Katniss' point of view.

A few days after the bombing, things are beginning to look up. Caspar had woken up and was on the road to recovery, several members of the district had been found unharmed or with few minor injuries and small, temporary houses and hospital units have been put up. Everyone still pretty much uses their own original space as a home though.

As I make my way down the steps into our own space in the basement of the old bakery, I hear Gale talking to someone. I mind my own business as he talks to two men, both with suits and glasses about who knows what. When they leave, I'm still sorting out the first aid kit, which is in constant use, as forest is still not quite fixed up.

"What was that about then?" I ask, not turning away from the first aid kit.
"Oh, they were from the capitol, dropping off emergency supplies." He tells me, I look around to see two massive boxes. He opens them up to reveal one filled with food and another filled with medicine and bandages and all sorts of equipment.

He grabs a bottle of water and a plastic cup and pours himself a drink, whereas I return to re-stocking the miniature hospital until that we seem to have. I click it shut before turning to Gale.
"You wouldn't believe most of this is for one person, huh" I sigh. He grabs my hand and stares me right in the eye.

"Catnip" He starts.
"Wow, haven't heard that in a while, wher-" before I can finish he forces his lips on mine and kisses me. His arms are wrapped so tightly around me, it's a fair struggle to push him off of me.
"Gale! Are you crazy?" I step away from him he doesn't look confused but there is something different about his face. "What are you doing?!" I exclaim.
"This" he forces his lips on mine again and still, it's a struggle to escape.
"Why?!" I ask when I do get out of his grip.
"Because I love you" He says, almost as if we've been married for years or something.
"No. You love Garnett. Your wife"
"This is about him, isn't it" He says.

I realise where I've seen all of this before. The eyes. The voice. The ignorance. Gale's been hijacked.

"Gale. Look at me. That water, are you sure it's just water"
"Don't avoid the question" he says, ignorance turning to anger. "Is it or isn't it?"
"Yes. Gale it is, because me and Peeta have been married for years, and we have to children."
"You're lying" He shrieks. I try and run to see the water, to just check my theory, but he catches me and pulls my arm back. I cry in pain but no one hears me because we're in a closed room underground.
"I'm not lying Gale, I promise you I am not lying."
"Do you love me?" for a question so sweet, his voice is scarily violent.
"Yes Gale I love you, but I'm not in love with you."
"That means nothing." He twists my arm again. I scream because the pain is getting worse and worse as he grips my wrist tighter and tighter, his free hand reaches for the box full of medical supplies and grabs something, but I'm not sure what it is until it's pressed against my neck. An operating knife.

"Tell me the truth! Do you love me?" His voice is so loud I'm surprised no one can hear it.
"Ok. Yes, I love you Gale" I say, knowing that answering otherwise would mean certain death.
"Prove it." His voice is quieter now, which is somehow more menacing. He drops the knife on the floor and turns me around. He is about to force my lips on me again but this time he just completely falls, and I find myself struggling to hold him up, that's when I see forest, stood behind him with a cooking pan in her hand and a rather large bump on Gale's head.

My body relaxes, but Forest's doesn't.
"Are you ok, honey?" I can almost hear the concern cutting through my voice.
"Um. I think. Are you?" She's more worried than me.
"I'm fine. Come here." I say walking over to give her a hug. "Thank you." I mumble into her hair.
"It's ok"
"Right. Could you go and get Haymitch? And Garnett actually." I ask her, assuring her that I'll be alright; she does as I tell her to and hurries off to find them.

Moments later, Haymitch appears. He looks at me; he isn't surprised, I think he stopped being surprised by things like this a long time ago.
"What happened this time, sweetheart" He asks. I explain everything and watch as his face fills with boredom. I guess he's bored of the tediousness of this life.
"Come on, I'll help you carry him to an empty hospital unit, we can make sure he's looked after properly then." He says, lifting up Gale's droopy figure into his own arms.

I walk in front, opening doors and such until we get him into one of the broken hospital beds that we managed to uncover from the rubble a few days ago. I then rush back to the basement to find Garnett and forest.
"Hey" I say, catching my breath. "I... um" forest looks at me and takes the words out of my mouth.
"I think mum wanted you to check out some of this stuff and see what's wrong with it." Garnett looks at me for assurance, so I nod.
"Why?" She asks. I hesitate before saying anything, but figured that she would find out eventually.
"Gale attacked me" I say. "He seemed to act like he did after the first games. He… he tried to… kiss me." The words make me feel sick. "I didn't let him, though." I confirm. I watch as Garnett's mouth opens but no sound escapes it. It quickly closes again, before opening once more.
"Right. Ok, so you think the stuff in here has some sort of hallucinogens in them?"
"Yes. Tracker jacker venom to be exact. He had all of the same symptoms as Peeta gets" I tell her.
"Hmm. Ok, if you come with me Katniss we can go and check it out in the main hospital." She turns her attention to forest.
"Caspar keeps asking to see you, why don't you go and say hi" Forest beams at the idea before nodding and running off. I laugh slightly at her bliss, before picking up the box of medical supplies and following Garnett out of the basement.