Rose on Fire

Chapter 92

(Katniss POV)
After Peeta's surprising news, I went and did a quick propo, we did the draft that we never did before, about how 'thirteen was alive and well, blah blah blah'. It was nice to be in the mockingjay outfit again, I've always liked Cinna's style. I don't care what Paylor and Peeta say, I'm going to be on that team. I was the one who started the battle against Snow, and I'm going to finish it. I lay in bed with Peeta, we brought a mattress into the painting room so we didn't have to sleep in the noisy crowded bunker. I carefully pace my breathing, waiting for him to fall asleep, I realize he's waiting for me to fall asleep, and he knows my plan. I carefully slow my breathing to my limit, I can barley breath, but I can tell he's falling for it, because his tensed muscles relax, before I know it he's dead asleep. I carefully sneak out of the room, and out of the door. I go down to the weapons room, and get my bow, quiver, and over 100 arrows, but I can't even fit half into the quiver so I grab a second quiver. I sit at the desk they have set up, and set all the arrows out, I take a bottle of left over tranquilizer serum, and some empty bullets, or more like rubber pellets, I grab a glue gun, and a syringe, I use the syringe to fill the pellets with tranquilizer, I make sure all the arrows have sharp tips before glueing the tranquilizer pellet to the front. Then I surround just behind the tip of the arrow with a large circle of plastic. Then I take one of the arrows, and shoot it at one of the targets at the end of the room. I hit the center, and go to check my work. I see the plastic stopped the arrow from going to far into the target, the tranquilizer pellet busted by the arrow head tip, and dug into the target. This should work. I turn around and see Beetee. "Hello Katniss," I says smiling. "Hello," I respond smiling falsely, my voice filled with guilt of my actions. "I heard you're trying to sneak into the hovercraft tomorrow, I think I can help," he smiles, his eyes filled with excitement. I left out a breath of of relief. "Check out this machine," he waves me over to a large machine. "Close your eyes," he says. I do, and I can see a bright light flash through my eye lids. I open them, and see the machine moving around, it appears almost like a table, or a large rectangular box. We sit and watch the machine buzz and move for a few minutes before half of it opens showing a hollow inside, and a life size copy of me. The stomach moves up and down like its breathing. Beetee picks it up and hands me it, pull this in your bed, then meet me back here, and I'll help you get into the hovercraft. I go up stairs, the thing is heavy, and it feels so real, the hair has the same texture, the clothes feel the same, and aren't stuck to the decoy, they fit like real clothes. I carefully position it, and grab my mockingjay pin, I leave the painting room, and head back up to the weapons room, Beetee has everything set and ready. "So why are you helping me," I ask him. "Well I was hoping you would allow me to steal your idea of the tranquilizer arrows," I smiles. "Go ahead I don't mind," I smile back. "Awesome thanks," he says. We go over one room to where the have the hover crafts, Beetee opens the large hovercraft door, and opens one of the compartments on the wall. He puts in the bow and arrows, then puts out a hand to help me into the container to hide. He shows me the safety handle that glows in the dark, if I pull it, I can get out. He takes the key to the lock outside, he locks the compartment, and breaks off the end of the key, so no one outside can open it. Now I wait.