Author's Note: Hmmm not a big turn out for the first chapter eh? No matter we are all busy I gather! Anyway! Thanks to Pandora, JB and Arrow (who is now gonna be called ASMF due to her handle)

Onward!

Chapter 2

Drafting a Heaven's Bee

I end up on their phone late tonight. I can't get it out of my head, the idea is simple. Coin has the means I have the method I just need a man on the inside. And he owes me.

"*yawn* 'llo?" comes the sleepy voice of one Plutarch Heavensbee

"Plutarch, its Sparrow"

I hear him fumble and then he sounds more alert, "it's gone midnight!"

"And yet here I am asking a favor" I say, "and you owe me Plutarch for getting your Everdeen out"

There is a pause, "I don't know what I can do to help….but I'm listening"

"There is an opening for gamemaker, I want you to take the position" I tell him, "this will be the last one, on your vacation this year I want you to tell Coin that you will rig the game so this quell will give them the opportunity to start a rebellion, you are going to rescue the tributes"

"How?" He asks, "it's not that simple"

"Seneca got two tributes out with a simple rule change"

"And look where that got him"

"You want to end the capitol reign you have to risk more than style, you have to want to do it because its right" I snarl into the receiver, "otherwise the whole reason to enlist my help and to save Katniss was a sham, and I will refuse to assist anymore Heavensbee, so you will do this because its right or you can tell Coin in person I said she could get stuffed and that my threat on her wellbeing stands" with that said I slam the phone down and settle on the very comfortable couch to sleep.

When I wake it's to the smell of something so heavenly I don't know what it is. But the surprise of the scent is only paled by who is doing the breakfast.

"Victoria?" I say sleepily, she looks up and smiles. She is still graceful, just muted. She motions me to sit and pours me some tea. Then shovels some eggs with herbs and toast onto a plate and slides it towards me.

She sees a spark of loss in my eyes as I look at the eggs. She sits across from me and touches my hand looking at me expectantly.

"Eggs" I say softly, "they hold so much for me, when I was little my mom made soft-boiled ones once in a while and my dad would pretend the butter knife was a sword and 'decapitate' the tops of our eggs for us so we could dunk toast into the yolk. Then I ate them on the train going to the capitol for my games, and sharing them with Maverick in the games, then eating them everyday made by my brother…now the president's wife makes them for me" I look at the plate, "what does that mean, why do I want to read so much into things?"

She clicks her tongue at me and places a fork in my hand; I get it, "don't think so hard so early and eat?" I ask her

She nods and smiles and prepares herself a plate.

We sit quietly.

"If the games ended that would a good thing wouldn't it?" I look at her and she nods, "even if it caused a war?" again she nods, "I guess because wars have an end"

We eat in silence for a few minutes.

"My friend Peeta, he's a victor now" I start to talk again, maybe its her not being able to reply that is so freeing or maybe its like Cass said yesterday, she's the nice side of president snow, "I worry for him, I worked on him when he won, we almost lost him twice, then we had to amputate his leg. He was so worn, after the interviews he was exhausted, and I think Katniss doesn't know how she feels for him so he's going to get hurt. I feel like his older sister, I want him to be happy, before I am, before I even find love of my own I want him to have his own. How can he if the girl is too blind?"

Again a click of her tongue means I am worrying too much.

"Will I ever be as wise as you Victoria?" I ask her and she comes over places a hand on my face then kisses my forehead.

'You already are kiddo'

The phone rings late in the evening, Plutarch is on the other end and Cass is eavesdropping. He had begged me, so I set both phones up so the call can't be traced or recorded properly. He is on the cordless and he sits with baited breath.

"Sparrow?" he sounds a bit less unsure of himself

"I am guessing this is either to accept or decline" I say

"It was late I'm sorry! Half the time at that hour I am sleepin'!" he whines, I roll my eyes and so does Castiel.

"Fine I'm sorry I woke you up from the precious sleep, just know I don't sleep like you do" I snap, "will you tell me what you decided"

"We're going ahead with the plan, I just hope you know what you're doing" he says

"I do, do you?" I ask, "it's all about design Plutarch, I hope you have an idea"

"Don't you worry missy" he says I can hear the smugness in his voice, "I have the perfect idea" and he hangs up.

Castiel looks at me confused, "does he always sound that pompous?" he asks

"Trust me it goes way beyond sounding it" I get up and pace. "what's the security like here?"

"Lax" Castiel says, "we're coastal, the chances of people running away are rare, the peacekeepers are more like lifeguards than anything. And even at the reaping they give extra time if the tributes are young, that's why they are late at the capital when they are young"

"Wow" I am surprised, "so say if you guys told them to stand down, do you think they would?"

He shrugs, "I don't know, I don't think so unless they have really good reason to" he stands, "what are you getting at?"

"I don't know" I wave him off

"Come on Angel, you know what you are getting at" he looks at me, "you're trying to take the Capitol apart bit by bit, quietly"

"Won't work unless we can make certain they can't retaliate, if the peacekeepers send word of uprisings a lot of people get hurt that way" I reply, "we don't want bloodshed, not so early"

He nods, and thinks, "look you said it's the right thing to do"

"When did I say that?" I look at him

"Last night, I woke up around midnight and you were on the phone, I overheard, and you're right it is a matter of doing what is right Angel" he gets me to sit down, "but its also about giving them a choice" he nods, "when are you heading out?"

"end of the week" I say, "I stayed too long I want to get to five before the cold season a friend is expecting her first and I don't want to miss out on congratulating them, before I do I want to see a few more districts, and on my bike that's gonna take time"

"Then we have no time to loose" he smiles