This chapter is also in Peeta's point of view.

I quickly realize that I can't keep up with him. My prosthetic leg makes it hard to run as fast as I need to. The peacekeepers are catching up to me, firing their guns at my legs. A bullet grazes my good leg, and I fall to the ground.

I'm going to die! They're going to shoot me full of holes until I'm dead. I'll never make it back to Lavash and Katniss. I'll never see them again, and they won't ever know what happened to me. I'll be nothing more than a memory to them.

One peacekeeper reaches me before the others and points a gun at my head. When he is about to pull the trigger, a rock makes contact with his face and breaks his nose. He drops the gun, and Gale grabs it.

"Move!" he shouts at me.

I get to my feet, ignoring the pain in my leg, and I follow him as quickly as I can. The peacekeepers are right behind us, firing shots that barely miss our swerving bodies. A hovercraft appears above us, and objects are thrown from the sky.

I'm barely able to dodge what looks like a spear when a bomb goes off, sending me flying into the bushes. I'm winded but otherwise uninjured. Gale falls to the ground beside me, bruised and bleeding. Upon closer inspection, his wounds are superficial and little cause for concern.

They must think we're dead because they pass over us really quickly, heading toward the others. I help Gale to his feet and we take off after it. We run for miles until we catch up with Haymitch and the girls.

"They sent a hovercraft after us!" Delly says loudly.

"Keep your voice down! We're sill being chased," Haymitch snaps at her.

She covers her mouth with her hands. "Sorry."

Madge looks up through the tree branches, her eyes locked on the hovercraft. "How are we supposed to get away from it?"

"We run," Haymitch tells her. "Run and hope it doesn't catch us."

And that's what we do. We run until the sun comes up, and then we hide in the foliage until it sets. It's been hours seen we've heard from the peacekeepers. Have they given up so easily? No. Why chase after us on foot when they can shoot at us from above?

We move slowly through the trees during the day, hiding from any sound we hear, and then we take off running once night comes. It's harder for them to see us in the dark, but trekking through the woods at night means that we may fall victim to any number of dangers. And on top of that, we are barely getting any sleep.

"I need to rest," Delly says sheepishly.

Madge collapses onto the ground. "Me too."

"Five minutes," Haymitch agrees.

I'm concerned that we've veered off coarse in an attempt to escape the hovercraft. There hasn't been any sign of it for two whole days. "I think it's safe to say that they're not following us anymore."

"Or if they are, we've managed to evade them," Gale says.

I nod in agreement. "However, I think we're farther from the village now than we were before."

"Village?" Delly repeats. "What village?"

"The one we've made for ourselves." I draw a map in the dirt. "We followed the river upstream and then headed north. We don't even know where the river is now."

Haymitch takes a few steps away from us. "Then our first objective is to find the river."

After the five minutes are up, Haymitch leads us in a random direction. It doesn't really matter which way we go. None of us knows exactly where we are, anyway. It takes us until dawn to find the river. We follow it upstream until the trees begin to thin out, and then we head north. After three more days, we make it to the cave where Katniss and I fought the cougar.

"Six days," Haymitch sighs in frustration. "It took us six days to get here, and it will take us at least two more to get to the village! We've been gone for over a week."

"But we're almost there now," Delly says soothingly.

Madge frowns. "A lot can happen in a week."

I'm worried about Katniss and Prim. If Lavash and Mrs. Everdeen also catch the disease, there will be no one to look after them. "We need to get the medicine back to the others."

It takes exactly two days to get to the village from the cave. Once we are there, I'm horrified by the sight of the others. Katniss and Prim are tied up with vines. Lavash and Ms. Everdeen have scratches on their faces and arms.

"Thank goodness you're back!" Ms. Everdeen rushes over to us. "Did you get the medicine?"

Haymitch hands her the leaves and the pills. "If I remember correctly, the leaves are supposed to be crushed up and ingested."

"What happened?" I ask Lavash.

There are tears in his eyes. "Prim and Katniss attacked us! And then they started fighting each other. It was terrifying!"

Ms. Everdeen focuses on crushing the leaves, and Gale rushes over to help her. Madge goes to sit beside Katniss and watches her as she sleeps. Haymitch starts chugging white liquor, much to everyone's annoyance. I have the heartbreaking task of telling Lavash about our brother and our father. Delly helps me comfort him when he starts sobbing uncontrollably.

It takes a full twenty-four hours for Katniss and Prim to show signs over recovery. The crazed look in there eyes is replaced by one of confusion. After a few more days of rest, they are allowed to leave the infirmary and return to their home.

While they were recovering, Lavash and I built shelters for our newest members. We set up Gale's next to Haymitch's house and Madge's next to Katniss'. After some debate, Delly's house was built next to Gale's. Everyone agreed that the village should look as symmetrical as possible, and that meant we had to have three shelters on each side of the pond.