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Her district partner was looking at her, grinning from his kill. Then someone had came to attack them, they were the last two from the career pack, who had taken out so many innocent lives. Innocent children’s lives. A swift decapitation, his head fell from his shoulder his neck in half.She screamed, screamed bloody murder. She doesn't remember much after that but she knew she hid somewhere. It was good enough of a hiding spot as she wasn’t found. Then without warning, a tidal wave came, so strong, quick and aggressive. Many died from the sudness a few managed to swim, weakly but better than nothing and drowning.
Annie, coming from district 4 had the advantage of learning to swim from a young age. Allowing her to out-swim everyone until the final canon went off.
She was air lifted somewhere, not a safe place. The faces of the tributes she killed jeered at her, saying she was weak by winning her games through swimming. Then came the worst. A constant replay of her district partner getting his head sliced off, his decapitated head glaring at her. Its mouth somehow moving, shouting at her “why didn’t you save me?”
A scream came from her mouth as she put her head between her knees, covering her ears to block out his shouts and rocking like she was an insane person. Who was she kidding everyone thought she was mad.
“Annie? You’re ok, I’m here” Finnick’s voice, she could hear him but felt like she couldn’t move. Like she was stuck. Her limbs like they were weighed down by rocks.
“It’s ok, I know your not exactly here right now but I’m gonna stay, I’m safe, your safe, the arena isn’t now, no one is going to come for you, it’s ok” he murmered the reassurances into her ear. Eventually her rocking stopped, uncovered her ears and looked up at Finnick with wet eyes. “I’m safe, not there” she said back to him.
After a few more minutes they went back into bed, cuddled together, Annie’s head over his heart hearing its steady beating that lulled her into a dreamless sleep.