Daisy and Rue woke up in the morning as the sunlight hit them in the eyes. Daisy rubbed her eyes and Rue smiled at her sleepily.
"Hey sleepyhead, how are you?" Daisy asked.
"Fine, let's get something to eat and drink." Rue slowly started untying the rope and pulled it off. She wrapped it and placed it into her pack. She hopped down from the tree and landed on the ground softly. Daisy took a deep breath and whispered another prayer before climbing down slowly. She stepped on the ground and rubbed her belly, whispering an apology. Daisy took Rue's hand and they started walking through the forest. Rue and Daisy heard a rustling sound and turned around. Seeing nothing, they started walking again. Suddenly they heard cries and screams. Rue and Daisy looked around and saw five figures at a distance. Daisy looked closer and her heart nearly stopped. Cato plunged a dagger into someone's chest and that person fell down lifeless. Clove snickered and started mimicking the dead boy's dying words. They were just about to leave when Clove spotted Daisy and Rue. She smirked before grabbing Cato's arm. She pointed at Daisy and Rue, who were too terrified to move. Cato took out his sword and sneered.
"RUN!" Daisy screamed and let go of Rue's hand. They separated quickly and started running. Daisy felt someone running behind her but she didn't turn back to look. She ran and ran until she came across a river. Hopping on the stones quickly, she ran deeper and deeper in the woods. The person behind her hadn't given up and Daisy already felt like vomiting. Her belly was starting to pain and she knew this wasn't healthy for the baby but if she didn't run then they would certainly die. Daisy's breathing was coming out in gasps and her vision was getting blurry. A hand suddenly grabbed her arm and whirled her around, pushing her till her back was to a tree. A shiny sword glinted at her throat. Cato looked at her with a murderous look in his eyes. He pressed the sword deeper into Daisy's neck. A bead of blood slid down her neck.
"Well if it isn't the healer from 12." He sneered. "You knew you were going to die quickly, right?" Daisy didn't answer.
"Answer when I'm talking to you!" Cato yelled and Daisy looked away and imagined that she was anywhere but there. Somewhere where it was only her and her baby.
"You're a real space case aren't you?" Cato scowled. Daisy blinked her eyes twice before turning back to Cato. "Excuse me?"
"Fuck you!" Cato growled and pressed the sword deeper into Daisy's neck. She winced when she felt the blood. Cato got ready to swipe the knife, planning on cutting her neck off. Daisy looked at him with big watery eyes.
"Don't kill me." She said simply.
"And why wouldn't I want to do that?" Cato answered with a smirk.
Daisy didn't want to tell him about the baby. She didn't answer and instead tried to think happy thoughts. Cato got frustrated at her lack of response and he hit her hard on the face with the handle of the sword. Blood ran down Daisy's face from a deep gash. She fell down and clutched her wounded cheek.
"Ouch." She said in a low voice. Cato was getting even more frustrated. Why wasn't she screaming? Crying? Begging for mercy? Offering to do anything if he spared her life?
Cato picked her up by her arm, forcing her face to look at his. Something about her stopped Cato from killing her. Maybe it was her looks. She was certainly beautiful; with raven black straight hair that reached the middle of her back. Her eyes were chocolate and her skin seemed so soft that he wanted to touch it again, like he had last time. He just wanted to ki- Cato shook his head. What was he thinking? He growled in anger.
"So healer, give me one good reason I shouldn't kill you." Cato said. Daisy again didn't answer.
"Well then, I don't see why I shouldn't kill you." Cato raised his sword and just as he was about to stab it in Daisy's chest, she mumbled something. Cato froze and looked at her.
"What?" He asked, his eyes narrowing into slits and his eye brows furrowing.
"I'm- I'm pregnant. Its y-yours." She stammered slowly. Those four words changed Cato's life.