Chapter 2: An Ally?

Glimmer laughs. "Look at that District 7 boy. Sucker." We watched him try to throw a spear in a dummy, but it goes to the left of the dummy's arm, not hitting at all, like ten inches away from the actual body.

Clove pushes him. "You suck at this, ass!"

Marvel and Glimmer doubled over, laughing. I watched the girl from 12 in the snare section, and her district partner-his name's Peeta, I've learned-in the same camouflage station. Lame, I thought. Focusing on a station because you're good at it.

While Glimmer, Marvel, and Clove push the District 7 guy away from the station, I head over to Fire Girl, who has her back turned completely on me.

"So." I said.

She was a little startled by this, as she faced me with wide eyes. She quickly turns back to what she was doing.

"The Girl on Fire," I mutter. "You were outstanding that day."

"Yeah, thank you," she says calmly but quickly.

"Listen, Fire Girl," I said, holding her elbow and turn her around to me. I realized how pure and beautiful she is. "I'm Cato. You're intimidated, and I know it."

She glares at me, fire in her gray eyes. "Yeah, what makes you think that?" she snaps, pulling away. She does so successfully.

"Tell me your name."

"You don't need to know," she says, facing away once again.

"Tell me."

"No."

I pin her to a wall. "You won't tell me?"

She falls silent. "Katniss. Katniss Everdeen." Once again, she calmly removes my hands to her shoulders. But once she was freed, I pinned her again.

"What is your problem?" she says, annoyed.

I smirk and pull my hands away but held her by the wrist. "Look, District 12. I'm prepared to offer you a deal."

"And what is it?" she says fearlessly.

"You're going to join our alliance." I pause and look at her reaction, which is still cold as ice. "Refuse and we go for you first."

She pretends to think. "Wait, I'll think about it," she says. "No."

"Then we go for you first," I snap.

"A deal's a deal," she replies, breaks free, and goes to another station.

I threw a vase at the wall. "Bitch! Who does she think she is?" I watch it hit the wall, breaking down into a tiny million pieces. The reds glow in the darkness, reminding me that the bitch who rejected me is the Girl on Fire.

"When you kill her, you probably get more sponsors," Enobaria points out.

"It's not that!" I snapped. "The way she... the way she talks to me. As if she's stronger than any of the tributes!"

"You're showing defeat," Brutus said. "That's weakness."

"Tantrum boy," Clove teases.

"Shut up," I snapped.

I will find a way to kill that District 12 girl. That, I swear.

The next day, I just knew. There is no way I'm giving up on this thing. I can't let Fire Girl steal all our sponsors.

So in the Training Center, I talked to the others about this, although Clove already knew.

"I don't know, Cato. She's weak," Marvel says pointedly.

I sigh. "Don't you get the point?" I snap. "For the fucking sponsors, not the actual person."

"We'll see first, Cato. What if she totally sucks?" Clove sighs. "Then she loses her sponsors and we lose ours."

Glimmer nods. "We should see if she's got something beneath that fierce looks."

"So, everyone agrees?" I confirm.

"Wait, what about that Mellark boy?" Karen, the girl from 4, asks.

"Depends," I said. "Depends on what he can do. So, deal?"

They all nod. "I'll go get her."

And as they went on their different stations, I look for Katniss.

There she is, on the stealth station.

"Katniss," I said. She looks at me.

"What ah-gain, Cato?" she said, completely annoyed.

"I'm back. And I'm here to ask about the deal again. Think about it. Clearly."

"I've given you an answer," she sighs.

"But I want one, clear this time."

"I'm weak. You wouldn't want me."

"We'll see about that," I said. "But would you agree?"

"Maybe. I don't know." She seems less snappy today, but I demand for an answer.

"Please, Katniss." I say gently this time. "Please."

She sighs. "I..."

What do you think would happen next? I know. Such a cliffy, but at least not as boring as the previous chapter. Suggestions are totally open. Thank you fguys or the positive feedbacks/reviews I got in the first chap, though it's kinda boring. *love love*

P.S. I'm not a Cato/Katniss shipper. I just want to create my own version of the Hunger Games and see what happens if Enemy x Enemy :)

P.P.S. I have no idea what's going to happen next.

Review, please! Thank you guys again =))