A/N This should be up right after the last chapter, so not much to say, except PLEASE REVIEW!

Disclaimer: I do not own THG.

CHAPTER 9

I sprint to the Cornucopia. I'm a fast runner, so I reach it before almost anyone else, and grab a sword. Then I spin around, and see a girl running toward me. I try to stab her, but she twists away.

For hours we fight. I kill two girls, and when I am done, I walk over to the other Careers. They are all watching something on the ground. As I get closer, I see that it's Peeta, the boy from 12, and Arturo, from 4.

Peeta seems to be the worst off, bloody and coughing. But he has a knife, and he gets a lucky shot. The knife sinks into Arturo's heart, and he slumps onto Peeta, dead.

Before I can think, Cato has his sword pointed at Peeta's head. "Any reason I shouldn't just kill you now, Lover Boy?"

Peeta coughs. "I can- I can lead you to Katniss."

Cato pauses for a moment, thinking. "Fire Girl?" Peeta nods. "We'll discuss it."

The cannons begin to fire as we Careers gather together. "So, we'll vote," says Cato. "All for killing him now, raise your hand."

Two people do- Marvel, and Varia, from 4. "He killed my district partner," she says. "I vote we kill him now."

"Alright then. All in favor of seeing if he can lead us to Fire Girl before killing him?" Cato says. Everyone else raises their hand.

Cato turns to face Peeta. "Fine, Lover Boy. You can stay with us if you will help find Fire Girl."

Peeta nods. "You won't regret it."

"Help gather the supplies, and we'll set up camp by the lake." Cato orders him. We all comply.

As I am gathering supplies, I see something interesting- a small package labeled 'Tracker Jacker Savior'. On the back it says 'Inject into person suffering from Tracker Jacker stings to eliminate the danger and bring down the hallucinations, pain and swelling." I pocket the package. Maybe it will be useful.

After an hour or so, it has started to get dark, and we retreat to the Cornucopia. Peeta is on guard duty, and we are all about to go to sleep when I spot smoke in the distance.

"Smoke!" I call.

In seconds everyone's on their feet. "Everybody, take a backpack of supplies. Varia, you stay here and guard the supplies," shouts Cato.

Varia sits back down, clearly unhappy at being left out. We all grab a backpack and some weapons, and head off into the woods.

Cato leads the way, with Clove right behind him. They always seem to be near each other. I go behind them, right in front of Marvel, and Peeta is in the back. Peeta is a very loud walker, crunching leaves and stumbling constantly. He's obviously not used to the woods.

After a few hours, we can see light through the trees. Cato puts his finger to his lips, and we all, well, all except Peeta, silently surround her. Then she looks up, and screams at the sight of Cato looming over her, sword in hand. She screams, and we all run out of the trees.

"Please…" she sobs. "Please don't kill me… please,"

Cato just laughs, and stabs her in the stomach. I can tell immediately that it's not going to kill her for a little while, but I'm to horrified to say a word. I hear Marvel laugh and say "Twelve down and eleven to go!" and everyone but me cheers.

Clove kneels down next to the girl, and takes her pack, then checks it. "Rope- we have tons of that, a water container- empty, and too small, a bunch of broken matches- I guess she didn't know how to use them, a package of crackers- there's only two left. What an idiot."

"Better clear out so they can get the body before it starts stinking." says Cato. Peeta takes the girl's pack, and we start walking deeper into the forest.

We walk for barely a minute before Clove stops. "Shouldn't we have heard a cannon by now?"

"I'd say yes. Nothing to stop them from going in immediately." I respond.

"Unless she isn't dead." Marvel points out.

"She's dead. I stuck her myself," says Cato.

"Then where's the cannon?" says Marvel.

"Someone should go back. Make sure the job's done." I say.

"I said she's dead!" snaps Cato.

Everyone starts arguing until Peeta, who had been oddly quiet, silences the others. "We're wasting time! I'll go finish her and let's move on!"

"Go on, then, Lover Boy," says Cato. "See for yourself."

Once he gets out of earshot, we all start whispering to each other.

"Why don't we just kill him and get it over with?" says Marvel.

"Let him tag along. What's the harm? And he's handy with that knife." says Clove. It takes me a moment to realize that she's referring to when Peeta killed Arturo.

"Besides, he's are best chance of finding her." I say. I feel a flare of anger. Fire Girl.

"Why? You think she bought into all that sappy romance stuff?" says Marvel.

"She might have. Seemed pretty simpleminded to me. Every time I think of her spinning around in that dress, I want to puke," says Cato.

"Wish we knew how she got that eleven," says Clove.

"Bet you Lover Boy knows," I say.

We fall silent as Peeta returns, his knife smeared with blood. "Was she dead?" asks Cato.

"No. But she is now." says Peeta, as the cannon fires. "Ready to move on?"

We all nod, and set off at a run.

Pretty short chapter, but I will try to get more up soon!