Always

Chapter 27: Your Safe

Before I start this next chapter, I just wanted to say thank you to everyone who has stuck with me this long.

1.11K reads! 116 votes! Honestly I can't believe how I got that many. This book will come to an end soon and I will write more, but most likely not a sequel to this book.

But I just wanted to say thank you!

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Peeta's POV

Prim and Mrs. Everdeen run into the house, searching frantically. "Katniss!" Prim yells.

"Prim." Finnick walks up to her, hugging her. "We are going to find her." He kisses the top of her head.

Mrs. Everdeen walks over towards me and hugs me. I'm taken aback, but I hug her back. "Please find my daughter." I look at her and nod.

"I will." Then me and Finncik leave, walking out the door. "Where could she be?" Finnick mumbles.

"I don't know. But we have to find her." Then we run, looking everywhere for her.

"I will find you." I whisper, hoping she can hear me.

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Katniss' POV

I wake up to see Cato staring at me, a smirk appears on his lips. "Guess what I did Kitty?" He whispers.

"What." I snap. He laughs. "I sent Gloss to tell your boyfriend where you are." My eyes lighten up, but why would he do that?

"Not to save you though." He whispers, his lips meet mine and I push him away. He laughs again. "To kill him. In front of you." He whispers.

My heart drops. No. My breathing accelerates. "Kitty." Cato purrs, holding me. "Now when he's dead you will have me." He kisses my cheek and smirks.

Cato leaves shortly after that, leaving me with my thoughts. If Peeta dies, I die. He's my other half.

I close my eyes, thinking of a happier time we were together. Making cheese buns was a happy one. I smile at that.

I crawl towards the door, pushing my ear up to it. "Are they here?" That must be Cato. "Yep. There in the basement, below Katniss." And I actually thought Gloss was nice, I was wrong.

An idea pops into my head. I crawl towards the middle of the room and hit my fist into the ground. Well that idea failed. I thought it would create noise, but concrete is thick.

Then the door burst open with four men that I don't know. "No." I mumble. They grab me drag me out of the room, I kick and bite them, but nothing works.

"Help!" I yell. Then they open a door, throwing me down the stairs.

I land on the cold floor, breathing heavily. "Katniss!" I lift my head to see Peeta and Finnick. Finnick?

Then I see Cato come out from the darkness, grabbing Peeta and holding him a choke hold. "No!" I yell.

Finnick starts to run towards me, but is held back by Gloss. He then points a gun at Finnick's head.

I look at Peeta, his blue eyes burning into my grey ones. "I love you." I whisper.

Peeta's eyes now starting to close, his face turning purple. "No! Please! I'll do anything!" I beg.

Cato stops, letting Peeta breath. "Kill me." I whisper. "No Katniss!" Both Peeta and Finnick yell.

"Why would I do that?" Cato laughs. I smile. "Because if I ever got out of here. I'm telling the police." Cato's face falls.

"But you'll never get away." He whispers, squeezing Peeta tighter.

I scream, searching around frantically for something sharp. I find a needle, holding it up against my wrist.

Cato lets go of Peeta, which was a bad mistake. He lunges towards me, but Peeta knocks him towards the ground.

Peeta slams his head into the ground. I look at Gloss, shaking my head. Gloss sighs, and let's Finnick go.

But grabs Peeta and points a gun towards his head. "Say goodbye to your lover." He whispers.

Finnick runs towards Gloss, but everything is blurry. I look down and see that I sliced some of my wrist open, blood pours out.

I look back up to see Gloss fall to the ground, Finnick is on the phone, and Peeta running towards me.

I fall towards the ground. "Stay with me!" Peeta yells, tears in his eyes. Blood now covering my arm and his shirt.

"I l-love y-" darkness takes over before I have time to finish.

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"Stay." I whisper.

"Peeta." I whisper.

"Always." I whisper.

"I'm here." I hear a familiar voice say. My eyes open slowly, to see blue ones staring right back at me.

"Pe-" but he cuts me off with a soft kiss. "Your In the hospital. Don't worry. I'm not leaving you. I'll explain everything later. We're safe." Tears fall from my eyes.

"Shh. Get some rest." He whispers.

"S-stay with m-me?" I mumble, moving my body over making room for him.

He smiles and climbs in, wrapping his arms around me. His lips kissing mine softly, before he whispers,

"Always."