I LOVE YOU FRANCE! (I got five views from France) I'm so happy~
Well I'm rethinking the whole no more Diana till the end of catching fire thing~ causes how else I will put in cinna and Diana's escape (I'm going to make it funny) (also language)
also note who the actresses that will play the girls are (like what they will look like that is, i did it for my harry potter/merlin cross-over and i thought about doing the same for this one)
Diana - Lauren London
Piper- Paula Patton
Maryanne- Dakota fanning
Megan- Elisha Cuthbert
"Everyone thinks that we're perfect, please don't let them look through the curtains." - 'Doll house' by Melanie Martinez
~Diana pov~
"Cinna I don't think this is going to work." I tell him, pulling at the white hemi of my peacekeepers suit that was baggy on my form.
"I know, but it's our only option right now." Cinna whispered over his shoulder to me.
We were currently dressed as peacekeepers, like all great films where the hero's have to escape so they dress as the enemy and get away… well this is a movie I suppose?
"Just stay quiet, and hope no one questions us." he said once more, before facing front.
And of course like all movies… that plan fall's through.
"Where you headed soldiers?" a more elderly peacekeeper questioned, which saluted us and we did the same.
"Doing our rounds sir!" cinna answered, and if I didn't know any better I would of though he was in the military.
"Carry on" the man said, walking by us.
"You looked so professional, where you learn how to do that?" I asked in awe, staring at his back.
"I can do more then just sew together a shirt." he said in reply, and I could have sworn I saw a smirk on his face as I blushed under my helmet.
"w-well let's just get out of here." I said pushing passed him.
"As you wish" he said, coming to walk at my side and we take a quick smile to one another.
~Maryanne pov~
We stand together for a time, just sitting to stare at where the fog has retreated. I was grinning for ear to ear, happy to do something helpful as the others just stared at where the fog once was.
"We should get moving again." I offered, thinking of the monkeys. But this time, wasn't that quick to avoid them.
"Mon-hees" we turn to look up at the trees, and spot a pair of what I guess are monkeys.
And terror coursed its way through my body, and I froze from fear. My thoughts consumed of their long teeth of what was described in the book.
"Ya lets keep going." katniss says, breaking contact with the mutated monkey like she was debating with herself on something.
I shakily got to my feet, seeing as the panic adrenalin that coursed through me not moments before was drained. My legs were wobbly, so I stayed in the back letting the others go in front, not letting them see me struggling to keep up.
"Who wants the girl who can't even stand?" I thought to myself, a little discouraged at being so useless when it came to fighting, or even walking.
We could see district one and two coming from the cornucopia, if all four careers attacked, they'd overpower us, seeing as there are four of them and three of us that can fight and a handicap. And peeta… I think he could hold one off… maybe.
"I'm going to try to tap a tree" I whispered, not sure if they heard me, fumbling with the spile that I still had on me. If it's anyone that's going to be attacked by some monkeys, it may as well be me. I knew it was dangerous, but what other way could I show them that the monkeys are dangerous?
"I can't go and do something so reckless again." I though, I couldn't tell them but I could show them. So I headed off to tap a tree.
So I limp into the forest, I'm sure peeta saw where I disappeared to seeing in was the first to notice I wasn't following. I follow the instructed path into the jungle that peeta went in the book, ten yards from the narrow strip of beach.
I was sure I'm close enough for them to see where I am, but yet far away for them to see what's going on and fight from long distant. I realized I didn't have the awl, and debate weather to go get It or not, I didn't have a knife neither.
"Little fish… Maryanne, Maryanne!" I could hear the other's calling for me, but I stand still and wait, then I hear the snapping of branches from above.
And slowly I look up, slowly to see them surrounding me from up above watching me, waiting for me run, scream, attack, but I don't do anything just staring at them as they stared at me.
I don't make any hasty moves, not wanting to startle them and securing my unknown death.
"maryanne, maryanne" I hear peeta softly call to me, and I could see him crutching down behind katniss, while Fin was a few paces away from them looking fidgety.
"Do you have the spile?" katniss calls out, just as softly and I saw Fin shot her a glare. I give a barley noticed nod of my head.
"Move towards us quietly, so you don't startle them." I heard Fin say, motioning towards him
I begin to move through the jungle towards him, the monkeys hold their positions. I'm just a foot away, but I stumble back landing hard on the forest floor, the monkeys shriek battle cries there orange furs come plowing towards me, and I let out a scream.
As one got close to me, a trident went sailing straight into its chest making it go still. Without so much as a thought, I begin yanking out the trident but not before getting bite into the leg by one, and falling to my knees.
But I managed to kick it off, and run my way to Fin who pushes me behind as I readied my Punjab lasso.
Katniss fires, at the mutated mutt's arrow after arrow hitting its mark each time. As I let fly my Punjab restraining them, as either Fin or peeta have time to kill it or if it dies of strangulation.
One of the monkeys has got katniss on the back, but Fin easily takes it out. And we keep fighting, Fin spearing them like fish, peeta slashing away with his knife, katniss shooting with prosaic aim, and me with my lasso keeping them at bay.
Peeta, Fin, katniss and I position ourselves into a square, Fin and my back to one another, and katniss and peeta back to back as well fighting shoulder to shoulder.
Soon katniss runs out of arrows, scaring me greatly but then a look of realization rolls onto her face, as she remembers peeta has a sheath of arrows.
And as she was in the daze of the though of peeta with extra arrows, her knife gets knocked away giving the chance of attack.
But I shoot out with my lasso, tangling around the neck and bringing it up hanging it. It gives a struggle, slashing me in the stomach, before going limp.
I quickly dispose of the body, as katniss gives me a quick thankful look with her eyes, but her mouth was set in a grim line.
"Peeta your arrows" katniss yells at him from behind her, he turns to her predicament and slides off his sheath of arrows, when a monkey lunges for his chest I turn to din but with a thud Fin shouts his trident into another one and now he's defenseless. Peetas knife arm is disabled, working on his arrows katniss throws her knife but it misses.
Now there weaponless and I can only keep them off some much.
Katniss moves to shield his body with hers, but she didn't make it in time. Then the unexpected for them, the morphling from district six throws her skeletal arms as if to embrace the monkey, and it sinks its fangs into her chest, bringing tears to my eyes knowing it would happen.
Peeta drops the arrows and buries his knife into the monkeys back, stabbing it again and again until it releases its jaw. He kicks it away, he then loads his bow and Fin has token a hold of my upper arm, holding on tight.
"Come on, then! Come on!" Shouts peeta, panting with rage but something has happened with the monkeys, their fleeing back up towards the trees.
"Get her, well cover you!" Katniss says, as peeta gently lifts up the brave morphling that gave up her life for Peeta, While Fin Katniss and myself keep at the ready but I knew they were gone, but just to be couches.
She's still alive, and I turn away thinking if I wasn't here we wouldn't have to be seeing this. Katniss takes one of her hands, but I can't stay anymore.
"I'll go keep guard." I say, covering my mouth and power walk away.
I walk and walk and walk going in a random direction, till collapsing to my knees and start beating on the nearest tree, breaking its branches and getting splinters that start to bleed into my hands, while getting long scratches down my arm to my elbows.
I don't know how long I had my little fit, but when I calmed down to mere sniffles I realized that Fin was looking at me from behind, a sad yet concerned look in his eyes.
Chuckling I stood up, shaking legs stumbling my way to him and right as I got to him my legs gave out. But he caught me by my underarms.
"You know Fin, al-a-all t-this is m-my f-fault I-f-f I j-just k—kept w-wal-walking." I managed to chuckle out, that then turned into a wail and I clung onto him for dear life.
"Shhh, it's not your fault." Fin cooed to me, like I was a little baby.
"I-i-I—it is- all my-f-f-fau-fault." I hiccupped, looking in his eyes oh how I love those eyes.
"No, its not." Fin hissed, out taking me by the shoulders lightly pushing me back and forth.
"These things happen, it's what happens in the games we live through it" Fin retorted, gently wrapping me in a firm embrace. And we just held onto one another not saying anything, just Fin rocking me side to side.
"Let's go back." I whispered to him feeling slightly more calm, he didn't say anything just took my hand and we slowly made our way back to the others.
And we get back in time to watch peeta send off the morphling into the water till the capitol comes to retrieve her body.
I notice Fin has katnisses arrows, when did he get those? and drops them in the sand beside katniss.
"Thought you might want these." he said, rejoining by my side.
"Thanks." she says, giving us sympathetic looks, before going to wash off the blood.
"Where d-did the-y go?" I chocked out, my throat hoarse from the crying.
"We don't know exactly, the vines shifted and they were gone." says Fin, not letting go of my hand.
We make our way back to the tree I was trying to tap, Fin and Katniss stand guard as me and peeta work on the spile, peeta found a good vein and the water begins to gush from the spile.
We slake our thirst and I wash some of the blood that got on my hands. We also fill a handful of shells with drinking water and go back to the beach. Its still night, but it will be dawn soon.
"Why don't you three rest, I'll watch for a while." katniss offers, much to my disapproval she looked dead on her feet as does everyone else.
"No, katniss I'd rather." Fin says, and I give him a sharp look, which he returns with a mischief smirk.
"I want to see my little fish's cute little face as she sleeps soundly." he added cheekily.
Which I blushed at, knowing his feeling and seeing as I don't know my own I like Fin, but I don't know as a friend or something more..."well we did kiss right? does that mean we're a couple now? or are we.." it hurt my head to think about this right now.
"Oh, quiet you" I say, lightly pushing on his shoulder, as he rubbed my head affectionately.
"All right, Finnick, thanks." Katniss says, as she lays down on the sand with peeta, who drifts off and while she just stares at the sky like I'm doing.
"You should be getting your beauty sleep, love." Fin says, leaning over my tense form.
"I'm scared to." I admitted, thinking about all I seen in only a day.
"I know love, but at least try and I'll be watching over you." he whispered in my ear, kissing my forehead and straightens up to look around.
"Goodnight Fin." I say, closing my eyes.
"Goodnight my little fish." was the last thing I heard from him before falling asleep.
~dream~
"mama, mama, MAMA!" a thirteen year old Maryanne screamed, running through an open plain surrounded by white flowers, that's centers were turning red and spreading out to engulf the whole bud.
"MAMA!" she screams again, and as she looks around she seeing the empty sockets of district five male.
"MAMA!" she screams in terror, as she runs away from the scene only to run into a row of hanging victor, Jo, Seeder and Chaff all three of their necks snapped by the force when being hung.
"Awwwwweeeeeeee" She screams running in the opposite direction, only to trip over more dead bodies, morphling from six, Nanny, Thicket, Dabble, Floss, Tug, Katniss, and Peeta.
"MAMA!" She shouted, taking off once again.
Running into a forest, which was dark and scary to the young Maryanne. She ran, through trees seeming to try to grab at her, until she saw a bright light ahead.
Bursting out into the open light, she smiled when she found not only her mother but Megan, Piper, Diana… and Fin. Smiling happily as she approached them and they had their arms opened wide for her to run into.
But she didn't get a chance soon one by one they dropped dead, much to her horror. She stopped dead in her tracks, facing her beloved family that she has held dear to her heart gone before her very eyes.
"Hello there Maryanne". her eyes went wide at that voice, turning around she stared wide eyed at the man that was locked away once she turned fifteen…
"AWWWWWWWWWWWWAAAAAAA!" Maryanne screamed, bolting up right from where she was sleeping, and found that her head was resting in Fin's lap.
"Its aright, it was just a dream nothings going to get you." he said rubbing my back and forcing me to look at him.
"It's real it was so real." I said, going into hypoventilation and clung to his suit while he held onto me by the waist.
"Just calm down ok, your going to be just fine I wont let nothing happen to you." he said, pulling me closer.
"You protect me, while I protect you ok." I whispered to him, staring at him through my hair.
"Ok." he returned, letting his head fall onto mine.
"Come on lets get you something to eat, your all stick's and bone's love." he jocks, making me relax a little.
"Ok." I agreed, taking the offered woven bowl filled with water, while he starts to crack open shellfish with a stone. Katniss then wakes up a few seconds after me, she looks towards me and Fin as I eat some shellfish that he handed to me.
Fin notices her awake. "Their better fresh." he explained, ripping a chunk of flesh from a shell and popping it into his mouth.
Her stomach growls indicating she's hungry, she goes into the saltwater to wash her fingernails that were caked with monkey blood.
"Your rope broke" Fin says sheepishly, holding out the untwined Punjab that can't be fixed. I give a downcast look, heart sinking.
"Don't worry love, I'll keep you safe." Fin says, kissing me on he cheek.
"But- how can I protect you know?" I asked searching his face as though it held all the answers. "I'll take care of us both little fish." he says, taking one of his hands to stroke my cheek.
The chiming of a parachute catches our attention, and Fin goes to catch it.
"It's for you" he said, curious as he hands it to me.
~keep it up, they love you, and I'm happy for you and Finnick~ love Nanny.
I open it up, and surprised at what I see a metal Punjab lasso, with spikes inside the noose so if I get it around someone's neck, the metal spikes will kill them instantly.
"My, my little fish I take it back, you can be the one to protect me." Fin whistled, looking over my shoulder at the Punjab lasso.
"Who would send me this, it must be expensive to have made?" I wondered, looking it over and realized that near the bottom of the rope there was an inscription.
~for the love of Finnick odair and Maryanne cadaver~
I blushed at such a thing, and hoped Fin didn't see but being his nosey self he notices and being a flirtier, he would save this information for later.
"I'm going to go wake up peeta." Katniss called, but stopped staring at my Punjab.
"When you get that?" She asked, coming to examine it and I let her.
"Someone made it for her, and sent it." said Fin.
"Read the inscription at the bottom." he added nudging my shoulder, as I swatted at him.
She did read it much to my embarrassment, and got a look in her eye.
"Must have got it by being in a relationship with the one and only Finnick odair." she said, dramatically imitating Fin, and I couldn't help but laugh.
"You're always mean to me little fish" Fin pouted.
"I'm only mean to you when you disserve it." I mocked back cheekily.
He raised an eyebrow at that and crossed his arms. "I'm a good boy." he said, laying his head in my lap staring up at me with puppy do eyes.
"You have your moments." I whispered down at him, petting his hair as he closes his eyes in bliss. Katniss joins us again with a still sleepy looking peeta who was rubbing sleep out of his eyes.
"Nice of you to join us sleepy head." Fin teases from where he was positioned on my lap.
Peeta shot him a small glare coming to sit on katniss side, right across from Fin and me.
Soon a chiming sound caught our attention being a parachute no doubt, but unlike last time Fin doesn't make a move to get up, instead prefers to stay in my lap.
"The bread has a green tint from seaweed, I had it plenty of times back in four… I miss four." I was a little put out by the thought, Fin must have catch onto my thoughts, seeing as he offered me the first slice which I accepted.
"There are thirteen left." katniss says aloud she observed them.
"Maybe we should stick with the beach?" she says again, and we don't protest and after finishing eating and having our stomachs full. We keep going, then in the distance is screaming, across from us, a wedge of the jungle begins to vibrate. An enormous wave crests high on the hill, topping the trees and roaring down the slope. It hits the existing seawater with such force that, even though we're as far as we can get from it, the surf bubbles up around our knees, setting our few possessions afloat. Among the three of us, we manga to collect everything before its carried off, except for our chemical-riddled jumpsuits, which are so eaten away no one cares if we lose them.
And I hold on to my Punjab lasso for dear life.
A cannon fires, and I see the hovercraft come and take a body… twelve now.
"Jo" I thought looking around once I get my footing.
"What you looking for little fish?" Fin asked as though I lost something.
I then see three figures, about two spokes away stumbling onto the beach.
"There." katniss says, looking where I am.
"JO!" I yelled, running for her as she sees me running. And I run into her knocking us both down, as I bring her into a bear hug.
"It's good to see you alive to Mar, now get off me." she says, rolling me off of her.
"Johanna!" Fin calls, running up to us.
"Finnick." she replies back bluntly, rolling her eyes at him.
"It's great to see you both alive." Jo said, coming close to happy as she could.
"And I'm relived to see that your ok to, I hope you didn't get into to much danger." I said, not sure if they do or not I'm sure they were at some point. She started to gesture toward the jungle and talking fast to us.
"We thought it was rain, you know, because of the lightning, and we were all so thirsty. But when it started coming down, it turned out to be blood. Thick, hot blood. You couldn't see, and speak without getting mouthful. We just staggered around, trying to get out of it. That's when Blight hit the force field.
"I'm sorry Johanna." Fin says, true remorse in his voice.
"Yeah, well, he wasn't much, but he was from home." She says. "And he left me alone with these two." She nudges Beetee with her shoes while he was unconscious.
"He got a knife in the back at the cornucopia, and her-" we look towards wireless who was murmuring "tick tock, tick tock."
"Ya we know, tick tock, nuts is in shock." Jo says pushing her to the ground.
"Just stay down, will you?" Jo says, in annoyance.
"Lay off her!" katniss snaps.
Jo narrows her gaze at katniss her brown eyes full of hate "lay off her?" she hisses, I knew what her next move would be as she steps forward, I grab a hold of her arm.
"No, more fighting" I pleaded, trying with all my might to hold Jo in place, but I knew if she wanted to she could easily get out of my grip, but in a way I think she wanted someone to stop her, to be there to help her and keep her from doing anything she might regret. She doesn't what to hurt anyone that's just how she is, after seeing her family and fiancé die she doesn't want that to happen to anyone else because of her.
She changes her attack too verbally.
"Who do you think got them out of that bloody jungle for you? You—" Finnick takes her into the water and repeatedly dunks her while she's screaming insults at Katniss, and I go in as well to stop Fin from doing something rash like accidently drown her with all her screaming.
"Fin stop it, she's just upset leave her alone." I tell him, trying to stop him by pulling on his arms but he just shrugs me off.
"Please stop Fin!" I keep trying to pull him off, but he gently pushes me away.
"Come on stop it." getting him to stumble back, so I could help Jo stand.
"That bitch, who does she think she is, I hate her!" She yelled, slapping her hands on the surface of the water.
"Calm down Jo" I say, but she shoves me back making me fall into the water, that burns my eyes and nose. I regain my footing and come up splurging water out my mouth.
And I felt Fin wrap an arm around my waist as I begin coughing, and hacking, whacking me on the back to help me cough some up.
"It-hh- must have- cough, cough- scary for you." I say, to stare at Jo through watery eyes.
"Johanna scared." Fin begins to chuckle, but seeing my glare I sent him he stops.
"Everyone gets scared, and you have it hard and that makes you brave." I say to Jo, who has a spark of sadness and that vulnerable child we all were once.
"Come on lets go back." I say, taking hold of Jo's hand with Fins while fine takes the other entangling our fingers together.
"Seems like you two are comfy with each other." Jo says observing us with a keen look, and Fin has his signature smirk on that surprisingly resembles Jo's. I stare down at my feet ignoring them the best I could, and trying to calm down my burning face.
We make it back to the others, Finnick tells them about the fog and the monkeys saying how they thought I was crazy at first then saying I saved their lives, at this Jo states that I was the only one in the group that had the most common sense, which she got a playful look from Fin, and a glare from Katniss I didn't fell good about that one.
Everybody offers to guard while the others rest, by in the end it was Jo, Katniss and me as to keep the peace. Which Fin protested loudly about, but got him to go to bed in exchange for a kiss, it was supposed to be a simple peck until Fin decided that he wanted a little more and deepened the kiss by holding my face to his, I flared around like a flopping fish till he let go, and scooted to Jo's side for protection, as everyone laughs even Wireless lets out a weak chuckle.
all while Fin lays on his side, with a shit-eating grin on his face.
"n-now go to sleep" I tell him sternly.
"Of course love." he says, laying on his back and closing his eyes.
We stay in silence just me, Katniss and Jo that is until Katniss broke it.
"So what were you doing with nuts and volts?" She asked Jo.
"I told you—seeing my look she fights the insult—I got them for you, Haymitch said if we were to be allies I had to bring them to you." Jo says, staring at her with loathing.
"That's what you told him, right?" Jo says sarcastically.
She nods her had "thanks, I appreciate it."
"I hope so." Jo mumbled, giving her a sharp look.
"What did I do to you? you come here and act like I killed your favorite axe!" katniss shouts, startling me.
"I don't like you! I don't care if you are knocked up, I'll rip your throat out." Johanna yells back.
"Stop it you two." I tell them, stepping in between them only to be knocked right back out.
"Like you could, I'll send an arrow straight through your eye at any moment I want!" Katniss yells back.
"Stop it!" I managed to get them a few paces away from each other.
"Let me share some wisdom with you, you might not like it but lisen anyway" I tell them sternly, using the same tone I give Finnick when im rarely upset or want him to do something. "You can close your eyes to the things you do not want to see, but you cannot close your heart to the things you do not want to feel, we are all fighting together and will either live together or die together, and we have to live with either choice." I said to them, staring hard into each of their eyes.
I caught a glimps of a glossy look in Jo's eyes, before she turned around.
"Ya your right I don't want to hear it," Jo said, seeing Wireless coming towards us.
"Oh, goody, shes back. Okay, I'm going to sleep, you guys can guard with nuts, night Mar." she says and flings herself down beside Fin.
"Night Jo!" I call after her, and she gives me a lazy wave.
"Tick-tock." whispers Wireless, Katniss helps her lie down, stroking her arm to soothe her.
"Tick-tock." Katniss repeats, "Its time for bed, tick-tock, go to sleep." The sun rises in the sky until noon.
Lighting begins to strike where it was last time, Katniss should be catching on now.
Time passes, and the tick-tocks are still going.
"Doesn't the arena seem like something to you, something that involves tick-tock?" I hint at katniss, who has a thoughful look.
"oh." she says under her breath.
'Tick-tock- tick-tock- her eyes widen in realization- TICK-TOCK IT'S A CLOCK1" she excliams.
Beginning to awake the others, and I have a secret smile on my face one that I didnt think someone would see… Certainly not Peeta.
~ya I hope you like it, I almost went blind from staring so long at the screen while banging my head on the table as inspiration escaped me!, I love you France (for now) and I hope you review look out for chapter 34 and review.