Promises (A Clato Fanfic)

Chapter 12: The Arena

Clove POV:

I couldn't sleep last night. Then again who can before they go in an arena to fight to the death. I wonder what the arena will be. One year it was a Winter land. Another year it was the rubble of a city. It could be anything.

Cato wakes up when Brutus knocks on the door. "Get up! You go into the arena in an hour, you overslept!" Brutus screams through the door. I check the time. 8:3O.

We go into the arena at 9:3O. We were supposed to wake up an hour ago. Cato gets up, kisses me one last time, and goes to his room to get ready. That could've been our last kiss.

After I'm ready, Enobaria comes and gets me and we go to the roof to board the hovercraft. The roof looks different. Probably because its the day time. "Now, at the bloodbath, kill as many people as you can. Get lots of supplies and find water. Stay close to Cato. I'll get sponsors. Be safe and stay alive." Enobaria tells me before she leaves. That may be the last time I see her.

I walk to the hovercraft and board it. They separated us onto two hovercrafts. Cato sits on the other side leaning forward and looking at the others. Marvel sits across from Cato. Glimmer and Hanna must be on the other hovercraft. I sit on the end and Katniss sits beside me. I wish I could kill her now.

This lady comes around with a needle. Our trackers. When she comes to me I stick my arm out and feel nothing. Katniss however, ask the lady what the tracker is and I just laugh and roll my eyes. She's so stupid. What else would it be?

We ride for about 3O minutes then they black out the windows. We must be close to the arena. After another 1O minutes, we land. We all get off one at a time. I'm the first one off. Some peacekeepers escort me inside the Remake Center. They take me downstairs and into a room.

When I get in the room, I see Alex. Finally, I have missed her so much. I run up and hug her. She doesn't hesitate to hug me back. I don't realize I start crying. "Shhh, honey it's okay. Everything's gonna be alright. I promise." he tells me. I hope she's right.

"Thanks. I'm probably gonna miss you the most, you know, if I die." I say.

"You won't die, Cato won't let you. You're in good hands."

"I guess, but if he helps me, then he dies."

"3O seconds." a voice on the intercom says. I make my way to the tube. The door to my death. I'm not coming out without Cato. I hug Alex one last time and the tube starts to rise.

When the tube gets to the top, I see the arena. It's very simple. Woods on one side, lake on the other, and a little field beside the cornucopia. I'm glad it's an easy arena. "Ladies and Gentlemen, let the 74th Annual Hunger Games begin." Claudius Templesmith's voice booms through the arena. The countdown from 6O starts. 6O seconds until at least half of us will be dead. Let the games begin.