Chapter 9

**Cato's POV**

I woke up and my body was in pain. I sat up and looked around; I was in the tent, so someone moved me here. The thing I remember is the tracker jackers falling on us. That's when it hit me CATA. I looked and saw her lying beside me. She was breathing heavy, her face was flushed, it was apparent that she had a fever.

"Good, you're up," I heard Marvel say.

I turned and looked at him. He looks tired; I could tell he's been watching over us, actually more like looking over Cat.

"How's she doing?" I asked.

"Believe it or not, she's better."

"Who's dead?"

"Glimmer and Finny died from the tracker jackers," I nodded.

Marvel went over to Cat and laid a wet cloth on her forehead. I was going to hate myself for what I was about to do.

"Marvel stay here with Cat and get some sleep," I said standing.

"Cato you just woke up from getting stung by tracker jackers, you can-," he started.

"No, stay here you've done more than enough and I'm fine," I said.

He looked like he was about to say something, but I kept my face serious. He nodded and laid down where I just was. I walked out of the tent and looked around. The kid from District 3 was looking in the forest, while Peeta was packing some of the backpacks. I sighed and started piling up wood for a fire; I could tell it was the afternoon. After I had the wood arranged Peeta came over and lit a match. It took a while, but our combined efforts got the fire started.

"Why are you still here?" I asked looking at the kid from District 12.

"Because Katniss isn't the same, she's completely changed. I can tell by looking at her, I think she's losing her grip on reality," he said looking at the fire.

"Damn," I said lying back looking up at the sky.

I was a little tired, but I guess the effects aren't completely out of my system. I can only imagine what Cat's going through. I wasn't moving or making a game plan till she was ok and I don't think anyone realizes that. She's my sister and I'm going to protect her.

Sometime in the night the kid from 3 went to sleep, leaving me on watch with lover boy. I was watching the woods; the girl on fire will die.

**Cata's POV**

I could feel myself waking up. I've been having crazy dreams and wanting to run away from them. One dream Cato was dying in my arms. Just thinking back to it makes me want to cry. I groaned trying to open my eyes, I was weak.

"Cata are you ok?" a voice asked I just groaned again.

I heard movement going on around me, what's going on?

"Cat, come on sis wake up," I knew that voice was Cato.

I cracked my eyes open and saw a blond blob with a light brown blob. I blinked a few times my vision finally clearing up to reveal Cato and Marvel.

"You're ok," Cato hugged me.

"Oww Cato, I hurt and my heads spinning," I muttered.

"Sorry Cat, I'm so glad that you're ok."

"Thanks big brother, can we go outside?" I asked as he nodded.

Cato easily picked me up and took me out of the tent and sat me on a log by the fire.

"I could have walked," I said crossing my arms.

"You haven't moved in day's sis."

We sat around the fire and talked well everyone, but I talked. I'm not sharing my life stories with people who aren't going to be here in a few days. Marvel was sitting beside me and would send me a small smile every so often. Maybe if our lives wouldn't be on the line or if we met under better circumstances, I would have dated him, but not now. As night fell Cato and I volunteered to be watch, since we both had been unconscious for days. Cato helped me stretch my legs and I was running by morning.

"I want an apple you want anything?" I asked my brother looking at our supplies.

"No, but please don't fall," he said as I start hopping to our pile of supplies.

"Ohh, please you know I have better coordination than that."

"Yes, but now's not the time to prove me wrong,"

I laughed getting to the pile there was a bag towards the bottom unlike the one up top. I grabbed an apple and started hopping back.

"Did you just not blow up the mines?" Marvel asked coming out of the tent.

"Yeah, so what?" I said smirking.

"So what if I wanted something?" he asked getting close to my face.

"Tough shit," I smirked teasing him with the apple. I wasn't expecting him to steal the apple with his mouth.

"You dick." I said as he laughed taking a bite.

"Here want to share my germs?" he asked.

"Ok enough flirting, I can't take it," Cato said shaking his head making both of us laugh.

It wasn't long before Peeta and bomb boy joined us. It was about lunch when I noticed smoke coming from close by. We all grabbed weapons and left bomb boy in charge of camp, while we went after whoever it was. Marvel kept messing with me shoving me lightly. We made it to the smoke only seeing a huge fire and no people. Another stack of smoke started not too far away.

"Cato we're being set up," I said getting mad.

"Split up, Marvel you and Cat find the fire starters, Peeta and I are going back to camp," he said we all nodded.

Marvel and I ran to the next fire and saw the same thing. I explained to Marvel that we needed to run faster, because there would be another one. We split up to cover both angles. That's when I saw her, the girl from 11. I ran in front of her making her eyes grow wide and she stopped. Marvel came and stood by my side and she was about to run the other way.

"No, no, no now where do you think you're going huh?" I asked blocking her from running. "So why'd you start these fires?"

She looked down not answering me, making me sigh. Then I heard the mines go off.

"We got to go, get the net from your bag and we'll tie her up," I said as he nodded.

It wasn't easy doing it and I felt like shit doing it, but it had to be done. After she was tied up we ran back to camp. There was a cannon that went off which pushed me faster. I didn't feel any pain, besides my knuckles so Cato's alive and punched something. We broke through the trees and saw Peeta 10 feet away from my brother as my brother threw a tantrum. There was a hovercraft picking up the kid from 3, my brother had to kill him.

"Cato get up," I said going over to him.

"Our supplies are gone Cat," he growled.

"So, we'll survive now get up," I said looking at him.

He glared at me, while I shrugged him off. I decided to look for anything we could salvage. Thankfully we had some supplies in the Cornucopia. I was looking a little way out and found something that made me glare, an arrow. I ran back to others and showed them. Peeta looked annoyed, while Cato was pissed. Marvel was mad, but he stayed level headed. At night we all went into the Cornucopia. Peeta was almost asleep, while my brother paced.

"Hey," Marvel whispered I muttered 'hey' back.

"What's wrong?" he asked wrapping an arm around my shoulders.

"My brother," I said as he nodded.

Then the anthem played and bomb boy's face lit up the sky. Trumpets started playing making me raise an eyebrow.

"Attention there has been a rule change. There are two alliances within the games. If all of the members of one alliance are killed off, then those tributes of the remaining alliance will all become victors. That is all," Seneca Crane's voice said.

Alliance one and our 4 pictures lit up the sky. With Alliance two, there was fire girl, the pair from 11 and the girl from District 5. All of us can win.

"Well now I can do this with no regrets," Marvel said making me look at him.

Before I could say anything his lips were on mine and he was kissing me.