The part about the meeting with the Chitauri belongs to Mitch2001liu and I must really thank her for that idea but the rest are (sort of) mine. I'll admit that I based it from the part where Gale got whipped in Catching Fire but atleast I've changed it around a bit.

Also, this story is set around 6-8 months before the first book.

Disclaimer: I do not own HG or Avengers.

Hawkeye's POV:

"Where is Gale?" Katniss moaned impatiently while throwing her hands up in frustration. "He should be back by now!"

I creased by brow. She is right, it shouldn't take this long. We're on one of our usual hunting trips and decided to split up. We promised eachother to meet at this spot after thirty minutes but Gale was already fifteen minutes late.

"Clint!" She snapped at me. "If in ten more minutes he isn't here lets go find him, I'm sick of waiting now."

"Okay, just calm down, Katniss." I insisted.

Right before Katniss would complain again, Gale came running towards us. Instead of scolding him, Katniss let out a loud gasp. I couldn't hold back my own shock either.

His shirt was ripped and stained with deep crimson blood, his left trouser was also torn apart and there was a jagged claw-shaped gash across his leg. He looked as if he was mauled by some kind of monster.

"What-" Katniss started.

"There's this giant mutt who's trying to eat my brain out there! I tried shooting some arrows at it but it wouldn't work and it attacked me so I ran away and-" Gale hastily explained but I cut him off.

"Wait, wait, wait...a mutt? What's a mutt?" I questioned.

Gale was panting from all the running and talking so Katniss answered instead.

"It's short for mutations. They're animals that have been altered or bred by the Capitol to use as weapons... But I thought they were only used during the Games..." Katniss replied back.

"So they're some kind of monster...what did it looked like, Gale?" I asked, hoping that it might actually be the answer I was looking for.

"Well..." Gale started but he was cut of again when something suddenly came running towards us.

We all immediately got into the defensive position, our bows ready to shoot.

The creature was a grey-skinned humanoid being which looked like a mixture of a machine and a monster. I recognised it at once.

"It's a Chitauri!" I declared.

"I thought you killed the ones that came with you already!" Gale shouted back at me.

I heard Katniss yelling something else but I was too lost in my own thoughts to really understand anything going around me. I knew that this is really crazy...and selfish too...maybe...just maybe...if the portal might actually have somehow been re-opened, causing more Chitauri to come here, and maybe if that is true then the other Avengers might actually be able to come here too, then I would be able to go home!

I quickly dismissed the thought. Now is not the time to be homesick and plus, how could I leave my friends after all we've been through so easily? I shook the thought out of my head and focused at the problem at hand.

I drew back my arrow, locked my aim and let the arrow plant itself right on the centre of the Chitauri's chest.

However, this wasn't enough. The skin of the alien was too thick for a normal homemade arrow like this to penetrate and reach the heart. But then, an idea popped into my head; a wild yet efficient idea.

"Someone give me something sharp; a knife or something like that would be great." I requested. They must've had some kind of weapon with them because after all, they are hunters.

Katniss and Gale exchanged some looks with each other but then Katniss reluctantly handed me her knife.

"What are you planning to do?" She asked, narrowing her eyes.

"I'm gonna kill the Chitauri." I bluntly answered.

With all the force I have, I pounced onto the Chitauri like a predator before locking my arms around its neck in a chokehold position. The Chitauri frantically thrashed around, trying to get me off its back but I impulsively kept holding on.

"Clint!" I heard someone anxiously yelled out at me but I ignored the cry, knowing that I need to focus.

After a long struggle, I managed to pin the Chitauri down onto the ground before finally using the knife Katniss gave me, stabbed the Chitauri right in its heart. The alien let out a pained howl before falling dead.

"Cut the neck too!" Gale commented and I noticed Katniss shooting him a dirty look.

"Just in case it heals or something." Gale added defensively.

I did as he instructed; slicing its head of its shoulders. And I really loathed what I just did.

The blade of the knife and my hand were all covered with a black oil-like substance which was probably the alien's blood.

Blood. The word echoed in my ears again and again, refusing to fade away. This is what I hate the most about my job...and about myself. I'm a killer. A murderer. As I breathe in the foul scent of the blood, I could just feel the sickness rising in the pit of my stomach.

"Clint?" Katniss worriedly asked. "You okay?"

"I-I'm f-fine." I shakily replied eventhough it's obvious that I was not.

I turned my head away from the direction of the corpse before breathing in some fresh air, trying to clear the bloody scent away.

This is strange. Why am I feeling so guilty after the kill? Haven't I've been doing this all my life?

I pondered over that for a moment before concluding that it was probably because I'm not used to it. Normally when I kill I would use my special arrows and the arrows would cause a quick, painless death. Not a brutal and gory death like this.

"Clint?" Gale called me, snapping me out of my haze.

"Honestly, what's wrong?" Katniss exasperatingly asked.

"Nothing! Really, I'm fine!" I told then though I'm pretty sure that they're not buying it. "I'm just a bit...shocked, that's all."

That's half of the truth. I'm shocked at what just happened but I'm also disgusted at what I just did.

I handed the blood-spattered knife back to Katniss.

"Let's go back and let my mum fix us up." Katniss insisted, changing the subject.

When we arrived at the house, Prim and Katniss' mother were really stunned and when they asked what happen, we just told them we got in a fight with a wild cat. Naturally, they didn't believe it but they help tend our wounds wordlessly anyway.

Since that day, we became more cautious when hunting in the forest and we don't talk much about the incident but even without a reminder, the memory of it was still fresh in my head. The memory of how I've killed so coldly and how there might actually be a chance for me to go back home...

Couple of days later. (Still in Clint/Hawkeye's POV)

I shot straight up, my senses becoming awake. What is going on?

I looked around. Yes, I'm in my bedroom. Yes, it's morning. Yes, I'm in my bed. But no, why am I all wet? When I looked down I saw my answer; a bucket which I presume was filled with the water which was used to splash me awake.

When I scanned around once more I saw Katniss standing next to the door, wearing a smirk on her face.

"Awake yet?" She asked in the most innocent voice she could muster.

"What was that for!" I irritably replied back.

"You wouldn't wake so I've got no other choice." She spoke, her mouth curving up a little.

"Well, whatever." I rolled my eyes though I didn't try to resist when a ghost of smile touched my lips.

"Okay, to the main point," Katniss spoke, her voice and face turning serious, "At 10 o'clock there will be an announcement in front of the Justice Building."

"An announcement?" I repeated.

"Yeah, though I don't know too what would it be about..." she replied.

I glanced at the clock; it's 9:30.

"I'll get going now." I told her before walking to the bathroom to get dressed.

"See you there." I heard Katniss spoke before the door slammed shut.

The Announcement

I gazed around, trying to find Katniss or Gale but then they came up to me.

"Hey, so what is this about?" Gale questioned.

As if on cue, a Peacekeeper commanded everyone to be silent. I then saw a middle-aged man with a shaved grey head and menacing grey eyes walked onto the stage.

"He's wearing the Head Peacekeeper uniform!" Katniss whispered next to me.

"But I thought Cray was the Head Peacekeeper." Gale stated.

"Hello, everybody." The man declared, causing everyone to fall silent. "My name is Romulus Thread and I am here to replace as the Head Peacekeeper, seeing that he seems to not be doing his work properly."

I took a glance at Katniss whose face seemed to be very grim at the news.

"From now on, if any laws are broken by anyone they will have to be punished." Thread added before telling the citizens that they are now allowed to leave.

Immediately, Katniss dragged me and Gale back home before giving us a warning.

"Guys this is really bad," Katniss spoke, her voice in a stern whisper. "This man doesn't seem like someone from our district and there's a high possibility that he might even be from the Capitol itself. So now we must be extremely cautious, if he caught us hunting then who knows what will happen..."

Both Gale and I nodded, showing her we understood before departing back to our homes.

Couple of days later

"Katniss, we must go now before the Peacekeepers start patrolling." I warned her.

"Okay, okay... I'll meet you there I promise, just let me feed this little devil first or else Prim's gonna kill me." Katniss replied while searching for some food to feed Buttercup.

"Okay." I walked out of the door.

As I arrived at the forest, it was still dark so I'm quite safe. I spotted a little turkey trotting across the ground so I silently stalked to it. I drew my arrow back and wham! It hit the turkey right in the eye. I smiled at myself before putting the turkey in the game bag.

I searched around for a while before I found a squirrel scurrying in the trees. I was about to shoot it when I heard a voice.

"You there! Stop!" The deep threatening voice boomed, scaring away the squirrel and some birds. It took me a few seconds to realize that it was Thread's voice.

I swiftly sprinted away from Thread but along the way, I bumped into someone.

It was Katniss.

Gale was following Katniss behind too.

"Guys, get out of here! Thread's coming!" I urgently whispered to them.

We then heard some footsteps thumping in our direction so we tried to run away as fast as we could.

I and Gale managed to reach Katniss' house in safety but Katniss...

"Where's Katniss?" I alarmingly asked.

"I-I think t-that s-she..." Gale stammered.

"Tell me!" I impatiently shouted.

"She got caught up by Thread!" Gale concluded.

I felt as if time itself slowed down, as if I was swallowed whole by the feeling of dread... If something happens to her... It would be my fault.

"Katniss..." I whispered hoarsely.

What am I supposed to do now?

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