Chapter 2. This was initially supposed to be attatched to the material in chapter 1 but I thought it would seem too long and that you'd get bored of reading it.

Here you go. :)

It went off without a hitch. Everyone had fun catching up with the others and even Caesar was chattering aimlessly with those gathered by the end as I made my speech on the past. I had rehearsed it for months and still didn't fully get it right, making a few people laugh in the middle of it. But after that, the crowd slowly dispersed and as myself, Peeta and Haymitch made our way to the train, I thought intently about the time that would follow.

The day to meet Beetee at the mine came too quickly for my liking and, as I made my way through the slowly reforming ruins, I thought about what district 12 had looked like before the bombing. Huts, tightly pushed together. Children running around playing even though they were hungry and tired. Everything seemed to work in harmon with itself, always working out when there was a problem and there were rarely any problems, not even in the seam, well... aside from the hunger.

Reaching the mines, I was flanked on either side by Peeta, who had insisted on coming along, not relenting, even when I told him the whole story, and Haymitch, who, though still drunk from the night before, 'didn't want to see his sweetheart get hurt' at the hands of technology. He had pointedly looked at Peeta at his comment and had stood when I stood to leave, following Peeta out the door.

Beetee was stood, clipboard in hand, checking over the final details, when myself, Peeta and Haymitch reached him, having gone through numerous checks for illnesses, weapons and anything that would interfere with the machine itself. Haymitch had undergone extra tests with a new gadget that helped with the consequences of drinking the night before. Beetee looked up from his clipboard finally and, noticing us, proceeded to drop it on a table by him and make his way over to us, smiling.

"Glad to see you could make it." he said, picking up my hand to shake, before looking at both Peeta and Haymitch in turn. "And you brought friends" he said, still smiling at me.

"Yeah. Peeta insisted and I think this is just something to occupy Haymitch's time." I whispered to Beetee who nodded, agreeing with what I had said, and patted my hand in sympathy. He turned and walked back to where he was, nodding to me to follow and then gesturing his arm out to the side to reveal a large box. "This is it?" I asked, pointing to the big box, looking to Beetee to answer, to which he nodded. Katniss walked around the box, inspecting it before reaching the others again, seeing that Haymitch and Peeta had been given a smaller version of the big box, that opened revealing a big button. Beetee held another one out to me.

"It's for emergencies" he explained. "Now. Only press the button if you absolutely have to. It will send a signal to the other two. Inside the box, there are clearly labelled levers and buttons. Only press the ones you need to. Leave the others alone unless you need them. The box is soundproofed so I put a microphone in there so you can communicate with me while you're in the box. That's it. In you go." Beetee said, ushering us district 12 residents into the big box. I pressed the button to close the door behind us and turned around. Haymitch and Peeta were looking around and Haymitch, about to push a big red button, was stopped as I strode over and slapped his hand away.

"Can you hear me?" Beetee's voice came through overhead to which I sighed and replied.

"Yes Beetee I can hear you."

"Good. There is a lever on the far right of the panel. Push it to the top." I heard and responded quickly and pushed the lever to the top easily. "Now. There is another that labelled time above it. Push that until the indicator by the side read "67"' I obliged, taking my time and then listening for the voice again. "Okay, now just press the red button adn the machine should take you to where we think your father is. You may feel a little turbulence but that will should away within a few seconds." he cut off and I sighed deeply, pushing Peeta out of the way gently to reach the red button, pressing it securely and immediately the machine whirred into life.

It felt as though we were falling as I felt myself lighter and I was lifted slightly off the floor only held down this far as Peeta grabbed my waist and held me to him. After a few seconds, it stopped and I dropped to the floor. Stumbling a little as I landed, I was caught by Peeta as we fell to the ground as the machine stopped and smoke started pouring out of the panel before exploding a little, scaring all three of us into quickly reaching the door with had broken and was lying on the ground around 5 feet away from the machine.

"Great. We broke the machine." I stepped out of the box and walked a few feet, past the box and stretched out. I was quickly joined by both Haymitch and Peeta, who seemed shaken up by their experiences in the box and were both breathing heavily. I smiled at them both before jumping at the sound of a branch snapping behind me and whipping around to find the darkness of the forest we had landed in too dark for me to see far. No-one. "OK. Well I think we should explore where we are. Seeing as how we broke the box."I gestured behind the two men to the machine, which proceeded to break apart, each part landing on the floor, leaving me, Peeta and Haymitch, all looking at the destruction, mouths open. "OK. So we're not getting back home any time soon. Might as well look around to see if we can find someone to help us" I said turning around only to find myself face to face with an arrow held notched by someone, I noticed was male and around the same age as me and Peeta.

"Who are you and what are you doing so close to the mountain?" he asked coldly, not afraid to kill us if we stepped out of line.

"Katniss. And this is Peeta and this, Haymitch." I gestured at the two men behind me who proceeded to wave, cautiously at the man holding an arrow to my head. Peeta held an expression which promised bloodshed, should the men let his arrow go. "I promise we are not here to hurt you, or anyone. We just need help is all. Would you tell me your name?" I asked, glancing down to the arrow trained on my head every few seconds.

The stranger, hesitating only a little, loosened his arrow in his hold and slung the bow back over his head and putting the arrow back in it's quiver before thinking for a few seconds, sighing and relenting. "Fine. I am Kili, son of Dis, Prince of the Blue Mountains and heir of Durin. You need help?" he inclined his head a little in question. I nodded at his question before he carried on. "I really shouldn't do this but... Follow me."

There we go. :) Chapter 2.

There may probably be a wait for chapter 3 but that's only cause we're stuck on a part of it. :)

A.x