and Marvel looking up at a tree

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Chapter 8

"Little brat won't come down" Clove says and I look at the tree and know the branches are too small to hold my weight

"Kat?" Cato asked this is my area of expertise after all

"I can't get up to her the branches are too small I'm the smallest of all of us and I know they won't hold my weight I can't shoot an arrow straight up and the tree is to covered for me to get a good lock on her with a knife or arrow" I say and he nods

"We can wait her out I guess" Marvel offers but I shake my head

"Look at her she's small and can probably jump from tree to tree" I say and he nodded

"Kat lets go find some dry wood marvel Glimmer make camp Clove don't take your eyes off her" Cato says loud enough for Rue to hear and then we walk away out of Rues vision

"Get in a tree and keep an eye on her I think she's up to something" he says and I do staying as hidden as possible and then I see it the trackerjacker nest. It's the same one I dropped on the careers last time I can tell Glimmer and Clove are sleeping and Marvel is just playing around with his knife. As soon as I see her move to the nest and I'm out of there looking for Cato making sure neither of us get stung.

"Cato there's trackerjackers a nest of them she's ganna drop it on Marvel Glimmer and Clove because there being stupid and not paying attention to her" I say and as if to prove my point Marvel and Clove come by and run into the lake freaking out. We hear the boom and know I Glimmer is dead. We set out to help Clove and Marvel with the stings Glimmer died and apparently Cato got into it with Peeta cutting his leg and leaving him for dead but other than that and the boy from three joining us and setting up the bomb type things around the food nothing really happened. I didn't think the bomb thing was a great idea for obvious reasons and I told them it was a horrible idea but the guy from 3 was a jerk and didn't listen to me. On the fifth day in the arena I began to worry about everything I changed and what it will effect and I began missing Mom and Prim two people that were dead in my other life but are still alive here. I began thinking of my Mom and dad in relation to me and Cato which helps me understand why she checked out

"What's on your mind babe?" Cato asks sitting down next to me

"My Mom I thought she was useless and weak after my dad died, it was almost like she did as well. I didn't realize till now what she must have went through if my Dad was her soul mate, and I believe he was I don't know how she was able to live once he was gone. I forgive her for everything because I understand now I just wish I could tell her in person" I say and he wraps his arms around me.

"You will babe I promise you will" he said and I turned and started crying into his shoulder

"No I won't, even if I make it out of here I will be dead before I ever make it back to 12 if you die in the arena I love my Mom and Prim but not enough to go on living without you" I say and he kisses my head

"No you won't babe when I die and you make it out you will go back to 12 move into Victors Village with your Mom and sister you will move on with your life marry that best friend of yours name one of your sons after me and you will eventually be happy again" he says and rubs my back as I cry until I fall asleep. When I wake up Marvel and Clove are awake and eating like they hadn't been stung. When we see the smoke and I know it has to be Rue and someone helping her there is no question it's a trap

"I think it's a trap" I say and they look at me like I'm crazy

"Not one to kill us but one to hurt us or maybe to even the playing field they want to get us away so they can destroy our food" I say and once again they look at me like I'm crazy

"Pack a bag we're going" Cato says and I sigh

"Don't say I didn't warn you, oh and 3 if anything happens to our food I won't stop him from snapping your neck" I say and stuff my bag and Cato's bag to the brim with food and water and put the sleeping bags inside the cornucopia before we take off towards the first fire. When we get there we hear the explosion that we know is from camp and a cannon go off. We rush back when we get there three is stuffing whatever he can into a bag probably going to run.

"What happened?" Cato asked fuming

"I thought I saw 12 and I went after him. I didn't see her till she tipped the pyramid of food she knew how to get past the mines she'd obviously been watching us it was a suicide mission she died but she took the food with her" he said and Cato was pissed and snapped the kids neck

"How did you know?" Cato asked me curiously but also still pissed

"You keep forgetting I'm not from a career district. What they did may have been obvious to me but in a way it was sort of ingenious because none of you saw it coming did think about the years non-careers win the games how do they win?" I ask and the three shrug.

"When the food is gone the careers can't survive you are from the wealthy districts and you have never gone to bed hungry without food you become weaker and can killed easier it's obvious to me because I've seen what lack of food can do to people" I say and they look at me like they never realized it before I pull out my bag and hand out jerky

"Well I'm going to look for someone to kill" Marvel says and walks off leaving Cato Clove and I decide to get some sleep trading off on who keeps watch. I wake up to two canons going off and know its Rue and Marvel.

"7 left" I say and Cato nods and hugs me when the capital tune goes off

"Tributes there has been a rule change two of you may survive if you are unwilling to live without the other" Crane the head game maker said and I kissed Cato with tears running down my face

"Let's go find the rest of the tributes and go home" he said and we went one way while Clove went the other.