"Jesus." Zoya rubbed her eyes, sitting on the edge of the water.

"They still hurt?" Peeta looked her way, standing above her as he collected water from the tree.

"Feels like I stuck my face in a bowl of imitated nightlock." Zoya said honestly, splashing water on her blood shot eyes. She looked over, seeing Peeta's questionable face. "It's a really hot spice that people use on their food while watching the games."

"Oh." Peeta nodded. "Speaking of..."

"I think i'm pretty much done." Zoya nodded, mixing the nightlock juice in the water he got for her. "I just don't know if anyone is near us to send it off."

"I doubt it, this deep in the jungle." he nodded his head honestly, making Zoya stand to her feet. "We'll take it with us."

She leaned against the tree, eyeing the red marks on his face from the fog. "So....how's your Hunger Games going?"

Peeta rose his eyebrows at her, cracking a grin. "What...is this small talk for you?"

"I could casually ask you what it's like not knowing how to swim or having one leg." Zoya rose a knowing eyebrow. "This is me being nice and considerate."

"Aw, how sweet of you." he said back sarcastically, shaking his head slightly. "My Hunger Games is going all right. Aside from almost drowning, dying for a few seconds, getting burnt by fog, and watching the love of my life almost get swallowed by the fog."

Zoya placed a hand on her heart. "I had no clue you felt that way about Finnick."

Peeta laughed, flicking some water her way as Zoya grinned, shaking her head. "No, but, i'm glad Katniss is okay."

Peeta stared at her, because they both knew he was not talking about Katniss. "Me too."

"Peeta, Zoya." Katniss' voice had the two looked over at her in sync. "Walk over here slowly."

A chill went through Zoya, looking to Peeta just as a large monkey roared in his face. Her eyes widened, pulling him slightly as the two crept backwards toward the two by the water. Zoya looked around as the monkeys swarmed them, all roaring and whining. Katniss hesitated. "Get to the beach."

"The movement will startle them." Zoya said in return, holding her knife close to her chest.

"Do we have a choice?" Katniss asked, aiming her bow toward one that was roaring at her. One of the monkeys lunged forward, nearly taking Katniss down before Finnick stabbed it with his trident.

"Peeta, get over here!" Zoya called, noticing how close to the tree he was. She latched onto his hand, a monkey lunging toward as she shoved her blade into the bottom of its neck, stumbling backwards at it's weight, but had it killed. Peeta yanked her up in no time, the pair keeping the ones away while Finnick and Katniss had a more weapon advantage. Zoya ducked down when one lunged for her, Peeta stabbed it with his machete before it had the chance to grab her. They latched onto each other. "We gotta get to the beach!"

"Go!" Katniss called, letting the pair run first, knowing Zoya would lead them the best. They dodged as many monkeys as they could on the run down the trail, but one managed to take Peeta and Katniss down on sync. Zoyas eyes widened, turning around and seeing it had been nearly pinning Peeta to the tree. "Peeta!"

She ducked under one of the branches, going to him rescues before a figure emerged from the tree behind him, jumping in the way before it could get Peeta. She gave a yell of pain when it bit into her chest, Zoya reaching around the slit the monkeys neck.

"Who is that?" Katniss hurried over, Finnick close behind.

"A Morphling!" Peeta called over her painful wails. "Help me get her!"

"I got her legs." Zoya grasped her legs while Peeta had her arms, the two running toward the beach will Katniss and Finnick kept the monkeys away from them at all coast. The pair collided with the sand, Peeta continuing to run toward the water, Zoya going with him.

"Hey, hey, hey. It's okay. It's okay." Peeta held the dying woman in his arms now, her breathing uneven as she stared into his eyes. Zoya stepped back in worry as his eyes darted around. "Hey, you wanna see something? Look up. Look."

The sunset was going down, the sky filled with orange and red, possibly pink out in the distance. Zoya looked toward the sand, seeing Katniss and Finnick both safe.

"Look at that. It's incredible, right?" Peeta spoke to her, seeing her eyes look to the setting sky. "All those colors. Don't worry about anything else. I'm right here with you. It's okay. It's okay."

Zoya watched him, leaning her head against his as she held the Morphings hand. Her breathing slowly came to a stop, her hand loosening in Zoyas grip as the cannon fired into the distance. He gentle let her go into the water, making sure she stayed afloat as her body took toward the open ocean. Peeta stood up, Zoya wrapping a arm around his shoulder to hold his head into her neck slightly. The hovercraft appeared, picking her body up to take her in a box to her district. Peeta exhaled against Zoya. "She sacrificed herself for me and I didn't even know her name."

"Is that what happened?" Zoya asked, thinking she'd just happened to be in the tree, the monkey seeing her.

"Looked like it." Peeta shook his head slightly, the two let each other go. Zoya dipped her hands in the water, rubbing her wet thumb against his chin to get the faint blood smear off.

"Katniss." Peeta spoke up about an hour later, all tearing into the seafood that Finnick caught for them. He held a little pearl her way. "For you."

She smiled slightly, taking it in her hand. "Thank you."

"If you can find some fishing line, you can turn it into a necklace." Zoya pointed out, Finnick laugh as the clear inside joke. "He caught me a little fish once. I had to wear it on a necklace all around Distract Four."

"So, you just walked around with a dead fish on your neck?" Katniss gave an odd look her way.

"Yeah." she hummed.

"It was suppose to be sea glass." Finnick pointed out. "But, I got carried away."

"And when with an entire fish instead." Zoya gave a tight lipped smile. "Try getting rid of that smell."

Peeta laughed slightly, offering her the cracked oyster. A scream echoed through the air, all four of their heads turning to the direction. "That's new."

Rising to their feet, they watched the forest across the water flood, a canon firing in the sky. The water went up the side of the cornucopia, splashing down as the small wave came to their feet. The hover craft appeared, getting the drowned body. Katniss grabbed her bow. "Someone's here."

Her and Peeta ducked, Finnick and Zoya backing up again the leaves to stay hidden. The Butterfield girl peaked through the leaves, watching as a figure covered in blood appeared, another with her, trying to encourage another from the forest. Zoya frowned her eyebrows. "Is that..."

"Joanna." Finnick confirmed, him and Zoya coming from behind the leaves. "Joanna!"

•

kylie speaks

peeta straight up saying
zoya is the love of his life
to her face while the entire
capitol thinks he's talking
about katniss might be my
new favorite thing.