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Acacia POV:

My eyes are shut as I try to push the pain away from me, to not focus on the pain. Focus on Alwin, focus on him and everything will be okay. Ethan's hand reaches out to me, but I recoil from it, because its not his touch that I want-that I need. Ashlee is curled up in a ball next to me, the sound of her screaming is still ringing in my ears long after her torture has stopped. Some how Ethan is not curling in on himself, he was taken our once or twice and they seem to have done less to him. Tears are falling down my face as I think about the screams, about the arena that I got out of but I am still in. I don't know much about the rebellion and they know it, but I don't know how much the others know. Right now it seems like they are focusing on the three of us, because we are like the leaders...if we crack so will everyone else. Breathing hurts, they cut me a lot of times and even tried other forms of torment. Something that they injected into my arm has made me weak and I can barely keep myself awake.

"Aca, you have to stay awake. Fight it." Ethan's voice is eager and pleading. I feel myself slipping into unconsciousness. Ashlee pulls herself towards us and glares at Ethan. "Come on, you can do it. You are strong...the strongest girl that I've ever know! Stay up!"

A loud 'smack' echoes off of the walls and back to us. I look up in shock and see that Ethan's holding onto his cheek, he is staring at Ashlee in shock. "Shut up, now. You don't understand do you? Everything is ruined now, because she's here and don't you dare start messing with her now! The nice guy act, is not going to work. Understand?"

"What are you talking about?" He says through his teeth. The fighting isn't going to help us, but they don't understand that. "I'm trying to help her and us!"

"You both have to stop." I whisper and I feel everyone's gaze turn onto me. Now I know that I have to stay strong for all of them and I take a deep breath, more tears roll down my face. "We can't fight each other or else they win. Everyone has to stand together and stay strong."

Right at that minute the TV's overhead turn on and we see the damage done to some of the Districts. District Three, District Five, District Seven, District Eleven, District Twelve and District Thirteen. My home...it is destroyed and I feel more tears coming. Helena is talking and I see her gesture toward the houses. Everyone that I love is gone, everything that I love is gone...

A scream escapes from my lips as they drag me out of my cell again and I fight against them. From some where inside of me the strength comes to me and I kick one right in the stomach, he doubles over and I turn to the other one. He just shakes his head and I punch him in the face with my free hand. This makes him even more upset and I turn around. I run toward my dad's cell, who is curled up into a ball and crying. When I reach the cell he turns.

"DAD!" I scream and he looks up at me. Tears are falling down both of our cheeks. "Was all of this worth it? Is all of this just part of the plan?"

He shakes his head, the tears continue to fall down his cheeks. "No...Aca, I'm so sorry. Everything...everyone's...gone. I know how...you...feel.."

"YOU DON'T KNOW HOW I FEEL! DON'T EVEN TRY THAT!" I yell at him and I know that I only have a few seconds to finish this. "WHEN YOU DISAPPEARD WE HAD NO ONE ELSE TO LOOK AFTER US BUT MOM1 UNCLE ODYSSEUS DIDN'T HELP US OR ANYTHING! I'VE LOST EVERYTHING!"

Right at that moment someone hits me from behind and as I fall to the ground, I hear screaming from everyone around me. When my head hits the ground I loose conciseness. Being knocked out is nice, because it gives me what I can't have here. It gives me what I need, who I need. My eyes land on him and I smile.

"Hi..." I whisper to him and he shakes his head a little. "I've been trying to get to you...but I couldn't. Now you're dead and I don't have you anymore."

His eyes are sad as he shakes his head, he kind of looks mad at me. "Aca, don't give up. You can't...stay alive. Don't believe everything that they tell you, remember District Thirteen can survive on their own. It's happened before and we need you to keep fighting."

"Wait..." We stare at each other and he nods his head a little. "Are you saying that...all of you are alive?"

Alwin POV:

I sit here, just trying to breath. Dula is sitting beside me and her hand is clinging onto mine. Beth is sitting next to Malvin. The explosions have stopped and everyone seems all right. My mind is going back to Acacia, my Ace. What I wouldn't give to have her in my arms again. Someone sits down beside me and I see that its Odysseus, he nods his head at me. Silently I look away, mindlessly playing with the Jabberjay pin on my t-shirt. Her Jabberjay pin and her wedding band is on my pinky. Odysseus gave it to me, another piece of her.

"Alwin, you have to listen to me. I know that you are upset with me right now, but you have to do this." With a slight nod of my head I look over at him, he looks just as upset as I feel. "We need you to lead everyone and that includes by the way that you handle all of this. Go to the room that has been assigned to you and go to bed. People will follow what you do."

Without saying a word to him I get up and walk into my room. I lay down in the bed, wishing that she was next to me. As I lay here I think about everything and everyone, but mostly about Ace. She's in the Capital, being tortured and I'm here...we are under attack. My eyes close and I see her on the very first day that I met her, the red dress. That girl had my heart from that second on.

"Alwin?" I hear a female voice comes from behind me and I look over at her. She smiles at me a little and I just nod my head. "Are you okay?"

Sitting up I shake my head and see that she's carrying something. "Mary Anna, what are you doing in here?"

"Beth...she went to sleep and someone has to check on you. Everyone's worried about you." She sits down on the floor in front of me, but not how children normally do. Her left leg is fully over her right. "I know how you feel...in some ways. Lenny is my sister's best friend and I lost him...I promised her that I wouldn't."

"Yeah, I understand that." I say and she smiles a small sad smile at me. "Lenny is...a good kid, he'll be fine...you'll see."

"Acacia, is smart and strong. You know that and she will fight until the end." She whispers to me and she puts something into my hand. I look down at it and back up at her. "It's to help you sleep...I know that you probably won't be able to. Night..."

When she walks out of the room I sit here and stare at the small pill in my hand. A water bottle is laying on my bed and I pick it up. Quickly, before I can change my mind, I take the pill and lay down. I wait for sleep to take me over and it does, quickly. Mary Anna...thank you.

I stand in front of her, not really believing it, but there she is. This has got to be a nightmare, she looks ill and like she can barely hold herself up. She thinks that she needs me more, but I know the truth...I need her more.

"Hi..." She whispers to me and I stare at her in shock. Her voice is the most precious thing to me at this moment and I'll appreciate her voice as the best sound that I've ever heard, for the rest of my life. "I've been trying to get to you...but I couldn't. Now you're dead and I don't have you anymore."

Dead? What? I'm dead, look at her! Anger is rushing up inside of me as I see what they've done to her, to the woman that I love. But there is a fear rising up inside of me as I stare at her and all that I can see is her dead in front of me. "Aca, don't give up. You can't...stay alive. Don't believe everything that they tell you, remember District Thirteen can survive on their own. It's happened before and we need you to keep fighting."

"Wait..." We stare at each other and I nod my head a little. She is staring at me with those beautiful eyes and all that I want to do is hold her in my arms right now, to shelter her from the people who are hurting her, it kills me to see her like this. "Are you saying that...all of you are alive?"

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