Yea, yea, yea. Short chapter. Nothing really happens, just explanations. I promise excitement for chapter nine. Can you guys guess what is going to happen/why Katrina left? I don't even really know... Maybe I will use an idea from you guys. You never know... Of course that will only happen if there actually are people reading... I hope, other wise I am talking to myself.

-Love and Hate and Sex and Pain

I wake up in a cold sweat, eyes closed, and shaking. I am panting, the cold air hurting my lunges. I open my eyes and see someone's arm around me. No snow suit. I am wearing one, though. But the careers took it. And when they did, why didn't they take my pack?

I sit up and groan when I put weight on my left fore arm. "Willow?" I hear someone ask.

I turn to them slowly, and see Finnick. "Hi." My voice is barley audible, but he smiles and gently pulls me onto his chest. "Where's your suit?"

"On you." He says brushing hair out of my face.

"You need it though." I say like a child.

"All you have without that are undergarments." He says like it's obvious.

"Oh," I mumble. Then I become curious. "What happened last night?"

"Well, first, the canon we heard was for Nightlock. She fell into the lake." He pauses, waiting for my reaction. When there isn't one, he keeps going. "We were actually heading towards the lake. And oh-so smart me, went to check out what it was. Then you fell, the careers found you. Apparently Kactit joined the careers. He was off killing someone else when they were supposed to be killing you. But then when he came back, Katrina, my district partner, said she wanted to kill you off on her own. Little did they know, she's on our side. She had to do something so they wouldn't be suspicious. When they left, I went back to get you out of there. But Ignigma came back, there were words spoken, and then I killed him." He catches his breath, causing me to move along with him.

I nod my head, trying to absorb all that. So Ignigma was the last cannon. "Where's Katrina now?"

"Hunting." He says. "Why?"

"I just have to ask her something." I wave the thought away.

"Hmm?" He hums.

"Just... Why the careers took my snow suit, but not my pack." I mumble.

"Oh." He replies. I snuggle my head into the crook of his neck, trying to keep us both warm.

We stay still for a while, just holding each other, until Katrina comes back. It's lighter now, and I see that we are hidden by a shaft of rock. Where are we?

"I didn't get anything. There is nothing in these god damn mountains except rocks!" She loudly whispers. "You're up. How are you feeling?"

"Fine, thanks. Just, why didn't the careers take my pack when they took my suit?" I ask.

"Oh, well they figured that if it was given to somebody from an outlying district, it couldn't be that important." She stops, then says, "But of course they don't know about..." She looks around and lowers her voice. "Everdeen bread."

"How did you..." I begin not knowing exactly how to finish.

"My aunt works in the bakery. All the bakers know about it, but they can't replicate it because they don't know what the secret ingredient is." She shrugs.

I nod my head, then change the subject. "What is our mission?"

"What?" They ask in unison.

"Well, it can't be just to avoid." I say like they are crazy. "Or.. it.. can.."

Finnick smiles and Katrina snorts at my easy give-in. I sit up and grab my pack. I unzip it, and find a squashed loaf of Everdeen bread. Then my knife, and get a slice for each of us. At first they refuse, but eventually give in, too. We are each full on one slice. Then we decide to rest some more, since we are all still exhausted from so much running yesterday. We are well hidden, so we don't bother to have someone keep guard. I fall asleep in Finnick's arms, and then a couple hours later am woken by the sound of cannons. It is noon now, we slept the entire morning. It's freezing. So tonight will be frozen hell. Poor Finnick.

"Wonder who they were." Finnick says. I close my eyes and silently agree. I feel him move around, looking back and forth. "Hey, where is Katrina?"

Okay, I know. This is a short chapter just to explain. Next chapter will be action packed, I promise. But ooohhhhh a lame cliff hanger.