My heart stopped as I registered the broken body lying crumpled at the side of the cornucopia.
"Clove!"
The call was a strangled cry. I couldn't speak. I couldn't breathe. She couldn't be dead. I forced my feet to move towards her. My whole being was numb, the pain having not yet hit me. How? Who? Anger was overtaking the numbness now, beginning to boil deep inside me. I dropped to my knees at her side, tears streaming from my eyes. I looked weak, but for once, I didn't care. I held her gently, my hands shaking as I closed her eyes. My tears soaked her hair as I sobbed. I hated them. I hated them all. The Capitol, the Districts, the other Tributes. They were to blame. They were the reason my Clove was dead.
"Are you happy now? Is this what you wanted, huh?"
I screamed to various cameras I was certain where hidden around the cornucopia. They would probably kill me for this, but I didn't care. I placed Cloves body down gently, kissing her head one last time.
"See this?"
I asked, standing up shakily and pointing to Cloves lifeless body.
"See this? This, this is what you do to 24 kids every year! And why? I'll tell you why!"
I was dancing in my rage, unable to keep still.
"Because you're cowards! All of you! You're all pathetic, sadistic, COWARDS!"
My voice was full of pain and anger, but it wasn't shaking anymore. I was going to tell the whole world how it was, and I was going to do it without fear in my voice.
"What you gonna do? Huh? WHAT YOU GONNA DO? You gonna kill me? Yeah? Well guess what! It's too late! Cause you know when you killed her?"
I screamed, indicating to Clove, finding myself unable to look at her.
"That's when I died."
My voice was hollow now, no longer the enraged cry.
"So go on. Kill me."
I spread my arms wide, inviting them to end it.
"You'd be doing me a favour."