Time to find the identity of the traitor. I'm sure you all have your suspicions; I hope that I surprise you!

"Where's Peeta?" Katniss asked as she walked in breathlessly to Haymitch's room. It was late, and Katniss had just returned back to 13 from her meeting with Snow.

"I don't know," Haymitch answered honestly. "What's going on? What did Snow say?"

"He told me there was a rat on the team. He knew that Peeta was in recovery, he knew we were going to have hummers… He knew- someone told him," Katniss whispered, almost afraid that someone else would hear.

Haymitch stood up and closed the door, looking unsuprised.

Katniss gaped at him. "You knew?"

Haymitch took a deep breath. "Plutarch and I have known for awhile."

Katniss threw her hands in the air. "Why didn't you tell me?!"

"Because it wouldn't have made any difference unless we figured out who it was," Haymitch explained. "Plus, sweetheart, you didn't need any more on your plate."

Katniss nodded, understanding. "Well who is it?"

Haymitch took a deep breath. "You're not going to like it."

"C'mon Haymitch," Katniss snapped.

Delly sat with a nervous Peeta, who bobbed his knee up and down in a frantic motion.

"They'll be back soon, Peeta," Delly said, slightly annoyed.

"They were supposed to be back by now," Peeta snapped at her.

Delly sighed and looked at her hands. "I see you're back in love with Katniss again."

Peeta looked at her, not saying anything, before looking back to the floor.

"You can tell me, you know," Delly soothed. "You can tell me anything…" She slowly moved her hand over and placed it on his knee.

Peeta, suddenly feeling uncomfortable, stood up. "They should be back by now," He said, crossing towards the door to the room.

Delly stood up frantically. "Peeta!" She called at him.

Peeta tried to open the door… locked.

What's going on?

He whirled around, finding Delly holding a gun and pointing it straight at him.

"Delly…" he started slowly.

"You can't leave," she said. "I'm sorry!"

"What is this, Delly…" Peeta muttered darkly.

"Delly!"

They both looked behind them and through the glass door to find Haymitch, Boggs, and Gale.

"Unlock the door Delly!" Haymitch called in. "Let's just talk."

"The only person who can come in is Katniss," Delly cried, waving the gun frantically. She looked at Peeta with a sadistic grin. "She will come for you, you know."

"That isn't happening," Gale said, slamming his hand on the door.

"Delly, c'mon," Peeta whispered to her, raising his hands in the air. "Tell me what's going on."

"Snow has my father. He won't release him until I shoot the mockingjay," Delly said with tears streaming down her face. "I'm so sorry Peeta, I've been lying to you...but I'm only doing this for you own good. Katniss is wrong for you!"

Peeta could hear Gale fiddling with the lock, but his eyes never left the gun pointed at him. "We can figure something out," he told her slowly. "No one needs to get hurt, we can forget this ever happened."

Delly began sobbing uncontrollably. She walked over to the door.

"Where is Katniss?!" She exclaimed.

"Delly, Don't-" Peeta started.

"WHERE IS KATNISS" Delly repeated.

"I'm right here," Katniss said from the back of the room. Apparently there was a back door.

Before Delly could process Katniss' arrival, Peeta ran towards Katniss from the other side of the room. Delly fired her gun in the air. "Don't move!" She yelled at him.

"Peeta…" Katniss said slowly, looking at Delly. She moved slowly to stand in front of him."Go out the back door."

"No," Peeta protested.

"Peeta, now," Katniss tried again. She turned her head to look into his eyes.

"I can't" Peeta whispered, desperately.

"This is just so sweet," Delly cried. "He's always been in love with you, you know. Even when we were kids. I was always just his friend."

"You mean more to me than-" Peeta started.

"She doesn't deserve you, Peeta!" Delly wailed at him.

"Peeta, go!" Katniss commanded, she stood in front of him. "Please!"

"I can't just-"

Suddenly, shots began to fire. Katniss closed her eyes, stretching her arms in front of Peeta, before being knocked to the ground. She could only hear the high frequency of the room.

Opening her eyes slowly, she began to panic. "Peeta," she whimpered, looking through the smoke. "Peeta?!" She called again.

"I'm here," he called from the corner of the room. He was lying down on his back. Katniss crawled over to him, hovering over him.

"Did you get-" She began to cry.

"No," He told her, leaning up and pressing his forehead against hers quickly.

"Katniss…" She heard a whisper from the other side of the room. Katniss whirled around towards the voice.

Boggs.

"Boggs?!" Katniss screamed, standing up and running over to him. "No, no, no-" She said, touching his chest and finding blood spilling from it. She placed both of her hands quickly over his heart, applying pressure, as tears fell from her face.

"Katniss…" he grunted. "It's okay…"

"You're going to be okay, it's going to be okay-" Katniss wailed.

"Listen to me," Boggs choked out. "The Holo. It's in my office. Take it with you when you go to the capitol."

"Boggs, don't do this, you just need a few stitches and-"

"I won't be making it, Katniss," Boggs whimpered out. "Good luck… and just know, that… " he trailed off.

"Boggs?!" Katniss cried.

"I believe in you," He breathed, closing his eyes for the final time.

As Katniss felt his heart stop beating, her head began to swirl. She couldn't find the strength to move her hands from his chest. She looked around the room vacantly, only to find Haymitch and Gale arresting Delly.

Lights faintly exploded, smoke rising. Peeta watched the scene unfold in front of him, watching Katniss leaning over Boggs with her hands covered in his blood.

He slowly walked over to her, afraid to startle her, as he placed his hand on her shoulder. "Katniss…" he started.

Katniss stood up, flinging herself into his arms. Peeta could feel Boggs' blood on his skin from where Katniss' hands had touched his neck. He gripped her tight, his stomach reeling with nausea at the thought of her sacrificing himself for him.

Katniss sobbed uncontrollably into his shirt as Peeta guided her out of the room. She didn't know where he was taking her, and she didn't care. She hid her face in his chest until they went inside Peeta's room and he sat her on the bed.

Peeta quickly dipped into his bathroom, turning on the bath. Katniss had stopped crying, yet she was unable to move. She stared blankly ahead of her, feeling Bogg's last heartbeat pulse through her bones over and over again.

Peeta ushered her into the bathroom, slowly taking off her jacket and shirt until her torso was exposed. He took her hands and placed them in the warm water, massaging her arms and hands with light soap to get the stains of Bogg's life off of Katniss' hands.

Peeta then turned on the shower.

"Can you get in?" He asked her.

Katniss nodded, and Peeta left her alone. He leaned against the door to the bathroom, his heart aching as he heard her cry softly.

As Katniss undressed, she noticed the swirl of red water going down the drain.

For the first time since the games, she remembered what it was like to have blood on her hands.

How am I going to be a war leader?

Review! Who thought this chapter was intense AF! I'll post again tomorrow J xoxo DLL