The video feed cut off when the force field was destroyed. A lot of the mentors stood up from there. Cezar opened a secret door. "We got to go now," he shouted as the mentors ran to him.
"What's going on?" Simon asked. "Where are we going?"
"District thirteen," he said bluntly. "We'll explain things once we're on the jet."
Simon and Bram, noting how urgent it was, decided to follow them. Pilar was leading the group threw the dark hallways. "We need to split up," Pilar shouted. "So we don't get caught by the peacekeepers! I'll take half, and Cezar will take the others!"
Simon and Bram followed Cezar threw the dark halls. They eventually made their way to the back of the building, where a jet was waiting for them. They climbed aboard and, to Simon's surprise, Alice was waiting for them. "Alice," Simon said. "What are you doing here?"
"Hey Sy," Alice said. "Me, you, and Bram need to talk. Follow me."
Simon and Bram followed her to a dark meeting room. A tall buff man who had a man bun was waiting for them. "This is general Axel Flickermen from district thirteen," Alice said. Simon and Bram nodded, and Axel remained silent.
"I'm sure you saw what just happened in the arena," Alice said.
"Yeah," Bram said.
"Well, that was all orchestrated by the rebellion," Alice explained. "The head game maker, Charles Gideon, was helping us. He was a spy. Half of the tributes were in on it, including Nora."
At that moment, it clicked with Simon. The mysterious conversation she had the night of the reaping, the weird distance, the talk she had with Chris on the train. He wouldn't even be surprised if Nora cutting out Maya's tracker was apart of the plan. "We didn't tell you guys because President Springe was following both you closely," Alice explained.
"What about Nora and the other tributes?" Simon asked. "Where are they?"
"I just got off the phone with President Dime, the leader of district thirteen," Axel said. "They managed to save most of the tributes who were apart of the plan. The rest were arrested by the capital."
"What about Nora Spier?" Simon asked.
"She still has her tracker in her arm, but the capital got to her first," Axel said. Simon quickly slammed her into the wall. Alice tried to break them up, but Simon kept his grip on him.
"She's thirteen," Simon shouted. "She's thirteen and you let her get captured by the capital!"
Cezar entered the room and pulled them away from each other. "I'm guessing you guys learned about what happened in the arena," Cezar said. Everyone in the room nodded. "Well, I hate to say this, but I have even more bad news."
"What is it?" Bram asked.
"After the arena was destroyed, the capital bombed district twelve," Cezar explained sadly. "District twelve is no more."
A/N: I still have some plotting I have to do for the next book, but I hope to get it out soon. I'm sorry for the cliffhanger, but I like writing them(I have been hurt by cliffhangers as well. *cough* The Gifted *cough). I'll see you guys soon!