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Peeta's POV:
Snow. President Snow. What is he doing here? The whole room is frozen while Snow makes his way down to the altar. He stops at the first row of chairs and gives us an evil smile. I see Katniss take a step forward but put my arm out to block her. Then I pull her into my arms for protection. Snow gives us another creepy smirk as he nods to his guards. They take out their guns and point them to everyone in the room. I look over at Prim. Her eyes are so terrified and I can see her trying to hide behind Johanna. Every guest has a gun pointed at them… except Coin.
She stands up and walks over to President Snow and whispers something in his ear. I can't hear what she's saying to him but I can hear Snow's response.
"Well done." He says to Coin. It takes me a second to put all the puzzle pieces together. Then it hits me. Coin has been working with President Snow the whole time! Unbelievable. Before I have any more thoughts, Snow clears his throat.
"We can do this the easy way… or the hard way." He begins talking directly to Katniss and I. "Either both of you come quietly and everyone gets to keep their life or…" He pauses "If you don't, everyone here will die."
Either way, Katniss and I are going back to the Capitol… No, correction. I will go to the Capitol. Katniss will stay here.
"I'll go. Katniss stays here." I demand to Snow. He chuckles and smiles at me. I look at Katniss and her eyes are so huge. I love her gray Seam eyes. They seem to sparkle every time I look at them. This will probably be the last time I will ever see them again.
"No, Peeta." She mumbles so that only I can hear it.
"I believe that I requested both of you to come." Snow says in response. I look at Katniss. I am so distraught. I can't let everyone die just because I want to protect Katniss but if we go to the Capitol, who knows what they will do. I lock my eyes with Katniss's. She seems to be thinking the same thing. I take her hand and she squeezes it tightly. She is so scared, all I want to do is take her in my arms and comfort her.
We take a step towards Snow and he nods his head.
"Wise choice." He says. The guards put away their guns and lead us outside. Before we exit the room, I shoot Haymitch a glare, telling him to help us. He nods and the door closes. We get outside and onto the Capitol hovercraft. The guards strap us down in our seats and we lift up in the air. I see Katniss besides me and I wish I could take her hand but both our hands are strapped down. The guards are watching us like a hawk so I can't talk to Katniss. I just think. I assume she's doing the same. I was so close to marrying Katniss, the girl of my dreams. And I worry that it was taken away from me today. What will they do to Katniss and me? They already tried to twist my mind to make me think I hate her but doctors in 13 have a cure figured out. What else can they do?
After about an hour, I look over at Katniss whose eyes are closed. She must have fallen asleep. So I close my eyes as well.
I am awakened by the sound of the Capitol guard coming through the door. Katniss is awake too.
He unties Katniss, then me. I take her hand the first moment I'm free. She is shaking slightly. I give her hand a squeeze and she does one in return. The guards have us surrounded as they walk us out of the hovercraft and into a building I know very well, yet I don't know the name of it. We walk down a narrow hallway with sealed doors on both sides of the wall. We stop in the middle of it and one guard pries us apart and starts walking Katniss down the hallway, me in the other direction. Katniss's eyes fill with fear and she screams my name.
"PEETA! PEETA!" She cries in horror, struggling against the Capitol guard. But he is too strong and just pushes her along.
I battle the guard pushing me, trying to get to Katniss but it's no use.
"KATNISS! IT'LL BE OKA-" I start but the guard punches me hard in my throat and I fall to the ground. I stand up right away, only time to get a glimpse of Katniss's braid before turning the corner. I hear more screaming as I walk the opposite direction and suddenly there's silence after a huge thud.
What have they done to her? A few more turns and I am shoved into a room. More like a cell. It has a bed and a table, but that's it. I turn around to see the guard close the door with the same thud.
Katniss and I were locked in separate rooms! I sit on the bed and cry. I cry until all my tears are gone. After about an hour, the door opens and something is thrown in. Before I can race out, it closes.
I look down at what has been thrown and it is clothes. I pick them off the floor and see that it's just a normal shirt and pants. I get changed and I feel relieved to get out of the suit and I'm sure Katniss will change immediately out of her dress.
For the next few hours, I pace my room. Sit on the bed and then pace some more. Finally, I see more guards walk in. They thrust me out into the hallway and they walk me to another room. This one is bigger and it has a bathroom too. Why would they transfer me to another room? They walk about and I just sit on the bed clueless of what's going on.
Then I hear the door open and I see someone being thrown in. KATNISS! She lays there on the floor tearing while the guard slams the door shut. She hasn't realized that I'm in the room yet so I run to her side. She looks up and relief fills her face.
"Peeta!" She says and I embrace her into my arms. I help her up and I realize that she is trembling. I rub her back and we sit down on the bed.
"I'm sorry Katniss. I tried to get to you. I would never have let them take you away. But there were too many of them." I say.
"I was so worried. I had no idea what they were doing to you!" She says having tears in her eyes.
"Nothing. They didn't do anything to me. You?" She nods her head.
"They injected something into my arm. They had me pined against the wall. I couldn't get out." She sobs. Why would they inject Katniss with something but not me? What could have they injected?
I hold her in my arms and we just sit there for a while until the guards come in and walk both of us down another hallway. There is a door at the end and when we walk in, the first thing I see is President Snow and Coin.
I enjoyed writting this chapter and I like how it turned out! Chapter 17 is coming soon!