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Somehow someone found food in the kitchen. I was sure there wasn't any non-spoiled food but i guess i didn't look hard enough. Finnick and I as always sat beside Peeta on the couch. I tried to get him to eat but he wouldn't listen.

That stupid anthem played on the TV. Cressida's face showed up on the screen just like it would in the sky in an arena. Finnick wasn't kidding when he said we were in the 76th Hunger Games. Finnick's face showed up and he let out a chuckle. Then my face. I always wondered what my face would look like in the sky. Now i know what people would have seen if i had died in the arena.

Snow's face came on screen and i had to resist throwing something at the TV. "So, Katniss Everdeen, a poor unstable girl with nothing but a small talent with a bow and arrow is dead. Not a thinker, not a leader. Simply a face plucked from the masses. Was she valuable? She was extremely valuable to your rebellion because you have no vision, no true leader among you. You call yourselves an alliance. But we saw what that means. Your soldiers are at each other's throats."

Snow's face was cut out and Coin's showed up. "Good evening. For those of you who don't know me, please allow me to introduce myself. I am President Alma Coin, leader of the rebellion. I have interrupted a broadcast from your President in which he attempted to defame a brave young woman. "A face picked from the masses" he called her. As if a leader, a true leader, could be anything else. I had the privilege of knowing a small-town girl from the seam in district 12 who survived the Hunger Games and the Quarter Quell and rose up and turned a nation of slaves into an army!"

Coin started to tear up and her voice started to crack. "Dead or alive, Katniss Everdeen will remain the face of the revolution. She will not have died for nothing. Her vision and ours will be realized. A free Panem with self-determination for all. And in her memory, we will all find the strength to rid Panem of its oppressors. Thank you. And be safe."

Coin's face faded out. "Snow's in his mansion. Where is that?" Katniss asked standing up and putting the holo on the table so we could see the hologram of the capitol. Cressida pointed to where we were. "That's us." She moved her finger. "That's the city circle. It's at least 70, 75 blocks north."

"75 blocks?" Finnick asked confused. "Uh-huh." "Nobody knows we're alive. This is our chance. These buildings. Do these look over Snow's gardens?" Katniss asked pointing to a clutter of buildings. "-I..." "They do." "If he goes outside at all, I could get a clear shot." "Were getting ahead of ourselves here. Whether they're looking for us or not, we are pinned down. Hit that button. Scan for pods."

Katniss hit a button and hundreds of yellow dots scattered across the hologram. "Just about every 10 steps." "Yeah, that doesn't even show the new ones." "So, we can't go anywhere in the streets." "And the rooftops are just as bad."

We sat in silence thinking. "There might be another way." Castor spoke up making everyone look at him.

So, we ended up in the tunnels under the train stations. "My brother knows these tunnels really well. He worked sanitation down here. Right after they made him an avox." We turned a corner and Pollux froze. His breathing got heavy. Castor moved next to him to comfort him.

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