"How the fuck did that bitch manage to get an 11!" Cato was pissed. He had been pacing around the room since we found out all of the scores, over an hour ago. Every five minutes saying something along the lines of what he just said. I am annoyed but what am I supposed to do? This is how he gets over his anger when there is nothing to beat on.

I sighed and rolled onto my stomach burying my face in his pillow. "She must have done something pretty impressive to get that score." I mumbled and turned my head to him which was a bad idea because he scoffed loudly.

"No, the things we can do are impressive. She is not. There is no way. The outer districts are never good at anything!" I shook my head and put my face back into the pillow. Again he scoffed. "What you think she is actually good at something?"

Begrudgingly I sat up, a slight glare on my face, "Maybe? I don't fucking know. She got an 11, Cato. There has to be something she is good at. But at this point I don't even care. You're driving me nuts. Yes, she got one better then us. That doesn't mean she has all the years of experience training like we do. WE have the advantage here. Not her. So the second you get over her score let me know, because I'm sick of listening to you bitch about her." Halfway through that little speech I stood up and made my way to his door ripping it open only to have him grab my arm and pull me back, slamming the door shut.

He face had considerably softened from its look 30 seconds ago. He was still pissed but the rage had subsided in his eyes. Always a good sign. "It just is bothering me. Sorry. I'll stop now." I gave him a look that clearly said I don't believe you so he held out his pink and said "I promise, I'm done."

With a jokingly exaggerated sigh, I locked pinky's with him. "Fine. But I swear if you start again I'm going to hit you. Hard." He just laughed and very quickly threw me over his shoulder, walking out of the room and past the elevator.

"Cato, put me down right now." I said smacking his ass as hard as I could at this angle. It wasn't much but all I could do.

Again he laughed, "No." the door opened and he stepped in, the boy from, 7 I think, was in there staring at us. Cato must have glared at him because the boy visibly flinched and glanced at me.

"Problem?" I asked and he shook his head. He was tiny. Too tiny. He wouldn't last long tomorrow. As the elevator opened on 7, the realization hit me like a ton of bricks.

Tomorrow the games started. I tried really hard to keep my breathing steady, but I could feel it becoming a problem. I knew this was going to come, I just… I don't know. I'm not ready for this.

As the door opened again, this time on the roof, Cato put me down the smirk instantly leaving his face. "What?"

"The games start tomorrow."

He didn't say anything, just looked around to make sure no one else was up here then pulled me to the corner that over looked the mountains the most. He sat down and pulled me between his legs and just sat there holding me for a long while before he said anything.

"You know I love you, right?" he asked so quietly I almost didn't hear him. These words weren't something we said out loud very often. It was like we were too proud to admit we fell in love, that we cared about the other ones well being more then our own. It's not like we never said it. There were times, few and far between mostly after too much to drink, or in the heat of any moment, be it during the most intimate moments of our relationship or when one of us was so mad the other had to say it to try and calm the other down, but in times like right now, it was so uncommon.

"I know."

"And you know why I'm doing this?" he asked quietly again. I nodded and he sighed. "Val…"

"What's the point in this though? Nothing is ever going to be the same. Not for me."

Cato's arms tightened around me, burying his chin deeper into the crook of my neck. "No, but they'll be better. And I'll still be with you. Even if it's not in the way you want. This baby is half of me."

I just stayed quiet. I was sick of talking about him like he was already gone. He wasn't. I could feel him right behind me. So why did he find it necessary to act like he was… dead… already.

He just sighed and kissed the nape of my neck and said something that shocked me, "Don't put her into the academy."

"What?" I turned in his arms to look him in the eye. His eyes were glassy, and for Cato, that's as close as he got to crying.

"I don't want her to go through this. Any of what we have over the years. She deserves better." he said, then he was kissing me hard. I pulled back and took in every feature on his face. "I need you to do something for me." I nodded and he put his forehead against mine, "No matter what happens in the arena, don't remember me as that guy. I know things are going to get ugly and that's not the person I want you to remember me as."

I shook my head softly against his, "Of course I won't."

"There's gunna be people that remember me as that though, and I don't want our kid to know him. At least not without knowing who I really am first." He said his voice cracking in the middle.

Again I nodded, Cato was falling apart inside. I could feel it. His grip on me almost hurt. But this was the last time he was every going to hold me like this; the last time we'd ever have a serious conversation that wasn't about the next person to kill; the last time I'd be able to kiss him and love him and know that he loved me too; the last time he'd really get to be himself, not the ruthless killer that he was going to have to become in less then 12 hours.

We heard the ding of the elevator and quickly separated so I was sitting across from him. Atila came around the corner a small smile on her face. She looked almost sad... "You two need to get some sleep."

I made a move to stand up but Cato quickly grabbed my hand pulling me back into my original spot. "We'll be there in a little bit. If that's alright?" he asked so politely she looked shocked.

Again that sad looking smile was on her face, "Sure. Sure. You have another hour alright? We don't need both of you so tired you don't even make it through the Cornucopia tomorrow." with that she was gone quickly and Cato s lips were on mine.

If this was our last night together we were sure going to make it worth it.

Would Dooms Day be an appropriate name for today? I feel like it is.

On the plus side, we did manage to get Atila to let us sleep in an extra half hour, from the usual crack of dawn wake up call, which we promptly dragged out to 45 minutes. Finally, she burst into his room and started yelling at us to get up shower and get ready for the day. In her rant there was definitely something along the lines of "I don't even care if you do it together, just get it done."… She regretted that the second Cato shut the bathroom door behind us, but you could almost hear playfulness into her tone as she yelled to us how "grossly inappropriate we were being." and something about her needing a drink cause we were doing her head in. Whatever that means.

After our shower, that there was not much showering going on if you know what I mean, I left Cato to change into the clothes laid out. Cargo pants and a simple maroon t-shirt. Then the hair stylist came in and put my hair into a French braid coming to land on my left shoulder. While she was muttering about how my hair was so healthy and so long, Cato came into the room in the same outfit I basically was in.

The girl left shortly after and Cato smirked at me looking over my attire, "I'm sorry but we have to break up. We've officially become one of those couples"

I roll my eyes at him and lead the way to breakfast. Enobaria is sitting there with a smirk on her face. "You two look particularly chipper today. Have a nice shower?" she joked causing me to roll my eyes again.

Brutus shook his head, "You're unbelievable." He then set his gaze on Cato and I, "You remember the plan?"

Cato nodded, "Yeah." He glances at me for confirmation so I nod, "We already talked to the other two and they agree it will be the most efficient thing to do."

Brutus smiles, "Good. And that other thing we talked about?"

What the fuck was he talking about? Cato nodded, and I looked even more confused then I was 3 seconds ago. Cato looked at me and rolled his eyes. Yes, rolling your eyes at me will tell me everything, "We made a contingency plan in-case Glimmer and Marvel fuck us over."

"I'm glad I know what it is." I said sarcastically and Enobaria laughed. Ironically enough her and I made one too. She was actually a lot nicer then I expected her to be. She said the plan was just in-case they tired to kill me or Cato before we had all agreed upon. But I have a feeling they wouldn't even try after getting a glimpse of Cato's rage…

Cato sighed, "It is actually more of a plan for me to stay calm if things don't go according to our plan."

Are you fucking kidding me? "You told him?"

"Not all of it. Just what he needed to know." Cato shrugged taking a large bit out of his toast like he didn't just break our unwritten rule. I hate him sometimes.

Brutus chuckles, "Which was basically easy enough to fill in the blanks of once I knew the bits he told me."

I throw my hands up in defeat. "So, you know all of it?"

"Your… situation? Yes."

Again I throw my hands up and let them haphazardly fall onto the table, glaring at Cato. "You're. An. Idiot."

Now Enobaria was whining, "What does everyone else know that I don't?"

We all ignored her and Cato shakes his head and uses his voice that he always uses when he is trying to make me see his side, "In the end it's only going to help us out. Sure someone else knows but really it was a good idea."

I just sighed and went back to eating, hoping that this one would stay down unlike the last two… Enobaria was still whining as Atila came in and told us we had to hurry up and finish because it was time to go.

All too quickly we were in the elevator to be taken to the roof. Our three adult figures were kind enough to let us linger in the back. While they all talked loudly. Alright. None of them were that bad, I might actually miss them.

I forgot all about them though the second Cato's hands were on my face and his gaze taking in all my fatures.

If I fucking cry I am going to just kill myself at the Cornucopia.

"I love you." I whispered keeping my eyes locked on his, while tightening my grip his wrists.

He gave me one of his half smiles I loved so much before pressing his forehead to mine. "I love you more."

"Not even close." I laughed out before his lips found my own. But once again it was like the world was sped up and the ding from the elevator made us pull apart.

Enobaria smiled at us, "Good luck. Although we all know you don't need it." She smirked patting us both on the shoulder and walking away with Brutus who only offered us a small smile.

Atila was looking at us with that same sad fucking look on her face, "One of you will win."

Cato gave her a look and said "Yeah, only one." before walking away and getting into the hovercraft.

"That boy, always so rude." She said before smiling at me holding out her hand "Good luck."

I nodded and took it, lightly shaking her hand, "Thank you, for everything." She just smiled again, before walking away and I was led onto the hovercraft, Everdeen not to far behind me, getting put into the chair next to mine. They put my tracker in and moved to do hers, of course she had to question what it was, and then we were off.

I barely got to cast another look at Cato before we were being led into opposite directions down the dark corridor.

Fari was waiting for me and she quickly hugged me the second the door closed behind me. It was shocking but she whispered in my ear, "The water bottle I'm about to give you has a nausea remedy in it that should last 7 days. Brutus told me: it was the best we could do."

And right now I was grateful for Brutus and Fari. She let me go and I mouthed thank you. She pulled the bottle out of her pocket and I quickly drank it. It tasted like strawberries. My favorite and right away all of my 'I'm about to puke my guts up' feelings were gone. I nodded and then she helped me into my jacket and gave me a smile just as a voice told us we had ten seconds.

"You'll be fine." She said as I made my way to the tube.

I glanced back at her and managed a pathetic excuse for a smile. "I know." Once I was fully in the tube the hatch closed and I was being lifter to the surface.

The light was blinding and the noise was deafening. But once I adjusted I saw we were in a forest like setting. My eyes scanned the other tributes and stopped on Cato. He was 7 people to the left from me. I was almost directly in front of the mouth of the cornucopia. He nodded and had an arrogant smirk on his face. I sighed and cracked my neck then knuckles. My gaze shifted again, this time landing on the back wall.

Swords. All shapes and sizes. I couldn't stop the smile on my face and a glance at Cato again. He looked like he was a kid in a candy store. He was practically skipping in place. If he stepped off early I was going to kill him.

He felt my gaze again and gave me a questioning look and I nodded twice, the sign that the swords were attainable. He only smirked wider.

I got into a running position the best I could on the platform. I had to get there first. The other people around me were smaller kids. Maybe 13-14. I could out run them no problem. But Thresh from 11 was only 3 people away and eyes the back wall just like I was. I glared at him and set my focus on getting all the oxygen i could into my lungs right now.

I was trained for these games. He was not.

Then the loud countdown was over and it was almost dead silent.

10…9…8…7…6…5…4...

Dooms Day had begun.

Jeeze. This chapter did not want to come out of my head. That probably cause this is where shit gets good. I dont know. This chapter is shit to me. I apologize for it, but i had to get it out of the way.

Oblivious to the Obvious: as always thank you soo much. I did create and lengthy review from you in my head which was pretty fucking amazing so thanks. hajajajajajaja. But seriously thank you for being a loyal reader and i am so sorry this took so long. my head had been all over the place. And i just got a new tattoo and the thing had been driving me nuts... although i dont know if thats a great excuse... oh well..

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