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"Cato, it's time to get up! It's the first day of training!" Athena calls to me in her annoying accent. I roll out of bed and get dressed for the day and head out for breakfast. I get to the table and acknowledge Clove by saying, "Sunshine." and I add one of my winning smiles to go with it.
She replies, "Jackass." with glare, Athena gives a disapproving look at Clove. Brutus and Enobaria snicker as Lyme just smiles and continues eating.
I ask the mentor, "So, what's the game plan?"
Enobaria answers, "The usual, you scare the living daylights out of the tributes." She flashes me a smile, with her altered teeth. I am starting to get the feeling that she knows that she scares me and she is taking advantage of it.
Lyme continues for her, "The game makers will be watching, so show them what you know, but don't over do it. Save some of your talent for later."
Brutus finishes, "Lastly, and most importantly, don't kill anyone."
"No promises," Clove mutters, and I know we are thinking about the same person. Clove continues eating, everyone else looks at me for an explanation, and all I tell them is, "The girl from Twelve." They all nod in understanding.
Enobaria tries to settle Clove down, but just by her talking it makes it worse, since she is so damn scary, "Clove, you will get your chance to slit her throat," she smiles evilly, probably thinking back to her Hunger Games, she continues, "but just play nice and find out what her weaknesses are so you can give Panem a good show."
Clove is still not happy. Clove grabs her knife and stabs it into the table, probably thinking that it was a good way to get out her anger, when really all it did was ruin a nice mahogany table. An Avox comes by quietly, even though they don't really have a choice, and carefully wedges the knife out from the table and takes it away.
Athena then speaks to Clove, "Clove, darling," Clove glares at Athena, "you really should be more polite, and less harsh, at least until the games begin." I smile at Clove, she gives me a death glare, and I say mockingly: "Manners, Clove."
"Well you want to kill her, too!"
I answer, "Oh, I do, and I will, but I got my fill for now. I had a little encounter with her last night down at the Tribute Lunchroom"
Clove asks excitedly, "What did you do to her?"
Lyme also asks more skeptically, "Yes, what did you do?" That brought me back to reality, reminding me that our mentors were there and I don't want them to know about my encounter with Everdeen. All I do is look down at my plate.
Clove makes it worse by sneering and asking, "What did you make out with her last night or something like that?"
For some reason that makes me snap, "Clove, you are such a fucking bitch and I swear once we get in the area there is not a chance that I will give you any mercy as I slowly kill you!" I get up and storm out of the room, leaving everyone speechless. I get ready and go down to the training center all by myself.
I take a look at the tributes. Athena was right, they are all pathetic, even the ones from District One. The blond girl from One looks back at me and winks seductively; I glare at her, wanting to kill her already. I look away and I see something that might just have the power to kill me; the boy from 11, he is larger than me and is possibly stronger, but I will still beat him, because we all know I have had the best and longest training out of all of them. I then look at Everdeen and the boy from her district, Peeta, who apparently bakes. Everdeen looks at me, but she doesn't wink like the slut from One, she rubs her wrist remembering our "chat". I give her a smile, but she looks down at the ground.
They finally release us to do what we want; I go right over to where all the swords are kept. I start slashing at the dummies that surround me, killing every one of them ten times over. I stop and take a break to do some climbing, just to prove I am better than everyone else, which I easily do.
I walk over to Clove to see how she is doing, she is sitting down drinking some water, taking a break. I sit down next to her, "So how's it going? By the way I'm, um, sorry for blowing up at you this morning," I say to her.
She waves it off and says looking at Everdeen, "I just don't get it, she has been so careful to not use any weapons! I mean look at her now, she is just tying stupid rope! I don't get it! Is she just that lame?" Clove answers her own question before I can, "No, she's not, she is just hiding something and so is that boy from her district."
I tell her, "Well, I am guessing if we can get bread boy to show us what he can do, we can get Everdeen to show us, but let's just work on one first." Clove nods and we head over to where both the idiots from District One are, and we tell them the plan.
We stand there together and watch him as he fails at almost everything physical. He then walks over to Everdeen, and they talk for awhile. Everdeen looks up from her conversation with Peeta and looks directly at me. She starts to walk in my direction, and I hold my ground.
"I know what you are trying to do, Cato, and it isn't going to work."
"I don't know what you are talking about," I say innocently with a smirk.
She looks at me, her eyes like rocks, "I don't have any special talents, and neither does Peeta. District Twelve never does; I thought you would know that."
Before I have time to think about what to say, I blurt out, "But you're different...you're special."
There is a silence; Katniss just looks at me, no emotions. Clove on the other hand is rolling on the floor laughing her ass off, remembering the conversation we had at breakfast, both me and Katniss ignore her.
Everdeen says, without emotion, "Cato, both you and I know that it's not true."
I was about to answer when I heard an announcement, "Great training this morning!" I look over to see that Everdeen has left and is back with bakery boy, "Now it's time for lunch, so please make way to the Tribute Lunch room, and we will be continuing the training at 1:30 sharp."
Everyone files out of the Training Center and Everdeen disappears with the crowd.
