Peeta's POV

"Peeta Mellark to weapons STAT please, Ms. Everdeen needs you. I repeat, Peeta Mellark to weapons STAT. " the voice comes out of the speakers and I fly down the stairs to weapons. I burst through the door and find Beetee and a strange man that looks vaguely familiar trying to calm a hysteric Katniss.

"Peeta!" she screams "Peeta run! Don't let them catch you! RUN!" I embrace her and hold her tight while reminding her that we're all safe, and that what she's seeing isn't real. She calms down and starts to shiver violently.

"Are you cold?" I ask her. I don't wait for an answer, I just take off my grey sweater and put it on her. She snuggles closer to me before composing herself. I grab her cane and hand it to her before helping her up. She examines the strange man before asking him

"Is it really you?"

"Yes, Kitty Kat, it's me," he says with a smile. Then it hits me why the man is familiar, I've seen him in a photograph before, it was a photograph of Katniss' father.

Katniss' POV

I'm embracing my father, and I'm starting to make those embarrassing choking noises I make before I sob. Beetee clears his throat and asks "I'm assuming you know each other?"

I laugh, which again ends up making me feel like someone stabbed me, and say "Yes, this is my father, I thought he died in a mine explosion but..." I trail off.

"I still have two more surprises for you," Beetee says with a twinkle in his eyes.

"Really?" I ask, intrigued. He hands me a bow and I gasp. It's beautiful, with mockingjays and fire painted and carved all over. And from behind me another voice that I thought I would never hear again says

"Hey, Girl On Fire."

"Cinna!" I exclaim hugging him briefly "I thought you were dead!"

He laughs and says "The Capitol took me, and started to whip me, but after two lashes the rebels burst me out."

"Did they use the salt covered whip?" I ask.

He shakes his head "No. I heard them discuss it though."

"Can I try out the bow?" I ask BeeTee.

"Over here," Beetee says with a smile. He hands me a full quiver and throws a stuffed elephant in the air. I release an arrow and Peeta smiles.

"Right in the eye."

BeeTee starts throwing up a bunch of paper airplanes and I hit them all.

My father asks "How'd ya get so good with a bow?"

I smile and say "I put food on the table for five years and survived two Hunger Games; I've learned how to take care of paper airplanes."

my father freezes. "What? Two Hunger Games?" He asks.

I reply "Sit down, it's a long story." we all sit down on a bench and Peeta, BeeTee and I explain the entire story, and I learn some about the war.

I look at the clock when Peeta's stomach growls. "Crap," I say, it's 5:30 and we have to be at the hovercraft porthole at 6. "Peeta we have to be at the porthole at 6

he throws me over his shoulder, literally, and says "Bye! See you later!"

I grab my bow and yell "Peeta Bread Mellark! Put me down!" he sighs and sets me down once we've reached the elevator. "I'll pick you up at your compartment in five minutes okay?" I nod and limp to my compartment. I grab my toothbrush, shove it in my bag, and Peeta walks in. "Ready?" he asks. I nod and we make our way to the porthole hand in hand.

We make it there at 5:57 and a commander named Boggs, Johanna, Gale and Haymitch are already there. Finnick arrives at 5:59 and we're on our way at 6:00 on the dot. The trip to Nine takes about two and a half hours and I nap with my head in Peeta's lap while he plays with the bottom of my braid.

We arrive at Nine's hospital we all visit the wounded, Peeta never taking his arm from around me. I'm quite glad too, I'm not too steady on my feet and my head is pounding.

Boggs looks at the sky and yells "Everybody out! There's an incoming bombing!" I grab the immobile little girl I was talking to and Limp out as quickly as I can. "Get to the warehouse!" Boggs yells over the commotion.

I shove the invalid little girl I was visiting in to Peeta's arms and tell him ,"Run."

"I'm not leaving you," he replies.

"Go," I order "Now! Take her and make sure she's safe, I have to shoot the hovercraft, go now!" he obeys and runs into the warehouse. I notch an arrow with an explosive tip on my bow and shoot the gas tank of a Capitol hovercraft. I repeat this over and over and over until there's only one left. Before I can shoot it though, it deposits a small bomb at my feet.

I shoot the hovercraft down and run as fast as I can away from the bomb, but I'm not fast enough and the blast knocks me to my feet. I hit my head on the pavement and the world turns sparkly and starts to spin. I can vaguely make out Peeta running towards me and I feel him pick me up as I puke.

"That was stupid," he scolds as he runs into the warehouse. I open my mouth to reply but I can't seem to catch my breath. I start coughing and as the world stops spinning so fast I can see the look of horror on Peeta's face. It takes me a moment to figure out why he's so scared until I cough again and see the blood from my mouth sprays his face. He sets me down on the floor and I start coughing uncontrollably. Time slows as my muscles begin to spasm.

Then everything goes black.

Katniss' POV

When I wake up, a very concerned Peeta is looking down at me. "Hey," I croak, sitting up, which makes me very dizzy, but I ignore it. We're still in the warehouse and I ask "Any more hovercraft?"

Boggs says "No."

Peeta puts his arm around me and whispers in my ear "How do you feel?"

"I'm fine," I whisper so only he can hear.

"You were out for an hour," he breathes so only I can hear "Boggs called Coin and tried to convince her that you needed to go back to Thirteen but she refused. You're making a speech in thirty minutes, Haymitch will feed you your lines."

"Okay." I quietly reply, snuggling into his chest. He hugs me close and kisses me. Finnick whistles. I blush tomato red and inch away from Peeta.

"Anyone for poker?" Johanna asks, pulling a deck of cards from her pocket.

We all play for half an hour poker before Haymitch shoves a wire down my ear, gives me a megaphone, and pushes me onto the front steps. I repeat the speech Haymitch gives me and wait for them to react. They all cheer, and then we board the hovercraft and leave. I fall asleep before we're even off the ground.

Peeta's POV

Midway durning the ride back, Katniss suddenly sits upright and starts coughing up blood again. She stops coughing after a few minutes and I'm relieved until I see the steady stream of blood pouring from her mouth. Haymitch notices and runs over, literally running over Boggs in the process. Gale, having heard Boggs get run over, turns his head up from his card game and rushes over too. I'm telling Katniss that she'll be alright, Haymitch is trying to stop the bleeding and Gale is yelling at the pilot to go faster.

Boggs says "Hit it, Altheus, the girl'l die if you don't."

"We'll be at high risk for crashing if I do, Commander," Altheus, a man with a bushy red beard ,replies.

"I'm well aware." Boggs says. Altheus pushes a lever several notches forward and we take off. Then there's a loud snap and the hovercraft plummets to the ground.