☆°.˙ ▍𝐎𝐍𝐋𝐘 𝐘𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐃𝐀𝐘

⎰𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐧⎱

          𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐀𝐍𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐌 𝐁𝐄𝐆𝐀𝐍 𝐓𝐎 𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐘, but there were no faces in the sky. The Capitol was restless and thirsted for blood to be spilled. Beetee's trap held enough promise, however, that the Gamemakers haven't sent in other attacks. Perhaps they were simply curious to see if it will work, as well.

          At what Finnick and Katniss judged to be about nine, they left their camp with shells scattered everywhere, cross to the twelve o'clock beach, and began to quietly hike up to the lightning tree in the light of the moon. 

          Their full stomachs made the climb more uncomfortable and left them more breathless than during the morning's climb. 

          Beetee asked Finnick to assist him while the rest of them stood guard. Before he even attached any wire to the tree, Beetee unrolled yards of the stuff. He then had Finnick secure it tightly around a broken branch and lay it on the ground. Then they stood on either side of the tree and passed the spool back and forth as they wrapped the wire around the trunk. 

          At first it seems frivolous, then a pattern is seen. It is like an intricate maze, appearing in the moonlight on Beetee's side. Fleur wondered if it makes a difference how the wire is placed, or if it is just to add to the thoughts of  the audience. 

          The work on the trunk was just completed as they heard the wave began.

          That was when Beetee revealed the rest of his plan. Since Katniss and Johanna moved the most swiftly through the trees and Fleur was quick as well, he wanted the three of them to take the coil down through the jungle, unwinding the wire as they went. They were to lay it across the twelve o'clock beach and drop the metal spool, with whatever is left, deep into the water, and making sure it sinks. Then run for the jungle. If they went now, right now, they should make it to safety.

          "I want to go with them as a guard." Peeta said immediately. 

          "You're too slow. Besides, I'll need you on this end. Katniss will guard." Beetee replied. "There's no time to debate this. I'm sorry. If the girls are to get out of there alive, they need to move now." Beetee added as he handed the coil to Johanna.

          "It's okay." Katniss assured Peeta. "We'll just drop the coil and come straight back up."

          "Not into the lightning zone." Beetee reminded Katniss. "Head for the tree in the one to two o'clock sector. If you find you're running out of time, move over one more. Don't even think about going back on the beach, though, until I can assess the damage."

          "Don't worry. I'll see you at midnight." Katniss told Peeta. 

          Fleur nodded before walking towards Finnick who definitely wasn't liking the arrangement but couldn't do anything about it. 

          Fleur stood on her toes before pressing her lips against Finnick's softly. The two pulled away slowly and reluctantly. 

          "Promise me you'll stay safe." Finnick stated as he gripped Fleur's hand. "Promise me."

          Fleur nodded. "I promise. I have to go." Fleur stated as she pulled her hand away and walked towards Johanna and Katniss.

          "Ready?" Katniss questioned the other two.

          "Why not?" Johanna asked as she shrugged. "You and Fleur guard, I'll unwind. We can trade off later."

          Finnick watched as the three made their way down the slope. If there is one person Finnick Odair cannot lose, it's Fleur Astor.

.: ⋆*･ﾟ: .⋆

          They moved at a pretty good speed, one manning the coil and the two other keeping watch. About halfway down, they heard the clicking beginning to rise, indicating that it was after eleven, leaving them with less than an hour to get to the beach.

          "Better hurry." Johanna stated. "I want to put a lot of distance between me and that water before the lightning hits. Just in case Volts miscalculated something."

          "Nice idea, Johanna." Fleur retorted as she glanced up at the sky.

          "I'll take the coil for a while." Katniss offered.

          "Here." Johanna stated as she passed Katniss the coil.

          Both of their hands were still on the metal cylinder when there was a slight vibration. Suddenly, the thin golden wire from above sprung down at them, bunching in tangled loops and curled around their wrists. Then the severed end snaked up to their feet.

          Johanna, Fleur and Katniss looked at each other, but none of them had to voice what just had happened. Someone not far above them had cut the wire and they would be on them at any moment.

          Katniss let go off the coil and grabbed an arrow when Johanna smashed the coil into  the side of her head. Johanna sat on Katniss' chest and pinned her down with her knees.

          Fleur bent down and cut into her arm with her knife, causing Katniss to emit a scream of pain. She held Katniss' arm still as she tried to jerk it away and ripped out the tracker. 

         Fleur smirked as she looked at the tracker which was glinting in the moonlight and was covered in blood before tossing it in a random direction. Johanna spread the blood from Katniss' arm around her face and neck.  

          "Stay down!" Johanna hissed as Katniss tried to get up.

          Johanna swung her axe at Brutus and Enobaria who approached the three tributes. She missed their heads and ran away from them, attempting to lead them away from Katniss.

          Fleur took off in a different direction than Johanna and heard someone following her. 

          'Good. They aren't trying to kill Katniss.' Fleur thought before speeding up.

.: ⋆*･ﾟ: .⋆

          Fleur groaned when someone pushed her down into the foliage, knocking the wind out of her and causing her knife to land out of reach. She was roughly turned around and hands grabbed her neck roughly. 

         Fleur blinked rapidly as she tried to make out the stilouute above her before seeing the arrogant smirk on Brutus' face as he tightened his grip on Fleur's throat. 

          Fleur's chest felt constricted as she wildly reached for something to hit Brutus with when her hand felt a large, sharp rock. She grabbed it firmly before smashing it into Brutus' temple causing him to loosen his grip and fall to the side. 

          She quickly got up and scrambled towards and grabbed her knife before holding it above Brutus before inserting it into Brutus' throat an successfully severing his carotid artery.

          Blood squirted from the wound Fleur had inflicted while Brutus was trying to stop the bleeding. Fleur didnt wait long enough to see if Brutus had died or not and instead opted for putting as much distance between him and herself as possible.

          Two cannons sounded causing Fleur to sigh in relief that Brutus had died before freezing. She had no way of knowing who that second cannon was for. It could be Katniss or Johanna or even Finnick. A tear rolled down Fleur's cheek at the thought of Finnick being dead. 

          She quickly shook away the thought and wiped the tear with her hand that was stained with Katniss and Brutus' blood, spreading the blood all over her face.  

          A twig snapped behind Fleur causing her to keep a firm on the knife in her hand before turning around with her knife ready to strike when she stopped in her tracks. Fleur's lips parted once she realized the person she was going to attack was Peeta. 

          Peeta's eyes went from the blood on her face to her blood soaked hands before glancing at Fleur warily. 

          Fleur caught Peeta's gaze on her bloodied hands before giving him a tight smile. "It's not mine. We have to get back to the tree. Who was the second cannon for?" 

          "Chaff, Enobaria killed him. Last time I checked, Finnick was alright? Katniss?" Peeta questioned. 

          "She's okay. Maybe a little sore, but alright nonetheless." Fleur replied. 

          "Do you know where Katniss is?" Peeta questioned to which Fleur shrugged.

          "I don't know. They could've gone back to the tree. We have to make it there before the lightning." Fleur realized to which Peeta nodded and the two of them began running towards the lightning tree.

           The two of them kept running when the twelve bells were heard by the two tributes and the sound of thunder was heard causing them to attempt to pick up the pace. However, the lightning struck the tree and an explosion was caused. The force of the explosion threw both Peeta and Fleur back. 

           Fleur let out a scream and tried to get up and crawl to an immobile Peeta next to her only to be met with white hot pain surging through her veins. She gasped as she laid back down and saw that the Arena was caving in on itself and the pieces of metal were hitting the ground around them. 

           Black spots danced across her vision as she finally slipped into unconsciousness.

The amount of math I had to do to see if Fleur had to stand on her toes or not is astounding. I mean Danielle Campbell is 5'4 while Sam Claflin is 5'11, so there is a height difference. But, Nathaniel Buzolic is 6'1, and I don't really see Danielle on her toes, so. . . .

Not a lot of dialogue, more of a descriptive chapter I know, but I quite liked writing it. I had to do a bunch of research about her fight with Brutus but that was mainly it.