Okie fanfictioners, this is Chapter 3 of my story. Thank you so much for the reviews, I absolutely loved them! I'm so surprised that you guys liked this so much, because this is seriously my first time writing something like this. Thank you so much again, and keep them comin' (;

Disclaimer: I in no way, shape, or form own the Hunger Games, to my deepest regret. I do not own Suzanne Collins, (that would be weird if I did LOL) or her books.

Chapter 3

Katniss's Point of View

I glared at the wall of the train car. I wondered, How could this have happened to us? What have we ever done to deserve this? All I had ever wanted was to forget about this. Yet those bastards refused to leave Gale and I alone. I sighed and buried my face in my arms. Soon we would be arriving at the Capitol, where apparently Karina, the late President Snow's daughter had taken control. All our hard work...for nothing. We had at last established peace at the Capitol, and all the other districts. Now, President Paylor was dead and instead Karina was in charge. Who knows what horrible things she wanted to do to us.

I guess I eventually fell asleep, since I awoke to Gale gently shaking my shoulder. I awoke with a gasp and looked around wildly. For a second I couldn't remember where I was. That is, until I saw Gale's bruised face. That's when I remembered. The head Peacekeeper, Rye I think, walked into my vision. I guess this is why Gale woke me up. I looked at Rye angrily. How could he just kidnap us like this? Didn't he see how wrong this was?

Rye's Point of View (The head Peacekeeper)

I scowled at the girl. She had caused me so much trouble. All I had wanted was to peacefully take her to Karina. Those had been my orders. I couldn't change them. Besides, the girl, Katniss, and her friend deserved this. They shouldn't be allowed to live considering what they had done to Karina's father. I felt so bad for her, she had watched her father die in front of her. No one had known that she had been there at Coin's assassination. She had had to watch her father being trampled to death at 17. I realized that she had to be about Katniss's age now. Huh, never thought about that.

I kicked her in the side angrily, ignoring her gasp. Gale gets up irritably and pushes me back. He yells, "Leave her alone!" I glare at him and say, "We're arriving in 30 minutes. Get ready. Bathrooms are in the back." I point at a door on the side of their room, and then I walk out. Hell, I hate them so much!

Katniss's Point of View

I hold my side and glower at Rye's receding back. Gale looks at me concernedly and asks if I'm okay. "Of course I'm not okay! We got kidnapped; he keeps beating the shit out of us, and won't leave us alone. Oh and don't forget the fact that they're taking us to the Capitol," I snap back. I stand up and walk over to the bathroom and slam the door shut, walking over to the sink, and splash water on my face. I'm suddenly overcome by images of all the people I had killed. I had no doubt that Gale was being haunted by the ghosts of the people he had killed. I sink to the ground and bury my face in my arms; trying not to think of dear, sweet Prim, of Peeta, of my father, of Rue…

I guess I must have fallen asleep since the next thing I know, I awake in Gale's arms. He must have come inside while I had been asleep. Huh, I didn't know he cared about me so much. I wasn't sure exactly what I felt toward him, since I'd never thought about it, but nowadays, all I've been able to think about is Gale. What was happening to me? I love Peeta—or at least I thought I did. Now I don't even know what to think. But Peeta was gone, he'd have wanted me to be happy, not traumatized by his death. I glance at Gale's face as he yawns and wakes up.

"Hey Catnip," he says. I acknowledged that and curled up closer. "We must be there already, huh?" I say. Regretfully I straighten myself and walk out of the bathroom, and look around.

Just then, that son of a bitch, Rye, comes in. He says, "We've arrived. Get ready." He throws in a horrid green shirt, bra, underwear, and a matching green skirt for me, than tosses in another ugly green shirt for Gale, boxers, and jeans. He sets down a plate with bread on it, then slams the door shut. I walk over to my clothing and grab it, then go inside the bathroom to get dressed. Gale does the same, since when I walk out in this atrocious outfit, he's dressed himself too. I'm surprised at how handsome he looks, now that he's cleaned up. Well then. I see him looking at me and I look down at my skirt.

"Beautiful skirt you got there Catnip," he says with a smirk. I glare at him and punch his shoulder playfully. "What, do you want me to walk around naked? Bet you'd get off on that," I retort. He grins and gives me a one-armed hug. I sigh and rest my head on his shoulder.

"How do we keep getting in these messes," I murmur to him. He looks at me, almost sadly it seems, and replies, "You attract them like a magnet. Nothing we can do to help that but to get ourselves out of it as quick as possible." He kisses the top of my head faster than I can react and walks over to the bread and hands me a slice. I eat it hungrily and reach for another.

Right then, the door to our cell opens and in comes a small little man. He's dressed as a Peacekeeper, so I assume he is. He tells us to get out of the room. He leads us off of the train. I look around curiously, wondering what district we're in. Probably the Capitol, judging from all of the expensive clothing and wigs. We walk with the man up to a small house in comparison to the mansions all around. He shows us into an equally small room and tells us to sit down. "Karina is coming shortly," he says.

Well, looks like it's time to meet this mysterious woman.