I threw my filthy jacket over my shoulder and went to sit next to district three, who was sat alone looking miserably at his latest mine. Cato was still washing and clove had gone searching our pile of food for something to eat. The boy looked briefly at me but then turned his attention back to his mine- it made me feel bad that I didn't even know his name.
"So… what's it like in district three?" He jumped when he realized I was talking to him and looked panicked for his lost ability to speak.
"It's ok, im not as scary as I once was…" I said awkwardly and then cringed at how uncomfortable I sounded.
"Oh…well there are tons of factories" he said.
"Oh right, I get it, is that were you…invent stuff?" he laughed at my lack of interest.
"Yeah, I guess, we make traps and weapons and stuff but I suppose being from the district of luxury you do a lot more exciting things…right?"
"Ha- well yeah I did before…" As I sat there talking to this boy I realized that this is probably the first time I'd ever made conversation with him. I would be worried that the capitol would think I was weak, but after I'd accepted that I was to die in here I couldn't care less about what they thought.
"Marvel, what are you doing? Get over here!" Cato bellowed me over and I reluctantly walked towards him.
"What? I was quite happy sitting down…" I moaned.
"Why were you talking to three?" Cato growled at me.
"Uh? I don't know, because he was the only other person around maybe? Or should I just talk to myself next time?" Cato flinched at my sarcasm and dug back in me with another stab at glimmer.
"Well hold on a second smart arse-where'd you learn to back mouth like that? Your mom teach you? Don't try make new friends in this pack cuz three will be next, after your petty glimmer went and got killed- I had no other options but to pinpoint down the most useless ones-don't put yourself in target marvel- I don't want to have to kill you yet. "When Cato used glimmers name I felt like lunging for his face, but I knew that it would only result in my death arising much quicker.
"Sure Cato…" My body was throbbing from exhaustion and luckily clove came over at just the right time.
"Hey guys." She smiled taking a big bite out of some sort of vegetable.
"Hey" Cato smiled "I was just warning marvel …about keeping in line"
His words sounded vile and twisted the longer he stood there the more I just wanted to attack him. I think clove read my thoughts because she basically hurled this food in my mouth trying to take my mind of him. I took it but my mind still raced with anger. Cato and Clove started talking together and my brain just decided to blot them out. Why was I even still here, there wasn't any point trying to live anymore, clove could most likely live until the final two and Cato would win this games and return home a champion. I was just a shadow of my former self, and I felt that every breath I took wasn't mine to breathe in the first place. The air around me was musty like breathing in the air around a fresh campfire…a fresh…a fire…
"A fire!" I said and they both looked at me.
"What where?" Cato looked around us until all of our eyes focussed on the trail of pillaring black smoke.
"Let's go! Quick, before they realize!" Cato sprinted to district three who passed us our weapons weakly and was pushed back into sitting down again.
"Watch our stuff three? Ok!" Cato barked, and ran full speed ahead of us into the forest we followed as fast as possible. Clove was pretty fast for her size but there was no way she could keep running this pace with the both of us guys sprinting.
"You ok?" I panted.
"Yeah"she gasped for air and we kept on running.
After endless sprinting we arrived at a deserted campfire and Cato looked around dangerously.
"That doesn't make sense? It's still burning? Where'd they go!" he yelled angrily.
We all looked- but no sign of any tribute could be seen anywhere.
"SHIT" he yelled and turned to retrace.
Just as we were about to turn back to follow, an abnormally large rush of wind froze us still followed by the sound of a gigantic explosion eating away at the forest.
"The mines" Clove breathed.
And the three of us ran back desperately- not even processing what we might see within a few seconds. As we approached the cornucopia a thick smoke blotted our view. Cato waved his arms in the air to waft it away and our whole pile of food lay in ruin spread all over the clearing. In shock I stood still and tried to believe what lay in front of me, Clove had her hands to her face and was rasping for air and Cato had landed in some kind of mental hysteria. He screamed in rage and ran around the clearing in short bursts swearing and gripping onto his hair. District three emerged, horror trapping him into his small and cowering position.
"YOU!" Cato screamed, and stormed over to three. Within a second Cato grabbed him by the neck and twisted it out of joint. Cannon fired and the poor kid's body fell limply onto the ash piled floor.
"ARGGHH!" Cato screamed and started to kick at his body.
"Marvel…" clove touched my arm, her fear coming through pretty obviously.
"Will we starve?" she said. But I couldn't reply- I just looked in utter disbelief around me.
"Marvel!" Cato roared. "Search every trap around us, don't come back until you've found who did this!"
I looked to clove who was nodding her head.
"Cato, we should stay together- this place could still be really hazardous." Cato shot her a glance and I smiled in her direction.
"Its fine clove, I'll find them, and then I'll be back by nightfall- ok?" my smile wasn't convincing enough and I had to leave before she started crying. I walked past district threes body and sighed.
"Sorry kid" I whispered and went off into the woods.
As I got to the first set of empty snares I started to believe I wouldn't find the tribute- and there was no way I could keep my word- this would be the end of me if I even dared to return without them. Maybe it was time to go off alone and see how nature deals with me, to finally break the alliance and just let myself go…
That's when I heard the little girl's voice screaming a name.
"Katniss! Katniss! Help me!" The voice sickened me.
It was screaming for help from katniss- katniss killed glimmer-That's when my body reacted before my brain could. If katniss murdered glimmer than I will murder her.
"Katniss help me!"
I ran towards the little girl's voice all my grief and sadness replaced with pure madness and hatred. I burst through the trees, my teeth gritted and my eyes wild with fury. I got out my spear and hurled it into the chest of the small girl. She squeaked her face froze in pain, and I saw an arrow fly into my windpipe. A quick burst of agony soon disappeared and I knew it had finally been done. I had been saved from the game that I was so bored of playing and greeted by death like an old friend. I took his hand and walked into the silent darkness- cannon fired and my game had finally ended.
