Clove and Glimmer watched as Peeta and Katniss scrambled up the side of the cornucopia. The muttations snapped and chomped, almost shredding one of Katniss's feet in the process. The two District 12 tributes stood on top of the cornucopia to catch their breath.

"You okay?" Peeta asked Katniss.

"Yeah. You?"

"Fine." Peeta paused uneasily. "Wait...what's that?"

A third figure had reached the top of the cornucopia.

"Cato!" gasped Katniss.

"Well, well. The District 12 tributes have escaped the muttations as well." Cato said smoothly. Katniss noticed that Cato looked a little worse for wear. He had several minor wounds and he had a little blood trailing down his cheek.

"What do you want?" asked Peeta harshly, although the answer was pretty much clear.

"This is the end. We're done. One of us is going to win." snarled Cato. "And even if I don't, I'm going to bring pride to my district."

Before Katniss or Peeta could react, Cato grabbed Peeta and held him in a headlock. He took a struggling Peeta back to the tail end of the cornucopia away from Katniss. Peeta tried to wrestle himself out of Cato's iron grip, but it was no use.

"Peeta!" cried Katniss.

"Time to feed these mutts." whispered Cato with a crazy gleam in his eye.

"No!" Katniss said. She strung her bow and aimed it straight at Cato.

Cato shook his head. "You can't shoot. You'll miss and accidentaly hit him. Bad idea."

Katniss adjusted her aim away from Cato's forehead. She let go of the string and shot an arrow right at Cato's hand. Cato yelped and let go of Peeta. That was his mistake.

Peeta was stronger than Cato had realized. Using up most of his strength, Peeta shoved Cato right off the cornucopia. The muttations were waiting.

Katniss grimaced at the sight. She shared a glance at Peeta. Peeta nodded, and Katniss shot her bow. It was a mercy killing this time.

The cannon boomed, scaring the muttations. They ran back into the forest, snarling all the way.

"Wait...wasn't that the last of the tributes?" Peeta asked, dusting off his hands.

Katniss concentrated. "Wait...no, it wasn't! There's still two more out there somewhere."

"That's right." Glimmer and Clove had seized their chance once the muttations had gone away.

Katniss and Peeta gasped. "Glimmer and Clove!"

Before the other tributes had a chance to fight back, Clove and Glimmer each hurled a knife through the air. The two knives found their targets. Katniss and Peeta collapsed, bleeding.

Katniss looked over at Peeta. "I guess this is the end..." she whispered. "I'm sorry I couldn't protect you." She coughed up blood.

"No, I couldn't protect you." Peeta weakly reached out for Katniss's hand. "Katniss...I really, really love you."

"I love you too, Peeta." whispered Katniss.

The cannon boomed twice.

Clove felt a pang in her heart. "I didn't realize that they really did love each other..." she whispered.

Glimmer looked a little sad as well. "I thought it was all just an act. At least they're together now."

Clove snuggled into Glimmer's arms. Glimmer gently patted the smaller girl.

"It will all be okay, I promise." Glimmer whispered.

Suddenly, Seneca Crane's voice boomed through the arena. "What are you two doing? Fight already!"

Glimmer let go of Clove and looked up at the roof of the dome. "I think not." she said in a confident voice.