𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑾𝒉𝒊𝒕𝒆 𝑳𝒐𝒕𝒖𝒔; 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒏𝒊𝒄𝒌 𝒐𝒅𝒂𝒊𝒓

𝑫𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉 𝑴𝒊𝒔𝒕

Lilith's eyes snap open and she's put on high alert.

"Run! Run! The fog is poison!" Katniss screams in pain.

Lilith jumps up, grabbing Finnick's trident for him as he rushes to Mags. Peeta and Katniss begin to run. Lilith follows them, with Finnick and Mags not too far behind.

Lilith steals glances behind her, checking the fog and making sure Finnick is still there. The more they run, the faster the fog seems to get.

The fog emerges from all sides, making them turn in attempts to escape it. As Lilith hops over a branch, it catches her foot and she trips. She falls onto her chest.

She scrambles to her feet as quickly as possible, but fog manages to touch her back. She yells out in pain, but keeps running. She sees Katniss and Peeta get caught in fog. Everyone seems to be touched by the fog, their screams of pain ring out.

As Lilith is rounding a corner, the fog seems to speed up and reach her. This time, it gets her right arm and leg. She yells out and slides down the small hill. She pants from the pain and everyone meets up. Peeta is in horrible shape.

"I can't carry him," Katniss chokes out.

Lilith shakes her head slightly. She can barely hold her own weight, let alone a bulky guy like Peeta.

Suddenly, Mags lovingly touches Finnick's face, giving him a kiss on the cheek. She smiles warmly at him before turning around and heading into the fog.

"Mags? Mags!" Finnick yells after Mags. He tried lunging towards her, but Lilith grabs his arm, holding him in place.

The fog engulfs Mags completely, and a cannon goes off.

"Finnick!" Katniss calls out through his yells.

"Finnick, we have to go!" Lilith urges.

"We have to get out of here," Katniss says.

Finnick snaps out of his hurt, and goes back into survival mode. Finnick and Katniss hold Peeta up, Lilith limps behind them. They continue to make their way away from the fog.

The fog seems to pick up pace. Lilith turns her head to look behind her, but the fog catches her in the face. She yells and moves forward more, bumbing into the others. The fog catches them in the back and they all go tumbling down a small cliff.

As painful as falling down the cliff is, it quickly gets them away from the fog. Though, Lilith's small relief is short lived, as the fog has sped up significantly.

Lilith lays on her blistered back, panting and shuttering from the pain. She watches as the fog creeps closer. She begins to lose hope. She starts to think this is where she's going to die.

Lilith watches as the fog seems to be stopped by an invisible wall. She closes her eyes in relief, her body twitching from the pain she feels.

Katniss groans in pain. Her hoarse voice follows, "The water.. the water helps."

Lilith forces her eyes open as she hears more yells of pain. She groans as she rolls onto her stomach. She lifts her head and sees the small pool of water Katniss and Peeta are in.

She reaches out with her good arm, pulling her body closer to the water. After one attempt of getting closer to the water, Lilith seems to give up. She groans and pushes her forehead into the dirt.

Suddenly, Lilith's being dragged towards the water. She whimpers in pain at the sudden movement. She lifts her head slightly and sees Katniss pulling her towards the water.

The second the water touches her skin, Lilith yells in pain. It feels like her skin is burning off. The longer Lilith is in the water, the more the pain wears off.

Once the pain goes away, Lilith sits in the water next to Finnick. Her skin tingles from the blisters that melted away.

"I'm sorry about Mags," Katniss breaks the silence.

Finnick aggressively scrubs his hands. Lilith watches him carefully.

"She was never gonna make it anyway," He says bitterly.

That's a lie. She could've made it. All she had to do was make it until the plan could be started. Lilith knows that was Finnick's hope.