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Chapter 6 - Nightmares.

The next thing I know my world goes to darkness. I feel numb, peaceful, like I'm floating. A split second later I'm back in the arena. The first arena. In the cornucopia, trees surround me in a deadly circle. I look around panicked, then look down at my stomach. I'm nine months pregnant, looking like I'm ready to give birth any second. Suddenly Clove runs out from the trees directly in front of me. She has a wicked smile on her face as she throws a knife at my stomach. I collapse to the ground from the blow. I look down at my stomach as blood gushes out of it. I begin to sob so hard I cant even breath. I grab the knife out of my stomach and thrust it at Clove. The tears blur my vision, but it ends up hitting her in the leg. I hear a scream come from the left. I see Peeta on the ground unarmed, staring up at Cato who is armed with a sword.

"Peeta! Run!" I scream.

He doesn't even look at me. It's like he can't even hear me.

"Peeta!" I scream again.

Still no response. He continues to stare up at Cato. Suddenly Peeta pulls Cato's leg forward, hard enough to knock him onto the ground. Peeta gets up and starts to sprint, but he's not fast enough. Cato throws his sword. I watch it soar in the air until it lodges itself in the back of Peeta's head. He falls to the ground instantly.

"Peeta!"

I get in on my hands and knees and start to crawl to him. I barely have enough energy to even crawl. Cato sees me and grins. He picks up the sword out of Peeta's head. The sword drips blood as he walks over to me. Clove is right behind him with the same grin on her face. I look around for anything I could use as a weapon, but it's no use. There is nothing. A stare at them blankly until they're right in front of me. Cato leans down until we're face to face. I stare at him and continue to weep.

"Don't worry you'll be with your little family soon. We're the victors now."

"No!" I scream.

"Katniss!"

That was Peeta's voice saying my name. I must be dead.

"Katniss! Wake up!"

My eyes fly open. I find Peeta laying next to me. Proped up on his elbow stroking my hair.

"Peeta!" I exclaim.

I grab onto him and sob into his chest. He holds me whispering sweet words, until I can't weep anymore.

"They're going to kill us Peeta, and our child." I whisper.

He holds me tighter.

"We'll find out who did it Katniss. Everything will be okay. Until then you will be protected all day and all night. I wont let you out of my sight. There are guards set up inside and out. You will be safe."

"I want you to be safe." I mumble into his chest.

He props my chin up so I look at him in the eyes.

"I'll be fine. We'll both be fine."

He kisses me gently on the lips and wipes my tears away. Right then in there I promised myself not to let him out of my sight either. He's in just as much danger as I am. I stare into his blue eyes. After a few minutes the tears in my eyes dry up.

"You need to eat." he says.

I nod and get up to go to the bathroom, grabbing some clothes along the way. My own reflection startles me. My eyes are red and puffy. My curls from earlier are completely disheveled. I look down at my clothing, and realize I'm no longer wearing my emerald dress. I'm wearing one of Peeta's t-shirts. As I stared at myself in the mirror those dreaded words came back to me.

"The Mellark child will be the first reaped in my games."

I immediately rush over to the toilet so I can vomit. I vomit until there's nothing left. Until my stomach aches from the emptiness. At some point during my vomiting Peeta had come in. When I was finished he was still holding my hair, and had a damp rag to wipe the sweat off my face. I sat there leaning against the toilet and staring at Peeta. He dabbed the cloth on my forehead with such gentleness only he could posses.

"I think we should take you to the hospital to see your mother." he says.

"I'm fine." I say.

"Katniss, please. For the baby."

There's nothing I can say to argue with him. As soon as I'm on my feet my legs shake. I can see the worry all over Peeta's face as he leads me down the halls. A few people pass by looking concerned. When we get to the hospital my mother is there. When she sees me she automatically goes into doctor mode. She helps Peeta settle me into bed and immediately gets and iv drop with fluid into my hand.

"What happened Peeta?"

"I think she's in shock." he says.

Shock. Is that what this feeling was called. My mother grabs my wrist to feel my pulse.

"Her pulse is slowed and she's cold. She is in shock."

I notice my mother filling a syringe with something. Panic immediately sets in. I turn to Peeta and grab his arm.

"Peeta please. Don't let her put me out. I cant have those dreams. I'm begging you." I say weakly.

Peeta's eyes gloss over with tears. He kisses me on the forehead.

"I wont leave you I'll be right here. You're going to be okay."

My mother walks over with the syringe.

"Mom please." I croak.

"Katniss. This wont hurt the baby. If we don't do this the baby could die. You're both going to be alright. This is just going to calm you down and make you tired." she says calmly.

"No!" I exclaim.

I look over at Peeta hoping for him to be on my side. He looks at me blankly, a tear rolls down his cheek.

"I'm sorry."

That's the last thing I hear before I'm in the darkness again. Suddenly the darkness disappears. I'm in a white room. A hospital room. I see Peeta laying on a table, his wrists and ankles are restrained. President Snow and another man who is the doctor is standing beside him.

"Now Peeta. If you trust the Capital knows best for you, this wont be very painful." Snow says.

The doctor then injects a green liquid in to him. Tracker jacker venom. I try to move to stop it, but I can't. I'm frozen. Peeta screams in pain.

"Stop!" I scream.

They don't turn to look at me. It's like I am not there. Peeta twitches violently. Beads of sweat roll down his face as he moans in pain. This episode seems to last forever before he finally opens his eyes.

"Now you know the truth." Snow says.

Peeta looks at Snow with a solemn look on his face.

"Yes. Katniss is a mutt."

"No!" I scream.

Then suddenly everything is black again. I see a figure in the distance. Prim.

"Prim? Prim!" I scream.

She looks back at me with a look of utter terror.

"Katniss! She's coming!" She screams.

"Who's coming!"

Then I'm shifted into the next nightmare. Peeta is sitting alone in our victor home. I'm not there. I stare at the television screen and realize he is watching the games. The setting is a dry brown desert. I watch a young boy with blonde hair and gray eyes running. Our son. He's running as fast as he can. Desperately trying to grab a backpack set up by the game makers. Just when he's about to reach for it, an arrow pierces him through the head. The camera shifts to show the killer. That's when I see the one welding the bow is me. I scream until I'm sure my lungs will collapse.

"Bring her out of it hurry! She's in pain!" Peeta screams.

"I'm trying. The medication should be starting to work." My mother says.

"Give her sometime." Paylor says.

President Paylor? What's she doing here? My head slowly starts to clear. I move my fingers. I feel soft lips kiss the top of my hand. I finally figure out where my eyelids are and open them. My mother, Peeta, and Paylor are hovering over me.

"We need to talk as soon as you're feeling well enough." Paylor says.