Return of the Tributes

Hey Peoples. Chapter 2! I tried to make Chapter 2 have more dialogue to shoe Clove's character out of the arena. I hope you like her portrayal and Glimmer's and Marvel's and Foxface's. Thresh isn't in this Chapter but I promise he'll be in the next chapter.

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AThousandLifetimes: Thanks! I hope you like Chapter 2.

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Dara

Prologue

You may have thought they were dead. Well not anymore. The Capitol leaders of before the rebellion went underground, taking the bodies of the dead tributes with them. Using Capitol technology, they were able to bring the tributes back, only the smartest and strongest were brought back to help regain control of Panem. This isn't the end of the story…

Clove 2: Awake, One by One

Thresh is awake. I should be scared. What would he do when he saw me? He killed me once. He could easily do it again. I look over at Marvel. His hands are gripping the back of his chair. He saw why Thresh killed me. Once Thresh heard that Marvel was the real reason Rue was dead. Well, Marvel would be dead, again.

"Don't worry. He's actually a lot calmer than you think." Glimmer assures us.

"To you. You didn't see what he did to Clove. Imagine what he would do to me." Marvel says.

"I agree with Marvel." I say glaring at Glimmer. "I'm staying here with Cato. Since you always seem to make the stupidest decisions. Like with the Tracker-Jackers."

"Yeah, Glimmer. That was stupid. Staying in one place, not running for the lake."

"I'm so sorry that my decision affected you so much." She touches her heart in fake sentiment. "Now can we get going?"

"I'm not leaving Cato." I declare.

"Whatever. Whose gonna wait with Arrow?" Glimmer stares at us.

"I'll do it." Marvel says. "Since Clove isn't leaving this room." He smiles jokingly at me.

"Nope." I shake my head, returning his joking smile.

"Unless, I make her." He stands up, my smile disappearing.

"Don't you dare." I warn, but I'm already being picked up and thrown over his shoulder.

"Marvel!" I cry.

"Clove!" He mocks, laughing.

He runs through tons of hallways, me pounding on his back telling him to put me down. He finally puts me down.

"Wow, Clover, have you gained some weight?" He laughs dodging my punch.

"Not funny, Marvel." I growl.

"Then why am I laughing?" He smiles at me. "Anyways, you looked like you were sick of Glimmer, so I got you away from her."

"Whatever. You are still waiting for Arrow." I snap.

"I can make you wait for her." Marvel smirks.

"You could, but you wouldn't." I smirk back at him.

"I'm a Career. I totally would."

"So am I."

"Well, let's see who is a better Career. Fight?" He smiles and for the first time I notice the room we're in.

It's a training room, kinda like the one from before the games. But better, like its for real soldiers. There are guns, swords, knifes, daggers, bows, spears, bow staffs, almost any hand-held weapon you can think of.

"You like it?" Marvel asks and I nod. "Our very own training room."

"This is all ours?" I ask amazed.

"We are the next generation of soldiers. Immortal warriors. Well not exactly immortal, just if we die we will just be brought back to life." Marvel smiles at me. "So you in for a fight?"

"You're so on." I declare.

I grab a dagger off the rack, not my usual weapon but it'll work. Marvel tosses me a gray body suit just like Cato's only smaller. I slip it on over my clothes. And swing my dagger in my hands, facing Marvel, who grabbed a sword. I charged dodging his every strike as I ran behind him. I poised my dagger holding it to the small of his back. He spins around, his sword hitting my dagger away from him. It goes on like this for about an hour, before we call a truce. We aren't in the best condition just yet.

"I'll let you win." I say. "And we'll all wait for Cato."

"Deal." Marvel pants.

I must be really good or Marvel must not be that good. I'll go with the first one.

Marvel chugs down a water bottle. "I'll show you Arrow's room."

He leads me through the many hallways, before we reach a door.

"This is Arrow's room." He opens the door to a room just like Cato's and mine.

Arrow lies on the bed, her body calm. She's not torn up, like Cato. Her red-hair splays across the white pillow, her skin is sickly pale.

"Don't try and wake her. That won't help; it'll just drive you insane. I learned the hard way. I'm gonna go get some sleep. I'll check on you after I wake up." He walks out of the room closing the door silently.

I turn to Arrow. "Hey, Arrow. It's me, Clove. Please wake up. We need someone smart to keep us from killing each other." I don't expect any response, so I jump when she chuckles.

"You wouldn't kill each other. This isn't the games, there's no need for killing now. And thank you for calling me smart." Her eyes flicker open.

"Arrow!" I cry.

"Yes it's me." She smiles at my reaction.

"Why aren't you freaking out?" I ask her.

"I always knew that the Capitol had some sort of way to bring people back to life." she smiles at me. "I guess I was right."

I smile back at her. "So you aren't mad at me?"

"Why would I be? You were just trying to survive. I don't blame you for anything you did in the arena." She replies sitting up. "Who else did they bring back?"

"Cato, Thresh, Marvel, and Glimmer. Though Cato is still asleep.

She nods. "He was the last top die and he had the worst death."

"How did you know?"

"Katniss and Peeta are obviously alive, because then they wouldn't have to bring back Cato. And the last death is usually the most brutal." She tells me.

"I always knew you were smart." I smile at her.

"Thank you. Can I get some food?"

"Of course." I walk over to a keypad and select some food for Arrow.

I lay out the food for her and watch her eat.

She pauses and looks up at me. "Why did they bring us back?"

And this I didn't know. Why did they bring us back?