Dandelion In The Darkness [Completed]

Chapter 2: Bombing

I watch in tears as I see the love of my life on the big screen which has him in it covered with bruises and cuts, bags under his eyes and he looks alarmingly thin. They're hacking into the Capitols broadcasting system so that he can see that I'm alive by showing a clips of me walking through 12 singing but it pains me to see what they've done to me, I watch as he suddenly turns looking straight at me

"They're coming, Katniss..." he says

"They're going to bomb district thirteen! You'll be dead by morning!" He quickly yells before he's dragged away and the broadcasting is cut

"No! Get him back! We need to stop them!" I cry, desperately looking at my once mentor

"Katniss. We need to go, we're in danger and there's no time for arguing" Haymich says dragging me out

"But they could kill him... Haymich just tell me what to do, please" I cry, this is the first time him and I have talked instead of completely avoiding each other

"They won't. Peeta is too valuable to them, what you need to do is get yourself and your family into the bunkers. Now, before you get hurt" he commands and I nod running as best I can being pregnant, when I find my mom it's easier to get moving faster with her help but as we get to the entrance I notice something

"Wait! Where's Prim?!" I ask my mom who's eyes widen, without thinking I run back up the stairs and see that her and Gale are running down together

"What the hell were you doing?! You went back for a stupid cat!" I yell at her but I also hug her

"I'm sorry, I couldn't leave him" she says, we continue down the stairs but I stop as all this running has left me out of breath

"Come on Katniss!" Gale calls out to me

"I can't... I need a moment" I reply out of breath but I feel the whole place start to shake, that's enough for Gale to run up to me and carry me the rest of the way into the bunker just in time.

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"Everything seems to be just fine from what I can tell" my mom says as she feels around my swollen stomach, I was worried that I done something to the baby somehow but it turns out the baby is okay which is just the thing I love to hear...

"Get some sleep, you should sleep it off" my mom tells me but I just sigh

"I can't sleep now... not when I saw him like that. It'll only be a matter of time before..." I can't even finish my sentence because it makes my heart ache painfully

"He'll be okay, sweetie. He'd never leave you" my mom comforts, I nod and turn around so my back is facing her and just look at the father who calms his daughter to sleep from the bed next to mine, it makes me think about how that may be Peeta in the future... if only I knew for sure, I let that thought follow in my dreamland as I fall asleep, I dream of being in Peeta's arms in our home district 12... living a normal life.

I'm awoken by a loud noise and notice that I was dreaming, I'm back in this bunker just waiting for the bombing to finish. I notice that most people are asleep but Gale sits on the floor by my bed

"How long have I been asleep?" I ask, his head turns to look at me then he shrugs

"I'm guessing a couple of hours, I think that the Capitol want to entirely obliterate this place. We're just lucky that they've built these bunkers like they did" he replies

"Do you hate me because I love him?" I ask knowing how Gale feels about Peeta

"Of course I don't" he scoffs

"Why should I? He makes you happy, happier than I ever could. Even though I hate to admit this... he's a good guy. He puts others before himself and most importantly he loves you more than anyone will know" he adds, I smile at him knowing that he couldn't hate Peeta for that long

"Thank you... for being so understanding" I reply

"That's what best friends are for, right?" He says

"Right. Well, I need to find Finnick. I haven't talked to him since a few days ago" I slowly and carefully get up with Gales help then proceed to walk, actually more like waddle, to Finnick who again is sitting on a bed knotting rope

"How you holding up?" I ask rubbing my stomach to calm my kicking baby

"Hard to say, I distract myself with this so I'm not sure. What about you? I heard about what happened" he answers, I frown at the thought

"Oh... yeah. I don't know... I'm heart broken and losing almost every ounce of hope I had" I sigh

"I think we all are in a way. I've always known it as that it takes ten times as long to put yourself together as it is to fall apart... its like that when I think of Annie being in the Capitol" he says, never has his words sounded any more truer...

"I need Peeta if I need to put myself together" I frown

"I need Annie but she's not here and Peeta's not here. Leaving us to break into tinier pieces that'll be harder to put back" he replies, I give a sad smile knowing that what he's saying is true, I just want my Peeta back... I want him to hold me again and tell me that it's going to be okay, I'd do anything to have that.

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I'm escorted up the stairs from the bunker as Coin was requesting for me to see her but as I look around I can see all these things knocked down and some of the living quarters destroyed. This could've been the cause of all these deaths but because of Peeta everyone is safe and unharmed... it's Peeta who saved so many lives. I walk into the control room where Coin, Plutarch and three other people are

"Katniss! You made it, we're glad to see that you are not injured" Plutarch smiles, I give a small nod thanking him for his concern

"Plutarch and I have discussed that the boy saved everyone. He has put his life in jeopardy in order to save all of ours. We were able to prepare before they had reached us. We will be sending our best squad in to rescue Peeta and the others by nightfall" Coin says, I'm filled with happiness when I hear her

"I get to see Peeta! I'll finally have him back!" I happily say more to myself

"You are free to go now, Miss Everdeen" Coin tells me, I then take my leave with a spring in my step and smile on my face, in mere hours I'll be seeing my Peeta again.