"I say we kill him," I jump in immediately. There will be no more waiting around for killing, just immediate kills like we should be doing. There is no way we are going to track Katniss down again. Also, Cato is a terrible leader. I'm sorry, but he can't lead a starving pack of wolves to meat.
"Shouldn't we talk about this in private?" Marvel asks, confused.
"No, we will talk about his execution in very detailed words in front of him. That's fun, right?" I snark, glancing over at Peeta. He grimaces away. Yeah, I'm getting a little evil, but I really don't care.
"Okay, whatever. But, I say not yet," Cato says.
"Did you just see what happened over there?" I ask him, motioning over to the tree. "Two of us are dead because we waited. He's right here, let's just get it over with."
"I think I know where Katniss is," Cato finally says. Why he has been holding this, I don't know.
"Then, we should go after," Marvel suggests.
"Well, that's the obvious," Cato says. "But Clove would rather kill this kid." He kicks Peeta's leg, right where the wound is. Peeta makes a face at the pain.
"Are you sure you know where you cut him?" I ask again. No way I'm letting this happen again.
"Yes, I'm sure. Give him two hours, tops." Cato promises. He looks confident.
"Fine, let's go. If I don't hear a cannon in two hours, I'm not afraid to kill you," I get up off the beach. I motion to Marvel to help me drag Peeta a little farther away from the water, don't want to let him live that easily.
"Wouldn't expect any less," he says. Then, we follow him to where he saw Peeta and the direction she should've run. However, on our way, we get to see a little fight of our own. District 6 and 10, facing off. It's interesting that they're trying to take the attention away from us. I would've though that they would be huddled in the bushes crying or something. We duck behind the bushes. 6, facing us, notices something and takes off, smart kid.
10 isn't so lucky. She spins around, trying to see us, but she's too slow. It takes only a second for me to throw the knife that lands square in the chest. She's dead immediately, as sounded by the cannon. This is what we should've been doing all along.
We keep heading off in the direction that Katniss should've been in, but with no luck. We head back to camp, mostly depressed. Ian is smart enough not to bring up that we came back with less people. He just climbs up and hands me sacks of food so I can start cooking and preparing sacks for tonight.
In the middle of my preparations, a random cannon sounds. Peeta, he's dead. Good. I keep cooking, a little relieved. We eat and then prepare to hunt again.
The next two days we don't find anyone, which saddens me because I would really like to get some avenging on Glimmer's death. Internally, I'm crying. Externally, it's hardened me.
"I'm going out tonight, with Marvel," I tell Cato, poking my head into the Cornucopia.
"Why don't you want me to go?" He asks, sounding a little hurt. He's sharpening his blades even though he doesn't need too.
"You aren't the person I thought. We need to stop sparing and start killing," I tell him, walking closer.
"I'm trying to make it fun for the audiences, draw it out," he explains, dropping his sword and standing up so he's taller than me. It doesn't make me scared of him at all.
"Well, it's more fun to be alive at the end of this." He sighs, like I've made a point. I got him there.
"Fine, have fun and do good. If you find Katniss, give them a show, that's all I want. Stay safe," he says. He gently presses his lips to mine, wrapping his hands around my cheeks. I head out of the Cornucopia, checking my knives. My adrenaline is pumping.
"Let's go."
Yep, next chapter is THE chapter (hopefully you can guess what I'm pointing too) and is Peeta really dead? Next chapter is going to be slightly saddening, very revealing, slightly intense, and hopefully interesting because we are going to be seeing a very important scene from a very different point of view. Well, thanks for reading and make sure to review!