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'Why?' asks Coin.

'Because he killed thousands of innocent children, it's his fault Rue died. It's his fault we had to rebel, therefore it's because of him that Finnick, Boggs, Pollux and the others died. Because he was an evil man who has a room with the photos of all the children he has killed, on the walls.' I said, feeling like I had finally justified, to myself, why I killed Snow.

'I see,' Coin replies cryptically. I don't understand this woman one bit.

'Why did you send Peeta to the Capitol?' I ask, already knowing the answer.

'To kill you,' she replies, honestly. 'You were becoming a problem for me, and I knew you could still serve your purpose as the Mockingjay, dead. But it seems that even his hijacked brain loves you.'

I feel uneasy. Will she try to kill me now? Then I remember; Gale and Peeta are both outside. She wont try anything. At least, not this time.

'I have a proposition for you,' she says, her tone of voice changing completely. 'I want to make a deal.'

'Why should I make a deal with you?' I ask, hesitantly.

'Because I saved your sister's life.'

'What?' I shout, standing up.

'Katniss, sit down,' she says, kindly. I don't move. 'Sit down.' She says, more forcefully, so I sit.

'Primrose wanted to go to the Capitol, Katniss. She wanted to go with our medics. The medics that were killed by the bombs in the Capitol.'

I can't process the information about my sister, so I go for another angle.

'You knew the medics were going to die?'I ask, incredulously.

'Yes,' she says, and I coil back in shock.

'How?' I whisper, almost silently.

'Because I ordered them to drop the bombs, and Hawthorne made them.'

Gale made the bombs? I don't even dare ask this out loud, my world has been rocked.

'Why would you kill your own people, though? I don't understand!' I am still in shock over this all.

'To frame the Capitol. If the people who were still on the Capitol's side believed that the Capitol dropped the bombs, they would come over to our side without any trouble. It just made it easier for everyone.'

'Except the innocent kids and medics!' I'm angry now.

'Their deaths were inevitable.' I don't understand how she can be so blasé about these people that she murdered.

'No. They weren't,' I almost spit at her. 'Why did you save Prim anyway? If you hate me so much, then why didn't you just send her to her death?' I think back to the deal she mentioned earlier, whatever it's going to be; if I don't obey, she'll kill the ones I love and then she'll kill me.

'She's a sweet girl. It's not her fault she's an Everdeen, she didn't choose to be associated with you, unlike some.' I instantly think to Gale. 'So I decided to spare her life.'

I thank Prim's kind nature, as it really did save her life.

'So this deal?' I ask, now wanting to get out of here as soon as possible.

'Ah yes,' she says, infuriatingly calm and relaxed. 'I'll keep it simple. If you do everything I ask and don't cause any trouble, I'll let you and the others live. If you don't, I'll kill them one by one and make you watch.' A malicious smile creeps onto her face. 'Then I'll torture and kill you, n i c e a n d s l o w l y.'

'Okay, it's a deal.' I say, standing up to leave.

'Oh, just so you know,' she calls after my back. 'I'll soon be telling all District 13's residents to move to other Districts as 13 is no longer needed. But I'll need you to stay somewhere I can keep my eye on you.'

'Okay,' I say, and walk out of Command, straight into Gale.

'Katniss,' he says, taking in my set jaw and glazed over eyes. 'Are you okay?'

That's when Peeta emerges from behind Gale. I don't want to see either of them right now.

'I'm fine,' I say, stiffly. 'Just leave me alone, Gale.' I begin to walk away, until someone grabs my arm; it's Peeta. I flinch.

'Go back to the hospital, Peeta,' I say, sternly. 'And stay away from me.'

'But –' Peeta begins, but I'm already several metres away from him.

I look behind me, just before I turn the corner, only to see Gale and Peeta looking back at me, with confused expressions on their faces.

I sprint the rest of the way back to the compartment I share with my mother and sister, hoping more than anything that they're there when I get there.

I smile when I open the door and see Prim sat on her bed with Buttercup and mother sat on a chair, reading. I run straight to Prim and engulf her in a hug, almost squashing Buttercup in the process.

'I'm so glad you're you, Prim,' I whisper in her ear. 'I'm glad you're not me, and I'm glad that you're obedient and you do what you're told and...' I trail off, not knowing what else to say.

'Katniss, you're squishing me!' squeals Prim, wriggling out of my suffocating embrace.

'Have you gone a bit crazy, Katniss?' she grins at me.

'No,' I smile, nudging her shoulder gently.

'I've got to go to lessons now,' she says, scrunching up her nose in disgust. 'See ya later!'

It's then that I know; I will do anything to keep that little girl alive. Anything at all.

'Katniss,' murmurs my mother, patting the seat beside her. 'Come here a minute.' I walk towards her hesitantly and sit down next to my mother.

'Peeta's been asking after you,' she says dreamily.

'I know,' I reply.

'He loves you Katniss, they both do. You need to choose: this is hurting them both, more than you realise.'

I'm shocked. I had no idea my mother knew all of this.

'How...?' I begin, only to be interrupted:

'Katniss, I'm your mother, I know you better than anyone...'

After half an hour of listening to my mother talking; about Gale, Peeta, me, Prim, I am feeling much more relaxed.

I love you, Mum,' I whisper for the first time since my father died, and she pulls me into a tight hug and whispers:

'Everything is going to be okay.'

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