Monster (Finnick Odair x Reader)

Promise

**ARIA'S POV**

We continued on, eventually reaching the lightning tree, exhausted. Beetee takes out the rest of the wire and examines the tree.

"No sign of charring.. must be some sort of conductor.." He mumbles as I come up behind him.

"How many volts you reckon?" I asked as I looked at the wire, then the tree.

"250 at the lowest. This thing clearly aims to kill."

Insects start clicking from far away, "Insects." Katniss said, "Means we've got exactly an hour."

Beetee hands me one end of the wire, "Let's get this wrapped up."

Later, Beetee finishes fastening his knife to the walking stick as I explain the lighting to Katniss, Peeta, Johanna and Finnick. 

"When the insects stop clicking, you'll hear the air start to crackle. You'll probably have around 10 seconds until the lightning strikes." I said firmly.

"Typically, it's around 5 million joules of energy. You don't want to be anywhere near when it hits." He hands one end of the wire to Johanna and Katniss, "You girls go together. Unspool carefully. Make sure the coil is in the water, then head for the tree at the 2 o'clock sector. We'll meet you there."

Katniss and Peeta exchange a look, "I'll go as guard." Peeta offers.

"I need you here to protect me. And the tree." Beetee replies.

"Katniss is pregnant. I want to go with her."

"There are two careers out there. I need two to three guards." He said, looking at me and Finnick, then at Peeta.

"Those two have got it." Peeta replies.

"You agreed to keep me alive until Midnight."

"So then what's the problem here?" Finnick asks.

There's an awkward silence that Katniss eventually breaks, "We're all good." Peeta is determined  to go with Katniss.

"Let's go lovers." Johanna says and they leave.

Finnick and I look at each other, then Beetee.

"Alright then." Finnick says.

We all head for the 2 o'clock sector. 

There was a sound in the distance at some point and Finnick grasps my hand. I hesitated, then let him hold it. Beetee gives me a look but shrugs it off. 

We make it with plenty of time to spare.

But, when we heard another sound, Finnick couldn't deny it and grabbed his trident, heading out into the jungle.

"Wait!" I said.

He paused, coming back to me, "I'll come back I promise."

I looked up at him, hesitant, "Promise."

"I promise." He kissed my cheek and ran off before I could react. I put my hand over my cheek, shocked. 

Beetee came up me and put a hand on my shoulder, "He'll be alright." I stared out but Beetee removed his hand, "I need to do one last thing." And he left, leaving me all alone.

I started to panic, collapsing onto the ground into a ball. I was alone. Why was I scared? I was always alone. Goddamnit I had let my guard down too much. Stupid Finnick.

I heard a loud zapping noise but I barely recognized it over my own panic.

"Finnick..." I whispered over and over, "Finnick..."

A cannon booms. I screamed. Another cannon boomed and I covered my ears, rocking back and forth.

I felt like I was going insane.

Suddenly, a figure came crashing through the trees and I instinctively threw a dagger but missed. Then I realized it was Finnick. 

He ran up to me and came down to my level, holding me, "Why are you all alone? What happened? Are you okay?" He asked, checking me over.

I nodded shakily, "I- I'm ok."

He stood up and grabbed my hand, hoisting me up. "Good. Now we gotta find Katniss." We ran through the trees and heard Katniss yelling for Peeta. "Katniss!" Finnick yelled as we came to a clearing. 

All we heard was silence but we knew Katniss was there. "Remember who the enemy is Katniss!" I called out.

Thunder rumbled and Finnick grabbed my hand, our bracelets clinking together. 

In a flash, we saw Katniss standing and aiming her bow to the forcefield in the sky with the electrical wire attached to it. I saw Beetee on the ground, unconscious a few feet away.

I looked to Finnick then saw his arm, "What happened?" 

"Johanna cut out my tracker. Here, before it's too late."

I winced as he cut mine out but ignored it, "Thank you." He grabbed my hand and squeezed it.

There was a crackle, the one we knew preceded the lightning. Katniss continued to aim. The lighting struck. She fires and is knocked off her feet at the same time.

Finnick and I are blown over too.

The arrow smashes into the forcefield and it shorts out. The false backdrop of the arena disappears and is revealed to be entirely manmade.

I reached out for Finnick but lightning stuck too close and I passed out, the world going black.

"Aria!" Is the last thing I hear. 

Finnick.