Return of the Tributes
Hey guys! Thanks so much for all the reviews! You guys are awesome! The pairing are as follows: Clato, because they are awesome but not 'till a later chapter and Glimmer/Marvel, For Foxface/Arrow and Thresh, well, they are hard. I figure something out.
Answers to Reviewers:
Cronomon: Thanks! It was really fun to do each character. The only character I have trouble with is Thresh. I have people that remind me of each character except Thresh. So I'm gonna try working with it.
LexidaLou: 3 reviews! Awesome! I'm a huge Clato shipper too, so the movie kinda annoyed me. There'll be more Clato in this chapter.
Liveera: That's what I was thinking. Thanks for your input!
Bookwormbunny12: And if you get a easy question on a test wrong, I'll hold a knife up to your throat and demand to know what you did with my best friend. I had ice cream. But we ate most of it. :(
Amyb11: Nope. None at all.
xMarvelousMarvelx: Thanks! Hope you like this next chapter!
AThousandLifetimes: Thank you! There'll be later romance, but not right now. Cato thought he would have to kill her so he didn't become too attached. And thanks for pointing that out, I wasn't thinking then probably. It's fine, hopefully you be able to catch up. Have fun in Belgium! I hear the have good chocolate!
ButterFlyBlueEyes: I plan on doing Clato and Glimmer/Marvel. I never really thought about Thresh/Foxface. So I'll think about it.
I never expected this much attention. You guys are awesome. There is some brief Clato in this chapter but not much. I hope you guys like it. So without further ado... Chapter 5.
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…
Cato 5: What Real Training is
"Cato." I hear someone say shaking me.
"Cato, get up!" I hear someone else growl. "I can always get my knife…"
Clove! I jump up, since I know she means it.
"I'm up, I'm up." I say, kicking off my covers.
Glimmer and Clove are both waiting for me, Clove has her arms crossed and she's definitely annoyed. Glimmer, well Glimmer is being Glimmer; she looks like she had the best night's sleep, perky eyes and a smiling face.
"Oh my god, Glimmer, how are you awake?" I ask her cracking my neck.
"Well, she didn't spend the entire night screaming." Clove growls.
I was screaming? Hmm, no wonder Clove is in such a bad mood.
"What was I screaming about?" I ask them.
Clove blushes, and Glimmer answers, "Something about mutts and killing." She shrugs.
"Glimmer…" I growl.
Clove answers for her, no longer blushing, "You were yelling at me, telling me to run." She laughs at my face. "I'm gonna go find Marvel." She walks out of the room laughing.
"Is that true?" I ask Glimmer.
She nods meekly. I groan and Glimmer laughs. "Don't worry, you only keep Clove up and she's not that mad."
"She probably wants to kill me."
Glimmer laughs, "Probably. Get dressed, we're training today."
I nod and she leaves the room. I yank on a training suit, one much like the one I wore for the training before the games. I walk out of my room and try to find my way to the dining room. Amazingly, I do. Clove and Marvel are laughing about some joke. Glimmer and Arrow are discussing some battle plans. Thresh is just sitting around eating pancakes.
I walk over to Clove and Marvel. "Hey guys."
"Hey Cato. Done having your little fit?" Marvel says and Clove laughs.
"Not funny." I growl.
"Actually, it's kinda funny." Clove laughs.
Before I can throttle her, Arrow call us all over.
"So we all have a special training schedule, to help us master all fighting techniques." She shuffles through a bunch of paper. "Here are you training plans for today. Please no messing around."
I take my schedule. I have bow and arrow training/practice today.
"Really, Arrow? You know I suck with a bow and arrow." Clove groans. "Can't I just use a gun?"
"No." Arrow answers. Clove groans, then grabs Marvel's schedule.
"Arrow, why does he have knife training? That's my specialty!"
"Clove! Get over it." I snap at her.
"Whatever." She glares at me.
"Time for training." Arrow announces.
Clove has bow and arrow practice all day, as well. And she sucks at it; I'm actually okay but Clove…
"Clove, you're doing it wrong. Hold your bow like this." I hold my bow up to show her.
Clove tries then groans, "I can't, Cato, it's impossible."
"No it's not. Just try again." I tell her.
"Yes it is. It would be easier is you didn't have the bow."
Clove takes the arrow out of the bow and drops the bow. She smiles at me and close her eyes, throwing the arrow. When she opens her eyes, she cheers, a bulls eye.
"Like a mini-spear." Clove laughs.
"Now try with the bow." I tell her and she groans.
She picks up the bow, drawing a new arrow. She tries to set it up but it falls to the ground.
"Crud." She picks it up again and tries another time. Again the bow falls to the floor.
"Here." I walk over to her and help position the bow. "Now pull back and release. Aim like you do with a knife."
She tries what I told her to do. Pulling back the tight string with ease. She sets up the shot and releases getting a bull's eye easily.
"Omigod! It worked! Thanks Cato." She exclaims smiling.
"What no hug?" I joke.
She gives me a quick hug, before turning to the knife-throwing station where Marvel is. Marvel looks annoyed, so Clove walks over and throws a knife scoring a perfect bull's eye. Marvel glares at her and she laughs. She tells him something pointing over at me. Marvel smiles at her giving her a hug. She turns to the knife-throwing station, and shows him how to throw a knife. He gets close to the bull's eye and Clove smiles at him. She gives him another hug before running back over to the archery station.
"Whatca staring at?" She asks me smirking.
I shake my head and turn back to the targets. "Nothing."
Clove does pretty well for the rest of the day. Arrow calls us together at 3 telling us that we have the rest of the day off.
Arrow walks out of the training room going to sketch up some battle maps. Thresh goes to the weight room. The rest of us stay in the training room.
I turn to Marvel, "Battle time."
Clove and Glimmer set up the mats and set back, talking in low tones about who is gonna win.
I approach Marvel, its hand to hand combat, easy and simple. I tackle him to the ground, but he easily pushes me off.
"C'mon Cato!" Clove screams. "I have 20 gold coins on this!"
How did she get money? I punch Marvel and kick him to the ground but he jumps up. I kick him down again, tackling him, and holding him down the same way Clove did to Katniss in the games.
"Ha!" Clove laughs. "You owe me twenty gold coins, Glimmer!"
I get off of Marvel. "Good fight, dude."
"You too." Marvel says to me and goes to chase Clove around.
Glimmer walks over to me. I'm watching Clove shriek and giggle, letting Marvel catch her for only a second. "You like her don't you?"
I jump. "What?"
"I'll take that as a yes." Glimmer smiles and walks out.
I shake my head and turn back to Marvel and Clove. I'll never understand Glimmer. Marvel finally caught Clove and is lifting her up in the air causing her to shriek. Clove finally escapes from Marvel and is running in my direction. I race forward and catch her, throwing her over my shoulder.
"Cato!" She shrieks laughing.
I run over to Marvel and hand her to him. He drops her and starts tickling her. She laughs like a maniac before running away, having us chase her again. I lose track of time chasing and tickling Clove, so when Arrow comes in I look at the clock and am shocked to notice what time it is.
"We found Katniss!"
Cliffhanger! Dun... dun... duh... I don't know why I did that. Whatever. The next chapter will be up tomorrow. Please review! I love all of you all, like Clove loves knifes.
Dara
