The suspense! Oh what will happen? I have to get this part out of my system. This is actually one of the first scenes I came up with. And it has some T rated themes, but I assure you, nothing happens. You'll see.

I don't own the Hunger Games.

Storm's POV

My entire being is numb as I trudge back to camp. Normally, I would have thought that it was another tribute, but I heard that scream. Aster's dead. And I'm all alone.

I don't even bother checking the sky tonight. I just lie down and try to get some rest. I know I won't be getting any.

I try to think of the happiest thing that's ever happened to me. That would be my 13th birthday party. It was a surprise party, and my parents took me out to eat, like always, and on the way there, we were ambushed by a mob of screaming people! Totally had me freaked. That is until I saw that the mob was my friends and we went to see the release of the most epic movie ever: I Am Number Four. Oh yeah. It was epic. Best birthday ever. But even the thought of my 13th birthday doesn't cheer me up enough.

I fall asleep with a little empty hole in my tummy, and I let a single tear slip down my cheek.

Aster's POV

I awaken in what appears to be the early hours of the morning. I'm lying on my side, and Storm has his hands on my… One on my butt and the other on my left boob. Alright this is taking the friendship WAAAAAYYY too far.

As I look up into the sleeping face, everything comes back to me. This isn't Storm. This is Titan. And he hasn't raped me. That I can remember. The thought of what he could have done while I was out cold sends a shiver down my spine, but I catch it just in time.

Slowly, I take his hands off of me, placing them carefully onto the earth beneath us. Cautiously, I roll over away from him, and once I'm far enough away, I spring to my feet and run.

I run blindly into the woods, not really caring where I'm going as long as it's away from him. But I find myself running back to the cave. Back to Storm. Back to safety.

I come bolting around the corner and throw myself into the cave.

Storm's POV

I awaken early. It hits me that I actually slept a bit throughout the hard night. But then I remember her. And what happened yesterday. And I die inside again. I sigh and sit up. Might as well prepare myself to die. Might as well just kill myself now and get it over with. I can't go home. Not now. Not without Aster. I can't do it. I can't face her parents knowing I could have saved her life. It ran through my head a million times. How I could have stopped her from going hunting. How I could have gone with her. But I didn't. I didn't.

Just as I'm about to grab my sword and stab myself through the heart, I hear a rustling. My hand moves towards the sword, but the thing comes at me too fast. OOOOOFFF! Something rams into me. Hard. And that something has red hair that's all in my mouth.

"Aster!" I almost cry.

"Storm!" she wails. And that's when I realize she's alive. It's her. She's here. She's not dead. And surprisingly enough, she's not crying.

"What happened?" I ask after giving her a minute to calm down. "Did he…"

"No! No! I'm fine. Really. It just scared me. I don't really think he ever planned on really doing it. Maybe he thought it'd be harder to get to me, what with me teaming up with you," she babbles, unable to contain herself. "But, oh, Storm! He's probably out to get me! Even now!"

"Calm down! Calm down," I tell her, stroking her hair. "I'm here. And to get you, he'll have to get through me. "I thought you were dead!" I tell her, looking her dead in the eye. "I heard a cannon right after you screamed, and I just knew that you were dead. But it wasn't you! And I didn't bother checking the sky last night. Wow. That'll be a problem," I say, suddenly realizing that if Aster's not dead, someone else is.

Right then, I hear another rustling. Except this is more like clattering through the forest. And that'll be Titan coming after Aster. "Get behind me," I tell her. She complies and moves towards the back of the cave. I scramble to get out. Can't have the big brute cornering me or anything like that.

He comes tearing through the forest, wild anger in his eyes. He looks ready to kill. Oh, that would be me he wants to kill I guess. I grab my sword, prepared to fight this maniac. Titan looks at me with a sort of confusion on his face, but it's quickly replaced as it clicks in his mind who I am. He comes at me, his short sword raised above his head.

I parry his first few blows and get the feel as to what kind of fighter he is. I can see his blows ahead of time after half a minute of fighting with him. But suddenly, he starts moving faster, swinging his blade faster and faster. And suddenly, I have no clue what he's about to do.

Titan is gaining ground and forcing me further and further back towards the cave where Aster's hopefully still holed up. I find myself caught off guard as Titan does a strange maneuver that I barely block. He quickly returns with a jab at my chest, and he hits me. The blade sinks partially into my skin right above my collarbone on the left side. He yanks it back off and I fall to the ground, pain searing through my whole body. Titan slashes at my legs, cutting my thighs. I stifle a cry of agony and wait for death to consume me. Aster has to escape.

Aster's POV

Oh my gosh, no! Storm cannot die here! But I have no clue how to sneak up on Titan. He's right in front of the cave! I'm cornered for sure. If only there was another way out… I look behind me, searching desperately for something, anything that might help me escape the cave, and I see it. A small pile of rocks at the back of the cave. Almost like… Almost like an escape route that the Gamemakers buried in small rocks.

I push on them gently, then more firmly, and sure enough, they give way to reveal a small gap that I can just shimmy through. I grab a few knives, but I have to hurry. Storm can't hold up much longer. I can see blood all around him; he's sitting in a pool of it. Alright this is bad.

I flatten myself to the ground and manage to get myself out of the little hole in the back of the cave wall. I quickly jump up and sneak around the side of our abode, making sure Titan doesn't spot me. I have to be fast; he could kill Storm at any second.

I lift one of the knives above my head and come up behind Titan. He raises his sword above his head like he's about to kill Storm. "Boo!" I hiss in his ear. I jump out in front of him and drive my knife into his heart. I yank it back out hard and fast.

Titan's pupils dilate but then grow back to a giant size as he falls first to his knees, then on his face.

I'm furious now, and I don't know why. Actually, yes I do know why. Because I hate Titan. I hate what he's done to me. What he's turned me into. And I scream as I throw knife after knife into his back, because I hate him. I loathe him. He deserves death after all he's done.

A cannon goes off as I run tear into the woods, tears streaming out of my eyes. Tears of stress and relief. He's finally gone. That's what I keep telling myself as I look up into the sky. It begins to pour rain, and I sink to my knees, my face buried in my hands.

HE'S DEAD! Oh! What now? Yeah, you'll have to find out. But first, REVIEW!