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Her Stomach.

Peeta's POV;

She's gone. The love of my life is gone. They turned on the tv in the main room for us to watch. And as much as I don't want to watch, they are forcing me. I won't be able to though, I don't think anyone will. They set us free like Katniss said they would. But I don't think I can ever forgive her, as mean as it sounds. How could he willingly go get herself killed just for us? Gale tells me she wanted to see me one more time, because they all thought I was dead. And I feel it. But in return for seeing me one last time, she was sent to Violet Coin who once there was ready to kill my Katniss.

The television plays the new Capitol TV logo and Katniss appears. She's tied to a board, all her limbs secured to the wood. My hands are both engulfed by Mrs. Everdeen, and the other by Effie. Haymitch places his hand on my shoulder.

First they start with the torture. And just as she's bloody and beaten, they pan to her face and an evil voice asks. "Is there anything you'd like to say?"

"I love you Peeta. With all my heart, please stay strong. I love you mom, haymitch, Effie, Gale, Johanna, and all my squad. Thank you for all you've done for me. I-I love you the most Peeta." She sobs.

I hear the familiar click of a gun and stand hastily. "I-I can't watch." I sob bursting from the room. I don't go far, just land on my butt. My hands surround my face as my body racks in sobs. Then I hear something.

"She's not dead! Sweetheart's faking it!" I hear Haymitch cheer. The room erupts in whoops as I stand and come back in. "Look! She's not dead, she's faking it!" He points to her breathing chest.

Violet Coin's face appears and she smiles. "Have fun in district eleven, Peeta."

"We need to leave now. That was a warning."

I look at Haymitch. His eyes filled with the same determination and fire Katniss had at one time. "Haymitch please. Where are we to go?" I ask quietly.

"Anywhere. They think shes dead. Nows our time to strike. Lets get to the hovercrafts." I nod with tears still stinging my eyes and we all run to the pads. One is landing, they don't open the hatch, just a small opening. They hover above the ground, it's a Capitol air ship. They throw a body through the hole and I gasp.

"KATNISS!" She falls into the ground limp. I take her body in my arms. "SHES BARELY BREATHING.!" I yell. "COME ON KATNISS. COME ON STAY WITH ME."

"Always." She whispers before her eyelids fall shut.

"She needs a doctor!" I scream.

"Come on." Her mother says sternly before leading us to a different room. I lay her on a wooden table and hold her hand as her mother injects her with morphling. Her hand squeezes mine reassuringly but her eyes don't open and he body doesn't move.

Her mother extracts the bullets and wraps the wounds in a matter of minuets. "I put her to sleep." She explains. "She should wake up at anytime."

Everyone's quiet until Haymitch talks. "We need to move either way. The Capitol thinks she's dead and now's our chance to hide her away."

"Yeah." Everyone agrees.

"She's healthy right? No chance of dying?"

"Slim chance." Mrs. Everdeen says. "I'd say we leave before these people decide to capture us again."

We take off through the district back the way we came. I hold Katniss to me in a death grip, I swear she will never leave my sight again. Even it there's another bounty on her head; we'll always figure something out. I'll run away with her like she asked to before the victory tour. I place my hand on her stomach as we run and pull back instantly when I find it's hard. "M-Mom!" I stop in my tracks. "Feel." I pull up her shirt and let her feel Katniss's stomach.

"Hmm, I'll have to look later. I have a guess as to what it is though." She cracks a smile before we start walking again.

Gale takes a turn carrying her as I walk along side her. She won't wake up for one or two more hours so we decide to keep walking. We finally stop in the same field where we had our 'wedding'. I lay her down on the same spot from before when we slept. Her mother comes and feels her stomach. "Just a full stomach that's all." She nods. I nod and lay down ready to embrace sleep.

The sweat on my forehead increases and my sleep never comes. I wrap my arms around her body and pray she wakes.

When she does it's with a gasp. She coughs and hacks as she catches her breath. I hold her close and she holds me not speaking. We both cry tears of joy; we never thought we'd see each other again. So tonight we held each other until the sun started to rise once more. She tells me of a video she was showed of me being shot and killed. I explain it was fake and there was nothing to be worried about. So together we cried and waited for the sun to rise.

Once it did, we sat around a campfire all of is just staring into it. Kaniss is the fist to break the silence. "She's still out there, and I'm still alive. Which means we either need to let me die or fight again."

"The only option is to fight." Gale states. I look up at Katniss who is perched on a chopped log. She sits with her forearms on her thighs watching the fire and thinking of what to do. "None of us here are willing to sit back and watch you die."

"The districts won't fight again." She explains to us. "They don't have the power."

"Can't we go back to district thirteen?" Annie asks quietly.

"We could, but they'd find us. People there are so strict and loyal to the government." I watch the heads of everyone bob up and down in agreement. We can't take much more of this.

"I say we all move into the victors village of twelve for now. With all the rebuilding we should be hidden for a while. And when we need to move, we can head straight back into the forest a different way and actually live on our owns." Gale suggests.

"It's risky." I note.

"What other choice do we have?" Katniss asks. "We'll never ever be safe anywhere, it might as well be our homes."

"Twelve isn't some of our homes." Annie persists.

"What Brainless is saying is that we start a new life. We all try and find the peace we deserve." Johanna speaks.

I nod in agreement. "Then it's settled." I conclude.

"I just, I want to thank all of you for what you've done for me in the past. None of you asked to be in this rebellion. Everyone contributed wether it be with their lives or their hearts. It's means a lot and I'm glad to have such a loyal team." Katniss stumbles over the words.

Haymitch raises his cup. "To Sweetheart."

"To sweetheart." We all follow.