A/N: Little longer chapter today, not as much fluff :P

I'm also thinking about whether i want to cut this off in 30 chapters and write a sequel, or if i wanna keep going till the plot is over. what do you guys think? Leave reviews and tell me your opinions on how it should end or what you'd like to see! Thanks :)


Chapter 29
Katniss
Paylor had all given us the night to rest before we attacked the Nut tomorrow evening as the sun set. Haymitch had insisted we leave them in the complete darkness, that it would make them panic more. I wasn't thrilled, but I wasn't a military strategist either, so I kept my mouth shut and did what I was ordered to do.

After supper, we'd had a party of sorts. Paylor had allowed some kind of alcoholic drink that Gale and I refused, but everybody else took a drink of. Johanna and a somber looking Finnick had gone to bed earlier than the rest of us, Paylor and Haymitch turning in next.

Before long, Gale and I were the only two who were sober enough to still be considered awake. We helped two other soldiers to their tents, causing us to walk by Johanna and Finnick's tent. Gale was poised and ready to burst in to scare the two, and as he tensed up, we heard part of Johanna's conversation. "After that, I told Snow I was done. I told him I had fallen in love with Ryne and I wasn't sleeping with these people anymore."

I gave Gale a look, not now.

He rolled his eyes, are you sure?

I nodded and headed to our tent, not wanting to be around the fight that would be had if Johanna had found him listening in. I started to imagine Gale and Johanna fighting. He deserved a punch or two for some of the things that came out of his mouth, but I knew better than to let someone kick his ass. I wasn't sure Gale could let someone, even a girl, just straight kick his ass.

He came up behind me and grabbed me around the waist, obviously still thinking about last night. I smiled and let the memory consume me too. I pressed my hips against his, just the slightest pressure. He kissed hungrily at my neck until I applied a little more pressure. He surrendered with a groan and picked me up, one hand under my back and the other under my knees, and carried me to our tent as fast as he could.

…

Since we really weren't scheduled to be anywhere until right before they set off the bomb, Gale and I took the opportunity to sleep in. I woke to his light snores, and the fitful movements of his dreams. It was weird, Gale never really dreamed a whole lot, and it was even more weird that he'd had dreams on a night I didn't.

I got up and dressed, hoping that the mess hall was still serving some form of breakfast. They were, so I picked up a couple bagels and some coffee to bring to Gale. He was stirring as I made my way through the opening of the tent, and I just watched him for a few seconds, appreciating how beautiful he was lying on his stomach.

Smooth, dark skin, dark messy hair, a hint of stubble on his jawline, and muscles outlining every feature. He was beautiful, and he was all mine.

I set down our breakfast and straddled his back, bending down to whisper in his ear, "Good morning, Gale. I brought you breakfast." I kissed him just behind his ear, knowing it would send goosebumps down his body and wake him up.

It did its purpose, and he looked over his shoulder, "Good morning, Catnip. What'dya bring me?"

I got up and tossed him the bagel and we ate and drank our coffee before getting dressed and finding the rest of the squad.

Everyone was all a-flutter for some reason. Apparently, big news was coming from 13, and they had sent someone important to bring it to us. As long as it was good, big news, I didn't really care.

Gale casually grabbed my hand as we made our way through the makeshift rebel base. We got to the edge of the train station where all the other soldiers were. Paylor caught us and called our names, "Hawthorne! Everdeen! Someone here to see you both!"

We glanced at each other curiously before Gale led me through the crowd. Apparently, this VIP hadn't even gotten off the train yet. Haymitch was the first off, and his good news was announcing that Peeta and Madge had become engaged. Peeta was announcing it through a propo this afternoon. I glanced to Gale and squeezed his hand, he bent down to kiss my cheek. He leaned in to my ear, "Plutarch must be dancing around like Posy right now." I laughed, and turned my attention to whoever was getting out of the train next.

He wore all black, no tattoos of any kind, although it was clear he was not from the districts. He was almost indistinguishable except for his gold eyeliner… Cinna.

"Cinna!" I shouted as I ran to the door of the train, he smiled and took me into a bone-crushing hug.

"Girl on fire! I wanted to surprise you, and apparently everyone kept the secret, because you look really surprised!"

I couldn't do anything but smile, and neither could Gale. He really respected the man who had given me such an edge in my first games.

Paylor came up to the platform, "Attention. It is currently 1200. At 2000, we are going to launch the attack. So at 1900, I want everyone to meet in front of my tent so we can go to our places. Star squad, I want you in my tent at 1830 to discuss our roles in this attack. Cinna, you are to report with the star squad."

Everyone dispersed. Cinna left to go tent to his tent and to get all of our battle gear together, since apparently he had designed it.

Which left Gale and I some free time to go back to our tent and enjoy the spoils of marriage for about the fifth time in two days. I just crossed my fingers, hoping I could walk tonight.

Gale
The phone was next to the sleeping bag, buzzing away. I hated the damn thing, and I'd told Paylor I hated it when she gave it to me. But she'd insisted that she be able to get ahold of both Katniss and I, so she'd made sure I knew how to use it so I could teach Katniss to use hers.

She hated the damn thing almost as much as I did. It hadn't really come in handy yet, since we were never apart, there was never really any reason to text message each other. We'd tried it a couple times, but since we were five feet away, it got tedious.

I got up, wearing only my boxers, and looked at it. Two texts from Paylor, a phone call from Haymitch, and what could only be a very angry voicemail. I decided to ignore the voicemail, cause Haymitch would probably just repeat whatever he had said whenever he found me. I looked at the two texts.

One said that the committee of military big wigs had determined the place to store the bomb. I didn't really care.

The next one required the presence of me and the beautiful girl taking a nap. I sighed, she'd taken this power nap to regain her strength, and if she felt like I did, the nap hadn't helped much. I grunted and pulled on my military issued pants.

"Catnip, wake up. They need us in command."

She groaned and rolled on her stomach, "Can't they do anything without us? I choose option one. Now leave me aloneeeeeeeeeeee." She drug out the last syllable and I laughed at her.

"Now, Catnip. Either you get up and come willingly, or Haymitch is going to drag you out of your sleeping bag stark naked. Your choice. Personally, I'd rather the entire camp not see your goodies, but if that's what turns you on, who am I to disagree?"

She rolled back over and smiled, "Maybe the sight would give him a heart attack and kill him."

I laughed and threw her a pair of her pants. She threw them back and got out of the sleeping bag. Katniss's natural beauty never failed to take my breath away.

When she had braided her hair and got dressed, we headed down to the command tent, which was right next to Paylor's. We had about an hour before any of the other victors were supposed to be there.

We walked in and Paylor's face turned from a frown to very indifferent. Haymitch mumbled something about "damn kids," and Beetee smiled on the screen in front of us. "Hey guys, what's going on?" I asked.

"We need the Mockingjay's opinion on how we should warn the people of this explosion," Paylor replied.

"I thought it'd be a good idea to get yours and Beetee's opinions, since it is your bomb," Haymitch said.

I looked at Katniss, "I think the best way is to have Beetee hack into their system and show a video of Katniss. Let her warn them." She nodded her approval.

Haymitch looked to Paylor and back to me, "Boy, you need to be in it too. Sweetheart here doesn't have a damn clue what the plan is. We need someone with a handsome face like yours to explain what's going to happen, and then Katniss give them the option to switch sides."

I swore, I didn't wanna be the face held responsible for the untimely demise of so many. But if it took some heat off Katniss, I'd deal with it.

"Fine. When do we start filming?"

Finnick
My phone started buzzing about the time Johanna's did. We had taken the afternoon to ourselves and a few others, playing cards in somebody's tent. We both looked down at the text we got, groaned, and headed for command.

"We aren't due for another 45 minutes, wonder what's up," I said.

"Does it really matter?" Johanna asked acidly, "We're victors. It's probably something just oozing with fun."

We got to the tent to see Gale and Katniss being dabbed with the tiniest amount of makeup by Cinna. "What's going on now?" Johanna demanded.

"Well, brainless," Katniss replied, "apparently I have to be the one to tell the people of the Nut that it's crashing in around them. And since Gale is so damn good looking, he's volunteered himself to explain how the damn thing works."

I nodded and walked over to where the camera was. Apparently, it was going to be a simple shot.

Beetee said something to Paylor, who nodded to the camera man, who put Gale and Katniss in their places. Someone said "Go," and Gale began talking.

"People of District 2, I am Gale Hawthorne. I am a rebel, but I have information that will be helpful to you. The rebel forces are surrounding your military hold up in the mountain, we also have a bomb that will take out all of your air vents and most of the exits." He turned to a map of the Nut to illustrate, "The bomb will cause a rock-slide avalanche, and it will bury most of you inside."

He looked to Katniss, "But we offer a way out. We don't want to be like the Capitol and just kill everybody at once. We believe in second chances. We will have guards posted at all the exits, but if you come out, hands raised, no arrests will be made, and no weapons will be fired. We want peace, we don't want to harm anyone. We just want everyone safely out of the mountain."

Gale looked back into the camera, and he looked pretty fierce. "You have one hour to make your decision. No one will harm you as long as you exit the mountain peacefully."

With Paylor's wave to Beetee, the camera shut off. I looked to the monitors on the screen and waited for the chaos to start.