Me: Yellow!

Finn: For a second, it sounded like you were naming a color.

Me: Well, technically..

Gale: It does.

Me: -gasp- Who is this 'Gale', you ask? How dare you.

Finn: Gale from Hunger Games.

Me: TEAM GALE! –cheers-

Gale: Thank.. you?

Finn: He's her husband.

Gale: I don't even remember the ceremony!

Me: Neither do I!

Finn: What?

Chapter 18

Kat POV

"Hey Cinderella," I said glumly. She was all happy because she and the prince had a nice time at the dance, you know, where she was supposed to be before Candice showed up.

"Hi!" she said cheerfully, skipping down the hallway, then getting screamed at by Silvia for running. Then Delaney showed up, yelling at Silvia for yelling at Cinderella for doing nothing in particular. It was chaos. At least that was normal. Taffy popped out of the office and handed me a printed out e-mail.

Subject: All Alone…

From:

Hey Kat!

I'm all alone in here with my creepy friend Frodo who, by the way, ripped up a pillow yesterday, loves macadamia nuts. Send someone our way! I need some sanity!

Death and Torture to All,

Set, #534

I groaned. How did he get a hold of e-mail? Who gave him a computer in the first place? I went into the office to see a stranger working at Taffy's desk.

"Hello…?" I said.

"Hey," he said regularly. I glared at him.

"No, it's 'hey' when you talk to someone of equal importance. It's 'hello' when you meet me. Now who the heck are you?" The guy looked up at me, and I stared at him expectantly.

"I'm Surge," he said. I sighed.

"Where are you from, purge?"

"Surge."

"Same thing."

"I'm an escaped mutant," he said proudly. He stood back and unfolded maginificent white wings. I guess he expected me to start clapping, which I did, sarcastically.

"Lovely, dear. Now what are you doing in my office?"

"I'm a substitute."

"For who?"

"For Taffy."

"What? Why? I just saw him a second ago!"

"He left 'just a second ago'. I'm secretary for someone named… Ka… Ta…. K…"

"Kat," I interrupted.

"Yeah!"

"That would be me," I said.

"Really?" he said, genuinely surprised. I rolled my eyes.

"Now call Gandalf and tell him I'm visiting a few prisoners, Finnegan Whitman specifically."

"Sure thing!" he picked up the phone and hit the purple button.

"Gandalf? What's up bro?" I sighed. I could almost hear Gandalf's confusion.

"Let me talk to him," I said. I took the phone from him to hear a magic spell being spoken through the other end.

"NO! Stop!" I yelled. Gandalf shut up, and so did everyone in the office.

"What? Kat! Who is that insane hobbit?"

"That's Purge."

"Surge!" he protested.

"That," I replied.

"So what does Purge want?"

"I wanted to tell you I'm visiting Finn shortly. Can you send… um.. help in here to inform Surge of his new duties?" I asked innocently. Gandalf got the hint.

"I'll send in some… help, but are you sure everyone else is ready?"

"Of course they're not!" I put my hand over the speaker of the phone.

"HEY EVERYONE! HELP IS COMING!" I yelled. Suddenly, everyone had something to do, or somewhere to be. Everyone raced out every exit

"Why is everyone leaving?" Surge asked.

"Because they know that only the special to get to be alone with the help. And when I come back, I expect not a single change in this office. Do you hear me?"

"Yeah!" he said.

"Help can be rough sometimes…"

"Yeah?"

"Okay, I'm off! Help will be here shortly!" I left the office to head for the dungeons, wondering how Purge was going to handle Thing 1, Thing 2, Thing 3, Thing 4, Thing 5…

Finn POV

"You have a visitor," Luisphant said. He opened the door and my visitor entered.

"Kat!" I exclaimed. I tried to jump up, but of course, I was shackled.

"Why did you shackle him?" Kat asked Luisphant.

"Standard prisoner protocol," he said firmly.

"Unlock them."

"But that would be going against…"

"Need I remind you of who I am?" she sighed, like threatening was a last resort. Luisphant snapped his mouth shut and unlocked me from my bonds.

"Thank…" I began.

"Help me!" she hissed, like she had an issue being free and magical.

"What now?"

"It's Purge!"

"What?"

"Purge! I think he's Candice in disguise!"

"In case you forgot, I've been here for three hours, so I don't know who Purge is. What a bad name for a child. I don't even recognize the name."
"Well, his real name is Surge, but I'm calling him Purge," she admitted.

"You don't like him? Who is he?"

"Well, he's some mutant. Maybe from some Maximum Ride thing. But anyway, he replaced Taffy."

"Taffy left?" I asked, surprised.

"No, he went on a short vacation. He deserves it, but I don't like this Purge guy." Taffy is Kat's favorite without-a-fanfic-OC in the world. He is calm, usually very smart, the step-brother of Legolas, who graduates next year, which Kat will be upset about, because… well, I guess she has a thing for elves.

"What makes you think he's Candice?"

"Well… nothing…"

"You just have a gut feeling, right?"

"Yeah!"

"I could help you, you know, if you let me out…"

"I can't do that, Finn, you know that," she scowled at me.

"Use me as bait! Use me as a ploy to get Candice out of hiding!" I pleaded. She sighed and started to head for the exit.

"I'll mull it over. Keep a watch. And if she gets you, remind yourself that 'What would Kat do?' And you know how I love… to fly," she said. She stepped out and walked down the corridor, her bootsteps echoing through the walls, and I was sealed in my cell as Luisphant closed the iron door with a bang.

Me: And yes, Set has an email.

Finn: I still can't believe you leave me in there.

Gale: I'm not the smartest guy, but I think that the advice to Finn about flying had something to do with Pe…

Me: NO! SH! You'll ruin my dastardly plan!

Finn: What would that be?

Gale: Peter…

Me: NO! –puts duct tape on Gale-

Gale: MRG!

Finn: Why did you duct tape your husband?

Me: He's not my husband, I just said that for fun.

Finn: Why…?

Me: You should've seen the look on your face when I told you! HA!

Finn: -sigh-

Read and Review? What was Gale about to say before I duct taped him? Are you Team Gale or Team Peeta? –cough- Team Gale –cough- Hmm? What? I said nothing. I just have a bad coughing fit. Also, I haven't updated Letters to the DHI in a while, so letting you all know that it's being posted tomorrow. I hope. No promises!