A Rebellious Spirit | Book III

Chapter Thirty | The Fight is Over

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The medicine knocked Quinn out almost right away, she could barely remember anything that had happened after she took the tablets. When she woke up, the sun was high in the sky. The Sky was a light, soft blue. There wasn't a cloud in the sky. She didn't dare move, so she stayed completely still-- looking at the sky, the closer she looked-- she could almost see the force shield shimmering in the sunlight. Quinn had almost forgotten that even the time of day was controlled, for all she knew, it could be midnight or noon on the outside...

"You're awake," Quinn turned towards the jungle to see Johanna Mason sitting not far from her. "We were beginning to think you'd be out all day."

Quinn stared at her for a moment, Quinn knew for a fact that she hadn't been there when she fell asleep.

"How long was I asleep?" Quinn asked, they must have been allies. Otherwise, Johanna easily could have killed her in her sleep.

She shrugged, "Few hours." she replied, "Finnick said you were out for maybe an hour when we got to the beach."

Quinn raised an eyebrow, and began to push herself up. Her body was stiff from laying so still, and her ribcage throbbed again. She instance regretted moving. But she knew that she had to move eventually.

"We?"

Johanna sighed heavily, "Me, Beetee and Nuts, and your boyfriend." she replied and motioned with her head down the beach a bit. "Katniss thinks she broke some code or something, we need to go to the Cornucopia. But Ten and Finnick went to go find some of those...vines or whatever." she explained, "Your boyfriend-"

"He isn't my boyfriend." Quinn corrected sharply.

She ignored her, "He's over with Three." she stated, "If it wasn't for him, we wouldn't have been stuck in the jungle. He refused to leave Nuts, but she's insane-- crazy."

Quinn let out a long sigh as she forced herself all the way up into a sitting position to get a better look at everyone who was there. Not far down the beach, Katniss and Peeta sat in the shade of the tree's and Wiress and Beetee sat near the water. Then standing on the beach facing Katniss and Peeta-- listening to something that Katniss was saying, was Orion.

"Orion?!"

Quinn pushed herself up from her seated position and hurried towards Orion. It was one thing to at least have Finnick, Katniss, and Peeta alright and finally be with the alliance-- it was another to have Orion there too. To see him alive was even better. Orion turned just as Quinn latched her arms around his neck in a hug.

"You're awake," he sighed.

"You're alive," Quinn retorted, "I didn't think you would be." she confessed. She knew she shouldn't have had so little faith in the idea that he could survive. But the odds weren't for him. She had kept telling herself that he had a chance because of the training in Thirteen, but she never actually believed it.

"Great to know you thought I'd be dead by the second day," he replied as the two of them let go of each other. "Are you okay?"

She nodded, "Just sore, but I'm fine." she stated, "You?"

He nodded, "Fine," he replied, "But if I would have been stuck with Johanna any longer in there...I probably wouldn't be." he chuckled, and Peeta did too. But Katniss didn't seem nearly as amused, she looked down the beach. Quinn followed her eyes to see Johanna coming towards them with Finnick and Agathias with her. In their hands, they each held a few of the rough green vines that Quinn and Agathias had eaten early in the morning.