"Ugh, but Cato!" Glimmer whined.
Cato ran a hand over his face and sighed, "What Glimmer?" he asked impatiently.
He was so sick of hearing her voice complain about every little thing they've done so far. It started about half an hour ago when they cleared out to let the hovercrafts pick up the bodies from the bloodbath.
"I thought I was getting the bow!" her voice shrilled.
Clove rolled her eyes, "Can you even shoot?" she drawled lazily. She was getting fed up as well.
"Of course I can!" Glimmer huffed.
"Fine. Lane give the bow to Glimmer." Cato said tiredly, "Here." He handed her an axe. Lane nodded and secured it to her weapons belt.
"Alright. Clove, sort the food. Lane, sort the clothes, Marvel, sort the other supplies, and Glimmer, gather up all the bags and weapons around the cornucopia. I'll sort out the weapons." Cato announced. Everyone except Glimmer nodded and began to sort out their respected things.
Glimmer latched onto his arm, "Cato…I wanted to sort out the clothes! How come—"
Suddenly Glimmer shrieked as a knife came whizzing past her head slicing a couple of strands off one of her pigtails.
"If you don't shut up, I will cut off your tongue, roast it over a fire, and make you eat it." Clove hissed as she picked up her knife. Glimmer nodded quickly and scurried off to get the scattered supplies.
Around what appeared to be midday the cannons announcing the deaths of the day shot out. Clove counted them off on her fingers. 12.
Marvel let out a low whistle, "Half of the competition gone." He smirked.
"In about a week so will the other half." Everyone except Cato turned to look at Clove. She didn't look up from what she was doing though. Marvel's smirk had disappeared, Glimmer looked frightened again, and Lane just gulped.
Suddenly they heard a screeching noise coming from Cato's direction. They looked over to see him sliding two swords against each other.
"Get back to work." He said grimly and returned back to his piles. Everyone else looked at each other briefly before going back to what they were doing.
Soon it was dark and all of the supplies at the Cornucopia were sorted and separated into piles. Just then the seal of the Capitol lit up the virtual night sky and the anthem played showing the faces of the dead.
Lane looked patiently at the sky to see if her newly found friend and district partner had survived the first night. When she didn't see his face she relaxed. She felt eyes on her and she looked up to see Clove with a raised eyebrow staring pointedly at her. Lane swallowed and blinked a few times before looking away. Clove just narrowed her eyes but otherwise went back to sharpening her knives.
"I'll take first watch." Cato said sitting across the fire from her.
Clove didn't look up, she simply sat there continuing to sharpen her already deadly knives. Cato threw a piece of fruit at her head. Before it could hit her she raised her knife in the air slicing it in half. She glared at him while he smirked. He wanted her attention and he got it.
"I said…I'll take first watch." He repeated himself.
She rolled her eyes, "I heard you the first time. I'm not tired."
"Fine, suit yourself."
After a few minutes Clove spoke.
"So what's the plan?" she asked putting her knife in one of her many jacket pockets.
Cato sighed, "Why are you asking me, you're the brains remember? I just supply the muscles."
Clove blinked at him slowly, "Amusing. Seriously, what are we doing?"
"Well I was thinking that we go scouting for the lake tomorrow. I saw an outline this morning through the trees. When the alliance is over we'll have a secure water source." He answered.
She nodded, "Sounds good. Speaking of alliances though, how are we going get rid of the others? I'm pretty sure we'll meet up with them again eventually."
Cato bit his lip in thought, "I haven't thought that far yet. We'll figure that out later…you sure you're not tired?" he asked again.
Clove smirked, "I'm fine. I still got about a couple more hours in me."
"Alright then. I'm turning in. Wake me up if something happens."
She nodded in response and he disappeared into the mouth of the Cornucopia.
"If you need anything Miss Everdeen we have Avoxes stationed in the kitchen." Snow's assistant said gesturing towards the far side of the room.
Katniss nodded in thanks.
"If that's all, good day Miss Everdeen." The woman said walking out of the apartment.
Katniss took another look around her new living arrangement and sighed. It was much too big for her. Everything was so spacious. Teal colored walls with a huge window overlooking the Capitol. The kitchen was probably the only reasonably sized area in the entire apartment. She didn't even want to know what the bathrooms would look like. There were even two bedrooms, each hosting a king-sized bed. What the other one was for, she had no idea…that is until she heard the front door opening.
She turned around to see a dirty-blonde haired male with beautiful eyes. They made eye contact and his smile was breathtaking. Katniss' jaw dropped as she recognized who he was. He looked so different in person. She shook her head a couple of times to get a sentence out.
"Katniss Everdeen." She said walking up to him.
He simply smirks and his eyes twinkle, "I know who you are, but since we're being polite. I'm…"
A/N: So sorry I had to end it there but that's a little of what I've written so far. School started up a few days ago and I'm already loaded with homework. Why I decided to take Pre-Calculus, Chemistry, and AP Language Arts my junior year, I'll never understand…not to mention sports ugh. ANYWAYS, I'll try to post something over the weekend that's much longer and more like what you guys are used to getting. I just wanted you guys to see what happened after the Cornucopia and a little bit of Katniss' situation. Who do you think the mystery guy is? Leave your guesses in a review :). Thanks again for the follows, favs, and reviews guys! Seriously you're all amazing and I will NOT be giving up on this story, PROMISE :))!
Til' next time.
~Alis-May
P.S. I'm going to start thanking and replying to the reviews on here because I'm getting some Anons. So if you left a review, here's my response to you guys! If you didn't then feel free to skip this.
Big Thanks to- xxPaige23xx, .United, and Strawberryluv for the reviews!
Cato Lover 101: Honestly you are one of the most dedicated readers I have and I'm soo sorry for the late update! I'll make the next one extra long just for you ;). Thanks for the review, it definitely helped motivate me.
Bellanator116: If I told you then it wouldn't be a surprise ahah.
