Cato pov
The next thing I know I'm sitting at the dinner table on the train heading towards the Capitol, Brutus hasn't said a word since before the Reaping and I'm starting to getting increasingly worried as the murderous look on his face has yet to disappear.
"Clove dear are you looking forward to the Capitol treatment?" Anna chirps
"Yes, but I rather gorge my own eyes out with a plastic spoon!" Clove snorts while stabbing her steak with unnecessary force
"Oh...that's nice dear" Anna replies
I laugh unable to see how Anna can be so oblivious to the sarcasm that Clove is dishing out in buckets
Clove and Enobaria go on to talk tactics and how many ways there are to kill someone painfully, oh joy, I think sarcastically, these next few weeks a going to be so much fun!
I'm jolted out of my inner monologue by a sharp kick to my shin, I growl pushing out of my chair and sending it flying into the wall behind, effectively breaking it
Even though I'm not a typical career, I still can't control my temper
Anna gasps at the mess then hurries out of the dinner carriage
"What is your problem Brutus?" I growl
"Have you even thought my problem might be you!" He all but screams getting up and standing in front of me so we are nose to nose
"You stupid arrogant little boy!" He grips the back of my neck and shoves me out of the carriage
"What the FUCK are you doing, you CRAZY BASTARD" I shout clenching and unclenching my fist resisting the urge to punch him
The way he's acting is so strange it's infuriating
He shoves me causing me to stumble back
"Keep your mouth shut and keeping moving, otherwise the Capitol will have one less tribute to worry about" he snarls before turning back to Clove and Enobaria who were staring intently at us
"Both of you fuck off, or else" he shouted slamming the door between the dinner carriage and the corridor, they go but not before glaring at Brutus
"Brutus!"
He ignores me and storms toward the end of the train, I reluctantly follow
We end up in a tv room, I slam the door shut
"Look I have enough on my mind without, you acting like this Brutus, what the hell is a matter with you" i demand calmly
Brutus now just looks drained, rather then pissed, he slumps into the nearest chair, putting his head in his hands
"Did you see me shaking my head, when you went to volunteer?"
"Yes, but my mouth moved before I could stop myself" I huff confused
"Brutus just tell me what is going on!" I temper rising
"Fine, sit down and shut up" he stands then turns on the tv
The Reapings are being shown, District Four is currently being displayed
I go to stay something, but Brutus just shakes his head
I turn my attention to the tv and start looking at the competition, no-one sticks out expect for the district 4 and 11 males, they are built very well
Next Effie appears on stage and this is when I start to get a sinking feeling, something is wrong
After Haymitch stirs up some trouble, which I can't help chuckle at, I search for Katniss, but can't find her
Effie's hand goes into the reaping bowl and pulls out a slip
"Primrose Everdeen"
"No, Brutus, she can't go into the Hunger Games" I start to panic, but that's when I hear it, those words that shatters my heart
"I volunteer!" Katniss shouts
"NOOOOOO!" I roar
I see red, I jump off the sofa and slam my fist into the television screen, then rip it off the wall and send it crashing into the table
I slam my fist into the carriage wall again and again, until my knuckles are split and bleeding
Why?, why her? That's what's at the front of my mind
In the end I had flipped the sofa, smashed all the lamps and vases and left numerous dents in walls
I spin round and grab Brutus by the throat
"Why didn't you stop me?" I spit
"Cato!"
"NO!" I slam him against the wall
"That's what that phone call was, you should have come down and said something!" I shout getting desperate
'I couldn't of" I see red
"Yes, you could your a Victor, for fuck sake, you should have tried harder, because now my fiancé is in the fucking Hunger Games, with me!"
I slam him into the wall again
"Listen carefully you are going to do everything in your power to make sure she gets out do you understand me?"
"I promise, I will do everything I can"
I loosen my grip on his throat and go to walk away
"You realise Katniss will already have a plan to get you out, you know that right?"
I turn and punch him in the face
"Ok I deserved that, but Cato your not the only one who cares and loves her!"
"Yes, I know, I fucking know, but we were supposed to get married after I won the games, and now by that time I will be dead and Katniss will be a shell of the person she is now!" The tears are building up I blink them away
"She said to me after I asked her to marry me before I went back to district two for good, 'that if I get killed in my games that she would follow me right away, without hesitation' and I told her that that would never happen because I was going to come home to her, Prim and even Mrs. Everdeen!" I end up whispering in fear my voice would break
I leave Brutus there sporting a black eye and head to my room
Once there I let the tears steam down my face, everything I live for is now going into the deadliest game with me and there is nothing i can do about it.
I love Katniss more than life itself, I can't bear the thought of her getting hurt.
I switch the tv on and watch her reaping again and analyse every movement
'Primrose Everdeen'
She only had one slip, I don't understand how Prim could have been picked, as Prim walks toward the stage I catch movement in the crowd, it's Katniss. She different from what I remember, her posture and movements are more controlled, her right hand keeps twitching and that when I see it, she is getting ready to reach for her knife in her hunting boot, she's considerable taller, her curves more defined and she is much more muscular than two years ago.
"No!"
Prim's eyes widen at her sister
"I volunteer"
The peacekeepers grab her, as they do I see Peeta and Haymitch go to get up
'Good' I think there doing what I would have done, expect I most likely would have snapped their necks for touching her
Katniss posture changes, her shoulders tense and her feet shift slightly, then she throws then both to the ground with ease and then she jumps toward the stage
"I volunteer as tribute!"
Prim clings to Katniss' waist, it heartbreaking to watch, I love that little girl as though she was my sister
Leo runs towards the two and hurls a screaming Prim into his arms and walks toward Mrs. Everdeen, I wonder why Gale didn't, I mean Gale and Katniss were always closer than her and Leo
I watch Katniss walk toward Effie and turn to face the crowd
My breath catches in my throat she's beautiful and her grey eyes though guarded hold that spark that drew me to her in the first place, I can't wait to hold her in my arms again and tell her how much I love her.
We have some serious talking to do, she has reverted back to the closed off Katniss she was after her father died and it's all my fault, I should never have left
"Fenton Hills!"
Katniss smirks, then glares a glare that would have you on the floor screaming in pain, Im really confused about her reaction
Fenton Hills I recognise the name and his face but I don't know why
"Shake hands!" Effie squeaks
Katniss glares and places her hand into his, then he does something that make my fingers twitch with the need to snap his neck
Fenton squeezes Katniss's hand hard enough to make the veins in his arm become visible and tugs her to him and whispers into her ear, as this happens I can feel the anger building up, who the hell does he think he is threatening my girl
Once he is finished he shoves Katniss roughly and Katniss's fists clench and she moves forward just to be restrained subtly by Haymitch
Oh, Fenton Hills, you just made yourself my number one kill and I'm going to make sure it goes down in Hunger Games history