Melting Ice

Chapter 16

One week later

"We can't bring Kayla", I argue with Cato.

"Maybe it will do her good", he argues back.

"She will probably go all crazy again!".

"She is leaning to control it". Which is true, we have answered her more questions and whenever she gets angry at us, Kayla is managing to say the paragraph and calm herself.

"Okay, that means we are bringing Brianna and Xander", I say.

"That's sorted then. We leave in 10?", I nod, "Then Clove, I have a surprise for you".

"Tell me!", I whine.

"You, Brianna and I are going to take a trip to District 4!", he exclaims.

"Oh my god! Your amazing Cato!", I squeal as he picks me up and spins me three times.

Cato

We all sit in the hovercraft in silence although I can almost feel Cloves excited buzzing through her body as I hold her hand. Brianna managed to fall asleep on Cloves lap as soon as the hovercraft left the crowd. Kayla and Xander seem to be getting on a lot better, his wounds have cleared up nicely. I honestly can't wait until our little family holiday! You can only travel from district to district at the moment if you are a victor or you are travelling with a victor, this should hopefully change sometime in the future though.

Hovercrafts make an awful swooshing sound when the land, pushing everything away from it. Clove and I are lead to dressing rooms while Brianna, Kayla and Xander go into the one next to us. Tomaz and Lillian engulf us in hugs and "Are you okay?"s before they set to work on recreating us back into fierce people. I watch as Clove transforms from my gentle, sweet girlfriend into a killing machine. The same happens to me, only with less makeup.

The two men stand out on a stage, surrounded by peacekeepers. Kayla joins us in skinny jeans and a leather jacket, she looks so much like Clove,Xander wears a mini version of my tuxedo. I spot Brianna behind them in a black dress and boots.

"You okay?", asks Clove to Kayla, wrapping one arm around her.

"I just want these maniacs dead", she spits.

Hatred and pain fills the men's eyes and the stand to take a final breath.

"What's happening?", asks Brianna gripping my leg.

"Sh Princess, go to Lillian", I say and point to her". Once she is out of sight, I join with Xander and we hold the gun together, Clove and Kayla do the same. One man mouths swear words and the other sticks his middle finger up. My heart races as Plurtarch counts down from 5.

3...

2...

1...

I squeeze the gun with Xander, shooting out a bully straight into the mans heart. BANG! He drops dead after saying, "F*ck", and is dragged away. Inside, I want to shoot then again and again, one shot for each time they hurt someone. Xander stands shaking beside me, so much that he can't loosen his grip on the gun until I ply his fingers off.

"Woah...", he whispers.

Lillian gives us back Brianna and then it hits us...we won't be seeing out stylists again.

"Thank you", I say to Tomaz, "Not just for being my stylist, for being my friend". Waves of emotions crash over me, but not strong enough to make me cry. On the other hand, Clove and Lillian sob into each other's jackets.

"You have changed so much Cato. At first, I was petrified of you but now...your like a kitten", jokes Tomaz.

"A tough kitten, that is", I laugh. We continue our thank you's until there is nothing left to say.