"It's been three days and we haven't found any other tributes." Clove collapses back at the cornucopia after searching for the last few days. Clove walks to Niall who seems to be sunbathing.

"Niall have you done the mines?" Clove kicks him.

"Yes, I'll tell you where you can't step" He shows a tricky manoeuvre in which the careers must follow precisely if they want to survive. Since Clove is the smallest she ops to collect the food and some medicine for their next hunt.

"Right, we all set for another hunt then? Niall stay here" Clove says.

"Wait Clove I think we better have a little rest Glimmer seems like she's going to pass out." Cato points at Glimmer who is laid on the floor gripping the grass and panting.

"Fine! Glimmer have some water." Clove clambers past the mines to collect a few bottles and heads to Glimmer. " Here then." Clove shoves the bottle into Glimmers shaking hands.

"Thanks." Glimmer just manages the words and gulps a litre of water and regains her strength.

"Ready now?" Clove says intimately.

"Yes." Marvel helps her to her feet and Cato orders them all towards the forest.

They have walked for three hours through the forest and no sign of a tribute. The temperature is rising but not the normal sort of heat you expect.

"It's getting a bit hot isn't it" Glimmer complains taking her avocado green jacket of and wrapping it around her waist.

"Stop moaning!" Clove shouts. Just as she says this she hears a hissing sound."Can you guys hear that?" They all stop to listen. That's when they see the first fire ball hurtling towards them.

"Duck!" Cato shouts, the fire ball hits a nearby tree next to Glimmer.

"OW." Glimmer screams hopping around on one foot.

"Glimmer shut up it never even hit you we need to run now!" Clove snaps. They get to their feet and run deeper into the forest. Three more fire balls chase them, one slides across Peeta's leg and Cato's arm, they scream in pain. Clove runs to Cato and takes the medicines out of the bag she tests one on Cato's flesh and luckily it works, he lets out a sigh of relief but the careers are consuming too many harmful fumes and beginning to choke. A few meters behind Cato and Clove Glimmer is throwing up in the mud.

"We need to go." Marvel shouts to the others but they can barely hear him above the burning forest around them. They get moving slowly but getting away from the fumes. Glimmer and Cato lead the group followed by Marvel and Clove and Peeta limps behind leaning of Melanie.

They arrive at a pond. Cato scans the area and in a crack of a rock he sees her.

"Look, she's there, it's fire girl" Cato says. Katniss has at least a minute head start as she leaps out of the water and runs but Cato and the others are determined to catch her.

"Come on faster." Cato shouts encouragement to the others. He sees Katniss climbing a tree. Cato and the others grin at her. Thinking that they will easily get her from a tree.

"Where you going? A tree's not going to save you."Glimmer calls to her. She replies.

"How's everything with you?" Katniss shouts, this shocks them. How can she be so cheerful. Cato and Clove both think.

"Well enough yourself?" Two can play that game. Cato thinks.

"It's been a bit warm for my taste..but the airs cooler up her why don't you come up?"

"I think I will" Cato replies.

"Here take this Cato" Glimmer hands Cato her bow and sheath of arrows but Cato refuses.

"I'll do better with my sword." Cato begins to climb the tree but after a few meters the branches are to small for his weight and a branch snaps causing him to fall to the ground.

"Cato are you okay" Glimmer exclaims. He waves her concerns away. Glimmer tries to climb the tree but has sense to stop when she feels shaky so she aims an arrow at Katniss but misses. Katniss catches it and waves it in the air. Clove sniggers at glimmer.

"Shut up, Clove you climb up there" Clove is about to reply to Glimmer but Peeta interrupts.

"Oh let her stay up there, she isn't going anywhere. We'll deal with her in the morning."

"Okay, someone make a fire." Cato orders.

Cato is sat by the fire with Glimmer, Marvel and Melanie while Clove is throwing knifes at lizards that roam the forest floor. Peeta sits propped up against a tree, he appears to be sleeping Cato doesn't really care so he leaves him to sleep.

"Glimmer stay guard us lot are going to sleep." Cato lies down and tries to sleep. Clove uses her coat as a pillow and closes her eyes. After about an hour of tossing and turning Clove sits up to go sleep with Cato. She sees Glimmer cuddling into him. What the hell? She thinks.

"Jealous?"A voice calls from the trees. Oh you fire girl.

"No, Glimmer is meant to be on guard that's all so shut up." Clove decides to stay guard, she takes out a knife and begins to trace lines into the mud for entertainment. The seal of capitol appears in the sky and lists that there were no deaths today. Cloves eyes are drifting shut and once the seal disappears Clove is fast asleep on the floor.

Snap! Clove wakes up at the loud noise and sees a branch snapping as Katniss is sawing at it, Clove sits and watches for a few moments when she realises that there is a huge tracker jacker nest at the end of the branch but she notices too late its falls to the ground and has splits open, Angry tracker jackers escape into the air. Cato springs up and runs for Clove, he picks her up not caring about anyone else and runs to the pond. Cato gets stung three times, one on his neck and two on his arm.

"Clove are you okay?" Cato is shaking Clove who is struggling to stay awake. Oh no please don't die. "Clove!" Cato cradles her in his arms.

"Cato your okay, you need to find lover boy he's gone!" Marvel appears from a bush panting and dives in the water. Cato gets Clove comfortable and runs back to the scene of the tracker jackers.

"Katniss, Run, what are you doing Run! Run!" Peeta is screaming at her. Cato is running faster in hope that he'll catch her before she's gone but as he gets there she's gone.

"What are you doing?" Cato grabs Peeta's neck and pushes him into a tree. "You know you would die if you betrayed us." Cato notices Glimmers body on the floor next to the nest, her stings are beginning to ooze and explode.

"Cato I'm sorry" Peeta pleads forgiveness. Nice try Cato pulls out his sword and stabs Peeta's thigh, the sword penetrates so deep it hits the bone. Cato drops Peeta and walks back to the others but the trees are moving and stopping him from progressing, then his sword turns into a snake. What's going on? He glances back to Glimmers body and the ground is turning green from the puss and it reaches Cato it pools underneath him as he tries to crawl to the pond past the over growing forest floor but the puss slithers all around his body creeping up his nose, mouth and ears. It progresses to his eyes and that's when he blacks out.

"Cato, Cato help." Cato is running to help Clove. She's trapped in vines which are ripping into her flesh but every time he gets to her, she disappears into a pit of orange bubbles.

"Clove where are you?" Cato shouts for his love but he will never reach her. This is one of many terrors which visit Cato during his blackout. When Cato finally comes round to consciousness he's wrapped in his sleeping bag back at camp with Clove wrapped in his arms. How did I get back here? Cato scrambles out of the tent leaving Clove in her nightmares. I can't wake her she'll come back when her mind is ready. Outside Marvel and Niall are sat nibbling on chicken. Marvel sees Cato approaching and hands him a leg.

"Where's Glimmer and Mel?" Cato asks them.

"They endured to many stings and died." Marvel replies calmly considering Glimmer was his district partner. So it wasn't a hallucination when I saw Glimmers oozing body so the puss really happen no it can't of.

"Cool, suppose its one step further to getting home." Marvel glares at the words coming out Cato's mouth. "What? It's true." Cato begins.

"Doesn't mean you say it Cato its just insensitive! anyway where's lover boy didn't you get him when you left the pond?"

"All I can remember is stabbing him and then it goes all funny." Niall gets his bag and hands a small tub over to Cato. Cato examines the gooey substance by prodding it when Niall laughs and says.

"For the stings, it wont treat them properly but it soothes them for a while, then help Clove with hers when she wakes up."

"Thanks." Cato scoops a blob of goo and rubs it into his sting on his neck oooh that's so nice. He repeats it and then moves to his arms and feels much better.

"OWWW." -sobs- Clove is waking up.

"I'm coming Clove." Cato rushes to her aid and sees the amount of lumps on her face and shoulders he lets out a gasp but quickly dabs the medicine all over them.

"Mmm that's better, thank you."

"Do you want some food?" Clove nods. "Come on then Marvel and Niall have chicken." Cato holds Cloves hand and they escape the stuffy tent.

"Feeling better Clove?" Niall asks while handing her a wing.

"Yes thank you, how did I end up in the tent? The last thing I remember was the nest bursting and Cato lifting me up."

"Well, I was here and when the seal of the capitol showed that Glimmer and Mel where dead I panicked and went looking for you all, lucky you were all together, Marvel was waking up when I arrived so he helped me bring you back here, we made you comfortable and waited for you to come back to us."

"Thanks." Clove tucks into her chicken while Cato wraps his arms around her. I'm so happy your here with me. "How many days where we out?"

"Three days, it's been 8 days in the arena." Niall replies. "Why?"

"Just wondered because my body is really stiff, I think I need to hunt some tributes, anyone up for it?" Cato and Marvel grin in excitement. "Come on then, Cato get your glasses and Marvel grab your torch, Niall your okay here aren't you?"

"Yea."

"When are we going to kill Niall?" Marvel queries.

"When he doesn't mean anything to us." Cato replies. Cato hears a rustle a few meters ahead, and a brief snap. "Quiet I think someone is over there." They creep forwards through the forest and sees the male from district 10 cowering under a tree.

"Please don't kill me." He begs. Cato sees the lad's foot is slightly out of place, he kicks it cruelly making the boy cry in pain.

"What's wrong with your foot?"

"I've had a bad foot for years."

"Shall I put you out of your misery?"

"Cato stop playing with your prey." Clove throws a knife at the lads eye and the cannon goes off.

"Clove I wanted to kill him." Cato starts whining.

"Took too long babe."

"Fine! I'm of back to camp I'm thirsty."

"Moody."

"Your back early" Niall is surprised to see them.

"Cato wanted a drink also he's in a mood because I kill his prey."

"I'm not in a mood Clove."

"Could of fooled me."

"Shut up Clove I'm warning you."

"I'm so scared."

"Stop being a bitch." Cato runs to her and wraps his hands around her neck and lifts her up. "Not so tough now are you?" Clove whimpers in pain.

"C..Ca..Cato. St..Stop." Cato's grips harder, Clove stares into his eyes her eyes tearing up.

"Cato let go of her!" Marvel shouts. Cato uses one arm to whack him in the chest sending him flying into the cornucopia. Clove uses all the strength she has left to lift her hands to Cato's face and pulls him closer for a kiss. Please Cato snap out of it your going to kill me, please return to me. Cato lets go, causing Clove to drop to the floor gasping for air. Cato kneels down beside her.

"I'm sorry." He whispers.

"I know."

"Guys look, a fire." Niall shouts and is pointing to the west of the arena.

"Sweetheart, hunting time." Cato says. "Come on Niall." Clove has regained her breath.

"No he stays here." Clove replies.

"He's coming. We need him in the woods, and his jobs done here anyway. No one can touch those supplies."

"What about lover boy?" Marvel asks.

"I Told you, forget about him. I know where I cut him. It's a miracle he hasn't bled to death yet. At any rate, he's in no shape to raid us, come on." They gather there items and Cato continues. "When we find her I will kill her no one interferes."