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Whilst Venus panicked about her brother's well being, the rest of the group sat in silence for a split second. Though it didn't take long for Gale to speak up, drowning out her mutters.

'So now that we're dead, what are we gonna do?' He asked.

'Get in contact with Thirteen, my brother needs to know I'm alive,' She stated.

'There's no signal,' Jackson shook her head.

'So, what else to we do?' Gale queried again.

'Isn't it obvious?' Peeta drawled; 'The next move is to kill me.'

'Peeta, no,' The Hereford girl looked at him as he stood and released her hand.

'I murdered one of our squad members... Katniss is right. I'm a mutt. And it's only a matter of time before I snap again. I'm not in control... I need a nightlock pill, so I can die when I need to.'

'If it gets to that point, I'll kill you myself,' Gale informed him.

Venus glared at the man, Finnick holding her down by the arm around her shoulders. Gale got up and walked away, moving along the windows. Soon, everyone began scrounging around for food; searching quietly through the cupboards. The Hereford girl curled up on the lounger, taking the small amount of food Finnick held out to her; sending him a tight smile. She looked it over, slowly popping it into her mouth before she chewed quickly.

She only ate half before handing the rest to Finnick, eyes drooping as she laid down; her head tucked between his back and the back of the couch. She felt him let out an amused huff, before he lifted her up and placed her head in his lap instead; carefully eating over her. Venus was about half asleep when she jolted awake at the Panem Anthem blaring through the room. Her hand instinctively grabbed Finnick's forearm, her eyes moving to the TV to find Cressida's photo on the screen.

It moved through each of the faces in the room, Finnick laughing silently at his photo; a smirk on his lips. Venus, too, chuckled at the serious face her photo showed; shaking her head as she remembered the long and drawn out process it took to get that photo done. She drew her eyes away when Scout's photo appeared, closing her eyes once more; thinking that it was just to show the Capitol who had betrayed them and supposedly died. But she sat up straight when Snow's slow voice echoed throughout the room, her eyes wide.

'No,' She muttered as she moved to sit up on the back of the lounge; 'No. No, no, no. No!'

Tears welled in her eyes, her body falling back behind the lounge as she shuffled away from the screen until her back was pressed against the window. Her chest heaved and panic rose in her stomach, racing through her veins. She let out a scream when Finnick lightly placed his hands on her elbows, her eyes meeting his.

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