During the next few weeks, Effie remained hospitalized, receiving visits only from Plutchard and Haymitch. They brought news of the rebellion. How Katniss agreed to be the Mockingjay, as Peeta suffers from hallucinations caused by Trackerjackers. Sometimes she asked about Prim, she would never forget the girl's face, it was like looking at herself as a child, thin, with blond hair and long, the only difference that she was from the Capitol and Primrose from District 12.
She barely slept, the nightmares wouldn't let her fall asleep. The fear of repeating all the torture that went on for months. Sometimes the nightmares came as the memory of water and shocks, while in the other, she was whipped. But the worst was when the Peacekeeper came to her cell. Effie constantly screamed and thrashed in bed.
This time it was the worst of all. Three came all at once. The shock, the whip and the peacekeeper. She couldn't tell if it was a dream or reality. Just yelled, screamed with all the air from her lungs, struggling like she are having a seizure. Suddenly Effie felt two strong hands grab her by shoulders and shake her. It was when she yelled even more and tried to attack her "aggressor," but paid no attention when heard her name being called.
"Effie! Effie, wake up! Wake up, Princess!" Haymitch screamed as he tried to wake her up while tried to avoid Effie's punches and slaps. Until he finally grabbed her arms with one hand and the other to uched her face, forcing her to wake up.
"NO, LET ME GO! Let me go! You monster! NO, NO! GO AWAY!"
"EFFIE! It's Haymitch, wake up!" Finally she opened her eyes. And as if reality gave her a slap in the face, she stopped. Stopped screaming, fighting and stared into Haymitch's eyes. Tears began to fall from her eyes and a sob escaped her throat. Embracing him, wept and sobbed against his chest. They staied like this for a long time, she crying and he comforting.
"It was so real," she said when she finally calmed down. "I was back ... back in the darkness. And it happened again..." Haymitch understand what she felt. He also had nightmares, and drought due to his stay in District 13, they got worse.
"Shh ... it's gone now. No need to talk. I'm not going to force you to speak, I know that you're not ready. " The former Mentor said while stroked her hair..
"Th... Thank you" said Effie, still crying, but more calm. When Haymitch began to leave her, she pressed her embrace. "No, stay. Stay with me"
Taking a deep breath, he just shifted his weight so that now he was laying in bed, embracing her small and fragile body. "I'll stay Princess, I'll stay"
It took a while, she didn t want to, but the heat emanating from Haymitch's body made her feel safe, she tried not to but fell asleep. When she awoke in the next day, realized that she didn't had any nightmares and that he was no longer beside her.
"He's gone." Effie heard a feminine voice coming from the dor. President Coin stood with her back against the closed door, with arms crossed in front of her chest. "In fact, he's not coming back." Coin said matter-of-factly. Effie sat on the bed with her back agaist the pillow.
"Mrs. Coin, what do I own the pleasure of your visit?" Effie said with a weak voice and barely being polite.
"Save your voice Miss Trinket, I'm here just to let you know of a few changes from now on" Coin walked to her and sat on the chair beside the bed. "Soldier Abernathy and Soldier Putchard are not going to visit you anymore. They are too busy with the rebelion coming to an end very soon"
"Are we... winning?" Effie asked, after all, she helped too. Coin only gave her a mocking smile.
"Miss Trinket, there is no 'we' in here. You're from the Capitol. You don't belong in Distric 13. Actually, you don't belong anywhere else but the dirty Capitol." said calmly.
"But... I helped. I helped planning the start of the revolution too... I don't understand" Effie said feeling confused.
"Well, let me clear this out. In a few days, your lovely Capitol is goin to turn into ashes. I have the tropes moving towards to President's Snow mansion right now. The war is ending, and so are your stay in Thirteen." Coin raised from her seat and direct herself to an sofa and where there was a large withe box. "I have here some pieces of your Capitol clothes, including that horrible golden wig and those make up that you wear." She said putting the box on Effie's lap. "Tomorrow we'll be taking you to the Capitol to escort our Mokingjay one more time. Be ready by the morning" Said heading to the door. "Goodbye Miss Trinket" And with that, she was gone.