They open up our cell and Peeta puts his arms around me. Before I can even get a dart out I’m handcuffed, and so is Peeta. We all fight to get free but more and more keep coming in. They start walking us away from the cell and up the stairs.

“What are you going to do with us?” asks Haymitch.

“Something the entire Capitol has wanted to do since they met the Star-Crossed lovers of 12,” says a Peacekeeper. I look at Peeta and he looks at me. We are going to die today and there is no getting out of it unless a miracle happens. I start to cry. I really thought this plan was going to work and now because of me, I and seven other people are going to die which includes someone who hasn’t even gotten a chance to live yet. That makes me feels the worst. At least Peeta and I can have each other in Peace where no one can ever hurt us again. I will never have to see Paylor again, but I will never be able to forgive myself of what is going to happen to all of us. Even when we are dead I will still hold this huge weight on my shoulders that no one can ever take off. I’m basically killing everyone that I love. Peeta sees me crying and now he’s starting. We would probably all stay alive if I just would’ve listened to Gale. But instead I was self-centered and I knew Peeta would back me up. I was being a brat and I know it now that we are going to die. I pull myself together. All of the sudden we are getting to a split hallway and the Peacekeeper tightens his grip on my arm. Then the next thing I know, they are pulling Peeta and me away from each other. They’re taking Peeta down one hall and me and the others down another hall I start screaming Peeta’s name but nothing comes out. We are both fighting so hard that our faces are turning red. The Peacekeepers eventually start winning when our muscles start to ache. As we get farther and farther away from each other I start screaming.

“What are you going to do to him?!” I scream. No one cares enough to answer. “Don’t hurt him, please! Kill me, not him. He did nothing. None of them did anything. It was all my fault. Everything is my fault, so kill me but please spare their lives because they had nothing to do with any of this!” I scream. They keep pulling me away from Peeta. I don’t think I will ever see him again. “You can give me the worst punishment ever, just don’t kill Peeta. I love him and he deserves to live. Everyone deserves to live here but me. Keep Peeta alive!” Still no one listens. I look at Peeta one last time and he mouth’s “I love you” to me. We’re both crying. As my back starts getting turned I hear a yell from the other side of the hall.

“I will see you soon Katniss, I love you so, so much!” yells Peeta from down the hall. Then we go into the elevator and I know that, that will be the last time I ever hear from him again until we are at Peace, unless Paylor is a monster and makes me watch Peacekeepers slaughter him. Once we get out of the elevator there are separate rooms. Just enough for all of us. I glance at everyone one last time then I’m shoved into a room. When I get in there they take off my handcuffs and lock the door behind them.

“We will have a Peacekeeper come and escort you to your death in an hour or so,” says the Peacekeeper while laughing. So I sit down on the floor and wait. After a couple minutes I see that there is another door that isn’t the one that I came in. I start to approach it with caution so nothing can jump out at me. When I open it I see that there is nothing behind it but another door that is locked and soundproof. So I just lean against the door and slide to the ground. The next time I will see anyone I love they will be dead. And odds are that Paylor will make me watch them die. As I’m thinking about all of this I think of how afraid Gale and Claudia are that they are going to lose their baby and realize that they will never be able to see their child take their first steps, say their first word, watch them go to their first day of school, watch them graduate, get married, have kids. They will miss out on their whole life. If I looked back on my life though I’ve had the best life a girl could have. Since my dad died when I was young I learned to take control, learned to hunt both animals and humans, learned to love, learned to hate, learned to kill, and learned how to be happy. I’m trying not to cry, but I am so afraid. I never have been so afraid in my life. Not even with the Rebellion made me afraid because that had hundred of people helping. We have seven. Maybe ten if the other victors are with us. I’m not sure. I don’t know what is going on anymore.

I love Peeta so much and now I have to hold this grieve on my shoulders for not only the rest of my life, which isn’t long anymore, but also after my life when I see them in Peace. I can’t get over the fact that seven people are going to die because of my stupid idea. I know I will die today, and I’ve never been so scared. I’m usually brave when it comes to moments like this but I’m terrified. I wonder if it’s because I’ve been so “soft” these past years and not fighting for my life. There is no way on this earth I can get out of this problem. There is no such thing as miracles. They are not real because they never happen in my district. People always die, even if the people tending to them do as much as possible they die. I’m crying now. I want Peeta here, next to me, with his arms around me, comforting me, making me feel like the happiest girl in the world, loving me. I miss him so much.

It feels like days that I’m in that room before a Peacekeeper comes in and gets me. He handcuffs me and starts walking me down the hall, past all of the other rooms, which are empty. There was a window on each of the doors and I could see into every room and there was no one in any of them. They are probably all dead by now. All because of one stupid decision we are in this mess. Because I was trying to be a nice person and make people fall in love the way I did with Peeta. The way Peeta and I met was a once in a lifetime thing. It is impossible for people to meet like we did ever again. I start to cry again.

“Awwww, sweetheart don’t cry…Well actually you should be crying for what Paylor has planned for them,” says the Peacekeeper.

“Wait, so none of them are dead yet?” I ask.

“Not yet.” He laughs. How can someone be so cold hearted to laugh at deaths. Well, other than Snow. We walk up some stairs and go into an elevator. Next thing I know we are in the Control Room and we go down the hidden elevator. I am getting executed in the arena. Once we get into the arena I see a horrific sight. Capitol citizens are flooding the arena and I see my mother on a beheading board, Plutarch and Haymitch in electric chairs, Claudia is standing on a chair with a rope around her neck so tight that is they pull the chair away she will be strangled and hanged, Gale is handcuffed on his knees with the back of his shirt torn open and a Peacekeeper standing there with a whip. Then I see him. Peeta is laying down, on a table with restraints down on him. There is an IV pole next to him with a yellow, clear liquid in the IV bag. Trackerjacker venom. They will kill him by making him suffer in front of me. And all of their mouths are taped shut so we don’t have to hear their death cries. They sit me down in a regular chair with restraints on it. The chair is lodged deep in the ground so I can’t pick it up. Then coming up to me from the crowd is the beast, Paylor.

“Look at you, sweet, sweet Katniss. Have you been crying lately? Well you should be because you will see all of your friends and family die right before your very eyes,” says Paylor. I try to avoid eye contact with her. “Look at me. You were a bad girl and now you get to see them suffer,” she says.

“Can we just get this over with? Where will you be killing me?” I ask.

“Oh, you won’t be dying. Your punishment will be having to live with this guilt for the rest of your life. You will live a lonely widow and never love again.”

“You’re a monster!” I scream. Why? I did nothing. Nothing. Why must this be my punishment? I made a stupid mistake on taking this job. All I wanted is to be happy.

“Oh, sweetheart. I’m not a monster like Snow. I’m a lonely piece of crap like the rest of my family so I like to pretend that I’m nice, get a high placement in power then crush everyone’s hopes and dreams, and sometimes even their friends, family, and lovers. I know the secrets. I was a rebel, remember? I knew everything you were going to do.”

“Why are you doing this?”

“I just told you. Learn to listen.” She turns around and starts walking towards Peeta. “Start him on his venom, it will take a while for him to go crazy.” They start and pain fills his eyes and I see him crying. The she starts walking towards my mom. “Where’s the ax?” A Peacekeeper throws her an ax.

“You wouldn’t,” I say. She laughs a little.

“You obviously don’t know me,” she says lifting the ax to the rope that is holding the blade that will deliver my mother’s death blow. I close my eyes and I hear a chop. When I open my eye the ax is covered in blood and I see my mother’s head laying down on the ground. The crowd starts cheering. There people are messed up. I am crying hysterically. My mom is gone. I close my eyes. This is a dream. It has to be a dream. My mom is not dead. I open my eyes and she is dead. I throw up. I don’t know what to do. She was the only parent left for me and now she’s dead. I don’t even know what to think. She walks over to Plutarch next. I’m screaming. She rolls her eyes then she flips a switch and Plutarch’s whole body goes into shock. After a couple of minutes she flips the switch off and Plutarch’s body is limp with no life. He’s dead. Two people I care about are dead. I’m crying so hard I almost can’t breath. She motions the Peacekeeper to start whipping Gale. It’s the hunting fiasco all over again. He is screaming in pain. His wounds are getting re-opened. I will never forgive myself. I did this. The walks over to Claudia next and rips the tape off her mouth.

“Any last words?” asks Paylor. She’s crying, but she doesn’t hold back

“Katniss, I know you didn’t know this would happen but I want you to know that I’m not mad. You were just trying to help and I respect friends like you,” says Claudia.

“So sweet.” Before Paylor kicks the chair out from under her I hear a huge crash and I see sparks. I feel the heat radiating off the roof of the arena and I hear the noise of a hovercraft landing. When it lands I see hundreds of rebels coming out of the hovercraft. One after another hovercrafts come down releasing hundreds of more rebels. It’s all happening again. Another Rebellion. Too bad they are a little too late. They kill as many Peacekeepers as they can find and kill anyone in their way. They free Gale of his handcuffs and Peeta of his drugs. That must have been strong venom because he’s unconscious. They lift him into the hovercraft and probably get him to medical. After Haymitch and Claudia are released the come over to me and undo my restraints. One of the rebels start dragging towards the hovercraft Peeta’s in. I fight back.

“Don’t you want to be with your husband?” asks the rebel.

“Yes, of course I do. But my country needs me now. Send him back to our house in Twelve. If he comes conscious again tell him I will be home soon.” The rebel nods his head and goes into the hover craft with all of the other victims that almost suffered because of me. The hovercraft took off with all of the people I love. I start to wonder who got all of these rebels. I find all of the other victors and they all said

“He will tell you when he’s ready.” I wonder who “He” is. While I’m wondering a rebels throws me a gun and I start going on a killing spree. But no matter what I do more and more Peacekeepers keep showing up. I need to find and kidnap Paylor. Then kill her. Then I think I start seeing things. I thought I saw someone that looked exactly like my father. I try to ignore it but I keep having a feeling that he’s my father. I get a Peacekeeper right in the heart. I wish I had my bow and arrows. I can’t help but taking cover and looking at the man. He eventually sees me staring at him and he comes over to me and pulls me into a hovercraft.

“Do you know who I am?” asks the man.

“I’m sorry for staring, but you just look like my father. He died when I was young so I don’t even know what he would look like today,” I say. He takes a deep breath.

“Katniss I-,” I cut him off.

“Wait how do you know my name?” I ask with confusion. He puts his hands on my shoulders.

“Katniss, your father isn’t dead.”

“What do you mean he isn’t dead. He died in a mine explosion years ago.”

“I’ll explain later, but. Katniss, I am your father. I never died. Don’t say anything and please stay in this hovercraft. I will explain everything later.”

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