Hey guys! Sorry it's been forever. I didn't mean to let it go on this long. I just lost inspiration for writing my stories on here so I took a break for a while from all of them. I think I'm back now, at least with this story so updates should come more frequently now. Again so sorry for the long wait. Hope you enjoy this chapter anyway!


I swim in and out of consciousness for a while. I'm not sure how long. I catch glimpses of doctors running around. I hear people yelling. But I don't know where I am. I eventually begin to wake up and see that I am lying on a bed in a place that looks completely unfamiliar.

I remember someone saying that I was rescued but I don't know who. A doctor notices I am awake and comes over to check on me.

"Where am I?" I ask, my voice hoarse.

"District 13" the doctor says curtly.

District 13? I don't understand. If I was rescued why aren't I home? I close my eyes and suddenly remember bombs falling, people running, but I can't remember where it is. I just need someone to tell me what's going on.

I hear a familiar voice calling my name. I sit up quickly and look around. Peeta is standing on the other side of this cavern I am in, looking for me. I stand up and start to make my way towards him. He sees me and runs towards me as well.

Suddenly all I can see is him standing on top of the Cornucopia watching me being ripped apart by mutts, all on I can see is bombs raining down, all I can see is that horrible grin on his face when he was murdering that girl in the arena. He is probably coming to kill me now too. I will stop him before that happens.

He is almost to me now, his arms extended to attack. I beat him to it. I lunge at him, catching him by surprise and toppling us both onto the ground. I pin his arms down with my knees and wrap my hands around his throat. I hear people yelling but I don't look up. I am too intent on finishing my task. On murdering Peeta before he can hurt anyone else I care about. Suddenly I feel a blow to the back of my head.

My vision goes black.


I wake up with a start lying on another hospital bed. It's different this time. I am in a bright room with no doors and no windows. I try to sit up but I can't, my arms and legs are strapped to my bed.

Where is Peeta? Did I succeed in killing him or was I stopped before he was dead. I feel that adrenaline that took over when I was strangling Peeta rush back into me again. I start struggling against my restraints, set on breaking free so I can go finish my job. I pull and pull against them but they don't move. I work myself up until I am screaming and thrashing around on my bed trying to free myself. Someone must be able to hear me. Peeta is tricking everyone and I'm the only one who knows the truth. He is a monster. And I have to stop him.

Eventually I scream myself hoarse and I lay back on the bed, waiting. Someone will come eventually and when they do I can tell them about Peeta.


A door I didn't know was there slides open and Prim walks into the room.

"Prim!" I gasp out.

"Hi Katniss." she says weakly. She looks nervous. Why is she nervous?

"Where am I?" I ask.

"You're in District 13." she says cautiously.

That's what the doctor said earlier, "Why aren't we at home?"

Prim looks around, hesitating before saying, "There was an accident at home so we came here instead where it would be safer. But it's all right. I'm safe and mom and Gale are all safe too."

"What accident?" I ask, frantic again.

"There was just a bad accident." Prim says, "It wasn't safe for us there anymore. So we came here."

Suddenly I see the bombs raining down again, people fleeing in the streets and I put it together.

"District 12 was bombed wasn't it?" I say. I start seeing red, anger rushes through me. "It was his fault Prim. Peeta's fault."

Prim shakes her head, "Don't say that Katniss. You know it wasn't his fault."

I nod, "Yes it was. You can't trust him Prim. He's going to try to kill you and mom and me too!" I am yelling now. I have to make her understand this. Why doesn't she see him like I do?

"No Katniss. It wasn't him-"

"He's going to kill us Prim. He's the Capital's weapon! Don't trust him!" Prim turns to walk out but I keep screaming, thrashing against my restraints long after she is gone, tears streaming down my face. Why doesn't anyone believe me? Why am I being treated like a monster when the real monster is probably free roaming around District 13.


Peeta POV


I stand there watching Katniss screaming and thrashing around on her bed from the other side of the one way glass. The sight of it is making me sick. Plutarch and Beetee told me what happened to her when I was in the hospital after she tried to strangle me. They used the term "hijack". I don't think I really believed them when they said that Katniss thought I was dangerous. Well if I didn't before, I definitely do now. I didn't know that kind of thing was possible. After I was released from the hospital I went straight to Beetee and brainstormed with him for hours about how we can cure her. Apparently there's never been a successful recovery from this kind of thing so Beetee made it clear that anything we do is going to be experimental. I'll try anything though if it means getting Katniss back. I don't think our first attempt at making her feel safer worked very well.

I head back down to Special Weaponry with Beetee to tell him about what happened. He doesn't look surprised.

"Snow has complete control over Katniss's mind." he says simply, "We said this would be extremely hard to reverse. You have to be prepared for this kind of thing Peeta." he says.

I bury my head in my hands, "I know." I say quietly, "I thought I was but it was different seeing her like that. She was so convinced that I was a threat to her, that I was going to kill her..." I trail off for a minute, "Explain to me how they do it again?"

"Well we don't know for sure but I have a theory." Beetee says, "Most likely, they showed her tapes of you from the Games, or interviews, anything really, and then injected her with tracker jacker venom to infuse those memories with fear. That is now the only way she remembers things happening. And now, mentions of those things, or mentions of you in general, send that same rush of anger, fear, and adrenaline through her as they did when she was first injected with the venom."

"Well couldn't we just show her the tapes again so she can see that's not how things happened?" I ask him.

"We could try but you saw her reaction when someone so much as mentions something she associates with you. We don't want to unhinge her completely by showing her entire tapes of the events. We don't even know that will work so it's definitely not worth risking her sanity for it."

"It's hard to tell she still has any sanity." I say quietly.

As I leave Special Weaponry I run into Gale. He grabs my arm, stopping me, "How's Katniss?" he asks.

I pull my arm from his grip. I've done my best to avoid Gale since arriving in District 13. I am grateful that he helped rescue Katniss but I know he did it for himself, not for me.

"She's still bent on killing me." I say, "So it looks like you're going to get what you've wanted after all."

"That's not fair." Gale says, "It's not my fault what they did to her."

"Yeah it's not my fault either but I'm the one suffering the consequences, aren't I." I say. He just glares at me so I walk away.

I go back up to my compartment. I told Gale it wasn't my fault but maybe it was. I shouldn't have let them separate us in the arena. Haymitch says he doesn't think Katniss will ever be the same again and after what I saw today, I can't help but agree.


Alright that's it for this chapter. I know it's kind of short but I wanted to get another one up for you guys because it's been so long. I also wanted to do another part in Peeta's POV so that you guys can get a little insight into what's been going on in District 13. Hope you guys liked that chapter! I know it's been a long time since I last updated but reviews are still much appreciated :)

Here are review responses from the last chapter:

Smiles52: Thank you! Glad you like this POV. Sorry to keep you waiting so long for this chapter but I hope you enjoyed it!

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