❝ you were the anchor
that i tied to my brain. ❞
﹙ the hunger games fanfiction ﹚
﹙ finnick odair x oc ﹚
﹙ pre hunger games. ﹚
﹙ 68th hunger games. ﹚
﹙ started 02/13/21 ﹚
﹙ note; lowercase i...
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༻CHAPTER 29 ༺ " are you coming for the ride? "
ATLANTIS' EYES STRAINED, the blinding white light of the outside world after sudden darkness ridding her of her sight temporarily. whilst she blinked away the haziness, her eyes scanned all the other 23 tributes, the sound of the announcer rattling through her ears.
upon focusing on what was in front of her, the girl could make out a valley lake below accompanied by vast mountains with a few ruins in a corner. it seemed hard to breathe, the air getting thinner as atlantis felt herself start to hyperventilate in panic. she could already guess what kind of disasters were going to happen here, the girl could only thank herself for her conditioned fitness.
a cold breeze intensified her chills when the counter started going down from the number 30. things were getting real - this was it. you do or die. the faint sound of birds could be heard chirping in the distance, the forest circling around the tributes.
the gamemakers plan was obviously to make them venture out into the deep valley to experience everything they had previously planned for them with their twisted minds.
atlantis heaved in a big breath, eyes flickering around until she spotted yumiko, the very person she had helped, step off her platform in tears.
boom!
atlantis let out a squeal, trying to catch her balance so she wouldn't experience the same fate. the horror of yumiko's body parts shooting out into the sky in a blood-red paralyzed her.
bang!
the first canon fired, finnick's words ringing through atlantis' head very clearly, you need to run. that's your best bet. now was the time that her fight or flight kicked in, the adrenaline pulsing through her veins as everyone in the arena prepared themselves for the sprint towards the cornucopia.
five, four, three... two.... one...
atlantis launched herself off of the platform, heading straight towards the cornucopia. she was directly defying everything finnick had told her, but she knew she had to do it to help herself.
whilst running, the girl could hear the agonizing cries of the 12-year-old tribute as he was trampled to death, causing her shoulder muscles to cramp up. this went on for a brief minute before all the sounds stopped as atlantis forced herself to focus on her target.
