Thank you sooo much for reviewing! It really makes me happy! Sorry again for the cliffhanger.
This next chapter is in Peeta's POV and it starts out before the shooting in District 6. You WILL find out what happens to Katniss! JUST READ! :)
Peeta's POV:
I wait in my room for what seems to be centuries. She told me to stay here and that she will come meet me here. I lie on my bed thinking of the possibilities where Katniss could be. I find myself getting really sleepy. I am determined to stay awake, just in case Katniss comes in. Command can't go on for this long! If she's not back in 15 minutes, I am going to go find her. But instead, I end up falling asleep.
When I wake up, I extend my arms to hold Katniss but she is not there. I thought for sure that she would at least be here when I wake up! The clock tells me that it is morning. Wow! I slept really long.
I take a shower, get dressed then I go to the room where they hold Command. When I walk in, I see Haymitch huddling around the computer with other people. Haymitch and a few other people are wearing head sets and are speaking into the mike but I can't tell what they're saying. I walk to the computer where Haymitch is staring at. I can't see the screen though because there are too many people around it.
"Haymitch" I say. He doesn't hear me so I speak a little louder.
"Haymitch!" I am practically yelling, though I don't know why. He turns around and the look of guilt covers his face.
"Oh. Hi Peeta." He says shyly.
"Where is Katniss?" I ask fiercely. I can tell that he is hiding something from me.
"She is in district 6 doing a propo. She told me to tell you. She was going to tell you after Command but we decided to leave earlier."
She's in 6? Why was she waiting to tell me after Command? Haymitch sees the worry on my face.
"Relax Peeta. She is perfectly safe." Haymitch says reassuringly. I nod my head and I take a look at the screen everyone is huddled over. The first thing I see is Katniss. She is saying something but I can't hear it. Haymitch gives me his head set and I put it on. It feels good to hear her voice again. She is just saying stuff for the propo. I stand there for a while, watching everything that is going on. The camera is still on, that way if there is any difficulty; people here in 13 can help take care of it. Finally, their packed up and walking back to the hovercraft. I take my head set off and as I am about to give it back to Haymitch, there is a lot of commotion on the screen. Everyone scrambles to their stations and computers. I instantly put my head set back on and I instantly hear gun shots. The camera is following someone, who I can't make out. But then I see it, the braid. Katniss is running back towards the town where the guns are!
No Katniss! Come back! I think but I guess that I thought out loud because some people are staring at me. Haymitch is standing next to me.
The camera is following Katniss and my heart continues to pound faster. Then the camera stops and all I see is Katniss's signature braid. Everyone is frozen. Katniss, the peace keepers with the guns, all the other soldiers, and everyone else in the Command room. Then the peace keepers point their guns at the soldiers. Majority of the guns are pointed at Katniss. I feel my heart stop as I hear the crackling noise of the guns. The camera falls and I assume that the person holding the camera was shot. The last thing I see is Katniss plummeting to the ground. Then the camera hits the ground and we lose connection.
I was thinking about having Peeta faint right here... but I that would be really mean so I didn't! Lol.
So where were we...
Hot tears stream down my face as I run out the door. I don't know where I'm going. I run to the farthest room and I lock myself in the closet. I sit on the floor and sob.
"KATNISS!" I scream through my sobs. She's gone! My love, the one who I promised to keep safe, is gone. Ripped right out of my grasp. I don't know how long I've been crying. When I finish all my tears, I feel more coming but I hold them back and I unlock the closet door. I walk out into the hallway and I hear my name being called. It's Haymitch's voice. I don't want to talk to him. He said that Katniss was safe. I don't call back but he finds me before I can reach the elevator.
"Peeta! I have been looking all over for you!" He exclaims.
"Well, you've found me." I say. There is a long period of silence.
"We got another camera up in 6, and everyone who's still alive is on a hovercraft right now."
"Why are you telling me this, Haymitch? I know Katniss isn't coming back!" I yell as I burst into tears.
"Peeta!" I stop crying and I force myself to listen to Haymitch. "She's alive! She is coming back to 13!"
I am shocked beyond shocked. Katniss? Alive? How? I wait for an answer but then I realized that I asked the question in my head.
"H-how?" I stutter.
"Her mockingjay uniform prevented the bullets from entering her body. The peace keepers beat her up but Gale got her away before they could kill her. She was hit several times and is in terrible condition but she is alive and so are Gale, Johanna, and Finnick."
I am speechless. I just can't get over the fact that she is alive!
"When are they going to be here?" I ask.
"In a few minutes." He says as he motions me to the elevator.
We get on and the doors close it me? Or was the elevator always this slow? We get outside, just as the hovercraft is landing. I start to walk towards it but Haymitch stops me. The doors open and a bunch of soldiers come out. Some are limping. I see Gale and Johanna but they don't see me. When the entrance is cleared, the doctors go in the hovercraft with stretchers. I can't take it anymore. I unlock myself from Haymitch's grip and I run into the hovercraft. Some people are already on stretchers and doctors are lifting then up and carrying them to the hospital. I turn a corner to see Finnick being carried out. He is unconscious so I don't bother to stop. Then I see Katniss! The doctors are unstrapping her from her cot and transforming her to a stretcher. She looks terrible and by the looks of it, it's a miracle that she is still alive. How can I have let this happen? I run to her and when the doctors push me away, I ignore them. I kneel down to Katniss and brush her hair out of her face. Her eyes start to flutter and they open.
When she sees me, she smile but then it instantly fades from all the pain.
"Peeta." She whispers. "I'm- I'm sorry, I- meant to- to tell you-"I stop her because I can tell that it hurts her to talk.
"Shhhh… its fine." I place a gentle kiss on her forehead. I take her hand as the doctors lift her up.
"Stay with me." She says.
"Always." I reply. She closes her eyes and squeezed my hand. I can tell that she is in a lot of pain considering she is cutting off my circulation but I hold her hand all the way down to the hospital. They place her on a cot and eject and IV through her arm. Then I feel her hand loosen the grip and she falls unconscious.
See? I wouldn't kill Katniss!
I may not post the next chapter tomrrow because... well I have no idea where I am going with this story SO I really need your help. If you have an ideas, PLEASE tell me in your reviews! Thanks!