To Kill a Mockingjay

by Ivy Blackwell

It has been two years since the rebellion ended. Two years of peace in Panem. And the Capitol wants revenge. President Snow's granddaughter is on a mission to bring down Katniss and the rebels, to take over Panem once again, and to bring back the Games. And this time someone else is being used against Katniss. Someone the Mockingjay loves a lot more than Peeta.

2. Chapter 2

CHAPTER TWO

KATNISS'S POV:

It's her. It's Prim.

But how? I was convinced she died in the bombing of the Capitol children two years ago. I start to breath fast as my heart pumps quickly.

I look at her face to make sure they didn't torture her. Her face sparkles with health and her hair is shinier than I had ever seen it. Hopefully the rest of her body is untouched as well.

Tears begin to plummet from my eyes. Both for happiness that she is alive and from sadness that she is with the Capitol and not with me in my arms right now.I wonder if my mother knows about her being alive as well.

I pick up some tissues and dab my eyes until my tears are gone and I turn back to the TV where Jessie Snow is introducing her guest.

"Yes, it's her. Primrose Everdeen; the girl our Mockingjay, Katniss Everdeen, volunteered in the Games to save just three short years ago." Jessie narrates as a smile appears on Prim's face as she waves to the camera's.

I know that smile. Prim's not happy to be on TV or in the Capitol. She's horrified. It's her fake smile.

Jessie and Prim take a seat across each other as the camera's zoom in.

"Primrose, you've been in the re-built Capitol for almost two years now. What was it like?" Jessie asks her.

Prim opens her mouth but no words come out. She sits there for a moment before answering, "I-It was...different then District 12. People...um... they... they talked to me...differently." she stutters.

She's trying to tell me something. I know it. To anyone else this might seem like a simple statement. But I know Prim. She doesn't usually hesitate and stutter like that, even if she's talking to new people. She was choosing her words carefully to tell me something.

They did something to her. I know it. She might look beautiful on the outside but they must have tortured her on the inside. "They talked to me differently". Those Capitol people must have screamed at her. Called her terrible names and told her terrifying things. "It was different than District 12". What can that mean? It looked different? Maybe. But no, that's not what she meant. Her living style was different. They probably ignored her completely. No one cared about her. Maybe they locked her in a room with nothing in it.

Who really knows what the Capitol people do? After the rebellion ended, the Capitol was re-built and an iron fence was put around it. No one but government officials can get in or out. Panem is ruled from District 13 and no one really pays attention to what the silly Capitol people do. Until now.

I turn my attention back to Prim and Jessie Snow.

"Well it seems you are very nervous about being here so we'll let you go. But first one last question" Jessie tells an anxious Prim.

She takes a deep breath and nods with a smile. The same fake smile.

"If your sister, Katniss Everdeen, is watching, what do you want to tell her?" Jessie asks with a smile.

Prim looks into the camera and sighs. It's like she's right in front of me-talking to me.

"Katniss...I'm alive. And...hopefully you're okay. Just...um... stay safe. District 12 is...dangerous. There are...big animals..outside those fences. And...don't go looking for trouble." she tells me.

Another message to decode. "And hopefully you're okay. Just stay safe." She hopes the Capitol didn't come after me and wants me to stay away from them. "District 12 is dangerous". District 12 isn't that dangerous! No, she doesn't mean District 12. She must be talking about the Capitol. The Capitol is dangerous. "There are big animals outside the fence". The iron fence around the Capitol! The big animals must represent the Capitol people. There are evil Capitol people outside the fences? No, there are ruthless Capitol people inside the fence around the Capitol. "And don't go looking for trouble". She obviously doesn't want me to come after her. Prim must have seen things un-imaginable. Hopefully not felt them herself, but what they do is definitely painful.

I look back up to the TV where Prim and Jessie are now standing up.

"Why don't you go back to your room? We've pretty much finished your interview" Jessie says to Prim in a curiously sweet tone.

Prim nods and walks away. Jessie watches Prim leave, making sure she's out of earshot before turning back to the cameras.

Her tone and facial expression turn stony and mean.

"Katniss Everdeen, I know you're watching. You've seen you're darling sister. She's healthy and alive. I'll give you two weeks to get to the Capitol. If you're not here after the given two weeks, we'll hijack Primrose, giving her gruesome memories of you and making her hate you so much she'll hunt you down and kill you with her own bare hands. We've developed our hijacking methods to make them incredibly strong. You won't be able to cure her. If you really love your sister, you'll meet Primrose and I in the Capitol in the next two weeks." Jessie says with an icy tone.

Then, the screens goes black. I reach for the remote and turn off the TV.

I sit on the couch for a few minutes, processing what just happened. One things for sure: I'm going to the Capitol to rescue Prim.