Katniss and Peeta went back to her room, only to find Haymitch laying on the bed, completely naked, and snoring loudly.
"Can I take this duct tape off of my eyes now?" Peeta asked, reaching to rip it off. Katniss quickly stopped him.
"No. Believe me, it's better this way right now." She replied. She ran into the bathroom, filled a bucket with water, and then dumped it on Haymitch.
"WHAT THE….WHO? WHY?" Haymitch yelled as awoke then glared at Katniss.
"Snow sent you to do this, didn't he?" he growled menacingly at her. Katniss threw up her hands and screamed.
"DAMN IT, HAYMITCH! I'M NOT GOING TO EVEN JUSTIFY THAT WITH AN ANSWER! JUST GET OUT OF MY ROOM!"
"Why are you blindfolded, boy?" Haymitch asked Peeta curiously, sitting up.
"Take a look at yourself and you'll know the answer," Katniss spat back at him. "Now get out. Go stay with Plutarch and Boggs, if you really insist on not being alone."
"I'm too tired to walk all that way," he mumbled.
"THEY'RE 20 FEET AWAY, RIGHT ACROSS THE HALL!" Katniss cried. I wish I were back in the Games, she thought. They were so much easier than trying to figure out this bizarre situation.
"Did somebody call us?" Plutarch asked, walking in with Boggs. He looked at Haymitch and shook his head sadly. "Poor thing. I don't think he'll be up to shooting Snow. Katniss, it looks like you'll have to wear the Bender costume and do the job."
"I'll gladly do it, but why do I have to wear that stupid costume?" Katniss moaned in exasperation.
"Can I please take this duct tape off my eyes?" Peeta begged. Haymitch was lying naked on the bed. Plutarch and Boggs weren't wearing any clothes either.
"No, Peeta." She sighed. "I think by the way things are going it'll be better for you to stay blindfolded for the rest of this story." He pouted, but didn't say anything.
"I think we've got a plan. When we get to Snow's mansion, you shoot him with the bow and arrow. Plutarch will bring his gun. I'll carry the wiffle bat."Boggs said.
"I'm not going to even ask why we need all three of those things, especially that wiffle bat, but will you guys PLEASE put some clothes on?" Katniss begged. They pondered this for a moment. Then Plutarch pulled Boggs aside and whispered something to them. They whispered back and forth for about five minutes before Plutarch responded, "I'm sorry, Katniss. But no. We can't."
"Have you guys seen Cinna?" Peeta asked. Katniss smacked him. They were supposed to think Cinna was dead.
"Yes, we've seen him," Boggs replied. "I don't know why he's dressed as a woman though."
"He said you guys tried to kill him!"Katniss cried.
"We did?" Boggs looked at Plutarch doubtfully. Plutarch shook his head in confusion.
"Why would we kill him?" Haymitch muttered from the bed.
They don't even remember tossing him in the closet or even care. Poor Cinna went through all that trouble of disguising himself as a woman for nothing, Katniss thought.
"Oh, I remember!"Haymitch exclaimed as he struggled to sit up. "I think it was because he wouldn't sneak into Snow's mansion and steal booze for us! No, wait…"
"Never mind," Katniss snapped then turned to Plutarch and Boggs. "Get him out of here, please." Plutarch and Boggs dragged Haymitch by the legs and pulled him out the room. As they left, Katniss and Peeta heard Haymitch say, "Was Cinna the guy with the blue hair who does the interviews?"
"Where is he?" Katniss cried after them. But they didn't answer. She turned to Peeta and guided him out of the room."Let's go get Finnick and Annie."
A few minutes later they headed down to the room on the lowest level that Beetee worked in. Or rather, made those stupid drunk goggles, Katniss thought to herself. There was a lot of complex equipment in the room that nobody had any idea how to use. Finnick spotted an envelope addressed with Katniss's name on it.
"Look at this," he said as he gave it to her. The front of the envelope read:
Katniss, do not open this envelope until you see President Snow. The letter inside contains major spoilers for this story and is the reason I'm dead. Love, Beetee
"But how did he write that, then?" Annie asked in astonishment.
"Don't trouble yourself trying to understand this, Annie," Katniss replied, sighing. "You'll drive yourself almost as crazy as I'm getting."
"Well, Boggs said we're going to leave in about 45 minutes," Finnick said, his arm around Annie, who still looked bewildered. "We should probably try to find Cinna, Gale, and Johanna.
They found Gale and Johanna making out in the dining room.
"I guess we'll go," Johanna muttered, moments later after she pulled away from Gale. "But Gale and I will miss valuable make out time."
"You don't sound too enthusiastic," Katniss told her and glared at Gale.
"Why are you glaring at me?" Gale replied angrily. "It was so obvious from the beginning that you and Peeta would end up together."
"He has a good point," Peeta pointed out.
"Is everyone ready to go?" Plutarch asked, walking in with Boggs and Haymitch. Haymitch was wearing the Bender costume after all. Plutarch and Boggs were still naked.
"If they're going to be naked for the rest of this story, I'm putting my negligee back on." Finnick announced. "It'll make the fans feel better." He quickly stripped off his clothes and put on the negligee instead. "Do I hear fan girls sighing?"
"Whatever," Katniss muttered. "Did anyone find Cinna?"
"I did!" Haymitch announced proudly and held out a book for Katniss to see. It was Where's Waldo? He opened the book to the page where he found him.
"Do you think Coin killed Cinna? I know she killed Beetee. I'm sure of it." Katniss whispered to Peeta, ignoring Haymitch.
"Maybe he killed himself after sleeping with her," Peeta said sadly.
"WHAT!" Boggs and Plutarch exclaimed.
"Cinna slept with Coin? Has he lost his mind?" Boggs cried.
"How did you guys hear that?"
"That's disgusting, sweetheart. How can you say such filth? You must have lost your mind," Haymitch snapped.
Says the man who married a bottle of beer, Katniss thought.
"Everyone shut up now and listen up!" cried a voice from the door. They all turned and gasped. It was President Snow.
"Damn it. Now we're going to miss the burgers and fries," Boggs moaned miserably.
"I don't think this is where the story is supposed to end," Peeta added.
Haymitch, in his Bender costume, walked slowly over to Snow. He looked at Snow, menacingly for a second. Snow just smirked and stared back.
"Do you have any booze on you?" Haymitch finally spoke.