How to Lose a War ~ the Capitol

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AHAHA I've been waiting for thisss!!!! Remember when I asked if Percy should be OP? Well here goes hehehehe. Also if I add anything to the name Percy I mean the hunger games one. The original one I'll either just call Percy or add 'the original' somehow.

As a side note, what do you think of Reyna x Johanna? I wasn't planning on it, but I was rereading Johanna's character and it was just too perfect.

Bow Percy chuckled as Reyna and Johanna continued to talk to each other nearly exclusively throughout the night. Johanna was flirting shamelessly and rather bluntly, but Reyna always had some excuse. It seemed like she was mildly in denial. 

Regular Percy sat next to him and grinned at the two of them as well. Percy 2.0 had supported Thresh and Glimmer's budding relationship, and it had happened against all odds. Now there were two Percy's. Percies? Either way Reyna didn't stand a chance.

"This should be our main base," Percy said. Knockoff Percy looked at him, slightly understanding and very incredulous. Of course, no one would ever refer to Archer Percy as a knockoff, but after seeing his other self in action just hours ago, that's what he felt like.

"I know we're powerful here, but the Capitol controls nearly everything here. That would, in all honesty, be possibly the worst decision we could make."

Percy Annabeth's-bf (Yes I'm using that as a last name) smiled with a bit of an evil glint in his eyes. 

"Exactly. This was created to be completely under their control; what a power move."

Clone Percy reconsidered. "If we could survive that would be great. We'll decide after tonight after we see what they've got. For now, let's go collect all the guys we like.

"Was that what you were doing when Mags disappeared earlier?" Katniss asked suddenly. She was slowly adapting to the changes, but her eyes seemed to be permanently a bit too wide, looking surprised. Well, that was the nice way to say it. Honestly she was giving off that insane anime character vibe and it was creepy.

"Yeah. I was breaking up fights and protecting the less capable tributes like Cecilia and the Morphlings."

The mental image of Percy as Mags, beating back powerful Brutus with her cane made Katniss laugh a little bit, but it came out a bit unhinged. Percy shifted uncomfortably.

"Are you okay, Katniss?" he asked.

"Ha... Ha... What the F*CK KINDA QUESTION IS THAT?" she suddenly screamed. "YOU'VE BEEN DEAD FOR MONTHS!! YOU'RE SUDDENLY BACK AND YOU THINK EVERYTHING IS JUST FINE?! I have mourned for you for a year now, Percy. You remember our last encounter? You told me you loved me and we kissed before you went and killed yourself."

"I do," he said simply. "What do you want me to do? I've been gone. You've moved on. I know what happened with Gale and I'm not going to try to make you feel bad for thinking I was dead."

Katniss gestured uselessly, her eyes filling with tears. "That's not fair," she almost whispered. 

Percy cocked his head, confused. "What's not? It wouldn't be fair if I came waltzing back into your life demanding for you to drop everything for me. I won't take you away from everything you've built this past year."

She shook her head violently, her hair flailing into her face. He didn't understand. He couldn't understand, he'd never been anyone other than himself in his life. He couldn't understand that she wanted to pick up where they left off. She could never just abandon Gale, but... he could read her like a book. It would hurt him. But he would be able to tell she loved Percy, and he wouldn't be happy with her if he knew she wasn't happy with him. Besides, she didn't really know if he even liked her that way anymore. After the kiss, with the sexual tension broken, their feelings had cooled down rapidly.

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