The instant I was inside, I ran into my room and grabbed my mockingjay necklace. I swiftly put it on and called, "Ella! We have to go! Now!"
She came over and I grabbed her hand and led her onto the hovercraft. I swiftly made the gesture of respect and held it out to the people in front of my house.
"What's going on?" she demanded.
I took a deep breath and said, "We're going to the Capitol and picking Caesar up. Then we have to go to Nanthia and either get Drizella to apologize—on national Panem TV—and get as many people as we can out—or get as many people as we can and let the place be bombed and become an inhabitable wasteland."
"How long?" she asked.
"Two weeks," I answered.
She nodded, tensely. We reached the Capitol and Caesar quickly joined us. We raced for Nanthia.
