The five of us got up at the crack of dawn to continue our hunt for Katniss Everdeen. It felt like we'd been walking for days, no breaks in sight. "What time is it?" Glimmer whined, almost tripping over an over-sized tree branch. "Noon-ish. The sun is directly above." Clove said, pointing at the sun as she shielded her eyes.

"Where is she?" I murmured to myself, as I walked directly alongside Clove. "Are you sure it was a good idea bringing him with?" Clove asked. "Look, it's our only way of finding Katniss." I then dropped my voice to a whisper. "And we'll kill him after anyway."

We finally reached the river, and stopped to drink, using our hands as cups. "Hey lover boy!" I shouted at Peeta who immediately dropped his hands down and looked up. "Where is she? You said you'd find her!" Dragging him along was getting us nowhere fast. If anything, he was slowing us down. I glanced at Clove who gave me an 'I told you so' look.

"I'm telling you! She's around here! I know she is!" Peeta sounded desperate. "Then why haven't we found her yet?" I said, dropping my sword and moving in closer to him. I puffed out my chest to make me seem bigger than I actually am. "I-I-I don't know!" Peeta said frantically. With that I pushed him into a tree. I saw Glimmer on my right side with one of her arrows.

"Hey guys! Look! Look there she is, look!" Marvel was jumping up and down and running into the river. On the other side was Katniss, scrambling out of the water. I charged after Marvel, running past him in a matter of seconds. "We're coming for you baby!" Marvel shouted as Glimmer and Clove caught up. We chased Katniss deeper into the woods where she climbed up a tree.

"C'mon Cato! Get up there!" Glimmer shouted, pushing me towards the tree. I grabbed the easiest branch and began making my way up the tree as fast as I could. Katniss was smaller, and therefore more agile, and was already at the top before I was even halfway there.

My friends were below me, cheering me on. "C'mon Cato!" "Kill her Cato!" "You can do it!" They pushed me farther and farther, until I was almost to the top. As I reached for the last branch before I reached my prey, it snapped under my weight and I fell down the twenty some feet I have already climbed.

I landed on my back and was immediately winded. Staggering back to my feet, Glimmer pulled out her bow and arrow. "I'll do it myself!" She grumbled, aiming at Katniss's head and shooting. Katniss ducked her head down and the arrow flew right past her. "DAMMIT!" Glimmer shouted chucking her bow at the ground.

"Why don't you throw the sword up here?" Katniss shouted, resting her forehead against the bark of the tree. I was getting furious. Why is it so hard to get a girl stuck in a fucking tree? "Why don't we camp out her for the night?" Peeta said, dropping his gaze to the ground as though he immediately regretted it. I walked right up to him again. "What do you mean, lover boy?"

"Well, she can't stay up there forever. She's gotta come down eventually. Either that or starve."

He has a point. Either way she'll die, no matter what we do. "Alright, fine." I stated. "We'll camp here for the night. Someone go start a fire." Marvel immediately ran off to look for firewood.

Night began to fall and there was no sign of Katniss coming down. It wasn't long until we all doze off.

There she was. Standing right in front of me. Completely unarmed and unguarded. I go in for the kill. I charge at her with my sword, screaming as I stab her in the chest. Repeatedly jabbing at any place I can get at, over and over. The cannon sounded long ago, but I wasn't done. I slashed her throat. I stomped on her face. I kicked her. I sliced everything I could reach.

The intercom buzzes, and Claudius Templesmith comes on. "Ladies and Gentlemen, may I present to you the winner of the 74th annual Hunger Games, Cato Davis!" As the speaker dies down, the interference is still audible. It begins growing louder and louder, until it physically hurts. I kneel down and cover my ears, trying desperately to block the sound. I began to scream, to no avail. No one was coming to save me. The buzzing and my screaming got louder and louder.

I wake up to a sharp pain on my face. The buzzing was still ringing in my ears, and I opened up my eyes. Tracker Jackers. I scramble up and run away, following Marvel and Clove. I turned around and saw Glimmer, face down on the ground, covered in welts and pus. I looked up. Katniss was nowhere to be seen.

I continued running, my face starting to burn. Everything became disoriented. The ground began spinning and I eventually fell. I saw Marvel and Clove close by. Marvel was leaning against a tree, furiously rubbing his temples. There were three, no, four Cloves, all covering their heads with their arms.

I saw Katniss run past. "Shit, c'mon guys." I slurred, attempting to get up, only to fall immediately. I began to army crawl towards where I last saw her. Suddenly she was right next to me. "Come and get me Cato. Or are you too weak? Too weak to get a girl from District Twelve?" She laughed and disappeared. My head suddenly felt like it was one hundred pounds. Everything was still spinning. I laid on my back and started at the sky, which was now purple with green stars all around it.

When I open my eyes I immediately feel disoriented. I sit up quickly and look around. There was medicine on my arm that I wiped off frantically.. "Cato! Calm down!" Clove shouted, kneeling beside me and shaking my shoulders. "It's okay, you're okay now! You're all better I promise!"

"Whe-Whe- Where's Marvel? And Peeta? And Glimmer? And Katniss?"

"Katniss dropped a Tracker Jacker nest on us while we were sleeping. Peeta went running after her when she escaped. It killed Glimmer. And Marvel's right here." I look up to see Marvel leaning against a tree, digging through his backpack for more medicine. "Brutus sent us medicine," Clove continued. Dropping her voice to a whisper, she said. "It came with a note. 'Do that again, and it'll be your last.'"

"I'm gonna kill them both." I shouted, throwing Clove to the side and running into the forest. However, I was still disoriented from my experience with the Tracker Jackers, and fell down about twenty yards away. Clove was immediately by my side, and she sat me up against a tree. "Here, just rest for now. We'll figure it out tomorrow, I promise. Just rest." She put her backpack behind my head, and within minutes I was in a deep sleep.