The Hunger Games: Fallen Heart

The End - Cato's Prov

The walk back to the log feels like it takes forever. I had to leave her body so it can be taken away. Clove. My love, is dead. All because of Katniss. Her name leaves a sour taste in my mouth. The pack feels heavy, even though it only has one thing in it.

The sadness engulfs me and I have to sit. I cry into my hands, not caring if anyone finds me I want to die now that Clove's dead. I have no reason to live anymore. She was my reason to live. To protect her, Love her. Save her. Now, surviving these games seems pointless. I will never be able to forgive myself. I let her go and she died for me.

I come to a realization. Since it was Katniss' faukt that shes dead, I have to kill someone close to her, Peeta.

I walk for a few more hours, I dont sleep at all I just walk. Stopping ocationally to mourn over cloves death, or to eat something. Everything, every sound I hear is muffled. Everything I see is blurry.

Out of nowhere something tackles me to the ground, its sharp claws digging into me. Its a Mutt! The capitol wants these games over and they want them over now!

I stab the thing hard in the chest with my pocket knife and throw it into a tree. I dont even think to make sure its dead, I just run. Where do I go? The only place I think is safe, the cornocopia. Maybe others have the same idea.

As I look back over my shoulder I run hard into something, no someone. There are no more mutts, yet, but there is thresh. Standing at least a foot over me looking down, with an angry look.

"You killed rue!" he yells threw gritted teeth.

I hear them. The mutts behind me. Their paws in the leaves, Their heavy, gargling breaths. Their growls and howls peirce through me.

"We better run" I telk thresh and try to pass him, but he grabs me.

"Not untill you pay for what you did." he growls. I hear his growls and the mutts in unison. They must be behind me, close behind me.

I kick Thresh hard and ge drops me to the ground. We fight. I get a few punches in, and of course he does too. At the last minute, I uppercut his nose and he falls onto his back. The mutts are there, attacking him. His screams fill the night air and I run.

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I run until my lungs sting, then I see it. The cornocopia shinning in the moonlight. There, two people walking to it. It can only be them, Katniss and Peeta. I run harder.

I hear the mutts at my heels, man their fast. I feel my sweat and some blood, from the fight with Thresh, running down my face. The salty sweat stings my cuts on my cheek, forhead, and mouth. My feet pound as I sprint past Katniss and Peeta.

They seemed confused at first and then realize that im being chased. They run too, Peeta lagging behind.

I reach the Cornocopia in no time and use the rest of my strenth to pull myself up. The cornocopia was still hot from the earlier sun, and it blisters my hands. I ignore the pain because thats not my biggest problem right now, living is.

I pull myself up and lie on my back, catching my breath. Im safe. On the opposite end I hear clanking and heavy breathing. They made it to the cornocopia and are climbing up.

The scream comes out of nowhere and I jolt upright when I hear it. It was Peeta, he got bit. I see him pulling himself up and katniss aiming her arrow at one of the mutts.

Nows my time! I grab my pocket knife and lunge for Peeta, grabbinf is arm and twisting it behind him. He crys out in pain and then im slammed to the ground by Katniss.

Pushing her off of me I yank her foot so she falls. She lands with her head over the edge of the cornocopia, the mutts jumping just inches from her ear. She screams and kicks, and does whatever she can but I already have her throat. Pushing as hard as I could, I can feel the life almost go out of her when Peeta picks me up and throws me.

I land on my side and crush my hand, making me drop my knife. I watch it slide off the edge. Now, i must depend on just my strength.

I grab Peeta by the shirt and wrap my arm around his neck. A perfect choke hold. As I walk backwards toward the end of the cornocopia, I place my hand on his jaw. Perfect position for the kill.

Katniss raises her bow and points an arrow directly at me. Then I say the only thing that I think will stop her, "Go ahead and shoot. We will both go down and you will win." That stopped her. she lowers her arrow about an inch, and then raises it again. I can see her thinking about it.

Peeta is breathing hard and struggling so I tighten my grip. I see Peeta tapping my hand, trying to tell Katniss to shoot me there. It takes a while until she realizes.  She aims a little lower and more to her left. She pulls back to shoot.

Before she shoots I say, "Go ahead. I dont care if I die. Actually I want to. I didnt realize it until now, but I do want to die."

She pulls back and the arrow sticks in my hand sending horrible lain through me. I release Peeta and he elbows me in the jaw. Stumbling, I step of the cornocopia backwards and into the growling mutts.

The pain is the worst that I have ever felt. Iys worse than training, its more like razors digging into me from every direction. When I can I look up a Peeta and Katniss with a pleading look. Katniss knows what I want to do... Die.

She aims her bow at me and I feel thankful towards her. She pulls back, and the last thing I see is Katniss hide her head in peetas side so she doesnt have to watch. Peeta looks away at the last second.

Everything go black

I am Dead...