Chapter 2:

An Ambush

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Clove's POV

"But we need to agree on one thing, Clove" Cato looks up to me and smirks. It's not just any of his smirk; it's more likely to be one of that typical cockily smirk of his that he always show whenever he was about to kill someone. But somehow, he doesn't look that cocky to me. Maybe other tributes will find it terrifying or anything like that; but for some reason, I find that smirk to be kind of… charming.

I never really realize Cato's, umn, charming appearance. Not until now that is. I used to think that all the girls from our District are crazy enough to fall for someone careless as Cato. But maybe it's not because of me, but maybe it's because of Cato. Because of him never showing his charm towards me, knowing that it'll do no good to him. Knowing that I'm just as careless and ruthless as he is. Knowing that I'll never let myself falling in love with him.

"We need to agree that I'm going to be one who killed Fire Girl." I jump instantly at his words. Not just because he's going to kill Fire Girl, but it's more likely to the fact that I just realize I've been daydreaming about him. Damn it!

"What the hell, Cato?!" I raise my voice slowly as my temper increases rapidly. "We don't do this so – called agreement thing! We kill who we wanted to kill!" I can see Cato moving carefully from his position. He stretches his arms as a universal sign of 'this is going to be a long conversation because I'm not going to give up that easily.'

"Fire Girl is my one and only prey, Clove. I thought I've stated that clearly to you."

"Clearly you don't." I reply short and sarcastically to balance off his previous rather harsh sentences. "I am going to kill Fire Girl, Cato. With or without your agreement."

"And what makes you think you're capable of doing it? You've failed to kill her once during the bloodbath, so what makes you think you're not gonna repeat the same mistake again?"

"Oh, really? And what about you, Cato? Aren't you just the same as me?" I secretly smile triumphantly due to the fact that he's getting more and more furious now. "Please, you can't even kill that pathetic Lover Boy –"

Cato's POV

And… she stops. Clove, the almighty princess of knives, finally loses herself in an argument to me?

Sounds too good to be true.

But still – no matter how large is the part of me saying that there's definitely something wrong with her – I am using this opportunity to let myself grin triumphantly. Hey, better to take as much advantage as you can over the situation before she's finally back, right? "Running out of words, Clovely dear?" And with that, I have officially dropped the ultimatum to her.

Or at least I thought so.

Because the reality is she still remains in her place, not moving even a single inch. Okay, now I'm confused of which Clove I like better; the complete denial and stubborn old Clove or the careless new Clove… I take a quick glance at Clove's direction only to find her getting stiffer. I guess if this is the case, then I'm gonna go with the old Clove better. She's gonna be so proud of herself if only she knows…

I'm about to get up to make my next move which I have no idea about it. Apologize? Nah. She'll probably just gonna laugh at me and walk off anyway. Just go and leave her alone? Nah. No one in the history of Careers had ever left an alliance. It'll make you look like you're leaving your allies because you're too vulnerable and attached to kill them. I know, such a shame right?

When I finally decide my next move, I hear a sound coming from the bushes. Idiots. Who will be idiotic enough to plan an ambush to the Careers? Apparently this 74th Hunger Games' brave little tributes are. I chuckle a little to myself before receiving a deathly glare from Clove. "Oh look who's finally decided to give up? I doubted for a second there that you were actually abandoning me."

Clove rolls her eyes. "Seriously Cato? Is there possibly anyone more immature than you? Wait, do you even understand the word immature and serious?!" Unfortunately, before I can say anything about it, our lovely conversation is interrupted by a howling sound. Whatever it is, it's not a human being all right. Unless if suddenly 12, 11 and 5 decided to work together to kill us and one of them has the ability to howl that good. No way, they're too dumb to make an alliance like we do.

Then suddenly, out of nowhere, I hear Clove screams 'mutations.'

Way the go, Clove. Thinking about food at this time? I thought you're supposed to be the smart one… I shake my head lightly at that thought, grab my sword and Marvel's spear, and ready to lunge forward towards the bushes. But then, to my surprise, she continues screaming her – what seems to be – unfinished sentences.

"They're the same mutts as the mutations you killed earlier, Cato!"

A/N: PLEASE READ THIS GUYS! So -as you all know- lately I'm having troubles (such as writer's block, school, etc) and might not be able to continue this story. I'm sorry; I truly am. I tried my best to write the next chapter but instead I found myself redoing this chapter.. Please don't hate me, you guys are such a nice people and I know how it feels when someone NEVER updated his/her story. And because of that, I'm doing you guys a favor to stop waiting for the next update (until further notice, which I'm afraid, can be a very long time).

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