Star Crossed Lovers (Clove And Cato Book 2)

24. Telling The Brother....Everything..

*Geoff P.O.V*

Plutarch leads me into a small, circular room where a small table equipped with two chairs sit. A glass of pale water sits lonely on top, a cheese platter to its right. Not entirely alone then.

"Take a seat," he instructs already sitting down on one chair. I ball up my fists and sit. What does he want with me?

"How do you like being a game maker, Geoff?" Plutarch asks suddenly, pouring two glasses of water. I stare at the supposed to be head game maker.

"I-I like it. It's different." I respond, thinking that it is a good answer. Plutarch grunts.

"You don't have to lie, boy, I know its not the most fun job!" he laughs, a wheezy raspy sound. I drain some of my glass, rolling my eyes in the process. What a weird man...

"I need to tell you something important. No one else outside of this room can know, not even Snow, got it?" Plutarch says in a quieter voice, his face a look of serious on it. I gulp.

"Yes Plutarch, anything." I say, trying not to let my voice quiver. Plutarch eyes me for a second longer before continuing.

"The only reason I needed you as a Game Maker was because I ....well...its complicated." He starts, already drifting off. I cough, earning a small smile.

"Okay it’s not really. You see, your sister Clove, is in the arena with her fellow victor-tributes and we need Clove. Yeah we do. .And the only way to get her to come to us, is to be in the Game Maker circle, right?" he doesn't stop for my answer, but talks again.

"Coin wants her now; we all need her and Cato. To start the rebellions and uprisings. Clove is our...em.....spokesperson. Someone to represent us all, but she has to come out of the arena Clove doe, right? So you see what we have to do now is send word to Coin, who will send us a hovercraft and that hovercraft will go into the arena and take Clove and Cato away."

Plutarch looks at me, I squirm.

"So I  ...I mean we have to get Clove out, how?" I ask him, as he gulps down some more water.

"Beetee, from 3, has been informed of this information and will get his other allies (including Clove) to come up with a plan and that will hopefully break the force field and then the hovercraft will be able to get in sufficiently." Plutarch says looking at me again, a grin spreading across his face.

"Okay its starting to sink in...But who is the 'we' you keep talking about?" I say using air-quotes for 'we'. Plutarch shakes his head.

"District 13." he says and I jump from my chair.

"13?!?!?!?!? But...but they've been obliterated!!" I burst out. I start to wonder if Plutarch is messing with me.

But he looks serious enough, his face doesn't change from before, and from the way he stays silent as I scream about I should be quieter.

"No they moved underground. And believe me, I've seen it. Now, we only have two days or so before Coin's craft comes. You can help me save your sister." Those last 7 words send a shiver down my spine. My sister, the one who was thrown into the Games twice, the one who has always been in love with my friend, the one that would dare start a fight if someone bothered her, the girl that everyone was afraid of. My sister. The only girl that I had to love, and did. The sister that I messed my relationship with.....the one that hated me. I feel tears swarm in my eyes, and don't stop them. It shows I care.

"I will help. For my sister." I say in whisper. Plutarch grins softly and slaps my back.

"I'll inform Coin." he gets up and leaves.