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❝somewhere in the haze, got a sense i'd been betrayed❞
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BEETEE WAS ACTING LIKE HE WAS IN LOVE WITH THIS TREE. He had spent the last ten minutes examining it and running his hand along it as he tried to make sure that the plan would work. It would be severely disappointing if they did all this just to turn around and have to rethink.
"Minimal charring. It's an impressive conductor. Let's get started. Typically a lightning strike contains five billion joules of energy. We don't want to be anywhere in the vicinity when this hits." He handed the coil of wire to Johanna, gesturing at her, Katniss, and Lexa. "You three girls, go together now. Take this. Unspool it carefully. Make sure the entire coil is in the water. You understand? Then head to the tree at the 2:00 sector. We'll meet you there."
Peeta perked up, and he and Katniss looked at each other. Everyone else watched this interaction, wondering what it meant. They were clearly not very fond of the fact that they were being separated. He stood up straight, clearing his throat. "I'm gonna go with them as a guard."
"No, no, no. You're staying here to protect me. And the tree," the District 3 man protested. He shook his head. He could not have four people going to unspool some wire and leave only two people to protect him. If the Careers caught them by surprise and took out at least one of them, the chances were that they were screwed.
Peeta shook his head immediately, and it was beginning to seem that there was more to the story than just not wanting to be apart because they were protective over each other. They knew that Lexa and Johanna would protect Katniss, and they knew that Finnick and Isla would not just turn around and kill Finnick. So, they must be planning to run. "No, I need to go with her."
"There are two Careers out there," Beetee reminded him. He was the only one that knew how to pull all of this electricity stuff off, so they needed him to stay alive because it was the only plan that they had. "I need some guards."
"Finnick and Isla can protect you just fine on their own," Peeta pointed out. Both of them were a lot more skilled than him in weaponry, and they were also more badass than he was. Lexa just eyed him suspiciously, wondering what the hell he was going on and on about when they could just get this done.
