Authors Note:

I wanted to thank everyone for your reviews, the follows and the views. I was utterly nervous posting the first chapter. I had another chapter ready to go, but then I realized I had to go back to District Thirteen before I could move forward because later chapters would not make sense.

Don't worry I will post the other chapter soon. I hope you enjoy. Please keep the reviews coming & if any one would like to Beta the story PLEASE LET ME KNOW!

P.S. I do not own H.G., C.F. or MJ these wonderful stories and characters all belongs to the brilliant S. Collins…

Gale stood outside of the door pondering why Coin would want Katniss to come down here. This place was located even further down than where Katniss prep team was kept. He questioned what could be so important that she sent him on a wild goose chase all over the district to find Katniss. His time could be better served training for their next mission in District Two.

It was important to crack the Nut.

He rubbed his face. Things between Katniss and himself were strained. Outside of when they hunted, Gale got the sense she did not trust him. There was a wall erected between them. The common bond they once shared was hanging by a thread. Gale tried to reconnect with her but she seemed resentful of his affiliation with Coin and the revolution.

It was no secret amongst the higher ranks Katniss was the reluctant face of the rebellion. It baffled him why she did not immerse herself, into her role as the Mockingjay. Her tears and frenetic disposition was not part of the girl he knew. He hoped that with Peeta's rescue Katniss would be more like her old self and see that Coin was the leader the rebels needed to dethrone Snow.

However even after Peeta came back with his brain scrambled by Snow she still did not back Coin. Gale could not understand why Katniss was leery of their leader. The way he saw it they were fighting for their freedom against Snow's tyranny. Coin was the woman with the resources who could bring that about. He sighed into the cool air of the underground tunnel. Gale wished things were different between them. It was then the lights from above began to flicker. He frowned Thirteen was not known for blackouts. The air around him grew thicker and warmer.

Gale stood straighter something was not right. Years of hunting alerted him that his environment was changing quickly it spelled danger. It was then he heard the yelling coming from other side of the door.

The lights in the hall changed colors they were flashing red. The hall began to sway slightly. He could hear the walls groan and they seemed to shake like jelly. His first priority was to get the Mockingjay out safely.

Gale tried to remain steady as he punched in the security code on pad on the side of the door. The floor beneath him rocked. He planted his hands on either side of the panel for support as he tried to read the text displayed. It read 'frozen.' Desperately he cleared the key pad again as he heard the drunk shout from within the room. Gale could feel the rippling of the wall underneath the palms of his hands as he steadied himself. The hall once more rocked back and forth aggressively.

Dust and pebbles fell on top his head. Gale desperately dialed the key pad again. He felt the earth shake violently beneath his feet with greater force. This time he was thrown back into the concrete wall across the hall. Gale groaned in pain. He gripped his shoulder. Thankfully it did not seem to be broken.

He was standing up when he heard the frantic yelling coming from the opposite side of the door. The one that scared him the most was the definite high pitched female scream that resounded into the hall as the door flew open.

With out a thought he ran into the room with his gun drawn. Gale was ready to shoot who ever was harming Katniss. His grey eyes opened wide as he saw Katniss locked inside of a tube on the other side of the glass partition. Her hands were banging on the glass she was shouting to Haymitch.

Haymitch was hitting the glass wall shouting Katniss name.

Without thought Gale shot at the glass partition hoping to shatter it. The bullet bounced off the glass and ricochet in the room. Gale hopelessly watched as Katniss vanished, he whispered "Catnip…"

Her scream reverberated in the room.

"What the hell!" Haymitch cried standing from his hunched position "Are you trying to kill us?"

Gale ignored Haymitch turned around to Beete demanding "BRING HER BACK."

Gale was met with silence as Beete and his crew, were huddled furiously whispering with one another. He turned to Haymitch who looked stunned at the sight of the empty tube.

"She's gone" Haymitch uttered.

Beetee and the other scientist were scrambling trying to stabilize the room. He and his fellow collaborators felt the impact of transporting a live being might have caused structural damage.

Once they determined the room and the corresponding areas above them were sound they began to discuss the actual event.

The shaking stopped. Both Haymitch and Gale looked up at the walls above their heads looking for cracks.

Gale once more tried to grab their attention "Hey….over here…"

Beetee glanced at both men before he focused in what his colleagues were telling him. They accurately guessed Katniss would have to dematerialize however they did not speculate that it would cause the test subject bodily harm.

This was of concern to him. There was a contingent plan in place to invade the Capitol. Coin and her high ranking officials were trying to find a way to invade the Capitol as the final push to bring Snow to his knees.

Coin wanted to use the machine to transport the troops into the Capitol more specifically into the Palace to avoid substantial casualties. It was Beete who suggested they send a volunteer first.

Coin suggested they send the Mockingjay since it was part of their agreement for Katniss to kill Snow. Beete believed if Katniss could assassinate Snow then they could avoid a full fledged war. They plotted to transport her into the palace. They would know instantly from Capital feed if Katniss was successful. However the machine proved to be problematic.

"Why aren't they listening? Gale growled he did not understand what happened. He questioned why they were all acting so calm. Katniss had just vanished into thin air and no one was panicking.

Haymitch looked to Gale he grumbled under his breath. He saw the truth plainly, if the brains were scrambling something went wrong. "She wasn't supposed to get hurt."

Beetee worriedly looked to Haymitch then to Soldier Hawthorne. He and his companions were energetically comparing notations with each other right before they sat behind their computers.

Beetee wheeled over to Haymitch and Hawthorne stood. His companions were making theoretical conjectures out of the information that was gathered.

"Well…" Haymitch asked.

"From the preliminary data collected she was dematerialized successfully and is being transported currently." Beetee pushed his glasses up the bridge of his nose. This was the one bright spot of his news.

"You mean this was supposed to happen. You were supposed to make her disappear" Gale was alarmed.

"It should beam her directly into Snow's palace." Beetee spoke giving the conjectured truth. The fact was he did not know if that was where Katniss Everdeen ended up. They did not have a way to track her. They surmised she was still traveling to the intended location since there was no news coming out of the Capitol about the arrest of the Mockingjay.

Gale blinked incredulously. He thought Katniss was the only one who would do something so crazy. "You transported her into Snow's palace?"

"The machine worked" Beete gave the information carefully.

Haymitch raised an eyebrow "What do you mean by worked."

Beetee took of his glasses wiped them clean as he measured his words carefully.

Haymitch knew Volts too long to know there were things the man was not telling them. Things they did not want to hear. "Beete stop with your delaying tactics and give it to me straight. Where is Sweetheart?"

Beetee swallowed "We do not know."

"What do you mean you do not know?" Gale growled as he pushed the drunken mentor out of the way to confront Beetee.

Haymitch looked to the tall angry kid and shook his head. He put his hands on the kids shoulder. The kid was not seeing the broader picture he was allowing his anger get the better of him. "Beetee what else are you not telling us?"

"The initial information is inconclusive. We know she has been transported but we cannot tell exactly where she might be." Beetee looked into the faces of the men.

Gale was in shock.

"That's not all, is it?" Haymitch wanted a drink desperately.

Beetee knew this was not going to sit well with the men in front of him. "We do not know if we can bring her back."

"You mean you put her in that crazy contraption without knowing if it was going to work?" Gale furiously questioned. He looked to Haymitch "I thought you were her mentor. Aren't you supposed to be looking out for her?"

"Katniss was well aware of the repercussions. This was her decision. If this worked it could cut down the casualties we could incur when we invade the Capital." Beetee quietly spoke defending what happened.

"She is the face of the rebellion." Gale paused as he looked to both men. He stuck his hands in his pockets frustrated "If we have no Mockingjay then who is going to rally the necessary troops? We still do not have all the districts on our side." Gale words rushed out of him as he thought about the upcoming mission to District Two. They needed Katniss to go with them to gain support for the failing rebellion in that district.

Haymitch frowned "How long?"

"We have to wait for that side of the room to decompress so before we can even attempt to bring her back." Beete did not hide the truth.

"We need her back. I don't care what you have to do, but bring her back" Gale snapped.

Haymitch looked to Gale there was so much he wanted to tell the kid but he refrained. "Beete see what you can do."

The partitioned glass opened up behind them.

Seeing the other side of the room opened caused a stir amongst the other men in the room.

"If you will excuse me I am needed." Beetee wheeled back to his colleagues.

Gale and Haymitch naturally moved to stand where the room was divided.

Haymitch shrugged and walked in without fear. He figured if he was going to die he might as well do it, while doing something important. Katniss and Peeta were the most important things in his life.

Haymitch reached out his hands. He touched the glass tube it was cold. This was the last spot he had seen Sweetheart. The kid was right he should have protected her. She was his responsibility after all they were still in the Games and this time the arena was larger. Haymitch swallowed as sadness threatened to engulf him. He needed a drink desperately going through this rough stuff would be a lot easier with some white liquor in his system.

"Do you think Beetee could bring her back?"

Haymitch looked over his shoulder to see Gale standing slightly behind him. "There is a reason we call him Volts kid."

Gale grunted.

"Beetee is smart, smarter than anyone else down here" Haymitch began but Gale cut him off.

"Yeah but can he bring her back" Gale wanted a concrete answer.

Haymitch noted he was far more impatient than Katniss. "Kid I am sure Beetee is not going to stop until she is safe and sound."

Gale was about to speak when suddenly the room swayed violently and both men were thrown in the room.

The alarm came on the lights began to flash red.

Haymitch was on the floor in front of the tube frowning as he looked intently into the tube.

"What the hell is going on?" Gale shouted.

"We are trying to rematerialize Katniss" Beete said from the control room. He frowned his calculations were not working.

"This is what you call trying?" Gale ground out as he stood pointing to the tube.

Suddenly Haymitch called out "Katniss…."

Gale turned around and was blinded by a surge of white light.