The Quarter Quell

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The Quarter Quell

Chapter 18:

Katniss's POV:

I feel myself being rolled in a gurney. My head spins and my vision is focusing but blurry. I'm in the Cornucopia. A hovercraft sits on the ground and there are lots of doctors and all the Gamemakers are here. I fear something bad will happen to me because of what I did. I see Plutarch Heavensbee jogging over to where I am.

"We need to hurry up." says Plutarch catching his breath.

"They're still trying to find Enobaria, Johanna and Peeta, sir." says a doctor that was rolling me. I look further out and see three more gurneys with Posy, Finnick and Beetee. A Gamemaker comes running over to Plutarch.

"Plutarch, there's no more time to search for the others. The Capitol is coming." says the Gamemaker. Plutarch frowns.

"Okay, tell everybody to get on board now." says Plutarch. I stare at him in confusion. He catches my eye and closes them; leaving me in complete darkness and I black out. I wake up and I'm in room with all sorts of tubes. I'm wearing a hospital gown and on both of my sides are windows to another room. On my right lies Beetee and on my left lies Posy with tubes to help them breathe just like me. Except Posy has her arm in a sling. She must've gotten hurt at some point with Finnick. I wonder where Finnick is, he was in a gurney before. I try to free myself from all the tubes and everything that has me stay down. When I finally free myself I make sure nobody is around and I get out of my room. After a couple of minutes of walking while trying not to fall, I realize I'm in the hovercraft that was in the Cornucopia. I try to remember what happened but nothing makes sense. I see door cracked open and people inside. Haymitch, Plutarch and Finnick sit there on a conversation. Finnick sounds upset and Plutarch and Haymitch try to calm him down. I have no idea what's going but I can't help myself from eavesdropping.

"All communications are down on 10, 11 and 12." says Plutarch.

"Will I get home?" asks Finnick.

"There's no way, The Capitol will search for you." says Plutarch. Finnick asks something in a whisper that I don't here.

"I've given special orders for her retrieval. That's all I can do, Finnick." says Plutarch. I see Finnick's face through the crack of the door. He looks really worried and upset.

"What if they kill her and it's too late?' asks Finnick.

"They won't do that. You know they'll keep her alive for bait." says Haymitch. The next thing I know is that I burst through the door. Finnick looks seriously beat up and hurt. Plutarch and Haymitch both look perfectly fine. The daylight screams through the windows and it stings my eyes.

"Done beating yourself up already, sweetheart?" asks Haymitch. I give him a smirk. Haymitch settles me in a chair next to Finnick and Plutarch orders me a plate of food for me to dine on. I start asking millions of questions but Haymitch cuts me off and explains me everything that happened from the moment the Quell was announced to now. Haymitch tells me that there was a plan to break us of the out arena when the Quarter Quell was announced. They're helping stage a rebellion against the Capitol. The lightning strike against the wire was part of a plan to allow the tributes to escape from the arena and only a few Victors new about the plan. Haymitch then explains that what Johanna did to me was to save me, not kill.

"Why weren't me and Peeta informed?" I ask with a hint of rage in tone of voice.

"Because once the force field blew you two would be the first to be captured. The less you knew the best." says Haymitch.

"Why didn't you leave me to die? None of this would be happening." I say.

"We needed to save you because you're the Mockingjay." Plutarch says. "While you live, the revolution lives." The Mockingjay. Everything fits. The bird, the pin, the berries, the watch, the cracker, the dress that bursts into flames. I am the Mockingjay; the one that survived the despite of the Capitol's plans. I am the symbol of the rebellion.