Katniss woke to fingers running through her hair. Her head and body were killing her, and for a moment she couldn't remember anything.
"Come on, Katniss. Wake up darling," a voice above her head whispered.
'Effie?' she thought, beyond confused. 'But Effie left before the Games. Haymitch's plan! If Effie's here it must have worked!'
It all came rushing back. Betee's plan, the wire being cut, Johanna ripping out her tracker, blowing the forcefield...
"Peeta!" she gasped, sitting up, only to feel her stomach lurch as pain consumed her.
Her vision swam, and she felt a pair of hands guiding her back down. She looked up at the person, trying to gauge how safe she was. She didn't recognize her at first, until she locked onto blue eyes.
"Effie?" she asked, still unsure, as the woman had honey-blonde hair and was void of any makeup.
"Yes, honey, it's me."
"Peeta, where's Peeta?" Effie bit her lip and looked away. "Effie, where's Peeta?" she asked, lifting herself off what she realized was the woman's lap.
"Katniss, you've been unconscious for several days. What do you remember?"
"I blew the forcefield," she replied, her heartbeat quickening.
"Yes, you did." She sighed, and Katniss knew that nothing good was going to come out of her mouth. "I don't know what Haymitch's plan was, certainly not this." She waved her hand, and Katniss noticed they appeared to be in a cell. "After you destroyed the forcefield, the broadcast went down.
"The Gamemakers sent in a hovercraft to round up the remaining victors. From what I've heard, another craft was already there, but left as soon as the Capitol craft showed up. I'm going to assume Haymitch was on it, because he's not here. The Capitol hovercraft picked up Johanna, Enobaria, and you. I assume that while this was occurring, Peacekeepers were sent to capture associates of the victors. Annie is here, as am I and countless others."
Katniss sat in stunned silence for a while, trying to take it all in. She was in a Capitol prison. Peeta was safe with Haymitch. Effie was here because of her. The Rebellion had begun.