A/N - Hello my dear, faithful readers! I DEEPLY apologize for not updating yesterday! I have been studying for a very important test. And you know how life can be sometimes :(((! But Chapter 21 is here, YAY! It's not very long, as I just wrote it. But it's very important for the Sequel. I hope you guys like it! I know it's a bit short, But I just threw it together just now. Now Chapter 22 WILL BE up tomorrow(sunday), later afternoon.

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Run. That what I should do. But how far would I get? That will only make the punishment I'm about to get worse. As I take a seat, I pray, plea for some type of miracle.. And I get one. Another Peacekeeper walk's up to the table I'm at, and I recognize him. Darius!

"Your wanted in the Meadow, sir. They think they found something of suspicion. I can take your place here." Darius says. I feel all the air in my lungs return.

"Thank you." He says. He gets up and walks away. I try to hold back my smile. Darius pretty much just saved my life. Literally.

"Hey, hey, hey!" Darius says while taking his seat in front of me grinning. I suppress a smile, too. I almost forgot Darius doesn't know he just saved my life.

"Hey!" I reply cheerfully. I am cheerful.

"You seem to be in a good mood, but I'm not complaining." He says with a wink. I just smile and he continues- "Alright, You know how it works."

I hold up my hand and he takes a small needle and pokes it into the top of one of my fingers. Immediately making blood appear. It only hurts for a few seconds, but it quickly goes away. All of a sudden I remember Posy, When I dropped her off to get hers, she was nervous, she's never had to get an I.D. check. As Darius is dripping my blood from my finger onto a little white sheet of paper, I lean back in my chair to try to get a view of Posy who's down a few tables. I see her, crying, but I also see Gale, Rory and Vick with her. They must have already gotten their's done. As I sit back up in my chair, Darius is just scanning my blood with the little device, but he's grinning.

"What?" I ask. Probably some joke.

"Like what you saw, huh?" He replies. I hadn't realized until now, just as I was leaning back a Peacekeeper was walking past us. Making it appear that I was looking at him. Since I'm in a good mood, I decide to play it for all it's worth.

"Maybe I did." I reply teasingly. I never have a little fun, so what the heck!

"Well, just don't tell Gale." He says. I roll my eyes-

"Tell me what?"

I hear that behind me. I tilt my head up to see him. My head bumping into his stomach.

"That your girlfriend was checking out another guy!" Says Darius with a wink.

"I wasn-" Gale cuts me off though..

"You done yet, Catnip?" He asks an in even tone. Great. Now what was meant to be a joke has now turned into this.

I look back over to Darius to see. Sometimes it takes the little device some time to find records.

"Just….a….seco-" He says while eyeing the little screen on it. "Yep, your good." He looks up smiling.

Gale takes me, yanks me by the arm and out of the chair. He's mad. He doesn't say anything as we collect Prim and start to make the tiny, little walk, with the mass crowds of people into the middle of the square. I try looking for my mother, but the crowds are so thick it's impossible. Reaping day is not even this busy, And it's mandatory, unless your on deaths door, to attend the reaping. I feel an uncomfortable chill run through me. And then I remember what Darius said, 'They think they found something of suspicion'. What did they find? Something of Gale's and I's? Or was it really something of Airgusta's? As we enter the square, it's set up exactly like reaping day. Two huge screens on either side of the Justice Building and a huge stage with one, tiny, little podium set up. But something different. I look up to the top of the shop buildings to see Peacekeepers with guns. And not just their regular guns, but riffles. Reaping day always have protection, but not like this. Gale takes my hand and squeezes it. Maybe he's not mad. We make our way further in, extremely slow because of the massive crowds of people. Everybody's bumping into one another. It feels claustrophobic. Gale's holding Posy, and I sense Vick and Prim's hands clutching onto my jacket so we stay together. I've never seen this amount of people gathered into one place before.

"Don't you think this is all odd?" I ask Gale in a whisper. Something's not right to me.

"What do you mean? It's just busy." He says. Were at a stand still so Gale get's to his toes to see over the crowd. "That is about as far as were going." He says. Were not even near the stage. The only thing we can see are the two screens.

"Are you serious? Can you see the stage?" I ask.

"Yeah. It's way up there though." He says while placing his feet back on the ground and facing me. "We should still be able to hear. The microphones are loud." He says shrugging.

Just as I nod my head I'm shoved to the ground, taking Prim and Vick with me.

"Oh I'm so sorry!" Plea's a boy.

I look up from the ground to see him, the bakers son again. Peeta I believe.

"Watch where your going next time!" Gale shouts at him.

They both offer me a hand up, which I gladly take. They both help Prim and Vick up, too.

"Again, I'm so sorry! I didn't see you there!" He pleas again. Gale's about to open his mouth but I speak before him.

"It's ok. No big." I reply. I normally would be mad. But for some odd, extremely odd reason, I'm not. He smiles.

"I'm Peeta." He says while moving his hand toward me. I shake it.

"Katniss." I reply. Now's my chance. Now's my chance to thank him for saving my life over 4 years ago.

"Well, nice to meet you." Says Gale sarcastically.

He place a hand on my back, forcing me in front of him. He makes all six of us turn our back's toward.. Peeta. I feel horrible, completely horrible. I look over my shoulder, to say something to him. What, I don't know, but he's gone already. I sigh. The meeting hasn't started yet, and I'm pissed at Gale.

"What the hell is wrong with you?" I shout at him while turning around to face him. The crowd is so think my chest is touching is.

"What?" He says a bit surprised, while looking around, and not towards me.

"Being rude to him Gale!" I shout back. Thankfully the crowds already loud, so were not making a scene.

"I wasn't…It's nothing Katniss." He's still not giving me the time of day.

"Yes, you were!" I let the next words slip before I can stop them. "He did save my life once you know?" I blurt out. Almost in a whisper.

"What?" He says, finally looking down at me.

"It's nothing, Gale!" I say mockingly. I scowl and then turn back around. He's about to say something when the meeting starts. All the people around me, including me, look up to the one of screens when we hear the static of the microphone. It's the Mayor. Mayor Undersee.

"Good afternoon Citizen's of District 12…" Hi voice rings through the crowds, shutting everyone up. He pauses for a second, everything is quite except the wind and the sound of a newborn baby crying somewhere. He continues-

"We would like to thank you for your obedience being here. As most of you know, Panam has been receiving threats from the country of Airgusta for over seventy years. This week, they have made it final that they are finally going through with their threats. As a country, and as a District, we must band together. The President has asked each District to hold a meeting, like this, to discuss the matter of Airgusta. In the note that was sent to President Snow, It was clear they want war with Panam-"

As he says those words everyone starts murmuring to the person next to them. I feel Gale's free hand that's not holding Posy, on my shoulder. The Mayor continues once again…

"Now, does this mean it will happen? I'm not sure. But we must be ready and prepared for probable attacks. The particular date that was on the letter, is only several months away. President Snow is already ordering the Panam Army to start taking precautions. They might, and this is a maybe, want young men from here, and other Districts to join. To fight. But that is not official as of now."

He ends by introducing another District official. He practically repeats everything the Mayor just said. Another official takes the stand after him, again, telling us everything we already know. It's not until they announce the Head Peacekeeper do people 'tune' back in.

"Good afternoon. What a lovely day. I would like to start of by saying, as your Head Peacekeeper, it is my duty to insure that our Peacekeeper's are properly doing their job. Their job is to protect and serve the community of District 12. Now, President Snow did not release this, but I have gotten word to proceed with telling you all this. In the note, it was notified that two spies from Airgusta has been sent to every District in Panam. Including the Capitol-"

Something Gale and I already know from Darius…

"The main reason we did I.D. checks before this meeting, was to insure the Identity of all the citizens of 12. We are very pleased, and happy to announce one of the spies has been captured from here!"

Just as he says those words, the crowd goes crazy with applauding. After a good minute of this, he continues…

"But.. We are sad to announce it was one of our own Peacekeepers. He will be interrogated and questioned before his execution. We are sad to see it's one of our own, but we are happy he will no longer be a threat to Panam, and most importantly, District 12. The identity of him will be reveled sometime later today or tomorrow. I thank you on behalf of every official for being here today. Please return home safe."

The microphone goes off and the seal of Panam reappears on the screens. Immediately everyone disperses. Emptying out quickly. I turn towards Gale.

"That was something." He says to me. And I agree.

"Yeah. Do you really think Panam is going to go to war with them?" I ask in a hushed voice.

"I'm not sure. Were talk about it later." He says. Later meaning when our siblings aren't around. A thought hits me-

"You…You don't think.. Darius is the spy do you?" I ask. The thought scares me. I've always trusted him. Gale start's laughing. "It's not funny Gale! What if he is?" I'm still mad at him, but I'm even more now.

"Well, I'm pretty sure he wouldn't be doing community service for that type of crime." He says. Indicating for me to look to the stage.

I hadn't realized we are just about the only citizens left in the square until now. The Peacekeeper's are taking the stage and the screens down. And Darius is one of them. Gale gives a laugh and a shrug. I just roll my eyes.

"Come on, lets get home." He says while looking at Posy he's still holding.

We both turn around. Prim and Vick are there.

But Rory's not. . . . . .