Thankyou too everyone who has reviewed! I really do love reading my reviews, it's the reason I'm writing this chapter now! There have been reviews and PM asking for Marvel and Foxface pairing so I am going to start with them and start showing their little sparks, however there have been other requests too, so what I am think is that I will start these too off and if you like let me know and if you guys don't then we'll see were to go from here.
I DO NOT OWN THE HUNGER GAMES.
KatnissPOV
It took us a total five minutes after foxface had filled us about Alexis and this Venetumbrox problem, that we where almost ready to leave. It still feels surreal that this is actually happening, that the next few hours are going to decide whether a girl is going to live or die.
I made my why over to Rue who was sitting outside the cornucopa on a table and was sorting out Katniss' ruck sack. She was putting an extra quiver of arrows in their, with a sad look on her face.
"What's the matter with you think my little pixie?" Katniss asked her. Rue looked to Katniss and smiled at her nickname.
"I'm just worried" Rue sighed sadly.
"About?"
"What if were too late, what if we can't save Alexis in time?", Rue asked, and Katniss could hear the worry through the cracking of her voice.
"Rue look at me" Katniss said to Rue as she stood so she was directly in front of the little girl. Rue took her eyes from the floor and did as she was told, "Me, Cato, Foxface and Marvel are going to do eveything we can to find that flower I promise you that. None of us want anyone else to die if they don't have to okay. Now Thresh and the others are going to be here and their going to keep you safe. But Rue I need you to promise me something".
"Yes?"
"I need you to promise me, that if something happens or if you feel your in any kind of danger, I want you to climb the tree where we first met okay, and I will come for you. I promise I will come for you" Katniss looked to Rue very seriously hoping that it would never have to come to that, but she wanted to be sure. Rue nodded silently and Katniss pulled her in for a hug which Rue eagerly returned.
"Please be safe" Rue said to Katniss still in her embrace.
Pulling back Katniss looked down at the little girl and smiled before tapping on her noise with her finger, "I always am".
Taking her ruck sack, Katniss said goodbye to Rue then made her way over to where the others were standing, where Foxface was giving all those who were staying behind a last talk of the Venie and Alexis.
"Now remember, she is only of stage 2-3 of the 6 stages Venie transition. Once she reaches 4 in about 5-6 hours, set of the flame gun to let us know we've only got a few hours left. And once she gets to stage 5 she will wake up, at that point well...you know what you guys will need to do" she finished which a sad tone to her voice at the thought of tribute 4 dying.
"And just remind me again of how it is we will know she is changing stages" Peeta asked her.
"Once she reaches stages 4 she till start to sweat and tremble, it would look as if she has a terrible fever, but really it the poison reaching her blood stream. Once she's at her worst her body will start to calm as if she is getting better. When it seems she is completely fine, her senses will begin to re-activate and her body will be ready to wake up. Once that happens you will need to kill her as it will take around 5 minutes and she will in stage 6 which will be disasterous being she will slaughter us all. Now remember, one shot to say she's reached stage 4 two shots to say shes starting 5 and 3 shots to say if it's to late" Foxface told them all, and all of them nodded at her confirming there acknowledgement.
"Once we've found the flower, we'll set of a fire gun to let you guys know we've found it okay?" She stated to everyone and we all where just nodding at her letting her know we all knew what we where doing.
"Right" Cato said catching the attention of everyone as he picked his ruck sack up off the floor, "we all know the signals, so let's make a move" Marvel, Foxface and I all agreed and soon enough we where heading in the direction of the lake. Needed to start somewhere.
Cato took the lead, and I was only a could of feet behind him and Marvel and Foxface were walking beind me talking about how face face was so familiar with certain and flowers and berries.
I couldn't help but notice how funny their conversation was. The two of them both nattering on about flowers and there districts and although I wanted to join in, I just didn't want to interupt their little moment and left them to it.
So I just focused on getting to the lake.
Once we finally did reach the lake, I automatically felt extremely awkward. The last time I was here me and Cato, had a few moments which where both memorable for completely different reasons. And for a second I didn't know where to look. Cato however seemed not bothered at all and just focused on the situation in hand.
"It looks like thats where Clove dragged her from after she knived her, as thats where the blood trail is coming from" Cato said as he was crouched to the floor next to the trail of blood leading back into the forest west of the lake.
Both Foxface and Marvel nodded as Cato was talking I however was still half focused on me and Cato's past encounters.
"So are best chance of finding the flower is retracing her tracks till from when she eat the floor" Marvel said stating the obvious.
"Yep thats the plan captain obvious" Cato said causing Foxface to giggle a little.
"Well, I was just checking" Marvel pouted like he was a little child.
Within the next hour, Foxface and Cato had tracked us back about 3 kilometers from the lake.
Foxface had returned back to Marvel and they continued their friendly banter and Cato and I carried on ahead.
"So are you going to give me a explaination for yesterday or are you just going to keep ignoring me untill the next time no one gives you answers?" Cato asked with a hint of frustration in his voice, as he carried his treck through the woods a few feet a head of me.
I was taken back a little by the fact he was speaking to me, we hadn't had a proper conversation since the day before last and that did end to good.
I stayed silent a moment as I didn't exactly know what to say to him.
"I just got angry and I needed to get away from...everything" I began to fiddle with the edges of my bow as I had been dreading the thought of this conversation since this morning.
"That's not an explaination that just stating the obvious!" he snapped, "why did you get so pissed off with me!" he stopped and shouted as he turned to face me, causing me in return to stop as did Marvel and Foxface.
MarvelPOV
It was an hour into our mission and me and Foxface where back talking again, and Katniss and Cato were being far too awkward for my liking infront.
"Could those too make this anymore uncomfortable, I swear I could cut the tension with a knife!" she whispered to me, and I snorted at her statement.
"How long do you reckon it will be before they start talking again?" She asked me.
"I don't know?" I replied, "but I hope it's soon, I hate awkward situations" leaning in closer to Foxy to be cautious for them not to hear. Foxy? I like that nickname, but that reminds me...
"Foxy what is your actual name? I mean it can't be Foxface right?" I asked her as we carried on following Kitty-kins and her new b-f-f.
"No it's not Foxface" she giggled at me, "my name is Carissa, but my friends call me Rissy"
"Carissa. Thats a nice name" I smiled her, "but I'm still gonna call you Foxy though".
"Oh really, and what if I don't want to me called Foxy?" she grinned whilst raising and eye brow at me.
"Then I guess it just sucks for you then" I told her as a slight smirk began to creep on my face, as I saw her giggle and just shake her head.
"So why didn't you just tell everyone you real name instead of just answering to Foxface?" I wondered as it did seem weird that she did just tell us her name.
"No one really asked, so I just started answering to it from Katniss, then everyone else just recognised me as Foxface" she shrugged.
I know I would be annoyed if I was getting called something else. But before I could question it futher...
"Why did you get so pissed off with me!" I heard Cato shout at Katniss, which made all three of us stop in toe. "I mean on minute we where fine I mean we were more than fine 12, then the next you where all pissed with me when I we were both just joking around!" He finished shout at he and I could see that Kmatniss was just staring into the forest to her side avoiding his gaze.
"I take that back what I said before" Foxy whispered to me, "Now I definitely feel more awkward".
I couldn't help but snigger at her comment, and I did my best to cover it by pinching the brim of my nose and turning my face away from them all but if Cato and Katniss weren't pre-occupied I know they both would have heard me.
"Cato, I don't know what you want be to say! I just got angry at the fact I was in the Arena and not at home okay! And I just needed to get away from you! From everyone! Haven't you ever got angry before and need to get away and needed to cool off!" She shouted back at him. I could see she was begining to get pissed with him.
"Yes but I don't unders-" Cato instantly felt silent which unsettled me.
"What is it?" I asked him worried. He just brought his finger to his lips and his eyes began to scan the forest.
Katniss took and arrow from her quiver and set it in place, whilst I grasp my spear ready to throw incase. I looked to Foxy and could see she was analyzing the forest too, and I instictively just pulled her closer to me.
SNAP
Right I definitely heard that myself, something or someone was out there.
CatoPOV
As soon as I heard it I stopped arguing with Katniss. And once I heard the second twig snap, I swung my sword from my waist and was standing infront of Katniss within a second. I let my eyes scan across the forest and my insticts kicked in as I could begin to feel the adrenaline run through my body. This is what I was trained for. This is my norm.
Finally I could here foot steps and the sound of prodding comming towards us from my left.
I looked to Katniss who had a bow with a arrow set in place to be released, Marvel was standing protectivein front of Foxface with a arm blocking her from passing him, he had his spear in his other ready to attack. Once his eyes finally found mine he gave me a small not which I returned and I knew we would be ready.
As the foot step began to slow down, I could feel my heart beat pasen.
"Who's there?" I shouted to to trees at my left. Whatever it was I wanted it to understand it's presentce was known.
A few seconds past I could hear a sigh of defeat and the boy from distict 3 appeared from behind a tree a few yards from me.
"Are you actually taking the piss!" Marvel shouted. And I sense of relief swam through my and the tension that I had in me was released.
"You do realise we about to kill you and slice you up into little pieces!" Marvel spat as he flip the spear back into it's hold.
"I'm sorry I didn't want to scare you guys I just wanted to make sure you guys weren't still killing each other that's all" 3 said and he looked to the floor. He obviously thought that we could still hurt him.
"Well you don't have to worry becuase searching for anyone to kill" I told him as I retrieved my sword back into their holsters on my waist. Then I noticed how closely me and Katniss where. I had her back against my chest near enough. I awkwardly coughed, and took I large step fron her and saw her look over her should as I much, and I just pretended I didn't notice the reminded myself of the situation in hand.
"Where you hunting for food?" 3 asked me.
"No exactly, where looking for a flower" I told him blankly.
Another hour had passed and 3 who was called Phoenix told us what he had been doing the last 7 days here. He had travelled right to the end of the dome to see if he could get out somehow but he couldn't. And he has been slowly making his way back to find any other tributes. I don't know why he didn't just come back the cornucopia but he said he just didn't know if we could still be killing each other not. Idiot.
I filled him in with Alexis and know he was helping us on our 'hunt'.
NormalPOV
A few more hours had passed now and Katniss was begining to worry. What if they couldn't find it? How would they tell her parents if they ever got out of here? These and more question where all running through her head and it was making her feel sick.
"Don't be looking as if we have already failed, we still have time" Cato said to me taking me out of my haze.
"I'm sorry it's just the though of someone dying who shouldn't. It makes my head spin" Katniss responded with both frustration and tiredness seeping from her tone.
"We will find it you know" Cato told her. "She'll be okay" he said with a small smile.
"I hope so, I just hope we have enou-"
And before she could finish, there was a loud bang, and all tributes in the forest turned to where the noise had come from, and a smoking firey flame could be seen shooting into the sky.
"Shit" Marvel said.
"She's in stage 4" Foxface told us. "We don't have much time left. We need to track the flower down now or it will be too late!" The urgency in her voice betraying her. " In about an 2 hours she'll be hitting 5 then it'll be too late!".
"Where about 8 miles from the cornucopia, could we make it back in time if we find the flower Foxy?" Marvel asked her fast paced begining to panic.
"Maybe if we find it but we gonna have to run!".
"Look! I found it! I found it!" Phoenix shout in a distant voice and Carissa ran to him.
Their standing infront of her was the Venetumbrox plant in all it's glory. Three arm length flour petals where balancing on a long tree like stem, as the roots of the plant spread a good 3 or 4 feet around it. It's pink shooting thin reeds sitting behind the petals with orange berries hanging off the end of them.
"Oh my god!" Carrisa looked at this deadly plant in awe. "For all it's power and danger in it's poison. It still has to be the most beautiful plantlife I have ever come across, if only my grandfa-"
Before she could finish Cato interupted her, "yeah yeah the psycho-death plant is awesome, you can stare at it later but not right now!" He told her unpatiently.
Coming to her senses, Carissa apoligised as she quickly analyised the plant till she found what they where all searching for.
"I got it! I found it!" She shout with joy as she picked of the stranged shaped leaves any of the tributes had ever seen. They were oval shaped with three small circles going from top to bottom in a purple/lavender colour.
"The circle's hold the juices to the antidote". She said as she opened the extra canteen she had in her ruck sack and she began to ball the leaves up into circles and drop them into the water. Nine or ten leaves later she closed to top and shook to container frantically, then threw it to Cato. She then took out a small orange gun with a large shooting nosel. Pointing it towards the sky she pulled the trigger and a smokey red flame flew into the now dark sky, and then her attention was back to the canteen now in Cato's grasp.
"Right. Now would be the time for us all to run" she told us but directing it at Cato.
And within seconds we were all sprinting towards the cornucopia, as every second we wasted, Alexis that much closer to being killed.
Okay my lovelies there you go hope you guys enjoyed it! Please review and tell me what you think! And this chapters couple was Marvel and Foxface who is called Carrisa btw, I don't know why I chose that name I just thought it suited her? Oh and sorry about the cliff hanger!
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