Just a Dream

Chapter 15: Don't Leave Me

Peeta's POV: ( before Katniss woke up)

I woke up before Katniss today. It was early and I wanted to make breakfast special for her. So I was able to get out of the room without waking her up. Thank god. When I got downstairs there was a knock at the door. I open it to see someone I've never seen before.

"Hello. Can I help you?" Is the last thing I remember saying before someone hits me with something and I black out.

Katniss's POV: (present time)

Where is Peeta? I usually wake up in his embrace. I'm starting to worry.

"Peeta?" I say going down the stairs hoping he's in the kitchen. I look around the whole house and can't find him. It isn't like Peeta to leave without telling me or writing a note. I'm behind the couch closest to the door when I fall to my knees and cry.

"Where are you Peeta?" I say while crying. Then I hear a knock at the door. I get up quickly and wipe my eyes hoping that it's Peeta. When I open it I see Haymich.

"Katniss we need to go to the middle of town," Haymich says. I don't reply and just get my shoes on quick. We run to the middle of town. Everyone of town is here and there is a stage. Why? We find everyone and go up to them.

"What is going on?" I ask because I really need to look for Peeta.

"We have no clue," Finnick says.

After Finnick finished his sentence we turn to the stage were a man starts to speak." Good morning citizens of 12. We are people from the old Capital. Before we bring someone out let me just say he hasn't been a nice person the last few months."

I start to get uneasy. I don't want to go into another war. Then two men bring out a guy with his hands cuffed behind his back and something over his face. I start to panic now. The so guys push the other guy to the floor. The guy is able to get to his knees when they pull the thing off the guys head. It's Peeta.

Another guy then slaps Peeta across the  face and punches him hard, because he falls to his side. I run up on stage and stand in front of him.

Peeta's POV:

I got punched really hard that I fall to my side. Then someone is standing in front of me. Katniss. She needs to get out of here. She will get hurt. The last thing I see before I black out again is Katniss being whipped and beaten.

* few hours later*( 7:00 pm)

I wake in a bed at Katniss house. I see Finnick, Gale, my brother and sister. No one else. They have tears in there eyes.

"How do you feel?" My sister ask.

"Fine. What happened?" I ask and my sister just burst into tears. She whispers I will be in the other room and leaves. I start to get worried.

"Finnick what happened?" I ask again.

"After you knocked out Katniss went to go help you," Finnick says. He doesn't need to finish, because I have a feeling something bad happened.

"Where is she?" I ask getting out of the bed.

"No. You need to stay here," Lucka says pushing me back down. But I'm able to get away and run out of the room. I go to Katniss room and open the door. It's dark only candles light up the room. Everyone looks up at me with tears streaming down their faces. I see what they are looking at. Katniss is under the covers breathing slowly and only her arms, neck, and face are showing. She has marks on her face and arms, along with whip marks on her arm, and many other things. I also realized that she isn't up.

"She might not wake up," Prim says between her cry.

I walk up to the side of her bed and fall to my knees and cry. I grab her hand and say," You're strong. Don't go. Stay. Don't leave me."