Promises (A Clato Fanfic)

Chapter 15: Goodbye Glimmer

Clove POV:

"Wake up! Wake up! There's a fire! Wake up!" We all wake up after Hanna screamed at us.

"What is going on?" Glimmer asks in a horrible morning voice. then we see it. A 3O ft. tall wall of fire coming our way. Not a tribute fire, a game maker fire.

We all start running, not knowing where we're going. The wall is moving fast. Marvel was in the lead followed by Hanna, Cato, Glimmer then me in the back. I trip over a stick and fall face first onto the ground. The smoke starts to get heavy. I start to choke on the smoke. "Help! Help! Cato! Somebody! Help!" I start screaming.

"Don't worry Clove, I'm coming." I think Cato says. I feel arms pick me up then I black out.

When I wake up, we are at a river. I see Hanna and Marvel talking and Glimmer is just siting on a log, looking at the ground. I decide to go talk to her. "Hey, you ok?" I ask her. She looked sad.

"Yea, you're awake. That's good."

"I guess. Is anything wrong? You look sad. You can tell me anything."

"Well, it's just. You have Cato and it looks like Hanna might be getting Marvel, but who do I get? I had a crush on Marvel back in D1, but he liked someone else. Then we got put into the games together. I started to like him even more, then I saw Cato. He's so cute and strong. I tried to flirt with him, but he told me you were his girlfriend. I just feel lonely. I fell in the fire too, so did Hanna. Marvel went for Hanna and Cato went for you. I had to get up myself." I feel really bad for her now.

"I'm sorry, but it might be a good thing that you don't have a boyfriend in the games. Only one comes out. You don't wanna watch your boyfriend die. I didn't want to come in with my boyfriend, but I did. If anything, you're lucky." I reassure her.

"Thanks. You're not so bad . At first, I hated you because you had Cato, but you're actually really nice."

"Thanks. I thought you were a slutty bitch, but I was wrong too. You just don't wanna be lonely." We both laugh.

"Most people think I am a slutty bitch. Thanks, for being my friend."

"No problem. Let's go get the others and go hunting." She nods her head and we get up to go join the others.

When we join the others, they all look at me. "Clove, you're awake. I thought you were dead." Cato says and hugs me.

"I thought I was too, but I'm alive now. Who died while I was out?" I ask them.

"No one. No one died in the fire. I think she go search for any injured tributes." Marvel says. We all agree and start to walk down the river when Marvel yells "There she is. The girl on fire. Literally." We all look where Marvel's pointing. There she is. The girl on fire with a burnt leg. That's funny.

We all run to her and she runs away. We continue to run after her. We follow her until we lose her. "Look. She's in a tree." Hanna yells. We all look up and there she is. Cato starts to climb up. "I'm coming for ya fire girl." Cato taunts her.

"How's the weather down there?" Katniss taunts back.

"Fine, how about you?" Cato says.

"It's a little warm for my taste. Why don't you come on up." Cato climbs some more, but steps on a little branch and it breaks. He comes falling down and hits the ground. Hard. "Oh please, let me do it." Glimmer says. She loads her arrow and shoots it. She misses terribly. Katniss grabs the arrow and pulls it out of the tree. She starts waving it in Glimmer's face. That's kinda funny.

Cato takes the bow from Glimmer and shoots it. He doesn't do it any better. "Maybe we should wait her out. She's gotta come down sometime. That or starve to death." Hanna suggests. It's not a bad plan. I think we should do it.

"I think that sounds like a good idea. We should do it. It's the only way." I state. They all agree. "Somebody start a fire." Cato tells us. Marvel, Hanna, and Glimmer go one way for firewood and me and Cato go the other to find something to eat.

After we eat a dinner of squirrel and dried fruit, we all position ourselves to sleep. "Who's gonna keep watch?" I ask.

"Marvel, you take first and wake Glimmer for the second." Cato orders. They agree and Marvel sets up to watch. Cato puts his sword in the fire to heat it up and spots on it. "Boys." Glimmer mumbles. I start throwing my knives at a lizard to pass time. I eventually get tired and go over to cuddle with Cato, but when I get over there, Glimmer is already asleep on his arm. This makes me so mad, I should kill her right now, but I remember what she said. She's just lonely and wants some company. I know Cato loves me and not her. I go back to where I was and lay on the ground and go to sleep.

I wake up and it looks to be about 5:OO in the morning. I look to see who's on watch and everyone's asleep. Glimmer was supposed to be on watch, but she's still cuddled up to Cato. I think we'll be fine, so I go back to bed.

I wake up again to a buzzing noise. All of a sudden I feel like I'm getting stung by some sort of bee all over my body. I look around at the scene. Glimmer's on the ground covered in bees and so is Hanna. Marvel is running and shouting "To the lake!" I feel more stings and get a closer look at the bees. Tracker Jackers. Tracker Jackers are genetically engineered wasps that cause powerful hallucinations and in extreme cases death. I start running with Cato and Marvel. I look back at Glimmer and Hanna. There's no way they'll make it. "Goodbye Glimmer." I mumble to myself and run some more.

After what feels like a 7 mile run, we're at the lake. We don't have any major injuries, just some stings. I eventually black out and the hallucinations start.

I see a tall, muscular blonde boy holding hands with a short girl with long black hair. The girl is carrying what looks like a baby. The boy has a little boy with black hair on his shoulders. They look like the perfect family. Then I realize those two people are Cato and me with our future kids. We do look like a perfect family and I hope that can be us someday. If we get out of this damn arena, it would be us. That's another reason me and Cato have to win.