It was luck for Katniss that he was so slow, because it wasn't until he was almost on her that she realized that that bar was meant for her.

There wasn't time to get back, so she threw her arm up, protecting her head, if nothing else. The pain shot through her, intense and red hot, reverberating all through her body and she screamed out, before getting a hold of her self.

"Peeta, what the hell?!"