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" ๐‘๐‘ข๐‘ก ๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘ข'๐‘™๐‘™ ๐‘›๐‘’๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘’, ๐‘–๐‘™๐‘™ ๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘กโ„Ž ๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘ข ๐‘“๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘š ๐‘‘๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘˜ ๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘™ ๐‘‘๐‘Ž๐‘ค๐‘›. ๐ต๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘ฆ ๐‘–๐‘š ๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘”โ„Ž๐‘ก โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘’. "
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ย  ย  Clank.

The clanking of the rusty metal beneath every one of our footsteps creeks and makes noises from our shifting weight.

The two guys before lead the way deeper into the tunnels.

"My brother knows these tunnels really well, he worked sanitation down here. Right after they made him an avox." One of them speaks up.

Pressing my feet against the pavement my eyes adjust to the darkness that surrounds us with very low light.

Katniss scans her areas as I then make eye contact with Gage, I quickly look away as I catch Finnick in the corner of my eye, "you alright?" He asks as he comes closer to me

I simply nod without another word as I begin to walk ahead with the others. In all honesty, I felt sickened, how could they just turn innocent people into slaves and cut their tongues. Poor guy.

I watch as the one who never spoke stops in front of us worriedly as his brother reassures him, I kept my tongue back but couldn't any longer.

"It's okay, we'll make him pay.." I say aloud as I step forward and place my hand against his shoulder.

He turns to me and nods and gives me a thank you look as he pats my hand.

He then begins to walk forward as does the rest of us, I then feel someone brush against my shoulder looking over I find katniss, "good job" she simply says without breaking from looking ahead of herself.

"Took him five years to find himself out of here." The man who was his brother piped up beside us.

I had no words, five years. I couldn't imagine what he had been through, never seeing the light again. Never knowing if it was truly his last time.

After a few moments something began to beep informing us there was something coming, we all ran and hide in the corner just as Peeta crouches next to me, he gives me a soft smile and I give him one back.

A sound of a train goes swiftly by and once it leaves I stand up, "we're too exposed here. We're gonna get caught." I stay sternly as others nod their heads in agreement.

The man who was leading us nods as he motions for us to go lower.

I look over at Finnick who was looking back at me from across the way, the sewers. He's taking us to the sewers.

~

Moist, damp, wet, we make our way into water almost above our shoulders as we walk down a narrow pipped sewer, behind me was Finnick and every so often he'd graze my back in comfort and steady my way.

I felt enclosed and slightly trapped even. Definitely not doing so well, as I felt my stomach stir, had I forgotten I was also pregnant.

I stumble slightly and a hand ahead grabs me to support, I sigh and look up to meet the eyes of gages, "t-thank you" I say and he clears his throat and nods as he continues ahead.

I felt almost guilty even. I hadn't even told him about the baby..that was his at least.

~

What felt like hours upon hours as we walked in silence. The water had gone down to only our ankles as a slight opening to the side appears, I could tell I needed a break but I'm not the type to back down even when sick.

I knew what I was getting into when it came to coming on this mission and to hell if I was going to slow anyone down.

Finnick must have noticed as he grips my waist and stops, "we should all get some rest we've been walking for hours" he says breaking the silence.

I look over at him and give him a weakened smile as he squeezed my waist gently as he guides me up the steps to rest.

"I'll take first watch" the voice of Peeta calls out and Gale chuckles, "I don't think so"

I quickly turn and glare at Gale as Finnick holds my waist back, "give him a break damn it! I'll watch with him then" I snarkly say at him causing him to step back.

"Woah calm down.. you're tired. Get some rest vic." Finnicks voice tries soothing me as he leans closer to me and whispers, "take it easy, relax" I sigh in response and relax to his words and turn to go sit down at the very end.

Gage was in charge of first watch and I lean my head against finnicks shoulder as he plays with my fingers giving me soothing touches.

I won't deny I might be a little stressed, a little too much right now. But I know I can handle this, hell I've handled so much worse. I'm just scared. To loose this, to loose these people, in these awful games.

~

I don't know how long I had been asleep but Gage was still at watch and everyone around was asleep, I move slightly to watch Finnick in a deep sleep unlike he has in awhile, he looks so peaceful and at rest, I move my hand just for him to squeeze it and I smile a little.

I slowly move away and stand up just for Gage to look over at me, I catch his eye as I walk over past peoples legs and over to him. I sit down across as I look out at the pitch darkness of the sewers. The water drips making an echo of a noise as it hits the ground.

"Vic." Gages voice was so manly, different from what I remember years ago when he died.

I felt my stomach turn but not from sickness, from sadness. I chew on the inside of my cheek. "I'm sorry" I make out in a whisper.

I slowly turn my head from looking out to his face, it's so familiar. Yet so different.

He gives me these sorrowed eyes and I shake
My head and bite my lip looking down once more, "I let you down Gage.. I let you die."

I could feel tears form but I quickly clear my throat, "im sorry I-" I begin to start to stand up and he grabs my arm causing me to sit back down.

"You never let me down vic..I did. I was suppose to be there. I'm glad you're with Finnick and happy. He's amazing for you. But sometimes. I wish that were me. Sometimes. Maybe if I had done something different those years ago..it would be me." His voice is quite but emotional.

I could feel a small tear upon my cheek and I nod slowly, "I thought you were the one too. But"

"It's Finnick now." He finishes my sentence almost with a crack in his voice and I nod in reply. "I know. But I hope you know that I'll still protect you, that I'll always find you."

I widen my eyes remembering what he said so many years ago on top of that hill.

I have to tell him now.

I begin to open my mouth slowly just as I hear a slight unfamiliar noise echo from the cave.

Gage and I both turn our heads to look and freeze. I could feel chills run up my spine. Somethings not right.

"What was that?" Katniss asks from across the way as I slowly get down from the steps

"Victoria" finnicks voice rings out in worry as he watches me do so alone. I could hear his footsteps as he quickly reaches me and I take my flashlight and point it down the tunnel.

"F-Finnick." I simply say just as the noise can be heard again and Gage comes down to look in the same direction.

"We gotta get outta here." I hear Peetas voice ring out and I look up to see finnicks eyes

"What's the fastest way out" Katniss voice asks as the avox man from earlier climbed down. He goes ahead and points the way I was looking.

Gage takes a front as well as Gale and they both light the way for us. I still felt as though something was off. Something was not right.

I grip finnicks hand as my other unclips one of my knives to hold in my hand.

Finnick brushes his thumb against my hand as we slowly make our way. The only thing echoing is everyone's footsteps.

The avox man makes his way ahead and slides in between two rocks, in doing that Katniss and Peeta go as well as Gale, I then slide in just as Finnick does leaving Gage and the woman behind, I felt something. I could tell something wasn't right just as I turn to Gage who was half way through, "GET AWAY FROM THERE!" I scream just as we hear the woman screaming louder as these alien like human things come at us.

They had razor sharp teeth and taller than anyone, they seemed greenish and slime like, I watch just as they bite into her and I jump forward and throw my knife at one that was just about to reach for gages leg as I cried out, "GAGE" It exploded once impacted and Gage quickly got out just as I grip his arm and pull him up, "RUN!" I scream as all of us quickly make our way trying to outrun them.

There was no way we could without throwing weapons at them. The water was splashing in our faces as we raced out of there.

My heart was pounding and my legs were already crying from pain. Stupid fucking snow. I bet he sent these. How did he know though.

Finnick was faster and as he looked back with Peeta I motioned him to keep going and not slow down, I stuck it through and I charged a few more knives that exploded behind Gage and I to keep them back.

Suddenly a man screams, "JASPER" I bite my lip as we head in a different direction and Katniss fires a bow at them.

I stop for a second in shock as he screams
"MOVE VIC MOVE!" Gages voice rings in my ear and he grips my arm pulling me away.

We begin to run, and run once more. They were coming from all different directions now.

How long could we hold them off.

Suddenly we were brought to an opening where there was a tall ladder, "get Peeta and Katniss up there!!" I shout just as I then turn around and throw one of my knives over to the creatures as fire explodes, another one after another, I grip one of the creatures shoulders and push myself up just as I slit its throat I wrap my leg around another and stab it in the head.

I look over to see Finnick holding them off as well and as I do one leaps on me from the back and I tumble down, I try grabbing my knife but I couldn't as I scream slightly in pain as it's nails cut my shoulder.

Suddenly it stopped and Finnick pulls me up, "VIC TO THE LADDER NOW!" He shouts as I see Gage holding them back now.

As I make my way over a few jump out at me as I shove my elbow into its chest I take my knife and impale it as I kick it down I duck as one flies over my shoulder and I kick its head against the pavement, just in time I climb up as Katniss grips my arm, I then look down to see Gage and Finnick as Finnick makes Gage go first I widen my eyes as he tries to hold them back by himself.

"He can't do it by himself.." I say a bit panicked as Katniss shoots from up high and Gage then looks down as I scream, "FINNICK!" I watch as one of the creatures tackle him down as others surround him, making eye contact with him my eyes get teary and I scream as Katniss holds me back, "NO FINNICK!! LET ME GO! PLEASE" I cry as I scream and I can barley make it out but suddenly Finnick is on his feet and climbing up barley as his arm was bleeding horribly.

My breathing was rapid as they pull him up and I go to Finnick just as I gasp, "Gage." I quickly look down the ladder as he tries climbing up, one bites his foot and the other tackles him down, "NO!" I lean down to grip Gages hand and which I do he looks up at me with the same eyes he did during the last moments.

Fear, panick, sadness, love, acceptance. He always said this was his fate from the start. But I can't except that. He is still my best friend, he still deserves more.

He squeezes my hand one last time as he mouths 'it's okay. I love you' with that his grip loosened and he falls. I couldn't hear my screams, in fact everything was a blur. I couldn't wrap my head around it. I couldn't believe it.

I could feel tears stream down my face as I make my way to Finnick who was injured badly and I place my hands upon his face, he saved Finnick. He took his own life.. for him.

Finnick was hanging in there as they tried wrapping his arm, "we need to get out of here fast. I know a place"

I couldn't even make out who said that. In fact I couldn't make out what had happened.

We quickly were on our feet once more, Gale grips onto Finnick as he stumbles up but I assume because of the adrenaline is the only reason he is still on his feet.

Suddenly we are in an open area now, thinking we are safe just as gunshots charge at us from peacekeepers, fucking shitheads.

I gasp as I pull Finnick behind one of the pillars and they motion for us to move, I take one of my knives and throw it over catching one of the guys as it explodes, we then rush over as the skyscrapers begin to go off but they aren't just any.

Just as a man ahead of us demolishes into thin air I gasp, "just keep going!" I shout as we all run. I then bump into a peacekeeper as I grip its arm I throw it over my shoulder as I take its gun and bash it into its face, I then stop for a second, "sorry, did I ruin your moment?"

Then, the ground begins to shake, it started to crumble beneath our feet just as we run across the way, I practically have to drag Finnick to keep going just as it jilts us in the air and we fall ahead, I quickly get on my feet as I noticed Finnick didn't, I stop as I turn and run to him, "Finnick get up! We need to go!"

I say urgently as I flip him on his back, his arm loosing a lot of blood and he seemed very beaten and barley conscious.

"Leave me vic, please just get out of here. Go!" Even tho he was weakened he still had tone in his voice as a tear falls down upon his face.

I widen my eyes as I scuff, "NO! Look at me!" I say as I shake his shoulders, he avoids my gaze but ends up doing so. "Snap out of it! I can't lose you. Now get yourself together do you understand me. We can do this! Together"

I watched as his breathing was slowed and he was very pale and I cry out a bit, "stay! Stay with me Finnick!"

He looks away for a moment then back at me and slowly nods, "always" once spoken I crash my lips into his and take in his boiling hot lips. He needs medical help, now, or he will die. He needs to stay strong for me, stay alive Finnick. Please.

I think as I help pull him up and I could tell it takes all of his strength to get back up again.

We all begin to run again, "I know a place up the stairs!" She shouts at us as we rush over.

I could tell we were now in the capital grounds as our faces are plastered everywhere and the sight of gages makes me wanna cry. But I can't think of that right now.

As she leads the way we rush into the town and stop at a certain door.

When opened it was a woman, we all rushed in as Katniss points her bow at her, the woman was wearing stripes and had whiskers, looked tiger like.

" Tigris, remember me. We are with Plutarch" the blonde woman speaks as the Tigris nods as she examines all of us.

She then leads us away from the door and to a hidden door beneath.

"He needs medical help can you help us?" I ask her and she nods in my direction just as the guys take Finnick down the stairs.
I quickly follow as she turns to me, "you must wait away from him. You've gone through enough today, you may see him once he is finished" she simply says and with that Katniss places her hand on my shoulder and I'm too weak to say a thing about it.

I simply nod as I walk away and towards a chair, I sit down as I look down upon my dirty hands, the blood splatter as I try to brush it off my hands. The face of Gage keeps me awake.

"I'm sorry." Katniss voice rings out.

"For?" I simply ask

"For Gage."

"The child is his. And he never knew." I cough out before she could say anything which causes a silence between us. "It's my fault"

"No, it's not. You did everything you could" she says

"But did I?" I look up to look at her, "are we doing enough?" I didn't mean to sound rude but I was quite annoyed, with myself. I almost lost Finnick too, in the end I'd lose myself if I lost him.

I kept to myself from that moment on that night. Buried in my thoughts. Buried in what is to come.

Curled in a ball, starring at the wall. I was lost again.

Finnick was what felt like rooms away, Gage was gone, my parents are gone, my brother is
Gone, everything I've ever loved..is gone now. Who knows where greenie is. God how I miss her too even if she's a pain in my ass.
Even Mags. How I wish she was here right now.

I felt so bruised, broken, lost.

Maybe Katniss is right though.

"๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘š๐‘’๐‘š๐‘๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘œ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘™ ๐‘’๐‘›๐‘’๐‘š๐‘ฆ ๐‘–๐‘ " finnicks voice rings out.

Snow. It's not my fault. It never was. It was snows, it was his own way of
๐‘ ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฃ๐‘–๐‘ฃ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘”๐‘Ž๐‘š๐‘’๐‘ .

I will make sure, that hell ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘–๐‘›๐‘  ๐‘ข๐‘๐‘œ๐‘› โ„Ž๐‘–๐‘š.


A/N

Ahhhh 22k! That's insane! Thank you sm for reading this and saving it. I love the feedback as well!

This chapter was hard but Finnick couldn't die on us!! I couldn't allow that to happen!

I haven't posted in forever. I know!! Cause
Of my move! But I will be coming back to it and making more! And posting another either later tonight or tomorrow!

It's crazy to think that this book is almost over in a few chapters but I do have a SEQUEL coming after!! In the eyes of Victoria's child. I have so many great ideas for this!! It's gonna be great! Anyway ty!! I love you all!

Stay safe!

~ Emma <3

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