Basement

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"Come on. Come on. Come on. Come on. Let's go. Keep moving! Keep moving!" Gale ordered. 

"You got her?" 

"Yeah." 

Peeta easily lifted me up into his arms. 

As we emerged into the train Station, Peacekeepers started shooting at us. 

I shot an explosive arrow at them. 

We raced through the station. 

Messalla stepped under a light and he shattered into a million pieces. 

"Go! Go!" 

Cressida gawked. 

"Keep going! Keep going!" I ordered. 

I grabbed her. 

We ran, dodging light shots. 

The Peacekeepers were chasing us. 

The floor crumbled. 

We continued running. 

The concrete floor beneath us crumbled. 

The blaze stayed contained on the other side. 

"Peeta, come on!" I ordered. 

I ran. 

"Peeta!" 

He panted. 

Peeta was huddled on the ground. 

"Peeta, we have to keep going!" 

"I'm a Mutt! I can't keep control!" 

"Yes, you can!" 

"Leave me! I'm a Mutt!" 

"Look at me! Look at me! Look at me." 

I held his face in between my hands. 

I kissed Peeta. 

"Stay with me." 

"Always." 

"Come on." 

We joined the others. 

Cressida led us around a corner. 

"I know where we are! I know a place. Up those stairs." 

As we arrived above ground, I saw a wanted poster with Finnick's photo on it. 

He was amused by it. 

"Keep going." She instructed. 

We hustled across a terrace with manicured bushes to a Courtyard with modernly buildings. 

Cressida led us to a building with cushion display windows. 

She knocked on the door. 

"Someone's coming." Peeta informed. 

A figure appeared behind the building's frosted glass. 

She let us in. 

"Shut the door, shut the door!" 

I drew my bow. 

"No, Katniss, it's okay. It's okay. It's okay." 

I lowered it. 

A woman with tiger stripes on her skin stared. 

"Tigris, do you remember me?" Cressida questioned. 

"I'm with Plutarch's underground. We need your help." 

"Clear!" Gale informed. 

The shopkeeper looked at me. 

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