CATO POV

Everyone was preparing for the Final Phase. Outside, I appeared determined and ready to go. Inside, I felt uneasy. I ate my food without actually tasting it. Glimmer put her hand in mine. She knew that I was a little nervous, though I didn't show it. She could always tell what I was feeling. That's one of the reasons that I loved her. And she loved me just the same.

"It's time to go," said Miles, who had just approached our table. Peeta, Katniss, and I rose from the table throwing our trays away. Before following them, I gave Glimmer a kiss and promised that I would, without a doubt, come back to her no matter what it took. I had to be there for her, and for our baby.

Miles led us toward the helicopters. I placed my earpiece in my ear, quickly showing Peeta how to use it again. Miles, Johanna, and I piled into one helicopter, while Katniss, Peeta, and Finnick got into the other.

After a few minutes, the roof parted and we rose into the air. I wondered where my friends were, what jobs they'd been assigned. I hoped that they would be all right., wherever they were.

Coin had told me previously that they had sent undercover Rebels ahead, into the President's mansion. He'd hired more people to protect the place. I didn't blame him. I'd be scared out of my mind if I were him. He more people against him than I could count.

I closed my eyes and prayed. I had no idea who or what I was praying to, but I begged for somebody, anybody, to watch over us as we carried out this dangerous plan. We hovered in the air, pressing forward, forward. Out of the corner of my eye, I noticed the other helicopter in the air close by. Noticing me, Finnick gave me a thumbs up from the other helicopter. "Nervous?" Johanna asked me.

I nodded. There was no need to lie about it. Sure, I could fight my way through it. It was just the outcome that frightened me. What if I died? What if Glimmer died, and our baby? What if my friends died? What then? "Of course," I said. "Not of the battle, but of what's going to happen by the end of it."

"Don't worry so much," said Miles. "We've gone over the plan a million times. We'll be fine. Have some faith." How could he be so nonchalant, knowing that there was a chance that he wouldn't live to see Johanna again? I felt like I was in the Games again, on the road to death.

"I guess you're right," I said. "I should be positive." Johanna nodded in response.

"Just think of Glimmer and the look on her face when you come back to her," she said. I imagined it. It would be the best feeling in the world. I'd pick her up and spin her around, kissing her and telling her how much I love her. I'd make her as happy as I possibly could, never to hurt her or make her cry.

"Okay," I said softly, smiling to myself. "How long is it going to take to get to the Capitol?"

Miles yawned. "A few hours," he said. "Enough to take a nap." Soon enough he was leaning on Johanna, fast asleep. She smiled at me before closing her own eyes. I decided to do the same. For all I knew, it could be the last time I'd ever sleep.

A few hours later, I woke. Johanna told me that we'd be arriving in the Capitol in a few minutes. "There's some guys in the mansion now, looking for Snow. Getting things set up." Miles was awake too. He had a phone-like device in his hand, looking distressed.

"What?" he demanded, also looking livid. "What do you mean he's not there! There have been people watching all of the exits! How could he have escaped?" He hung up and sighed. He looked up at me gravely. "We've been betrayed. Had to be."

GLIMMER POV

I was pacing back and forth. By now Cato and the others should have been nearing the Capitol. The plan had to work! It had to!

I wished that I could control time. If I could, I would fast forward to the next morning. As I was wrapped up in my thoughts, I heard a knock at the door. Opening it, I found Annie who looked terrified. "What happened, Annie?" I asked, hoping that everything was okay with her.

"I just spoke to Coin," she said. "She said that someone betrayed us. Snow isn't in the mansion. They looked everywhere. Somehow, he fled."

My eyes opened wide. "Betrayed? By who?" Anger boiled up inside me. Being angry probably wasn't good for the baby, but I couldn't suppress what I felt inside. "Who could have done it? There were so many volunteers . . . It could have been one of them. Or it could have been one of us, though I doubt that. What's going to happen now?"

Tears formed at Annie's eyes. I knew that she was afraid for Finnick, as I was afraid for my Cato. We both wanted our men home, safe and sound. But how could we know if they were safe or sound? We didn't even know how we were going to get our hands on Snow. This event was going to change everything. From there on, everything would change-possibly forever.

PRIM POV

I didn't understand what was going on. All of the adults were rushing to the meeting rooms after President Coin had made a grim announcement over the loudspeakers. What was happening? Had something gone wrong? I needed to know.

I ran for Rory. Pushing past all of the adults, I ran for Rory. I had to see him. Maybe he knew what was happening. I banged on the door to his room, nearly scared to death. He answered, confused by my panicked expression. "Prim," he said softly. "What's wrong?"

"I think something happened," I replied. "I'm afraid."

He took my hand and led me down the hallway. "Let's find Glimmer," he said. "I'm sure she knows what's going on. She'll tell us." I nodded and followed behind my crush. We spotted Glimmer in the hallway, on our way to her room. She was walking side by side with Annie. Rory called out to her, causing her to turn toward us. Despite the discord in the hall, she smiled and came over to hug us both. "What's going on?" he questioned.

In a hushed voice, she said, "We've been betrayed. I think we might have to change the plan. Go to your rooms and stay out of the way. I'll explain everything when I can."

Nodding, we both turned the other way, defeated. Rory gave me a reassuring smile. "Don't worry. I'm sure everything will be all right," he said.

"How can you be so sure?" I asked, slightly annoyed by his always-positive attitude.

"I'm not," he said, shrugging. "But it's better to have hope than to mope and be sad all the time." Rory was right. He was always right. That was one of the things I liked most about him. But he had a point. I should stop being so negative and have some hope. Without hope, there is nothing. Without hope, you can only hope to be thrown into a downward spiral of emptiness and utter solitude.

GLIMMER POV

Annie came with me to the meeting. Finnick wouldn't have wanted her to. But lives were at stake. We needed all of the help that we could get. Before it was too late, much too late.

Pushing open the steel doors, I found that the room was crowded-more crowded than it had ever been before. Everyone looked frantic, whispering to each other, waiting for Coin's arrival. Nearly everyone had family members and friends out there, part of the Phase. They were all concerned.

Coin walked in and stood at the front of the room. I held Annie's hand as she began to speak. "We have been betrayed," she said. "Snow has managed to escape the mansion. We will have to come up with new plans. It is vital that we find him. Without Snow's presence, we are left with nothing."

At that, everyone in the room started bickering: "I bet it was those damn volunteers!"

"See! We shouldn't have let them into our District!"

"It could have been one of our own!"

"That's ridiculous!"

"How would you know?"

President Coin rubbed her temples. Neither I nor Annie said anything. It amazed me how much people argued and yelled when they were afraid. "Enough!" she shouted. "We will never come up with a solution if we fight amongst ourselves!" The room was immediately quiet once she said this, coming into the realization that she was right. That was the problem with people. You fought and you fought, never able to agree on much of anything.

"If everyone is finished arguing," she said, "we can plan what to do."

"So what's the plan?" someone asked.

"I do not know," she admitted. "I thought that our plan was so perfect that I didn't even think about what would happen if something went wrong."

Then, it was I who spoke. "I have an idea."

I know I took forever, but things have been really hectic and I had writer's block :/ And comment if you think you know who the traitor is.