CHAPTER 14 :

"Hey, Wake up. It's almost dawn." Thresh says. I sat up and gathered all our stuff and set out for the cornucopia. We walk as quietly as we can so that we won't attract other tributes. We arrive at the cornucopia and I see a table set up in front. I see only two bags. One says CHINA/ UK and the other says, PORTUGAL/PANEM/PHILIPPINES. Just then I realize, Cato and I are the only original pair left and there's a huge possibility that today's the finale. "Only five of us are left huh?" I say. "Yeah." Cato says. "Do you know what this means?" Thresh asks. "The finale" I say.

It's been fifteen minutes and Marvel hasn't shown up yet. "I think they're waiting for us to make the first move." Cato says. That's it. I can't avenge Rue's death by just hiding here. So I stood up. Ran towards the center of the cornucopia and I see Cato and Thresh follow me. Thresh grabs our bag and just when he was about to say something, a spear goes through his chest.

*BOOM*

"Thresh!" I scream. Lei runs toward me and throws the knife. I dodge it and she throws another one and it hits my shoulder. I shoot an arrow but she moves out of the way. I'm about to load my bow but she tackled me on the ground. I kick her side and she groans and she punches me in the face. She didn't pin my hands down so I got to punch her in the eye. She stands up and so do I.

I have a broken nose so far and Lei has a bruise forming on her eye. She's about to lunge toward me but then I remembered a skill Madge, Jannie and Kayla taught me in gym class which you can use to defend yourself.

I do a back handspring hitting Lei on the jaw. I recover from it and grab the bow and arrows and shoot her at the head and…. BOOM….. She's dead.

I turn to help Cato with his fight. By the looks of it, Marvel is nothing without his spear. Sure he can throw a punch or two but not enough to knock someone out cold. Cato sees me and smiles. "Want to do the honors?" He asks. I nod. "This, is for Thresh." I say. And I shot his thigh and he cries out in pain. "And this is for Rue." I load an arrow and aim for his heart.

*BOOM*

He's gone. We're alive. Which means, we won. The Hunger Games in just six days. This is probably the shortest Hunger Games ever done.

"CONGRATULATIONS TO THE VICTORS OF THE FIRST HUNGER GAMES!" Claudius Templesmith's voice booms over the arena.

We we're picked up by a hovercraft that takes us back to the Capitol. Once we reach the Capitol, we were flooded with questions like, "What's the feeling of being the new victors?" or "Did you two know each other before the Games started?" or "What did you feel when the little girl died?" but the media were waved off by Effie and Haymitch saying that Cato and I needs our rest.

….

I wake up with a soft knock on the door. "It's open." I say. Cato come in with a breakfast tray. "Good Morning sleeping beauty." He says. Sleeping beauty? What's with him this morning? "Okay what did you eat?" I ask him suspiciously. He never does this. He's the type of guy to give you a wakeup call. Weird.

"You know I still haven't forgotten that you impregnated Glimmer after you told me you love me." I say.

"But she's dead and I feel ashamed. I'm sorry." He says.

"Love is never having to say you're sorry." I say. He looked at me wide eyed.

"I love you." He says.

"And don't say love when you don't really mean it." I say.

"I do mean it." He cups my face in to his large hands and kissed me.

"Break it up love birds it's time to get ready for you interviews." Haymitch says while leaning on the door frame, smirking.

An: Hello! I finished the Games already because I have something planned for this story! Suggestions are very much appreciated. Sometimes, I also run out of ideas and look at your reviews and some gave me ideas and I continued them. Anyway, I'm sorry if you think this is a short chapter and it seems liked I rushed the games. Christmas is coming soon and I wanted to do a Christmas special.

I watched Love Story yesterday and got two lines. First was "Love is never having to say you're sorry." and "Don't say love when you don't really mean it." so yeah mushy isn't it? Credits to Love Story for those lines.

To all the families affected by the Connecticut shooting, our prayers are with you and remember that God let this happen for a reason and this is a situation that is supposed to strengthen you. BE STRONG AND TRUST IN GOD.