I ran as fast as I could back to Clove. Trying to escape everything that had just happened. I began to argue with myself. If I did find Katniss, what would I do? A part of me said to kill her quickly and just leave Peeta for dead. Another part says to go through with my original plan. And even a third part of me is saying I should go back and kill Peeta, stop his suffering. I shook my head, trying to clear out all of the thoughts. I was losing my mind in this place.

When I got back to Clove, I refused to make eye contact. As confused as she was, she purposely didn't ask what was wrong. "Come on," she said. "I'm going to the cornucopia. Come with me." After about a twenty minute silent walk, I saw a giant pyramid full of supplies. "Holy shit." I was nearly breathless. "How did you guys find this much stuff?"

"I told you, it's lying around everywhere." She responded matter of factly. I saw Marvel coming out from behind the cornucopia, doing some intricate jumps to avoid the bombs. "We have a pattern," Clove explained. "I'll teach it to you later, but until then, don't go near the pile. We don't need you getting blown up." She lightly punched my arm and sat down in the grass by the District Three boy. I walked up to him. "What's your name?"

"J-J-Jace, sir." Sir? This kid looks like he's about ready to shit his pants. "Okay, Jace." I said, walking closer to him. "And what is it you did here?"

"W-W-Well, I took t-the bombs out of the p-p-platforms, a-and rewired them a-a-a-around the s-supplies." As nervous as he was, you could see a hint of pride in what he had done. "Okay then." I said. I quickly turned to Clove and Marvel. "And what do we give him in return?" Clove quickly replied. "Just food."

Just food, okay. I can handle that. This might actually work out. "Okay, fine," I say. "Let's just hang out here then. Maybe someone will be stupid enough to come by here." Marvel smirked and laid down in the grass. Clove and I quickly followed suit. It was the first time any of us had a moment of peace in the arena.

After about twenty minutes, Marvel shot up. "Guys! Guys look, over there! Look!" I sat up and looked. Smoke, and a lot of it. Before I could say anything, Marvel was already running for it. "C'mon guys! Come on!" I looked at Clove and the two of us laughed. As we began to run away, I turned to Jace. "You." He quickly stood attentive. "Keep watch while we're gone." With that I quickly caught up to Marvel and Clove.

Marvel was the first to reach the source of the smoke. "What the hell?" I heard him say. "What's wrong?" Clove asked. "There's no one here." Marvel replied. "And they were burning green shit."

As the other two began discussing, I began to think. One of the main things they taught us was to burn dead plants. Green plants would cause too much smoke, anyone would be able to find you. Shit.

"Guys, come on. Let's head back to the supplies." The panic in my face must have been obvious, because Clove suddenly looked worried. Marvel however, seemed unphased. "No way," He said. "They're probably still around here. I wanna kill them."

"Okay, but I said go back to the supplies. So we're gonna go back to the supplies." I said, making myself as threatening as possible. "Okay, and I say, let's stay here and find this moron." Marvel said defiantly, puffing out his chest to make him seem bigger. I threw down my sword and shoved him into a tree. I pushed him down so I was taller than him for a change. "Are you an idiot?" I said, digging his back into the bark. "When I say go back, it means go back." Marvel shoved me off of him. Before I had time to react, he pulled his spear out and aimed it for my chest. "You know Cato? Sometimes I know what I'm talking about." I reached down and grabbed my sword. I was only vaguely aware of Clove screaming at us to stop.

Suddenly, an explosion. Multiple explosions. The three of us looked at each other, before bolting back to the cornucopia. When we got there, everything was destroyed. We had no more supplies.

"FUCK." I screamed at the top of my lungs and ran over. Clove and Marvel began scoping out the wreckage. I found Jace. He looked like he was ready to shit himself.

"YOU." I began walking towards him. "WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED?" I threw my sword down and walked right up to him. He began to stammer some words out. "WHO DID THIS?" He was frozen. Before I could think, I grabbed his head between my hands and snapped his neck, silencing him forever. The cannon went off, and I immediately turned to Marvel. "YOU." Before he knew what was happening, I had tackled him to the ground with my hands around his throat. "THIS IS YOUR FUCKING FAULT. WE WOULD STILL HAVE EVERYTHING IF IT WASN'T FOR YOU." I lifted his head up from the neck and began slamming it into the ground.

I felt Clove's hands on my shoulder, trying to pull me off. "Cato, please! Stop!" Her voice was in near tears, and she sounded a lot like Cora. I immediately dropped Marvel and sat up, thinking of my baby sister.

I stood up, and pointed at Marvel. "Stand up." He quickly followed his orders. "Just get out of here. Just leave. Come back later tonight. And you better find some more god dammed supplies." Without saying a word, he grabbed his spear and ran off.

I looked at Clove. She grabbed my hand and pulled me back onto the grass. Before I could say anything she attempted to distract me.

"You know a lot of my friends had crushes on you back home," She smiled. "They thought you were amazing."

"Did they really?" She laughed. A real laugh. The first real laugh I've heard from her since the reaping. "Yeah they did. I mean what's not to like? You're strong, attractive, brave. I think every girl wanted you." I smiled a little before looking up at the sky.

"You know I never told you this before, but you remind me of my sister."

"I didn't even know you had a sister."

"She's six, so that's not surprising." I replied, laughing. The first laugh I've had since the reaping. "Her name's Cora... She was so upset when I volunteered. She cried when she said goodbye… I told her I'd come home to her. I promised her I would." Clove looked at me with sympathetic eyes. "You love her a lot, don't you?"

"Yeah, I do." Tears threatened to fall down, and for once I didn't mind. Clove shifted over towards me and put her hand over mine. "I noticed at the reaping how much you look like her. Hell, sometimes you even act like her." She smiled at this. "I swore I would do as much as I could to protect you in the arena. For Cora."

Clove didn't say anything. She simply laid her head in my lap and closed her eyes, not letting go of my hand. We stayed there, not moving, embracing the silence. Suddenly a cannon went off. Another one shortly after. Clove didn't move though, and when I whispered her name, I noticed she fell asleep. I kept my sword on hand and kept guard for her. She didn't wake up until night fall.

As we were about to get up and look for food, the anthem began, and 'The Fallen' flashed across the sky. Marvel's face was first. Clove squeezed my hand, visibly upset. The only other person was the little girl from District Eleven. I think her name was Rue. The anthem died down and the sky was dark again.

Shortly after a parachute came down again. In it was more bread. Our dinner. On the bottom was another note.

Only five more to kill. – Brutus

Five more to kill. I think for a moment. Both from District Twelve. The guy from District Eleven. The girl from District Five. Me and Clove. Six more people. Five left to kill.

Me and Clove looked at the note, wondering the same thing.

Who was this note intended for?

Which one of us did Brutus want to die?