𝐒𝐔𝐍 | 𝐇𝐔𝐍𝐆𝐄𝐑 𝐆𝐀𝐌𝐄𝐒 [discontinued]

→ 𝐈𝐕.𝐋𝐗

"We will not split two to four," Thana speaks up, "Beetee doesn't need three protectors, and three people with the coil is perfect for walking and guarding at the same time." She receives an annoyed look from Katniss, but the girl from 9 just shrugs. It is the truth.

"You all agreed to keep me alive till midnight, correct?" Beetee asks directly to Katniss.

"It is his plan," Johanna speaks up, "we all agreed to it."

"Is there a problem here?" Finnick adds to the disagreement, leaning softly with his arm on Thana's shoulder. The girl grins at his statement. There is no way the love birds could disappear together on their watch.

"Excellent question," Beetee says, looking intensely at Katniss.

"No," the girl on fire says softly, retreating. "There is no problem." The girl walks over to her lover boy, giving him a soft kiss. "I'll see you at midnight." She gives him a pointed look as she nods a few times.

At the same time, Thana smiles up at Finnick. "Give it back to me at midnight," she whispers, offering him her necklace. "A promise everything will work out fine."

"I'll see you and Jo there," Finnick says, giving her a quick hug. "Keep each other safe."

"Alright, let's go." Johanna says as she already starts to walk away, waiting for Katniss, who holds the coil and Thana to walk as last.

...

The three girls work together perfectly. Handing the coil to each other after some time, helping each other down large stones, holding each other's weapons. It all goes smoothly as the darkness starts to spread again in the arena. The noise of the jungle sounds even creepier than it does during sun hours.

"Come on," Johanna says, "I want to put as much distance between me and this beach as possible. Frying is not how I want to go."

"I bet red would suit you perfectly though," Thana says without thinking, not seeing that Johanna's mouth hangs a little open.

Not a second later, Katniss tries to pull the coil that all at once doesn't give in anymore. "There is something..." the pulls again, and again with no results. And then it gives in, the coil flies out of Katniss's hand.

All three girls take out their weapons as Brutus's face comes into their view. As Katniss readies her bow, Johanna hits her.

Johanna sits down on Katniss who has fallen and takes her arm, Thana stands ready to hit anyone who comes too close. Her sickles spin dangerously in her hands as Johanna sets a knife in Katniss her arm. The girl on fire screams it out and Johanna tries to shush her.

"They are coming," Thana whispers as she readies herself even more.

"Stay down," Johanna urges to Katniss, putting her bloody hands on her neck to give the appearance that she is already dead or dying. She then throws the knife towards Brutus and Enobaria who duck away. Giving Johanna and Thana a chance to get away from them.

Thana takes the other direction as Johanna goes right. Thana notices that Enobaria and Brutus follow her, making her unsure of what to do. But she decides to follow them.

"Johanna, Thana, where are you?" Finnick's voice booms through the trees.

Thana is long gone by then, as she runs after district two.

...

BOOM! Thana's sickle hits bulls' eye, right through Brutus his head as she sees him corner Peeta. The boy nods to her in thanks. Thana offers her arm to help the boy stand.

"Come, we need to find the others." She says, "I am sure Johanna is near, though."

"I thought she was fighting with Enobaria." Peeta muffles his pained cries. "You should go to her."

"And leave you here alone," Thana shakes her head, "we are allies, Peeta. I am not leaving you like this. Your leg got hurt badly again. That is not good."

"How are you still standing?" Peeta muses as they slowly walk in the direction they think Johanna is. "Your back looks like shit and your shoulder as well."

"Survival instinct and adrenaline," Thana says honestly, "besides, there is nothing worse than an infected thigh, but you know all about that. Though I never truly lost my leg."

"Yeah," Peeta grimaces, "let's not talk about that."

The clouds start to rumble as Thana and Peeta get closer and closer to noise. They step over the body from Chaff and see Johanna and Enobaria in the distance.

After the first strike of lightning, they see something go up. After darkness spreads over them as everything falls away.

"What the fuck," they hear Johanna say. And it stays silent for a while, none of the 4 victors turned tributes makes a sound, makes a move.

From the sky things start to fall, and Thana only just manages to push Peeta out of the way, so he is safe from it. She herself, Thana rolls out of the way. But because of the uneven floor in the jungle, she rolls away farther than expected. Sunlight reappears and almost blinds them.

"Thana!" She hears Johanna scream as the girl from 7 barely saw her friend roll away.

A mess of complete chaos, fire, and broken things surround Thana as she looks up into the sky. Her brain does not understand what is happening. Maybe she got hit by lighting, maybe all of this was a bad dream, and she would wake up back in 9 with her brother still alive.

It feels like infinity that Thana is stuck in her daze-like state. It could've been a mere minute, or an hour it so. Then a hovercraft appears, and with it a cage-like thing to grab fallen trees. Thana is not sure what she is seeing anymore, of what is happening.

But the lower it gets, the more it looks like it is going to fall on her, in her half awake, barely conscious state, Thana gets grasped from the jungle floor and she slowly starts to rise towards the light.

So, this is what dying feels like, the girl thinks to herself, as the blinding light is the last thing she sees. Unsure of her friends and her own fate, but hopeful their plan succeeded.

END OF ACT IV

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Nora speaking here!
Act IV is finished as well, before I start act V I am probably going to take a small break. I expect to start updating towards the ending of October (unless I really feel inspired and find some time and energy in my busy life)

Also, I am not really sure what to do about some events. Like what happens to Finnick, or the reuniting of the Jardin family, the reuniting of Thana and Rohan and so much more. And for certain things I need to think before I start writing the next act.

Anyway, thank you so much for reading this story. You guys are one of the reasons Thana keeps on living and bothering me in my brain. Thank you for that <33