Mocking Jay TRAPPED

Chapter 3- The Capital Arrives

Beetee started to type furiously again and I grabbed the cannon and ran. I had to warn Finnick and the others.

Down the endless flights of stairs I went.....I finally got down there and out of breath I yelled..."Everyone. The capitol is attacking. We need to take cover!" 

That's when everyone started panicking. People running all over the place until finally Gale came in and yelled "Come on district 13. We can do better. We're under attack, so everyone go down to the very bottom of 13 and wait until the coast is clear."  He was so confident. "Peeta what's going on?"

"The capitol is sending in bombs.  To stop the rebellion, Beetee said. They're coming from 4."

"Ok. I'll handle the people. You take care of the Capitol and protection. I'll send up the next best fighters we have here."

"Sounds good."  I sprinted back up the endless stairs, into the weaponry room. Beetee was busy still holding off the Capital by sending commands into his computer.

"What can I do?"

"Find Finnick and hide"

"Ok. Ill find Finnick. But I'm not gonna just stay here and hide."

"It's for you're own safety, now go."

"Well the more we hold off the more the Capitol will try to find us...which means more bombs, more lives at steak." I started to get frustrated.

"I want to help!!  I hate the Capital and I won't let them kill my friends." I said half yelling.

"Ok Peeta...Ok. But promise that once they try to attack you, let our army hold them off, while you go underground. Now I've locked the entrances and the password is..." He leaned toward my ear the whispered. "Snow Sucks" 

I smiled. "Nice password Beetee."

"Made it up myself.  Now enough chatter. Get on some armour and find Finnick!" He commanded.

I sprinted towards the gun isle. It was the only thing I was really good at. I also still had the portable cannon in my pocket. There was a gold, fire blasting shotgun...I grabbed it. Then my hand reached for a mask.  I would need it to protect my face  from the smoke caused by the bombs.  Then,  thinking of Finnick, I took one for him too. Also I got him a shimmery bronze trident.  Then I was off, back down the stairs.

"Finnick!.....Finnick, it's Peeta!!  Where are you?!" I ran down the hallway, dodging panicking children, men and women. I found his room and pounded on the door. 

He pulled it open wearing pajamas and looking like he'd been in a really deep sleep for days. "What the!?!?!?!" He said very alarmed.

"Sorry for scaring you, but the Capitol is attacking. They already bombed four thinking you were there. No time to explain. They're after us. Come on!" I handed him the trident and mask.

"Wh...what is happening....Peeta!!" 

I couldn't answer his questions. We needed to get to the security room to see what damage was being done above ground. Sprinting....running....searching....a sign that said SECURITY.  Where? 

We looked and looked for what seemed to be hours, and finally we found it. Finnick and I walked cautiously into the room.  There were many TV screens each displaying a different room or place.  I looked hard for a screen showing above ground. Finally Finnick said "Found it...And woah. We better get up there."

I turned around, looking at the screen...wishing I hadn't. There was thick, swirling smoke. I faintly saw a hovercraft, with another bomb at the ready.  The bomb dropped after a minute, and the horror dropped with it.  Many people were screaming. They hadn't got into the underground entrance fast enough.   More smoke came and clouded the camera.

"Come on Finnick!  We gotta go!" I yelled.  He started to run behind me. We weren't that far from above ground. The security room was one of the top floors.  But as we got closer, and more bombs were dropped, the stairs shook even more.  I fell as they shook furiously, and I knew we were close to top. 

I quickly got up. "Finnick, put on your mask!" 

"Ok!!"

We finally got to the action. I used the password Beetee had given me to open the trapdoor.  Finnick had always been better at stealth than me, so I let him lead us through the smoke and to a hiding spot. Eventually we were stationed behind a big tree. A peacekeeper came and looked around. I didn't dare breathe. Then he found the security camera and disconnected it from its wire. 

After fumbling with it for a while, he managed to connect a microphone to it.  Then speaking into it he said slyly "District 13, we know you are now in fear and are hiding. And we, the Capital, will stop this terror. But, in return, you must give us two small things...Peeta Mellark and Finnick Odair, leaders of the rebellion. If you fail to do this, we will destroy this place like we did before. AND IT WILL NOT BE FIXABLE AGAIN!!" His voice boomed in all directions.

He threw the microphone over to the tree we were behind. Finnick dodged it, and stumbled out from behind the tree.

"Hey you!!!! Get over here if you want to live" The peacekeeper yelled.

We had no time to waste. Finnick ran and I revealed myself and followed him. To the entrance, I thought. We just need to make it underground.

Finnick stopped at the underground entrance, out of breath. He raised his trident, and with a perfect aim, hit the peacekeeper. But of course by that time, the there were many others after us. Finnick tried to open the trapdoor, but he didn't know the password. I was way behind him, and couldn't yell it to him. My leg started to stiffen up. I slowed down.

Peacekeepers and Capital military swarmed around us. There was no escape. I finally limped over to Finnick, and whispered the password quickly. The door opened and I let off the portable cannon I had. The blow gave us just enough time to get in.

I called to Finnick "Come on, get in!" 

"Ok-"  He got cut off.  I looked back and a peacekeeper was choking him and another had a needle ready to strike.

"No!!" I grabbed the man's arm just as it came down with the needleI to Finnick's neck. His face was turning blue, and he couldn't breathe. I punched peacekeeper after peacekeeper as they tried to grab me and Finnick.

I was getting worn out.  Finnick wasn't doing any better, he was still recovering from being choked, and fighting peacekeepers as they came after him too. He looked at me desperately.  He was saying HELP.

Grabbing his foot, I tried to pull him in the entrance. But military men were trying to pull him out. I used every ounce of strength I had left. I thought of Katniss and my hatred for the Capital. And finally, I got him in enough so he could jump down away from the peacekeepers.

One man then suddenly jumped in as the door closed. He stabbed me with the needle. I stayed conscious for a minute, running away calling for Finnick to come, but I couldn't stop what happened next. The man broke open the door with his ax, pulling Finnick out. The last thing I remember before passing out was Finnick being raised into the hovercraft.

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