A/N Oh wow oh wow I got the best review on the face of the earth! Thank you so much RadiantAsTheSun that comment made my week! And I have read your fan fic and I like it! I'm about to start reading Across the Stars .

Disclaimer: I don't own The Hunger Games…though I wish I did…

I open my eyes and see the beautiful blue sky. Wait sky? Where am I? Suddenly all of the events of the day come rushing back to me. Cara and Levi missing, Haymitch not being any help to find them, running to the meadow, seeing them, then getting shot with some sort of dart. I look to my left, with some difficulty seeing as one I'm still in a bit of a haze and two I'm terribly stiff, and I sure enough see a dart sticking out of my shoulder. I pull it out and cringe it stings bad.

I take a closer look at it and see that it has a hollow inside that stores some sort of fluid, probably what makes you pass out, it is made of some sort of metal and etched into the side are the initials X&S S.

Who are X&S S? Who ever they are their responsible for taking my children away from me! They will pay! Wait Katniss don't get ahead of yourself…at least give them a chance to explain them selves…and then they will pay!

I look back at the sky and judge it's around 2:30 or 3:00 in the afternoon, I can partly judge it by the gnawing in my stomach telling me to eat, Peeta must be worried I've been gone for a while.

I get up with only a bit of difficulty I put the dart in my pocket as…evidence. And begin walking home. I have to watch my feet because I'm hazy and a bit klutzy. I hear heavy foot steps coming my direction and before I have time to look up I'm on the ground.

"Katniss!" It's Peeta he helps me up and brings me into a huge bear hug.

"Hey Peeta" I manage to get out even though the air is being squeezed out of my lungs by his strong arms. When he pulls away he says;

"I thought I lost you too!"

"You didn't" I assure him "I'm still very much here to make your life hard" I say with a light breathy laugh.

"Where have you been?" he begins to scold.

"Well I saw them in the meadow" I begin but I'm cut off

"The meadow?"

"Yeah"

He takes off running as fast as his prosthetic leg can take him. I follow him in a slow jog. When I get there he is running around the whole meadow looking for them. When he finally gives up he collapses on the ground holding hid head in between his legs.

"This is mu fault" he sobs "All my fault! I'm their father I'm supposed to protect them and I failed!"

"Peeta Mellark don't you dare talk like that!" I scold "This is not your fault and if it is it's just as much mine as it is yours"

"But I promised to keep them safe I promised to never let them go through what we went through" I sit down next to him and rub his back.

"They aren't going what we went through though. They aren't being forced into an arena to fight to the death. For all we know they're just being held captive for a ransom. And what ever it is we WILL get them back that is a guarantee" I say trying to encourage him…and me for that matter.

"You really think so?" he asks lifting his head up.

"I know so" I say wiping away his tears.

"Thank you Katniss" he says hugging me.

"Any time Mellark" I say returning the hug.

"Wait what happened to you?" he asks pulling away.

I explain about everything and then pull out the dart he examines it and says;

"We WILL find these people".

A/N sorry this isn't the longest chapter but I plan on writing a nice and long one before I go on vacation for 2 weeks. Also I know its been like two chapters without Gale and I promise to get him into the next chapter. These were just kinda filler chapters before getting to the good stuff.

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