Helloooo my lovelies! I am soooooo pleased with all of you! You all really responded well to my last chapter, I think that was the quickest reaction I have ever had before! To say I was really happy doesn't quite cut it! So now as some people did respond well to Marvel and Carissa a.k.a Foxface I think I may keep them as couple? It's up to you guys let me know :)
NormalPOV
Cato was taking the lead sprinting as fast as his legs could take him, Marvel and Phoenix where only a few feet behind him and the two girls a similar distance behind them. As they were running Cato shouted to Carissa how long they had left and she shout that the clock was ticking and the was only 30 minutes left. They had ran a good six miles now most of which was down hill but now. It was pretty much up hill and the tributes didn't know if they could take much longer as this hill looked more like a moutain as running for 6 miles straight with a 30 second break to drink water is seriously exhausting.
All 5 of them stopped for a few seconds as they eyed up the monster hill which seemed vertical infront of them.
"I tell...you...one...thing" Marvel said between breathes as he leaned back against a tree and started point in the direction of the cornucopia, "if that girl doesn't...end up killing us...I swear to God...this hill just might!".
"Come we need to start again" Carissa said gasping, "We don't have much time before they will have to kill her".
"She's right, I am pretty sure Clove and Glimmer are sharping Clove's knifes as we speak" Katniss added.
Cato took a quick sip from his water before turning to his fellow tributes. "You guys ready?".
Carissa and Katniss both peeled themselves from where they where leaning and nodded putting their rucksacks bag over their shoulders. Cato turned to the two boys who both shook their heads like spoit children being asked to do chores.
"Good, well let's get going then" he said completely ignoring the groans from the two boys.
"Idiots. Complete Idiots" Cato told them blankly.
Both boys just scowled at him then rolled their eyes.
Once they where on the move again Carissa and Katniss were both either side of Cato, and they were all jogging up the hill, with Marvel and Phoenix close behind.
It took them 20 minutes before they reached the top and the lake was soon in sight.
"Shit!" Cato said abruptly causing everyone to stop and look at him.
"Whats the matter" Marvel asked as he instictively grabbed his spear.
"The corncopia is a 15 minutes down hill run from here which means..."
"It will takes 10 to get dow-"before Carissa could finished she was interupted.
BANG BANG. Two flames shot into the sky about a mile from them.
"Stage 5. She has 5 minutes" Carissa told them.
"We've got 5 minutes to get to her in a 10 minute run?" Phoenix stated.
All the tributes all quickly glanced at each other in acknowledgement. It was now or never and they all began sprinting their way down to the cornucopia but Cato was a good few meters in front of the all.
CatoPOV
I was sprinting a good three minutes when the cornucopia came into sight and I started shouting at anyone who was listening to let them know we had it, the rest of the group began to do the same.
To my relief I could make out Thresh and Rue run out from the cornucopia gesturing for me to hurry with their hands.
"They are about to kill her hurry!" Rue screamed.
"NO!" I could hear screams comming from behind me, "we've got the antidote, Thresh stop them!" It was Katniss and Carissa began to join in.
I ran down the clearing and grabbing the canteen from my waist and began to open in. I was at the cornucopia in second and shouted towards the two girls in view in front of me.
"STOP"
Clove and a set of knives in her and and Glimmer carried a heavy weight spear and I could see that Peeta was attempting to stop them. I just pushed past them both making Clove fall to the ground with a thump. As Alexis came into my sight, she looked perfectly fine. Innocent even as is she was almost sleeping. But I knew better. If she woke up the girl would turn into a psycho-bitch and that definitely wasn't happening.
I grabbed her cheeks pushing them together opening her mouth then I tilted her head back and poured the purplely green liquid down the troat. As I started this the others must have caught up with me as Foxface told me to give it all to her.
Within seconds the canteen was empty and as I dropped the canteen on the floor a wash of relief and exhaustion flooded through my body. We did it. We had saved her.
I got up and I felt a pair of arms wrap around my chest. As I looked down I was shocked to find fire girl attached to my chest, and I couldn't help but return the hug.
As I pulled back, I looked down at her as she did only just reach my chin in height and I smirked at her.
"What was that for?" I asked her, and she looked up to me and smiled a little.
"I suppose you could say it is a official peace offering and apology" she smiled, then her face went a little sad and the smile went as quickly as it came, it looked as if she was thinking before she finally spoke. "The real reason I was pissed at you, was because I thought that you just killed all the other tributes because you liked to see people die, and it scared me. I didn't want to become friends with some like that. But I now I know I was wrong and I'm sorry" when she finished her eyes looked back to me and I could see that her apology was real. I could tell she felt guilty.
"It's okay, I guess I can't blame you" I told her.
I had to admit I wasn't really taken back by the real reason she had been pissed. It's not like I could really blame her. Although I do have to say, she has the worst timing in the world. Why couldn't she be pissed with me after we were having our little splash about in the lake. I mean the girl was in my face with her arms all over my chest and her legs locked around my waist. Thinking back made me smirk, and I looked back down at the girl on fire who still had her arms around me.
"So I guess this means we can be friends again then?" She asked me, and I looked into her steel grey eyes and snorted.
"I suppose" I replied which earned me a a playful punch and a slight laugh, when her arms released from me she told me she was exhaused and made her way to her tent.
I was feeling drained myself and decided now would definitely be the time to go to sleep. As I turned to go to bed I nodded at everyone except Clove and Glimmer who had already re-treated back to the tent they shared. To be honest I was pleased I could deal with their whiny bullshit right now anyway.
I don't think I have been this tired and aching since I started my hardcore training when I was 14. And that was rough to fuck. Never since have I felt the need for sleep so much since now, and that is exactly what I intended to get. Once I reached my tent, I got out of my ripped dirty gritty clothes and threw them outside. Once I was down to my undies I climbed into my sleeping bag before closing it up. Then a sigh/groan of utter and sheer relief escaped my lips and lying down right now felt as good as sex right now.
And within a few minutes I fell was asleep. Best sleep of my life.
NormalPOV
The next morning Marvel introduced everyone to Phoenix. They all welcomed him warmly but it was only short as him am Marvel both retreated back to the tent they an Cato now shared.
Katniss was next to come out of her tent at around noon, ate some food then went back to sleep. Carissa didn't even come out of her tent, she just stayed asleep the whole day.
"It must have really took it out of them huh" Thresh said to Peeta as he started to put more wood he collected for the fire from earlier.
"Well I spoke to Marvel before he went to sleep and he said they they went a good 8-10 miles from the lake for they reached the flower" Peeta said as he began to cook the meat Clove had hunted earlier.
"8 miles? Is that it? They were gone for like 12 and half hours or somethink wasn't it?" Thresh asked surprised at that it took two born amd trained careers 12 hours to travel only eight miles.
"Well think about it they had to track Alexis' track and search the woods for a flower only one of them knew what it looked like. Then they found Phoenix, then they had to sprint the full 8 miles hom in 2 hours after hiking all day to get there in the first place. Personally I'd say the did pretty well" Peeta laughed at Thresh's inconsideration of how difficult it must have been.
"I suppose when you put it like that" Thresh joined in at Peeta laughter.
"Do you know anythink else on this Phoenix guy?" Peeta asked curiously as he seemed it very strange how he only decided to have his presence known now when Claudius announcement was near two weeks ago now.
"Nope, Rue told me that Katniss had been told by Cato that he had a legit reason but that's not much to go by" Thresh replied to which Peeta began laughing again.
"It's like we've turned into old gossiping women" he said as he began cutting the meat that he hadn't put of the fire to cook yet, and Thresh once again join in. "Well she said, that he said, that they said this" Peeta mimicked a gossiping girl which made both boys laughing even louder once he had finished.
"What are you two in hysterical over?" Clove asked with frustration and anger swimming in her voice.
It didn't really take much of a genius to tell she was still pissed from Cato stopping her from killing Alexis earlier.
"Still got you panties in a twist then" Peeta asked her which caused Thresh to snort a laugh which earned a death glare from Clove, and Thresh tried his hardest to keep a straight face.
"I have no clue what your talking about" Clove spat.
"Oh. So your just normally this bundle of joy then are you" Peeta asked her sarcastically and Clove just snarled at him.
"Shut up baker boy and get back to your cooking" she glared at his smiling face hoping to remove it but his teeth kept grinning.
Thresh just raised and eyebrow at the little brunette infront of him and shook his head. He didn't really have the patience for her so he told Peeta to shout him when the food was ready and he went to find and check on Rue.
"So why where you so keen on killing Alexis then?" Peeta asked although he was still focusing on the food. Clove swallowed the lump in her throat and quickly glanced to Peeta. Once she could see he wasn't focused on her but at his task in hand her expression turned back to its emotionless blank self.
"She was a danger to us all, a liability. She could of woken up whenever. And I don't like unpredictability. It's too dangerous" she told him blankly.
"Nah. I don't believe you" Peeta told her plainly, which caught her off guard.
"What do you mean you don't believe me?" Clove asked with a slight confusing whine unsettling from her voice.
"Well, you see. Foxface told us what was going on with her. And when she was a actual real treat and danger to us. Yes, she attempted to kill you once, but you kicked the day ligts out of her and stabbed her in the shins. But it was a different kind of look in your eye. Like you despretely wanted to kill her. As if you were afraid" When Peeta finished his eyes where no longer at the food, but were looking into Cloves emeral green eyes. And he could see she knew he was right. The two looked at each for a split second then Clove broke contact and began to look at her finger nail. She always seemed to do that when she was uncomfortable or nervous.
Right now there was a equal balance of both.
"I don't have to explain nothging to you" she told him quietly.
"But thay does mean there is something to tell though doesn't it?" He finished with a cheeky grin across his face from his victory in the arguement.
Clove's head quickly shot up and she stood up off the log she was sitting on, glared at Peeta then stomped off back to her tent.
Peeta couldn't help but smile at her childness and how spoilt she had reacted. He may have even found it a little cute, if their subject of arguement was different. But it wasn't it was over her wanting to kill someone, and that isn't cute. It's just plain psychopathic.
Soon Peeta had finished cooking and they only tributes who had ate where the one who were awake, and the group who went looking for the flower where still fast asleep and would be till morning.
Rue took some of the food and braught it into Alexis, who was going in and out of consious. She changed her wounds again, to be sure she would get infected then decided to call it a night.
Glimmer eat her food in her tent alone as Clove decided to eat with the others, but Glimmer did not have the energy or the patience for the lectures or the possibility of awkwardness and eating alone was far more appealing.
Pretty soon all the tributes where asleep in the tents, and they all could say today is a day, which was more eventful that most. This is a day they would all never soon forget.
Okay, so I started and finished this chapter in like 3 hours, which I am quite pleased with as I usually so it over a period of days whenever I have free time. So yeah, I have put a little bit of Catniss in this chapter, a bit of Peeta and Clove banter and also some Thresh and Peeta bromance because I have decided them too are going to be good friends, like Cato and Marvel are. Now considering I have been very good to you guys for one, making Cato and Katniss be at peace again and also flirt a little even if it was for a seconds, and I have given a possible idea for another couple as well as Marvel and Carissa. I think I deserve so reviews. So my lovelies please do leave a review and tell me what you think. If you do I may be super nice and throw some more flirting in their with Cato and Katniss! So guys let's see if we can get 20 reviews and I promise I will update as soon as that happens! Come on I know you guys can do it! It double the amount of reviews for this chapter but I know we can do so come on! Review review review!
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