I quickly bolt towards the center of the cornucopia just in time to see Cato effortlessly snap the neck of a young female tribute. I make my way into the back of the cornucopia where all of the weapons lie.
Suddenly, a girl jumps me from behind, tackling me to the ground. But, luckily, I am able to grab a knife before I go down. It doesn't take me long to have her pinned beneath me. "Bad move darling" I sneer while she shakes and thrashes trying to escape.
I smoothly slice my knife across the base of her throat resulting in a small spurt of her warm, sticky blood to cover my face.
I stand up off of her as she lies dying and gather a spear and the rest of the knives as I fasten the belt around my waist. I leave the other supplies for now, knowing that we'll come back to them after we finish weeding out the weak tributes.
I run out of the cornucopia ready for my next kill. I set my sights on a girl about my height and quickly tackle her to the ground. She fights back and even succeeds in rolling me under her, but only for a brief moment.
I regain control and pin her down by straddling her stomach and pinning either shoulder with my knees and her hands with my feet.
I know that I am pressed for time, but also know that I need to put on a good show in order to secure more sponsors. I decide to simply cut out her tongue, and then slit her wrists after breaking her legs leaving her paralyzed and bleeding out on the ground.
When I am finished, I spot Fire Girl attempting to grab a backpack away from a boy that is slightly larger than her. I quickly send one of my knives into his back, causing him to spit blood on the girl as he falls directly in front of her.
She is momentarily stunned, but quickly bolts towards the forest. I throw one of my larger knives at her head, but to my dismay, she lifts her backpack up just in time and my knife sticks into it.
"Crap" I mutter as she escapes into the woods, with one of my knives. I turn around and observe the scene in front of me.
At least 7 tributes lie dead on the plush green grass. I look and see Glimmer finishing off a girl she pinned beneath her and watch as Marvel stabs a spear right through the torso of another boy.
Cato is over by the back of the cornucopia fighting a boy that seems to be slightly taller than me, but he quickly finishes him off and I watch as the head of a small boy rolls onto the ground after Cato slices it off in one clean swipe with his sword. The foolish boy was hiding out behind the crates at the back of the cornucopia.
The only ones still here are Cato, Glimmer, Marvel, the girl from District 4, and Peeta. Cato makes his way over to him and I follow behind. I notice that he's injured quite badly, he's cut on his leg, his face is bruised and he has some scratches on his face.
"Remind me again why I'm not going to kill you right here." Cato says gruffly to Peeta.
"Because I'll lead you to Katniss. That's why." Peeta says bluntly. All Cato does is nod. "Alright, he's with us" He tells me and the others.
The girl from 4, I think her name is Ellie, mumbles something under her breath that sounds like disapproval. Cato quickly steps towards her and towers over her with intimidation "Is there a problem here, Ellie?" Cato practically spits her name
She glares up at him "No, none at all" she says through gritted teeth as she turns on her heel and walks away, going to gather supplies. She seems quite upset about the fact that her partner was killed. I briefly remember the massive boy from District 11 slashing him all over his chest with a sickle.
"That's what I thought" Cato yells after her with confidence. Cato then turns to me "How many?" he asks and I know he means kills for me. "3…and almost Fire Girl." I say angrily. "What about you?" I ask him "3" he says plainly, as if it's no big deal at all.
"Glimmer!" Cato calls. She hurriedly scurries to his side. "Yes Cato?" she asks sweetly, making me want to gag for the umpteenth time since I've met her.
"Count the bodies before they're taken away. We need to know who we're still up against. And Peeta, help her." He gives the orders like he's been doing it his whole life.
"Marvel, Can you gather the remaining weapons and set them up where they can be easily accessed?" he asks him "You got it chief" Marvel says jokingly with a small salute.
"Clove, could you help me with moving the supplies to the back of the cornucopia?" He asks and I nod and follow him. We gather as much as we can hold in our arms and carry it to the back of the horn. "Here, I'll get the rest. You organize and stack." He says demandingly. "Yes sir" mutter under my breath as he walks out.
I organize the supplies into the different categories and add the ones Cato brings in. I then set out to retrieve my knife that I threw into the boy's back. I step on his back, grip the handle firmly, and pull out the long blade followed by a suction sound.
I walk back over to Cato and Marvel who are sitting down, resting while they wait for the final tally of the kills. Glimmer come over to us and gleefully informs us of 11 kills.
"Who?" Cato asks a surprisingly calm Peeta. "The girl from 3, boy from 4, boy from 5, both from 6, both from 7, boy from 8, both from 9 and the girl from 10." He quickly lists off.
"Not bad" Cato says with approval. "Well, what now?" I ask him. "We wait till dark. There's going to be at least one idiot lighting a fire in order to keep warm. We wait for the light from it, and then hunt." He says with a smirk.
"Glimmer, can you gather food from the supplies for dinner?" he asks the blonde twirling her hair around her finger. "Sure!" she replies giddily as she skips over to the food pile.
You wouldn't know it by looking at her, but she did actually kill 2 people today. And she did it quite effectively if I must say so. But, I still don't like her.
Marvel and Peeta set out to collect fire wood and Ellie's still pouting by the lake leaving me and Cato sitting alone.
"You did well today." He tells me with a small smile. "Did you think I wouldn't?" I tease him. "No, I just saw you killing. It was pretty good." He says with a smirk.
"Well, thanks. You didn't do so bad yourself. I especially loved how you beheaded that puny runt." I tell him, with a smile and he laughs at my added comment. We then hear a low rumbling sound and look up to see a hover craft right above us.
A claw reaches down and grabs a body, pulls it up and repeats the process until all of the dead are cleared. "Thank goodness. It was starting to stink" I say with relief. I may be able to kill without feeling a thing, but the smell of rotting flesh and blood is a completely different story.
Marvel and Peeta come back soon and set up, and start a good sized fire as Glimmer comes out with the food. I grab a packet of meat, rip it open with my teeth, and then put the pieces onto a stick to cook over the fire.
Peeta heads to the lake with a pot and fills it with water to cook some rice. He also manages to drag Ellie back to eat something. She eats reluctantly, but doesn't say anything to anyone. Glimmer passes out some dried fruit and we all dig in.
"Ok, Marvel, you have the first watch. Everyone else, get some rest. We'll be moving all night." Cato announces when we finish eating. Before we head to be though, I offer to help Peeta patch up his wounds. He seems a little taken aback at first, but agrees.
I clean his cut in his leg and wrap a bandage around it, then clean the cuts on his face. He thanks me as I get up to head to bed.
We all grab tents, but we are one short leaving Cato and I to share one. There are only 4 sleeping bags and 6 of us and I know that we'll be sharing that too.
We climb into our tents and get settled. Cato pulls his shirt off, and I remove my jacket and boots then slide into the sleeping bag.
"Well, I'm tired" I yawn, closing my eyes and shifting slightly. "Me too, Night." Cato says as he closes his eyes to sleep.