DISCLAIMER: the reservoir of disclaimer ideas has run dry, so here. I don't own the Hunger Games.

THANK YOU to my amazing friend and beta, Kelsey, who thought of the amazing title once again! Her stories are amazing, so check KelsNicole92

I am crazy busy at the moment, so the next update might take a while too...

Peeta's POV

I watch, turning my head from person to person, trying to follow the conversation, but picking up only some words.

"...escaped."

"...captured by peacekeepers..."

Already, I don't like the way this conversation is going. I just need to know who the conversation is about...

"Loose in the Capitol.."

"...she's injured.."

I really, really hope that this is someone on my side, on the rebels side. I lean over the table, trying to get closer to those that matter, ignoring the pointless conversations surrounding me.

"We need to find Kelsey..."

I stand up so abruptly that my chair falls over, crashing to the floor with a bang loud enough to make all the conversations in the room come abruptly to a halt.

"Kelsey has escaped?" I ask, directing my question to President Coin and the guy she always has with her, Boggs?

Their eyes widen as they realise that I have overheard what they are talking about, and now everyone in Command knows. Questions are flying around the room, all being left to pile up in the corner, unanswered. I press my question on them again, harder.

"She has escaped?" I raise my voice to make everyone stop asking questions long enough for the President to answer.

"She escaped the President's mansion, where they were being held, yesterday evening. She is thought to have been captured by peacekeepers, but we now have reason to believe that she is free from their custody."

She makes it seem like Kelsey was there almost voluntarily, being held safely.

Yeah, right.

"So you think she is alive, then?" I ask, determined to be heard. To get this right.

The President nods in response.

Then the sound of footsteps signals someone running from the room, and I hear the door swing shut.

I turn around, surveying the seats and find one empty.

Gale's.

Of course. He's gone to tell Delilah.

Kelsey's POV

Dizzy. I feel so dizzy. I press my hand to my side, trying to staunch the flow of blood oozing from it, but to no avail.

They shot me. I played dead. Then, most of them left, leaving two to clear away me 'body'. When one bent down, I snatched the gun from his belt and shoot him, quickly followed by the death of the second peacekeeper, who was to stunned by the sight of the thought-to-be-dead girl shooting his colleague, too shocked to pull his own gun out and save his life by ending mine.

Then, I grabbed the peacekeepers cape and mask, covering most of my clothes, hopefully making me disguised enough to get out of the Capitol and into another District.

But that was before I fully assessed the severity of my wound. The bullet pierced my side, but I can tell by it's positioning that it didn't puncture anything vital, so I wasn't worried.

But I wasn't counting on losing so much blood. Now I can feel the blood loss affecting my senses, and I can feel the light-headedness affecting my better judgement as I stumble along in the street, it's all I can do not to collapse.

So I try to think of Evander. And I try to do it, for him. For the other victims of the Hunger Games, of Panem.

But I can't. My knees buckle and I slump against the side of a shop, filled with leopard print underwear in the window, and in the back of my head, I vaguely think of how much I like fur...

My hand reaches to my neck, to touch the necklaces that give me hope, remind me why I fight. My hand catches on half, and scrambles around for the second, but to no avail. I remember that I don't have it.

That now, I am without both pieces.

My hand drops to the side, and I look up faintly, and see the fur that I like so much..

Then I black out.

There! The first chapter of (the title will be here...) ! I know it was short, but I wanted to start short...

INTRODUCING: The 30 chapter song challenge!

Okay, I am determined to do at least 30 chapters for this story, and I thought this would be interesting, so please review with the song you find most fitting to the question..

Chapter 1: Your favourite song: (mine) Hey There Delilah, The Plain White T's

Now, you review telling me your favourite!

THANK you to KelsNicole92, my amazing beta and friend! Read her stories! The ROCK!