Thanks to everyone who reviews, whenever I see I get an email in the middle of class and read them, they always make my day. Lol, I got a PM last night asking why I was adopted. Honestly, I don't know. But my mom was 15, a sophomore, and my dad was 16 and a junior in highschool. So I guess they just realized they couldn't raise me.
Peeta's POV
I'm staring blankly into Coin's face. Did she really just say we will rescue Katniss soon? "We're really going to rescue Katniss soon?" I ask in disbelief, maybe my ears were just playing tricks on me. I look down at Briar and realize that she might actually get to see her mom very soon. Coin just nods. A smile spreads across my face. I probably look dumb smiling like this.
"When are we going to get her. It can't be much longer because who knows how long she has left there?" I ask. Haymitch looks at Coin, and I see Coin shake her head.
"Son, you can't accompany us on this trip." Haymitch says "What if you get hurt and die? Briar would grow up without both of her parents. It's already bad enough she only has one parent right now." I want to object, but I know he is right, I need to stay here for Briar's sake. "Don't worry. Gale, Finnick, Johanna, and I will be going to her aid. Along with other troops that will also invade the capitol."
I nod my head. "When are you planning for departure?" I ask.
"Tomorrow." Coin says. I can't believe what my ears are hearing, are they really going to rescue Katniss tomorrow?
I'm dismissed and I can't help but smile and smile at everyone I see. I'm sure I look dumb, but no one can even feel how happy, relieved I am. I know I should tell Mrs. Everdeen and Prim. I walk down the hall where their apartment they live in. I know Prim has been so worried about her older sister. Katniss is basically Prim's idol.
"Peeta." Mrs. Everdeen smiles. "You look so happy. We were just about to have dinner, please you can join us." She opens the door and lets Briar and I in.
"Mom, who was that at the door?" Prim asks at the table waiting for her dinner. "Peeta." She says and gets up to give me a hug.
I greet Prim and we settle down for dinner. Mrs. Everdeen offers to hold Briar while we eat, I don't object. We were eating some lamb stew. For most people in District 13, they have to eat in the cafeteria, but if you help in the hospital you are welcomed to eat home cooked meals in your apartment because your schedule can be so hectic.
"Peeta, can you please tell me what you're smiling about?" Mrs. Everdeen asks. When she was told Katniss was taken by the capitol and possibly dead or going to be soon killed, I thought for sure Mrs. Everdeen would fall back into her depression, the same one she fell in when Mr. Everdeen died and completely forget about Prim and leave Prim to fend for herself. But to my surprise, Mrs. Everdeen started to take care of Prim and actually act like a mother.
"I was planning to tell you over dinner, bu I was called in for a meeting with Haymitch and Coin, and they said we would be rescuing Katniss." I can see both of their faces had smiles plastered on them just like my smile was. "And there is more, Gale, Johanna, Finnick, Haymitch and other troops are planning to leave for the rescue tomorrow." Prim starts to cry and I pull her into a hug where she cries more into my stomach area. I can only imagine how good of news this is to her.
After dinner was over, I said good bye and Briar and I went to bed. Like normal, Briar wakes up multiple times and I feed her her bottle and change her diaper. Since the bombings, there has been some debre every where and the doctor gave me some anitbiotics for Briar to have because her immune system isn't as strong as a breast fed children are. And obviously I can't breast feed her.
I wake up at the sound of my alarm. I take a quick shower and get Briar dressed. I'm hoping I can say a final good bye to all of those rescuing Katniss and how much Briar and I appreciate their sacrifice.
As I get at the launching dock, I can see thousands of troops being sent to the capitol, they must have another mission than to rescue Katniss. The last to load are Gale, Johanna, Finnick, and Haymitch. Briar and I sneak up on them. I pull them into a group hug. "Thank you so much for doing this." I say and a tear falls.
"No problem kid. We miss Brainless just as much as you do." Johanna smirks and walks onto the plane that will fly them to the capitol. I let the rest load before I pull Gale and Haymitch aside.
"Please get her." I say with desperation in my voice.
"We will. I swear." Haymitch says. "And I'll even stay sober." He adds to lighten up the situation. But I'm just so nervous for when they find Katniss and bring her back to all of her family.
The hovercraft launches, and they're gone. Just like that. And hopefully returning just like that but with my wife.
Gale's POV
I walk onto the hovercraft. I don't really know what to expect. I've never been to the capitol, but the way Katniss and Peeta had described it, it was beautiful, but sick in a way. Normally the ride would be about two days, but we don't have two days to waste by traveling so Bettee managed to build a hovercraft that should get us to the capitol in under a hour. The things that man can invent. For him, the sky is the limit...literally.
I sigh, remembering Peeta's plea to Haymitch and I. I love Katniss, but Peeta makes her happy and if she's happy, I'm happy. I can only imagine how hard this must be for Peeta. I think I'm broken not being able to see her. But Peeta has to raise and basically take care of Briar himself. It's unbelievable how much Briar looks like Katniss, Briar always reminds me of Katniss when I see her. I wonder how that makes Peeta feel. I decide to shake that feeling off and just concentrate on getting Katniss out alive.
"We're about to land in the capitol." A mechanical voice says. "Remember, our spies think Katniss was kept in the left wing of the prison we must act quick and hope they don't pick up on this plan. Remember, she is the priority here."
I take a deep breath and let it out. This could be the end of me. The hover craft landed. I get up from the chair I was in. Haymitch said that the troops shall exit first to clear the pathway of danger, but he also said we need to hurry before the capitol realizes something is not right.
As I'm exiting I'm given a gun and a pocket knife for protection. I take an extra jacket in case Katniss needs it. Finnick, Johanna, Haymitch and I run down the streets of the capitol. I follow the three of them because they all have been on a victory tour through the capitol so they know the way to the prison, which is suspected to be under President Snow's mansion.
After a three mile long jog, I look up in aw at the house that lies in front of me. The streets are torn up destroyed, and on fire. But this house hasn't been touched. I recognize it from the Victory Tour that we are required to watch: It's President Snow's mansion.
"Come one, we don't have much time." Haymitch says and leads us underground through this passage way. I wonder how many people actually know that this is here. We walk down stair cases that are all white, the walls are white as well. I don't think there is any color. We travel for a while. "I think they might be keeping Brainless somewhere else, it's no use." Johanna says giving up. We've been walking for a long time, but I promised this to Peeta and to Briar.
"Let's keep going for a little while longer, we all made an unspoken promise to bring Katniss back home for Peeta, but also for Briar, to have her mom also raise her." I say. It took a lot more convincing, but we kept moving. To my surprise, it isn't heavily guarded, but we keep moving.
"I'm so hungry. God, can you please just kill me already? I'm ready to die. I've served my time in here for all of the sins I did. Like hunting in the woods." I hear a familiar voice say from down a hallway. Oh my gosh, is that really Katniss? I'm about to say something but Haymitch holds a finger up to his lips telling me to be quiet, we don't want anyone to find us now especially because we came this far. And plus, who knows what they would do to Katniss.
"Johanna, Gale, and Finnick." Haymitch whispers to us. "Stay here, I'm going to somehow get Katniss and then we'll need to bust ass to get the hell out of here." Haymitch says and carefully walks a little farther down the hall. It didn't take him long before he was able to open the cell.
"Please don't hurt me. Please don't kill me." I hear her plead.
"Sweetheart, I would never hurt you, but I need you to shut up so we can safely escape from this." He says. Katniss agrees, but her words sting me, hurt her? Kill her? What have they done to her?
Katniss is dressed in a long white tshirt that looked like it hadn't been washed in ages, and that probably is correct. I can see scars from something along her wrists. I wonder what they did do to her.
The journey back to the hovercraft was long, but we managed to escape pretty easily considering we just kidnapped the person who basically started the rebellion, we took down a peace keeper here and there but no real trouble.
We boarded the hovercraft, Haymitch carried her most of the way, and then I carried her the rest. She fell asleep about halfway through the journey. We brought her to the medical part of the hovercraft to get some basic idea with what we would have to treat.
The doctor said she was dangerously underweight and that she was dehydrated. I sit next to her for when she wakes up, she won't completely go insane. I watch her as she flutters her eyes open. "Gale?"
"Yes it's me Katniss. Don't worry, we rescued you from the capitol and now we're going to take you back to Peeta and your daughter Briar. They're both still alive." I say.
She looks at me in the eyes and then starts to break down in tears. "Please don't hurt me, please don't. I already hate myself enough. No need for even more scars. I can't see Peeta, he helped do this to me." She says.
So they must have tortured her. I look at her wrists, they're sliced with cuts. Along with some of thighs and hips. "Katniss, why did you cut yourself?" I ask. I couldn't believe that the Katniss Everdeen, or Katniss Mellark broke down and started to cut.
"They threw me a razor with my bread one day. I remember learning about them and how when people are in pain, they cut themselves with it to relieve pain. And it feels amazing Gale." She tries to convince me.
I don't respond, I look down at my feet. When I look back up to respond, she's asleep. I kiss her forehead and walk back to where Haymitch, Johanna, and Finnick are. "How is she?" Finnick asks.
"They tortured her. She started to cut herself to help with the pain. I don't know what they possibly could have done though." I say.
"We will be landing in District 13 right now." The same mechanical voice from earlier says. Haymitch picks up Katniss and walks through the open doors, outside awaits a crowd of people, including Peeta and Briar.
ehhhh, this is short, but better than nothing right? lol, thank you so much for all of those writers who review often. (: I'll try to update my other story tmw and along with the other part of this chapter as well.