What if Katniss didn't Volunteer? (Complete) (2013 Watty Award WINNER:)

Part 22

My first thought of who it is, is Peeta. But I look over at him and he to looks as shocked as I am. We meet eyes and have somehow mentally decided to stay put. The careers are in a state of panic as they try locating the owner of the knife. Out of nowhere, Glimmer, the girl from 1, jumps out of the tree and lands right where they had been standing just a few seconds ago. She throws another knife and this one hits Cato, but only cutting his arm. She pulls out the bow and arrow that must have been at the cornucopia. She must have taken it while the careers were distracted. An arrow hits the boy from 9, right in the nose and he falls back. These Games are going very fast. Faster than I'm sure the Game-makers want it to. She jumps and dodges Cato's spear and hides before he can grab his sword. Only she has jumped right in my bush, and is laying on top of me. I'm very afraid right now as she puts her fingers to her lips. We sit like that as Cato and Clove run by us in hunt for her. When they are a safe distance away, Peeta comes over and yanks Glimmer off of me. He knocks the weapons out of her hands and lifts her in the air. She doesn't look scared. She gives a sly grin,

"Are you really going to kill me? After I just got rid of 2 more tributes you two didn't have the guts to?" She says very wily. I look at Peeta, but his eyes are locked on hers.

"Peeta," I say quietly. "Put her down. She's okay. She can't be bad or she would have been with the careers, and she wasn't." He sets her down but keeps a hand on her shoulder.

"Oh yeah!" She runs over to Marvel and district 9. Pulls the knife from Marvel and yanks the arrow from 9. She walks back just as the hovercraft appears and take the bodies away.

"Why did you kill Marvel? He's from your district. Why not Cato?" I ask. She looks at me and smiles.

"Because, Marvel is the one during training that told me to keep away and if I came near, he would kill me. And made up some lie that made the rest of them hate me. Well, he walked into our territory." She says. Peeta looks mad,

"Our, territory? No, you aren't part of our alliance. You can leave now." Glimmer looks at him and smiles. She reaches for a bow and points it right at his heart.

"Our, territory. Right Prim?" She asks me, not looking away from Peeta who has gotten his knife out. He looks at me and then back at Glimmer. I see the defeat in his face and I answer Glimmer.

"Yes, our territory." She lowers her bow and says,

"Well, come on then! Rue needs those leaves." And she picks up some from the ground, and walks toward the tree where we left Rue.

"Hey, have you been spying on us?" Peeta asks Glimmer.

"Is it really spying in the Hunger Games? At least I didn't kill you. Maybe I should have. So not to give the careers any satisfaction. But with Marvel gone, I think we will be just fine. He is smart you know." She says. I had never really considered Marvel as a big threat with Cato and Thresh still around. Small, a follower never a leader. But if he is as smart as she says he is, then maybe it's a good thing that he is out of the games now.