Hans is very nervous.
He doesn´t know what Myriad will say, or what does he want. He just knows he wants him there, and he just doesn´t know why.
Hans asks a guard where the office of the president is. She tells him it is 3 blocks down the road.
As he walks through the night, Hans can only but worry. What does he want, what does he want. He can only but guess. Will he do the usual "No rebellion" thing? Will he tell him he has to go and sell his body? Will he tell him what he has prepared for him?
He doesn´t know
The guards are in the mansion are very calm, but the one who shows him the way smiles at him.
A smile. He hadn´t seen a smile in so long. The last one was before Striga died and everything collapsed.
When he finds the office in the presidential house, he does the proper thing.
He knocks.
"Come in boy." Myriad´s voice says as Hans opens the door. He turns around in his dark suit, which does nothing to help his old age. "I have been waiting for you."
Hans gulps down saliva, and he is terrified. Not of the man itself, but what the man can do with his power. Power makes people crazy, and power also makes people violent.
He doesn´t want to suffer anymore.
"Sit down, please. I have a duty to my guests." Myriad says. His voice is sharp and daggering and Hans wants to shut him up, but he can´t. He just can´t
Hans sits down and prepares for the worst.
"Si-Sir" the eighteen year old says. "What do you want me here for?
"Well, we have a lot to talk about, Mr. Miner." Myriad tells him. "After all, you owe me a favor"
I do what?
"Si-Sir" the boy from District Twelve says. "If I must know, why do I owe the honor of owing you a favor?"
"Well, I think it´s simply for covering up for your pedophilia."
And then Hans' whole system shouts down. His defenses lower, and he is powerless.
"I think you owe me a big time, Hansie."
"I-I" Hans tries to speak up, but he doesn´t know how to do it anymore.
"If you want to know how I got this information, I just will say that the guards in this city work for me mostly, so I get all the information I can from them. Also I got camera with sound hidden all over the Capitol and the Districts. That´s the best way to run a government, don´t you think?"
Hans tries to speak, to run, to do anything. But his body doesn't move. He is terrified.
"You owe a big time Hans. And I think I need I know how you can pay me back."
"How?" Hans says, rapidly but softly. He wants to get things done, so this nightmare ends soon.
When will he wake up?
"I think I have an idea. But it´s a bit complicated. You wouldn´t like it" He says and continues, looking at the window now. "I could just tell everyone you. I wonder how they would react."
"How can I do you a favor?!"
Myriad looks at him. "Well, Hans. I am glad you asked. See, I have people who bother me and my nerves all day. Politicians who wanted to overthrow me, rebels who also want to overthrow me, women who say I raped them. I need them all gone, and I think I know the guy who can make them, well, "disappear" for me. "
Hans knows there is only one way out of this. "Can I be that guy?"
"Of course, my dear friend. That´s what victors are for. To serve their nation as an example for them." He says and continues with sharp, disgusting voice. "Though, you will need training, so I will send a peacekeeper by your house every week to help you train for it. Sounds good?"
Hans nods with his head.
"Now, you can go my, Victor from the 100th Hunger Games. Prepare yourself for what is to come."
He continues one last time. "A lot is in your future, my dear friend"