Hi I'm back and we are in mockingjay (I can hear the fan's cheering already) be patient with me, the book I checked out from my library is printed upside-down ( I know what the heck!) I'm figuring it out, so review. Also language.
We wear the mask that grins and lies, it hides our cheeks and shades our eyes.
~Maryanne pov~
"I'll ask again, tell me what you know about the rebellion." A peacekeeper said in a threatening low voice.
I lost count of the days I been here, I been beat, slapped, electrocuted, whipped, drowned till I blacked out, gone without food or water. And watched it happen to my friends as well, my poor friends.
"i-i-I- do-don't –kno-n an t-thin-" I mumbled, stumbling over my words in truth I knew everything but I kept it this long what could a little longer hurt? I knew I would never tell this secret to anyone not even snow himself about what's going to happen, they might as well just kill me now.
The electrical shock, rips it way over my skin down my spin, into my very core, now I knew what the others in the book went through.
"I will ask again, what do you know?" the man questioned again, in monotone.
"I told you I don't know." I said quietly, my voice was shaky, that's all I could do is deny it all. The bleach in the water burns my eyes and nose as he dunks me this time, when he lets up I start to sputter up mouthfuls it burned my tongue and throat. I made a point in not swallowing, always hacking it up as to not get severally poisoned.
"Again I ask what you know?" He said once again, and I replied the same way I always have "I don't know." After a few more electrical shocks, he sighs and brings me back to my cell.
"You look like shit." Jo comments from her cell that was next to mine on the right. "you look banged up yourself." I joked back weakly.
"Ya we both look like shit, now don't we." She chuckles harshly, but stops when we hear Peeta's inhuman scream, it was like the dog pound on exhaustion day.
"I hate this Jo, I really hate this." I say quietly, rubbing at my raw wrists that have rope burns.
"You and me both, this sure is a lousy spa alright." Jo said, sarcastically holding out her hand as though waiting for a pedicure, they where caked in dried blood but now I didn't cringe as much as I had on the first day in here.
I gave a small smile, this is how we're thriving we have each other, we lean on each other, being there for the other it keeps us going.
"Jo when we win this war, what are you going to do?" I asked in curiosity, looking at her.
She looked at me from the corner of her eye. "I don't know go back to district seven, live my life I guess, you know you sound as though we're going to win this war." She said, turning to face me.
"Well we got to stay positive right?" I pointed out, giving her a cheeky grin. "Beside, I have that gut feeling and isn't my gut always right?" I said, and she gets a smile of her face.
"So far it has I guess, but don't think I'm going to take one of your organs to predict the outcome of this fight." She said gruffly.
"You should trust me Jo, I know I'm right." I retorted, as she did a once over.
"You sound so sure, as though you know what's going to happen." Jo mumbled. I scudded as close to Jo's cell as I could and signaled for her to come closer, she got as close as she could with the bar's separating us.
"That's because I do." I whispered in her ear, and watched as she pulled away.
"And how would you know?" She whispered back low so no one passing by would hear.
"When we get out of here I promise I'll tell you." I promised, letting my matted hair fall over my eyes. Its true I will tell her, I'm tired of lying sick of it really, lies, and lies and more lies its killing me slowly from the inside out.
Jo gave a nod, and we both kept quiet as a peacekeeper came dragging a beaten down Wiress back in her cell that was on the other side of Jo.
"How is she?" I asked, worried a little as I watched Jo move to get a good look at Wiress.
"Not as bad as last time, just a busted up nose and a few shocks she's sleeping now, probably forced her to stay awake by shocking her each time she tried to fall asleep." Jo reported, coming to sit back down next to the bars that separated our cells.
I sigh in relief, it could be worse Peeta's scream's stop and that worried me, but I relaxed a little seeing him being carried back towards his cell that was across from Wiress. He looked banged up; unconscious immobilized and drained of all color.
"Well doesn't he look like shit." Jo whispered to me, and I nodded my head in agreement but I soon regretted it, seeing as I twisted it when I was thrashing around in the water.
"If I get out of here, I'm going to find that bitch and snap her head off." Jo ranted about katniss in an angry tone again, making hand gestures and all, I let her get it out of her system.
"No, the first thing your going to do is get some treatment, then something to eat, and a lot of sleep." I told her sternly, she just rolled her eyes.
"Then I snap her neck." Jo said, bluntly.
"She's not the enemy Jo, its snow that's the enemy, so focus your anger on him." I told her softly, watching as she put down her hands. We fell into silence, listening to Wiress snores and Peeta's thrashing in his sleep.
"What about you?" Jo said after a while, a direct question to me.
"What do you mean?" I asked not sure what she meant.
"After all this, what do you plan to do?" She explained.
"Never thought about it." And to tell the truth I haven't what will I do when all is said and gone and past, where will I be?
"Well I know you would still be living with Finnick right?" Jo said, which sounded more like a fact not a question.
"I believe so if he still want me after—" I trailed off I knew I had to tell him everything, all of my lies the whole thing and if he doesn't want to see me anymore I would understand.
"Ya if we live through this war." Jo said tiredly.
"Maybe." I whispered.
~Diana pov~
Well district thirteen was something else; the book was right in a way it was like a military camp with an ordered chaos type of way.
"Well this looks nice." Cinna snorted, and I had to agree with him I wasn't like the capitol I could tell.
"It's pretty intimidating isn't it." I said to him.
"In some way's." he replied, we walked along behind my friend Megan and Piper its been so long since we last seen one another and all in the same place.
When we moved along, every male made a point in saying hello to Megan; it looks like she has them wrapped around her finger already.
Piper introduced me thresh and Vulpix aka fox-face they were nice, and it was strange talking to tributes that were supposed to be dead already, but then again Piper must feel the same about Cinna.
Before I came here, I stopped in district four victors village to be specific and I turned that whole house upside down with Cinna`s help to try and find Maryanne's book, "mockingjay" which Cinna found under her mattress.
I couldn't let it go into the wrong hands, and I knew Maryanne didn't want that to happen either, how much pain is Maryanne in right now? is she even still alive. I push that thought into the back of my mind, instead I listened to Megan telling me and Cinna where we are to sleep.
"Your bunk is in here, you will share it with Thresh if that's alright?" Megan turned from Thresh to Cinna, and each male didn't seem to have a problem with it.
"And you can stay with me and Piper" Megan said, turning to me.
"Great." I mumbled, it was half true, great to be staying with Piper but Megan... well will see.
"Come on well help you settle in, Vulpix why don't you go to gun practice." Megan ordered Vulpix who scurried away, saying she would see Piper later.
"You're bunking on the bottom." Megan said, closing the door behind her.
"How did you end up here?" I demanded, rounding on her.
"Woke up in the woods, not to far away some of district thirteen found me took me in, they asked me where I came from and I told them the truth that I was from a different world, but they didn't believe me, thought I went nuts so they put me in the medical wing, till I said I was from district nine and ran away." She said, shrugging her shoulders while flipping her hair over her shoulder.
"Well that's a relief, even here no one takes you seriously." I said sarcastically, while pulling out some of the items I brought with me, and secretly had a smirk on my face as I heard Megan gasp like a fish.
"Well I'm going to find Katniss!" I heard Piper say, as I turned she was already out the door.
~Piper pov~
This world that I now live in, the lives I come to know, there's a lot that could happen to a person, but for me I just seem to push through it all. I seen a lot of things in my life now, got my finger's cut off on my left hand, left middle finger and ring finger are now gone—but I moved on.
I came to the hospital wing, and checked with one of the doctors as he pointed me in the right direction. How would Katniss react if she saw me again?
I pulled the white sheet away to see Katniss talking with her sister Prim, a cute little girl she was just like my Rue, Rue along with the rest of the star family was moved here for safety reasons, Mr. Fizz is now a soldier and the rest of the family are doing fine, I have to remember to introduce Prim and Rue sometime.
"Hello there Katniss." I say quietly, drawing her attention to me and I watch as her face read shock, she slowly come to stand.
"I-is that really you Piper?" Katniss questioned, as she takes a step forward.
"Yes, it's me I came here along with Thresh and Vulpix district five female tribute? We decided to be part of the rebellion I have friends here that are apart of it." I told her, taking hold of her arm.
"t-that explains something's." Katniss says, taking in a shaky breath, she seems more stressed than anything and I wanted to help her.
"now tell me what's the matter." I said, pushing her to sit on the bed.
"Prim, why don't you go down to the cafeteria and introduce yourself to Rue, Wick, Poppy, Jinx and Quelling their my little cousins their the star family tell them Piper sent you, they would love to play with you." I say to her, and she looks to Katniss who nods her head and she hesitantly left.
"Now tell me." I requested, sitting beside her. she stared at me for a while just looking at me, till she took a deep breath and began.
"They want me to be a symbol of the revolution, the mockingjay. The leader, the face, the voice, and the embodiment of the revolution the person who can count on to blaze the path to victory" She makes out.
"And I don't know what to do." She whispers at the end.
"I won't tell you what to do, I can only give you my advice" I tell her, and she looks on seemingly needing some advice.
"You are Katniss everdeen, you love your sister, look after the people you love, you know how to shoot an arrow, been there for the worst point in your life, and I know you care deeply for Peeta, that's how I see you, now Katniss how do you see yourself?" I questioned her, and watch as I see conflict arise on her face.
"I'm not sure who I am really, things throw themselves at me asking me to be what's best for the rebellion or they think something up about me, I'm not sure anymore." She tired to describe her meaning, but ended up hanging her head in defeat.
"Katniss it might not mean much but I'm with you, I believe in you and I stand with you, not the mockingjay but Katniss everdeen, the person who loves their sister, risked their life for me, who cared more than themselves that's who I believe in." I say giving her hand a squeeze, eventually standing up to leave but as I do.
"Thank you Piper". I hear her say, as I walkout.
~Katniss pov~
I think hard on what Piper said, she stands with me not the mockingjay… I owe her a lot and I hate Owing people. I change my mind to other things like Beetee, who was pulled into weapons development the minute he sat up, latterly just wheeled him out and only comes out for meals.
Then there's Finnick odair, the sex symbol from the fishing district. Who kept peeta alive in the arena when I couldn't. They want him as a rebel leader as well, but first they have to get him to stay awake for more then five minutes. Even when he is conscious, you have to say things three times to get through to his brain. The doctors say it's from the electrical shock he received in the arena, but I know it's a lot more complicated than that. I know that finnick can't focus on anything in district thirteen because he's trying so hard to see what's happening in the capitol to Maryanne, the girl he fell head over heels for. The girl that saved my life more then once, she saved Peeta three times in the quarter quell; she saved practically all of us. And I owe it to her and Finnick to get her out of the capitol and back to Finnick where she belongs.
Diana and Cinna are supposed to be here to, but they say they just got here and are probably settling down. I got a lot of questions for that women, was she in on the rebellion this whole time? And if so what does she do? How much is she in on?
I just have to figure it out later, since I'm going to district twelve to shift through the remains, with Gale.
~Diana pov~
Walking around in the actual district thirteen was unbelievable, many thing's run through my head and what I saw they lived underground and they acted like a military I would to if I was being bombed and had the capitol along with limited resources.
I was soon given a schedule, every morning you're supposed to stick your right arm into this contraption in the wall. It tattoos the smooth inside of your forearm with your schedule for the day in sickly purple ink, 7:00—breakfast. 7:30—kitchen duties. And so on—at this time for now I walk a bit seeing as I have a little free time.
Cinna`s busy at the moment and Katniss is in district twelve, Piper is with the star family and Prim so I didn't want to disturb her, and Megan is probably flirting with some guy in uniform.
I feel useless without planning something, without anything to do everyone else seems to. I wish Portia was here, but she's safe in district four were I left her. So I just settle for walking around, taking in everything and everyone its not so bad. I'm cut off as I bump into someone.
"I'm so sorry I didn't see you there." I say quickly apologizing, and then I realize its Haymitch and he's not that drunk for once, a step up I can tell.
"I'm sorry about that Haymitch, I got distracted there." I say sheepishly.
"It's ok Darleen, can I speak to you a minute?" he asked, pulling me aside and I let him.
"What is it you need Haymitch?" I ask him, but he gets this serious look on his face that unsettles me a little.
"What is it?" I ask again, not liking where I think this will be heading.
"Did you know about this rebellion?" He demands, looking me dead in the eye.
"Yes and no, I knew about the rebellion I wasn't apart of it I created my own in the capitol. I heard of the rebellion in thirteen so me and Cinna decided to come here, seeing as snow planned to kill Cinna, me and Portia for aiding Katniss and help some tributes escape." I tell him, it was a major part of the truth I just kept a few details out.
"About those tributes, how did you know that girl,Piper was it? and that Maryanne girl, and you seem to know Blondie very well, and there from four, eleven and thirteen and your from the capitol answer me that." He retorted, and he got me there.
"We're friends, we knew each other for a long time, I wasn't always from the capitol and they weren't originally from their districts either." I said stumbling over things unsure of it all, while also trying to make sense of this conversation.
"How did you get into the capitol the sweetheart? and how did the rest of them get in their districts unnoticed and where you really from?" He huffed, and I knew he got me pegged.
"I got to go." I said quickly, making a dash for it.
"I will figure it out Darleen! don't you forget that!" I hear him yell after me, I have to think of an excuses for next time.
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