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I continue to stare out the bars to the stone path on the other side
I can't bring myself to deal with him, I know I'll be no help and it would probably end in tears, and I don't like crying it makes me feel weak
Peeta has stoped crying and it's dead quiet
He thinking, I know he is, he's thinking about what they'll do to him
"Katniss.." he barely whispers, but I hear it because I'm desperate to hear a sound come from him
I turn around
His eyes are red raw from crying and he's staring out into space
"Yes?" I cough
Peeta holds his hard stare with the ground and says
"Their going to do it again" his eyes meet mine "their going to hijack me"
He's probably right but I don't want to believe it
"Peeta.." I say, my voice sounding full of pity "we don't know that?"
"No Katniss their going to hijack me, I know it! And I don't want to hurt you.."
Peeta hits his head off the stone wall
"PEETA STOP!" I scream pulling him from the wall "YOU'LL HURT YOURSELF!" 
"Stop!" He says sternly "I want to, I don't want to hurt you!"
He pushes me across the room so he can once again start to hurt himself
I hit my back hard off the other wall
I let off a small yelp and Peeta stops
"See!" He says with tears in his eyes "I already have.."
Peeta once again belts his head off the wall, there's now blood pouring down his face
"FINE!" I shout my voice shakey "go kill your self, you'll still hurt me either way, actually it would hurt me more if you weren't here!"
Peeta stops but doesn't turn around
"Who would I go to for help? I would be alone" I continue "I need you here Peeta, hijacked or not!"
I stay quiet angry at him that he would consider killing himself
I grab my knees and wait for him to answer
But he doesn't
I wait longer
Still no answer
"Peeta?" I ask nervously
Suddenly Peeta falls to the ground
"PEETA!" I yell
I rush over to him
His mouth is wide open and his eyes are closed
I shake him furiously
"Peeta wake up!"
The blood from his head still streams down his face
I wipe it with my sleeve and check his pulse
I sigh in relief, he's still breathing
"Peeta PLEASE wake up.." I ask once again
I take my hands off his face and sit beside him
I bit my lip trying hard not to cry
And then they come
The man that took Annie unlocks our door and grins at the sight of Peeta
"No.." I say
The man doesn't speak, he just walks towards Peeta and grabs his legs
"No leave him alone!" I plea
The man grins again
He tugs at Peeta's legs waking him up in the process
"PEETA!" I scream tears streaming down my face
Peeta's face looks confused and worried
"KATNISS!" He shouts as the man drags him out of the cell and throws him to another person who then handcuffs him
The man walks back in and I expect him to just lock the door and go
But he doesn't
He walks towards me and holds out a pair of handcuffs
"Your turn" he smiles
"NO LEAVE HER ALONE!" I hear Peeta shout
I stare at the man, to scared to move
He bends down to grab my wrists and I trash around trying to avoid his grip,
But he punches me in the shoulder.
I yelp and stop moving, he grabs my wrists, attaches the handcuffs and pulls me to my feet
I walk behind him out the door
"Katniss.." Peeta pants
"I'm o-"
"SHUT IT!" shouts the man and we both stop talking but not before I give Peeta an assured look that I'm alright

There is silence for a long time as the man leads us down a long corridor with not much corners.
Finally we reach a small room that's split in half by a wall of glass
On one side of the room there's several computers and one single chair with lots of straps and things hanging off it
On the other side there is just a chair, nothing else, but the chair itself looks like a death trap
The men drag us in and lock the door
Peeta shuffles over towards me and grabs my hand
He gives it a light squeeze and whispers "I'm sorry.."
I look into his eyes and find that they're flooded in tears
"For what?" I whisper back
"For what's about to happen.." and before Peeta can say anymore he is dragged from my side and into the one chair room
The man then tightens the straps to the point if they were any tighter Peeta's limbs would snap off
The man grins at Peeta and then jogs out of the room, locking the door behind him
Then I'm thrown into the chair on our side, strapped down and left to look into the eyes of a very worried Peeta Mellark
"We'll run through a series of..let's say tests" says the man to my left
"What's going to happen" I spit
"Oh don't you worry girl on fire, you'll get quite the show, I promise" The man then grins a very disturbing grin and nods to the man to my right
"Start 'um up"
He presses several buttons and then the "show" begins
Peeta stays still at first but then lets out a bloodcurdling scream that I wish I never heard
He continues to scream, again and again, and then he stops
"What are you doing to him?!" I pant
There's no answer, but I guess it's some kind of funky Capitol terror machine
"It's time" says the man to my left
The man to my right nods and then approaches me with a needle
"What's that?" I say concerned, edging away from him
But I can't escape and the man breaks my skin with the cold needle and whatever is inside it and I'm instantly flug into a world of dizziness
I don't exactly know why but I scream at the top of my lungs and I can see Peeta trashing around in his chair
Peeta Mellark? Peeta? What?
My mind is racing, what's going on?!
"Feel good yet Everdeen?" A man says
What? Everdeen? Huh?
Wait Katniss stop Everdeen is your name, your second name
My thoughts calm as I figure out the small puzzle but I'm instantly thrown into another
"Bring him in" says another man
I can't feel any of my limbs and my vision is tinted purple, what is going on?!
A man brings in a young boy with blonde hair and blue eyes
Whose he? Wait that's Peeta! God Katniss what's wrong with you!
He looks broken, that he might shatter at any moment
"Peeta?" I whisper
"Katniss oh my god! Are you alright?" He pants
"Enjoy it Mellark, won't last long" says one of the men and Peeta's eyes tear up
Peeta leans down to my ear and grabs my hand
He locks his fingers in mine and sparks fly up through my arm, what's he doing?
"Peeta?" I whisper once again
Peeta doesn't answer he just whispers in my ear "Always..."
I'm confused? What's wrong?
Peeta pecks my lips and I jump back
What was that for?!
Peeta pulls away, a look of hurt in his eyes
"Take me back" he sighs while holding out his hands to the man at my right
The man handcuffs Peeta and leads him out the door
Then the man to my left unstraps the straps on my chair and hoists me up
He then handcuffs me and smiles weirdly
He doesn't speak, he just leads me out the door and down the long corridor and back to a cell where Peeta is being put into
Why are we here?
The man uncuffs me and pushes me inside the cell
"Goodnight star crossed lovers!" He laughs and then leaves out the door again
I turn around to Peeta
He is sitting in the corner holding his knees and staring at the ground
"Are-are you ok?" I ask edging towards him
"You don't remember do you?" He says looking up from the ground and meeting my eyes
"Remember what?" I say
"Who am I Katniss?" He asks sounding somewhat annoyed
"Well your Peeta.." I answer not really sure of what else to say
"Yes" he says "but what am I to you?"
"I-I well...y-your" I stutter
"See you don't remember anything, about me, about you, about us?!"
"About us?" I ask confused "Did I? Did we?"
"Well I did.." Peeta starts "And people said you did, well you did, I-I mean, well yes...We did love each other"
"Oh" I say, still confused, this boy was my boyfriend and I can't remember a single thing!
"Well then Peeta..your right..I don't remember.."

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