A Shot In The Dark
Chapter 3
By: WonderGirl556
AN: Hey guys! I posted the last chapter yesterday, but since it was a short, I figured I owed you another one, and of course, Cato will be making his first appearance! So thank you to my lovely reviewers, followers, and favoriters! Your feedback really brightens my day!
EGilly – thank you for reviewing! And yes I will definitely be making the chapters longer in the future!
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Gale and I sprinted the last 400 meters to the station.
We arrived just as the silver train pulled in.
We casually walked over to the Justice Building, and leaned against the brick wall.
"Look at that train!" I say to Gale, "The money invested in it, would be enough to feed all of 12 for at least 3 years!"
"I hear you!" he says while crossing his arms, "I'm sure the inside is even nicer than the mayor's house!"
"Oh here they come!" I excitedly whisper.
As the hatches of the futuristic train open and the automated ramp extends, we catch a glimpse of the luxurious interior of the 45 car long train.
On the inside of the train, all the floors are lined with capitol grade, red fluffy carpet that looked soft enough to sleep on.
The center dining table is bedecked with all the sweets one could image, cakes, pastries, and other sugared goods.
Gale let out an impressed whistle at the sight of it as I gasped in awe.
That was when the inhabitants of the train decided to make their grand entrance.
They came down in rows, 3 wide and 12 deep. All walking in a unified militant fashion. Their apparel consisted of a pair of gray, 6-pocketed, cargo pants, black combat boots, and a gray zip up vest with the letters "F.P.O.P.", (standing for Future Protectors of Panem) above the capitol seal.
"Oh! Third row two back, he looks terrified! Like he's going to get mugged!" I remarked with a smirk
Gale guffawed before offering "Behind him and one to the right, look at the bowl cut on that guy! I guess the capitol's fashion sense has rubbed off on District 21"
"Tell me about it!" I replied "Oh God look at meat on them! How much do you think they eat? A cow a day?"
Gale made a face before replying, "Wouldn't doubt it from the looks of that obese red-head!" I giggled at that.
They were marching in front of us when Gale picked out one last unlucky target. "He's the worst of all, back row blonde hair." He said while pointing him out to me, "Just a bunch of dumb muscle. A true peacekeeper." he slandered, cackling between insults, "He's so big, I bet our tesserae would last him no longer that three days!" his voice escalating at the hilarity of it all.
I guess meat head heard all that, because he stopped marching and his head shot around our way as he clenched and unclenched his jaw.
"Oh look, he can hear!" Gale continued.
"Gale that's enough." I whispered to him while laying a cautioning hand on his arm.
Gale shot me an unimpressed look, "What do you think he's going to do Katnip? Eat me?"
"No." the seething blonde replied as he began stalking over, "but I will rip you limb from limb"
Gale just continued laughing as though he had told him a joke instead of a threat.
"Gale, stop now! He's serious!" I warned.
"You should listen to your girlfriend." Muscles said as he stopped a yard ahead of us"She's obviously got more sense than you!"
"Hey I am not his girlfriend!" I shouted suddenly feeling the urge to make sure Dumb Muscle knows I'm single.
He goes on as if he hadn't heard me, "You've got a lot of nerve, saying that."
"Thanks I'm flattered." Gale sarcastically replies.
At that Muscles grabs Gale's neck with both hands and slams him back against the brick walls of the Justice Building, cutting off his air supply in the process.
Gale clawed at his hands and let out little squeaks of distress.
"Stop it!" I screamed while moving forward to push at the blonde's chest.
"Cato Hadley" a loud male voice boomed, "If you still want to be a Peacekeeper, you had better get your hands off that scum's neck!"
Cato immediately froze and released Gale letting him drop to the ground.
"Cross me again, and nobody will be able to stop me." he growled back at Gale before pacing back to the others, which had paused to watch our little scene.
"Gale what the hell is wrong with you?" I quietly scolded while the Junior Peacekeeper trekked off into District 12.
"I don't know." he weakly replied.
Cato was frankly a hot head. He has no self-control whatsoever. He's arrogant, a jerk, and a Peacekeeper.
But I kind of like him.
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