The Hunger Games: Catching Fire Page #7

Wiress, you're a genius.

You're a genius!

This entire arena seems to be laid out

like a clock with a new threat every hour,

but they stay only within their wedge.

It all starts with the lightning.

Then the blood rain, fog, monkeys.

That's the first four hours.

At 10:
00, that big wave

hits from over there.

Wiress, you're a genius.

Look, the tail points to 12.

That's where the lightning strikes

at noon and midnight.

- Strikes where?

- That big tree.

Good.

"Hickory dickory dock.

The mouse ran up the clock.

"The clock struck one,

the mouse ran down.

"Hickory dickory dock."

So 12:
00 to 1:00, lightning.

Then 1:
00 to 2:00 is blood.

Then fog. And then monkeys.

"Hickory dickory dock.

The dog barked at the clock.

"The clock struck 3:00..."

And then 10:
00 to 11:00, the wave.

What about everything else?

Did you guys see anything?

"Hickory dickory dock."

- Nothing but blood.

- It doesn't matter.

As long as we steer clear of whichever

sector is active, we'll be safe.

Yeah. Relatively speaking.

Change it up. Spin it.

Come on! Come on!

Hold on!

No!

Okay. That's enough.

Let's see how they tell time now.

You Okay?

Let's just get what we need

and get off the bloody island.

So besides Brutus and

Enobaria, who's left?

Maybe Chaff.

- Just those three.

- They know they're outnumbered.

I doubt they'll attack again.

We're safe here on the beach.

So what do we do? We hunt 'em down?

Katniss, help me!

Prim!

- Prim! Prim!

- No!

Katniss! Katniss, wait!

Prim! Prim!

Prim!

Prim!

Katniss!

Help me! Help me!

Katniss!

- You okay?

- Finnick!

Finnick!

- No! It's not her.

- Annie!

Annie!

- Annie! Annie!

- Finnick! It's not her.

It's just a jabberjay. It's not her.

Well, how do you think

they got that sound?

- Jabberjays copy.

- Katniss!

Gale.

Come on, come on, come on!

Peeta!

Stop, stop, stop! It's okay!

It's okay! They're just mutts!

It's not real!

It's over. It's okay. They're gone.

The hour's gone.

The hour's up. It's all right.

- Prim! Find Prim!

- No, no. Prim's okay.

- Are you okay?

- Yeah, I'm fine. I'm fine.

Okay? They won't touch Prim.

All right?

Your fianc's right.

The whole country loves your sister.

If they tortured her or

did anything to her,

forget the districts, there would

be riots in the damn Capitol.

Hey, how does that sound, Snow?

What if we set your backyard on fire?

You know, you can't put

everybody in here.

What?

They can't hurt me.

There's no one left that I love.

I'll get you some water.

Thank you.

Who's Annie?

Annie Cresta.

The girl Mags volunteered for.

She won, like, four years...

Five years ago.

Is she the one that went a little...

Love is weird.

I have a plan.

Finnick!

I have a plan.

Where do the Careers feel safest?

The jungle?

The jungle's a nightmare.

Probably here on the beach.

Then why are they not here?

Because we are. We claimed it.

And if we left, they would come.

Or stay hidden in the tree line.

Which in just over four hours will be

soaked with water from the 10:00 wave.

And what happens at midnight?

- Lightning strikes that tree.

- Here's what I propose.

We leave the beach at dusk.

We head to the lightning tree.

That should draw them

back to the beach.

Prior to midnight, we then run this

wire from the tree to the water.

Anyone in the water or on the damp sand

will be electrocuted.

How do we know

the wire's not gonna burn up?

Because I invented it.

I assure you, it won't burn up.

Well, it's better than

hunting them down.

Yeah, why not?

If it fails, no harm

done anyway, right?

All right, I say we try it.

So what can we do to help?

Keep me alive for the next six hours.

That would be extremely helpful.

I think we need to go.

This plan's gonna work.

I think so, too.

And once the Careers are dead,

we both know what happens next.

I don't want to be the

one that shoots first.

What if they don't either?

What if all of us refuse to shoot first?

We might still end up dead.

Maybe not.

I mean, it worked for us last time.

They're not gonna

make that same mistake again.

You know and I know there's only

one person walking out of here.

And it's gonna be one of us.

The Careers are still out there.

We should stick with these guys

till midnight.

And if we hear a cannon, we go.

Katniss, I don't know what kinda deals

you made with Haymitoh

but he made me promises, too.

If you die and I live,

I'd have nothing.

Nobody else that I care about.

Peeta.

It's different for you.

Your family needs you.

You have to live.

For them.

What about you?

Nobody needs me.

I do.

I need you.

All right, lovebirds!

She is preparing to fight.

That's our girl.

This is what you predicted.

Moves and countermoves.

Indeed.

We'll toast when it's done?

In the meantime, make

yourself comfortable.

Minimal charring.

It's an impressive conductor.

Let's get started.

Typically a lightning strike

contains five billion joules of energy.

We don't want to be anywhere

in the vicinity when this hits.

You two girls, go together now.

Take this. Unspool it carefully.

Make sure the entire coil is in the water.

You understand?

Then head to the tree at the 2:00 sector.

We'll meet you there.

I'm gonna go with them as a guard.

No,no,no.

You're staying here to protect me.

And the tree.

No, I need to go with her.

There are two Careers out there.

I need two guards.

Finnick can protect you

just fine on his own.

Why can't Finnick and Johanna stay with

you and Peeta and I'll take the coil?

You all agreed to keep me alive

till midnight, correct?

It's his plan. We all agreed to it.

Is there a problem here?

Excellent question.

No. There's no problem.

I'll see you at midnight.

All right, let's go!

Come on.

I want to put as much distance

between me and this beach as possible.

Frying is not how I want to go.

There's something...

Stay down.

Come on.

Johanna, where are you?

Johanna?

Peeta.

Peeta.

Beetee. Beetee!

Peeta!

Peeta!

Katniss, where are you?

Let it fly, Miss Everdeen.

Let it fly.

Katniss.

Remember who the real enemy is.

Katniss, get away from that tree!

Katniss, get away from that tree!

It's not possible.

Heavensbee!

Plutarch Heavensbee!

Sir, we've lost power.

She's gonna lose it

when she finds out about the boy.

She'll still cooperate, though?

Without Peeta? There's no guarantee.

Just tell her her win...

Morning, sweetheart.

What are you doing with them?

You and a syringe against The Capitol?

See, this is why

no one lets you make the plans.

- What the hell are you doing in here?

- Stop.

Stop. Just listen.

We couldn't tell you with Snow watching.

It was too risky.

Better for you to know nothing.

Where's Peeta?

Now, Katniss...

You have been our mission

from the beginning.

The plan was always to get you out.

Half the Tributes were in on it.

This is the revolution.

And you are the Mockingjay.

And we're on our way

to District 13 right now.

13?

13. Yes.

Where's Peeta?

He still has his tracker in his arm.

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