Return to the Sea (Gale Hawthorne x OC)

As I walked into the training center, almost everyone was here. Well except Finnick and Twelve. I walked straight towards the spears before Brutus could.

"Well you look...cute." I heard Johanna's voice ring out.

I look at her and see an axe over her shoulder. "And you look deadly."

She smirked and went back to swinging her axe around. Once I made it to the spears, I set up the simulation and grabbed a dark metal spear with a sharpened tip. I closed my eyes, focusing on my senses, but mostly my hearing.

I threw the spear right when I opened my eyes and saw three orange human shapes go down as soon as the spear hit.

"I bet I could better." Brutus came from the left. "And, uh, your outfit is beautiful."

I looked at him like he was crazy and turned my back to him going towards hand to hand sparing and muttered, "Pervert."

Once I was close to the sparing area I heard heavy and confident footsteps. I whipped around seeing Finnick. Once he came into a close distance, he leaned down close to my ear and whispered, "Forgive me?"

"Spar."

Finnick leaned back with a quizzical look on his face. "I'm sorry?"

"Spar with me. Hand to hand. No weapons." I crossed my arms.

A flicker of fear crossed his eyes and I smirked. "I don't think they'll let us."

"Aww," I coed. "Is little Finnick scared?"

"No, now let's go." Finnick grabbed my arm and pulled me up to the sparring mat.

Once we got into our positions, the trainer started us off. Finnick threw the first punch to which I ducked and swept his feet making him fall. I jumped back up and clapped my hands, "Up."

He got up and the trainer let us go. Finnick tackles me to the mat and pinned my hands above my head. He leaned down and smirked, inches from my face to where I could feel his breath mixing in with my own.

"Not so fast." I wrapped my legs around his and used my strength to roll us over, him now on the bottom, my feet pinning his hands by his side.

And that's when I was brought back. The hot sun beating down on me. Dry blood on my hands and pants. And when I looked down, I didn't see Finnick, I saw Hero. His pleading eyes, telling me to get it over with.

"Ceto. Ceto! Hey!" I closed my eyes and opened them, now on a mat and not in the hot desert sand. I saw Finnick and not Hero.

Finnick leaned up, my strength nowhere to be seen. He pulled me to his chest, his hand holding my head to his shoulder. "Shh, it's ok. Your safe. Your not there anymore."

My breathing slowed and I saw Johanna give me a questioning glance. I have her a weak smile, but when I looked behind her, I saw Hero giving me a nod, Dele coming to his side. At that I looked away.

"One more? One more round?" I questioned.

Finnick just chuckles and nods. He got up, pulling me with him. We went back to our respective side as soon as the trainer began our fight, I heard two footsteps and voices coming from the entrance. I turned my head and saw Peeta and Katniss enter. Peeta was looking around while Katniss was focused on us.

"Never take your eye off your opponent." Finnick threw a punch to which I caught. (*cue video at top*) As I looked at him, instant fear covered his face. I turned his hand, hearing a slight crack. I flipped upside down, grabbing his head in between my thighs and flipped him over, pinning him down.

Finnick tapped out then. I stood up and looked for the younger couple. I watched Katniss walk over to Beetee and Wiress.

"Allies?" Finnick caught my attention.

"Twelve? I guess. Though I thought more of Seven."

A bright smile lit across Finnick's face as he skipped away. I rolled my eyes at his childish actions and walked towards the fish hooks.

Once I was done with my first hook under a minute, I looked up and saw Katniss walking over.

"It's beautiful." Katniss complemented me. "I saw you volunteer."

I smiled, "Thanks. And I volunteered because nobody deserves to come back into the games. Especially Annie and Mags. And, you were brave, volunteering for your sister. Primrose, was it?"

"Uh, yeah." She looked at my fish hook again. "Can you teach me?"

"Of course! Though I'm not as good as Mags, she taught me. Her's is beautiful."

Katniss smiles at me. A genuine smile.

"What?" I question.

"Oh, nothing. Just, didn't think you'd be this bubbly."

I smiled again and taught her how to make a simple fish hook. One that's sturdy to catch fish, but fast enough to make not to waste time. After a few flaws and poked here and there, she ended up making 3 wonderful hooks.

We both walked over to the archery station.

"Do you want to try with me?" Katniss asks, holding out a quiver of arrows.

"It's better if I stick to knives. Last time I tried archery, the arrow went to opposite way of where I wanted it."

She just chuckled and put the quiver down.

"Alright, I'll go first." She grabbed a bow and walked inside the simulation room.

She put in what she wanted and stood on the pedestal as the lights darkened. Then that's when the first arrow was fired. She was so graceful with her bow and arrows, dodging the weapons thrown at her. As soon as it started, she finished. She looked up to see everyone staring at her through the glass. Wiress was clapping while I just smiled and have her a thumbs up.

She walked out, put the weapon away and walked towards me as everyone made their way back to the stations they were at.

"Your turn." She said to me.

"Ceto! Come look at this!" Finnick called from the rope tying station.

I started walking towards Finnick, "Maybe another time, KitKat."