[The hiss is the hiss of her nightmares. The drawn out 's' of a lizard-like mutt chasing her through the sewers of the Capitol. Kaaaaat-nissssssssssssss, Kaaaaat-nissssssssssssss. They caught up. People died. Finnick, poor, poor Finnick. Homes, Jackson, Carter. Dead because of the lizard mutts that Snow had sent after Katniss. So many dead because of her.
Even Clove. Dead because she tried to kill Katniss in the meadow by the Cornucopia, gave Thresh a chance to overhear her brags.
The hiss distracts her. Rain blinds her and the winds sweep her bangs back into her eyes. And for those few precious seconds, she's lost in memories. Lost in the horror of leaving Finnick and the others behind. Loss in the horror of Prim's death once more. She cries out, the heart-crushing memory more painful than any physical injury. She remembers all too well.
And Peeta, oh Peeta. How he had begged them to kill him, to keep him from being any more of a danger to their team.
The knife pierces the skin, cutting through her shirt. The tip catches below her right collar bone and cuts upward, leaving a trail of blood to her shoulder. It's enough to knock Katniss out of her nightmares and bring her back to the reality in front of her. To Clove, trying everything possible to kill her. And Katniss... Katniss doing what exactly?
She swallows her scream and presses her fingers against the wound, pulling them back to barely see the red through all the water.]
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Even Clove. Dead because she tried to kill Katniss in the meadow by the Cornucopia, gave Thresh a chance to overhear her brags.
The hiss distracts her. Rain blinds her and the winds sweep her bangs back into her eyes. And for those few precious seconds, she's lost in memories. Lost in the horror of leaving Finnick and the others behind. Loss in the horror of Prim's death once more. She cries out, the heart-crushing memory more painful than any physical injury. She remembers all too well.
And Peeta, oh Peeta. How he had begged them to kill him, to keep him from being any more of a danger to their team.
The knife pierces the skin, cutting through her shirt. The tip catches below her right collar bone and cuts upward, leaving a trail of blood to her shoulder. It's enough to knock Katniss out of her nightmares and bring her back to the reality in front of her. To Clove, trying everything possible to kill her. And Katniss... Katniss doing what exactly?
She swallows her scream and presses her fingers against the wound, pulling them back to barely see the red through all the water.]