stopped and hid as Reagan fired into the darkness, seeing as Reagan was shooting blankly.. Finnick ran out and chucked his spear.. Finnick watched as the spear flew through the air and grazed Reagan's cheek making him drop the gun..
"YOU RODENT!" Reagan's voice boomed through the air like the spear.. Finnick's ears drooped slightly.
The sight of a maddening Reagan taking his Bowie knife out made him freeze.. but just for a second, "AHHHHH THIS IS FOR NICK AND SAVANNAH!" Finnick screamed and jumped trying to get behind Reagan.. but he was quick and with a swipe from his hand, Reagan smacked Finnick from the air smashing him into the cabinets.
Finnick's world went into a blur as he tried to stand back up only to have the heavy boot of Reagan come crushing down on him.
"Looks like Zootopia is sending their assassins" Reagan looked down at the struggling rodent.
"Your the one who took him away!" Finnick barked the best he could but Reagan clammed down on his foot more making Finnick gasp for breath.
"Careful.. That's a bit of a tough talk for a assassin that failed" Reagan taunted.
"Just kill me then, All I want is to be with them again.. if I cant stop you someone will, someone will shoot you and end your pathetic life.. mark my words!" Finnick struggled to threat.
"No.." Reagan smiled and with a simple swipe from his knife, the object hit Finnick at the back of his head and then he felt nothing.
In Chains
Finnick awoke in a stir.. he felt like complete shit, felt drained of all his energy.. his angry and rage drained him of everything and it brought him nothing.
As he stirred awake he noticed both of his arms were chained to some wall of sorts, his body rested on a very itchy and hay like substance.
The room was pitch black making Finnick believe he might be already dead but the movement from deeper within the dungeon and a small light flooding him dispelled these thoughts.
Finnick tried to give off the best stand offish look he could muster but as soon as he saw the Reagan and Alpha walk down toward him he retreated back to his frail state.
"Lost the fight in you, looks like you lost your balls as well when you attacked Reagan here" Alpha hissed.
"Your time will come as well.." Finnick breathed heavily and looked dead center toward Alpha who rolled his eyes.
"His balls will boil soon enough" Reagan smirked.
"Why are you keeping me alive?! I just want to see Nick again.." Finnick begged.
"Jeez, considering how much you want to die im beginning to think I should spare you.. but your too pathetic to keep anyway" Reagan kicked Finnick like he was a soccer ball, smashing him against the wall.
"I cant wait to see him boil alive!" Alpha said giggling.
Finnick's eyes widened as his body pounded and ached from the pain.
"Damn it Alpha, you fucking sexual lizard.. that was supposed to be a suprise" Reagan sighed.
"Whatever rodent, your time will come in a few hours, Whoever this Nick is will burn in hell for standing in the way of our empire" Reagan smirked.
"Then I guess ill see you down there with us!" Finnick hissed.
"Touchy" Reagan laughed as he began to walk out, Alpha hit Finnick in the face hard blackening him out.
About 2 hours later
Finnick felt cold water being dropped on his face and into his lips.. his eyes, well one eye fluttered open, the other was bruised from the kick Alpha had given to him.
Finnick moved back in shock as in his vision he saw that Hunter was the one pouring water into his mouth.
"Woah there, im only here to help" Hunter explained.
Finnick huffed and snatched the water from Hunter and chugged it down.
"I cant forgive you for attacking our leader.." Hunter started as soon as Finnick downed the drink and threw the container across the room.
"Oh yeah?! Well I dont need your disapproval fool" Finnick rejected it.
"Its not that, I overheard Reagan talk about how you kept trying to kill him for someone.. I, well lets just say I can relate to it" Hunter expressed.
"I highly doubt that" Finnick doubted.
"Truth is I told Reagan I was going waterboard you to get some information from you cause hes convinced your a spy but I didint, I gave you water to drink as a token of trust, ok? Think about that girl you kept blabbering about" Hunter reached out but Finnick hissed.
"Dont ever talk about her again" Finnick threatened.
"You saw what went down, you know im not for all this.. torture and killing its for the human race I hope you understand, I do the things I do cause of that just as you do for Nick and um.. Savannah" Hunter remembered her name.
Finnick hugged his legs and laid his face in his knees and sighed.
"I know you dont want to talk to me I just wanted someone to talk to, especially since your going to be put to death in a bit and.. I just wanted to get something off my chest to talk to someone from the other side that gets it, that can understand" Hunter told.
"How would you know whats it like? What ive been through.." Finnick shot the question harshly.
Hunter smiled and sat down crossed legged on the hay floor "I used to have a love.. she was beloved, she was my angel.. but then she was taking away but the brutal war.. and all I did was stand by and watch it happen" Hunter spoke about the terrors of his past.
"The girl I did love.. her name was Jacqueline and too this day she is in my soul guiding me, her death was a reminder that I needed to take charge in my life and thats how I changed, I came from being a factory boy to a general in a few years after her death.. maybe you can change to" Hunter finished.
Finnick stopped giving him the dead eye and finally returned to a more neutral expression but he couldn't help but form a tiny smile as the story sounded very similar to his own.
"You know I have changed.. I was just like you are now, or at least.. the people you work for, I was a petty hustling criminal but in that deplorable life I found Nick and when I lost him.. I realized what I was doing was no better then the people who took him away, the same people that you worked for" Finnick glared at Hunter who kept listening.
"I know why you fight but your fighting for the wrong reason.." Hunter said.
"Yeah, murdering and raping a young girl is definably part of this grand plan ISNT IT!" Finnick screamed.
"I already told you I despised Alpha for doing what he did.. but look your in jail about to be boiled alive and im still here waiting for the invasion of Zootopia so the human race can survive, if fate is real looks like were going to be the ones in the end who will be victorious" Hunter tried to persuade Finnick.
"Im going to be honest, When I attacked Reagan last night.. it was just pure rage, I just saw him kill Eric and I.. I just lost it, became a feral animal, it was all about my hate and rage against Reagan that drove me.. not Nick or Savannah or whoever it was just blind rage and because of that I lost and.. I guess ill be dead now" Finnick said grimly.
"Yeah.. well say your final prayers, your going to be brought out to the boiling pot in a hour" Hunter stood up and retreated into the darkness of the dungeon.
In the Boiling pit
Finnick was strapped up during the mid afternoon in the public square in a contraption like device that was held above a cauldron where a oily yellowish grey like substance moved.
Finnick shook but it wasn't the death under him that he was afraid off it was where he was.. around him was by his count almost a thousand citizens and soldiers chanting obscenities and commanding for his death, keeping the crowd at bay was a squadron of soldiers which formed a circle around him about ten feet all around him and inside that circle came Reagan who was boasting of defeating him in combat.
Finnick sat idly by in his capture.. he had gone far in the space of a few months and even though it came to a end.. he was still proud, proud that he raised for the occasion and hopefully Nick was proud in him as well.
"BOIL HIM! BOIL HIM!" Finnick's thoughts and slight smile was interrupted from the chanting of the crowd which called for his death.
"YOU ALL WILL BURN IN HELL!" Finnick shouted but then laughed manically as the torment from the peasants kept going on.
Despite death being near certain.. Finnick was content, and with all the opportunity and love that Zootopia gave known of it gave him the purpose or direction needed in his life but now he had it and despite not doing his wish in killing Reagan.. he had become a changed animal.
"I guess what begins must come to a end huh?" Finnick looked up into the sky.
"Ill see you again old friend.." Finnick closed his eyes as Reagan walked up and held onto the lever that would open the ground under him and send him toward the depth of the cauldron.
He hoped Judy was doing ok with that human boytoy of hers.. and he could only prey that Zootopia knew what was coming but through all the danger and madness that plagued this world, Finnick knew he would see Nick and Savannah again.. he looked up at the clouds and could of sworn he saw both of them looking down at him waiting for him to join them.
"Im sorry Nick that I couldn't do what must have been done.." Finnick whimpered.
He looked up at saw Nick just smiling and nodding his head "Its ok pal.. you've done good, you have cared and you have changed" Nick's voice carried toward Finnick's head and with that the images of Nick and Savnnah swept from the clouds and Reagan pulled down the lever sending Finnick falling toward his boiling death, the pain was immense and indescribable, the oilly liquid wrapped around him like a vicious snake and burned through his skin and tissue.. he screamed but the liquid boiled his skin and tongue and eyes.. the overwhelming pain shocked Finnick and in a instant he was gone.. back into the darkness that was beginning to swallow the world.
Finnick floated for what seemed like a eternity... There was nothing to be remembered, or done or anything.. everything seemed like how it was supposed to be, he felt.. whole.
Finnick breathed as he moved through the clear blue skies which shined brightly in a soft spring breeze.
Finnick's feet landed on some clouds and finally his eyes opened.. Finnick could only stare... His body back on the mortal world was long gone and boiled but yet here he stood full and free.
It showed that every danger and problem life through at him he was still content and still whole.
In front of him stood Nick and Savannah, Nick had his hands in his pockets and Savannah was in her nightgown.
"Thank you Finnick.. you dont need your revenge anymore, you dont need it.. you have us, everything is going to ok now pal" Nick smiled and Finnick smiled back.
Life was over, but life has just begun.
And Thus Ends the Side Story of Finnick.. Please Fav, Follow and Review!
