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Fire girl struggled beneath my pin on her, fighting back quickly as I held her firmly against the wall. "You think you can taunt me 12? You're dead wrong!" I snarled furiously as she kept struggling.
"Let go of me 2. You do anything at all and you'll be dead before you know it." Katniss warned me as our angry eyes locked. I froze for a moment. There was something familiar in her glare. It reminded me almost of myself. I must be seeing things. She isn't a killer, she's just District 12 scum, unfit to compete or win these games.
"I'm not the one who's going to die here in a few days." I snarled at her before her knee tried to connect with my groin again, but I dodged easily this time. "Nice try 12. Fool me once, you'll never do it again." I growled with a smirk as she kept her confident glare that she would get away unscathed.
"You sure you're not often fooled?" Katniss questioned me as I pushed her harder against the wall, earning a hiss of anger from her.
"I'm sure as you're going to die." I snarled as her hands found their way to my own shoulders to try and push me off.
"Let go of me, now." Fire girl growled back at me as I smirked deviously at her.
"Make me fire girl." I growled tauntingly before she threw her body into mine to try and knock me off balance. I hit the wall opposite the one she was on with a grunt before realizing her body was pressed into mine.
"I told you to let go of me." Katniss growled at me as my smirk grew wider.
"So you could rub up against me? Didn't know that was why you wanted me off." I growled back as my cocky smirk held before she quickly drew away from me.
"You're disgusting!" Katniss snapped before hitting her floor's.
"Hey I wasn't the one who was rubbing up against the other now was I Fire Girl. I'd be careful if I were you, that's very misleading." I stated as I folded my arms over my chest, leaning against the wall still.
"You wish that I was rubbing into you. I'd prefer to die than to do that." Katniss said as I shook my head at her, smirk still plastered on my face.
"Well don't worry 12, you'll get that wish soon enough." I stated to her as I finally let my eyes rake over her, taking in her appearance better. She's bigger than Clove, that's for sure, and has more muscle too. But probably couldn't throw a knife at your head if given the chance.
"Stop staring at me you sick freak." Katniss growled at me before the door opened on her floor, she walked out quickly before the door slammed shut behind her.
"Fine, might as well go back to my floor." I muttered as I hit my number and leaned back against the wall again.
I got back only to barely escape being strangled by Brutus. "What's wrong with you Cato? Do you have a death wish?" Brutus snapped at me angrily as I figured he heard about me attacking Fire girl in the training center.
"No, but every other tribute does." I replied calmly with a smirk at him as I avoided his hands again as he tried to grab my shoulder.
"Twice in two days you attack another tribute before the games! One more time and you're out!" Brutus barked at me as I rolled my eyes at him. They won't take me out of the games. I'm the Capitol's best chance of providing ideal entertainment.
"Then someone needs to tell Princess and her minions not to make me angry, then Fire girl the same thing." I stated as Brutus gave up trying to grab me by the neck.
"Well you need to get your anger under control first. Get out of my face." Brutus growled as I rolled my eyes at him before heading back into my room to look out onto the Capitol again.
I'm pretty sure I'm not the only one who's always angry around here, but whatever. I watched the scene on the Capitol streets for a while before Clove stormed in. Ah, another angry tribute. "What is it now princess?" I questioned as I looked up at her with a glare.
"Are you trying to get disqualified before we even make it to the..." I cut her off by raising a hand.
"I've already heard this through Brutus, you don't need to say it too." I stated as she glared hatefully at me before I stood up.
"She's gonna get the better of you at this rate." Clove said before turning to leave, but my hand caught the hem of her shirt to halt her.
"And what makes you think that?" I questioned as she turned slightly to look at me. I knew I probably was glaring at her even though I didn't mean to, especially by the way she glared more at me.
"The fact that she somehow got you to follow her into the elevator. What did you do in there Cato? Try and rape her?" Clove asked with a taunting smirk now held as I scowled furiously at her for such an accusation.
"I'd never even think of doing something like that to District 12 scum. I may be a killer but I'm not insane." I growled at her as she, as usual, rolled her eyes at me. "What? Are you planning on being your little slutty self and trying to seduce 12's boy?" I questioned with a cocky smirk as she glared angrily at me before throwing herself towards me, trying her best to go for me neck.
"I cant wait to kill you in the arena!" Clove snapped furiously as I grabbed her wrists and pinned them at her sides with ease. She continued struggling for about ten more minutes before calming down as I smirked victoriously at her.
"I think you should reverse that." I stated to Clove as she raised an eyebrow at me, obviously tired right now from her angry struggling.
"Reverse what?" Clove questioned me as I held my smirk as our eyes locked.
"You won't be the one killing me. I'll kill you in that arena. Maybe not at first, but after a little bit of time I will. You know me, I like to play with my food." I said before I let go of her and opened the door for her to leave.
"We'll see how things work out in the arena Cato, just you wait." Clove said before walking out, closing my door behind her.
We continued training for the next few days and I gradually noticed Clove's anger beginning to subside, and that fire girl seemed to be becoming more interested in me, well if catching her watching me from across the room counts for anything. "Hey Cato, you wanna take a break?" Glimmer asked me as I worked on camouflaging my arm, mainly doing this only to appease Brutus.
"No." I said simply as I kept working, ignoring the wandering eyes of 12's tribute, Peeta, who was a few feet away from me camouflaging his hand, showing it to Katniss often.
"Aw why not? It'll be more fun than painting." Glimmer said as I clenched my teeth, trying my hardest to ignore the bit of seduction in her tone. I notice the smirk on fire girls lips and make a gesture that flings some of the dirt at her, hitting her in the side of the face.
"Oops, so clumsy." I said with a smirk at her as she glared at me, wiping it off before trying to fling it back, but hitting Glimmer in the face with it. I burst into laughter from not just the furious look on Glimmer's face but the way Katniss missed me so easily.
"Alright I'm leaving." Glimmer snapped angrily as she stood up, moving towards the elevator probably to take a shower. Shit, don't think about that! I turned my attention quickly back to cleaning off my arm.
"What happened?" Marvel asked as he came over while I kept trying to get the dirt and shit off my arm.
"Threw a fit because a little dirt got on her face." I stated as I smirked at Katniss for a moment, catching her eye at the last moment. She glared at me momentarily before turning back to her partner.
"You threw dirt in her face?" Marvel asked and I smirked at the anger in his tone. He must be one of the many people she's been trying to sleep with, especially considering he's her partner.
"I didn't." I said with a smirk as I nodded towards fire girl, winking at her as her eyes drifted to us. That glare of hers is so weak compared to a killers.
"You let her throw dirt in Glimmer's face." Marvel growled angrily at me. It wasn't a question, I knew that. He's just proving my assumption that he's another one of Glimmer's play things. Someone I'm still not going to be a part of. I think I'd sooner prefer Clove, and that's saying something.
"Yes, I did. Have a problem with it?" I questioned as I stood up, glaring at him tauntingly to see if he had the balls to try and fight back. I knew he didn't. He's just District 1's pretty boy who may be able to throw a spear, but won't survive the games.
Marvel glared at me for a moment longer before stalking away to a different station, unaware of my confident smirk I held. No one here has the balls to fight back against me, well besides Clove maybe but that's because she's psychotic and doesn't know she'll lose. I turned back towards cleaning off my arm, only for mud to splatter on my chest. "Oops, so clumsy." Katniss stated in a mock tone as I glared at her for a moment before recollecting myself, smirking at her for a moment.
"Of course you are. You're from District 12." I stated as I noticed the anger spark in not only her eyes but her partner Peeta's as well.
"What's that supposed to mean? Just because we don't train for our whole lives doesn't mean that we don't stand a chance." Katniss hissed angrily at me as I rolled my eyes at her, finishing cleaning the mud off my chest quickly.
"What ever you say 12." I said before walking away to another station.
"Are you ready?" Clove asked me as I walked over to her knife throwing station and picked up a few knives.
"Aren't I always?" I questioned before she lodged one of her knives into the head of a dummy across the room from us.
"Then try and beat that." Clove said with a smirk at me as I raised an eyebrow at her in a way of saying is that the best you can do.
I places the blade of one knife between my thumb and forefinger, quickly flicking the blade towards the same dummy and lodging it in it's chest, right where the heart would be.
"Good enough for you?" I questioned with a cocky smirk as she scowled at me for a minute before throwing all her knives, lodging them in other vital points in a rapid succession.
"Try that then." Clove growled with a confident smirk at me as I rolled my eyes at her before throwing all the knives I had in my hand towards the dummy.
They all struck a new dummy quickly, lodging into points that were or were vital, but either way everything's vital. If I were to do that to a tribute, they could still die from blood loss. Or blood poisoning. "There, is that better princess?" I asked as I kept smirking at her before she stalked over to the dummies to retrieve the knives.
"Keep up the cocky act, see where that gets you Cato." Clove said as I continued to smirk at her.
"It'll get me a seat in the winners chair when I win the games." I stated as she shoved my knives back in my hands before taking her place beside me again, focusing on the cut up dummies.
"Just keep throwing." Clove said as I chuckled deeply before continuing on with throwing the knives at the dummies, startling a few nearby tributes by our accuracy.
We took a break next to eat lunch, and this time I made an effort to try and sit next to fire girl to scare her a bit more, seeing as how she's so interested in watching me. "What're you doing?" Katniss questioned me carefully as I shrugged, stabbing at a bit of the meat on my plate with my fork.
"Eating. Why? Does that make you feel uncomfortable?" I questioned with a smirk before shoving the mean into my mouth.
"No, but you being near me annoys me." Katniss said as I chuckled, seeing the watchful eyes of Clove, Glimmer and Marvel.
"It seems like near anything can annoy you, fire girl." I stated through a mouthful of food as she glared at me, for either talking with my mouthful or the comment I don't know.
"No, just people who think they can try and scare me when they cant." Katniss growled as my smirk fell. I looked her over more closely. Nothing about her body language says she's scared of me right now. Shit. I'm gonna have to step it up then.
"Maybe I'm not trying to scare you." I stated as I shoved another forkful of food into my mouth, knowing that one would confuse her probably. Hey, I'm smart, strong, good looking. That's why I'm here. That's why I'm the one who's gotta scare the prey into submission. I'm the ultimate killer.
"What, so you're going to play like District 1's girl and be a little flirt with everyone then?" Katniss questioned me as I almost spat my food out, having seen the way Glimmer's face turned red and scrunched up in anger when she said that. That was better than the mud in the face.
"No I'm not Glimmer. I'll leave that to her." I said after swallowing my food, trying not to laugh at Glimmer's broiling anger. Glad to see she's been busier than I've noticed. I mean, I'm almost certain she's already fucked Marvel, who knows who else she'll try and 'weaken'. Not me, that's for sure. I don't want a used toy.
"Then what's your point in still bothering me?" Katniss questioned as I noticed her partner Peeta eying me curiously from his own seat. I shot him a warning glare before turning back to fire girl with a devious smirk now replacing my frown at her partner.
"Because it drives you crazy when I'm nearby, and because you started it fire girl." I said with a wink before turning back to my food, noticing Clove give me a slight thumbs up but ignoring it. She needs to try and be less obvious.
"I did not start it." Katniss growled at me as I chuckled before putting my focus on my food.
"What ever you say fire girl." I said before she went silent.
Once done I was about to head up to my floor to grab a quick shower when I noticed District 12's mentor and Peeta talking quietly in a corner. "You've got to make her desirable." I hear that drunken fool say as I move as close as possible without showing I'm eavesdropping on them.
"But I cant do that on live TV." Peeta said to him before I moved away from there, knowing already they were talking about the interviews.
"Find anything out?" Clove asked me as I came back over to the sword station.
"Of course." I growl with a devious smirk still plastered on my lips. So 12's planning something then huh? Oh I'll find out and use it to my advantage instead.
Uh oh, it looks like Cato knows a bit about Peeta and Haymitch's plan to make Katniss desirable. What will he do with this information? Thank you all for reading! I hope you enjoyed this thus far. The next chapter will be up as soon as possible so don't worry. I'm reading all the reviews and I see how much you guys want for this to be updated quickly. Anyways, thanks for reading and don't forget, review!