AN : Sorry for the wait, it's been a busy week. Hope you enjoy this chapter.

Ruby's POV

We are nearly at the tree to complete Beetee's plan. When we get there he starts to wrap the wire around the trunk.

"I need some of you to take the rest of the cord down to the beach. Katniss? Johanna?" He asks. Johanna stiffens next to me, but nods reluctantly. Katniss looks hesitant.

"What's the matter, Mockingjay?" I ask.

"Why me? I don't want to leave Peeta. Why can't Ruby go?" She replies, distressed.

"I need her with me. We made a deal, Katniss. You keep me alive until I do this." Beetee reminds her. She nods, sadly, and her and Johanna make their way to the beach.

"What if this doesn't work?" I ask Beetee, trying to make it clear to him that I'm talking about the 'save Katniss' plan, not the tree. He catches on.

"We can only do our best. I'm sure they'll be fine." He looks me in the eye while saying this and I hear Finnick mumble in agreement. Peeta looks worried and nervous. "Peeta, I assure you nothing will go wrong with this plan." Beetee says, placing his hand on Peeta's shoulder. He simply nods and gets back to keeping guard.

After about 10 minutes of wrapping the cord and guarding Beetee, he says he feels a pull on the cord. Suddenly, it goes limp on the ground, as if it has been cut.

"You don't think something happened do you?" I ask nervously. Before anyone could try to reassure me, we heard a scream. Finnick and I instantly sprinted towards the sound.

"Johanna?" He whispers into the quiet. "Johanna, are you there? Katniss?" I feel myself getting increasingly worried.

"Just keep going." I say. He nods and we press forward. After a while, we hear a loud bang. Almost like someone had set of a flare or fireworks. I look up to see the roof of the arena caving in. "That clever bitch." I say to myself and smile slightly. Finnick follows where I am looking and looks at me with concern. He suddenly begins sprinting back to the tree. I follow, but don't get far before I trip, and a piece of roof falls, trapping my leg. I feel and hear it snap and scream out in pain.

"Ruby?!" Finnick looks at me in distress.

"Go. Just go, I'll be alright." He hesitates, but soon nods and continues towards the tree. After a few minutes I feel my eyes growing heavy and soon lose conciousness.

'BEEP! BEEP! BEEP!' is all I hear as I open my eyes. I am aching everywhere. I feel my eyes open, but see nothing but darkness.

"Ms James. Can you hear me?" I hear a woman ask.

"Y-yes." I choke out, "but I c-can't see a-anything." I feel myself getting frightened as tears begin to spill down my cheeks and my breathing becomes uneven and loud.

"Calm down, Ms James. Please, I will tell you everything once you've calmed down." The woman says, I slowly begin to smooth my breathing out and nod once I feel calmer. "You were left trapped under a piece of the arena's roof, your leg snapped there. You seemed to lose conciousness from what we could tell, and your eyes looked very red and sore. Due to the roof caving in, acid rain began to fall through into the arena. It seems no one else was badly injured and we managed to get them out with them getting burnt. However, it was difficult to lift the piece of roof without help. Your eyes have been damaged, whether the damage is permanent or not, we don't know. If you'd like, we can-"

I don't let her finish. "Where's Johanna?" I ask in distress.

There was a long pause before she answered me. "They took her. I'm sorry, we just couldn't get there in time. They have Peeta as well." It is now that I realise where I am.

"This is District 13." I state, to myself than her.

Yet she confirms anyway. "Yes, and I can assure you that you and everyone is perfectly safe here."

"What about Katniss?"

"She is here. She woke yesterday. I also think you should know that we have agreed to try to bring Johanna, Peeta and Annie back here tomorrow once Beetee has gotten rid of the Capitol's energy sources."

"Beetee's here? Can I go and talk to him?" I beg, I need to know what happened once I left with Finnick. Finnick. "Is Finnick here?"

"Yes. He came to sit with you a few hours ago. You can see them all once we've figured out what to do about your eyes, okay?" I nod.

Johanna's POV

"Are you okay?" I ask Peeta, who had just been chucked back into his cell. "You look like death." I say bitterly, knowing exactly why he looks like that. He doesn't reply, but simply glares at me and growls. I roll my eyes and run my hand across my shaved head.

It seems like Snow is using Peeta to get to Katniss. Thinking of her makes me think of her. I wonder what Ruby is doing, and more importantly if she's okay. I was so close to replying when Finnick called out my name in the arena, but I knew that it could risk ruining the plan. I've been as quiet as possible when they've asked me questions. There torture is not going to get me to talk. I just think of her and of home, and it makes it more bearable. I know I'll see her again. I just hope it's soon.