I Want What I Can't Have

Is He Trying To Kill Us

Finnick and I sat at the water's edge.

"I'm sorry about Mags," Katniss murmured.

"Don't be," he whispered, "she was never going to make it."

I rubbed his arm tentatively as he blinked away tears. I looked into his eyes as he stared out into the distance. Katniss instinctively got an arrow at the ready. Following their eye-line I noticed the creatures that rested in the branches.

"Mutts," Finnick murmured.

The baboon like animals began to get closer and grow in numbers.

"Peeta," I murmured.

"Yeah?" He said, as he was getting some water.

"Walk over here slowly," I whispered.

He did as I asked despite the horrible howling noise that escaped the mouths of the monkeys. They began to surround us slowly baring sharp teeth that were sure to kill us all. I glanced at Finn who edged towards Katniss. With a small nod I did the same towards Peeta. We needed to protect them.

"Get to the beach," Katniss said.

Suddenly they became more and more violent. Katniss got her bow at the ready and Peeta his machete. Finnick clung to his trident and I grabbed a knife. The mutts weren't going without a fight. As they approached us all one made a jump for Katniss but was swiftly killed by Peeta. Of course that then set them all off on a rampage. The shrieked and howled as we jammed our weapons down their throats destroying their existence. They were coming at us from every which way now. Needless to say I was scared when one of the, jumped on me knocking my body backwards. My knife soon met its heart though. Suddenly I felt more clamber into my weakened body. They were heavy. One pushed my head into the water whilst the other clawed at my healing wound from earlier. I was soon thrusted out of the water by Finnick and Peeta.

"We need to get to the beach," Peeta yelled pushing Katniss forwards as we all sprinted there.

The baboons were faster than they looked. I tripped over, losing my footing and fell down, hitting my head. I could feel the blood pit from my open wound. I watched lifelessly as a baboon went to kill Peeta. I closed my eyes awaiting his screams only to find I heard a woman's voice cry out. The female morphling.

"Who is that?" I heard Katniss ask.

"The Morphling," Peeta yelled back, "help me get her."

I felt a soft pair of arms cup my waist and hoist me up. I felt my body move on theirs as they jabbed a weapon into the monkey mutts. I felt them as they sprinted for the beach, accidentally chucking me off of their shoulders. As they reached the safe spot.

"Flaire," Finn whispered as the monkeys retreated.

"My head hurts," I murmured, hearing the loud bang of a cannon.

"I know," he said, rubbing it gently.

"Is she okay?" Peeta asked, as his footsteps ran over.

"Head injury," Finnick replied.

I felt Katniss's hand grab one of my knives and I heard the ripping of fabric as she said, "compress the wound with this."

"Thanks," Finnick murmured, pushing the fabric into my head.

"Can you hear us Flaire?" Katniss asked.

"Yeah," I croaked out.

"Good, you have to stay awake," she murmured.

"I know," I said, "I'm trying."

I lay in Finnick's lap until he needed to fish for food. Then they transferred me into Peeta's whilst Katniss attempted to tend to my head. I had a throbbing headache but without her I might be dead. The bleeding had now stopped and my eyes were wide open. Finnick came back with four fresh raw fish. I managed to sit up with a surprising ease but I could only eat half of my fish. Peeta gave Katniss a pearl from the oyster and I must admit it was cute. We watched as the great wave that I'd nearly died from toppled over again.

"That nearly killed me before," I laughed.

"You were under the wave?" Katniss asked.

I nodded. Suddenly new voices filled the other side of the beach. Instinctively Katniss pulled out her bow and arrow but it was okay because it was...

"Johanna?" Finnick yelled.

"Jo!" I shouted as we both sprinted over to her.

"Finnick, Flaire!" She yelled back.

Immediately I noticed the entirety of her was covered in...blood?

"What happened?" I asked.

She laughed, "well I got them out. We were all deep into the jungle where I thought it'd be safe, that's when the rain started. I thought it was water, it turned out to be blood!"

"Tick Tock," Wiress said suddenly.

"Hot thick blood was coming down, it was choking us," she chuckled in anger, "we were stumbling around gagging on it, blind, that's when Blight hit the forcefield."

"Tick tock."

She tilted her head back in order to stop the tears and said in a shaky voice, "he wasn't much but he was from home."

"Tick tock. Tick tock, tick tock," Wiress repeated.

"What's wrong with her?" Katniss asked.

"She's in shock," Beetee smiled, getting the last of the blood off of him, "dehydration isn't helping, do you have fresh water?"

"We can get some," Katniss said.

I watched as Wiress grabbed into Johanna's neck repeating 'tick tock, tick tock' over and over.

"Just stop it!" Johanna yelled, throwing the woman to the floor.

"HEY! Get off her!" Katniss yelled, bounding towards Johanna and practically attacking her.

"Hey! What are you doing?" Johanna shouted as Finnick and I tried to break up the fight, "I got them out for you!"

"For me? What does she mean?" Katniss muttered to herself.

If only she knew... Peeta was now holding Katniss back and Finnick was attempting to calm Johanna down.

"I'm not afraid to kill you knocked up to not," Johanna said, "Let me go!"

"STOP IT!" I screamed

"Look at this Jo!" I said, showing her my middle finger with the ring on it.

"Thanks," she scoffed, putting her finger up at me.

"No! I meant the ring, the god damn ring Jo!" I shouted, "that's why we're here isn't it. So let's do our job. Quit the fighting, I don't want to die just yet."

"She's right," Finnick said softly.

I took her hand and guided her into the water, "you need to wash the blood out of your hair, then we can get some water."

"Thanks," she murmured as we watched the crimson flow in the blue.

"I'm sorry about Blight," I said.

"Me too," she replied.

We then walked back onto the beach and allowed Peeta to retrieve water for her, Beetee and Wiress using the spile.

"What does Beetee have?" Katniss asked, as she tended to Wiress.

"Some kind of wire," Johanna replied.

"Did he get it from the cornucopia?" She asked.

"Took a knife in the back  to get it," Jo replied, cleaning her axe.

"Tick tock," Wiress said again.

"I can't," Johanna said, walking to shore, "have fun with Nuts!"

I joined her slowly.

"What's up with your head?" She asked.

"Tripped over and hit it on a rock," I explained.

She laughed aloud, "only you."

"It's a clock!" Katniss yelled interrupting us.

WHAT???

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Sorry to copy from the film again ❤️❤️
Thanks for your patience...