Okay okay okay. New chapter just for you. Ba I'm so lame. Anyway here the fourth chapter. Woop woop. As I said in the last chapter I have a busy week so I'm not sure when I will have time to write some more but I will try to have atleast another chapter up for either this or my other story.
As I have said before, all grammatical and spelling errors are my own and I apologise ahead. Also I do not own any part of the Hunger Games... wish I did but I don't still thank you Suzanne Collins for your amazing series.
Warning: eventual smut, swearing, possible drug use, violence, boy on boy, OOC-ness and all the wonderful bad things in life.
Peeto4eva- wow thank you so much for love. I hope you continue to enjoy it xo.
Conspiration-ult- :/... damn you grammar! I'll try to keep an eye out and check my work. I should really get someone to prof read it for me because obviously I'm missing them. So glad you like Lance and you thought his talk with Peeta was good. And you may or may not have seen into the future with Lance's storyline :/. Haha love that you loved the Clove/Cato interaction. And Katniss and Johanna? I didn't even think about that but now you have given me multiple ideas. Xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo
pumpkinking5- :D so glad you enjoyed the chapter and liked not only Peeta's interactions with Lance but also with Cato. Thank you for the continued support xoxoxo
ReineDesCoeurs- wow boo! So glad the emotions do come across and I can't believe I've become so predictable :/ I don't know if it's a good thing or a bad thing. :) Yay so happy you think a little happiness in war is a good idea. And also that you like Lance. I wanted Peeta to really relate to Lance and have someone to really lean on like a older brother. Okay I love that you liked how I subtly showed that Clove and Cato are close friends. And knowing it seemed more natural makes me so freakin happy. Puppy dog Cato is the best right. :D and the Katniss and Haymitch... maybe there is a reason you haven't seen them. :) xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo
My Fate Re-Written
Chapter Four
Five minutes later Clove and Marvel show up. They told us Katniss and Johanna were eating with Haymitch. We all sit down to eat dinner and I have to say I can't remember ever being this happy, or being with so many people who loved and cared for me. I knew then I had to do anything I could to help stop Snow. This was something to fight for, these people were what I would be fighting to protect. And the night ended perfectly with me sleeping comfortably in Cato's arm for the first time and I had never felt safer.
Over the rest of week I found myself completely falling for Cato. We pretty much spent every second together. When we were alone we would ask each other stupid questions getting to know one another and cuddle. I don't know if I had been this way in my previous life but I couldn't seem to get enough constant physical interaction with Cato. We were forever holding hands, kissing, hugging, I basically lived in his lap. He thankfully hadn't pressured me into anymore more yet, I was going to need another conversation with either Lance or Quinn about that.
I also had grown a lot closer with Lance, Clove and Marvel. It was shocking how normal and down to earth they all were. From what I remember I had such a differing perception of both Clove and Marvel. I had been so quick to judge and never thought to understand where they came from. We were all kids and the Capitol had pitted us against each other and I felt ashamed I had played into their deception. It amazed me how we seemed to become this odd family.
I hadn't seen Katniss at all since the day she has woken up. Was she really struggling that much? Or did she simple hate us or something. I thought it best to give her space and when she was ready if she wanted she would come and talk to me.
With the week over this morning marked the start of our involvement in stopping Snow. We were instructed to be up and ready at eight then Lance would take us to head operations. I awoke at seven and as soon as I sat up I could feel my nerves arising. As much as I wanted and needed to stop Snow and Devlin I didn't want anyone from my new life to get hurt or be put in danger. I turned to look at my right to see Cato hadn't even stirred. I lean over him and kiss his check. "Time to get up sleepy head."
"Mmphf no." Cato replies pulling me into his arms keeping his eyes shut.
"Come on, let go of me so I can shower. We need to be ready by eight."
"Do we have to I just want to spend all day in bed with you." He whines not releasing me.
"Cato, come on now. Let go so I can have a shower and have time to eat something as well." I sigh.
"Only if you let me shower with you." He responds, kissing my forehead.
I feel myself blush, I haven't been completely naked infront of Cato yet. "Um, I."
He laughs at me. "We would be saving time and water."
I sigh again. "Fine but I swear if you try anything I won't think twice about sleeping in my own bed tonight." I figure it was going to happen at some point. Might as well get it over with. That and I couldn't lie I did kind of want to see what Cato had down there. I had already mapped out his chest since he never slept with a shirt but I hadn't seem anything below his waist yet.
He finally let's me go and a crawl off the bed and head to the adjoining bathroom. I quickly step out of my shorts and full the top over my head, dropping them to the floor and step into the shower. I turn it on, once it is at a comfortable temperature I step under the water. As I am about to turn around I feel Cato's hands snake around my waist. I stiffen slightly feeling him pressed completely against me. He kisses my neck and whispers in my ear. "Don't worry I promise not shower sex, today."
I laugh at myself and relax in his hold. I put some body wash into my hands and turn. I starts to wash Cato's chest and work my way down his body. Once I'm done he does the same to me, taking purposely longer when it came to washing my behind.
Once we are done I put my arms around his waist and rest my head in his chest. "You're nervous." He says in concern.
"Yeah, a lot actually. I think once I know what's actually going on I'll be okay. I just don't want to lose any of them. I feel like a family with them. That's something I remember not having."
"You didn't have a family?" He questions as he kisses my forehead before resting his chin on my head.
"No I need, it's just we didn't feel like a family, my mother abused me. My brothers didn't really care for me and my father just didn't seem to understand me. Here I have you and all of them and I feel at home with them, like they are supposed to be in my life."
"I get what you mean, and I feel that as well." He me a little tighter before letting go and turn off the water. "Come them let's get out of here so we can eat."
We get out, dry off and are dressed in fifteen minutes. That left us just over twenty minutes to eat. As we enter the kitchen I grab some bread and pop it into the toaster. I turn to see Cato pour some cereal into a bowl with some milk. A few second later my toast pops up and I spread some butter and jam onto it. I place them onto a plate and pour two glasses of juice before following Cato to the dining table.
We arrive to find Maddie and Quinn sitting down dressed in almost matching clothing. The both wore loose singlets and tight skinny jeans. To my surprise Quinn seemed to be wearing eye make-up, not a dramatic as Maddie's but it still stood out making his blue eyes look even more crystal blue.
"Morning, ready to face today?" Maddie asks drinking her berry smoothie.
"I don't know if I'll ever be completely ready, but still we have to face it sooner or later right." I say sitting down. "What exactly is going to happened today?"
"Well I presume you will brought up to speed about the was and everything that has and is happening, then probably medicals to make sure everyone is fit enough for training. And then probably training, I'm not really sure but we will be with you the whole day." Quinn says with a reassuring smile.
I eat my toast quickly before it goes cold and once I'm finished I look at the clock to find we had five minutes until we had to go. We get up, put our dishes in the sink and head for the the elevator. As we arrive the doors open and Lance walks out.
"We are coming, just be a sec." I hear Maddie yell out.
"Morning guys, how was your sleep?" Lance asks as we wait for Maddie and Quinn.
"Alright. Do you know what we are doing today? I asked Quinn but he wasn't completely sure." I say.
"Well I'll take you done to operations to be debriefed on everything. Then you will all do a medical evaluation to see where you are at. Once that's done I'll be taking to the training facility, show you around and then finally you will have a fire arms lesson and assessment."
"Wow busy day." Cato says as he plays with my hand.
Maddie and Quinn walk out quickly and join us. "Sorry, my fault I swear." Maddie announces.
"Sure it was." Lance smirks and presses the button for the elevator. We step in and he presses another button. "The others will meet us at operations. Do you have any questions before we get there?"
"I dont." I say before looking up at Cato.
"Nope I don't either." He says smiling at me.
Once the elevator stops we walk out following Lance through a maze of corridors until we reach a large room. There was a large table in the centre of the room that had a multitude of people I did not recognise. Also sat at the table were the few people I did know. We each take a seat and wait for someone to speak. I grab Cato's grab under the table and watch as a man stands. He was middle aged and looked like a true war veteran.
"Welcome everyone, I am Generalissimo Nathaniel Thompson. You may address me simply at Thompson. We are here to bring the new recruits up to speed with everything relative to our efforts in disabling Devlin and his army from taking power over Panem."
Over the course of the next three hours it was explained how Devlin was a brilliant scientist who was power hunger and finally obtained the formula to not only clone fallen tributes but essentially anyone. He used government funding to create his machine and once he had cloned Snow and enough tributes for soldiers he attempted to take over the districts one by one. He has successfully taken districts five, seven, eight, nine and ten. He was currently trying to take over six and eleven but since the destruction of the machine he has not be able to replace soldiers he had be using with no regards to any of their lives.
We would have to strike soon to take out the rest of Delvin's cloning facilities, crippling his ability to create an endless army. We were informed once completing our training we would be in a unit to perform specialised tasks. Thompson stressed he wanted to stop Devlin without increasing the risk of innocent people being caught in the cross fire. We were then required to take a pledge to the armed forces of Panem and sent for our medical evaluations.
We were sent to a waiting room and called one by one for our tests. My name is finally called and I enter the room. Dr. Formlester welcomed me and run through list of tests before declaring I was fit for training and I was sent out. Once we are all done Lance returns with Maddie and Quinn.
We are then taken to the training level. We had to spilt into two groups to fit into the elevator. The first Katniss, Enobia, Haymitch, Marvel, Lance and Maddie. The second being Johanna, Clove, Quinn, someone who's name I didn't know, Cato and myself. While the first groups I notice a overly attractive man staring at me and Cato. I quirk and eyebrow at him, he was so familiar but I couldn't place it. He smirks at me.
"Finnick." Cato nods to him.
"Cato." Replies before turning to me. "I don't believe we were ever introduced, I am Finnick Odair."
He shakes my hand, well that explains why he was vaguely familiar he was a past victor and mentor. "Peeta." I say, "Nice to meet you."
"Oh the pleasures mine, so Peeta no more undying love for Katniss then?" He asks even though I knew he knew the answer to his question.
"Well I died so I guess not." I say dryly.
"Leave the boy alone Odair." Johanna says as she leaned against the wall. "He's not the only one who feels different since waking." She looks at me, no emotion on her face.
"That's the truth." Clove says mindlessly. She looks at me and smiles before turning to Finnick. "Even think about getting between those two or creating any unnecessary drama and I won't hesitant in cutting off your most prized possession. Just because you were a victor means nothing to me."
He smiles back at her. "I wouldn't even dream of it."
The elevator doors open and the rest of us walk in and join the others once the doors open again. Lance shows us through the training facilities and once we have been shown everything we head to the shooting range.
"Everything okay?" Quinn asks as we walk into the shooting range.
"Yeah I'm fine, do you know why Katniss and Haymitch seem to be avoiding me?" I had tried to talk to both of them but I had been unsuccessful.
"Not really, I'm sure it's nothing." Quinn says reassuringly.
Lance stops and turns to us. "Tomorrow all of you will start intensive training which will include hand to hand combat, fire arms training, specialised tactical unit training and fitness and strength workouts. You will train six days a week with Sundays off to rest your body. We will start training at eight sharp. We will go through until twelve which is when you will have a break for lunch and then continue through until six. Now please take a station and a instructor with be with you in a moment to show you how to use a basic fire arm."
I walk over a station, Cato next to me. I inspect the gun, picking it up curiously. "So mind if I show you how to used that?" Quinn asks from behind me.
I smile at him. "That would be appreciated." Atleast I had someone I knew, it made it a lot less awkward and I didn't feel so pressured.
After Quinn detailed explanation on how to used the guns I try it out. I was first surprised at how much the gun cocked back once you pulled the trigger and then at how loud it was. After a couple of rounds I was successful in hitting the target in the red zone. Ofcourse Cato had been a natural and excelled quickly compared to me.
"Don't worry Peeta, it gets easier. I was a hell of a lot worse then you when I first started my training." Quinn says as we are dismissed and head back to our apartment floors.
Cato lays down on the couch and I lay on top of him, wrapping my arms around his neck. "Well today was tiring." He says as he puts his hands on my hips.
"Just a little bit." I smirk at him.
Quinn grabs Lance's hand. "Well we are going for a shower. Get us when dinner is ready." He says heading towards his room.
"Like hell I'm walking in on that again." Maddie yells as she head into the kitchen. "I can't be bothered cooking, shall we just head to the cafeteria once they are done?"
"Sure." I say between kisses.
"So have you got the hots for Finnick?" Cato asks jokingly.
"Ha, he's to into myself for my liking, I like tall blondes with just a little bit of an ego and deep blue eyes." I say resting my head on his shoulder.
"Really, I haven't seen anyone like that around." He jokes.
We lay there for awhile before I get the urge to kiss Cato again. I sit up straddling his hips and start to make out with him. I get lost in him, having no clue how long we were kissing before being pulled back to reality when we hear a gasp.
"Peeta?" I turn to see a stunned Katniss standing in the doorway. "I'm just going to go." She says quickly turning around. It looked as though she had tears falling from her eyes.
"Katniss wait." I call but before I can follow her I hear the elevator door close.