Chapter 9

There was a slight tap on his door which surprised him a little since he did not really talk to anyone, only Plutarch Havensbee and that was just out of courtesy. He walked over before he fixed his darkening hair and opened the door to find the little Everdeen girl, Primrose.

He welcomed her in and offered her a glass of water which she gratefully took.

"What's on your mind?" he asked as he folded away his clothes.

"She's awake," she said with a soft smile, "you could go and see her if you'd like?"

He had to think about this for a moment, although there was nothing else that he wanted to do but see her awake and hopefully well, President Coin had asked that he sits in on a meeting that focused on knowing the ins and outs of the Capitol, so from things like sewer systems to the presidential home that housed there number one target; President Snow. He would love to do nothing more and skip the meeting and tend to her every need but he knew that the punishment for missing this meeting would be harsh and he did not want to risk the wrath of President Coin.

"I can't go," he said stopping momentarily.

"I know," she said getting up, "I just thought that you might have liked to know."

There was a slight noise from outside the door and when he opened it, he had seen probably the world's most repulsive cat but the little girl seemed to dote on him, picking the cat up and stroking it. He went to stroke it but the thing just hissed at him, to which he just smiled at Primrose. She just smiled and told him that she was needed in the infirmary in ten minutes so he let her go.

As soon as the little girl left, he combed his hair and put on his uniform and made his way to the main meeting room, which had never, seemed to be unoccupied these days.

Upon arrival, he was greeted by Plutarch who asked him how he was adjusting. He replied with the same response; it's not the capitol but he knows that he is better off here. Coin had told them to sit down and then ask for any information on the streets of the Capitol, both the upper class part whose occupants mostly consisted of President Snow, his family and the majority of the higher ranking game makers. The lower part of the capitol he could not provide any information as he had always avoided that part.

"What about the Presidents mansion?" Coin asked Plutarch who was unable to reply since he had been there only five times.

She turned to Seneca and had asked the same question.

"I was a frequent guest," he said, "but there were rooms that I was not allowed in as to be expected but the President does spend all of this free time in his rose garden, he has a taste for them you see. Anyway, that was where he would take our meetings when I was game maker so that's where he probably takes the low priority meetings. He never had meetings earlier than twelve; he likes to have family time during the morning and then his lunch that he eats in his main office."

It was the first time that he had seen Coin actually smile, no one had been in President Snow's mansion and been able to give that much detail to his schedule, but once you have been the head game maker for three years, you tend to pick up some things . Plutarch had looked pleased himself; finally the risk he took was paying off.

He could never come up with the thanks that he had owed Plutarch for getting him out of President Snow's mansion and to the safety of District Thirteen. He had never understood this strange action but now he did. He had spent days in the President's mansion and weeks in intense meetings about the progress and arena plans for the Hunger Games, to make sure that the entertainment value was met, so he was their map to the President's home.

"That's decided," Coin said, "Seneca, sorry Senan, will join our 451 squad to the Capitol when they are ready to go. You'll have to double your training."

When he was allowed to leave, he rushed to the hospital to find Katniss and had seen her playing cards with her little sister. They both looked up at him and it was Primrose who had invited him to join them, to which Katniss blushed a little when he accepted.

The girls spoke about their day and he just sat their smiling until their mother, Head Nurse Everdeen came through the doors to check on Katniss's vitals. All of the vitals were good and Primrose was asked to join her mother in the other wing of the infirmary which she soon did before hugging her sister goodbye.

"Prim tells me that you had a meeting with Coin," she says looking up from her cards.

"Yes, it was just to ask about the Capitol, like where we could attack." He says putting down some cards that seemed to be useless in his hand.

"How would you know where to attack?" she asked, putting all of her cards down.

"I told you," he said quietly, "I was quite high up in the games."