A/N: I'm still not getting much of a response. Though I don't blame you, this story isn't my best. I'll do better next time.
"Peeta! Cool it, we can use him," Katniss says. What? But I thought? What?
"Wait a minute, what's going on here?" Marvel asks.
"Oh grow up! Did you actually think you were going to win? Against me?" she sounds appalled.
"Well, I thought I had a chance. But what is happening here? Are you secretly teamed up with Mellark?"
"Duh. Catch up, we've been allies since the beginning," Mellark says.
"Then why did she try to kill you?"
"All part of the act. We even planned for Rue to get in the way; though I didn't think she would," says Katniss. This is so confusing! I don't understand how they were allies!
"So let me get this straight, you were in an alliance with the careers, Mellark, and practically the Capitol?" he seems to get this more than I do.
Katniss rolls her eyes, "Of course! To win the games, it's best not to have any one against you. So I made alliances with everybody. I have the plan above all other plans: I made intricate and complicated blueprints for how this whole game would go. By the precise death. So far, it's all gone according to plan. Everyone is alive that should be, and everyone is dead that should be." Hm. Complicated.
Marvel seems to think for a moment, "So when do I die?"
"After Rue and Thresh, maybe after Foxface. She is a little tricky to master, but I wouldn't dare underestimate her." Mind blown. I can't believe that she was this tricky, this well thought out.
"Well, why don't you kill me now?" does the guy have a death wish?
"Because I need you. To in the least distract Thresh so I have a good shot at him."
Marvel thinks some more. It's dangerous to let him think Catnip! "What would happen if I killed you or Peeta right now?" I told you it was dangerous!
"Then either Peeta or I, depending on who you killed, would kill you," Matter- O- fact.
"So I'm really going to die now? No matter what happens, I'm going to die? All because you thought out, in detail, when, where, and how each tribute dies?" Damn. He made it seem like she was the best tribute ever! Thanks Marvel.
"Yes, it's like one big chess match, isn't it?" she says with a smirk on her face.
"Come on, let's go find Thresh," Peeta says.
"What about Rue?" Marvel asks.
"Don't worry about her. She is going to be good and dead by the morning. I made sure of it." Peeta says.
They start walking into the wheat field. "So what's the plan?" Marvel asks.
"When we find his hideout, you will say- loudly- 'Oh Rue, no she'll be dead by morning. I made sure of that!' exactly like that. Then Thresh will hopefully charge at you or something, and then we will kill him before he gets within ten feet of you." Katniss says.
"Oh Rue, no, she'll be dead by morning! I made sure of that myself. Like that?"
"Perfect," says Mellark.
"Guys I don't know about th-" Marvel says before he is shushed.
"Quiet! There he is," Katniss says, pointing.
"Do I say it now?" Marvel asks?
"Yea. See you in a few minutes."
Katniss and Peeta walk a little ways, to the other side of Thresh's hiding spot.
"Rue? She'll be dead by morning. I made sure of that," Marvel says. Thresh starts hyperventilating, and rushes towards Marvel. Marvel screams, and Peeta throws a knife into Thresh's back. He goes down, but there is no cannon. So Marvel takes out one of his spear heads and shoves is into the side of Thresh's neck. He gurgles, but then the cannon fires signaling his death.
They all cheer. "We did it! Now all we have to do is find Rue and Foxface."
The anthem comes on, and is about to show Thresh's face, when we her another cannon. Foxface shows up before him.
"How in the world did Rue kill her?" Marvel asks.
"I don't know. Why don't we go ask her?" Catnip chimes in. I just realized that she had nothing to do with Thresh's death, except for the fact that she mapped it out for the boys.
"Come on than, let's go." Mellark says.
It takes them an hour to get to where Rue was hiding,
"Okay Mellark, here's the plan. You go in, ask her how she killed Foxface, than lead her to a peaceful death. She doesn't deserve to die a cruel death, in fact, I'm surprised you let her suffer this long."
"Got it," Mellark says. He goes toward her. "Are you alright?"
"Yea. For now. Where did you go?"
"To spy on Katniss and Marvel. They killed Thresh. How did you kill Finch?" so that's her real name.
"She just wanted food. So I pointed her toward the night lock berries. I can't believe I killed someone!"
"Wow! Good job. Hey random question: if you could choose, how would you choose to die?"
"I don't know, not like this. I guess I would choose a soft, quick, painless death. Oh! And my killer would sing to me as I died."
I swear, everyone in Panem was either crying, about to, or doesn't have a heart.
"You like music?" Peeta asks.
"I love it! It was the one thing that made my life bearable." She pauses, "Can you sing?"
Mellark laughs, "Not very good, but I can if you want me too?" he asks.
Rue just nods. "Okay here it goes. This is called the Valley song,"
"Deep in the meadow, under the willow
A bed of grass, a soft green pillow
Lay down your head, and close your sleepy eyes
And when you awake, the sun will rise.
Here it's safe, here it's warm
Here the daisies guard you from harm
Here your dreams are sweet and tomorrow brings them true
Here is the place where I love you.
Her eyes close shut. Posey is crying now.
Deep in the meadow, hidden far away
A cloak of leaves, A moonbeam ray,
Forget your woes and let your troubles lay
And when again it's morning, they'll wash away.
Here it's safe, here it's warm
Here the daisies guard you from every harm
Here your dreams are sweet and tomorrow brings them true
Here is the place where I love you."
When he finishes his song, he quietly sticks his knife into the direct artery that would kill her instantly. The cannon booms. She didn't even cry.
"She looks like she is sleeping." Catnip sniffs.
"Yea. It's kind of sad," Marvel says, kneeling next to Rue.
Katniss lifts up her bow and arrow, "If you had to choose one way to die, what would you choose?" Well, looks like the games are nearing an end.
But that ending was not what I expected. I think I might even cry.
What do you guys think? What do you think will happen? Who do you want to win? Leave a review and tell me! Love you guys!
