Sorry it has been so long since I updated, I was volunteering at a camp and I didn't have access to a computer or internet. I hope you guys like this chapter and I will definitely try and upload a new chapter every day this weekend. ENJOY :)
Chapter 10
"President Snow!" I hear Clove gasp. Why did she just say that and why does she look so scared all of a sudden? Clove does not get scared that easily, hell she never really gets scared at all.
"What about him?" I ask, afraid of what her answer might be. Why am I scared? I can protect myself, oh right now I remember because my fiancé and my cousin are fighting in these games and only one comes out. I hear Clove take a deep breath and mumble something to herself before she turns to me.
"Cato, its President Snow. He's the one leaving those notes; he's the one that wants you dead. It's him I know it; he must have seen us trying to run away. He heard what you said about hating the games and the Capitol and the way he runs Panem. He heard it all and he's mad, so mad he wants you dead. He is mad at me too and that's why he wants me to kill you, he knows it will torture and that's what he wants. He has been watching us, he's watching everything we do!" Clove spits out the words so fast I can barely catch what she is saying.
"Clove, calm down! It might be President Snow but we can't be sure. It could just be the tributes from District 1 playing a cruel joke on us. Just calm down and breathe and go back to sleep, we both need our sleep. You know training starts tomorrow at 9am and Arisa wants us at breakfast bright and early." I try and say calmly but anger and fear seems to channel itself into my voice. Remember Cato just be calm and comforting, Clove needs you to be there for her.
"Ok, I'll go to bed but after training tomorrow we will talk about this, we need to talk about this. Ok? And Cato, I love you." Clove says sweetly, she must have heard the anger and fear in my voice so she's trying to calm me down.
I kiss her lightly on the forehead, "goodnight Clove and I love you too." I roll over and try to sleep but images of death caused by President Snow flash through my head and now more than ever I want to be back home in District 2 with Clove spending our days together by the lake; not here in the wonderful Capitol awaiting death by a stranger. I once again think about Odessa and Clove and my worries seem to triple. Why can't I be from District 12 where life is easy: no training, no peacekeeper camps, and best of all no pressure from your district to come home a victor, to win the games. The games that I cannot win, the games I will never win. I know if I win Clove must die and if she dies my life will be over. If I die Clove can win and go home. She will go home a victor and forget I even existed. She will find someone else and fall in love with him; she will get a chance to be happy. All I want is for her to be happy even if it is not with me. There really is no chance for us, the odds truly are not in our favor. All those years off training for the games could have never prepared me for what I'm going to do. I know now what must happen, I must die. The last thing I see before I fall asleep is Clove's beautiful face as she sleeps peacefully wrapped in my arms and I know I made the right decision.
I wake up to Clove stirring in my arms; she turns to look at me and smiles, "good morning sleepyhead." She kisses me and then gets up to walk to her own room to shower and get ready for breakfast and training. It seems like it's only been a couple of minutes when I hear Clove scream and then I hear a loud thud as if something fell. I immediately jump out of bed and run into Clove's room, my heart stops when I see the scene in front of me. There is a note stuck to the wall with a knife as if someone had thrown it. Clove is lying sprawled out across the floor in a puddle of blood, and I see that there is a gash on the back of her head. I scream for help and Arisa runs in with Brutus and Enobria, they all gasp when they see what happened. They all exit the room to try and find help and I go over to rip the note from the wall. Written in the same writing as the last two notes is: I see you figured out my little plan. Now you will pay for it, you will both die. Say goodbye Clove, you had your chance. Now you're as good as dead. I'm still holding the note when Arisa, Brutus, and Enobria come back in with 2 medics holding large First Aid kits. I back away from Clove slightly so that the medics can fix the gash in her head and I hand the note to Brutus, he reads what it says and pulls me out of the room.
"Who would have done this, another tribute? Who would want you dead and injure Clove? It must be those tributes from Dist- " Brutus tries to finish his sentence but I cut him off.
"It's President Snow. We did some things and said some things back in District 2 that he didn't like, well I did and said some things but since Clove is associated with me she's getting caught in the middle of it all. The president found out what I did and he is really pissed. Clove figured out it was him writing the notes last night, she told me what she thought but I didn't think it was true until I saw what happened this morning." I tell Brutus and as soon as I say the words out loud it all becomes real. Brutus is shaking his head angrily and shaking with anger.
He grunts and spits out each word like acid, "that son of a bitch is at it again."