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Chapter 15:
Going in Circles
I had the map book open and tried to map out our best strategies. I lay on my stomach in the middle of the library floor and kicked my legs up.
"What are you doing?" Finnick asked lying next to me.
"Mapping strategies." I answered.
"Where?" Finnick asked.
"The President's castle." I answered.
"I think you need a bigger copy." Finnick said as I nodded. We created a bigger model of the castle map on the floor.
"Alright, the little scuff marks here are the stairs." Finnick said.
"Okay, this earring will be Maple, I'll be this pencil, you are the gum wrapper, and Jason will be the paperclip." I said.
"Okay, so if we split up into four divisions-." Finnick said.
"I don't want to split anyone up." I said, interrupting.
If we split up, I wouldn't be the first to know if Finnick got injured. Or if Maple made her first advances. Or if Jason led his division to victory.
"I think I know why." Finnick said as I met his gaze.
"It's the same reason I don't want to leave you." Finnick said nudging me. I nodded.
"I want to be the first to know everything. But I can't do that. There are four entrances and we need four divisions to enter." I said.
"Right, my division will partner up with Jason's division and we'll take the front door." Finnick said.
"No! Now you're layering it, so Maple and I won't have to do much at all." I said.
"Fine, you take Jason's place." Finnick said shrugging.
"Should we do that? I won't be a distraction or anything?" I asked Finnick.
"We'll be fine." Finnick promised as I nodded. Finnick and I were set at the front. Maple and Jason took the top of the stairs from both sides.
"As we close in, we'll need to make sure we don't overextend ourselves." I said to Finnick.
"Guys, you need to watch this!" Maple said pulling Finnick and I to the living room. Jason was watching the news.
"I would like to report that District 12, 7, 4, 2, and 11 are mobilized for war. These are dark days arriving and the causes are Luna Mellark, Finnick Odair, Maple Gardiner, and Jason Hawthorne." A Capitol news anchorwoman reported.
"In other news, on behalf of our dear President, I would like to announce that the rebels have until midnight tomorrow to show their locations or the locations of Finnick Odair, Luna Mellark, Maple Gardner, and Jason Hawthorn." She said.
"Good thing no one knows where we are." Jason said as Finnick grabbed my hand, the one he had to fix yesterday.
"Every Capitol citizen will be required to allow Peacekeepers inspect their homes, starting tonight at 8:30. Terribly sorry for the inconvenience, it is merely a precaution." She said.
"They are feeling threatened. Even with less than half of the Districts fighting, they're threatened." Maple concluded.
"I have news about District 2." Jason said.
"Well, I know where they've mobilized." Jason said as we all looked at him, "I know their location. There are plenty of people from District 2. Because well, they all want a war. They want to fight but they are easily swayed. If someone from the Peacekeepers came along, they would easily abandon us." Jason said.
Maple and Finnick starting talking about things we could do, but none of them made any sense! We needed to keep this simple, we needed to make a proposition pitch to the Mayor of District 2 and make him sign something saying he'll always be on our side.
"We need to talk to the Mayor." I said as everyone stopped talking about what we could do.
"Luna, that's insane." Finnick said.
"It makes the most sense, though. Make terms, exchange things, get him to sign a treaty or something. He can't leave us, even if he wants to. But who is the most persuasive out of all of us?" Jason asked as Maple and Finnick looked at me. My face got warm.
"I'm not that persuasive." I said.
"Luna, just this morning, you were convincing Effie why you needed an extra omelet for breakfast." Maple reminded me.
"And I don't know how, but she even got Ash to do things for her yesterday." Finnick said throwing me under the bus.
"Okay, I know. I have a problem. But I'm not charismatic in front of large groups." I said.
"Luna, don't worry about it. Just don't stutter and don't back down. We'll be fine." Jason said.
"So is it just me and Jason?" I asked. No one objected, but no one said anything either. I'm assuming it's only going to be Jason and me.
"When are you planning on going?" Finnick asked.
"Tomorrow." Jason said.
"I can't tomorrow. My mom is having me do stuff for her." Maple said.
"And my mom and I are talking about family stuff." Finnick said.
"Jason and I will go then." I said.
"What should our proposition be?" Maple asked.
"Umm... we'll let you borrow our supply of weapons as long as you stay on our side of this war." Jason said.
"They really need more weapons?" I asked.
"Umm... they won't be bought with anything else. Unless you can make medicine and food sound appealing." Jason said.
"Luna, don't let them scare you. Don't let them overwhelm you. We're just giving them an extra push to fight for us." Jason said studying my face.
"Luna, just yesterday night you convinced me about strategy stuff." Finnick reminded me.
I nodded.
"So it's settled, tomorrow Luna and I will go to make some speeches." Jason said shutting off the TV.
I went upstairs to hose off. I just got out of the shower and began putting my clothes for the day on and someone walked in.
"Finnick?" I asked standing in my denim shorts with my bra on, "What the hell?!" I exclaimed.
"Sorry, Luna. I umm... thought you were dressed?" Finnick said as I put my shirt on and pulled him out of the bathroom. Maple burst out laughing.
"So not funny." I said.
"Sorry, babe." Finnick said kissing my cheek.
"Don't call me babe." I said shaking my head.
We all continued to watch the news until the adults came downstairs.
"So you all saw the news, huh?" Dad asked as we nodded.
"No one can leave this house until we all clear up. I don't know why your names were included with the people at fault, but it is incorrect." Johanna said.
I met eyes with Haymitch and we shared a glance.
"Districts 12, 11, 7, 4, and 2 have mobilized for the war and are in secret locations in the Capitol. They all arrived last night." Haymitch said nodding. I needed to talk to him.
"No one can leave the house until we get news from the Districts." Annie said as we nodded. I didn't particularly want to disobey orders from mom or dad, but at this rate; the districts needed a little push.
"Jason, come tell Haymitch that funny joke you told me." I said as Jason and I pulled Haymitch aside.
"What are you kids doing?" Haymitch asked.
"We're going out tomorrow to give the Districts a little push in our direction. So they aren't swayed." I answered.
"Who is going?" Haymitch asked.
"Just me and Jason." I answered.
"What Districts are you hitting up?" Haymitch asked.
"2. We were only planning on District 2." Jason said.
"I would go to 11 and 12, too. Just a thought though." Haymitch said.
"You don't think 12 would stick by us?" I asked Grandpa. He had absolutely no faith in his own District.
"Of course I do. If we had something to exchange with them. They're desperate. I'm sure Jason told you 2's need for weapons, so naturally you're going to make their allegiance with weapons. But for 11 and 12, you need to exchange some food or medicines." Grandpa said.
"Where would we get food?" I asked.
"You do have some Capitol followers. People in the Capitol do think the President is wrong, but they will only stand behind you if you have direct contact with them to explain." Grandpa said.
"Tomorrow when Luna and I are out, we can send Finnick and Maple out to sway some Capitol-citizens." Jason said.
"Okay, you've solved that problem. You need to tell Finnick and Maple to get them to exchange food for allegiance." Grandpa said.
"Okay. But we need your help getting out." I said.
"You told your parents you wouldn't go out, when you have to go. Hmm... I think Effie has some disguise clothes you can use. I'll cause a distraction tomorrow around 10 in the morning. You two can sneak out and find the District 2 people." Haymitch said.
"Alright, at 10 in the morning you need to cause a big enough distraction for Jason and me to sneak." I said as Haymitch nodded.
"Consider it done." Haymitch said as Jason and I went to go tell Maple and Finnick the plan.
"So we're campaigning to Capitol-citizens? Doesn't that sound dangerous to you?" Maple asked.
"You guys can do it. Just be careful about how you word things and do it discreetly." I said.
"Do we have to?" Finnick asked.
"Get done with your stuff in the morning and go in to talk to the citizens." Jason said as I nodded. We spent the rest of the day getting our speeches ready.