Disclaimer: I don't own the Hunger Games because if I did Jay would exist!

I woke up to the sound of screaming, it wasn't like before the screams of the tortured this was weird. It was coming from all directions mixed with the sound of gun fire and explosions; the earth was shaking rapidly under my feet. Peeta wasn't beside me so I knew they'd taken him for their sick experiments. Then I heard it, Annie was shrieking at the top of her voice,
'JAY! JAY! WHERE'S JAY! HELP, HELP! JAY!'
'ANNIE?! ANNIE?! DON'T YOU TOUCH HER, LET HER GO! ANNIE I'M COMING, I'M TRYING I PROMISE!' I screamed for her struggling against my chains until I started to bleed but I wouldn't stop even when the tears started to fall from my eyes, she had never sounded so scared and I had to save her.

I heard voices but there was so much chaos I couldn't hear what they were saying, they were followed by footsteps echoing down the corridor to my cell. I held my breath and tried to wipe the tears from my face, they couldn't see me weak I had to be strong to survive this. There was an explosion just outside before the door to my cell swung open revealing a tall, tanned man who looked only a few years older than me.

He knelt down next to me and undid my restraints; I tackled him to the floor before he could even stand up. I undid the straps of his rifle and spun it round in my hands before pointing it at his face, I pinned his hands to the floor with my knees and hovered over him.
'Big mistake, didn't they tell you? You have to put the next set on before letting me go or bad things happen, I'm never supposed to be out of restraints. I tend to get cranky, I'm surprised they even sent you in here alone seeing as what happened to the last guy, maybe they wanted you to die, I know I do. Now you tell me what you did to my Annie or this bullet goes straight through your brain.' He gulped his eyes wide and frantic, he tried to push me off him but I shoved him down with the butt of the rifle.
'Uh uh, not happening, now where is she. Answer me truthfully or you die.'

I was seconds away from pulling the trigger when in stormed a large man with grey hair and familiar grey eyes,
'Gale what's taking so...' I spun the rifle to face him keeping the man named Gale's hands pinned to the floor.
'You're not real. This is a trick. They did it to him but they can't do it to me. My memories are mine. THEY'RE MINE!' My hands shook and I could barely hold the gun anymore, my vision was blurred by tears but I wasn't going to let them turn me into a monster like Peeta.
'Jay? Is that... is that you?'
'YOU'RE NOT REAL' He walked forward slowly, his eyes full of concern and surprise, he reached his hand out towards me.
'DON'T TOUCH ME!' I fell backwards and backed up towards the wall shrinking down and trying to hide from my own mind still focusing the gun on his forehead. He pulled Gale to his feet and sent him outside.

He knelt down and moved slowly towards me.
'Jay, you know me. Its Haymitch remember? I'm friends with your brother, I'm friends with Annie and Mags and you. We met when your brother was in the games, remember?'
I shook my head frantically trying to clear it still sure they were doing something to me.
'You're not real; Johanna get's electricity, Annie gets water and I get friends. You aren't real; you're here to hurt me.' My voice quavered and I spoke in barely a whisper, this was true torture.
'Remember when Finnick won and you were standing outside his room because they wouldn't let you see him and you asked me why they were keeping him from you? And I said because they needed to make him perfect again and you said...'
'He's always perfect.' I whispered cutting him off. 'Haymitch?' He nodded, I dropped the gun and I thrust my arms around his neck knowing he was real, they could only destroy memories that they had and no one knew that but him.
'Come on sweetheart we're going to get you out of here okay.' I nodded and he scooped me up into his arms, picked up the rifle and carried me out of the room, the hall was empty except for Gale.
'We have to go now or we'll never make it out.'

I sat in the hovercraft with my head on Annie's lap as she stroked my hair.
'We're going to see Finnick,' she told me as a smile broke out across her face. I turned to face her.
'Annie, please don't tell Finnick I'm alive. I want to tell him myself okay.'
'I won't tell.' She moved her fingers over her mouth like a zipper and I smiled for the first time in ages something good was happening. Out of nowhere I felt a hand on my shoulder; I grabbed it, jumped up and twisted. Gale flipped through the air and landed on the floor wincing in pain.
'Sorry, I thought...' He stood up slowly rubbing his backside.
'It's okay I get it, I wouldn't trust anyone either.' I noticed his other arm was limp by his side and covered in blood.
'Did I... Did I do that?' I asked pointing at the wound, he shook his head,
'I got that before we even found you guys, we were taking heavy fire when we arrived. No one even knew you were alive, how did you even?'
'It's a long story that I don't feel like telling.' I walked away and curled up next to Annie placing my head in her lap again.

I sat in the bed whilst the nurse bandaged my wrists which had become swollen and bruised not to mention blood soaked from when I tried to get to Annie.
'Is Annie okay?'
'She's just fine; everyone seems to be just fine. I promise, just a little shaken up.'
'That's not true, you didn't hear it. Johanna was electrocuted, she is not fine. Annie was whipped, she is not fine. Peeta's brain was turned to mush and I watched my best friend die right in front of me, we are definitely not fine so don't lie to me.' My rant is interrupted when Haymitch pulls back the curtain and walks in.
'Stop terrorising the nurses, you're starting to sound like Katniss.'
'I'm sorry if I'm not in a party mood.'
'Come on Coin wants to see you.'
'Who's Coin?' I ask confused,
'She's the President of 13. Get dressed.' He throws a plain, grey outfit at me and pulls the curtains closed. The nurse follows him, she stops to say something but decides against it and hurries out.

I pull the clothes on and sit on the edge of the bed, I get up and peek through the curtain I saw Annie sitting outside and Gale was getting his arm bandaged. He turned and smiled at me but then winced in pain as the nurse pulled shrapnel from his arm. Then my heart stopped as he walked in, his bronze-hair was messy and there were bags under his green eyes but it was him.
'FINNICK!' I heard Annie scream as she catapulted across the room into his arms, they stay there hugging. I see Katniss walk in behind him, she smiles at Gale but is lead off by Haymitch. I walk back to the bed and sink down. After awhile the curtain flies open.
'Hey I'm supposed to take you to see Coin.'
'Aren't you injured?'
'Aren't you dead?' I laugh and Gale extends his good arm to help me to my feet as he reaches to open the curtain I shove him out of the way and pull it closed.
'No!'
'What are you?'
'Finnick's out there, I can't let him see me. Not like this, not now.' Gale nods his head and moves me aside to peer out of the curtain.
'It looks like he's occupied with Annie.'
'Yeah but what happens if he decides to look up as I walk past?'
'That's highly unlikely.' I cross my arms across my chest and glare at him until he sighs. He walked over to the bed and yanks the covers off, he throws them over my head and throws me over his good shoulder.
'There now you're laundry. No one will ever recognize you.'
'Yeah because this is sooo much better.' I rolled my eyes but he couldn't see since there was a blanket over my head. 'Won't you hurt yourself?'
'You way about as much as Prim's cat.' He started walking, 'Hey Finnick, Annie.' He said laughing so I kicked him in stomach but that just made him laugh harder.
'Hi Gale...?' My heart stopped when I heard his voice he sounded confused.
'Just taking out the laundry, isn't it great to have everyone back.' He didn't even give them time to reply before walking off, we went down a few halls before he let me down.

I yanked the blanket off my head and threw it at him, 'That wasn't funny!'
'Yeah it was, come on he didn't know it was you.' I stormed down the hall,
'You're going the wrong way.' He pointed out laughing again; I spun on my heel and stormed past him. He followed me down the hall, 'It's that door on your left.' I walked through the door and saw a woman with long, grey hair and grey eyes standing with a man I knew to be Plutarch Heavensbee talking in hushed tones, they stop as I walk in.
'Miss Odair, it's good to see you again.'
'Really because the last time I saw you, you were setting me up to get killed in the Hunger Games.' Gale put his hand on my shoulder in an attempt to hold me back but I swatted it off and turned back to Plutarch. 'Why should I trust you?'
'I helped your brother and friends escape the Hunger Games and that Capitol prison.'
I ran forwards and kicked him in the stomach causing him to crash into the wall, I grab his throat with my hand and pin him to the wall.
'Yeah because I saved myself from the Hunger Games and if I'm right you knew I was in there the whole time. I spent almost a year of my life in that hell but it wasn't until your precious little Mockingjay wanted her boyfriend back that you actually gave a damn about me. Now why should I trust you?' I tightened my grip on his throat and he began to gasp for air, Gale grabbed me from behind and pulls me off of him.
'Miss Odair please calm down, Plutarch has proven his trustworthiness. We called you here to ask you how you escaped.' I sunk into the nearest chair,
'Now that is a long story.'

I know in the original Hunger Games Haymitch doesn't go with them but I needed someone she would know for this chapter to work and he was the only option so don't comment that he wasn't there because I know but I've decided to change it. Review and Favourite please.