the sounds of soft footsteps in the usually deserted corridor caused me to rise and lean forward as far as I could (as my hands were shackled to the far wall of my cell) and tried to see out the barred door. it was dark so all I could see of the person outside my cell was a dark shadow crouched low to the ground.
"who is it?" I whisper
"Effie you need to stay quiet. it's Haymitch, we're busting you out of here but you need to stay silent" Haymitch's voice echoed quietly of the walls
"we?" I questioned lowering my voice as far as I could
"yes, we. you don't need to know who just that we're getting you out." I nodded and then realized he couldn't see me,
"okay." I heard I key being inserted into the lock of my door and saw it slowly creak open. the shadow figure that was Haymitch walked slowly towards me, I could see his face in more detail now. he looked tired as if he hadn't slept in days, he wore a black outfit with a gun hanging from his belt. he looked nothing like the Haymitch Abernathy I knew, he looked for one thing; sober and for another he looked as if he'd gotten older. he silently slipped a key in the lock of my shackles, they fell from my wrists and into his rough hands quieter than I would have expected but never the less.
"we need to go now, Effie" he said urgently. we silently slipped from the cell.
HAYMITCH'S P.O.V
She looked so different now, younger. her hair looked relatively normal maybe a little dirty. the most surprising thing was she didn't appear to care and yes i'll admit she might have been covered in soot, dust and grime but she looked pretty. not the capitols version of pretty but just pretty, not extravagantly made up to look like a walking neon light. the Effie I saw before me was just Effie, not some capitol pawn, Effie as she really was. as we slipped silently down the corridor I marveled at how calm she was with the whole i'm being saved by rebels and leaving the capitol. I looked around at the people surrounding me, 4 people had offered to go and rescue Effie, including myself. two were some soldiers who I did not know the name of, Gale and myself. Coin was reluctant to send anyone at all and suggested leaving Effie to the capitol, but I couldn't let her. why? I have no fucking idea.