Reunited // Finnick Odair

Chapter 36

- Finnick's P.O.V -

Knot. Unravel. Knot. Unravel. Knot. Unravel. All part of the therapy. Keep yourself distracted. Keep yourself grounded. Don't think of her. Her. I miss her. More and more each day, days that blur into one confused strip of time. Days spent staring at the white walls of the hospital, hands fumbling with rope. Knot. Unravel. Knot. Unravel.

"Finnick," a soft hand touches my shoulder and I start, before looking up to see Mrs Everdeen smiling sympathetically at me. "It's time to go to the assembly."

I simply nod and let her lead me away from the hospital room and to somewhere new: a large room that's already crowded with people. Someone nudges me. "Finnick! How are you doing?"

I look up and see- "Katniss," I grip her hand - relieved to see a familiar face. "Why are we meeting here?"

"I told Coin I'd be her Mockingjay. But Imade her promise to give the other tributes immunity if the rebels won,"she tells me. "In public, so there are plenty of witnesses."

"Oh. Good. Because I worry about that with Anna. That she'll say something that could be construed as traitorous without knowing it," I tell her. "She didn't know anything." I frown.

"Don't worry, I took care of it." she gives my hand a squeeze and walks away to Coin, lifting my heart in the process. She walks back to me as Coin gets begins her speech.

Coin calls the audience to attention and tells them that Katniss has agreed to be the Mockingjay, provided the other victors--Peeta, Johanna, Enobaria, and Vivianna - will be granted full pardon for any damage they do to the rebel cause. In the rumbling of the crowd, I hear the disagreement. I clench my fists tighter and knot the rope. "But in return for this unprecedented request, Soldier Everdeen has promised to devote herself to our cause. It follows that any deviance from her mission, in either motive or deed, will be viewed as a break in this agreement. The immunity would be terminated and the fate of the four victors determined by the law of District Thirteen.As would her own. Thank you."

They're going to find Anna and bring her home safe. That's all that matters. But if Katniss makes one mistake...we'll all be killed.

Unravel. Knot. Unravel. Knot.

- Vivianna's P.O.V -

"I am not alone. I am not alone. I'm not alone. Finnick...Haymitch...Effie...Katniss...Peeta...Johanna...there for me...my family. Family...I am not alone."

The door opens and a Peacekeeper steps in. His hair is clean cut and blonde, but not Finnick's bronze-blonde, just plain blonde. His grey eyes seem harmless, but beneath them is a determined and evil glint that chills me to the bone.

"Get up," he barks at me and roughly drags me to my feet when I struggle to hold myself, weakened.

"Where are we going?" I ask uncertainly as he marches me out of the cell door.

I look up at him and his mouth twists into a snarl. "You have a date with the Capitol,"

- Finnick's P.O.V -

Katniss is leaving to go into 'combat' to film for the propos. I need to get out, go somewhere, do something other than sit in that confined hospital room - where all my thoughts spin round and round like that damn Cornucopia.

I spot Katniss waiting to get in the elevator, decked out in her Mockingjay gear. "Katniss, they won't let me go! I told them I'm fine, but they won't even let me ride in the hovercraft!" I call out to her, anxious and desperate to leave.

She looks at me before smacking her hand on her forehead. "Oh, I forgot. It's this stupid concussion. I was supposed to tell you to report to Beetee in Special Weaponry. He's designed a new trident for you."