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Will do! Thanks for the review=) Did you know you're review number 299?
Jng1:
I'm glad I got a few people to mention that, I did put it in to make you guys laugh. It is true though. Cool about the form, and thanks for the review!
Rebecca:
Thanks! I'm working on the chapter right now, well by the time you read this it'll be done but you get the point.
Guest:
please update: Aye Aye Captain! I see an update on the horizon. Thanks for the review=)
Guest
3333 plz make gale win!: You guys ask such difficult question/statement thingies, but thanks for the review. You'll find who wins by the end of the story.
Marisa Mellark
Thanks, it should be up in 2 to 3 hours. Um, from now at noon.
Gizzygirl
I feel really honored, I honestly don't know what to say that's the best compliment I have ever gotten. I just realized how short my chapters are after this review and I'm defiantly going to lengthen them. Thank you for reviewing =)
sundragons9
hehe I kind of danced around them didn't I? Thanks for the review!
chips-n-gravy
YAY! It did thicken I was hoping it would. The screamer will be revealed in this chapter. Thanks for wishing me luck at my tournament, but we lost and it was at our school so we had to clean up after the other teams who made a mess. We did get ice cream thought so all is good. Thanks for the review!
Cathryne
I know but it's no fun if everything is all nice and easy. Thanks for the review.
CO COSH
I can't give away my secrets, but it did help thicken the plot.
AliceW
Ahh I don't want to give anything away. I don't know what the end of Katniss' sentence is, I haven't decided (if anyone asks I didn't tell you that). The screamer is revealed in this chapter.
Toner of ShadoWs
I know what you mean, it's never a good sign. Thanks for the review.
C.B. Weasley
Yes! Intense ending was (one of my many) goals, and you don't have to wait for long.
xXCherrydawnXx
Okay, thanks for the review=)
Olive Monster
: It'll stay clean for so many reason the 1st being I'm a christian and I think that breaks then 6th commandments. The 2nd being I'm 13, writing the kiss was hard enough because I'm 13 haven't been kissed, so yeah clean for sure. Since you were the only one who asked I'll have the part in the control room in Cato's pov. It doesn't start out that way though, sorry. Thanks for the review, I did read the whole thing=)
Dramione-Fan 1710/21/12 . chapter 20
A lot of people are asking that, it's going to be in the first few sentences, thanks for reviewing though.
Lilerds13
Another goal completed=) here's # 21!
tissue729
Keep holding on! I'm getting a rope I call chapter 21 it'll save you, I hope.
You-can't-bandage-the-damage
: ASAP. Whatever that means, it must mean 'act swiftly awesome pacyderm'!- Dr. Seuss. Another cliffy question, it's complicated. Thanks for the review.
xxPaige23xx
Thanks!
PatnissEverlark123
Here you go!
Well that took awhile I started at noon now it's 12: 50. But I'm one more review to 300! I'm giddy with excitement. You guys need to thank the presidential race, since we're voting today I have no school so that we could have parent teacher conferences and so the teachers could vote. Now for the story.
RUE
They were gone. I jumped down from the tree I was in, just as I turned around a spear hit my right shoulder and pinned me to the tree. Clove appeared in front of me and I could see Marvel in the distance. Clove smiled cruelly at me and raised her knife to my skin. I screamed as loud as I could.
I jerked awake. I forgot where I was for a minute, until I remembered the cave, Minnie, Gale, Thresh, and that I was safe. For now. Minnie hurried over to me.
"Rue are you okay?" she asked worriedly.
"I'm fine, it was...just a bad..dream," I panted. Minnie hugged me.
"Do you want to talk about it?" she asked softly. I shook my head. Knowing Minnie if I talked about it she would just feel worse.
Thresh walked over and knelt in front of me.
"You okay?" he asked gruffly. I nodded.
"Do you guys mind letting me think for a while?" I asked them. Thresh nodded, but Minnie looked like she was going to arguing. Thresh gently took her wrist and pulled her away from me. A few minutes later I heard her ask, " Hey Thresh it's day three, right?" Thresh nodded.
"How many people died in the bloodbath?" she asked abruptly. Thresh looked a little taken aback, he probably wasn't expecting that.
"Eight died in the bloodbath, one more has died since then," he answered barely audible. After that we were all silent. I kept thinking about my dream, I couldn't help thinking it meant something important.
CATO
"It was just a dream," I stated. I was secretly glad that they were fine, but I was mad I got worried over a bad dream. I turned back to Katniss.
"What were you about to say?" I asked. She shook her head.
"It doesn't matter, it's really not important," she said in a rush. I leaned back and looked at her.
"To me anything you say is important," I said so softly I wouldn't have known I said it if I wasn't the one who said it. I turned my attention to the screen, what's the stupid capitol watching right now.
The screen was showing the boy from six and the girl from four. They were locked in battle, trident vs mace. How the boy got the mace I have no idea. I watched the battle lag on, they were both getting tired, but the girl is a trained career there is no doubt that she's going to win. She stabbed at the boy and his block was a second to slow. The third tip of her trident sank into the boy's rib cage. He screamed and dropped the mace, which was really stupid. After that the girl yanked her trident out and kicked the boy to the ground, she then lifted the trident up and slammed it down on his chest. The cannon went off immediately. Gale, Minnie, Rue, and Thresh sat up. The camera heard Thresh muttered, "Make that two."
The rest of the day was really boring. We ate dinner, and then I took first watch. I actually woke Katniss up this time.
In the morning I went about my usual routine I shower, got dressed, ate breakfast. I walked into the control room and plopped onto the couch.
"Anything interesting happen yet today?" I asked. Katniss shook her head.
"It's unbelievable boring, but that's what happens after the first few days. The tributes that had absolutely no chance are killed, and the hunt for the others starts." We sat there bored till lunch. After we ate Katniss fell asleep.
Nothing happened for another three hours, when Johanna came up. She walked in to the control room and stared at me.
"So you're Cato huh?" she asked. I nodded.
"Why are you up here?"
Johanna shrugged and said,"My tributes are dead, and I can't go home. I'm going to wake up Katniss now." Johanna shook her and shouted some gibberish. Katniss shoot straight up and almost bumped heads with Johanna. They chatted for a while. They talked about the tributes, Prim, their lives, and many completely random topics like how they couldn't believe that the capitolites were so obsessed with a stupid romance novel that doesn't even make sense, more importantly they were complaining that the capitol made them promote it. I half listened to them talk, and I half listened to Flickerman and Templesmith debate who would win the Hunger Games this year. Finally Johanna announced she was going to leave. Katniss walked to the elevator with her, then she came back and asked me if I want to eat dinner.
We ate in the dinning room because neither of us wanted to think about the Hunger Games at the moment. I went to sleep after that, Katniss had offered to take the first watch. Katniss woke me up a little after midnight. My tributes were sleeping, so I decided to watch the replays of the past few days. I looked for anything that might be helpful, but I didn't come up with anything that I didn't already know.
When Katniss came in a few hours later she tossed me a bread roll.
"Hey Cato how did you end up being the mentor replacement for Haymitch?"
"Brutus is old, and he wanted me to take over mentoring, but he didn't want me to screw up. He was going to just teach me this year, but Haymitch got sick. Brutus pulled some strings and got me as his replacement. He figured you'd teach me better, because you wouldn't want me to sabotage your tributes," I explained to her.
"Well that's some strange logic he's got," Katniss muttered. I chuckled at bit at that.
I heard another muffled scream from the screen. I looked up and saw it was Rue, again.
RUE
I had the dream again. I didn't have it yesterday, but I barely slept. Minnie sat up sleepily.
"Bad dream again?" I nodded. Minnie roused Gale, and Thresh walked over.
"So what are we going to do today?" I asked.
"We should check out those tunnels I found," Gale said.
"I agree and I'll go," Thresh said.
"I guess I'll come, but who would guard the camp?" Minnie asked.
"Gale could guard, and the three of us could go into the tunnel Gale found and walk though it looking for tunnels that branch off," I offered.
"Okay, but how would you guys find the opening?" Gale asked.
"I have a pretty good idea of where to look for it," Thresh said. Gale nodded.
"I'll see you guys later then."
CATO
At least they have a plan for today, I thought. I looked at the map to follow their progress. I groaned. At the place where the rock had closed off the tunnel was the careers.
They just can't catch a break can they?Well Happy election day! I don't think my political views give much about me away so I hope Obama doesn't win. I can't do anything about though, since I can't vote. Oh well thanks for all you lovely reviews! R&R