"Hey, we got her!" Cato runs up to us. Glimmer and I are in the middle of the pile digging out dinner. He looks down to watch his steps.
"Not really, Cato," Marvel follows up behind him. Everyone gathers around us as we pass out dinner.
"What do you mean?" I ask, pulling down some apples.
"Well, there was a fire storm and she was super close to us, but because of the fire we couldn't get to her," Marvel explains. Cato sighs as if wanting his victory to be bigger, if you could call it that.
"We'll get her later besides we have a location now and she was right in the middle of the storm, so I would say that she is injured," Cato says as he takes a bite of his apple.
"Good, we will head out after dinner," I say, stepping down from one of the boxes. We finish up dinner and then prep stuff for the night, including backpacks in case we have to sleep somewhere. We decide to leave Ian here because I think we can trust him now or at least moderately considering I doubt he would betray us.
We find her rather quickly based on what we got from Marvel's expert skills. She hears us though, which I guess is what you get from bringing such a large pack. We run over the rocks that cover a river, following her. She begins to climb up a tree as we arrive at the bottom. She gets all the way up by the time we stand at the bottom. We grin up at her.
"How's everything with you?" She asks, cheerfully. That's odd, and it throws me off balance for a moment.
"Well enough. Yourself?" Cato asks, back up.
"It's been a bit warm for my taste. The air's better up here. Why don't you come on up?" She shouts back down. This girl is the most sarcastic person ever.
"Think I will," he says. I know immediately he is too large to climb that tree. I don't know if she's chosen it on purpose, but it was a pretty smart luck if that was it.
"Here, take this, Cato," Glimmer offers him her bow.
"No. I'll do better with my sword," he says, pushing it away. Cato climbs and Katniss climbs more. But, he breaks a branch early on and falls back down. Glimmer tries too, but doesn't let herself fall. She tries shooting, but after only a few weeks of practice, has terrible aim, especially going up high. She waves Glimmer's arrow above her head. I clench my fists, this girl is seriously annoying.
"What are we going to do?" I harshly whisper.
"Oh, let her stay up there. It's not like she's going anywhere. We'll deal with her in the morning," Peeta suggests. It's not a bad idea, and Cato accepts it, which means we'll be camping out here.
"Glimmer and Clove, go collect some food or something. We'll set up camp," Cato tells us. I head off with Glimmer, checking my knives hidden in my jacket, which I make sure Katniss is able to see me do.
"Hey, can I tell you something?" I ask her after I made sure we are far away from the tree.
"Yeah, sure whatever," she says, crouching to check out a bush.
"I know we haven't know each other for that long, but you're the best big sister ever," I tell her, leaning down with her. She reaches over and wraps an arm around me.
"Thanks, Clove. You're pretty awesome too." She says, deciding that the berries are right. We pluck them off and then head back. The sleeping bags are laid out everywhere. I sharpen my knives, while everyone else does whatever. Finally, the anthem comes on and we look up to the sky, even though we already know most of them. After it's over, we all go to sleep.
Bzzz! Bzzzz! I wake up and recognize the sound of the tracker jackers. Am I dreaming? No, no this isn't a dream, I realize as I touch the hard ground and the sticks lying on it.
"To the lake! To the lake!" I shout. Everyone wakes up, but most are confused. "Tracker jackers!" I shout again. Everyone gets up in a frenzy. Peeta runs first and Cato grabs my arm and pulls me along. I hear footsteps behind me. I look back, and see Marvel. Behind him, Glimmer. She is stung a lot, everyone, swelling has already begun. I can't save her, no one can now. I force myself to turn away from the death of my sister as I see her drop to the ground in pain. I want to at least throw a knife at her, get rid of the pain faster. But, I can't because I'm running. I realize District 4 isn't here either. We jump in the lake and wash ourselves off, but we can't really do anything until we get medicine from a sponsor.
It comes down in a parachute for Marvel. I guess it's money that Glimmer would've had. He uses some and then passes it between us. We turn to give a fair share to Peeta, but he's gone. I thought he came in the river too, but he's not here.
Cato realizes it too, and jumps out of the river in a hurry. One of eyes is swollen, where I guess he didn't put the medicine. I turn to go, but Marvel keeps me back with a hold on my arm. He doesn't want to see her either I guess, and it's probably best for me too.
A few minutes later, Cato comes back with Peeta in tow. He has a new gash mark down his leg. Cato drops him hard on the ground and Peeta winces in pain. "Betrayal," he snarls.
:( Glimmer's dead! Ah, this is going to take an even bigger effect on Clove in the next chapter. Sorry for the long wait and check out my new story "Effie's Guide to Escorting", which is Effie's book on how to be the best escort you can be. Thanks for reading and don't forget to review!