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KATNISS POV
I sighed from my position up a tree, a tribute about 100 yards away from me had just started a fire, were they asking to be killed?
I tried to ignore it and go to sleep, when I heard the distant voices, I listened closely… careers
No doubt they'd seen the fire, I heard the blood curdling scream and new that another life had been ended
My heartbeat raised when I realised that they were walking in my direction, I tried to just keep my mouth shut and not to breathe heavily
"Please don't kill me, please don't" a voice I knew to be Glimmer said, mocking the tribute they'd just killed, the others laughed
"Hey you sure she went this way?" Cato asked
"Yeah, right up here" Was that? Peeta? I couldn't help myself but look over the edge and I saw him, why had he teamed up with the careers? I guess without Haymitch here forcing us to keep up this façade, we had no reason to remain loyal to one another.
I realised I was still hanging over the edge in plain sight I took a look around to see if anyone had spotted me and my eyes met with Cato's, I quickly pulled myself back in and shut my eyes tight, hoping that my next breath wouldn't be my last
CATO POV
Glimmer immediately spun around after seeing me stare over her shoulder
"What? What is it you saw?" she asked impatiently
I was torn, part of me thought, just tell her and Glimmer, Clove, Marvel or even the girl from 4 would kill her off. Then I could fulfil my fantasy of chopping Peeta's head off with my sword…
But a small part inside of me didn't want her to die, at least not yet, she deserved more than just to go on the first night…
"Nothing, I thought I saw someone but it was just a bird" I lied
"Oh okay" Glimmer said skipping off, I followed, not believing what I'd just done
I followed the rest of them and tried not to think about Katniss
We walked for about another 15 minutes I could tell Clove was getting tired so I decided that we should set up camp here for the night
'Cato… Cato, we're out of water' I was nudged awake by Glimmer, how did she manage to look so good in a place like this?
I sat up and saw that most of the stuff had been packed up
"Thought I'd let you sleep a bit longer because you didn't really seem to be with it yesterday" Clove said
"What do you mean?" I asked, confused
"The girl from 12, the Cornucopia? You didn't get her Cato, that's not like you" she sighed
Damn, I thought I'd gotten away with it. Next time I see Katniss I have to kill her.
"She's sneakier than she looks" I bluffed "They obviously didn't give her an 11 for no reason"
GALE'S POV
It was almost unbearable watching the footage from the games, watching Katniss barely escape from death, watching Peeta being in love with her, watching that guy from 2 fall in love with her
I wanted to be there, to help her, or for her to be here with me, where she belongs
I watched as the boy from 2 lied to the other careers, although he was falling for her, I know that those tributes are trained to win, from birth, there's nothing to stop him killing her when it comes down to it.
I watched him as he sharpened his sword as they walked around the arena looking for Katniss.
KATNISS' POV
I woke up from my position in the tree, before I moved I assessed the situation, could I hear anyone around? No. Was I injured? No. Was I hungry or thirsty? Yes and yes.
I untied myself from the tree and slowly climbed down. Brushing off the leaves that had fallen on me during the night, I decided to look for food first.
I armed myself with the bow and began to hunt, for a while I was actually enjoying myself, pretending that I was back in the real forest with Gale. I eventually managed to get myself a squirrel and I went to head towards water, I could hear a lake in the distance.
As I walked down I realised just how hungry I was, my body felt weak, I could barely clench a fist. I bent down over the lake and used my hands to cup water and drink it, suddenly I heard voices, my hunger had allowed me to drop my guard. I looked up and saw them, they had spotted me a long time ago though.
"She's mine!" Clove screamed as they ran towards me
I stood up and ran, all my weakness momentarily gone, replaced with adrenaline. I was fast, I knew that from the bloodbath, I was the first tribute to reach the Cornucopia, but that morning I'd woken up and had a large breakfast, today I'd eaten nothing.
I could feel them increasing on me and before I knew it I was on the floor and Clove had a knife to my throat.
"Hey Lover Boy, we finally found her" she mocked, I looked up and saw Peeta's panic ridden face, did he not want me to die?
I squirmed under Clove, she was smaller than me, if only I wasn't so weak I'd probably be able to fight her off.
"You so do not deserve that 11" Glimmer mocked as she leaned into Cato, oh so that was happening – talk about predictable.
"How can you say that, 6 on one doesn't make you look any stronger" I croaked
"Wait" Cato announced, a small part of me even thought he might save me again "Let's make her watch Lover Boy die first" he said with a grin spreading across his face
"W-w-what? But I helped you guys find her" Peeta stuttered
"No Peeta!" I screamed
Cato grabbed Peeta by the arm and slammed him onto the floor. He slowly raised his sword, was he really going to chop his head off? I couldn't bear to watch this.
"Katniss, you have to win!" Peeta shouted
Everyone's eyes were fixed on Cato's sword, I felt Clove's grip loosen on me as she was distracted, if I was going to take my chance and run, now was the time.
Cato's twisted face was all I was looking at, he was enjoying this. He lowered the sword and as I heard the sickening noise of it ripping through Peeta's neck I pushed Clove off of me and started to run.
"Cato, she's getting away!" I head Marvel shout, but I just ran
They were behind me, again. Think Katniss, where can you hide? I followed the first instinct that came into my head and started to climb a tree.
I climbed as high as my body would allow me and sat on one of the branch's.
I looked down and saw Cato coming up the tree below me.
"Get her Cato!" Clove shouted
"Kill her!" Glimmer joined in
I looked down at his strong body trying to climb the tree, it looked almost like he was being purposefully clumsy. He stopped to think about his next move, he could either grab a groove with his right hand, or if he was an idiot he'd grab the small branch, that would obviously break.
For a second our eyes met, he looked at the groove and then to the branch, and then back at me. His right hand reached up and he grabbed the branch, causing him to fall to the floor.
Did he do that on purpose?
As he picked himself off of the floor the others scowled at me.
"Let's wait her out. She can't stay up there forever, she's gotta eat or drink" Marvel said
"Okay" Clove nodded "We'll take 4 hour watches"
I sighed to myself in the tree, god knows what I was going to do now.
I tied myself up and tried to fall asleep, although my increasing hunger was causing my stomach to make loud noises.
Okay, I'm not busy like, at all this week haha, so I'm gonna try and get chapters up as much as possible! Reviews would be great!