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"I'll miss you, Val." Koa smiled, and Valentina had a tear coming from her eye. Valentina had been there for Koa ever since her games, and now they was saying goodbye for however long, whether she dies or escapes.
"Just have hope. Stay with Finnick, be yourself." Val wrapped her arms around Koa, and Koa did the same. Valentina reached into her pocket, pulling out a golden bracelet and placing it on her wrist. Koa turned, going into the tube and as it closed, they both smiled at one another.
"I'll see you soon." Koa's tube then started to move upwards as Valentina gave her a small wave goodbye. The sun was harsh as Koa made it up, looking around, she saw she was surrounded by water, which made her feel just a bit better, knowing her and Finnick were likely to make it to the middle first since they were good swimmers.
Koa looked to the two tributes next to her, one being Gloss and the other being the District 5 girl whom she didn't know. She looked to Gloss, who looked at her as well, then she looked back at the middle, groaning, knowing he would likely be after her just for looking his direction.
Suddenly, the countdown ended and the gong ran throughout the arena, everyone immediately dived or jumped into the water. Koa dived in, immediately swimming to her left, where a path of rocks lead directly to the middle. She got there rather quickly, pulling herself up and booking it towards the middle, immediately spotting her favorite weapon.
She swiftly ran forward, being the first one on her side on the island. She grabbed her spear, turning around ready to throw it, but nobody was there.
She turned back around, seeing Finnick flashing his golden band to Katniss, then she ducked as her threw his trident at another guy, killing him instantly.
"Finnick!" Koa shouted, running towards him, Finnick immediately turned, smiling when he saw her. Then out of nowhere, she noticed a woman with a knife behind him. "Watch out!" Koa threw her spear and Finnick moved his head to the right, her spear immediately going into the chest of the woman, dropping dead.
Koa ran forward and Finnick laid a hand on her waist as she passed, getting her spear, and Finnick passed Katniss, grabbing his trident.
Koa also grabbed the woman's knife and held it in her opposite hand just in case.
"I'll find Peeta!" Finnick yelled, running out of sight and Koa nodded. Katniss looked to Kekoa, who also flashed her own golden bracelet. Katniss didn't have a facial reaction, but she stood up and shot an arrow towards Enobaria.
Koa went around the cornucopia trying to find other tributes, but not being successful. She kept a look out for Johanna, Blight, Beetee, and Wiress, her other alliance members, but didn't see them anywhere.
Koa made her way over to where she heard Finnick yelling from, and she saw Katniss and Finnick running down one of the paths to two people who were fighting in the water. Koa made her way over when Finnick dived in, swimming over to Peeta and the other tribute, but both of them were pulled under and a cannon went off soon after.
Koa looked to Katniss, who looked terrified out of her mind, but Koa kept a sharp eye out just in case someone tried to sneak attack them. She noticed the careers have now taken over the center, but they didn't look to be rushing to attack them.
Suddenly, Peeta rose to the surface of the water, a body floating next to him, it was a female. Before the two men could make it back to the rocks, Kekoa noticed a certain blonde male emerging from the water near the beach.
She immediately recognized the tribute as Graham, passing Katniss, she ran across the path of rocks to where she saw him enter the jungle from.
"Koa! Wait!" She heard Finnick screaming for her, but she kept running after Graham. She ran through the forest, disappearing from the sight of their alliance.
"Damn it!" Finnick pulled himself up from the water, helping Peeta get up as well.
"Let's go after her." Katniss said, immediately lowering her bow. Once the three were ready, they ran into the jungle after her.
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"Please stop!" Willow screamed and the male took out a knife, slowly dragging it across her skin and blood spilled from her arms as she let out a louder scream, followed by tears rolling down her face.
Kekoa's agility had proven useful, as she could see Graham slowly running into the forest, cutting his way through the vines with a sword. Looking behind him, he saw her catching up, which immediately made him fasten his pace.
"Get back here you fucking coward!" Koa pushed herself to run faster, spear in hand, a knife in her other. Suddenly, Graham disappeared from sight, Koa caught up to where she last saw him and looked down, noticing that there was a small drop, only about 20 feet or so, but Graham laid on the floor, hugging his knee, clearly injured.
That's when something in her clicked, she didn't know what, but she felt bloodthirsty.
Kekoa slid down the hill, throwing a knife at his leg as he got up, which made him scream in pain but also fall. Once she made it down, she roughly turned the man over so he was on his back, throwing his machete away from him.
She looked behind her, taking the knife from his leg that she threw at him before, but instead of taking it out, she slowly ran it up his leg, digging a deeper and longer wound. Graham screamed, but Kekoa made sure to look at him when she did it.
"Stop! Just kill me!" He breathed heavily, looking at the girl who was straddling him at this point. She smiled.
"You remember my sister?" Kekoa asked him, her demeanor entirely changing into something or somebody else.
"You tortured her, I saw you. You didn't stop when she screamed?"
Graham's life flashed before his eyes as he made eye contact with her, but she just had a sinister smirk on hers, and a slight head tilt as she ripped the knife from his leg. She put the knife down for now and grabbed his two arms, putting it above his head and impaling him through both wrists right into the ground.
"While you bleed out, I'll just be cutting some of your skin up. Hope you don't mind." Tears came from Graham's eyes as she picked the knife back up, slowly grazing the blade across his cheek, down his jaw and finally pressed down, having only the tip of the knife dig into his skin.
"You're crazy! Get off of me!" He squirmed and tried kicking Kekoa off him, but she wouldn't budge at all. She pulled the knife back from his chest area and went to his shoulders instead, slicing into them.
"Let's stop thinking of torturous ways," An image of Finnick Odair just a few days before flashed into her head.
Kekoa stopped moving the knife, hearing the cries of the boy under her.
"Please stop!" Willow screamed.
"You're not a monster, Koa."
"You're a fucking psycho!" Graham yelled, but Kekoa's knife dug into his shoulder more, making him scream.
She put more pressure on the body, slowly moving the knife upwards.
"Focus on just killing them, yeah?" Finnick smiled, looking down at the girl.
"Sure."
Koa's smirk seemed to fade as she directed her attention to the man under her, looking directly at her, then seeing a figure in front of her.
"Koa!" A little girl sat there. "I love you."
The girls face was blurred. Who was that?
"Your the best sister, even if you act tough."
Willow?
Her eyes blinked at a rapid rate, not processing what she had just done, but she didn't have time to, since the man below her had finally kicked her off of him.
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"Koa!" Finnick shouted again, running ahead of Peeta and Katniss. They've been hearing the sound of screams, but he couldn't pinpoint exactly where they were coming from. He waited to hear a response, but nothing.
Finnick and the two ran through the forest, not knowing where to look, but Finnick's eyes stayed ahead of him, searching for his Koa.
"Finnick!" Katniss shouted, making Finnick turn around. Katniss and Peeta stood on a hill, pointing down to the ground that was out of sight for Finnick. But he made his way over, looking below him.
Graham laid there dead, a knife was stabbed right into his neck. The three made their way down the hill. His arms above him and a hole going directly through both wrists. Finnick frowned, knowing immediately what had happened.
"He looks like he got tortured, look at all the cuts." Peeta kneeled down, not touching the body, but guiding his finger up his leg, then pointing to his shoulder and chest.
"Kekoa had that knife." Katniss pointed out the knife and Finnick had a wave of sadness and worry wash over him.
"We need to find her, now." Finnick said, walking away.
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