"Clove's not dead." Rue said.
She was stroking Katniss' hair.
"How do you know?"
"Because I saw Thresh die."
She looked down.
He was her distract partner.
"I'm sorry."
"Its fine. I really didn't know him"
"Who killed him?"
"Believe it or not, Foxface. For food."
"Wow."
"So there is only six of us?"
"Yeah. "
"That's crazy."
"Yeah. It is. How, how are you going to do this?"
"She's going to win. If she dies, before I do, then I'll die."
"You two truly cannot live without each other can you?"
I laughed.
"Never. I would. I couldn't. She's my life."
"If she's your life, how is she going to be able to survive you not being alive?"
"I wrote her a letter for that. Her mother has it."
"Oh."
I looked down at Katniss.
"She was a mess when she found out Peeta died."
Rue looked up.
"Really?"
"Yeah. They knew each other as children."
"Oh."
Rue curled up and put her arms around her legs.
"We need more water." she whispered.
I looked at my water bottle.
Empty.
Kat's and Rue's were.
"I'll go get some."
"Cato..."
She grabbed my arm.
"Hmm?"
"Marvel is out there. You need to stay."
"Rue. No."
She wouldn't budge.
She left the cave.
I followed her.
"CATO!"
Clove.
"CATO!"
"CLOVE?"
"CATO DON'T FALL FOR IT!"
Rue.
"CATO!"
"CATO!"
"Cato, Cato, Cato."
I turned around.
There was Marvel.
With Rue in one hand.
And the scarred Clove in the other.
"You do realized that only one person can win this. So why are you protecting these girls?"
"Why did you kill Glimmer?"
"She untied this one."
He shook Clove.
"Why Peeta?"
"Did you not see that punch?"
"Let them go, Marvel."
"No. Cause I am going to be the winner. Now where is your precious girlfriend."
"You won't know."
"Do you not see what I did to Clove? I'll torture the fuck out of you. Eventually you'll have to break."
All of a sudden, Rue bit him."
"YOU LITTLE PIECE OF SHIT!" He screamed.
I didn't see the spear on the ground.
I wish I did.
He threw Clove.
Picked up the spear.
And threw it at Rue.
It pierced her abdomen.
She was bleeding.
I gasped.
"Collateral damage." Marvel said.
Rue fell to the ground.
"Rue." Clove said.
She crawled over to her.
She shook her head no.
"You'll pay for this." I said.
"I know."
He had a knife in his hand.
"CLOVE!" I screamed.
It was too late.
The knife was in her back.
"CLOVE!" I screamed again.
I then heard two booms.
Oh my god.
Marvel was gone.
"Cato?"
I heard someone say.
Katniss came into sight.
She saw the bodies.
She put her hands on her face.
"Cato, what do we do?"
"We live. We fight. And we kill Marvel."