Return of the Tributes

Hey Peoples! Here's my new story. It's for everyone who loves the Careers, Foxface (who is known as Arrow in this story) and Thresh. Hope you like it.

R&R

~Dara

Prologue

You may have thought they were dead. Well not anymore. The Capitol leaders of before the rebellion went underground, taking the bodies of the dead tributes with them. Using Capitol technology, they were able to bring the tributes back, only the smartest and strongest were brought back to help regain control of Panem. This isn't the end of the story…

Clove 1: Back to Life

My eyes opened, and I shoot upward. This isn't possible, I tell myself. Not possible. I'm dead, I know it.

"You talk in your sleep, princess." I hear a voice say and my head shoots toward the voice.

"Marvel." my voice is hoarse and almost. "You're dead. I heard the cannon."

"Not anymore. And neither are you. And apparently, Firegirl and Loverboy are victors." Marvel replies.

"I almost killed her!" I shout, well more like whisper. "She should be dead."

"I watched it. You always said that your downfall would be your big mouth. I guess you were right." He chuckles.

"Shut up." I snap, then look around curiously. "Who else did they bring back?"

"Cato, Glimmer, Arrow, Thresh, and us, of course." Marvel lists. "But only Glimmer, you and me are awake."

I nod. Then look up at Marvel. "I want to see Cato. I want to be there when he wakes up."

"We were planning on that. He'll be really mad when he hears Thresh and Katniss are still alive. He won't hurt you."

"That's why you are here. If it was Glimmer, I wouldn't be as nice. When can I see him?"

"Is now okay?" He asks, smiling.

He comes over and helps me get out of bed and leads me out of the hospital room. His hand on my arm guides me through the hallways until we reach a closed door with a clipboard tacked on it. Marvel uses his free hand to open the door and helps me sit down on a chair next to Cato bed.

Cato is a mess, with stitches all over his body. Dried blood in his blonde hair, IVs hooked up to him.

"What happened to him?" I whisper.

"Mutts. District 12 and him were on Cornucopia, he slipped… I can't really explain it. How 'bout you just watch." He gestures towards the TV on the wall and I nod.

He turns on the TV and loads a movie, fast forwarding towards the end. He reaches the Feast and stops.

"You might as well see what you missed." He clicks play and pulls up a chair next to me.

I close my eyes, I know what happens here, and I really don't want to watch it.

I hear the sound disappear and Marvel mutters, "Sorry. I didn't think. Open your eyes, Clove."

My eyes slowly open and I see Katniss running from the Cornucopia. Me on the ground, Cato kneeling beside me, Thresh running off with both his and our backpack. Cato kisses my forehead when the cannon goes off and I hear him say, "I'll avenge you, Clove, I promise." And he runs off after Thresh. Katniss reaches her little cave- strange I thought she would choose a tree- and runs to Peeta, giving him a shot, before collapsing on the floor. Arrow is hiding near their cave in a hollow tree, opening her backpack which contains a hunting and gathering book and a hunting knife, as well as some cloth and food. She smiles and takes a bite of the food, before stuffing everything back into the backpack and falling asleep. Cato is chasing Thresh through the fields finally catching him. Their fight seems to go on forever, in the rain. Finally Thresh dies, Cato stabbing him in the heart and saying as Thresh falls to the ground, "That was for Clove." Peeta and Katniss are oblivious to the fight that has been raging on for an entire day. Peeta says something very emotional and they kiss. I groan, while Marvel chuckles at my annoyance. They keep talking about emotional stuff, then the kiss again after Katniss admits her 'love' to Peeta. A parachute provides them with a feast.

"Stupid sponsors." I mutter and Marvel chuckles.

They keep talking about boring stuff apparently both Arrow and Cato are asleep. The anthem plays and Peeta crawls to the edge of the cave and tells Katniss that Thresh died. It finally changes to Arrow, who looks sad when she discovers that Thresh is dead. "You had a good heart, District 11. I'll always remember you." I always knew Arrow was sweet, she was only 14. Cato shows up and he laughs when he sees Thresh's face in the sky. "Serves you right, District 11, don't mess with me." Katniss and Peeta are talking again. Is that all they ever do? They kiss then fall asleep. It skips to morning where they talk again, before going hunting. Arrow slips into their cave and snatches up some food. Smart Girl. Peeta picks some berries placing them by a tree, before walking away. Arrow snatches up some and runs, stuffing them in her mouth. About a hundred meters away she collapses, a cannon going off. Poison berries, stupid Peeta. Katniss tells Peeta he killed her and then they start talking about her. Katniss puts the berries in a pouch and tells Peeta that maybe they can fool Cato with them. No way, District 12. Cato knows what nightlock is, they train us in those things too. They set up camp, cooking their feast. Soon the anthem plays and Cato actually looks sad when Arrow dies. He shrugs and says, "At least I didn't have to kill her." He always liked Arrow and even invited her to be a Career, but she refused, saying that she could survive on her own. When I asked him about it he said that we needed someone smart on our side. He told us not to touch her, that she may lead us to Katniss. Katniss and Peeta wake up and talk again, before walking away. They discover the empty riverbed and decide to end this and walk to the lake. They search Cornucopia for Cato, but he's not there. He's out looking for food. They sit around, finally not talking. Mutts find Cato and he's chased to Cornucopia. Katniss shoots an arrow at him but it bounces off him. Lucky him he got body armor. He runs for the golden cornucopia, District 12 at his tail running from the mutts. They climb it, Cato way ahead at the top. Cato coughs out, "Can they climb it?" Katniss can't hear clearly and Peeta tells her what Cato said. Katniss soon realizes that the mutts have the looks of the dead tributes. Peeta almost gets pulls off but he stabs the mutt.

"That mutt was you." I whisper.

"No, it just had my DNA. Keep watching." Marvel corrects me.

Cato grabs Peeta holding him in a chokehold. Cato laughs when Katniss aims an arrow at his face. "Shoot me and we both go down." Katniss tries to make a decision, Peeta's lips turning blue. His finger make an X on Cato's hand. And Katniss shoots. Cato releases Peeta, who slams against him. Katniss grabs Peeta saving him from falling, like Cato. Cato pulls a sword out of his clothes and takes on the mutts. He has done pretty well so far, then a mutt comes forward. It has dark brown fur and green eyes. I don't realize that's it's me until Cato stops and whispers, "Clove?" The drag him off and rip him up, keeping him alive, but just barely. Katniss and Peeta are being all lovebird like during this entire thing. Cato limps towards Cornucopia, Katniss preps her arrow. I can see Cato mouth "please" and Katniss lets the arrow fly, striking Cato in the heart. I watch as he falls to the ground.

I suck in a tight breath. So that's what happened to Cato. I look over at his bloody body.

"He'll be okay." Marvel tells me. "He's strong."

I nod and turn back to the movie.

Katniss helps Peeta to the lake. Claudius Templesmith's voice sounds throughout the arena. The past revision was revoked.

I let loose a laugh, and Marvel smiles.

Katniss and Peeta have an argument about who is dying. Katniss finally takes out the berries and pours a few into Peeta's hand. They both toss them into their mouth. Claudius Templesmith's voice sounds throughout the arena, declaring them victors and they spit out the berries.

I'm shocked. They won for tricking the Capitol. They won for cheating. This is wrong.

Glimmer rushes into the room, looking frantic.

"Thresh is awake."