Shattering Secrets [2]

Fourteen

   My body still feels the anger of the Capital's people when we enter back into the stadium. My bones vibrate at the screams and chants of the mothers and fathers who saw an innocent boy get helplessly murdered. They are angry, scared, confused, and my heart beats to the same drum.

   Cruz did a wonderful job displaying his work of art tonight, instead of at the televised event that will be happening before the games begin. This makes more of a statement. Only the richest of the rich get to be in the audience of the broadcasting. Here though , every single person who lives in the Capital can show up and see us , right before their very eyes. No breaks , no edits , and best of all , they cant shut it off. Even though this was broadcasted to the Districts as well, I'm sure the capital found a way to quickly shut the feed down before they saw too much. 

   "Do you realize what you've just done?" A voice shouts behind me , and I whip around to see a tribute that I do not  fully recognize. He is an older male , just a few inches taller than me , and something in my mind begs me to remember him. 

   "Beetee , stop -" Finnick starts to stand in front of me, but the Beetee grabs my arms and forces me to face him. His eyes are extremely dark , almost like there is nothing behind them . No soul , no light , nothing. It sends a shiver down my spine. I have been struck with a sudden fight or flight response. I now remember who he is , I watched videos of past games and his always struck me as interesting and horrifying. He hid for days and days on end in the arena , with no food, no water , and waited till it was him and one other. He ended up winning by electrocuting his opponent. To wait days without food or water , and to hear the cannon go off while you count the numbers of the fallen, count the days . I would have gone mad, and looking into his eyes ,I fear he has. 

   "No! You of all people should know how dangerous the capital is , and how you don't mess with the people in the capital. Especially Snow." He shoots daggers at Finnick when he says this. "We've been reaped again because of your ignorance Coral, now we're going to have to pay the price ten fold in the arena because of your actions tonight. Don't you think that we already have to fight to stay alive in there ? Now we have to try extra hard to survive whatever they throw at us because of a dead kid, that at the end of the day no one would have cared about if he wasn't your brother" Beetee spat in my face , and my face went red. I was all of a sudden embarrassed by the display tonight. I didn't realize the effects that this might have on other tributes.

   "Beetee , don't you realize what shes trying to do ?" Johanna comes up behind him and tussles his hair , her eyes are wild with excitement "shes not trying to rial up the president or the game makers , stupid , shes trying to rial up the people. Now that the people know about her brother , they'll want to shut the games down. There's already been riots in the other districts , now imagine what that will do if the capital starts to riot. What happens if they throw more at us in the arena? More riots. Shes smart."

   "She wasn't the one who came up with the idea , but you are right Johanna. We as a whole need to show the capital who and what they are dealing with. My hopes in making this was to shed light on the shadows within the capital , show the cracks in the seemingly perfect pavement" Cruz comes up behind me and wraps a warm arm around my shoulder. "you of all people Beetee should know how easy it is to spread doubts within a district" He winks at him , and guides me away. I stare back and wonder what Cruz means by that. 

   "What if what he says is true , Cruz? What if with us showing this to the capitals people , then we just made our time in the arena even more harder than it already will be? I've sentenced these people to an even quicker death" 

   "Child , they were bound to die anyways. If this is the case, we have given them an easy death"