The Career (Finnick Odair/OC)

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(Age 23, The 75th Hunger Games- Quarter Quell )

"Get up!". Pain flooded up my back side as I tuned over groggily to be met with an annoyed pair of grey eyes. Katniss.

She ignored me and started shaking Johanna and Finnick instead of angirly kicking them. "Get-up we have to move".

It's offical, as soon as this alliance breaks I'm killing her first. I rolled over, grabbed my machete and followed the others. There was no point running. Not with Finnick, Johanna and Katniss here and all armed. No, I'm simply...apart of this alliance? Well I hoped I was.

As much as it pains me to say it, this is now the strongest alliance in the games. Theres only four left apart from us being: Gloss, Brutus, Enobaria and Chaff.  The smart thing to do is to stick it out with this lot, kill off the remaining stragglers and cut ties without getting myself killed. 

That's what my training is telling me, all other options increase my likihood of death. Even leaving now and going after Gloss is a suicide mission. This lot would just kill me or the Careers might not accept me back. Plus, I'd be alone in the jungle and I know no surival skills. So the smart thing to do is to stay. Besides, at the rate we're going we may even be able to hunt the Careers down by the end of the night. Obviously I'd kill anyone that kills Gloss but Enorbaria and Brutus are free game now in my eyes. 

Katniss gave us some weird explaination about the arena being a giant clock. It made sense however, I'd never seen anyting like that in a games. I could tell Johanna was a bit skeptic too but she didn't voice any concerns. I know I'm pretty much on thin ice with everyone here so I didn't say anything either. 

I'm still weary of them all. I know theres something bigger at play here. Something that involves me and Katniss. However I couldn't figure it out, something Haymitch has planned that involves this mega alliance? That seemed more pressing to me so I focused more on figuring that out over whatever Katniss was saying. However, I could barely even focus on that with Johanna yapping loudly next to me.

"...worthless thing. It's some kind of wire or something. That's how he got cut. Running up to the Cornucopia to get this. I don't know what kind of weapon it's supposed to be. I guess you could pull off a piece and use it as a garrote or something. But really, can you imagine Beetee garroting somebody?"

I scoffed. Did she not research her competition at all before entering? typical outer district.

I saw Peeta tip his head in confusion at Johanna. "He won his Games with wire. Setting up that electrical trap, It's the best weapon he could have."

And suddenly it hit me. Peeta, is like Katniss and I. Unaware of what their motive is. But this, this was proof that something is going on. I stood proctectivly close to Peeta and eyed Johanna suspiciously while she raised an eyebrow in return. "You'd know, right? Afterall that's why you nicknamed him Volts".

I felt someone stand next me and huff. "Seems like you already had that figured out though".

Well this was starting to become an unlikely pattern, Katniss and I working together. Looks like she's figured out the same thing I have, not everybody here is focussing on the actual games...theres something else gaing on.

Johanna clicked her tongue and glared at me before switching her glare to Katniss. "Yeah, that was really stupid of me, wasn't it?" 

I felt myself nod even though it was rehtorical. She'd have failed allaince101 if she studied at the academy.

She shrugged her glare still on Katniss. "I guess I must have been distracted by keeping your little friends alive. While you were...what, again? Getting Mags killed off?"