Strong (Johanna Mason Fanfic)

Famous

My whole view is a blur. I see several people in white dragging me across the floor into a dark room. I cannot move by myself or even speak, until I see them. Standing in that room are Lance, Hunter, Ash, and Ramsey. All of them have a saddened expression on their face, about to give me bad news. They all speak at the same time.

"Do you remember about us?" they say in unison.

"Of course I do." I say.

"You forgot about me. You never said my name in the arena, you never showed me love. You showed the other two. I thought you couldn't live without me." says Ramsey.

"What about me? I got killed. We kissed, we had a thing, we loved each other, and after my death you cried a bit and then you forgot all about me. You moved onto a Career." says Lance.

"And me? Did you not take my messages? Did you not figure out that I liked you?" says Hunter.

"Finally, me. Before the Games I had eyes laid on you. I protected you until the end. But I got killed, for you." says Ash.

I force myself to wake up from this nightmare and I realize that it is not true. I look ahead of me, at the mirror wall and I see a bruised, cut, dirty looking girl. I have bags under my eyes and my cheeks have hollowed a bit. I lost the color that I had before. I want to get out. I rip out the tube in my arm just to be forced down by a medic. He shoots in the liquid and I fall asleep.

I wake up, this time nothing is attached to my body and I realize that nothing hurts me anymore. I get out of the hospital bed and walk through the glass doors into a room. I have a simple hospital nightgown on, the cold air in the building is truly nippy. I pass a hallway and I hear a faint discussion in the room across. I open the doors slowly and I see Livia and Blight sitting in the room chatting. They both turn around and jump up in joy to see me.

"Johanna!" cheers Livia, "Oh I knew you could win sweetie!" she claps and hugs me tightly. 

Blight smiles and waves, respecting the restraining order from before the Games.

"Oh, screw the restraining order. Come here Blight!" I smile, happy to see him, and I hug him tightly.

"Hey Jo. Good to see you back. So, the restraining order is burned?" he asks, still guilty of his behavior before.

"Fuck that. I am happy to be back and I forgive you for everything. I mean, the last opponent, he had a problem." I smile.

"Dear, we have to get you dressed and made-up before your big Interview with Caesar!" she cheers.

"Oh joy." I frown. 

"Honey, we are so sorry about Lance. He fought hard." says Livia.

And now I remember that they saw Lance and I and how we acted. Blight knew that we had something sexual going on. I realize that I will be questioned about this whole thing in the Interview.

"Dammit. Why did I have to kiss everybody in that damn arena?" I curse under my breath.

"Because you were clever." finishes Blight for me. He gives me a smile.

Before I can think over what he said, I see my prep team run through the hallway and they pick me up quickly, cheering and clapping as they take me to the Remake Center. Yasmeyne, Vida, and Grude start obsessing about my Games, saying how brave I was and how hard I fought. Truth is, I put my skills to the test and I passed. They get to work before I can even say a word. Then Vida speaks up.

"Johanna, you lost a lot of weight during the Games, and your body suffered a lot. We had to consult Tule and your mentors for the alteration." she says.