I get to the Marina early, in hopes that Mick got my message. Sure enough, he's waiting there when I arrive.

I catch his eye and we meet near the waiting provisions truck. "How was the fishing?" I ask hopefully.

He's bursting with energy. "It was so great! I'm part of a whole crew, and we spent all day bringin in fish. You shoulda seen it!" I grin at his enthusiasm.

"That's great! You're okay that I'm going?" I know we barely know each other, but we came here together, and I feel a little responsible for him. I'm not just going to disappear.

He smiles at me, "Yeah. You know you're not really my sister, right?" I stick out my tongue at him, making a face. "Just checking!" he says with a laugh.

I nod at him, smiling. "Just watch out for yourself, okay little bro? And come visit me. Anytime. Everyone in sector one knows Spinner, so just ask for him."

"Okay," he agrees. "Maybe we can go fishing together sometime?"

"Sounds good." I pull him into a hug and tell him, "I'll see ya, Mick."

"Bye, Maddie."

When Spinner shows at the Marina for our trip back to sector one, he's brought me a present – the crossbow. He shrugs as if it's nothing. "Hey, they're not gonna need it." Together we hop aboard the provisions truck for our ride home.

We're back in sector one before midnight. I'm waiting impatiently outside the sector's command center while Spinner figures out where to find our friends, when I hear his quiet voice.

Bear murmurs, "Maddie?" and I turn to see him standing a few feet away. He throws his arms around me and as I hug him, he pulls me off the ground.

"Hey Bear! I missed you." I say when he puts me down.

"Missed you too," he says gruffly. "Where's Spin? We just got word you were back."

"He's … in there, finding out where you are, I thought." I gesture to the command room.

Bear smirks. "He's probably just saying hi to … a friend."

My eyes widen. "Rose? She's in command?"

He laughs. "You know, huh? Yeah, she's here because of your provisions truck. She's head of distribution here."

"So where's the gang?" I ask.

Bear grimaces. "Set up near one of the infirmaries. We're all a little beaten up. Carlo ... didn't make it."

"What?" I exclaim.

"Killed in the train station fight. You know Carlo, always on the front lines," he says quietly.

"Oh, Bear." I sigh, slouching onto a nearby bench. "How's Johnny doing?"

"He's okay. Taking it hard, but who can blame him. He'll be glad to see you, though."

I shake my head. "I'm glad you were there for him. And Marai?"

"It's tough on her too. She's in the infirmary - she was pretty banged up, and I think the news from Carlo just combined with the injuries. She seemed pretty lost that first day, but she's doing better now. I think she'll be okay."

Bear moves stiffly over to the bench, and I realize he's favoring his right leg.

"Bear, what happened? Are you okay?"

He waves it off. "It's fine – be better in no time." I look at him appraisingly, but he's not giving up anything. "You know you'll tell me eventually, right?"

He shrugs. "Then I guess you'll find out then." I let it go for now.

After a few minutes of quiet, Bear nudges my elbow. With a teasing glace he says, "So, little miss Spy, what happened in sector two? Missed us too much to stay away?"

I can't help smile, but I roll my eyes at him. "What, you're gonna make me tell the story twice? I'll just have to repeat it when we get back to Johnny."

He twitches an eyebrow, and casually replies, "I just thought maybe there are parts you'd be … editing out?"

"I can't imagine what you mean," I say, smiling innocently back at him.

Instead, I ask him quietly if he saw the broadcasts with Peeta.

"Yeah, we saw them. Peeta looked pretty bad, Maddie."

I nod. "I'm worried about him, Bear. He may have saved 13, but who's going to save him?"

"I don't know." He wraps his arm around my shoulder comfortingly.

We wait together until Spinner shows up, girl in tow. She's beautiful, with dark brown skin, her black hair braided tightly against her scalp, light flickering in deep dark eyes. Spinner introduces us.

Spinner and Rose lead the way, while I hang back with Bear. He's not moving very quickly and I can tell his leg hurts, but he pushes on until we catch up at the infirmary. Then Bear takes us to Marai's room, where Johnny is passed out in a chair by the bed. Marai is asleep too, in her bed. There's a bandage around her head and most of her is covered by bedsheets.

Spinner goes over to him and gently touches his shoulder, whispering to him. Johnny opens bleary eyes and his face breaks into a smile as his eyes find Spinner. "You're here!"

Spinner hugs him tightly, then it's my turn. "Maddie, you're back?" He's happy to see me, but I can see the pain and strain have worn on him.

"How could I stay away? I missed you too much." I ask with a faint smile. I give him a big hug, too. Then we decide we should probably go into the hall so we don't wake Marai, except just as we're sneaking out, we hear her stir.

"What, no hugs for me? I know I'm injured but show some compassion." So we all crowd back into the room. Before we can hug her, Marai warns us she has bruised ribs, so Spinner and I each wrap our arms around her as gently as we can. Rose explains she has to get back to the control center to check on the new provisions. I try to suppress my smile when I see how she looks at Spinner. If there had been any doubt, it's gone. She definitely likes him back. It's cute, how they're trying to be nonchalant about seeing each other again. I make a mental note to ask Bear more about her when I get the chance.

Everyone wants to hear about our adventures in sector two, so Spinner and I take turns describing everything that's happened to us. It's hard to believe it's been less than a week. So much happened. I tell them that my family's home was destroyed, and only my brother Mick survived. Everyone says how sorry they are. Spinner describes the fight for the Port and Marina, which would be fine except the way he tells it I'm as good with a crossbow as Katniss is with her bow. I try to object, but he takes one of Marai's pillows and throws it at me. I barely catch it as it hits the side of my face. Through my laughter I object loudly, "Spinner!" to which Bear hushes me, "People are trying to sleep!" and suddenly we're all laughing uncontrollably. Finally we calm down enough so that Spinner can finish the story. Marai nods knowingly when Spinner gripes about the communicuff. She explains briefly that they did the same thing here. When I finally end with an explanation of Mick staying in sector two and how we joined the provisions truck, the mood is more somber.

I want to hear their stories, but it's really late, and everyone's had a long day and we can't all crash here in Marai's room. So we say goodnight and Johnny leads us a few blocks away to an abandoned apartment building, where Carlo and Marai had been staying when they weren't with us. We all huddle into the only bedroom, where there's a bed and a couch. I claim the couch and we agree Spinner and Johnny will take the bed. Bear still keeps night watch, even though the district has been won. It reminds me of what the rebel from sector two had said, about retaliation for Finnick's interview. I sit on the edge of the bed, stroking Johnny's hair until he's asleep. It's something my mother used to do with me when I was little. It always comforted me, so I guess it just makes sense to me to do it for him, knowing what he's going through. I wonder, though, about his family. Was it just Johnny and Carlo? Johnny's breathing grows steady and shallow and I know he's sleeping soundly.

I'm exhausted too, so I curl up on the couch. I dream of boats and bombs and hovercrafts.

It's the imagined impact of a bomb in my dream that jolts me awake. Spinner and Johnny are still asleep, but there's enough light to see by that I figure it's morning, so I sneak out of the room as quietly as I can. I find Bear in the main room, his thigh wrapped with a gauze bandage, checking out my crossbow. "Watch out," I whisper. "I'm pretty dangerous with that thing."

He looks at me with one eyebrow raised before answering, "I believe it. I know who you learned from." Right.

"Don't believe Spinner," I caution. "I'm nothing compared to her."

I flop down next to him on the floor, thinking of all the things that have happened lately. There's so much I want to ask him. "Bear, does Johnny have any family left? Do you know?"

"Yeah, but he's not going back to them. His dad .. he's not right in the head. He drinks. Carlo got Johnny out of there; they've been on their own for years."

"Poor kid," I sigh.

Bear reaches over, covering my hand with his. "Hey, he's still got us. So, no sign of your family then?" he asks.

I shake my head. "Not besides Mick. He is family sort of. My aunt's adopted son, I guess you'd say."

"Were your parents …?" He doesn't finish the question. He doesn't have to.

"No. Mick said they never came."

"So I guess you're still stuck with us." He gives my hand a comforting squeeze.

"Guess so." I say, but he knows I'm glad to be here, to have him as a friend.

Later, when the others are up, we head back to the infirmary. Spinner brings a gun and tells me to bring the crossbow, for when we visit command. Bear also gives me a paper map of the area, in case I need to find my way around.

At the infirmary, Spinner asks Marai what to do with the communicuff, and she explains she's figured out a new work-around so it will work on the rebel systems and also for one-to-one communication. While she tinkers, we talk about the plans for the day. Spinner and I will need new assignments here in sector one. The others already have theirs – Johnny is not just visiting Marai in the infirmary, but helping out there and being trained to assist the healers. Marai, once she's recovered, will be back in communications. Bear says he's stuck with a "boring desk job" thanks to his leg, but it turns out that means he's going through Capitol records – some paper, some digital - from the Administration offices for intel on the Capitol and providing reports on Capitol infrastructure and procedures - the good and the bad - to help with rebuilding.

Before we leave for the command center, Spinner and Marai test the communicuffs with a few messages back and forth. Everything goes through. We agree to meet back here after dinner, and Spinner and I head to the command center. There is a special desk set aside for "recruit assignments" so Spinner and I head there. First they get Spinner's name recorded, though they already know him. They assign him to help in the command center, on temporary assignments wherever extra hands are needed. Then it's my turn. "Name?" the intake officer asks. I freeze up.

"Name?" he repeats, now focused on me. Spinner nudges me back to reality.

"Oh. Sorry. I'm Maddie. Madeleine. Amelin." I say, using my aunt's last name. That was the original plan, as far as I knew, so I don't see any reason to not use it now.

When he asks me what skills I have, I look slyly at Spinner and tell the officer that I helped with provisions when I was in sector one.

"Provisions, then. You'll report to Rose Rylet." Spinners eyes widen at me, briefly. What did he think I was going to say? The officer gives me directions to the distribution center.

He wants to go with me to find Rose, but I stop him and send him back to command. "I know you just want to see your girlfriend, Spinner, but I've got this. I'll see you later, ok?"

"She's not my girlfriend," Spinner protests. "Not yet," I answer.

I find Rose pretty easily. She's busy talking to some other people, so I wait patiently. While I'm waiting, I remember Bear's map and pull it out, trying to identify where I am and where else I've been on the map.

I've just traced my path between the provisions center and command when Rose finishes her conversation and comes over to see me. "Hey Maddie. What's going on?"

"I've been assigned to you." I tell her. "Provisions. I saw them plan the distribution centers in sector two."

"So that's how you two got a ride on my truck yesterday? I just thought Spinner pulled off his usual magic. Well, welcome to the team. Let me show you around." Her welcome feels a little hollow, though. She seems uncertain, like she hasn't decided what to make of me.

Still, she leads me around the building, showing me where the provisions are stored and explaining to me how they've been working things so far. She's just started telling me about where the other distribution centers are in the area, when her communicuff beeps. She looks at it and frowns, muttering, "Code 3 alert." She looks up at me, then nods to the crossbow I'm still carrying. "You any good with that?"

I shrug, "I'm not bad I guess. What's going on?"

"Can't say for sure, but if we're going to be attacked it'll probably be from the air. Let's head to the roof."

She calls to a few others, and leads us up flights of stairs. I'm out of breath long before we reach the top, but she's still going strong. There are machine gun nests set up along the edge of the roof, not unlike the ones we'd shot from in sector two.

Then Rose points to the horizon, and I see them too. Capitol Bombers.

A/N: So Madge is reunited with her friends, but the war isn't over yet.