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"Ophelia," She stumbled forward and felt bile rise up in the back of her throat. The water made a loud splash as she fell, Finnick was there catching her before she could even blink.

He held her up and pushed the strands of her hair that had fallen into her face back. His sea foam eyes locked with her brown ones, he had a worried look on his face. "Are you okay? Are you hurt?" He asked helping her stand back on her feet.

"I-I'm fine," Her voice cracked, and she scolded herself.

He pulls out a canteen full of water from his backpack, "You look sick, here." He hands it to her.

Her shaking hand grabbed the water and brought it to her lips. She took a sip then gave it back to Finnick, he put it back and interlocked his fingers with hers.

"You have to tell me what happened," She looked straight ahead to where the squad was, the two of them were pretty far behind.

"I just remembered something from my Hunger Games, that's all. Seriously, I'm fine." She plastered a smile on her face and continued forward through the dark and dismal water. He knew she was holding something back and it made his heart sink because he was holding something back too.

He walked with her, still holding onto her hand, (and she was glad he was or else she would be having a panic attack.)

"Let's stop right here and rest. I'll take first watch." Jackson shouts from up ahead and the squad stops, the pair finally caught up with them and took a seat next to each other.

Ophelia wrapped her arms around herself and chewed on her lip, another habit she picked up recently. She leaned her head back and closed her eyes even though she knew she couldn't and wouldn't sleep.

Finnick laid his hand on her thigh and her eyes opened, she looked at him. "You know that gut feeling you get when something bad is about to happen?" He asked out of the blue.

"Yeah, why?"

"I have that right now." Her heart sunk as he muttered those words.

Her mouth felt dry as she tried to speak, felt crept up her back and into her mind. "I-" she stutters. "-we'll be fine, let's just get some rest." He nods and closes his eyes.

Ophelia pushed her worry away and snuggled into his arms, and soon sleep took her away.

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A distant noise woke her from her slumber, she jolted up with Finnick and quickly looked around her. Everyone stood frantically and circled around Katniss, Ophelia blinked slowly as she tried to process what was going on.

"It's mutts! We have to go!" Peeta shouted, her heart stopped; Finnick was right, something bad was going to happen.

"What's the quickest way out of her?!" Katniss asked Pollux who pointed in the direction behind them.

The group followed Pollux out and into a dark hallway, Gale stepped ahead and pulled out his weapon. He pulled the trigger and it fired far Ahead creating a blast of fire where it landed. It would've fired anything it their path.

They moved forward cautiously, guns and flashlights pointed at every hall and tunnel.

Pollux climbed into a tiny tunnel and held his hand up for us to wait, Ophelia could hear her heartbeat in her ears.

He disappeared around the corner and everyone held their breath, hoping he'd make it back.

The brunette watched Katniss tense up, she grabbed her hand and squeezed it in reassurance. She smiled at her briefly.

Pollux came out from around the corner meaning it was safe, Katniss crawled in next, then Peeta.

Finnick gently helped her into the tunnel but she stopped him before she got in. "You go next," He scowls at her. "Please."

He sighed and crawled through the tunnel, he reached the other side and held his hand out for her, she took a look behind her and found Jackson still there.

"Come on-" She started to say but she was cut off by a shrieking noise, mutts cane running up behind Jackson, making an awful noise as they did.

Ophelia scrambled forward and away from the horrifying creatures, she followed closely behind Finnick and the others who were also running for their lives.

Adrenaline filled her veins, she felt herself getting faster slightly. Finnick looked over his shoulder and straight at her, he grabbed her hand and pulled her forward and away from the mutts.

Two screams come from behind them, more mutts came from another hallway and trampled Jackson and Messalla.

"No!" She yelled, she turned and started to run back to them but Finnick pulled her back. He dragged her a few more feet forward before letting her run on her own.

Hot tears threatened to spill from her eyes but the adrenaline rush wouldn't let it. They rounded a corner and more mutts spilled into the room they entered.

All of the sudden Ophelia was slammed into the ground and a snarling mutt towered over her. As her head hit the metal she screamed and lashed out. Stars clouded her vision but she wasn't gonna let herself pass out, not without killing the creature threatening her life.

She reached for her gun since her crossbow was on her back, out of reach. As her hands touched the cold object, she yanked it from her waist and shot at the mutt. It fell back and released her.

She stood again and glanced around her quickly, Peeta, Katniss, Finnick, and Gale were all fighting mutts that kept coming and coming.

A wave of dizziness washed over her but she ignored it since a mutt was charging right at her.

It reached forward to scratch her but she shot it before it had the chance.

It also fell to the ground dead, she jumped over it and ran towards Finnick.

She grabbed her crossbow and shot an arrow at the mutt coming up behind Finnick then she kicked the one clawing at him away and shot it.

The dirty blond gave her a half smile before getting back to killing the mutts.

She was pulled back by a mutt, it's teeth sunk into her collarbone. A groan escaped her lips, her fist collided with its face and it propelled backwards.

She spun around and shot her arrows at it. "Come on!" Cressida's voice pulled her away from the fight and up towards the ladder everyone was climbing up.

Katniss was in the corner surrounded by mutts, the brunette runs forward and shoots at them. She grabs Katniss by the wrist and pulls her. She basically drags her to the ladder and make sure she gets up, She turns her head and scans the room for anyone else needing help. Everyone expect Finnick seemed to be up the ladder.

He was fighting off the mutts that were surrounding Katniss just moments earlier. "Finnick!" She calls and started to crawl up the ladder, but he doesn't come. He was completely covered by mutts, her heart stopped for the second time that day.

Everything seemed to move in slow motion, she leap down and raced toward him. But she was moving so slow, she was afraid she wouldn't get to him in time. All those nightmares she had were becoming true.

She reached him just in time, her foot crushed a mutt head and then another. She didn't care that mutts were tearing her skin apart, she didn't care that she was probably bleeding like crazy. She only cared about Finnick.

Her hand reached into the water and felt for Finnick, soon enough she found an arm. Then a hand, she smiled widely and pulled with all her might, his head came up from under the water then the rest of his body.

He sucked in a breath and Ophelia sighed in relief. She grabbed his wrist and pulled him up and to the ladder, she pushed him up (ignoring his protests,) and watched him reach the top. She continued to kick and punch at the mutts as she climbed the long ladder.

She screamed as a sharp pain went through her ankle, she looked down and locked eyes with a mutt who had her ankle in its mouth. She slammed the butt of her gun into its head and climbed the rest of the way up.

Katniss was right at the edge with her bow pointed down, right as Ophelia reached the top she shot the arrow making the area below them explode.

She was thrown forward by the blast and her head slammed into the floor.

AN. . .

This chapter was a lot- first of all, it took three days and four hours. Second of all I had to write the scenes a bit different, cause if you have seen mockingjay part 2 you know what happens to Finnick, third of all I'm absolutely HORRIBLE at writing fight scenes so please go easy on me with this chapter, I tried. Anyway, thank you for all the love on this story! I hope you guys have a great rest of your day/night! <3

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