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Chapter 34 – Peeta's POV

The sheer panic completely overtakes my entire body. Where was she? I looked over to see Finnick and Johanna staring at the empty spot where Katniss was lying beside me. I look over to Gale's bed and see that he is also gone. I am completely irrational as terror has overtaken me. She would not have left to go anywhere with Gale, of that I have no doubt. She is not entirely comfortable with him anymore. She would never leave me in the middle of the night either unless there was a reason.

I feel my panic multiply tenfold when I see Gale return, hurriedly, alone. I confront him immediately.

"Where is she?"

He obviously knows who she is and quickly explains. "I have no idea. I woke up and saw that she was not here and I went to search for her."

I am suspicious immediately. "Why didn't you wake me?"

Gale looks annoyed. "Why? Are you the only one who can find her?"

I ignore his biting tone and Finnick cuts in. "Let's just find her, all right? And find out what the blazes that alert was for. Calm yourselves gentlemen." Finnick as the voice of reason…good God are we in trouble.

Johanna nods. "I will check with Boggs. You guys look for Katniss."

I watch Johanna walk away and I nod at Finnick before we all split up to search for her. I know something is not right. I can feel it deep in my gut. I know she is not in our camp. It is almost as if I can feel her going farther and farther away from me. I see Haymitch and I walk right up to him.

"Have you seen Katniss?"

Haymitch looks at me with a deadly serious look on his face. "I did, earlier this evening."

"And?" Jeez, is he really going to make me wait? He is such a jerk. I hate him.

"She was with Boggs when it was announced that the medical hovercraft carrying the medical personnel went down."

"Went down?"

He hesitates before continuing, but only briefly. "Was shot down."

I suddenly know. She went after it. She went to make sure Prim wasn't on board. No. She was going to run right back to the Capitol. She was going to fall right into their little trap.

"Was Prim on board, Haymitch?" He doesn't answer me so I yell in his face. "WAS SHE?"

He shrugs his shoulders. "We aren't sure. But when they paged her in District 13 there was no answer."

My throat closes up but I refuse to cry. I have to find Katniss. She needs me. "Where is Katniss?" He knows more than he is telling me…story of my life. He always knows more than he tells Katniss or me.

"That's why the alarm went off, Peeta. Once she heard she took off in the direction Boggs pointed. She grabbed her bow and arrows and took off. She was so quick that no one could stop her. She is stubborn that way…still herself in that way."

I want to throw something at him. She has been better for a while. She would never let anything happen to Prim. She would give herself over to Snow before he could get his hands on Prim. I know it. She was going to be captured again. "We have to go after her!"

"What a great idea boy, why didn't I think of that? We are going after her hence the alarm! Now go get ready. We are all leaving in five."

I don't hesitate I run like mad back to get my stuff. I fill Johanna and Finnick in on what is happening. I notice someone is missing. "Where the hell is Gale?" It is then that I notice all of his stuff is gone too. He saw her leaving and he was going to chase her. He was going after her. Why the hell didn't he tell us? I know why. He wants to be the one to save her this time.

I hope to God he catches her in time.

What do you think? I know this chapter is a little short. The next chapter is almost done now though. It is from Gale's perspective. You will get to see why he is gone and you will know where Katniss is. Will Katniss walk into a trap? Is Prim in danger? Let me know if you are ready for the next chapter. It is about to get really intense! Please review. It makes me post things faster!