Maysilee's PoV:
 I hold hands with Haymitch as we walk. One left. One more tribute before we can go home. If I kept track correctly then we should be searching for the male quell tribute from 5. Sneaky thing, that's probably why he's lasted so long, but not a fighter from what I saw in training.

I never thought I'd actually be searching for a fight in these games. Heck, I didn't think I'd make it past the cornucopia, let alone make it to the top three. Maybe I will go home. Maybe WE will go home. What would happen then?

I glance up at Haymitch. He looks so serious, so focused. He glances at me and a faint smile flickers across his mouth. He gives my hand a light squeeze and his gaze falls forward again, the stern look returns to his eyes.

The beeping makes me jump a bit. Any slight sound could be 5 and we're not out of the water yet. Instead of what my imagination is scaring me with, the sound is made by a silver parachute heading towards us.

"A gift?" Haymitch asks sceptically.

"No, a platypus," I roll my eyes.

He does that really hot thing where he only raises one eyebrow, "I was just thinking what would Tyus send? What do we need right now?"

This throws me back a bit. What do we need? I can't think of anything off the top of my head. "Well, I guess we'll find out."

Excitement rushes through me as I catch the parcel. It could be anything, a weapon, food, or something I can't even think of right now.

Confusion fills me as I open it, "Why do we need nail polish?"

Haymitch's PoV:

"What?" I ask.

"That's what's in here, look for yourself," she hands me the container.

Nail polish. "Okaaaaay...What?" I grab the bottle and drop the rest of the parachute. I open it and sniff. Yep, it's nail polish. Closing the bottle, I examine it closer. One, the name of the colour is 'Mahogany Magic'. Two, that's Effie's favorite.

My Effie is here.

"What?" Maysliee urged me.

"Huh?" I look at her, confused.

She blushes. "Sorry...it just looked like you figured it out or...something..." she trails off at the end.

"Oh," I pause thinking of what to say, "Sorry, no. Just...thinking."

"Yeah," she's looking at the ground embarrassed.

An idea pops into my head. "I mean, what the EFF?" I hope she picks up on that. She knows I'm not opposed to swearing and the fact that I sort of censored it should tip her off...right?

But something still doesn't fit right. There has to be another reason she sent this. Effie is a very clever woman, she's also worrier extraordinaire and would never waist sponsor money just to tell me she's here. No matter how good our odds seem.

No. There's something else to this. Come on Haymitch, THINK!

Nail polish. Why would Effie Abernathy, not Trinket, send nail polish? If it was Effie Trinket that would be obvious. Something like, "oh it would be just such a great colour on Maysilee! She'd look so much better in the finally!" Obviously she wouldn't really do that, but it's what people would have expected. Maybe her first year when she was still brainwashed, but not now. Why now?

Nail polish? Why nail polish? Nail pol-it finally hit me. And the realization terrified me.

"Maysilee?" my voice was a bit shaky.

"Yeah?" she asked, confused.

The cannon boomed the same time I said, "Polish is still alive."

A/N: To clarify, Effie saw that Polish was still alive even though Haymitch thought she was dead after he hit her with the rock. Effie didn't know at first because she was watching the screens following Haymitch and Maysilee.

And I hope this was a fast enough update even though it's short. Not as short, but still.

I wanted to find a clever way to write the thanks that was like you guys were the tributes and it would be all cool, but since I can't think of anything and don't want you guys killing each other until after the end of the story just read it in a Capitol accent.

A huge thanks to:

baileysue2 (hopefully you handled the suspense!)

bigtimecrazy123 (your review made me think of this one scooby doo quote where Shaggy goes, "I gotta be brave, I gotta be brave, I gotta be some kinda nut!")

Guest (thank you for reviewing and it made my day. I don't feel like I'm nearly as good as the books but thank you soooooo much. Feel free to say that whenever you like :D)

Doc95 (bad news: you guessed wrong. Even worse news: you gave me ideas! Mwahahaha)

TheGirlWhoWasOnFire21 (aaaaaaaaaaaaaaa okaY)

Innocentlilly (thank you for reviewing chapter 16. Here is your surprise on chapter 21! LoL)

BrookeEffyJames (well you were sorta right. And jealous Effie...heheheh)

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