We wake up the next morning to Ian calling us. He made a fire, and toasted bread for breakfast. I think he's still trying to make up for the first night of the Games, when he wouldn't kill the girl. But if I'm honest, if he helped to save Clove then he's alright in my book.

After a quick breakfast, we try to decide how we are going to hunt today, with just the four of us. Presumably, Ian would stay at the lake anyway, leaving only three of us to hunt.

"Look!" Marvel suddenly shouts, pointing to the sky. We all stare at the tops of the trees, and see smoke rising from the middle of the forest.

"Well that got us off to an easy start," Clove laughs, nudging my arm.

I address my whole team. "Okay guys, I really think we need to split up. Marvel, you can hunt for Katniss, and Clove and I will find the fire-starter. Ian, you stay guard until we get back." I toss him a spear, and he startles a bit before catching it in his hands. Okay, so he's a coward, sissy, and a real push-over, but he's loyal. He may not be able to kill someone like Peeta was, but he wouldn't DARE betray us, in fear of being killed. I think I've made that clear enough in the past few days.
"You can use the spear, and if there are ANY intruders, I want them dead. This is you're chance to prove you're not the wimp I thought you were. You protect the supplies no matter what, even if the cost is your life. Got it?"
Ian nods frantically, and goes to take his position by the supplies.

"Come on guys," I call as I'm running into the forest, gesturing for them to follow. When we're in the forest, Marvel turns right, and Clove and I go straight ahead to get to the fire. When we reach the source of the smoke, we find a pile of green branches and leaves, a small fire, smoke pouring out of it, but no people.

"What now?" Clove asks, hands on hips.

"They probably left a while ago, wanting to get out of here before we noticed any smoke. A classic move, really. They've moved on." I sigh, but something catches my eye. More smoke, coming from deeper into the forest. Clove notices it too, and shakes her head.

"Cato-"

It's too late. I'm already running towards the trail of smoke in the sky, and Clove is running after me, calling my name. When I get to the second fire, I see exactly the same thing. A pile of leaves, and no fire starters.

"Cato, I was trying to tell you it's a trick," Clove emerges from the trees, as she's obviously been following me, but I am a faster runner than her. She's panting, exhausted from running.

"Yeah but- why? Maybe it wasn't meant for us?"

She rolls her eyes. "Of course it was meant for us, you idiot. I'm not saying it's a trap, but it might have been to distract us from something."

"Like what?" I ask, glaring at the fire. Clove shrugs, and we both decide it was all just a tribute trying to mess with us, but we don't know why. Just as we're walking away from the fire, something makes us freeze dead in our tracks.

"KATNISS! HELP!"

The voice seems to be coming from a young girl, and it's not too far away. I think it's someone from the forest, but I don't want to go search for the screamer, because I have a hunch that it's Marvel's work. This is his job, I don't want to blow it for him.

But what happens next worries me. A cannon goes off, and Clove raises her eyebrows at me.

"Who do you think that was for?" Clove asks me, and I shrug.

"Possibly Katniss, possibly an ally of Katniss. Did she have any allies?"

"Not the last time I checked," Clove sighs. "But honestly, who would team up with her?"

"Peeta," I suggest.

"Well maybe, but that was obviously a girl yelling. Oh who knows, Cato. It was probably Marvel who killed them, so we can ask him-" But Clove is interupted by another cannon. Okay, now I'm worried.

"Clove, we should go find Marvel. We have to make sure he's okay," I say, already running back to the lake. But when we get there, a worse sight is waiting for me.

Clove and I gaze in horror at the ruins of our supplies, as if they've been exploded or something.

"What the hell happened?" I growl, keeping my cool a little as I storm up to Ian.

"Cato!" Tears stream down Ian's face, and he starts to step back. "Cato, I heard a noise over there, so I went to check it out, but then I heard a bang, and all the supplies had been blown up!"

"Have all the mines gone?" I ask calmly, but almost immediatly get filled with rage. "HAVE THEY ALL GONE?"

Clove throws one or two rocks into the remains, and no mines go off. Because Ian has done his job all too well.

I chuck my weapons to the floor, and stomp up to a trembling Ian. "We left you for what, half an hour? Just a mere 30 minutes, and in that time you destroy our only means of survival!" All of a sudden, I understand why we were taught Survival Skills back at the academy. I just wish I'd payed attention on how to find food. "We trusted you, but you've practically killed us!" All of a sudden, my anger gets the best of me, and I step forward, hold Ian's neck in headlock, and with a jerk of my arms a loud snap sounds, and the cannon booms. I watch Clove jump and step back. I whip round to her, still with the angry look on my face, and I think I scare her.

"Cato," she whispers in a calming tone.

"What?" I snarl.

"Come on Cato, please calm down. You're scaring me."

"Clove, I'm not going to hurt you." I turn away from her, and stare at the burnt fragments of food and medicine.

30 minutes... He couldn't watch over something for 30 minutes. All because he heard a noise.

Suddenly something clicks, and I cover my hands with my face. "Oh no," I sigh.

"What is it Cato?" Clove asks.

"It was a trick. Someone lit the fires, then moved on. They knew we'd see the smoke, then go chasing after them, so we would be distracted while someone went and destroyed our stuff. And we fell for it."

I watch as Clove stares into space for a minute, but then it hits her too, and she sighs.

"How stupid were we?" Clove holds her fingers to her temples, and we both stand in silence for a second, not uttering a word. All of a sudden, Claudius Templesmith's voice is booming into the arena.

"Attention tributes! There has been a slight rule change regarding the one-tribute-wins regulation. There may now be 2 victors, if both origanate from the same District. This will be the only announcement."

...

Clove stares at me.

I stare at her.

Did he just say... that if two tributes from the same District are the last two standing... they will be declared the winners?

Before I know it, I start laughing, and I lift Clove up at spin her around.

"We can go home!" I laugh giddily. "We can go home, and we can be married, and everything will be perfect!"

Clove laughs too, and I notice the glint in her eyes as the fact starts to sink in. We can keep each other, and live happy lives as victors together. We will get married, and there will be no more Academy, and no more worries of being reaped for the Hunger Games.

But it's not over yet. We still have tributes to kill, and we're going to hunt them down, one by one. Just me, her, and-

"Marvel!" I think out loud. "He's not come back yet. Do you think he-"

"I don't know Cato, but we can wait until tonight. Then we will see for sure."

That night, when The Fallen appears in the sky, we watch the faces that appear.

Rue, the small girl from 11.

And... Marvel.

I almost can't believe it. Theres no sign of Katniss and Peeta's face, and what with the new rule, I'm sure they would have teamed up. But Marvel, he was my friend, and he wanted Clove and I to win right from the start. He was strong, he was so much smarter than I will ever be. He never took Glimmers nonsense, and he saw things for what they really were. I... I'd always admired him.

But theres no time for snivelling now. Clove and I have work to do over the next few days. No one stands a chance with us, because if anything we are even more deadly when it's just me and her. We can do this. We can win this. But most importantly, now we can do it together.