A/N: Hello again! This chapter is back to the arena. I really don't know what to do so…we'll just have to see what happens. Anyhow, I hope you enjoy whatever this becomes! xD

Oh and for those who are going to be sad to see all of the Victorious characters go…this IS an AU. Who knows what could happen? ;)

Robbie POV

We have been in the arena for a total of two weeks now. Since Andre and Amelia were killed, 3 more tributes have died: Allison from my district, the district 8 girl, the district 9 girl. That left us with only 12 tributes left in the arena. There were only 5 enemy tributes left.

"Guys?" I asked. Everyone looked at me.

"What are we going to do if it comes down to only us here in this group? What will we do then?" I asked. I could never kill ANYONE in this group.

Everyone was silent for a while, but finally Peeta came to a solution.

"We continue on with life in the arena until the Gamemakers give up and take us out," he said. I nodded. I really didn't want to live my life in the arena any longer than I had to, but I also did want to die or have to kill anyone else.

We sat in silence again. I wondered what any of the other tributes were doing.

We had kept up on our water supply and had plenty of water. The only thing we didn't have right now was food. We had eaten the last of it for dinner last night.

"We need food. I'm going hunting," Katniss said. She got up and kissed Peeta on the lips.

"You're not going alone. I couldn't let you," said Peeta dramatically.

Katniss cupped his face in her hands.

"I'll be alright," she said. She kissed him once more.

"Katniss and Peeta sitting in a tree. K-I-S-S-I-N-G," Rue taunted playfully.

Katniss turned to her and smiled.

"Oh be quiet, you little brat," she said, hugging Rue. I smiled at the sight of them.

"Robbie?" said Katniss, looking at me. I raised my eyebrows to show that I was listening.

"Toss me my bow," she said.

"On one condition," I said.

Katniss waited for me to propose my demands.

"We all go out or at least split up. You're not going hunting alone," I said, not giving her a choice.

Katniss sighed and nodded. I tossed her bow and quiver of arrows to her and we all got ready.

"Are we all going as a group or not?" I asked, picking up a knife. I tossed the sword to Beck.

"Together," Katniss said quickly. "I'm not having a repeat of the last time we split up."

I remembered how Andre and Amelia had died when we all split up to find water.

We nodded solemnly and headed out.

Beck POV

As we headed out, I made sure to keep Jade near me. Since Tori died and Katniss could take care of herself perfectly well, and Peeta was protecting her, I felt it was my job to watch over Jade. Robbie watched over Cat. Everyone sort of watched over Rue.

As we walked quietly through the woods, something ran through the trees. I immediately stood in front of Jade. She didn't object; instead, she welcomed my protection and hid behind me.

Katniss shot in the direction of the noise. A groosling fell to the ground.

I turned back to Jade, and she looked me in the eyes. If I could stay in that moment, I would.

"Hey, lovebirds? Don't mean to interrupt your moment, but we gotta keep moving," said Katniss.

I tore away from Jade's eyes, focusing on the task at hand.

"You're one to talk," teased Jade. All of us chuckled to ourselves. Katniss looked back and shot her a look but then smiled.

We picked up the groosling and headed forward.

About an hour later, we were back at the cave eating a little bit.

"You know, I'm actually ok right now. I thought the whole time in this arena would be absolutely terrible. But it turns out there are some moments where it's alright," said Jade. She looked at me as she said that, and I looked down to hide my smile.

"I agree," said Katniss, looking at Peeta and Rue.

"I second that," Robbie said, eyeing Cat as he did so.

Right now, with the sound of the chirping birds, the song of the mockingjays, my friends surrounding me, I was alright. I was alright and I would be alright until we got out of this place.

For once, I felt actual peace while in the arena.

Peeta motioned for Katniss to come over to him, and she laid back in his arms and closed her eyes with a smile on her face.

I laid back myself and closed my eyes. In a matter of moments, there was a beautiful but tired Jade laying on one side of me, and an adorable but tired Rue laying on the other. Cat crawled up in Robbie's arms as well.

Seneca Crane POV

I watched in fury at the arena cameras. There was absolutely no action going on. Cato and the other "enemy" tributes to the huge alliance were separated, all far away from each other. What infuriated me the most was to see the alliance safely in a cave with traps around it, and they were RELAXED. I mean, sure, Cato had a huge stack of supplies that he was surviving off of, but no one else knew about it. I mean, how could they?

Suddenly I had an idea. My cruel, sly smile appeared on my face.

"Let's have cave where the alliance is resting cave in on them, please," I said, watching the camera in the cave to see what they would do.

"Oh, and send a bomb in there too. The worse the better," I sneered.

I knew it would bother the most. Katniss Everdeen would take it the hardest. Her father died in a mine accident. This would be too much like the accident for her to handle if someone died.

Good.

Katniss POV

We had about five minutes of peace and rest until the Gamemakers decided that we had had enough. And the way they did that…it will haunt me still today.

As we were laying in our spots, calm and happy, I felt a rumbling under my feet. I looked up and some dust was falling down on me.

Suddenly I went into panic/flashback mode. I remembered my dad's mine accident. It became even worse when I saw the bomb roll into the cave. Surely this was the Capitol's doing. There were no bombs in the Cornucopia.

"GET OUT! GET OUT OF HERE!" I cried, trying to get everyone to get up in moving. They were all in so much shock though….no one would move.

I started by punching Beck in the arm.

"GET OUT!" I yelled. He nodded, grabbing Rue and Jade as he did so.

Robbie, Peeta, and I got out just in time. I was praying to God that Cat would make it out, immediately regretting the fact that I didn't go after her.

I looked back, and everything was in slow motion.

Cat was just barely crawling out of the cave, and I almost felt relieved, thinking she was going to be perfectly alright.

Then, then bomb exploded.

I didn't catch everything, but I flew backwards and landed on my back. My hearing wasn't damaged, I made sure to check that. I was in some pain in my back, but that wasn't my main focus right now. I wanted to make sure Cat was alright.

"Cat!" I yelled, trying to shake the dizziness out of my head as I stood up to go find her.

I saw a fiery red hair rustling in the wind underneath charred rubble from the cave. I swear my heart stopped.

I looked around, my breath caught in my throat.

I turned back to the cave. I could see her body. Her hands and legs peeking out from under the rubble.

And suddenly, she moved.

It was only a slight movement. I don't know how I saw it. But I saw it.

Her fingers closed in ever so slightly. She wasn't dead yet.

I sprang to life, running towards her and dragging her out from the rubble. She lay on her back below me. I kneeled down next to her, clinging to her hand for dear life.

She started coughing, and she opened her eyes.

"Water. Someone get me water!" I cried, and Rue handed me a bottle. I had Cat drink a little, and she was able to stand up.

"Are you ok?" I asked her.

"Other than my everything hurting, I'm good," she said, a slight smile playing at her lips.

I hugged her tightly to me, tears starting to form in my eyes.

When I let go, I collapsed to the ground, hyperventilating and trying to get the memory out of my head.

"Katniss? Katniss what's wrong?" asked Jade, kneeling down beside me.

"Her dad was in a mining accident. This was so close to what happened…" said Beck. Gale must have told him about it.

"I was scared that Cat was going to be blown to bits, just like my dad," I said, trembling now. I knew showing my weaknesses to the Capitol like this was no good. Now they knew how to break me.

"Katniss. Katniss Calm down," said Peeta, holding on to me as memory after memory crashed into me like a wave.

Slowly but surely, my strength was regained and I was alright.

"Well, now we have to find a new camp," I said bitterly. I was going to murder Seneca Crane if I got out of here for blowing up that cave.

"Shall we?" said Peeta.

I nodded.

"Can you walk, Cat?" asked Jade.

Cat nodded, but I could tell she was in some pretty serious pain.

"You sure?" Jade asked, and I sense she could see that as well.

Cat nodded. "Yeah, I'm fine."

I almost smiled at her. She was a fighter. She may not look it on the outside, but she is a fighter at heart.

Silently we headed out towards the vast beyond that is the arena, hoping that we could find another cave or another camp that would keep us just as safe.

A/N: Soooo…viola. Hope this was reasonable for the wait haha. Review and let me know what you thought! Working on another chapter as soon as I upload this. Bye!