Chapter 11

I fall into river and struggle to get up. I felt someone picking me up, it was Clove.
"Are you okay?" She asked.
"Yeah." I nodded.
I could finally see and hear things clearly. The places where I got the sting were huge and hurted like bruises.

I then heard two cannons, one by one.

I lift my head up and see Cato, Clove and Peeta around me.
"Marvel and Marina are missing." I state.
"Who do you think the canons went off for?" Cato replied.
"There were two canons and three people missing, we don't know if Katniss survived." Clove told me.
"We can't go back there for sure. We have to wait until the midnight to find out."
I didn't like Cato's idea but there was nothing that I could do.
It's almost sure that Marina or Marvel are dead. Or maybe both?

I glance behind myself and spot the hovercraft take the bodies away. I try to recognize who is it picking.
Dark hair flowing and brown skin. I think that it might be Katniss but then  I notice a trident in the hand of the dead tribute.
"Marina is dead. I saw her body getting taken away." I tell them.

I couldn't believe it. She actually died and it was so unexpected, just yesterday I was talking to her about her family.
I couldn't stop thinking about Marvel and if he is dead or not. I couldn't see his body getting taken away.

"Was this your plan all along?!" Cato pushed Peeta to the ground.
"No-"
"Your time is over."
Cato stood on Peeta's stomach and stab his leg.
Peeta screams but it isn't over.
Cato stabs Peeta in his second leg and kicks him away.
"That's it?" I ask.
"We're gonna leave him here to bleed out." Cato stated.
"That's a stupid idea. We should kill him now." Clove argued.
"Clove-"
"Move."
Clove pushed Cato away and threw a knife at Peeta's throat.
"It will kill him faster." She said and took out the knife.

"Where do we go now?" I ask.
"We should stay near, in case Marvel or Katniss come. Plus some of our things stayed there." He explained.

I nod.

...

This had been the most difficult days here. Not because of lack of supplies but because of how stressful they were.
We all heard Peeta's canon an hour after we left.
We were mostly sitting around and doing nothing. We tried to take care of the stings but we didn't know how, we agreed that taking the stings out with no idea how to do it can't be a good idea. We left them as they were.
This was the most awkward silence we had and we had a lot of those.

I felt werid. I was dizzy sometimes and felt like throwing up. I am pretty sure it was because of the poison from tracker jakcers. Clove and Cato looked pale, I'm pretty sure that they had the same symptoms.

As we were walking Clove suddenly stopped.
"Are you okay-" I tried to ask her but she turned around and threw up on the ground.
I ran up to her and held hair hair out of her face.
"Alright, deep breaths." I tell her.
Clove throws up one more time.
I helped her sit down and Cato handed her some water.
"Are okay?" He asked.
"Yeah, I just need to rest for a second."
"It's probably from the tracker jakcers stings." I state.
"True, let's stay here for the night, we all are exhausted." Cato replied.
I was genuinely surprised to actually see Cato care about our health. Maybe he learned something in last days.

Clove clearly wasn't feeling well, she tried to hide it but I could see it.
"I can take your night guard this time." I tell her.
"No, I can't do that to you."
"It's okay, I don't mind it."
"There are three of us, the night shift will take longer for each of us."
"I know but it's just one time."
Clove realises that I won't let her win and she sighs.
"This one time." She says.

...

Clove falls asleep quickly but me and Cato stay awake.
"It's my guard, you can go to sleep." I tell him.
"I just want to see the fallen tributes." He replies.
We spent a minute in complete silence and then he asked:
"Did Clove, ever, said anything about me to you?" He asks.
I look at him to make sure that it's an genuine question.
"She said that you're stupid." I tell him.
I decide not to tell him all the bad stuff Clove said about him since Cato could not react well.
"Oh and did she say anything good?"
"No."
This answer gives me satisfaction.
"Oh, I see."
He went quiet, I wonder what's going on in his mind.
"Listen, Glimmer. I know that it had been all fun and games until now but I want you to remember one thing,"
His tone turned to serious and he looked be dead in the eyes.
"If it comes down to me and you, I won't hesitate to kill you."
I take that information to myself, I wasn't suprised by it at all.
"What about Clove? What if it's gonna be you, me and her?"
"I won't hesitate to kill her ethier."

I nod and then the Capitol anthem starts playing.

I see Marvel's face, followed by Marina's and Peeta's.

It hits me like an arrow.
Marvel is dead and I was not wrong about Marina's death.

Both of our allies are dead, it makes me think more about what Cato said.
Sooner or later, one person will be able to live.
And I have to make sure that it's not Katniss or Cato.
The only person that I might let win is Clove. No one else.

"Cato?"
"Yes?"
"I won't hesitate to kill you ethier." I tell him with a deadly tone.

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