Mockingjay If Katniss was Captured

We March, We Die, And We Lose

Katniss

 My body silently shakes as Sebastian helps me back to my cell. I know the plan, and I have full faith that Peeta will get here in time, but I know. I know President Snow is not only going to leave my punishment to the execution. He will be here to make the last two days of my life a living hell. He will make me want to beg him to kill me. Peeta may be able to save me from death, but it is impossible for him to save me from a living hell. 

"Hey, breath Katniss breath. You are going to be okay. This is what we planned for, it is just going to be a little sooner than we had planned, but everything is going to be okay. Now, please stop crying you are making me really uncomfortable." Sebastian whispers under his breathe as we walk down the lengthy hallways to my cell. All I do is nod my head and we walk to the cell in silence unsure of what to say to one another. The door opens and Sebastian roughly pushes me inside, trying to keep his cover. 

I sit there in silence with nothing better to do then let my mind wander. My mind begins to think of the worst possible scenarios of what can happen, but in every single one someone else, dies besides Snow. Prim. Peeta. Finnick. Annie. Johanna. Even Sebastian. They die because of me. They die for me. They sacrifice their precious lives to save my worthless one. My vicious thoughts are interrupted by the metal doors of my cell opening revealing the man more than half the country wants dead.    

"Just because I am going to kill you in two days doesn't mean I won't make your life hell till then." I told he was going to do that. He is now the most predictable person on the planet, to me at least, he always believes he is in control, but then it gets taken away from him. Most of the time it may be me who is doing so, but it will be the extension of my hand, Peeta this time.  " You lit a spark that went out of your control and is now causing the country I built to burn. This time though, I am going to make sure you never light that spark ever again. Sebastian go get a camera and Axel go get Dr. Whale." Both men leave the room leaving just Snow and I.

"You finally beat me, but you still haven't won yet. Killing me is like adding fuel to a fire. You are going to make an inferno, so thank you for supporting the rebellion, we will forever be in your debt. You could end the rebellion, you know? All you have to do is take the knife in your hand, that I think is supposed to scare me, and stab yourself in the heart. You will be a hero and the ultimate supporter to the rebel cause. Please consider it. I can tell honestly tell you that if you stabbed yourself everyone in this country will put our weapons down and party. Thanks for your time and contribution." At the end of my little tirade Snow  takes the knife in his hand and stabs me upper thigh. He twists the knife a little before pulling it out of my skin. Before he can do anything else the door opens revealing Sebastian, Dr. Whale, and Axel. 

"Are sure you want to do this Snow? After you do this there is no going back." Whale asks Snow. Without a moment of hesitation he nods his head while staring directly at me. Sebastian sets the camera up behind Snow while staring at me with sorrow in his eyes.

"Say your last goodbyes, Katniss because this is the last time you will be able to use that sharp tongue of yours." Snow says while smiling evilly.  

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Peeta POV~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

We land in the Capital and begin to follow our map. I walk ahead of everyone scouting the surroundings. I put everyone who have family that would be crushed in the very back because if things go south they have been ordered to run, people like Finnick. Finnick has a child and wife to go home to, but Johanna and I don't, so we stand in the front. We both are ready to die for this cause, and we both don't have people who would't move on if we died. 

Everyone walked at a very slow pace, and since we have less than a days walk I am not pestered by the pace. It is not till fifteen minutes in to our walk that I find the first pod. I order everyone to stop, we all walk around the pod only to find dozens of them ahead of us. Finnick slowly pushes himself to the head of the crowd to see what the hold up is. He stops and stands right next to me just staring at the pods in front. 

"What do you want to do, Peeta? There is too many of us, there is no way that all of us can make it across because there is too much space for human error. Someone sleep can kill everyone behind them. We can try but..." Finnick whispers in my ear trying not to scare anyone behind us. All I can do is stare at the pods ahead of us. I think back to Foxface who went through almost the same experience, trying to find the way around all of the bombs the Careers had strategically places to protect their loot. Thats when I find the pattern in the placement of the pods. It spells out the word "Welcome".

"Everyone listen up. The pods are placed to spell the word WELCOME so all we have to do is walk to the east until we pass the E. It will slow us down and require us to walk a little faster to reach the Capitial in time, but it will ensure our safety at this obstacle." Everyone nods and Finnick who is standing next to me saying "oh" when he finally discovers the word. 

We all turn right and march at a quicker face then before. Finnick stands next to me and walks at my pace. He keeps opening his mouth to say something but then keeps closing it once more. 

"What do you want to say, Finnick?"

"I want you to tell Annie and my child that I love them if I die."

"Finnick, don't say stuff like that. You won't die. You can't die. Finnick I will make sure you don't die. You will be there to tell them yourself. Okay? Okay." I yell at him trying so hard not to picture Annie raising their child alone. If Finnick died, a part of me would die with him and Annie would lose half of hereself. Finnick has been my best friend through all of this, the one who let me cry on his shoulder and helped me cope with losing Katniss. I can't lose him. 

"Peeta, this is a war. There is a chance I will die and there is nothing you can do to prevent it. I need you to watch after them if I die. I am not going to be stupid. I am not going to purposely walk into battle zone and play martyr. I know what I signed up for, so did Annie. We knew the risks but I still need someone there for her if... Peeta I need you to do this, please." Finnick begs with tears rising up in his eyes. He stares up at the sky and takes in a couple of shaky breaths before staring into my eyes. 

"I promise, but I still will do everything in my power to make sure you are there for your wife and child. You have to promise me something too. In my bunker in Thirteen there is a dresser, and in the top drawer of the dresser there is letters wedged into the corner. If I die please give those letters out. They're my goodbyes." I tell Finnick before abruptly turning the corner being is that we reached the E. Finnick takes the turn as well and just nods his head in my direction. The mood of this whole trip just took a drastic turn. After we successfully pass the pods Finnick returns to his original position. We walk smoothly for about two hours until we lose our first man. 

Towards the center of our formation someone trips and sets off a pod. This pod luckily isn't one that disperses and is set to kill the masses. It is one that is targeted to hit the one who set off. I metal net with spikes burst out of the pod grabbing ten of my soldiers in its grasp. We all begin to jog to avoid the sight of the bodies. Finnick and Johanna both run to the front to jog in line with me. After the bodies are out of sight we begin to walk once again. 

For another couple hours we walk with no problem until another pod is set off. Black goo comes out of pod in gigantic waves. Everyone runs those towards the front run ahead and those behind the pod follow my initial orders and run back to the hovercraft. We run inside an abandoned building. We run to the top floor in this house and look out the window to find the goo continuing to rise. I look around and find a door to the roof. I run towards it and everyone tries to follow but those who were too far behind we got sucked up in the goo. We reach the roof and I don't stop running instead I jump.

I jump off the roof of the building to the roof of the next one. Everyone behind me does the same thing until we see that the goo won't reach us. I stop for a minute giving everyone the opportunity to catch their breaths. Thats when I see two things. One, I only have ten soldiers left. Two, we have officially entered the heart of the Capitial. 

Johanna stands next to me and stares at Snow's mansion. "We marched with our heads held high. We died with honor. We lost many men and women. But we will win."