*A/N : Sorry it's taking me so long to update. I've honestly been just so busy. Well here. Enjoy.

XOXO, thatcutebarbiegirl28

"Are you sure you know where you're going?" I ask her quickly and quietly, not wanting to hurt her feelings.

"Yes, I'm positive." She answers but stops dead in her tracks. Turning around I can see her getting worried.

"Rue, are you sure?" It quickly comes out of my mouth.

"Yes Katniss, I'm positive! Actually this is the spot he told me to bring you to as a matter of fact." She says as she turns back around.

"Well alright." I tell her. If he's nowhere to be found there's three options. 1, he got killed and they already came for him. 2, he saw someone else coming so he had to hide or leave. 3, it was all a trap. Well, the first option is clearly out because the cannon didn't go off. The second option I ruled out after I searched practically the whole area with Rue and there was no sign of him. That only left the third option, which meant I had fallen into another trap. Usually I'm much brighter than this but obviously someone else in this game is much smarter than I.

"Well well well, if it isn't the girl on fire." I turn around and find myself face to face with Cato, Marvel, Glimmer, and Rue.

"What do you want?" I ask them, obviously not thinking. They want me dead.

"We want you dead." Marvel tells me as he plays with a knife just as Clove did.

"For killing her. We want our revenge." Cato finally says to me as he slowly approaches me.

"She was never supposed to die." Glimmer tells me. Fire in her eyes, wanting revenge on the girl who had killed her best friend. Ignoring them I turn to Rue.

"You were in on all this?" I ask her in a hushed tone just loud enough for her to hear.

"They promised me they would keep me safe…" She replies to me in the same tone I had used towards her.

"Rue," I tell her gently as I reach out for her, "What do you think they were going to do with you after they had killed everyone else and they were the only ones left?" I finish and make space between us.

"I… I didn't really think about that…" She states, now flustered. Stepping away from their group she makes more and more space and less between us.

"Alright enough of this!" Marvel yells disrupting the silence that had once existed here. He throws the knife he was holding and it misses my head by about half an inch. Seeing his expression on his face I can clearly see how shocked he is to have missed. He did train with the "supposed" best after all. Next thing I know Glimmer is getting her knife ready, but instead of throwing it at me she comes charging at me. Quickly I grab her wrists and toss her to the ground. Wrestling her for the knife, there are punches thrown and kicks that are involved. No one even thought about stopping it. They stood there watching the whole thing go down and didn't even care. They were like wild animals watching two other creatures fighting for a piece of meat. Sure enough, I finally get the knife from her and slit her throat, then I take the knife and put it in front of myself for self-defense. Sure as hell I wasn't going through that again.

"You bitch." Marvel tells me with a cold distant look on his face.

"You're going to pay for that one 'girl on fire'." Cato mimics me and with that both boys trudge back from where they came. I find myself alone again with Rue. She looks up at me with a look of confusion on her face. I already know she's wondering why I didn't kill her when I had the chance. Not even speaking a word to the little one from District 11 I know she understands why and before I have the chance to change my mind she flees the scene and back into the dense forest. Man this game really messes with your mind. Deciding it was a bad idea to be standing in an open area I finally decided to drag myself and find a nice tree to stay in. After a while I find one, climb up, and stay there. I watch for other tributes and listen for anything that would tell me where Peeta could be. Going deeper into thought I wonder why Rue would go and do that. Wonder if Peeta is okay. Wait, this is a single victor "game" I tell myself. I shouldn't be caring about others. Maybe I did like him. Maybe I didn't. Who knows. Honestly though I just wanted to get out of here alive. I'm not sure if it's the second or third day, however I can already tell the games are starting to change me. I can feel the change happening and not in a good way either. Snapping out of my thinking I realize night has fallen upon us and now their showing the tributes that have lost their lives today and with everyone comes the familiar boom of the cannon.

"You're so stupid. I don't even know how you could be a career!" A familiar husky voice yells at another who then screams back something that's quite as vile right back. Looking down I see my favorite people there. Marvel and Cato. Surprisingly they both go separate ways after throwing a few punches and curses. Deciding I've had enough of being in trees I hope down unaware that someone was still there. Cato. '

"So," He starts, " Wanna get to the final two with me?" He asks with a sly smile plastered across his face.

"Why should I trust you?" I question him, anger in my voice. "You've already tried to kill me two times and who says you won't try again? After all the third time is the charm, right?" I finish off angrier than when I had started.

"Because, you should just trust me." He answers back.

"Well that was a great answer as to why I should trust you." I tell him, sarcasm in my tone. I turn to storm away but he grabs my fore arm before I can get away.

"Alright listen here," He starts, "People in this game aren't who they say they are. You shouldn't trust people who you do and you should trust people that you think you shouldn't. There are clues all over here Katniss. I'm not who you think I am. Rue isn't who you think she is. Clove and Glimmer weren't who you thought they were. You especially need to beware of that kid from your district. He's not one to trust. Be careful Katniss." He lectures me, his face only centimeters away from mine. Before I can say anything else to him though, I try to process all of this into my mind. Once it is, I come back to the game and reality of where I am. Searching around with my eyes he is nowhere to be found.

*I really enjoyed writing this chapter and I hope that you all enjoyed reading it. Promise the next chapter will be up before this upcoming Saturday!

XOXO, thatcutebarbiegirl28