" Are you thinking about Sejanus? " Aletta asked as she and Coriolanus walked through the woods.

" I just wish there was more I could've done " Coriolanus replied, it was silent as Aletta wrapped the orange shawl around her tighter " I'm sorry you have to leave this place ".

" Yeah, I'll miss the covey.....hope they'll follow me someday though " Aletta Replied.

" You know what I won't miss? " Coriolanus said and Aletta looked up at him " People....".

" People aren't so bad.....not really, it's what the world does to them....like all us in the arena " Aletta replied with a shrug " I think there's a natural goodness born into all of us ".

Coriolanus just scoffed in response.

" No, really " Aletta smiled softly as she continued " You can either cross that line into evil......or not, and it's our life's work to stay on the right side of that line ".

" It's not always that simple " Coriolanus replied as he stopped, when he noticed a stick as Aletta continued to walk.

" I know....I'm a victor " Aletta said with a bitter tone.

Coriolanus grabbed the long stick and fiddled with it.

" Sure will be nice not to have to kill anyone else up north " Aletta said as she stopped.

" Three's enough for me " Coriolanus replied causing Aletta to freeze and place a hand on her stomach in protection as it turned at her lover's revelation " I'm gonna make a walking stick want one? ".

Aletta sighed as she tried to bottle her nerves " You killed three? " Aletta asked ignoring his question and then looked over at Coriolanus, who held his thumb in his mouth in pain " Who's the third? ".

" What? " Coriolanus asked.

" Person you killed, Coriolanus, I only know about two...do not lie to me " Aletta snapped.

" Can you help me get this out? " Coriolanus asked as he walked to her.

" There was Bobbin in the arena and Mayfair, who's the third? " Aletta demanded.

Coriolanus looked at her before replying " My old self.....I killed him, so I could come with you " he then grabbed her chin softly and gestured for her to follow him.

Aletta knew he was lying and she didn't know if she could trust him anymore, she was glad she hadn't told him her news yet, but she needed to make sure....she could trust him, for her sake and her child's.

⎯

It was pouring down with rain as they walked closer to the cabin.

" Why don't we stop here at the cabin? Wait out the storm? " Coriolanus suggests.

" We should really keep going " Aletta replied.

" We're gonna need food, Aletta " Coriolanus said " Let's catch some fish, while we're here ".

Aletta nodded in agreement knowing the weather wouldn't be good for her or the babies health.

" If you want to fish, there's rods under the floorboards " Aletta said as she entered the cabin.

She shut the door behind her as Coriolanus placed his bag and stick down and banged on a floor board.

" these ones? " Coriolanus asked.

Aletta nodded.

Coriolanus lifted the floorboards and saw a rag on top of something and lifted it and saw the guns laying there, he picked on up and smiled in relief and slowly turned his head to Aletta.

" What is it? " Aletta asked as she felt the anxiety fill her stomach.

Coriolanus stood slowly to reveal a gun and Aletta flinched slightly at the sight of him with a weapon.

" It's the gun " Coriolanus replied.

" The one you fired at Mayfair, Spruce must of know about this place....if we destroy that gun, you're free.....and you can go back home....will you? " Aletta nodded as she swallowed her nerves

" No more loose ends " Coriolanus sighed in relief.

" Besides me " Aletta replied.

" Besides you? " Coriolanus replied coldly " You wouldn't tell anyone ".

" Course not " Aletta smiled as she looked at the cold look in his eyes, she had told Lucy Gray and she knew if she told him that, he would hurt her and she couldn't let that happen.

" I'm just gonna dig up some Katniss, there's a good patch down by the lake " Aletta said as she grabbed a knife from the shelf behind her.

" I thought it was too early for that " Coriolanus replied confused.

" Well, the world changes awfully fast " Aletta smiled before opening the door.

" Aletta " Coriolanus called out causing her to stop and look at him " I love you ".

" We'll see you soon " Aletta smiled before walking out the door and Coriolanus watched as she closed the door confused on why she didn't say it back and what she meant by ' we'll '.

After a few minutes of waiting he decided to grab the guns and walked outside and placed them in the boat and looked around confused, when he saw Aletta was no where in sight.

" Aletta....Aletta " Coriolanus called out as he wander into the forest with a gun in his hand and continued to shout getting worried about his Aletta.

" Aletta, where are you? ".

" Hello? ".

" Hey, did something happen, because if something's happening, we can talk about it " Coriolanus yelled " Are you hiding from me? ".

" Aletta....." he started to should but stopped, when he noticed the orange shawl that belonged to his mother that he had given to Aletta on the ground and he walked towards it kneeling and picked it up but yelled in pain, when a snake bit his arm and the boy yelled and ripped it off of his arm and punched the ground multiple times in pain.

Coriolanus laughed manically as he examined his arm and began to yell, getting angrier and angrier by the second.

" Is that poisonous? ".

" Are you trying to kill me? ".

" Aletta? ".

" ALETTA? I SAID ' ARE YOU TRYING TO KILL ME ' " Coriolanus roared in anger " AFTER EVERYTHING I'VE DONE FOR YOU ".

It was silent and the longer the silence remained the more his eyes began to well with tears, he brought his mothers shawl that was covered in mud and brought it to his nose and inhaled the smell of roses and he could also smell lavender and vanilla, which he knew was from Aletta.

He threw it on the ground in anger and felt his blood boil in anger at Aletta's betrayal and his head snapped up, when he heard a noise, he quickly grabbed the gun and shot at the figure causing narrowly dodge and twist their ankle in the process.

Aletta, who he had shot at could see him with the gun pointed at her and she quickly got up and ran despite the pain in her leg with a hand clutching her stomach as she disappeared.

Coriolanus slowly crept over to where he shot at and saw nothing there as he walked closer, he saw something on the ground and picked it up and saw that it was one of Aletta's earrings, he gulches it in his hand before standing up and placed it in his pocket.

He noticed footprints in the dirt and began to follow them with the gun up in the air.

" Are you...are you " Coriolanus raised his gun, when he heard Aletta's voice singing an unknown song.

" coming to the tree ".

" Wear a necklace of rope.......side by side with me ".

Mockingjays began to whistle the melody with her causing Coriolanus to get angry.

" Aletta.....that's enough " he shouted as the singing continues and mockingjays flew around him whistling the tune.

" strange things did happen here.....no stranger would it be ".

" Aletta, I said that's enough ".

" If we met up at midnight ".

Coriolanus began to shot at the mockingjays as the voice continued.

" in the hanging tree ".

He continued to shot at them roaring in rage until his ammo was finished, Aletta's voice had stopped but the remaining mockingjays continued to whistle the song causing him to sigh in frustration.

Nobody would know what happened to Aletta Everdeen on that tragic day.

Did she live?

Did she die?

But what we did know is that Aletta Everdeen legacy would live on through Katniss Everdeen.

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