Hello All and welcome to Search and Rescue!

First Disclaimer. I am not Suzanne Collins and everything belongs to her.

Second Disclaimer. This story is purely fiction except the places, and some terms. I know next to nothing when it comes to what would actually happen in this situation, so I am making it up as I go along. If something is wrong or you don't agree PM and we can discuss it. As I've said before this is fictional and I feel like this is a different type of topic and scenario to write on.

Third Disclaimer. Hi guys! This Story has been on hiatus for awhile. I'm in the process of correcting the many spelling errors, and fixing the many plot holes I've discovered. So please bare with me here as I comb through each chapter, in hopes to make this better and easier to read and follow.

Chapter corrected - 2/27/15


"Katniss where are you?" An all to familiar voice calls

"You know where I am!" I called back

"I do, I do. Just thought I would have a little fun, but as usual you ruined it." He says getting closer.

"Your an ass Abernathy." I say

"That is Captain Abernathy to you Miss Everdeen." Haymitch says with a snarky wink.

I smiled standing up from a bench in the mess hall.

"First Lieutenant Everdeen at your disposal sir." I say saluting him

"Captain Abernathy comes to you with news." He says saluting me back and laughing.

"Oh no...what now?" I mumble

The last time Haymitch had said those words he told me that Prim was dead and my Mother was no where to be found. Prim had been driving and some guy who wasn't paying attention ran into her sending her spinning into on coming traffic and that's when the tractor-trailer hit her killing her instantly. I was devastated to say the least and to this day I still haven't heard from my mother or gotten any information on her whereabouts and that was almost 3 years ago. I'm doing much better with coping but I still have nightmares.

"Kat did you hear me?" Haymitch says pulling me out of my thoughts.

"No..sorry I was thinking what did you say?" I ask looking back up at him

"I said this isn't like the news you got 3 years ago, but it isn't good news." He tells me and I breathe a sigh of relief

"Your being sent to Afghanistan." He tells me bluntly

"What?!" I shriek

"You-are-being-sent-to-Afghanistan." He says slower.

"No, I heard you. I'm just shocked." I say

"What did you think you could stay in Kuwait forever?" Haymitch laughs

"Well of course not. I just didn't think I would be sent there." I say

"Well it's not like your going to be in a snipers nest or a foxhole even though your the best shot in the Marines." He says plainly

"Well why am I going then?" I ask curiously

"Search and Rescue. Remember Odiar talking about 4 Marines getting captured?" Haymitch says

"Yeah?" I answer thinking about how upset the case had made Finnick.

"Well you, Odiar, Gloss, and myself are going down there to meet up with a few more down there" He tells me.

I shake my head. It wasn't the first time I had to do a rescue but we always knew where they were. No one knows where the POW's are and they only have shaky leads.

"How long do we have to find them?" I ask

"They've been searching for a month now, so about another 2 and a half months then they'll terminate the search." He tells me

I've always been opposed to the termination of searches but there was really nothing I could do. I mean these men and women put their lives on the line and then we give up on them in a few months when they've been here for years.

"When do we leave?"

"2 hours. We're taking a jeep to the helicopter pad then we have long ride ahead." He replies as we start walking to the barracks

"How long of a ride?" I ask

"I have no idea Sweetheart. I'll see you in 2 hours, don't leave any of your belongings behind. We won't becoming back." He says darkly as he enters his barrack.

I walked into my dorm in the barracks, and looked around. I hadn't brought much with me when I was deported, so my dorm is fairly bare. I only have a few pictures of Prim, my mother and father, and Gale. I also have a laptop, a few books, and of course my pistol, sniper rifle and a few knives.

I begin shoving all my clothes into my bag, when Kaiden Gloss's voice comes from outside of my door.

"Come in!" I yell hearing the creak of the door opening already

"Hey." Kaiden greets

"Hi." I say smiling

Kaiden has been the one keeping me on my feet since Prim died, he actually became my best friend.

"Haymitch just wanted me to remind you to be in full gear. Vest, belt, helmet you know the whole get up." He says with mirth lacing his words

"Uh, alright thanks and shouldn't you be packing?" I ask knowing full well the has something else to do

"I finished only took me 15 minutes." He brags

"Oh I see. It would have only 10 if you hadn't come in." I say sarcastically

"Well fine then if you don't want me here I'll just leave then." He says sticking his nose up and turning on his heel.

"Oh, get back here you know I'm only kidding." I tease

"Oh I know, but I've got to get into gear so I'll see you at the garage." He smiles

I go back to shoving my clothes in the bag and putting the pictures in between the clothes so that they wouldn't break. I put the rest of my gear on and make sure that my gun case is secure and slip a knife in the holder strapped to my leg.

After picking up everything, I turned around and blew a kissing to my dorm and took one last look at what was once a safe haven to me, and started heading to the garage.