"Here we go," snarls Glimmer.

We set off into the forest, wondering who our first victim will be. Peeta and Ian trail behind us, keeping silent but glancing at each other every now and again. Glimmer grins up at me, and I smile at her, just hoping that Clove won't see. Marvel has his spear pretty much lifted for the whole journey, and Glimmer has her bow loaded. It's like they expect to be attacked at any moment, but who would be stupid enough to attack the careers?

"Look! Over there!" Marvel points to a cloud of smoke floating up into the sky. Seriously? Did someone really light a fire on the first night in the arena? Wow, we've got some idiots this year! We all follow the smoke until we can see a girl, warming her hands over the fire. Glimmer tries to lunge forward at her, but I stick out an arm in front of her to stop her.
"No," I whisper to her. "Give it a second, so we can scare her."
She doesn't object, so we wait a bit before finnally coming out into the clear. The girl jumps when she sees us, and she automatically knows its over for her. Glimmer hands me my sword, and I twirl it a little in my hand just to scare her.

"Well, it's all your fault," I say with a grin. "Lighting a fire out here. What were you thinking?"

"It's freezing out here Cato," she stutters. "I would have died if I didn't"

I grin even wider. "Well, you're going to die anyway."

Ian and Peeta step back a little, and turn away.

"What's the matter with you two?" Clove frowns as they try to escape.

"Nothing, I just didn't really want to-"

Glimmer interupts Peeta. "You two are such babies! If you're going to be on the career team, you're going to have to learn to kill. Ian, you know we don't even need you anymore, so we could easily kill you now. And Lover-boy, don't forget why we asked you to be on the team in the first place."

I walk up and stand next to Glimmer, grinning at the two wimps standing in front of me.
"Why don't YOU kill her, Ian? Hmm? To prove you're tough enough to stay on the team. Because if you don't, I'll just kill you myself."

Ian starts stuttering, and turns to Peeta for advice, who only shrugs.
"But, I don't have a weapon."
"Well, we can solve that," I say, holding out my precious sword to him. I kind of wanted to do it myself, and to be the first one to use the sword, but I need Ian to prove he's worthy of living. And what better way to do that than letting him have the first proper kill of the games? (No one really counts anyone who died in the blood bath as a proper kill.)

Ian has a quick war with himself, but eventually decides to take the sword and point it at the girl. Marvel lets out a snigger, because Ian looks so pathetic and hopeless. The sword is practically as big as he is, and it weighs down his arms so much that he can barely lift it up. I almost feel sorry for him.

Ian's face burns red. "Cato, I can't do it. I just can't"

"You better," Marvel growls at him.

"Is she from your District?" I ask him.

"No."

"Is she your friend?"

"No."

"Have you ever even met her before?" Glimmer chimes in.

Ian shakes his head shamefully and looks at the floor.

Glimmer glares at him and spits out "What's stopping you then?"

Ian stutters again, and I sigh and grab the sword from him before plunging it into the girls heart.

"If you keep this up, I swear on my life I will kill you. We are doing YOU a favour by keeping you alive, so you better man up." I push past everyone so we can carry on with the nights hunt.

Glimmer calls after me as I stomp off.

"But Cato, the cannon hasn't gone off yet! She's still alive!"

"I don't care Glimmer," I huff as everyone starts to follow me. We continue through the forest for a while, and Ian puts as much distance between me and him as he can. I don't blame him. After a while, the cannon still hasn't gone off, so we send Peeta back with the sword to finish her off. So basically, I've had to share my sword with everyone before I've even got to use it myself.

Glimmer grabs onto my arm and gives me a sexy smile.

"Are you sure we shouldn't just kill Peeta now, and get it over with?"

I grin back. "Only if you don't want to find Katniss."

She giggles, just as Peeta returns from the forest with a bloody sword.

"She was nearly dead," he says. "She just needed a little help."

"Are you sure?" A cannon confirms it. "Great. Lets move on then."

We decide that we want to try and find Katniss next. Glimmer suggests that we leave the 'best till last,' but I don't think I can go much longer knowing that she's still alive. I know I told Clove she could kill Katniss, but hopefully she'll forget about it and just let me have her. Peeta actually manages to find a trap, and he's convinced it was set up by the infamous Katniss.

"If you say so," Marvel says with a shrug. "We'll go that-a-way then."

We follow Peeta through the woods, but only because he says that Katniss went this way. I can't see how he could possibly tell which way she went from just a snare, but if I'm totally honest I think he's just trying to prove himself useful so he isn't killed. After a few hours of searching, Peeta decides that she must be hidden up in a tree somewhere. We're all exhausted, and the last thing I need is to search every tree in the entire forest. So, we decide to call it a night and head back to the lake where we've got all our supplies piled up.

That night, Glimmer falls asleep on my arm, which has definitely had enough of her clingy behaviour lately. Peeta doesn't look like he's even trying to go to sleep- he's just laying, looking at the stars. Out of the corner of my eye I see Clove, sleeping on her own. I can't bear to see her looking so lonely, so I whisper her name to call her. She looks up, and I wave at her to say 'come here.'

Clove very quietly creeps up to me and whispers "Hey Cato."

I smile at her, but it doesn't seem very sincere because I've got Glimmer snuggled up next to me.

"Hi Clove." I groan a little as I try to pull my arm free from Glimmer, but her grip is far too tight. I don't stand a chance of getting free without waking her up.

"Maybe you should just tell her you just don't like her," Clove suggests with a sympathetic smile.

"Trust me, all I want to do is kill her," I sigh. "But I don't know how well Marvel would take it."

"I don't think he would really care very much," Clove giggles.

I add with a snigger, "I don't really think he cares about anything."

And suddenly, we're both laughing like we will never laugh again. Technically, we should be worried that someone will hear us, and the whole 'hide our relationship' mission will be blown. But we don't care. I don't think anyone, not even Glimmer, hears us. Except Peeta of course. He sees me laughing with Clove, and trying to shake Glimmer off. It doesn't take a second for him to put the pieces together. Peeta gives a sigh and turn away. I actually feel pretty sorry for him, because I kind of think he does have a thing for Fire Girl, and now he's leading people to kill her. Well he was the one who agreed to join us, and he knew what he was going to have to do. It's not my fault!

Clove smiles at me quickly. I can't really give her a hug because one of my arms is occupied, and because Glimmers already at my side it would be way too awkward. So we have to make do with a quick "good night," and a "see you in the morning." Clove then tiptoes away to go to sleep, so Glimmer won't suspect anything tommorow. I roll over and go to sleep, STILL with an annoying blonde at my side.