Finnick and Katniss: The Worse Game

Chapter 21

Chapter 21

Katniss POV

"I have to call you back!" I hear Finnick's voice on the other end only to be replaced by a faint beeping noise signaling he has hung up.

I set the phone down sadly as I wish the phone call could have lasted forever.

We had only got to talk maybe 40, 45 seconds?

I wonder why he had to hang up so fast but I don't mind it much.

I know how "popular" Finnick is in the Capitol.

Life in District 12 is normal.

To much of the same.

My hunting has been ceased by a new threat.

The Capitol brought in a wave of new Peacekeepers, so now they roam everywhere.

Including the fence that separates district 12 from the wilderness.

It's impossible to sneak around when the new Capitol Clowns are lurking about.

Some people in the Seam have nicknamed them Capitol Clowns.

It's nice to see some people are having fun here.

Even if it's a small amount.

Gale is avoiding me.

I haven't spoke to him since he ran off and every time I see him he just turns the other way.

Yesterday I saw him and a few other miners talking privately, but I know Gale wont tell me.

He won't say one word to me.

I have completely nothing else to do, so I leave my house and head out to find Gale.

"I'll be back!" I call to my mother. Prim is at school.

I head off towards town and spot him almost instantly.

Once again with miners but their nets have grown.

There are at least 2o of them now.

It takes me a second to realize why they are acting the way they are.

They're sneaking off.

I see them make their way over to the back of an old abandoned building that had caught fire a few years ago.

No one has been in it since.

Until today.

The miners slowly file in to the rustily old building and I inch closer until I can barely see through the door.

I see Gale's head pop out of it.

"Ok..." He starts to say to the men behind him.

But that's the last I hear.

He shuts the door behind them, securing their conversation is in secret.

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After about 30 minutes of trying to hear what they were saying, I have up and went back home.

With my time away from Finnick, my sadness and loneliness grows.

Nightmares of Peeta are stronger than ever, and I have never missed him more than right now.

I climb under the sheets and blankets of my bed and lay there, seeking the warmth of someone.

Eventually I fall asleep while imagining I'm in a pair of arms.

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Gale.

I need to know what was going on with him.

After a night filled with dreams and nightmares, I finally am woken up by the sound of the shuffling feet of the miners head out to work.

Now it's later. And the miners should be coming back soon.

Gale will be back soon.

When the clock strikes 6:00 I leave the house and jog over to the mines and see Gale taking to another miner.

I walk up to him.

"Gale." He looks at me. "We need to talk."

"About what?" He says casually.

I start to talk but them remember the other miners around.

I grab his arm and lead him back to my house and he follows not resisting.

Once we're inside I spin on him, "What's going on?"

"What do you mean?" He asks.

"What are you sneaking off with other miners?" I persist.

His eyes widen slightly. "You're not supposed to know about that." He pouts.

"Well I do." I reply. "You should have been more careful-"

"You don't even know what I was doing!" He points.

"Then tell me!"

He hesitates but then says, "Ok listen Catnip."

"I didn't know anything about it but a few guys came up to me and asked what my thoughts were on an uprising. I wasn't sure at first but then I realized, it could work. Anyways we've gathered up some people and were gonna rebel once we have enough supporters."

The information sets in.

"Are you crazy?! An uprising?" I yell.

"Shhhhh!" He hisses at me.

"Why are you doing this?!"

"The Capitol needs to be stopped. This is long overdue." He says.

"Do you not remember what happened the last time we rebelled? It will happen again." I tell him.

"No, this time it will work. Haven't you heard?"

"About what?" I ask.

"We got news that there have been uprisings in 8 and 11 and some conflict in the other districts to!"

He stares at me but I look of into space.

This can only mean one thing.

Panem is getting ready for war.