Promises (A Clato Fanfic)

Chapter 2O: Mutts

Cato POV:

It has been about an hour since I heard that canon. I hope it wasn't Clove. If it was, then there would only be two of us left. It would be me and the girl from District 5. If that wasn't Clove's canon, then that means we're the only two left. Why aren't we out of the arena?

Another 2 hours pass a no sign of Clove. I hear a rustling in the bushes and think it's Clove. Its not. It's a wolf with brown fur and grey eyes. It looks a lot like someone I know, but I just can't put my finger on it. Then I remember, one year, to get the final tributes together, they used genetically engineered wolves that looked like the other tributes. I then know who it looks like. It's Katniss.

I start to run to the cornucopia. On my way there I see another wolf chasing someone else. I then recognize that other person. It's Clove. I suddenly feel so happy that I don't notice her fall. The wolf is less than 5 feet away from her. I have to save her. I run over to her and pick her up. She looks lifeless. She blacked out.

I carry her to the cornucopia and throw her on top of it. I pull myself up and start throwing Clove's knives at the wolves. There's at least a dozen of them. I manage to kill 3. The sun starts to rise and they go back to the woods. I look at Clove. She has a scratch on her side coming from her armpit all the way to her hip. It's bleeding awful. I take off my shirt and put it on her scratch.

I sit up there with a lifeless Clove for an hour. She starts to wake up. "Where are we?" Clove asks me. I run up and hug her.

"We're the only two left and we're still in the arena. I thought you were dead."

"Well, I'm alive now. Wait, if we're the ones left, why are we still here?" Clove's interrupted by Claudius' voice.

"The previous rule, allowing two victors, has been cancelled. There can only be one. May the odds be ever in your favor." Only one comes out. I look over at a crying Clove. I go to comfort her. "It's okay baby. I'm not gonna kill you." I tell her.

"No. They said two come out. We will get out of here. If they want one of us dead, then we'll both die. Together." she says.

"Okay. On three." She puts one of her knives to my throat and I put my sword to her stomach. "One" she starts.

"Two" I say.

"Three." she says and starts to press the knife to my throat and I start pressing the sword to her stomach. We are interrupted by Claudius' voice. Again.

"Stop! Stop! May I present to you the victors of the 74th annual Hunger Games. Clove Fuhrman and Cato Ludwig." We I it. We came into the arena and both came out. I hug Clove then a hovercraft comes.

They lower the ladder and I help Clove up. I follow her and then black out when I get to the top.