This chapter is totally different from the book considering that we don't know how exactly Peeta was hijacked. So this is my perspective on how the Capitol torched Peeta.
Peeta's POV:
I am awakened by the Capitol guards to take me to the room where they torchers me. Normally they give me breakfast but today they didn't. Sleepy and hungry, the guards walk me to the room where they torcher me. When we get there, I am strapped down to a metal table. It takes a while for everything to get set up. I see President Snow talking to one of the doctors, nurses filling some needles with some sort of orange liquid, and someone setting up a TV right in front of me. My question is, how are they going to torcher me by using a TV? I guess I will find out. A few minutes later, everyone is ready for today's torcher.
It starts out by the nurses injecting the needles with the orange liquid. They don't care about easing the pain so they just stab me with them. It hurts but when the liquid penetrates my body, it hurts even more. The thing about this kind of pain is that I know that I felt this before. The pain gets worse and all I want to do right now it to give up. To die. But the thought of Katniss makes me try harder and reminds me that I can't give up. Instead, I scream in agony but everyone just stares me with smirks. See how awful these Capitol people are?
While there are needles in my arm shooting the liquid in, they turn the TV on and I recognize the image right away. It's in the 74th Hunger Games, when Katniss was chased up the tree by me, Marvel, Clove, Glimmer, and Cato. In the morning, while we are still asleep, the camera zooms in on Katniss who is cutting the branch off that has the tracker jacker hive on it. Then it hits me. The orange liquid in my arm is the Tracker Jacker venom. As I watch her cut the branch, everything starts to spin and blurry. Through the blurriness, I see the TV that shows the hive fall and all the tracker jackers swarm around us… Why would Katniss do that? Did she think that I was a threat? She clearly was trying to kill me and the others. Why would she do that? Katniss? Everything to me seems unclear and then I finally lose it and I start screaming. When I do this, they shut off the TV and take the needles out.
They ask some questions but I am still hallucinating from the venom but they must have put something in it to prevent me from knocking out. They ask about Katniss and how I feel about her but I am so confused about Katniss, why would she try to kill me? Part of me is saying that Katniss is a threat but the other half is saying that she's the same girl I fell in love with. I don't know what to choose. When I don't answer, they unstrap me and stand me up but I fall instantly. The guards come and carry me back to my room which is more like a prison. They throw me on my bed and walk out, locking the door. I just lie there, feeling nothing but pain and confusion. Hours go past and I hear something odd from outside my door. I hear yelling and then a gun shot. The doors are finally opened and someone steps in. Being still groggy from the venom, everything seems to happen so fast. I hear someone talking and I can only make out a few words but the last word stays in my mind.
"Gale."
Gale? He came to get me out? Then next thing I know I am in someone's arms and then on a hoover craft. I can't fall asleep right now. I don't know why but after what seems like days, the hovercraft stops and I am back in someone's arms. I look around and I see that I am in a hospital. They lay me down gently on a bed and I feel a sharp pinch and I black out. I awake every once in a while and I don't dare open my eyes. I am afraid of what I might see. My whole body feels paralyzed and I can't move. I figured that I am strapped down, but I'm not. I'm just in so much pain. Will I ever see Katniss again? The question is; do I want to see her ever again?