naomi odair, 72nd hunger games victor and her brother, finnick odair, 65th hunger games victor get dragged back into the games for the third quarter quell.
the two siblings forced into an alliance with two other victors, only for naomi to end up fa...
Finnick and Naomi approached Katniss, everyone in their district outfits. Finnick and Naomi both had the same necklaces, one was meant to look like coral but was made out of crystals and was paired with a shark tooth necklace that hung below it.
"Katniss," Finnick called to her, she turned to look at the two walking together. "Hello, Finnick. Naomi," she addressed the two of them, Finnick tossed a sugar cube around in his hands before holding it between his fingers, "Do you want a sugar cube?" He questioned her, "I mean, it's supposed to be for the horses, but, I mean, who cares about them, right? They got years to eat sugar, whereas you and I, well, if we see something sweet, we better grab it," he told her.
"No, thanks. But I would love to borrow that outfit someday," she said sarcastically. "You look pretty terrifying in that getup. What happened to the pretty little girl dresses?" He asks her teasingly, "I outgrew them,"
"You certainly did," he said smiling cockily at her, gaining a glare, "Shame about this Quell thing. Now you..., you could've made out like a bandit in the Capitol. Jewels, money, anything you wanted,"
"Well, I don't like jewels and I have more money than I need. So, what did you do with all your wealth anyway?" She said looking him and Naomi up and down, "I haven't dealt in anything as common as money in years," he responded, "Well, then how do people pay for the pleasure of your company?" She questioned, he moved closer to her.
"With secrets," He told her, she looked up at him.
"What about you, Girl on Fire? Any secrets worth my time?" He asked her, she stared at him with blank expression, "I'm an open book. Everybody always seems to know my secrets before I know them myself,"
"Unfortunately, I think that's true," he said to her before seeing Peeta and Cinna approaching, he whispered to her, "I'm sorry you had to cancel your wedding," she knew he could see right through it just by his tone, she glared towards him, "I know how devastating that must be for you," he stuck the sugar cube into his mouth, crunching down on it before smirking at her.
"Have a good day," he said turning away and scoffing, hooking his arm over his little sisters shoulders. "Peeta," he spoke as the two walked past him, "Finnick," Peeta responded, looking at him and then towards Naomi who gave him a half smile as they continued to walk off, leaving him and Katniss alone at last.
"Tributes, mount up. Tributes, mount up,"
Naomi and Finnick spoke with their stylists before mounting their chariot. The audience cheered as each district came out one by one, Finnick reached for Naomi's hand, grasping it tightly and putting a smile on his face. She did the same before the two raised their fist up together and waved with the other hand to the crowd before circling in the middle before Snow. Once that was all over with they headed back to their rooms, getting ready for training practice the next day.
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"Remember, Katniss, today's about making allies," Peeta tells her as they enter the room for training practice, she looked around at them all, "So far i'm not overwhelmed by our choices,"
"I guess we just try to figure out who we trust least and work our way backwards from there," he suggested, she nodded.
The two separated, Katniss carefully watched everyone. First she watched Gloss, who was throwing small knives towards the holograms running past, striking them each time. Cashmere joined in, tossing him one more and both of them took out two at the same time.
Next she saw Johanna training, swinging her axe around before slamming it into the ground and staring up at her with a cocky smile on her face.
Then she saw Peeta watching Brutus throwing a spear and taking out two holograms at once. She then saw Brutus and Enobaria training together before walking over to Beetee and Wiress, knowing if she was going to make allies with anyone first, they'd be the most likely.
"Friction generates heat. Heat generates fire. In theory," Beetee speaks to himself, "You should move your hands downward," Katniss tells him, the two of them look up at her as she shows them what she means, "And faster, too," she sat herself down beside them, watching as Beetee did what she suggested. The log started to smoke, the two of them gasp.
"A little brute force," "It's always helpful," Beetee said back to Wiress, "Thank you," he said to Katniss.
"By the corner of the table," Wiress spoke, the three look up, "Plutarch?" Katniss questioned, "No. Next to him," she responded as Beetee lifted his glasses, he smiled a little, "Ah. Force field,"
"How do you know?" Katniss asked him.
"The shimmering. Top left hand side," Beetee said, tilting her head a little, "Look. There," he said to her once he got her head in the right place, "You see it?"
"Looks like glass,"
"To separate us and them," Wiress tells her.
"Probably my fault. I shot an arrow at them last year," Katniss tells the two of them, "No, no, no. Electromagnetic," "How can you tell?"
The two laugh at Katniss' question, "Is it obvious or something?" She asks making them chuckle more, "Is it obvious?" Beetee repeated while laughing still, she looked between the two, confused.
"They might as well have a sign,"
"Look around you. All the holograms, the lights, every now and then they flicker. Why?" Beetee asks Katniss, "Because the force field is taking up too much energy," she figures out, "There's always a flaw in the system,"
Katniss then approached Naomi who was making a fishhook, "It's beautiful," she tells her, Naomi looks up at her. "I saw you volunteer for that girl, It was really brave," "She's Finnick's girlfriend, I wouldn't make her suffer again," she responded blankly, "And, in a way, she's like a sister to me," Naomi turned back to what she was doing as Katniss still lurked beside her, "Prim is my sister. If you um... If you teach me how to make a fishhook like that, I could teach you how to hunt,"
Naomi looked to her and then to Finnick who was busy doing something else, she turned back to look at Katniss before nodding, "That would be nice," she responded, smiling a little.
"Mags taught me how to make them, she showed me and Finnick a couple years back, she makes them far better than us though," "Mags, did she raise you both?" "Basically. She's our mentor, but she's basically like a mother to us. Taught me and Finnick most of what we know now," she told Katniss, "Is that why you didn't want her volunteering?" Naomi went quiet for a moment, "She doesn't deserve to die like this, that's why I did what I did,"
She finished up the fishhook, Katniss brought her over to the Archery, giving her a few tips before they started. "Do you want to try with me?" Katniss asks her, "Sure," Naomi said as Katniss handed her a bow and arrows before taking some for herself. Katniss pressed the buttons to get the holograms started up, the two stood back to back. Both of them took an arrow out, preparing themselves.
The two shot at the holograms that appeared, hitting each and every one of them until they were all gone. They turned around to see everyone watching the two of them from behind the glass, Finnick smiling at his sister who had now learned another new skill. Wiress clapped for the two of them, "Thank you," she told Katniss. "No problem," she responded with a half smile.
"I'll see you around," Naomi said before walking past everyone to get to Finnick, the both of them headed upstairs to their rooms.
Naomi had made an ally, hopefully one that wouldn't end up betraying her the moment the step foot in the Games by shooting an arrow into her chest before she even gets a chance to branch out.
Even if Katniss did, she'd be dead right after if Finnick caught her. Nothing would get past him.
