A/N: Hello again! I really don't have much to say here. Oh yeah wait! Just wanted to give a shout-out to one of my most faithful reviewers, Black-Rose Marley.

Also I got bombarded with I think about 10 reviews in like, a half hour last night. THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH!

So yeah…I think soon here I'm going to do a chapter from like Sammy, Clove, Prim, and whoever else's POV from back home in District 12. Some special people will be making an appearance in this chapter too, so hope you enjoy!

Cat POV

I felt the cool night air against my skin, and I shivered. I opened my eyes.

I was in Katniss's arms, and she was leaning against a tree. She didn't look comfortable at all. My leg had searing pains going through it, and I looked down to see that someone had wrapped it up with what looked like part of someone's shirt. Maybe I had moved around a lot or something, because the shirt was soaked in blood again.

I felt very lightheaded, and it was sort of hard to see straight. Every move I made took a lot of thinking about before I could do it. I noticed that it felt my heart was beating fast, and my breathing was rapid. It felt like I couldn't draw in enough air, so I had to hurry up and try again, over and over.

I tried to ignore all the things that felt wrong with me, and I took in my surroundings. Jade was lying down next to Katniss, curled up tightly in a ball. She looked freezing cold. Peeta and Lulu lay on either side of where I assumed someone had lit a fire at. Finnick leaned against a tree, and he was asleep. He had a trident in his hand, so I assumed he was probably on guard but fell asleep.

I glanced around the camp area, not knowing what to do. I didn't want to wake Katniss up so I didn't move much.

I saw a familiar face in the shadows.

"Andre?" I wheezed, my voice coming out in no more than a pained whisper.

"What's up Lil Red?" he asked me, walking into the moonlight. He looked down at me worriedly.

"You shouldn't be here. I mean I know they can't hurt you but the Gamemakers won't like it," I said shakily. I didn't want anything to happen to him, even though obviously nothing could happen.

"They can't hurt me. If they don't like it, they don't have to show it," Andre replied, sitting down next to Katniss and I. He glanced at my hurt leg and his eyes widened.

"Cat…" he said.

"How bad is it?" I asked him in a small voice. I wasn't sure I wanted to know the answer.

"The truth?" came another all too familiar voice. I had a feeling he'd be here. He follows Andre around everywhere.

"Yeah…please Robbie?" I begged him, knowing he gave into me no matter what.

He sighed. "Sammy is going to kill me," Robbie said. So he knows about Sammy?

"You know about him?" I asked him as he sat down next to Andre. I could see right through the two of them, but their voices and the outlines of them were very prominent.

"'Course I do. He's perfect for you Cat, I'm glad you moved on," Robbie said. I could read him like an open book, and he really meant it. He wasn't upset at all.

He glanced down at my leg and gasped. "Blood poisoning…"

I groaned. So that's why I didn't feel so great.

I knew that blood poisoning was deadly. If I didn't get help for it, I would die. I tried to stay calm though.

"I see," I said to Robbie. My voice was shaking. Robbie sighed.

Finnick started to stir. We glanced over at him, he opened his eyes for a second. He wasn't looking at us though.

I turned to Robbie and Andre just in time to see them wave goodbye. I waved back and they disappeared into thin air.

I closed my eyes again and settled into Katniss's arms. I fell asleep again quicker than I thought I would.

Jade POV

I woke up to someone shaking my shoulder, and I I could feel the warmth of the sun on my legs and arms.

I opened my eyes and was blinded by the light for a moment, but then I could see Finnick's face come into focus. I raised my eyebrows.

He held up a cooked fish and raised his eyebrows right back at me. I sighed and pushed myself up from the ground.

Everyone was awake already. Apparently a parachute came in, because Peeta had the container that it always came down with and was filling it with water. Thankfully we got a couple good things from our sponsors; Katniss had some sort of salve for our fog injuries, and Lulu was munching on some bread.

"This salve stuff takes away the itch," Katniss said, rubbing the thick green stuff all over her injured body.

"Yeah, and you look like the living dead," I teased as I walked over to her. My muscles were stiff, so I tried to stretch them out. She handed me the green salve stuff when she was done, and I coated my body with it.

I looked around and realized I didn't see Cat up and moving.

"Katniss?" I asked her, raising my eyebrows in worry. "Where's Cat?"

She took a deep breath and sighed. Sadness came over her.

She's dead. She's got to be. No no no no no no NO!

Katniss grabbed my arm and dragged me over to the place where Cat was laying. I studied her for a moment, taking in her condition.

Her whole body was red as an apple. Not a good first thing to notice, but anyway...her eyes were clenched tight and she wrapped her arms around herself as though she were cold, even though the air was a little warm for my liking at the moment. Someone had put leaves and grass over her as an attempt to try and make her feel better. There was a sheen of sweat coating her face and neck. Her breathing was shallow, unsteady.

I turned to Katniss, confused. How had she gotten so sick overnight?

Katniss leaned down and moved some of the leaves away near her injured leg. My heart dropped to my stomach and stopped for a moment when I saw the black lines trailing up and down her leg.

Blood poisoning.

If she wasn't treated soon, she would die. There's no way around it.

Katniss put her hand on my shoulder consolingly.

"Haymitch sent us a note with the bread. He said he didn't have enough money from sponsors to get her some medicine. And even so, she really needs a doctor's help. No medicine alone would be enough," Katniss explained to me as we reluctantly went to get some food. Lulu put the rest of the bread down and sat next to Cat, looking at her worriedly.

We all ate in silence around where the fire had been last night, and I kept glancing up at Cat, hoping she'd wake up so that she could eat something. Then again, would it stay down?

It'd only been one day, and there were already so many tributes dead. I hoped that this was a sign that we could be out of here in a week, one way or another. I was already starting to get homesick.

I glanced around the area. We had been so tired and hurt last night that I didn't pay much attention to it.

We were in a small flat of land, a circle about 7 feet wide, and trees surrounded us. There was a little pathway from here to the beach that looked like it had been cut out. Did Finnick do that? I don't remember.

"What now?" asked Lulu once everyone was done eating from where Cat was laying.

I was about to answer her when I heard a little cough coming from behind Lulu.

In an instant, we all rushed over to her.

She opened her eyes and stared up at us for a moment.

"How are you feeling?" Lulu asked, voice strained and crackly.

I saw Cat swallow and wince as she did so.

"I don't feel good," she said, sounding weakened. She reached her hand up to move some hair from her face.

"What feels wrong?" I asked her urgently. I figured we could try and soothe some of her symptoms if we knew what felt like what.

"I feel like I'm on fire, my stomach hurts, and I'm dizzy," Cat said, closing her eyes again and sighing.

Someone tapped my shoulder. I turned to see Lulu.

"The water, it's cold," she said, pointing towards the beach.

I nodded.

I was about to go and pick up Cat and carry her out into the water, but Lulu got there first. She picked Cat up. I didn't know she was strong enough, but I stood corrected.

Cat moaned. Her face contorted in pain, and her lip quivered.

"Sorry," Lulu whispered. We followed her out of the woods and to the sandy beach.

The sand was hot on my feet, so I tried my best to sort of hop around on it. I would have found my actions hilarious had I not been watching one of my best friends slowly dying.

We reached the water, and Lulu sat down in the water first in a shallow area, then lowered Cat in and let her stretch out. Cat's head ended up in my lap, and her feet in Lulu's. Katniss, Finnick, and Peeta sat down in front of us.

I noticed that Peeta had the tin full of water in his hands.

"Cat, do you think you could drink something?" I asked her soothingly, using the quietest of voices so as not to make her ears hurt or something.

"Yeah," she said. Peeta handed the tin to Katniss, who scooted forward until she was right next to Cat's stomach. Little waves washed over Cat's fiery body.

I placed the back of my hand on her forehead, then her neck, and her cheeks. It practically burned my hand to touch her.

"Here I've got water. Open your mouth for me," Katniss urged. Cat obliged, and Katniss pressed the opened tin to her lips. Water trickled into her mouth.

Cat swallowed and winced again, but then she relaxed a little.

"That feels good," she said. I smiled a little.

She drank some more water while Finnick and Peeta kept an eye out for any dangers. Once she said she couldn't drink anymore or it wouldn't stay down, Katniss twisted the lid onto the container and just watched her.

I looked out at the water, squinting my eyes at the glare of the sun. The water was calm and smooth.

Wait a second. What was that?

As the shape in question came closer, I realized it was a huge wave of water coming towards us.

"We've gotta get out, there's a huge wave coming at us," I said, picking Cat up as gently and quickly as I could.

The wave approached faster than expected, so just barely had time to stand and face the opposite direction when it hit. The cool water did feel good, but now we were all soaked. Wonderful.

Suddenly, a cannon went off, signifying the death of yet another tribute. I gasped, and all eyes immediately went to the girl in my arms.

"I'm fine," she said. I let out a sigh of relief.

I shivered from the coolness of the water, but Cat seemed to enjoy it. Then again, the water practically turned into steam when it touched her, so it probably just felt like warm water out of a faucet to her.

We walked onto the beach and sat down again, ignoring the fact that the sand was sticking to us. We put our legs out straight so that Cat could stretch out on our laps.

Lulu POV

I looked down worriedly at Cat, shivering from the cool water that had just crashed into us.

"Katniss, you really should be drinking," Peeta said, pointing to to the tin of water in her hands. "The baby needs it."

Oh yeah, right. Katniss was supposed to be pregnant throughout this whole thing.

Katniss nodded, taking small sips of the water.

There was a comfortable silence before Cat spoke up.

"I saw Andre," she said quietly, keeping her eyes shut tight. She took a deep breath and exhaled slowly. "And Robbie."

Andre? Robbie?

Oh wait a second. Those were her friends in the arena last year. And they came back as ghosts…

"Yeah?" Peeta asked, looking around absentmindedly.

"Yeah. Early this morning," Cat explained, a tiny smile crossing her face. "Right before you woke up, Finn."

Finnick glanced down at her. "Huh?"

"Andre and Robbie," she said, trying to talk louder. "Our friends. They were ghosts."

Finnick nodded, seeming to know what she was talking about.

"And what'd they say?" contributed Katniss.

"They were just checking in," Cat replied, following by what looked like a painful intake of breath.

I looked out around absently, not looking at anything in particular.

Suddenly I saw two large figures heading towards us. They were far away, so I couldn't make out any faces.

"Hide!" I hissed, and without question, everyone complied. We jumped behind a bush as quick as we could, and Cat hissed a little bit in pain.

The two figures continued to approach us, and I squinted in the effort of trying to see who the heck they were.

The first thing I could make out was that they were covered in some sort of red…paint? Liquid? I don't know. But they were redder than Cat's hair.

Suddenly Finnick made a weird noise and jumped out of hiding.

"Johanna!" he exclaimed, smiling at the two approaching people. A few moments later, I could make out who they were.

Katniss scoffed and rolled her eyes. "Of freaking course," she muttered.

I take it she was not happy.

Her mood changed when she saw who Johanna was dragging with her.

"BEETEE!" she exclaimed, jumping out of the bush and practically tackling Beetee with an embrace.

Jade, Peeta, and I came out of hiding too, standing up to greet our newcomers.

Beetee's eyes rested on Cat, who lie limply in Jade's arms again.

"She's got blood poisoning," I explained sadly. Beetee nodded solemnly.

"Beetee?" Cat croaked, her eyes opening again as she turned slowly to face him. He smiled at her.

"How are you, Cat?" he asked. She attempted a laugh.

"Not good. I'm so glad you're here," she said in a rush of air. She took in a shaking breath, and her breathing started to go back into its rapid mode again.

All I wanted to do was take all the sickness away from her. She didn't deserve this. She's so sweet, and she was doing everything she could…

"Spill," Katniss sneered at Johanna, making her annoyance known.

Johanna rolled her eyes.

"We got caught in a flood of this blood rain, and my friend Blight got killed. Nothing more to say, 12," she explained. Katniss didn't respond.

"I already made a pact with Johanna before the Games started. We can all be allies now!" Finnick said happily.

"Ugh," Katniss complained, staring up at the sky in irritation. I chuckled under my breath, and I saw Jade suppressing a smile.

"Oh come on, fire girl. You find out that you're getting two new very good allies and you complain about it?" Johanna said. She kind of had a point there.

"Oh I'm not complaining about Beetee," Katniss replied. "I'm glad he's here."

Johanna smirked at her, and Peeta and Finnick looked on cautiously, ready to step in if their little disagreement continued.

Suddenly she reached over and slapped Katniss so hard it made an audible smack!

I gasped as Katniss recuperated.

Johanna held up the axe in her hand, which I hadn't noticed until now, and smiled.

"Don't test me, fire girl," she said, swinging it dangerously.

Finnick stepped between the two of them, putting a hand on the handle of Johanna's axe.

"OKAYYY, that's enough…" he said. "Give me the axe."

"No," Johanna said, but she lowered her weapon. Finnick let go of it and looked at her warningly.

(A/N: Why does that remind me of Beck and Jade? Beck always trying to make Jade cool it, and Jade protests but does it anyway? Haha.)

"I still don't understand. Why did YOU team up with BEETEE? I just don't see it," I asked Johanna. She looked over at me.

"I had instructions to save him for Katniss. Don't ask me why, I don't know," she explained. She threw her axe down into the ground, where it stuck in the sand, and waded off into the water to clean off the blood rain.

Blood rain. That sounds eerie just saying it.

Katniss POV

Of all the freaking people that Finnick could choose to team up with, it HAD to be Johanna. I don't know why, she just annoys me. She's so…cocky, full of it. I can't stand it.

But, she did bring Beetee back, so I had to thank her for that. Not out loud of course. But thank her nonetheless.

We headed back into the woods to our little circle, where Jade laid Cat down on the ground. Cat didn't even stir.

We turned our attention to trying to save Beetee's life. He had been stabbed in the back with someone's knife, and it was a deep cut.

"We could try putting moss in it," I suggested, seeing a patch of soft moss not too far away. I went over and grabbed some of it.

"Not much else we can do," Peeta said, stuffing Beetee's wound with it. It wasn't going to do much good, but something was better than nothing.

I noticed a strange metal object sitting next to Beetee. I had no idea what it was, but I picked it up and examined it.

"Hold on to it for me?" Beetee asked me as Jade helped him stand up. He winced slightly.

"Yeah, sure," I said, setting it down with our weapons. I made sure to tuck it in between a couple of knives to try and keep it safe.

Night was starting to fall, and the air began to chill up again. I glanced over at Cat to see if she was alright.

Once I confirmed that her condition hadn't changed, I glanced back at the group in front of me.

Peeta POV

All of us sat around where the fire was last night. For a while, we explained to Johanna and Beetee all the things we had encountered. The fog, the huge tidal-like wave. Johanna did the same while Beetee rested, explaining about the blood rain.

Cat began muttering something.

"What Cat?" I asked her. She seemed to be sleeping.

"Tick tock," she said. Tick tock? What kind of dream was she having?

I brushed it off and turned back to the others.

"Look, let's just go to sleep, okay? I don't feel like talking to you people anymore," Johanna hissed, and this time it was me who rolled my eyes.

She didn't seem to notice though, as she laid down on the cold ground as far away from us all as she possibly could. Finnick sighed.

"I'll take watch," Jade said, shivering slightly.

"Me too," Katniss added, sitting next to her. They sort of huddled together for warmth.

I walked over to Katniss and kissed her lips softly. "Be careful."

She smiled lightly. "We'll be fine."

I sighed and laid down near her. She took my hand and drew little circles on it, and Jade leaned against her.

Finnick laid down where he had been last night and closed his eyes in silence. He didn't seem cold or anything. He actually looked sort of bored.

I glanced up, looking for Lulu.

She went and laid down next to Cat, taking Cat's arm and wrapping it around herself. She looked up at Cat with tears in her eyes.

My heart broke a little at the two of them. Lulu loved Cat to death, it was probably killing her to watch Cat in misery like this.

Soon though, Lulu closed her eyes and went to sleep. Night had fallen completely.

"Goodnight," I said to Katniss and closed my eyes. It didn't take long at all for me to fall asleep.

Jade POV

Soon enough, it was just Katniss and I that were awake. I huddled up against her, as the night air was freezing against my skin. Katniss wrapped an arm around me, as the other one was occupied by Peeta's hand.

"You think Cat will be alright?" I asked Katniss, glancing up at her.

She sighed. "I really don't know. Depends on how quick we can get out of here."

I nodded, looking at Cat and Lulu. Lulu must be devastated with Cat being so sick.

The wind started to pick up a little, blowing my flowing black hair in my face. I didn't even have the energy to brush it away.

After a few hours of pure silence, twelve bongs rang out again. It was the dead of night. Midnight.

Okay, so there are twelve bongs at midnight. Or at least I think it's midnight, I don't know. So what's that mean?

I sighed. The thinking was making my already aching head hurt worse. I just listened to the sound of the ocean as the minutes passed on by.

A/N: I'm not sure how I feel about this one. I hope you enjoyed it though. Thanks again for all your feedback, it really means a lot to me I'll try to make the next chapter better and get it done faster for you guys. See you soon!