Chapter 13
We came back to the Cornucopia, I felt much motivated after what happened near the river, Clove seemed to feel the same.
"You're finally here, he got only four bombs left." Cato told us.
"Only?" Clove doubted.
We sat on the ground and heard a familiar sound.
"It's a gift from sponsors!" Clove spotted.
We ran up to the gift.
The box was bigger than usual, it had a huge pack of apples inside.
"Awesome!" Cato unpacked the gift.
The pack wasn't signed which meant that it was from the Capitol. Despite our last failure, there was still something that they liked. I bet it was Clove's speech that made them sent this.
Cato put the bag on the pile that Noah was almost done protecting.
"We will kill him when few people will be left." Clove whispers to me.
"Is that really a good idea? He's our ally after all."
"We're a career pack, not a friend group."
I remember that that's the same thing that I said to Marvel during the parade, I had the same attitude to Marvel as Clove has now to Cato.
Even so, Marvel was much different from Cato. Marvel wasn't rude and wasn't pushing us around and he definitely wasn't death threatening us.
Few tributes being left on the arena seems like such a distant moment but it can happen anytime. Gamemakers can throw something and kill half of the tributes or Katniss can do something that will kill two people again.
I take a deep breath and take a look at Clove.
"Wasn't Cato your friend?"
Clove groans in response.
"Did you forget what I just said?"
"Cato said that he won't kill any of us unless we are the last ones left."
"And you believe him?"
"Yes, why would he lie?"
Clove wanted to say something but she saw Cato coming to us.
"I'll tell you later." She replied.
We waited few more hours for Noah to finish, then he finally came to us.
"I finished." He whispered.
"Finally!" Clove got up in a blink of an eye.
We walked up to see how it all looked. The huge pile of supplies had small piles of dirt around it. Any step on the bomb will kill.
"Nice, job." Cato said.
"Now, we will be able to go somewhere and won't have to worry about the supplies." I stated.
We were very happy when we went to sleep that day. The waiting was finally over, I was curious if Cato is going to kill Noah.
I woke up realizing that I have been on the arena for a week. I couldn't believe that it all went so fast. I bet that for Luster and Amy it went slower. I take a small look at my necklace and take a deep breath.
They believe in me, I can't let them down.
"We're going hunting!!" Clove jumped on my back.
"Like hunting for food or-"
"Hunting for people! Finally after two days of not doing anything!"
Clove sounded very excited to finally do something. I know that she wants to avenge Marvel and Marina, so do I.
I got up and we all took our weapons.
I kneed down and saw Marvel's spear.
"How-"
"I got it from the forest at night when Clove had a watch, I couldn't sleep." Cato explained.
"Someone could see you." I told him.
"Everyone was sleeping, if I met someone, they would be dead, not me."
He wasn't wrong, I don't think it's easy to kill him. But still, I thought the same thing about Marvel.
"Noah is gonna use it to protect the supplies while we're gone." Cato throws the spear to Noah who barely manages to catch it.
"Does he even know how to use it?" I question.
"He said that he knows the basics."
How much did you do that night Cato? I could see bags under his eyes.
"Let's go already." Clove dragged me by the arm and we all entered the forest.
I noticed something that I didn't before, Clove seemed to ignore Cato. At first she was only beginning rude to him, now she acts as if he wasn't there. Something must have happened between her and Cato for sure. It had to do with the whole thing with him being a lair.
I decided to forget about it for now so I can focus on hunting.
We go deep into the forest, we go only to the part that we had already been to so we don't get lost. No one makes a sound while moving, I could only hear the mockingjays and my heart racing.
After an hour I could hear someone behind us.
"Someone's there." Clove says.
We then see a guy from District 10, I remember that he has something wrong with his leg.
Clove without any hesitation, throws a knife at guy's chest.
Right at the heart.
"Clove!" "I wanted to have the next kill!" Cato hissed.
"Then you could have been faster."
"Hey, calm down you two, you have plenty of tributes to kill." I tell them and ran up to the guy.
We heard a cannon and I quickly began to search through his body to get somethings.
I found some pills for fever so I put them in my pocket. I took his backpack and then I saw the hovercraft coming.
"Did you check his pockets?" Cato asked.
"Yeah, nothing but some pills."
The hovercraft took his body and I began to search through his bag.
"Some water and-" I get confused by what I see next.
"Sleeping syrup? What would he need that for?" I question.
"I don't know, maybe he has sleeping problems?" Clove said.
"Maybe."
I give the backpack to Clove and I spot her taking the syrup to her pocket. I decided not to say anything about it.
"Time to move on." Cato stated.
Just when I got up, we all heard something that made us jump from fear.
A big blow near the Cornucopia.
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