Chapter 10:
Clove heard the capitol theme song play and she blinked twice. The sun was shining and it was the start of the 74th hunger games. She looked at Cato who still had his arms around her still sleeping soundly. She noticed his hair was covering his eyes, so she swept it to the side making Cato blink. She gave him a sweet smile and he kissed her forehead
"Today's the day" Clove said as he sat up and fixed her hair
"Yep, today's the day were going to kill everyone" Cato said as he sat up
The door opened slightly and they saw Prodigy and Apple's heads sticking out
"I need you to go to your room in a few minutes, Clove" Prodigy said
"And I need to fix you up, Cato" Apple said
Both of them gave them a nod and Apple and Prodigy closed the door. Clove stands up and walks to the door but was stopped when Cato gave her a back hug.
"Cato?" Clove asks as she turns around to face him
Cato hugs her tight and places his head on her shoulder and whispers "Promise me that you won't ever leave my side when were thrown in the arena"
Clove hugs back and whispers "I promise. I won't leave you ever. You have to promise me that too and also no more flirting with that blonde b***h or else I'll explode from anger and might forget these promises were making"
Cato grins and says "But you look so cute when your jealous but I won't risk it all. I promise, Clove. I'll protect you from everyone! I won't let anyone touch you or get near you. I'll protect you, Clove"
"And I'll protect you from everyone" Clove said
Both of them not wanting to let go, they both know that if they do the fear of not being able to hug each other or be together again crept in. Clove looked up and stared at Cato's blue eyes. Cato did the same and stared at Clove's green eyes. Without hesitation they both crashed their lips together and kissed each other. Clove pulled away and said "I have to go, Cato"
Cato stepped back and grinned at Clove "See you later, Clove"
"See you" Clove grinned back as she went out of Cato's room to go to her room.
Once Clove stepped out, Prodigy walked with her to her room and Apple entered Cato's room. She saw him sitting down on his bed with is head buried on his hands.
"Cato, you alright?" Apple asks
"I'm fine, Apple" Cato snaps
"Clearly, you're not" Apple says
"I'm fine. I'm just worried…" Cato mutters
"About Clove? She's going to be fine. You both will. Enobaria has been starting to line up your sponsors. All you two have to do now is win and kill everyone else" Apple smiled
"I can't wait" Cato grinned
"Go get cleaned up and wear this" Apple said as she handed him his clothes. Cato took it and went inside the bathroom to get cleaned up. He savoured the hot shower because he knows that this might be the last shower that he will ever experience.
Clove entered her room and saw what she was wearing laid out on her bed
"I added some other stuff so that you could place your knives easier" Prodigy said
Clove grinned and went inside the bathroom, she took her time knowing that it may be her last refreshing and perfect bath. Soon, Prodigy knocked on the door and she knew that she had to come out of the shower. She dried herself and walked out of the bathroom and saw Prodigy only
"Where's the others?" Clove asked
"It's just me today" Prodigy said as he signalled her to take a seat. She did and he started with her hair, he tied it in a neat ponytail the way she likes it
"The pony tail I made has holes big enough for two knives. I made it just for you" Prodigy smiled
Clove grinned and wore the clothes Prodigy made for her.
She wore brown pants that had pockets everywhere. She also wore a black and gold belt to hold in the pants. She had a red shirt and on top of it was a red jacket. Prodigy made her a vest where she could place all her knives and she wore black boots. She stood in the mirror and saw herself. She wasn't pretty this time but she was deadly and vicious
"You're ready" Prodigy said. Clove smiled wickedly and faced the door. When she went out, she saw Cato wearing almost the exact same outfit she was wearing.
He wore the same pants, the same shirt, the same boots and the same jacket. He rolled up the sleeves of his jacket showing some of his arm muscles.
"We have to go first, Wait for Enobaria here" Apple said as both of them entered the elevator and left.
"Were wearing the same clothes again" Clove groaned
"Did Prodigy make that knife vest for you?" Cato asked
"Yeah, He also made a pony tail that could fit in two knives. He knows me so well" Clove grins
Enobaria enters and sees her tributes ready and vicious
"Good luck you two and remember, it's kill or be killed. Make our district proud" Enobaria said
"I never miss" Clove grins
"I always get what I want" Cato grins
"I'm proud to have been your mentor…" Enobaria was cut off when she saw Clove chuckling
"Being sweet isn't your thing, Enobaria" Clove chuckles
"Shut up, Cleverwood" Enobaria said as she signalled them to go inside the elevator
"Go to the top floor, you two will be separated once you reach your destination. The next time you see each other will be in the arena. Good luck" Enobaria said as the elevators closed
"Separated? What does that even mean?" Clove asks
"It means we'll see each other in the arena" Cato grins as he entwines his hand with hers.
Every floor they pass their hands squeeze tighter, both of them not wanting to let go. When the doors opened two peace makers were there waiting for them
"See you later, Clove" Cato says
"Later, Cato" Clove grins as they both walk away from each other in different paths.
Clove was led to the top of the building, waiting for her there was a hovercraft. The peacemakers signalled her to go inside. She sighed and placed on a grin on her face and an eye piercing glare.
Cato was led to the other side of the building, waiting for him was a hovercraft. Not even paying attention at the peacemakers, he makes his way to it and grins as he enters.
There was a staff waiting for each tribute to enter. Clove scanned the hovercraft and saw only the staff. The staff signalled her to sit down and she did. Once Clove sat down, the staff injected something inside her.
"What did you put inside me?" Clove asks
"Your tracker, it will let the gamemakers know where you are or if your dead or not" The staff said and Clove nodded.
Cato sat down immediately not wanting to say a word. The staff injected the same thing into his body and Cato knew that it was his tracker. The hovercraft took off and he knew that the games were about to start.
When Cato landed he scanned for Clove, he couldn't find her. Peacemakers were once again waiting for him. They guided him to this room and everywhere he went, there were peacemakers. He entered this room and saw Apple smiling at him
"I went to all that trouble for you?" Cato asks
"Don't be mean, This is the last time we'll see each other" Apple said
Clove was also guided to a room. While going to that room, peacemakers were everywhere. She scanned every nook and cranny to look for Cato then she realized that she will see him again in the arena. She arrived at the door and opened it to find Prodigy inside
"Prodigy? What are you doing here?" Clove asks
"Dressing you up for the last time" Prodigy says as he places on a red jacket
"Thank you for everything" Clove smiles
"We stylists aren't allowed to bet but if I were able to, I would bet for you, Clove" Prodigy smiled
"Your money won't be wasted then" Clove grins
"Good luck and come back" Prodigy said
"I will" Clove says as she enters the tube and it closes instantly.
Cato entered it as well and gave one last grin to Apple who was smiling back at him. The tube started to rise and the light blinded his eyes, He closed them for a while and opened it again. He saw that he was outside. He scanned the area and saw Clove who was 6 tributes away from him.
Clove searches for Cato and sees him 6 tributes away. She gives him a little grin and he returns it with a smirk. Clove scanned the area and found the Cornucopia. In the front of the cornucopia, weapons were placed. She instantly found the knives sitting on top of a huge box. She grinned and knew that that was her target.
Cato scanned the area and saw a sword right beside the knives. He saw Clove staring at her prey and he knew that he had to get the sword as well. The timer was now in the 30s. 20s.
10, 9, 8, 7… Clove readied herself to make a run for it. Cato did the same and stared at his prize. 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. The timer went off and everyone started making a run for it for the Cornucopia. Clove made it first as she took all the knives swiftly and placed it on their proper place as quick as possible. She sees the sword and throws it to Cato who catches it perfectly.
Cato sees a boy trying to get a bag, he slashes the kid from behind and the boy's body falls on the ground. A cannon sounded and the boy was dead. Cato runs for it and sees a boy and a girl together. He grins and pushes the boy to the ground and grabs the girl by the neck. He slices her throat right in front of the boy, her cannon sounds. The boy tries to squirm away but he was too slow and Cato stabbed his sword in his stomach and the boy's cannon sounds off. Cato runs again and sees Marvel having a hard time with two tributes. He sneaks up behind the boy and slices his neck while Marvel stabs the girl right on the heart.
Clove scans and sees Fire Girl. Her blood starts boiling as she takes a knife out and runs to Fire Girl. Fire Girl doesn't notice her since she's fighting with a boy for a bag. Clove throws the knife and it hits the boy straight in the heart. His body falls in front of Fire Girl's eyes. She first freezes in fear, Clove takes out another knife not bothering which one she takes. The fire girl scrambles to take the bag, when Clove throws the knife she blocks it with her bag and makes a run for it
"Shit, I missed!" Clove shouts as she takes out another knife and runs after the fire girl
Cato finishes off a guy as he stabs him in the chest. A girl crept behind him, he turned around and saw a spear fly past him and hits the girl.
"Thanks" Cato mutters
"Anytime" Marvel says
Cato moves on and enters the Cornucopia, he sees a girl trying to get a bag. He sneaks behind her and picks her up by the neck and glares at her.
"What are you doing here?" Cato scowls
"I'm sorry! Please spare my life! I won't take anything! Please!" The girl pleads
"Pleading won't work" Cato says as he slices her throat. He sees swords hanging on the wall and grins. He takes one and walks out of the Cornucopia. He scans the place and sees Marvel finishing off a girl.
Someone likes to play with their food, Cato thought. He scans the area again and sees Clove running after the fire girl.
"Shit. Clove!" Cato shouts as he runs after her
Almost there!, Clove thought as she takes out a knife. She was about to throw it when Cato stopped her
"Stop!" Cato shouted
"Get off of me, you're letting her escape!" Clove shouts
"We need to regroup first!" Cato shouted
"No, let me kill her! I f***ing missed and I need to kill her!" Clove shouts
Cato grabs Clove's shoulders and stares at her in the eye and whispers
"Clove, get a f***ing hold of yourself!" Cato says
"I missed Cato, I never miss! When I miss I always make sure that I kill my prey twice as painful!" Clove scowled
"You need to relax, We'll be able to kill her. Let her go" Cato says
Glimmer takes the bow and arrow and scans the area. She looks for Cato and sees him with Clove. She glares at the girl and sees two tributes behind them. She looked closer and saw the tributes from 4. They both have a weapon. Glimmer panics and shouts "CATO!"
Cato sees the girl behind Clove and Clove sees the boy behind Cato. Clove takes out two knives and stabs the boy. Cato takes his sword and stabs the girl. Clove pushed it in a little deeper making the boy cough. Cato pushed the sword deeper making the girl scream and whimper in pain. Clove stares at Cato's eyes and sees that the colour changed into a darker colour. Cato stares into her green eyes and sees that it became darker
"You owe me" Cato grins
"I never said that you needed to save me" Clove grins back
Glimmer sees that they were so close together again. She glares at Clove and was about to shoot an arrow at her when Marvel stops her.
"Let it go" Marvel said and Glimmer runs towards Cato bow in hand.
They both take their weapons away from the bodies and heard their cannons fire.
"There the tributes from district 4" Clove says
"Pathetic. They thought they could kill us" Cato says
"And they call themselves careers" Clove says as she places her knives back.
Glimmer comes running and stops in front of Cato. Clove glares at Glimmer and walks away.
"Are you okay?" Glimmer asks
"I'm fine. Let's go back" Cato says as he walks back to the Cornucopia.
Clove walks back to the boy she killed. She takes her knife away and sees the boy breathing heavily. She kneels beside him and sees that he's still alive
"Still alive?" Clove teases
The boy breathed heavier…
"You blocked my prey! Nobody gets in my way. If you get in my way you're going to die" Clove scowls
The boy mouths the word sorry and breathes heavier.
"You're pathetic. My prey got away because of you!" Clove shouted as she pierces the head of the boy and his cannon fires. She takes her knife and stands up and sees Marvel grinning at her
"What do you want?" Clove asks
"Like to play with your prey before killing them?" Marvel asks
"In fact I do" Clove grins as they walk back together to the front of the Cornucopia where Cato and Glimmer were already there.
"How many did you kill?" Cato asks
"I killed 2" Clove said
"I Killed 3" Marvel said
" I killed 6" Cato says
"That's 11 deaths all in all, and how many did you kill Blondie?" Clove glares
"Well…" Glimmer mutters
"I knew it, you were pathetic. You didn't kill anyone on the first day. Absolutely pathetic" Clove scowls
"Shut up" Glimmer scowls back
"Your pathetic and your nothing but a blonde girl who can't kill!" Clove says as she shouts at Glimmer
"Your just jealous because I'm prettier than you!" Glimmer shouted back
"Who cares about looks when you're in the games?" Clove shouts
"The sponsors! Don't you know anything?" Glimmer shouts back
"Who cares about the damn sponsors when you're dead!" Clove says as she takes a knife out. Glimmer glares and takes her bow and arrows out. Cato holds Clove's wrist and stands in her way while Marvel took Glimmer's bow and arrow
"Both of you, Relax! It's just the first day and both of you are annoying the shit out of me" Marvel said
"Nobody talks to me like that you piece of sh- -" Clove was cut off when they heard a metal fall inside the Cornucopia.
Clove takes a knife out and readies herself to throw. Cato readies his sword and stands in front of everyone. Glimmer aims at the entrance of the cornucopia and Marvel takes his spear out. Lover boy went out of the entrance and he placed a bag in front of himself.
"Hold your fire" Cato says
"What why?" Glimmer asks
"Shut up and listen" Clove says as she walks over to Lover boy
"You want in or not?" Cato asks Lover boy
"With you?" Lover boy asks
"We don't want to ask twice" Clove says
"What are you two doing? Why are you asking if him that?" Glimmer says
"Marvel, shut her up or else I'll do it" Clove says as she holds a knife right in front of Glimmer's mouth. Marvel nods and closes Glimmer's mouth as she struggles to get away from his grip.
"Are you in or not?" Cato scowled
"I'm in, but what's the catch?" Lover boy asks
"You tell us everything you know about Fire Girl" Clove says
"You mean katniss? Okay, deal" Lover boy says and Cato grins.
"Let's hunt some tributes already!" Glimmer cheers
"And what? You'll flirt with them? Pathetic" Clove scowls
"No, We need to check our supplies first, Get all the stuff those dead tributes have and pile them all here. We'll hunt at night when everyone is asleep and lowers their guard" Cato says
Clove places her knife back and thought So much for being the leader, Marvel. You just made a f***ing fool out of yourself in front of the whole world.
Everyone started to move except for Glimmer who just stares at them.
"You can't pick up items as well? You're seriously pathetic for a career!" Clove teased
"Shut up, Cleverwood!" Glimmer scowled
"Glimmer, shut the f**k up and help us pick up the supplies or else you'll die by my hands today" Cato scowls at her.
Glimmer sighs and helps out in picking up all the supplies while Clove chuckled as she saw her reaction when Cato scolded her. In 30 minutes all the supplies have been arranged. The food in one spot, the medical in another spot and the weapons they didn't need in another spot while they took the weapons they needed. Clove took all the knives she could find and places them in order. Cato takes the swords hanging in the wall of the Cornucopia. Glimmer takes all the arrows and a little pocket knife. Marvel takes all the spears. Peeta takes a knife that Clove missed to get. They set up 3 tents. The argument about who's sleeping with who was pathetic. Glimmer wanted to sleep with Cato but Cato disagreed and didn't want her anywhere near him. Marvel didn't want to be stuck with Lover Boy and Clove didn't want to be in the same tent as Glimmer let alone in the same area. A decision was finally made and it was by district. Glimmer was still whining as she wanted to sleep with Cato. Lover boy takes one tent on his own or until they get a new ally. Cato took two sleeping bags and two blankets and dragged Clove to the biggest tent. No one objected with that as they knew if they did it would mean their death.
Cato laid out his sleeping bag on the right side and Clove laid her sleeping bag on the left side. She took a bag and inside the tent and filled it with necessary items like food, water, med kit and extra knives. Cato did the same and placed his bag in the middle of them.
"2 kills only, Princess?" Cato grins
"Shut up, I could have killed Fire Girl but you wouldn't let me" Clove scowls
"I killed 6 and you killed 2? I guess I am better than you" Cato grins
"This is just the first day of the games, Cato. Don't go to ahead of yourself. I am still faster and smarter than you" Clove grins
"You almost could have died back there. I told you, you wouldn't last a day without me" Cato grins
"Shut up, I didn't need your help!" Clove shouts
"Clearly, you did" Cato grins
"I never asked for your help but you on the other hand were a bit slow reaching the weapons, you still needed me to throw it to you, pathetic" Clove grins
"Shut up, I never asked for your help" Cato said
"And yet you accepted it" Clove said
"Don't go too ahead of yourself, Cleverwood" Cato scowls
"Same thing to you, Wood!" Clove shouts
"Want to settle this here and now?" Cato says
"Like you can kill me" Clove says
Cato wrestles Clove. They both use the tips and teachings Marvin taught them. They were clearly having fun but in the viewer's eyes they were fighting to the death. The tent was too small for them as they rolled out of their tent. Glimmer eyes widen as she sees them fighting
"Stop it!" Glimmer pleads
"What the hell are you two doing?" Marvel shouts
Cato and Clove shrugs off what they said and continues to fight. Clove takes out a knife and cuts his skin. Cato knows it was nothing but to the others watching they think that it was a fatal hit.
"Clove!" Glimmer shouts
Cato takes out his sword and tries to stab Clove but she turns her head just in time and it scratches her face. Clove knows that it was nothing but a little scar but to everyone it was a dangerous hit.
"Cato!" Marvel shouts
They both rolled on the ground when something catches Clove's eyes. Clove turns her head and Cato stops to see what she's looking at. He stands up and sees nothing. Clove stands up and throws a knife on the ground and a scream came out. Clove grins and everyone walks to the side of the Cornucopia and sees a boy.
"What were you doing there?" Clove grins
"I'm sorry! Please don't kill me" the boy pleads
"We won't kill you if what you can do can help us" Cato says
Clove looks at Cato with glares and she knew that he was on to something so she let him be.
"Cato, what are you doing?" Glimmer asks
Clove rolls her eyes and says "Just shut up, Glimmer"
The boy frantically looks around and sees their supplies. His eyes now calm and relaxed and he says "I can protect your supplies!"
"Anyone can do that" Marvel says
"No, not like that. Remember, there are mine bombs in those 24 platforms. I can take them out and surround them in your supplies and reactivate them. If one tribute steps on it, he or she will explode" the boy says
Clove and Cato's eyes widen in shock. None of them knew that they could actually use the platform bombs as a weapon
"You're in, what's your name?" Cato asks
"Michael" He says
"You sleep in the same tent as lover boy. Everyone get some rest, tonight we hunt for tributes" Cato says as he turns around and walks towards his tent
"Consider yourself lucky kid, We won't kill you just yet" Clove teases and turns around and enters her tent
"Good luck" Glimmer says as she winks and enters her tent followed by Marvel
"Let's go" Lover boy says as he shows the way to his tent.
Clove entered the tent and saw Cato lying down on his sleeping bag
"Tired already?" Clove grins
"Shut up, I want to have my full strength tonight" Cato scowls
Clove rolls her eyes and lays down on her sleeping bag and holds a knife.
"Thanks for a while ago…" Clove mutters
Cato grins and says "No problem, I knew anyway that you would need me"
"Don't get carried away, Wood" Clove says
"Rest up, Clove. We hunt tonight" Cato grins
Clove doesn't answer as she falls asleep quickly. Cato grins and drifts off to sleep as well, sword in hand. It was a long morning for them and afternoon hit quickly. All the tributes must be hunting for one another. Cato knew that all the tributes would have used all their strength in the afternoon and they would lower their guard at night. The perfect time to strike. All of them slept soundly as they knew that it was going to be a long night.
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