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Summary

• Sejanus reveals his plan to help rebels leave District Twelve, including freeing his friend Lil and fleeing North, away from Panem.
• Sejanus discloses the details of their escape plan to Coriolanus, mentioning how he will incapacitate guards and get weapons.
• Coriolanus pretends to consider Sejanus’s plan while secretly activating a jabberjay to record the conversation.
• The jabberjay’s recording could incriminate them both, so Coriolanus quickly disguises its activity.
• Coriolanus feigns thoughtfulness about Sejanus’s plan, while already deciding against it.
• Coriolanus struggles with what to do with the information he's learned, weighing the potential consequences.
• He decides to let the jabberjay's recording reach Dr. Gaul, who might intervene in Sejanus's plan.
• Coriolanus has a nightmare about Sejanus being killed by snakes and feels guilty about sending the jabberjay.
• He reassures himself that Sejanus's plan will not get him killed and believes his decision was ultimately right.
• News of Sejanus's and Lil's planned escape reaches Mayfair Lipp, who risks exposing them all.
• In a panic, Coriolanus kills Mayfair and Billy Taupe gets killed by Spruce, a rebel involved in the escape plan.
• Sejanus and Lucy Gray are implicated, but there is hope to cover up the truth.
• Lucy Gray ensures an alibi for the Covey and herself by continuing the performance at the Hob.
• Coriolanus and Sejanus return to the barracks, pretending they don't know about the murders.
• Sejanus is shaken, but Coriolanus convinces him to act normal and not reveal anything.
• A false sense of calm takes place as the base digests the news of the murders, attributed to rebel infighting.
• Coriolanus receives bad news about his family's financial and living situation back in the Capitol.
• Sejanus is arrested, and Coriolanus realizes his jabberjay could be the reason why.
• The base is locked down, and Sejanus faces execution, throwing Coriolanus into turmoil.
• Coriolanus confronts his guilt and complicity in Sejanus’s arrest and impending execution.
• The execution ceremony is public, causing an uproar among the citizens who regard the condemned as innocent.
• Lucy Gray is distraught, implying a close connection with Sejanus, and Coriolanus is tormented by his actions.
• As Sejanus is executed, jabberjays echo his last cry for his mother, haunting the crowd and Coriolanus.