Hey guys! So I wasn't sure if I would get another chapter up by today but I got the sweetest review last night that I felt like I needed to update again to give you guys more to read! The response to that review will be at the end of this chapter. Anyway, hope you enjoy this new chapter :)


My days here are almost as bad as my days in the Capital. I'm told I was lucky to be rescued. That they would help me here. But everything they are telling me is just confusing me even more. Every day I go into a therapy session with some District 13 doctor, always in handcuffs as if I'm a criminal. The doctor says that I am not allowed to see my family or Gale. I think they are worried I will have another breakdown like I did when Prim came in that first time. The doctor is supposed to be helping me but he doesn't believe anything I say. All he does is tell me that I'm wrong. About the events in the Games, about what happened in District 12, and, most commonly, about Peeta. Occasionally I do break down, shaking and screaming, and am immediately forced back into confinement, strapped to my bed, until I calm down.

"Peeta is not going to hurt you Katniss." Dr. Aurelius says in our latest session.

"Did he tell you that?" I ask, raising my eyebrow.

Dr. Aurelius shakes his head, "No, Katniss. He's not dangerous. All he's done since he's been here is fight to rescue you."

I laugh softly, "Probably so he could kill me himself. He's the Capital's weapon, you can't trust him."

"Katniss, you need to understand that is not true. President Snow told you that. He is the one using you, not Peeta."

"He didn't just tell me!" I say, my voice rising, "He showed me! How can you not see what he is responsible for? So many people have died because of him!" I am screaming now.

"Take her out." Dr. Aurelius says into a small microphone clipped to his jacket. Immediately, guards enter, take me the arms, and haul me out of the room still screaming at the doctor.

I lie on my bed for longer this time. Eventually the restraints are released and I am given food. I am not led into therapy the next day which I am both worried and relieved about. I think it means they are going to try something new. Well it doesn't matter what they say or do. Nothing is going to change my mind.


Peeta POV


"The therapy isn't working." Beetee says, "Nothing we say to her is working."

We are sitting in another meeting in Command. Beetee calls these periodically at my request to update everyone on how Katniss is doing. Things aren't going well.

"Why don't we just show her the original tapes?" I ask again.

"I've explained why we can't do that Peeta." Beetee says patiently, "We don't want her mind getting any more unstable than it already is."

"She already thinks I'm trying to kill her!" I yell, "How much worse can it get? Just show them to her!"

"Peeta, if we show her those tapes it could unhinge her. You don't want Katniss turning out like Annie. I love Annie but dealing with her...it's hard." Finnick says giving me a sympathetic look.

He's right, of course. He knows better than anyone what could happen if Katniss's mind completely goes.

"I had an idea." Prim says softly. She normally doesn't say much during these meetings so hearing her speak up is a little out of place, "I'm not sure if it would work but-"

"No, tell us." I say quickly, "I'll try anything."

"Well tracker jacker venom is designed to produce fear and doubt so that's what Katniss's memories are like now. So I thought we could try kind of the same thing but with something that has the opposite effect. Maybe a drug designed to calm people down?"

"We could definitely give that a shot." Beetee says.

"That's a really good idea." I say. Prim is a lot smarter than a lot of people give her credit for. Something I've realized through these meetings. She never acts irrationally like I do. She has stayed pretty calm about this whole thing, again unlike me. It must seem like I'm handling this whole thing really poorly.

Prim beams and starts talking again, obviously encouraged by our response, "I thought we could use something like morphling because it's a painkiller, it's not dangerous unless you use a lot of it, and it's really strong. Then we could show her the tapes, like the Capital did and see what she thinks after that."

"We would have to use it in very small doses but I agree it's an incredibly strong drug. That's what we would need if we had a shot at reversing this." Beetee says, "I will talk to her doctor. If he agrees, we can try it in the next couple of days."

Encouraged by this development, Beetee dismisses out informal meeting. He pulls me aside as everyone is leaving, saying that he doesn't know if Prim's idea will even work but he will update me once they try it. I know he doesn't want me to get my hopes up but I can't help it. The therapy sessions have been such a disaster that I am optimistic about almost anything we are trying at this point.

I eat dinner that night with Finnick. Annie doesn't sit with us tonight. She had a breakdown and the doctors forced her back into the hospital against Finnick's wishes. I heard him yelling at the doctors, saying that putting her back in the hospital would only make things worse, but they didn't listen. The doctors here think they are superior to all of us. That they know what is best for us better than we do.

"Is Annie doing okay?" I ask Finnick.

He shrugs, "Probably not. But I wouldn't know. They won't let me in to see her."

I hesitate before asking the next question, "Is Annie really hard to deal with all the time?"

Finnick sighs and chuckles a little bit, "Still thinking of showing Katniss the tapes?" I don't say anything. "Yeah, it's hard. I mean you've seen what she can be like."

He's right. A lot of the time she is pretty normal but she can retreat into her own world at random. She puts her hands over her ears like she is hearing voices and Finnick is the only person I know that can bring her back to reality.

"You don't even know if her opinion on you will change if she watches those tapes. The last thing you want to do is drive her crazy and then realize she still thinks you're out to kill her." Finnick says, "It's not worth the risk."

I sigh and put my head in my hands, "You're right. I just don't know what to do. I want to help her but I don't know how."

"There's nothing you can do. What happened to her wasn't your fault. Just wait and see if Prim's idea works." he says.

"Do you think it will work?" I ask him.

He shrugs, "Your guess is as good as mine. I think it might help. I don't think it will fix her completely though."

I nod. At this point though, I'm not sure if anything fix her completely.


Katniss POV


The next couple of days go by without any attempts to take me into therapy. At first I was glad that I didn't have to spend my days listening to Dr. Aurelius try to convince me I was wrong. Now I am anxious that they are getting ready to try something new.

My hunch proves to be right today as I am led into a new room. I am put in a chair and a tube is hooked up to my arm. That's when I notice the television screen. I start to panic. Are they going to do what Snow did to me int he Capital? I remember the fear and doubt I felt as I watched those tapes. Panic rises up inside me until I can barely breathe. I am about to start screaming when I feel something rush through the tube into my body.

I feel calmer almost immediately. The panic starts to wane and I relax a little into my seat. The nagging fear in the back of my head starts to fade away too.

A tape starts playing on the screen. It's of me and Peeta in the Quarter Quell. I don't think they showed me this one in the Capital. We are sitting on a beach. Peeta is talking to me about my family. He hands me a locket with their faces in it. Then we are kissing. I kissed him first. Why would I do that? The tape ends but I remain in my seat, frowning at the screen. Dr. Aurelius comes in and asks me something but I don't hear him.

My mind is racing. In the tape it looks like Peeta cares about me.

I kissed him so did I care about him too?

I couldn't have. It must have been part of his trick to make me think he cared about me.

But it looked so real on tape.

What was he saying about a deal with Haymitch?

I don't know how long I sit there thinking but when I snap out of my trance Dr. Aurelius is gone, the tube is out of my arm, and I am alone. They must be monitoring me because Dr. Aurelius comes back into the room shortly. He asks me if I have any questions about what I just saw.

All of can think of to say is, "Did I make a deal with Haymitch?"

Dr. Aurelius sighs and nods. He says I am allowed to go back to my room for the rest of the day and we would revisit this tomorrow. Before he leaves he asks again if I have any questions but I just shake my head.

Truthfully, I have about a thousand questions but he just can't answer any of them. I have never been more confused. I need to talk to Haymitch, personally. I need to find out what this deal was. If Peeta made a deal with Haymitch about me I need to know what it was. If the video was right, Haymitch might be the one to tell me what Peeta's intentions towards me really are


That's it for this chapter! It would have been up earlier but my computer deleted the last half of the chapter so I had to redo it. Hope you guys liked it and don't forget to review!

Here is the response the the review from last chapter:

HealthyHingerGamesObsession101: First of all, love the username :) Thank you so much for your incredibly sweet review! Reading it inspired me to start writing this chapter. I'm glad you like my portrayal of the characters and the hijacking. I did more of the different POVs this chapter and I think I will continue that from now on so I'm glad you liked that aspect of it as well. Hope to read your review for this chapter if you get the chance to leave one! And I hope you liked this chapter as well!