Yay we're getting closer! We're almost done. Now I just need to come up with a clever title for the next one. R & R!

At dawn, we begin our journey. There are only four left. We can do this. I'm slow with my leg, but I can run if needed.

We stop late morning to get something to eat. Ty goes hunting, while I collect berries.

I find a large bush of a dark purple berry. They look fine so I take my jack and fashion into some kind of carrier. I have a good amount so I put my stash by a tree and try to find Ty.

I head blindly in one direction. My thoughts are interrupted by the cannon. Ty!

When I get back to the tree, Ty is there kicking stuff around, his face shiny with tears.

"Ty? Are you ok?" His head snaps up and he runs and pulls me into a hug.

"Where were you? I thought you died! Do you know what kind of berries these are? They're nightlock! You could have died!" He's still crying with me bundled up in his arms.

I smile and squeeze him back. "I'm fine. I didn't know. I just went looking for you."

His face grows softer and he leans down for a kiss. Then he looks up confused. "Than who died? It surely couldn't have been Cato. Foxface?"

I think about this. I look down at the berries. At least half of them are missing. I look behind the bush and there she is. She isn't covered in blood, but her mouth is purple. She had eaten the berries.

Ty sighs. "She ate the berries. They're deadly. Can kill in less than a minute."

The truth hits me. I killed her. I've refrained from killing anyone this entire two weeks. "I killed her. It was me."

Ty gives me a small smile. "Yes, but indirectly. But, hey. That's one step closer to home. Okay?" I can only nod numbly.

We continue on for what seems like hours. My leg is very swore and I can tell Ty is getting impatient with my current speed.

I sigh. "You know, you could just go on without me. I can catch up."

He shakes his head, "That's not happening. We have no idea where Cato is. He could be following us for all we know."

That was great timing. Right after the words fell out of his mouth a twig snapped. We both spun around. Standing there was a terrible monster. It was like a giant wolf. It looked so familiar. It had blonde hair and green eyes. Glimmer. It had her eyes. Could those really be her eyes?

Before I could stop myself, a scream for bloody murder poured off my lips.

Ty was quick to respond. He picked me up bridal-style and ran.

Two more mutts came out. Then one more. I kept screaming. I knew that wasn't helping our situation, but I just couldn't keep it in.

We came to the clearing and the Cornucopia came into view. I could tell Ty was tiring, but he kept going.

We came to golden mass and Ty boosted me up and followed after I was safe. Ty was shooting them all with arrows, but it didn't faze them.

That's when Cato came running from the lake. He was followed by eight other mutts. He wouldn't make it. He couldn't. Could he?

I felt a sudden sharp pain on my ankle. I looked down to see a mutt attached to it. It tugged me down and I screamed. Ty grabbed my arm and kicked the mutt with his foot.

Ty pulled me closer and I cried in his arms.

We stayed like that for a few minutes when I felt something pull me. But it wasn't a mutt. I looked up and saw Cato sneering over me. I screamed and Ty already an arrow notched and aimed at him. Cato had his arm around the front of my shoulders and in his other hand was his spear.

He laughed bitterly. "Go ahead and shoot lover-boy. If you do, I'll take your girlfriend with me."

I was crying, but I was still able to think. If only he'd let go. It hit me. I slowly moved my finger and traced an x over Cato's hand. Ty figured it out. He shot right on target. Cato roared in pain and let go. I ran to Ty. Cato fell off the edge and landed on the ground with the mutts.

We could hear his screams as the mutts dragged him around and tore at his flesh.

I stayed in Ty's arms for two hours. The cannon still hadn't sounded. I couldn't handle it anymore. "Just put him out of his misery," I sobbed.

Ty nodded and notched another arrow. He moved to the edge and aimed. I looked down at Cato and could barely make out his lips mouthing a thank-you. Ty shot and the cannon sounded. The mutts all retreated to the forest. A hovercraft came and picked up the body.

I was laughing and crying at the same time. It was over. We could go home. Home.

A trumpet rings in the air. "Greetings to the final contestants of the Seventy-fourth Hunger Games. The earlier revision has been revoked. Closer examination of the rule book has disclosed that only one winner may be allowed," he says. "Good luck and may the odds be ever in your favor."

I start sobbing again and prepare to jump off the Cornucopia. Ty grabs my wrist. "What the hell do you think you're doing?"

"You have to win, Ty. You have a family to take care of. You have all those little siblings and your mother. My family can take care of itself. It has to be you."

Ty has a look of mixed anger, surprise, and pain. "That's not going to happen, Elodie. If you die, I won't to live without you. Either both of us come out of this arena, or none of us do."

I give him a confused look. "I don't understand."

He sticks his hand in his pocket and pulls out several nightlock berries. I understand. And I agree. I couldn't live without him either.

I nod and take a few berries from him. He looks at me with sad eyes and nods back. "One… two…. three!"

I put the berries in my mouth and hold them for a second. I'm relieved when the trumpet sounds. "Stop! Stop! Ladies and gentlemen, I am pleased to present the victors of the Seventy-fourth Hunger Games, Elodie Wendell and Ty Lockhearst! I give you- the tributes of District Twelve!"