Here is chapter 38! I hope you all enjoy this chapter as well! Tessarunie-I sent you a message, explaining some things. Thank you to all my reviews…some being tessarunie, JezTheMockingjay7, Emilie12, and so many more! Thank you once again. Now here is chapter 38…enjoy.
Peeta's POV
Chapter 38:
Five days passed by with Katniss knocked out. Snow had Annie, Finnick, Rory, Prim, Johanna and James in one room together. Katniss and I were in a separate room together. Katniss was still tied to a chair, not budging at all. Snow had put a chair in here for me, right in front of Katniss. I was sitting in the corner, chin resting on my knees. All Snow gave me to eat was stale bread…and crackers salted like you could not believe. I just pushed my food aside, not even daring to eat it. I was staring at Katniss, every once in a while saying a word or two. I still could not believe I had my voice back. It was amazing to me. I also looked at the crook in my left arm. Whatever had been in my arm had halted my voice. How is the question? I still haven't figured that out yet.
I watched Katniss as if she was a play. I wished she would wake up so I would have someone to talk to. I kind of know now how she felt when I could not talk. The only difference was I was awake and could mouth words or write out what I was thinking. I looked down at my arms and legs. They were still as skinny as could be. It seemed as if I had no muscles or anything on my arms and legs. I had not fat in my mid-section. I could most likely touch my other hand if I tried to wrap them around my waist. I let out a frustrated sigh, the light coming inside this room glinting off of Katniss' pin on my shirt.
I looked down at the pin, in surprise. I forgot I even had this thing on me. I thought it was still in my pocket, along with Katniss' pearl and necklace. I was interrupted from my thoughts by the door opening. My head shot up at the noise, looking at Snow as he came in. A big, fake smile plastered on to his face.
"How have you been doing?" Snow asked, taking a seat in the chair that he told me was mine. I scowled at him.
"Like you would care," I hissed. Snow gasped.
"Of course I would! I care about you and Katniss!" Snow exclaimed. My mouth dropped open but I closed it seconds later, not buying his lie…not one bit.
"Don't you lie to me," I hissed. Snow shook his head. He stood up, walking over to me. Snow knelt down to my eye level and looked me straight in the eye.
"You know, this would have never happened if you would have never brought out those berries," Snow stated.
"Then innocent lives would be taken each year!" I yelled, getting very angry.
"They are not innocent, this is a way to show them for what they have done," Snow stated, rather glumly. My eyes flew open.
"That was in the past, seventy five years ago to be exact! Today though, these kids have done nothing to deserve it! They have to dread the day they turn twelve when really they should be celebrating! It is there birthday after all! Instead, they must dread it and then shortly after they are forced in to the reaping, where they could be picked to fight for their lives! Show some heart!" I screamed. Snow shook his head. In a blink of the eye, Snow's hands were around my throat. I clawed at his hands, gasping for air. He stood up, bringing me up in to the air as well. His eyes were staring in to mine.
"Maybe you are more dangerous than she is. Yes, she does have the swiftness and skill but you have the words. You could get the whole nation to follow you with the power of words," Snow stated calmly. I felt my whole world fading. Get off of me!
Finally, Snow dropped me. I gasped for air, hungry for more. Snow looked down at me in pure disgust. "You could get Panem to follow you, couldn't you?" Snow asked. I could tell he was demanding an answer.
"Why should I tell you?" I hissed. He smiled at me.
"I could take her with just a snap of my fingers, as well as your voice," Snow threatened. I glared at him. "You have learned too much from her, my boy. If we got rid of her, you would be able to live."
"That is not true," I whispered.
"It is. I can see she does not love you, she loves her cousin," Snow said, smiling the whole time.
"You're lying," I murmured. Snow simply shrugged.
"Maybe I am, maybe I am not," Snow said, glancing towards Katniss. I took in a shaky breath. Katniss loves me; he is just trying to mess with my head. That is all he is trying to do, mess with my head. "She should be waking up soon. Stand up, my boy."
Can't he stop calling me, my boy? It is getting on my very last nerves. When I didn't stand up, Snow pulled me up. He pushed me in to the chair that he said was mine and pulled out some rope I had not seen that he had. He bounded my wrists to the arm rests and tied my ankles together, just like Katniss was at the moment. He took a step back and smiled.
"You may come in now!" Snow called. In came Tim, the peacekeeper I remembered all too well. I felt my stomach drop. My face must have lost some color because Tim laughed.
"Good to see you again too," Tim mumbled.
"What do you have in mind?" I hissed to them. Tim and Snow smiled.
"Since you both seem to be important to the rebellion, we will torture you until you call this off," Snow said, the both of them stepping in to the shadows. I rolled my eyes. We could not call this war off, too late for that. Coin had the troops stationed all throughout the capitol, ready to strike at any minute. I remember that she said they would not attack until they saw Katniss and I out and ready, along with our friends. This may take a while…
"Peeta?" I heard Katniss whisper. I looked at Katniss. She was just coming through, blinking to get rid of the sleep in her eyes.
"Hello sleepy head, asleep for five days straight. If I do say so myself, that is a new record," I said. Katniss sighed.
"You do not know how good it is to hear that voice of yours again," Katniss said. I smiled at her.
"It feels great to talk again," I told her. She smiled at me as Snow and Tim came out of the shadows. They had giant, fake smiles on their faces.
"Well, now that the Mockingjay is up, we may start," Snow said. I saw another peacekeeper was in here too. Tim went behind my chair as the other peacekeeper went behind Katniss'. Katniss gave me a questioning look. They want us to stop this war, I mouthed to her. She rolled her eyes.
"We are not stopping this war and that is final," Katniss argued, getting straight to the point. Snow stopped in his tracks.
"You should have thought that through, my dear," he said, motioning to Tim. I felt something cold at my neck. Katniss' eyes got wide.
"Please don't," she begged. Snow shook his head.
"Will you stop the war?" he asked her. Katniss glared at him.
"I will never stop this war and that is final!" Katniss screamed. Snow shook his head. He gave Tim thumbs up. I felt the cold material enter my skin. Tears sprang to my eyes. I bit my lip, trying my best not to let out the scream that wanted to come out. Katniss was begging Snow to stop but he wouldn't listen. I felt hot tears roll down my cheeks.
"Please…!" Katniss sobbed. Snow chuckled. Katniss was outraged. "You find this funny! I don't find anything funny!"
"Neither do I," Snow argued.
"You seem to!" Katniss screamed. I felt the material leave my neck. It still hurt so much. Then Snow turned to me. No, he is going to ask me to do something and if I don't do what he wants then he will hurt Katniss.
"Peeta, will you stop this war?" Snow asked, sounding all innocent. I still had tears coming down my cheeks from the pain I was still experiencing. I still was biting my lip, which was now bleeding. I leaned forward, not answering his question. Then I leaned backward, repeating the process over and over. Finally, I started to get the chair to move along with me. "What are you doing?"
Eventually, I fell backward, landing on Tim. His knife went flying in to the air. I hoped and begged that it would land somewhere close. Thankfully it did. Katniss smiled at me, catching on. "You are all crazy!" Snow exclaimed, walking towards me. The rope was not tied as tightly as it should be with my skinny arms. I easily slipped out and quickly untied my ankles. Snow stopped dead in his tracks, in pure shock. I jumped up, grabbing the knife in the process. "Get up you fool!"
Tim and the other peacekeeper looked at me. They came charging after me. I stepped out of the way. Instead of hitting me, they both hit each other. I ran up to Katniss and cut her out. Snow was beyond furious at this point. I took Katniss' hand and pulled her out of the room. I heard Snow yelling, "You did the wrong thing! That voice will be gone, very soon!" I rolled my eyes, at the moment I really did not care.
"Where are the others?" I asked no one in particular. Katniss was looking around. She pointed to the room with a window. I saw our friends inside. We rushed up and threw open the door. Everyone look up, startled. They all broke out in to a smile at the site of us.
"Peeta! Your neck!" Annie shrieked. I knew blood had come out but Annie and everyone had not been there. Everyone bounced up, Annie grabbing a cloth. She pressed it to my neck. "Keep it there!"
I nodded. I motioned for them to follow us. I heard shouts of stop as we ran out. We did not stop or even look back. We ran outside in to the capitol streets. I knew we were not safe but now we were outside and in the open.
"Johanna, Coin said the war would start when we were outside, correct?" I asked her.
"Yeah, I have no idea when she will start this though," Johanna said, biting her lip at the all the peacekeepers coming out from the back of the building.
"This is war Snow!" I heard Coin yell. There she was, standing in front of her army. We all ran over to her. Haymitch handed us all guns and told us to stand next to Coin. Rory went by Haymitch while Prim went over by her mother to help the wounded.
"You will lose but fine by me! ATTACK!" Snow yelled. Katniss looked at me.
"I guess this is it, we either win or we lose," she stated. I nodded.
"I hope we win but if not, we tried," I said. She gave me a kiss and smiled.
"I do too," she said. I saw the peacekeepers were getting ready to attack. Snow had called out to attack but they weren't yet. I looked down at the pin.
"Prim told me to wear this. I kept forgetting to give it to you, do you want it?" I asked her. She shook her head.
"Wear it," she said. Instead of giving her the pin I clipped the necklace around her neck and placed the pearl in her pocket. I looked at her one last time before looking at Coin.
"Attack!" she yelled. With that the two sides ran forward.
Now, the war has finally begun.
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