Chapter 10 : Another Problem
Cato's POV
We were walking around the forest when we heard some crackling noises, maybe there is an uncontrolled fire blazing somewhere. We go near the lake so we could rest there. A million thoughts are going through my mind while walking. I can't even concentrate on the animals we're hunting. Clove. She could've died. If I let her go, I could never forgive myself. I saved her. And she saved me. We saved each other. Is she trying to make me jealous? Like the way I'm making her jealous? Walking with Marvel. She'd talk to me anytime soon. I know she will. She can't stand the thought of me and Glim together. We were at the lake when we heard a splash. "There she is!" Marvel shouted. Fire girl. Marvel noticed her because of the braid. She's been wearing that bread ever since she got here. We run after her. She can't escape us. There are six of us armed with weapons and she's all by herself with no weapon.
"You're mine Fire girl!" I heard Glim say.
"Better watch out there," Marvel said.
We see her climbing a tree. How stupid. She'll just get stuck there. I try to climb it. She was 20 ft above when I held onto a branch that snapped. Shit. When I get my hands on this girl I'm going to torture her so much. Glimmer took her arrow and bow and tried shooting her but she missed. Why did she even bother getting this bow and arrow? She's not good at it. I give it a try and still missed. "Try throwing the sword," she teased. I want to set fire to that tree and burn her to death.
"Just wait until she goes down. She can't stay up there forever," Lover boy suggested.
"Fine. Someone make a fire."
I stayed beside Glimmer and when the nighttime came, she was supposed to be the one on watch. But she fell asleep. Clove didn't fall asleep when she was on watch. She's better than any other girl. She's sweet and charming and beautiful. But you can never underestimate you. She could kill you from 20 feet away. So we all fell asleep and no one was on guard. I would tell Glimmer to wake up but I'm too tired from yesterday so I let it pass. Then I heard a buzzing sound. "Holy shit! Let's so to the lake!" I scream. We were surrounded by tracker jackers. We had to run fast to the lake to avoid them. I was stung on the neck, on the arm, on the stomach and on the legs. I look around and see Clove and Marvel and Lover boy. Where is Glimmer and Fiona? They got left behind. They didn't escape. I notice for a little while that Lover boy is gone. "Go Katniss go! Get out of here! Hurry up!" I hear him screaming. He was protecting her all along! I can't believe I didn't see this coming. "You betrayed us asshole," I tell him. I was feeling dizzy already. Maybe it's from the venom of the tracker jackers. Even though I'm feeling dizzy, I can still manage to cut Lover boy. I cut him in the leg. I know it's deep, it'll give him blood poisoning and he won't last soon. I get back to the lake and the place around me is starting to spin around like hell. I see Clove lying down on the lake with blood all around her. Then she was gone with the wind. It's like she disintegrated. Then I see my family. Then I see a fire behind them slowly reaching up to them and burning them. Everyone I love dies. Then I watch as thousands of spiders crawl up to me and go up to my face and crawl in my mouth, ears, nose and anywhere possible for them to crawl in. I fall to the ground and I lay unconscious.
Clove's POV
I see myself flying- no falling. I'm falling from the sky. I look down and see nothing. I was falling but there was no ground beneath me. I'm terribly scared of heights. Then I see land and fall into it. It breaks and then I'm falling again. I see Cato standing there and he got decapitated by a person I didn't know who. I watch Cato getting killed a lot of times. I see my mom getting tortured. These dreams feel so real. I can't help but think if I'm still even dreaming or not. Every time the dream ends, I feel relieved only to find another dream of people dying and getting tortured. After several more dreams, I open my eyes and see the lake and trees. I don't think I'm dreaming anymore but I still feel dizzy. I see Cato lying on the ground. He can't be dead. I run up to him, stumbling over rocks because I don't feel stable yet, "Cato! Wake up. Wake up, Cato. You can't die," I'm slapping his cheeks to force him to wake up. I can't do anything. Then I did this. Why did I pick this time to do this? I kissed him. My mother told me this story before I went to sleep. Hundreds of years ago, people had this story where a princess was kissed by a prince and she woke up. It's called true loves kiss. I know it isn't true but I can't help it. I see Cato open his eyes slowly, "Clove?" I hug him so tight that I think it hurt him a little bit. "I love you Cato," I blurt out. "I love you too," I can't explain my happiness here. He told me he loves me too. We can take everyone out together. We'd spend the time in the games together and everything will be okay. Shit. I think of the question that runs through my mind ever since the start of the games. What if it comes down to us? I can't kill him. We can't kill each other now that we've confessed we love each other.
I look around and see Marvel still on the ground. He's talking but he's dreaming. He keeps saying, "No! No! Please spare her. Spare my grandmother please. Don't kill her." These tracker jackers really do some shit that messes with people. I kept dreaming that my mother and Cato was dying and myself falling on every level on Earth. "Where's Glimmer and Fiona?" I ask Cato. "They're gone. They got too many tracker jacker stings," Cato answered. Great. Blondie is gone. I knew that dumb bitch would die soon. But Fiona. She's the closest girl friend I've ever had. Cato said something about Lover boy betraying us. We hear a rustle from the bushes and see the boy from 3. He comes up to us and offers his help. He said he could protect our supplies. He also told us that the boy from 10 has died. We take him in the alliance and pack our stuff. We see Marvel get up still recovering from the tracker jacker hallucinations. We tell him about everything that has happened and he said, "Good thing we got out of there alive. They could've made a lot more damage to my handsome face." I couldn't help but laugh. He's like Cato. Very conceited. I wish I had a brother like him. After a few more minutes, we go back to where we hid our supplies.
Notes: Sorry I haven't updated soon enough. I've been busy with training in my school and guitar lessons. I had to practice very much. Next chapter will be up maybe after 2 or 3 days. Thanks for the Reviews!