The Games
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Cato`s POV
My feet start moving right when the gong rings out. I dash for the center of the cornucopia; I am the first one there. Clove is right behind me and I see her grab some knives as I take my sword. She runs of probably to kill some tributes. As the though goes through my head I hear a male scream. I turn around really fast to find myself face to face with Neptune. He is holding a knife to my neck. I laugh a sinister laugh "Think you could kill me so soon" I sneer as a spear goes through his back. I laugh again as he falls to the ground nodding to Marvel. I jog over to him handing him some better spears "Sorry about your face" I say. I hear yet another scream and I turn my head in the direction. I watch as Glimmer breaks someone's neck with her hand.
I watch a kid sneak into the middle of the cornucopia. I sneak over and stab my sword deep into his neck. He is dead instantly. I kill another girl with my spear and the district 7 boy follows soon after. I have killed at least 5 tributes when everything falls silent. I walk over to where Shimmer, Glimmer and Marvel are waiting. I look around for Clove and I spot her on the ground screaming. "What's her problem?" I ask trying to keep the concern out of my voice. "Oh she threw a knife at Fire Girl but she missed". "I DID NOT MISS" I hear her scream "IT WAS GOING RIGHT FOR THE NECK". Glimmer laughs then yells back "THEN WHY ISNT SHE DEAD". "SHE BLOCKED IT WITH HER STUPID BACK PACK THAT'S WHY". I laugh as Clove tackles Glimmer to the ground. Marvel looks like he is going to do something he will regret, so I shoot him a glare, he just nods. I let Clove pin her down and put a knife to her neck before I pull her off Glimmer.
She trashes around in my arms, but I don't let go. "Calm now?" I sneer into her ear. "I HATE YOU CATO" she yells pretty much bursting my ear drums. "I drop her and she stands there glaring at me then Glimmer, I just ignore her. "So how many did you guys kill" I ask. "2" Clove replies. Glimmer says 1 and Marvel says 4. "How many did you kill Cato" Glimmer asks batting her eyelashes. Clove snarls at her but Glimmer ignores her. I grin at Glimmer and say "5". "So you didn't kill any Shimmer?" Clove asks. "Um well I injured the tribute Glimmer killed and I cut Thresh pretty hard in the lower leg. I scowl at her. Doesn't she know lower leg cuts barley get infected? "You are lucky you don't have my sword in your neck right now Shimmer" I say "If you don't prove yourself soon I can make that happen". She gulps then nods.
We then go to collect all the supplies off the dead tributes, the supplies that they had managed to grab. Clove and Marvel work together and I work with Shimmer. Glimmer has gone into the woods to go to the bathroom. I hear a male scream and I turn to see Glimmer pushing Lover boy onto the field. I smile and jog over to him. "Hey district 12" I say tauntingly "Paying us a visit" "To bad it's going to be your last" I turn around to see Clove grinning behind me. "Wait doesn't kill him yet" Marvel says "He could have some importance to us" I pull Marvel to the side "And what importance may that be?" "Well if what he said is true and he is in love with fire girl then he must know about how she got that 11 and he will know valuable things about her". "I see" I say "I guess your right we can keep him for now. "LET HIM GO" I yell to them and Glimmer instantly releases Lover boy. I walk over to him and tower over him, making sure to make him feel scared. "Choose wisely okay lover boy? Will you be a part of our alliance?"I hear Clove growl "WHAT? WHY?" She screams. "Cause he can help us find her" I say emphasizing the her. "Ohhh" Clove says with an evil grin "But I get to kill him when we don't need him anymore right?" she says. "Didn't we already shake on this?" "So I thought you were joking I mean we never spoke to our mentors" "Well I forgot". "Smart". "What ever" I reply angrily. We wait for the hover crafts to come, for the cannons to fire but it never happens.
We move down to the lake, we thought we might be in the way. I nod as the cannon starts firing 12 dead 12 more to go. I watch as they take away the bodies. We then go back and sort through our things splitting our supplies. We all get different color back packs. Clove gets red. I get blue. Shimmer gets gold. Glimmer gets pink and Marvel gets green. We make lover boy have the orange one, according to Clove to match his girl friend. I make note to keep my eye out for orange. We split the weapons too. I get all the swords, Clove gets the knives, Marvel gets half the spears I get the other half, Glimmer gets the bow and arrows and Shimmer gets the trident. Shimmer makes the food into a pile and adds the medicine in a pile next to it. We all get a first aid kit a flashlight night vision goggles a sleeping bag and water bottles in our back packs.
We set up camp next. We decide to share a tent with our district partners' with Shimmer and Lover boy together, who says his name is Peeta. I knew that already but lover boy has already stuck. Shimmer complains but I silence her with a glare. I bet she remembers our last conversation. We light a fire and sit around it we are the biggest threat in the games no point in being afraid of making a little smoke. Clove hands us all some bread, I gobble it down quickly. I did not realize how hungry I was I have not eaten all day. All we do is hang out around the fire as Shimmer fills our water bottles with water. At least she has some worth. We are all too tired to do anything else but talk and eat so that is what we do. "So enjoying the games so far Cato?" Glimmer says scooting closer to me pretty much on top of me. I smile and push her over a bit so we are just sitting next to each other. She looks hurt. She frowns then grabs my shirt pulling me in whispering playfully into my ear.
Clove`s POV
I scowl at Glimmer. She pretty much is shoving her tongue down my boyfriend's throat. Marvel nudges me playfully. "Jealous?" he whispers. "No" I scoff while sharpening my knives. "You so are" I frown then scoot over the Marvel. "Why do they get all the fun right?" I say. "Well Clove I kind of like someone else" "Yea I know you love with the blond bimbo but it will make her jealous". "Fine" he says putting his arm around my shoulder. I grin as Cato looks at us, pure fury in his eyes. I smile again and lean into Marvel. Marvel shocks me by jumping up. "Hey look he says pointing to the trees" I look up to see smoke flying out of the line of trees. Somewhere of to the west.
We all jump up grabbing out back packs and weapons. We break into a run dashing for the forest, Cato and I at the lead. We are follows closely by Marvel and Glimmer, Shimmer and Peeta at the back. Peeta carrying all the supplies. We slow down as we get closer to the fire. It is located in a small dirt clearing surrounded by willow trees with long hanging branches. The girl fro district 8 is asleep beside the fire. I watch Cato slowly approach her we all know this is his kill. Once he is towering over her he wakes her up. When she sees him her eyes go wide showing pure terror. "Please don't kill me please" she cries we all burst out of the trees laughing. Making her terror deepen. Cato sends his sword threw her chest. I laugh as Marvel calls out "13 DOWN 11 MORE TO GO". I let out a whoop along with everyone else. We all laugh cruelly and I surprise myself by laughing the loudest of all.
We walk on into the willows a bit before Marvel stops "Shouldn't we have heard a cannon by now?" "I`d say yes" I reply. "No I killed her myself "Cato cuts in. "But we didn't hear a cannon.". "Yea we don't want to track her down twice" Shimmer adds. "I SAID I STABBED HER MYSELF SHES DEAD" Cato screams. "SHUT UP" I turn to see Lover boy "We are wasting time I will go kill her then we can move on". Cato nods at lover boy "Fine go see for yourself lover boy". When he has disappeared behind the willows I say "Why can't we just kill him now" "Nah he's the closest chance of us finding her" Cato replies. I am about to say something else when lover boy comes back. "Was she dead?" I ask. "No but she is now" to prove him right the cannon fires. Cato is angry and he starts sprinting I run as fast as I can to keep up, he is really fast.
We run like that for a while before Cato finally slows down to a walk. I stop and fall behind the rest of the group I had dropped my favorite knife. It`s morning now and I am really tired. I hear a sizzling sound then I am thrown back by a giant wall of fire that had just shot up out of the ground. I touch my shoulder it stings like hell, I probably burned it. I start running away from the fire, running anywhere. A giant circle quickly forms around me. The walls of the circle of fire are too tall for me to jump over. I quickly end up gasping for breath as the smoke makes its way into my lunges. I soon can`t breathe and I collapse to the ground. I accept my death, I imagined myself dyeing in an epic fight trying to save Cato. I guess that is not the case. I feel blackness coming over me. I pass out soon after.
Cato`s POV
The smoke is horrible billowing up around me. It`s hard to breath. I manage to choke out "Clove" trying to scream but it only comes out as a whisper. My companions had taken off to safety but I planned on looking for Clove. I jump over a wall of fire the one that had separated Clove and the rest of us in the first place. I watch her hair disappear behind a tree in the distance. I run after her unable to call her name. What greets me terrifies me; it is an emotion that I don't feel a lot. There is a large circle of fire. Somehow I know Clove is in the middle, I know I need to get her out. I circle the fire looking for a weak spot. I finally find one it is a little lower than the rest of the fire. I take a running start and leap over the break in the wall. I scream as the fire grazes my leg, you can't hear my scream though. The smoke is making it hard to see but I can just make out a dark shape lying in a fatal position on the ground. In have no idea how I am going to get her out of this fire.
Glimmer`s POV
I burst onto the plain followed by Marvel, Shimmer and Peeta. I gasp for air and lie on the ground. I notice Cato has not followed us probably of to find his bitchy district partner Clove. I hate Clove I hate how she is good at everything and I hate how she always seems to have Cato`s attention. I never lose a guy to anyone, and I don't plan to give up now. I hope she dies in the fire, I hate her that much.
We all go down to the lake. I float ion the water. The water makes my hands and back sting were I burned them but it is replaced by a cool sensation. I fill up my water bottle as Marvel walks down to the shore carrying something with him. "What's that?" I ask "Burn medicine come on out so you can put some on" "Okay" I agree but wince as I pull myself out of the water. "It hurts when I leave the water" I whine. "Suck it up Glimmer it will make your burns hurt less if you put medicine on them".
I let Marvel put medicine on my back and hands. When we are done we walk back to the camp. When we get there we find Shimmer sitting on the ground beside Peeta they already have burn medicine on. "I wonder if Cato is ever going to come back" I say.
Just as I finish my sentence Cato burst through the trees with a slack body over his shoulder. See what I mean Clove gets all the attention. I wonder why he saved her. He puts her down gently while gasping for air. I watch as he puts his mouth to hers. "Pervert" I say "Stop Glimmer" Marvel says shooting me an angry glare "Don't you see what he is doing? He is saving her life". I voice my earlier thoughts "Why would he save her?" "She is a good asset to the pack Glimmer "Marvel replies. I can tell he is holding something back from me but I let it go. I`m curious to whether Cato can actually save Cloves life, I hope the answer is no.
Hope you liked this chapter. I thought I should add what Glimmer is thinking because it is getting boring in just Cato and Clove`s POV. Hope you liked me adding Glimmers POV tell me if you don't.
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