Just to tell everyone, I won't be placing titles in the chapters from now on. It's becoming bothersome to think of titles. Haha. Sorry! :( It will also tell you that if it has a chapter, the games hasn't started yet but if it doesn't have a chapter the games has started! I hope everyone gets it :)
Chapter 11:
Clove instantly wakes up. She placed back her knife in the vest and looked to her right where Cato was supposed to be sleeping. She blinks twice to clear her vision, when it does, she finds out that Cato is missing. She looks from left to right and thought, Cato? Cato? Cato! Where are you? Shit. I thought he promised me not to go anywhere without me! Cato, where are you? Please don't be dead! Shit. Shit. Shit. He promised me that he wouldn't leave my side!
Clove takes out her knife once again and exits the tent and sees Glimmer and Cato sitting by the fire. She crouches down so as not to disturb them as she listens to their conversation.
"Why do we have to ally up with those two weaklings?" Glimmer asks as she stands up and stretches
Cato doesn't even turn to look at her and says "Lover boy, will tell us everything about Fire Girl and the boy from 3 will guard are supplies. Weren't you listening? Use your ears, damn it."
Clove grins and continues to listen. "Don't be like that, Cato!" Glimmer says in a sweet tone. Cato shrugs off what she says and stands up.
"Where are you goi - -" Glimmer said as she tripped and accidentally (purposely) claimed Cato's lips.
Clove's eyes widen, she takes another knife out of her vest and tightens her grip on both knives.
Cato caught Glimmer and their lips collided. Clove's blood boiled. She couldn't handle this so she ran off to the woods not caring if they saw her but she doubted it since they were too busy making out. Cato opened his eyes and pushed Glimmer away and said "What the f**k are you doing?"
Glimmer blushes deep red and says "You liked it…" Cato shrugs off what she says and points his sword right at her and said "Go back to your tent"
Cato walks back without another word and he wipes his lips from their accidental kiss. He enters the tent and finds out that Clove is missing. He looks from left to right and sees that she left her bag. He opens the bag and sees that none of her stuff were missing, all the knives were still there, all the food, all the medicine and all the water. Cato starts to panic and thinks to himself, Clove! Clove! Where are you? God, She promised me that she wouldn't go anywhere without me! Damn it, Clove! Shit. She said she wouldn't leave my side ever and what does she do? Goddamn it. Clove, where are you?
He exits his tent and tightens his grip on his sword. His blood boiling into extreme heat, he's furious and is about to explode. Not thinking he shouts "CLOVE!"
Marvel exits his tent spear in hand. Lover Boy and the other boy comes out too with a very tired expression on their face
"Cato, what's wrong?" Glimmer asks
"Where's Clove?" Cato says angrily as he grabs Glimmer by the neck making her unable to breathe.
"I-I d-don't know… I-I w-was w-with you… a-a-all t-th-this t-t-time!" Glimmer says
Cato throws Glimmer to the ground and goes over to Lover boy and the boy. He picks both of them up by his hands and shouts at them "WHERE'S. CLOVE!"
The boys try to answer Cato but his grip on their necks was too tight that they weren't able to speak.
"ANSWER ME!" Cato shouts
"W-we d-don't know! W-we w-were inside t-the tent all this time!" Lover boy says
Cato was furious now, he throws the two boys on the ground and high tails it for the forest. Marvel runs after him and stops him and says "She might be dead, Cato"
Cato's eyes widen in anger. He grabs Marvel by the neck and tightens his grip and says "DON'T EVER SAY THAT" Cato tightens his grip more making Marvel unable to breath, The capitol theme song plays and he releases his grip and throws Marvel on the ground. Everyone turns their attention to the screen and sees both tributes from 4, the boy from 5, both tributes from 6,7,8 and 9 and the girl from 10.
Cato tightens his grip on his sword and high tails it to the forest and looks for Clove. She's not yet dead, she's still alive. Clove, where are you? Why did you run off like that? Clove! Clove! Clove! Shit. When I find that girl she's going to pay for leaving without telling me.
Marvel gasps for air and sighs "Let's go, Boy from 3 you stay here and guard the supplies. We'll be back soon. Glimmer, Lover Boy Let's go find them"
Glimmer nods as she takes her bow and arrow and runs after Marvel. Lover Boy points the weapon rack to the boy and followed after.
Clove was still running until she sees a tribute resting. She sneaks up on him and sits on top of him. The boy's eyes widen in fear, as he was about to scream Clove covered his mouth and pointed a knife on his throat.
"I have a lot of pent up anger inside of me, Please be a good prey and stay still while I release all my f***ing anger on you" Clove says angrily
The boy shakes his head frantically and tries to beg his way out of this mess.
Clove takes out one knife. She grabs his arms and places it on top of his head and stabs it with her knife so as to secure the boy's arm. The boy screams in pain as his hands were pierced by her knife. Clove stares at the boy and sees that he was tearing up
"They say when boy cries it's a turn on for girls but in my district when you cry your pathetic, a worthless pathetic tribute" Clove says angrily. The guy whimpers in pain as he tries to kick Clove away. She then takes out two knives and stabs each foot down. The guy once again screams in pain.
"What district are you from?" Clove teases. The guy doesn't answer as he whimpers in pain.
"Still trying to bring honour to your district by not crying out loud? I applaud you for that. Oh, look at that I have four knives left. Let's see what I can do with you" Clove teases as she stands up and takes the four knives out. She looks down on her prey and sees him so helpless.
"Any last words?" Clove teases
The boy whispers and says "Just kill me already…"
"Pathetic, your nothing but a shameful tribute to your district" Clove shouts as she throws all four knives at him. One landed on his stomach, another landed on his heart, another landed on his throat and the last one landed on his head. His canon fires and Clove stares at the boy she just killed
Cato hears a canon fire as he stops and looks around. That can't be Clove. Please tell me it isn't Clove! Please tell me!" Cato thought as he runs faster and looks for Clove
Clove takes all of her knives swiftly and moves on so that the hovercraft could take his body. When she thinks that she was far enough she sits down and leans on a tree with her knives by her side.
That b***h! Who does she think she is? Kissing Cato… and then there's Cato kissing back feeling like he's kissing me. I knew everything was a trick, I shouldn't have fallen for it. I feel stupid. Cato likes Glimmer, why did I f***ing trust him last night? Why did I believe him! I'm so stupid. Clove thought. She gets a knife and stabs it in the ground hard. Then there was a beeping sound, she turns her head, looks left and right and sees a white parachute falling from the sky. She grabs it and opens it and sees a note saying:
I told you I would return your knives when you most need it. Get your head in the game, Cleverwood. Don't give a f**k about that stupid blonde b***h from one. Kill her when you think the time is right. Prodigy gave the other stuff. There's two long cases inside, give those to Cato. Remember its kill or be killed.
Clove sees the knives Enobaria took, she grins at the sky and says "I hate you, Enobaria. I really do" She chuckles and takes out all the knives and sees pockets and cases. She raises up her sleeves and places in two arm bands, in each arm band there were knives. She places on two wrist bands and each wrist band were 3 middle sized needles. Then she takes off her belt and places in a case for the back and cases for her waist. She places in two knives at the back of her waist and she places in one knife in each side of her waist. She then wears the leg bands and in each leg band were two knives. Then she inserts in each boot one knife. She then places two knives in the pony tail Prodigy made for her. Then she cleans the knives she used for the boy and places them in her vest with the rest of her knives. She takes the last two huge cases and placed it in her pocket for Cato. She stands up and grins and says "You know me too well, Prodigy. Thanks"
"CLOVE! CLOVE!" Cato shouts
Clove turns to the direction she hears and sees Cato running straight at her. When Cato arrived he quickly carried Clove into a tight hug. Clove's eyes widen and hugs him back. Cato pushes Clove hard so that she's leaning on the tree and he punches the side just inches away from Clove's face
"Cato, what are you doing here?" Clove asked
"Me? SHOULDN'T THAT BE A QUESTION YOU SHOULD ANSWER? Damn it, Clove. I thought you were dead!" Cato shouted
"Me, Die? You're underestima – " Clove was cut off when Cato held her shoulders and looked her in the eyes and said "Shut up, Clove! Stop f***ing playing around! This is serious! I was worried as hell, you f***ing promised me that you wouldn't leave my f***ing side!" Cato shouted
Clove stared back into Cato's dark blue eyes and said "Did you think I had a choice? What was I supposed to f***ing do? YOU WERE SMOOCHING YOUR ASS OF WITH THAT B***H. If I stayed any longer I could have f***ing killed her so I had to run away from the two of you who was making in out in front of the whole f***ing world!" Clove shouted
"It was an acci - -" Cato was cut off when Clove shouted back "DON'T F***ING TELL ME THAT IT WAS AN ACCIDENT! IF IT WAS THEN YOU SHOULD HAVE PULLED AWAY, CLEARLY YOU ENJOYED IT AND DIDN'T GIVE A F**K - -" Clove was cut off when Cato crashed his lips with hers. Clove's eyes widen, she tries to resist and struggle away from Cato. He didn't back down and held Clove tightly, She gave up and kissed back and wrapped her arms around his neck. Cato carried Clove and he smashed her against the tree. She wrapped her legs around his waist and pushed his head closer to her. They both pulled away and Clove leaned her head on Cato's forehead.
"I'm still f***ing mad at you" Clove said
"I know, you always are" Cato grins
"Why did you kiss her? You promised me that you wouldn't kiss her…" Clove mutters
"I'm sorry, Princess… I swear, it was disgusting, nobody can kiss like you" Cato grins
"Shut up, Wood" Clove scowls
"And to prove it to you how much I enjoyed our kiss, I'm about to do it again" Cato grins as he moves in closer when Clove stops him
"We're watched like a hawk, Cato. Remember? Enobaria doesn't want a love story between the careers" Clove says
"Who gives a f**k about Enobaria. Do you even care about the cameras, Clove?" Cato grins
Clove smiles and says "Never did, never will"
Clove crashes her lips with Cato's as he kisses back roughly. She pushes him closer and her other hand plays with his hair. Cato's arms were sealed in her waist keeping her safe. Clove pulled away as she needed to gasp for air while Cato placed her down
"I guess the whole world knows that District 12 isn't the only star crossed lovers here" Clove chuckles
"Who cares…" Cato says as he entwines his hand with hers
"Clove, you have to promise me that you won't leave my side ever again. Please" Cato said
"Fine. Oh, speaking of Enobaria she wanted to give you this" Clove said as she gave him the two long cases
"What's this?" Cato asks
"She also gave this" Clove said as she took out two swords
Cato grins and takes the sword from Clove, he wears the two huge cases and it formed an X pattern. Clove placed in the swords in their cases and she grinned.
"When did you get this?" Cato asked
"A while ago, when I killed a tribute" Clove says
"You killed a tribute without me?" Cato glared
"Out of anger, I had to" Clove chuckles
"What did you get?" Cato asked as he tightened his grip on his sword
"All the knives Enobaria took from me" Clove grinned
Clove showed Cato all her knives that were neatly placed and he grinned. They were ready to kill.
"Let's go back" Cato said
Clove sighed as they started to walk back. It wasn't a long walk, they met them half way in the forest and Glimmer hugged Cato quickly
"I thought you were dead!" Glimmer said
Cato pushed Glimmer away and said "Did you really think I was that weak?" Glimmer shakes her head quickly with a terrified expression on her face making Clove chuckle.
"Wait, you have more weapons on. I clearly remember that you only brought one sword but now you have 3 and I remember that Clove only had a vest and not those arm bands and other stuff" Marvel said
"It's what you call gifts from the sponsors and I specifically remember that you, Blondie said that you have more sponsors than us but then we got gifts early and you get nothing" Clove teased
"I wish we didn't have to go and look for you" Glimmer glared
"You wouldn't survive without me" Clove glared
"Shut up, I can fight" Glimmer said
"And yet you killed how many tributes? Oh right, NONE" Clove said angrily
"THAT'S IT!" Glimmer shouted as she took out her bow and arrow and released an arrow. Clove turned her head and dodged the arrow safely.
"I told you, a bow and an arrow won't kill me" Clove said as she took out a knife from her vest and charged for Glimmer but once again, Cato stopped her and stepped in while Marvel tried his best to calm Glimmer down.
"Clove, relax! She's not worth it" Cato said. Clove rolled her eyes and placed the knife back in its proper place.
"Look!" Lover boy said as he pointed to the far right of the forest where smoke was coming out
"There's are first victim, Let's go" Cato said as he started running to that direction followed by Clove then Lover Boy then Marvel with Glimmer.
They tried to run quietly but Lover boy's steps were heavier and noisier than Glimmer's.
"Can't you run anymore quietly?" Clove scowls at Lover Boy
"Sorry…" Lover boy says
"All of you, Shut up!" Cato scowls as they get closer and closer to the tribute that lit the fire.
Clove took out a knife and was about to throw when Cato stopped her again
"What now?" Clove scowls under her breath
"She's my kill. You've already gotten your fun" Cato grins as he tightens his grip on his sword. Clove rolls her eyes and places the knife back and sits down.
"Nobody interferes. She's mine" Cato says
The girl tribute sits down faced backwards to Cato. Cato sneaks in behind her and holds his sword tightly. Clove grins and she throws the knife right in front of the girl. The girl jumps and takes the knife. She turns her head and jumps backwards to see a Career standing right in front of her eyes
"Where do you think you're going with that?" Cato teases
"I'm sorry! Here take it. Please don't kill me. Please!" the girl pleads
"And why should I?" Cato asks
"I have a little sister back home! Please don't kill me please!" the girl pleads
Cato grins and grabs her by the neck and glares "Not good enough…"
"NO.. NO.. NO!" The girl screams as Cato slashes her with his sword. He throws her in the ground and laughs. Everyone else went out from their hiding and joined in the laughter at the pathetic girl on the ground bleeding to death.
"Poor girl, No, Don't kill me please!" Glimmer laughs as she imitates what the girl said
"Had your fun?" Clove chuckles as she takes her knife from the girl while she places it back and kicks the girl's body
"Why did you interfere? Cato said not to interfere! You must be deaf!" Glimmer shouted
"Who gives a damn? He can't kill me anyway" Clove grins and chuckles
"Shut up, Cleverwood. Let's go before the body starts to stink up" Cato says. They all walk back to their camp when Marvel suddenly stops and says "Shouldn't have we heard a canon by now?" They all stopped talking and thought about it.
"I'd say yes, There's nothing to prevent them from sounding the canon immediately" Clove says
I wonder why the canon hasn't sounded off yet, The girl was dead. I saw it myself… Clove thought.
"Unless she's not yet dead…" Marvel says
Clove glares at Marvel and thought What the hell is wrong with him? He saw it with his own eyes! Cato slashed the girl, he's just upset that he didn't get to kill her.
"She's dead! I slashed her myself" Cato defends himself angrily
"Then where's the canon?" Marvel scowls
"Someone should go back to make sure that the girl is really dead. We don't need to track her down twice" Glimmer says
Clove looks at Cato and sees his eyes burning with anger. He's about to explode any minute. I need to calm him down before he kills them but on the other hand. A Dead Glimmer is fine with me but it wouldn't be satisfying when he's the one that killed her. It should be me… Clove thought
"I TOLD YOU SHE'S DEAD!" Cato says angrily. Marvel and Glimmer team up together against Cato and Clove.
"We're not that far away! Just go and check, Wood!" Marvel shouted
"Didn't you see where Cato slashed the girl? Were you closing your eyes that time or are you just blind? Even if she isn't dead that girl can barely stand up. She'll die sooner or later, Cato got her right in her chest. That's a fatal hit. Open your goddamn eyes!" Clove shouts angrily
"Let's just check!" Marvel yells
"NO, I told you she's dead. We're moving on!" Cato says angrily as he tightens his grip on his sword
Clove turns to see Cato and thought, Another word from them, they'll be dead and I won't be there to help them. I'll join in the fun in killing them. Who are they to judge us like that? They're just pathetic tributes from District 1 who only cares about jewellery and fame. They're both pathetic!
"We're wasting time! I'll go and check on the girl. You guys move on" Lover boy says
"Fine, Go and have a look Lover Boy. See for yourself" Cato scowls. Clove pats Cato's shoulders and he turns to look at her and he sees her comforting yet deadly eyes staring at him. He knew that she was trying her best to calm her down so he released the tension in his shoulders making Clove smile even for just a little bit.
Who are they to doubt me like that? If Marvel didn't saved my life back there I could have killed him and Glimmer who is she to doubt me? She's pathetic after all that flirting she comes in and doubts me. I'll kill her next but I don't think Clove would like that so I'll leave Glimmer to Clove and then there's lover boy, who comes in and saves the day. If he only doesn't have the information we need I could have killed him here and now. When they have proven their worth, I'm going to kill them one by one and they'll regret doubting me and pissing me off. Cato thought
"Can't we kill him already?" Glimmer asks sweetly
"No, We can't kill him yet besides he's handy with the knife but I'm still better though" Clove says
"And he's our best chance of finding her" Marvel adds
"Why? Do you think that girl really fell for that disgusting romance stuff?"
"A tribute like her from district 12 would. She's simple-minded and stupid" Clove says as she covers her mouth and adds "Every time I think about her twirling in that stupid fire dress of hers, I want to puke and kill her. I mean a sissy and girly girl like her is mocking the shit out of me and Cato"
"I wish I knew how she got that 11…" Glimmer sighs
"That's why, Lover Boy is here. I'm sure he knows. After all he told the whole world about his love for that girl, he should surely know what that girl is capable of" Marvel says
The careers turned their heads to the sound of Lover Boy's loud footsteps as it goes silent
"Was she dead?" Cato scowls
Cato, never said a word about are topic a while ago. I wonder what he was thinking about… Maybe he's trying his best to calm down after Lover Boy had to go and finish the girl. God, I want to hug him tightly right now but I can't. That blonde girl and her partner are here. I wish they were both dead so that me and Cato could be alone together… Clove thought.
"No, but she is now" Lover boy responds and her canon fires
"Let's go" Cato says as he starts to run and Clove follows him making sure that she was by his side, followed by Glimmer then Marvel then Lover boy. Clove looks at Cato and sees that his eyes were still dark blue and she thought He's definitely upset about the fact that Lover Boy finished off the girl. Cato only breaks into a fast sprint when he's in a foul mood like now. I've got to keep up with him to make sure that's he's alright. Anything can happen to him once he's in this state…
Everyone tries their best to keep up with Cato's speed. Clove's having an easy time but her legs were starting to ache and give in. She wasn't the kind of girl to complain so she stays quiet. Marvel slows down and is starting to breath heavier. While Glimmer and Lover Boy stops and collapses on the ground
"Cato, slow down!" Glimmer shouts as she stands up and gasps for air
Cato and Clove stops as they turn around and gasp for air as well.
I'm kind of relieved that she said that. My legs are about to give in… You finally did something right, Blondie. Clove thought. "Are we going too fast for you?" Clove chuckles making Cato grin. He takes a look at Clove and sees her breathing heavily and gasping for air as well. Acting all tough, Clove? I know that you're legs are about to give in but I have to praise you for keeping up with me. Cato thought as a smirk forms in his face
"What the hell are you smirking around for?" Clove snaps at Cato making him chuckle
"Let's keep going" Cato says as he starts walking.
The sun has come up and not a single sign of a tribute. As they kept on walking and walking, Clove took the opportunity to ask some questions to Lover Boy. She slows down her pace so as to be in the same pace as Lover Boy.
"Lover Boy, I've got questions for you and I expect them to be answered" Clove said
"Uhh, Okay?" Lover boy mutters.
"Your girlfriend, what's the deal with her? How did she get an 11? In training she did nothing but stay in the survival sections" Clove asks
"Simple. She was hiding all her skills from all of you. Our mentor told us to keep it low profile, not to reveal anything and to only reveal them in private sessions" Lover boy says
"What is she good at?" Clove asks
"She's good at hunting. I've seen her sometimes in our district hunting with only a knife and some rope. That's all I know" Lover boy says
"Better than me?" Clove asks
"I'm not sure, I haven't seen her fight with a knife up close" Lover boy says
Clove rolls her eyes and says "Do you know where she is?"
"No, although our mentor said tall grasses and tall trees are a good place to hide as long as you have the right equipment" Lover boy says
Clove studies his face, making sure that he wasn't lying and for some reason she believed him and thought, Maybe he never did care about that girl or maybe he realizes that if he lies to us, we will kill him so he chooses his own life instead of hers. If I were in a situation like this, I would do whatever it takes to protect Cato and not sell him out to the others. I would hide a lot of things and make up the other stuff just to make sure that he's safe. I don't care about my life as long as Cato is alive and has the crown. Either way I learned something about Fire Girl and I need to tell Cato right away…
Clove quickens her pace and is now finally beside Cato. When they reached their camp site, they see the boy messing with the plate bombs. They all collapse in front of the fire and breathe heavily.
"Hey Michael! Get us some food would you?" Glimmer says sweetly and the boy obeys. He brings them each a plastic box with food and water and he returns to messing with mine bombs. Everyone finishes their meal and Cato and Clove go to their tents without saying another word.
Clove quickly lays down on her sleeping bag and sighs. While Cato sits down facing her, watching her soft expression.
"What are you looking at?" Clove asks
"Your face, nothing more" Cato grins
"Flirting with me, Cato? You know that won't work" Clove grins as she sits up facing the other tent
"I'm not flirting. The whole world already knows that were together so who cares" Cato says as he gives Clove a back hug. Clove leans on his chest and entwines her fingers with his.
"I've learned a lot about the fire girl" Clove says
"Tell me" Cato says as he plays with Clove's brown hair.
"According to Lover Boy when we were training their mentor told them to keep a low profile or to not reveal their skills but sadly Lover boy showed his skills to us but Fire Girl didn't. He said that she's good at hunting so she won't starve like the other tributes and he also said that she's good with a knife and some rope but I doubt it that she's as great as me. Their mentor also told them to hide in the areas with tall grasses and tall trees if they have the right equipment" Clove says
"Interesting" Cato says as he continues to play with Clove's hair
"What I don't understand is, If he really loved that girl then why did he sell her out to us so quickly? He should have at least thought about it but he didn't. He cared for his own life rather than hers. If the situations were turned around and I was in his shoes I would never sell you out, Cato. I would make up every single lie in the book just to keep you safe. I'd even risk my own life just to see you win." Clove says as she turns around and faces Cato
Cato grins and says "You wouldn't have to do those things for me, Clove because I'll be the one doing those things for you. I would never sell you out like Lover Boy over there even if it costs me my life" Cato says
Clove grins and rolls her eyes and claims Cato's lips. Cato kisses back roughly and Clove pulled away saying "So much for them being the star crossed lovers". Cato shrugs off what she says and claims her lips once again.
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