Hey everyone! WOO! Here's the new chapter and I hope all of you like it. We'll be getting to the fight soon and that means closer to the end... :'( I hope that all of you like the series and had as much fun reading it as I've had writing it.
Enjoy!
*~KelsNicole~*

~My updates might not be on the same days anymore, stress and other things are making it harder. But I will always update.

I look up as she walks into the room, not smiling and her long brown hair pulled back into a single braid. She looks over at me, with cold, harsh, gray eyes. Carefully, I sit up and wonder why she's here and what she would want from me. From the way that she's staring at me, I know that some how I need to help her with something. The way that she walks around the room makes me more nervous, more on edge. Playing with my fingers, I try to calm down but it doesn't work, so I try playing with my sheets. My mind goes to little Lauren and I smile a little, thinking about the first few seconds when I first held her in my arms.

"So, you're the Jabberjay now? Seems like we have something in common," says Katniss, with her hands behind her back as she walks around. Her eyes stay on the walls and she shakes her head a little, every few seconds. "They're going to want us to work together, but I should warn you-if you do this...you can loose EVERYTHING. You have to think long and hard about everything that you can't stand to loose."

"I already have and I have to do this." She looks over at me, a pitiful expression on her face as she walks over to me. When she reaches me, she stops and sits down across from me, just staring at me. "I have to do this-end this. You went through this and you made the same choice."

Katniss nods her head and laughs, a bitter laugh. "There's one difference between our positions, Jabberjay. I had no choice but to do it, no one to fall back on and to take it over for me. But you do. Do you know what I lost in the war? My friends and my little sister. The one person who I always swore to protect, got killed and do you know what? My best friend made the bomb that killed her. I still have nightmares and currently, I'm in a living hell."

"Why? What happened to you?" I ask, staring up at her and seeing the pain in her eyes. The pain is hidden by the fire, that flares up and makes her eyes hard to read. "You came back, but not just because there's going to be another rebellion and it has to be something big."

"You're right, I didn't come back to become the Mockingjay again and it is something big. My daughter, Kailyn, she's been taken by the Capitol. I am here to take my daughter back," says Katniss, the fire flaring up in her eyes and looking as though they could burn right through someone. "I am not going to loose my daughter and will give anything for her. She...she has Prim's hair and she's a bit like her, but with my fire."

"You don't have to get her back alone, I can help." The words aren't fully out of my lips, before she looks over at me. "She's going to be alright, I know it. Katniss, you'll have her back in no time and you'll be able to go back to the life that you love, in the woods if you'd like."

"I've lost too much and I'm not putting my daughter's fate in any hands, but my own. Thank you, but I'm getting her back and with Peeta." Shaking her head, she stands up and paces around the room. My eyes stay on her, watching the way that she walks, as though at any moment she must be prepared to strike. "Now, its your final chance to get me to take your place. Jabberjay, would you like the Mockingjay to return and fight for the rebellion?"

Nodding my head, I bite my lip. "I don't want you to be the Mockingjay, but I want you to fight beside me. Don't you want to see Panem go back to a place where you can bring your children back to? Where your children can get married and live in peace?"

"That's what I fought for the first time, but look at what happened to it. After how much I fought and lost, the Hunger Games came back," says Katniss, her voice is hard and strong. She walks over to a chair and slinks down in it, pulling in on herself. She takes a deep breath and mutters, "I'm Katniss Mellark, Prim died in the war for Panem's freedom, I love Peeta, we have two children together. Kailyn and Diligo..."

"Ar...are you alright? Katniss?" She looks up at me and gives me a slight nod. We keep our eyes locked and she leans back into the chair, sighing. "I'm sure that Kailyn is aliv-"

"Of course she is! They don't want to kill her, no, they want her for another reason," mutters Katniss, blowing a stray strand of hair out of her face. "Didn't you hear? The President wants to give my daughter as a gift to his nephew! I will never allow that!"

I stare at her as realization dawns on me. Her daughter is about to be given away and they have no control over it. How would I feel if I was her? My little girl..no, I would die before I would ever allow that to happen. Sucking in a breath, I look over at her and shake my head.

"You understand where I'm coming from." She says it as a statement and not as a question. Her eyes dart around the room and she shakes her head. "My son is here with me and I'll do anything that I can to protect him. We will fight together and take the President down."

Right at that second, a boy comes walking into the room and he doesn't look like he's over sixteen. He smiles at me and looks over at Katniss. As he walks farther into the room, I keep my eyes on him and try to not stare, but its hard. The boy kneels down beside Katniss and takes her hand.

"Mom, we have to go to command. They want to talk about the possible ways to get Kailyn back," he says in a light and soothing tone. She nods her head and stands up, but before she leaves the room, she looks down at me. They stop and he looks over at me, a wide smile. "Hello, I'm Diligo Mellark."

"Acacia Coin..." The way that Katniss looks over at me makes me feel like I've said something wrong. Her eyes light up with fire and her glare turns icy. I stare at her in shock and look over to the boy, who shakes his head. "Is there something wrong?"

Katniss looks away from me and walks out of the room, without a glance back. "Diligo, come with me. NOW."

"I'm sorry, really-I am. She's not always...like this," whispers Diligo, before he follows behind her. But he stops at the door and smiles back at me, a sad smile. "A Coin...she helped kill my aunt."

My gaze stays on him as he leaves the room and I shake my head a few times. Well, I can see that she's not going to trust me now. By marriage I'm a Coin, but not by blood. Alwin's different, I know that but Katniss doesn't. She doesn't know that I'm different either.

Shutting my eyes I mumble, "Anything for Lauren.."

Right at that second my little girl wakes up and starts to cry. I get out of bed and walk over to her bed, smiling down at her. She looks up at me and waves her hands around a little. Carefully, I pick her up and hold her tightly to me. Quickly, I walk back over to my bed and lay down, holding her in my arms. Lightly, I kiss her on her forehead, making her smile a little.

"I love you Lauren," I whisper to her. "Mommy's going to protect you. You don't have anything to worry about, sweetheart."

"Aca?" I look up and see Alwin walking into the room. His eyes are wide and cautious, but when he sees Lauren, he smiles a little. Getting into bed with us, he pulls me into his arms and gives us both a kiss. "We're going to have to talk to Katniss more. She's not too for the idea of working with us to change everything."

I look up at him and shake my head. "Someone in your family helped kill her sister. Wouldn't you feel the same way? Hate them all? Want them dead?"

We both look down at Lauren and know the answer. Both of us sigh at the same time and I look up into his eyes, as he brushes the hair out of my face, gently kissing the tip of my nose. Laying my head on his shoulder, I shut my eyes and feel myself slipping away, knowing that I need rest. The rebellion is about to begin.

Okay, I'm thinking the next chapter is going to show some training and then its time for the fight. :D Maybe some more Katniss and Acacia? What do you think? Thank you for reading and please leave a review!

~Thank you all so much for all of the support, I'm so sad that this one is almost over! I've been working on the Acacia series since I first got on here and I know that I'll be crying when I type the last chapter. Thank you all so much!