𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐑𝐒 ˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳ 𝐧𝐜𝐭 𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦 - 𝐡𝐮𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐠𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐮

⇛ 𝐂𝐇. 𝟓𝟔

by dinner, everyone had returned back to thirteen and were sat in the canteen with a tray each. thankfully, jaemin and jihyun were fine. they didn't make anything awkward between them and even sat beside each other, engaging in conversation.

"how was the visit—" jihyun had begun to ask haechan and mark but her blood ran cold at the sound of the anthem playing. her eyes shot towards the screens.

"hello. good evening. and a big welcome to all in panem." caesar spoke as he appeared on the screens. "i'm caesar flickerman. and whoever you are, whatever it is you're doing, if you're working, put down you work, if you're having dinner, stop having dinner."

"fuck you." haechan said, continuing eating his food.

"president snow has an important request. yoon jihyun, lee mark, huang renjun, lee jeno, lee donghyuck, na jaemin, zhong chenle and park jisung. we know you are alive and well. where you are residing, we are unsure. but if you are seeing this, president snow asks that you send a message."

at this, jihyun rushed out of the canteen, her friends following, and towards the stairs leading to the room where the meetings were held with president coin. she had been given a key card so she could get into it but coin was already inside with the usual. they were watching the broadcast on a large screen.

"what are you doing?" ten asked.

"renjun, can you help intercept it?" jihyun asked, ignoring him and taking a seat by the computers.

"yeah." he replied, joining her.

the two worked hard, typing, renjun trying to hack the broadcast while jihyun tried to put up protection so they wouldn't be able to be tracked. it took several minutes but caesar was still going on about the rebellion so they had time.

"renjun, are you in yet?" jihyun asked.

"one more thing... and... we're in!" he pressed a button and turned to look at the broadcast that visibly glitched.

"hello? is someone there?" caesar asked.

"hello, people of panem." jihyun spoke, specifically addressing the people instead of caesar or snow. the people were her target audience. they were the ones who'd do what she wanted.

"jihyun, is that you?" caesar asked and jihyun gestured for mark to step towards the mic.

"we're here to tell everyone we are alive, but no, we are not well. not at all. we have been through hell and back, doing everything that was asked of us. yet, now we are outcasted and targeted like animals in the view of hunters." mark said.

"we urge everyone to think about who the real enemy is. people of the capitol, will you really stand by and allow your precious victors to be harmed or will you finally make a change?" jihyun said. "do something before it's too late. join—"

suddenly, the broadcast was cut and the screens went blank. from the table, someone began clapping and the eight turned to look at ten.

"good job."

"really?" jisung asked.

"yeah. i mean, we thought we needed to give you a push, but you guys were ready for this. we weren't even sure how to begin our propaganda. now we know."

"okay, now—"

"i have some requests." jihyun interrupted taeyong.

"what is it?" coin asked.

"if there is ever an opportunity for your soldiers to enter the capitol, i want them to retrieve the dead body of my cousin." she said.

"i don't think—"