Greetings my ever loyal readers! I am back from my vacation. I would like to apologize for the long wait though. I had this chapter written out on my laptop, but the thing wouldn't allow me to publish new chapters so I had to wait until I returned home to use my main computer. Anyways, I hope you all enjoy this next chapter. I would like you all to do me a favor, tomorrow is my birthday, and I would like to see many more reviews as a gift. Hope you all enjoy, and please review!


The next morning when we got up there was smoke clouding the sky. "What the fuck is going on?" I questioned as I came out of the tent, seeing Marvel on watch.

"Looks like the game makers started a forest fire somewhere over there." Marvel said as he indicated the area where the smoke was worst.

"Well, then that must mean they're trying to lure a tribute somewhere. Let's go, now." I said as I quickly went in and woke everyone else. "You're watching the base while we're gone 3." I stated to him as I threw an extra sword to him.

"Who gets the kill?" Clove asked quickly as we began moving towards the fire quickly.

"Depends on who the tribute is." I stated, having a pretty good feeling it was the girl on fire. Oh the irony if she died in this. Just the way to go, the girl on fire, actually on fire. The visual came into my mind easily but I had to wipe it out as the flame tried to take me with it. Fuck!

"Well I'm itching for another kill. I just want to slice someone up." Clove growled as I smirked at her love of knives. The way she knows just about anything about them.

"Clove, you'd slice yourself up if you had the chance." I stated as we kept moving through the now thickening smoke, seeing the wind was sending it our way. I pulled the top of my shirt up to cover my nose and mouth in an attempt of keeping it out.

"Oh fuck you. Let's just go find your girlfriend." Clove said as I glared hatefully at her, raising my sword in warning and seeing the look lover boy shot us.

"I warned you already." I growled as I nicked her flesh with my sword, leaving a small bit of blood on her cheek where I got her.

"You won't kill me, not yet. You need me." Clove said confidently as I chuckled at her attempt of trying to calm me. I pressed the edge of my sword further into her flesh, making another nick.

"Anyone can throw knives. Let's go." I said as I pulled my sword from her and kept moving quickly.

"Yeah that's right, back down." Clove taunted as I shoved her into another bush full of black berries, not bothering to stop and wait for her.

"Damn, the smoke's getting worse and worse." Marvel growled as we moved quickly, hearing distant explosions. The heck is that?

"Let's keep moving already." I growled as I kept my sword at my side, slashing through the brush that would pop up.

"The game makers must really want to kill who ever this tribute is." Glimmer stated as I growled, not wanting them to have the justice of killing the girl on fire. It has to be her, who else would they try and actually set fire to.

"It's probably Katniss." Peeta stated as I rolled my eyes at him, not at all surprised it took him this long to realize it was her.

"If we don't find the tribute soon and they kill her, then I'll kill all of you." I growled as I kept hacking through the brush to get through.

We kept running for another hour and a half or so before I realized they were trying to push the tribute towards the river. "They're trying to push the tribute towards someone, so let's make that us." Clove growled excitedly as we broke into a run easily.

"They'll probably be so burnt up they cant move!" Glimmer said excitedly as I chuckled, still at the head of the pack.

"Or maybe hiding in the water where we can just shoot them with your bow!" Marvel joined in excitedly as we began to see the water, moving in quickly.

"Where is she then? Look around!" I stated as I quickly looked around, to see across the river Katniss barely floating in the water, having seen us. "It's the girl on fire!" I shouted as we broke into a run to catch her, trying to maneuver a way across the river.

"Don't bother running! We'll get you!" Clove yelled after her as we got halfway across easily, seeing her just barely make it out of the water.

We made it across the river and began chasing her, me at the front with my sword already withdrawn to get her. "Why you running fire girl? You know we'll get you!" I called after her as she disappeared for a moment, before we turned to follow, seeing her quickly beginning to climb up a tree.

"That's not going to help you girl on fire!" Glimmer yelled at her as we reached the tree, seeing her stop at a certain point.

I dropped everything I had on me except my sword and began climbing. "Climb faster Cato!" Clove snapped at me as I glared up at the girl on fire, seeing the cocky look in her eyes. She thought I wouldn't be able to reach her?

"Kill her Cato! Kill her!" Glimmer yelled as I got halfway to her, grabbing onto another branch. I heard a snap and the next thing I knew I was on my back on the ground, seeing Katniss laughing up in the tree.

"You're not going to be able to climb the tree." Katniss called down to me as Glimmer stepped up beside me.

"Here I'll do it." Glimmer said as she pulled the bow from behind her, putting an arrow in it quickly before firing at Katniss, missing terribly. Katniss grabbed the bow from where it stuck in the tree and waved it at us in a mocking gesture as I ripped the bow from Glimmer's hands, grabbing the arrow she had as well.

"We'll get you down from there in no time fire girl." I growled up at her as I shot the arrow, missing since she ducked at the last moment.

"Hey let's just leave her up there." Lover boy spoke up as I turned to him, still in a rage that I was being mocked by the girl on fire.

"You're protecting her?" I questioned as I walked up to him, glaring down at him since I had a few inches of height over him.

"No, but she has to come down sometime, it's either that or starve. Let's just stay down here and wait for her." Peeta stated as I saw the aggravated look in Clove's eyes.

"Fine. Someone build the fire." I growled as I moved off to see if there was another way to get up the tree.

Katniss moved a bit more into the tree as I noticed her wincing slightly, still trying to see if there were other ways to get up the tree. I smirked up at her as our eyes momentarily locked before she ran her hand over a part of her smoking clothing, wincing visibly. I felt a small pain in the pit of my stomach at that wince, unsure of why it came up. "Cato!" Clove growled as she came up behind me, obviously still annoyed that we didn't get another kill today.

"What?" I questioned as I turned to her, wiping any emotion from my face.

"Why are you just stalking around the tree?" Clove questioned me as I glared at her like the idiot she truly is.

"It's called scouting. If you had paid any attention in the academy, you would know that." I growled back at her as she glared furiously at me before turning to go back to the now starting fire.

"Go fuck yourself Cato. Or better yet, why not climb that tree and do it with fire girl." Clove growled as I smirked at her retreating form, turning to look up at Katniss who was watching me. I winked at her and blew a small kiss in mock before turning to go back to the others.

"Who's got first watch today?" Marvel questioned as he sharpened the tip of his spear. Obviously he wants to go spear something.

"I'll do it. One of you go get some food." I stated as I leaned against the tree, sticking my sword into the trunk with a grunt.

"I'll do it." Marvel said as he got to his feet quickly, moving off into the brush to hunt.

"I'll go with him." Clove growled before stalking after him,leaving lover boy and Glimmer with me.

"Then there were two." Glimmer stated quietly as she moved over to sit next to me, earning another signature eye roll from me.

"You miscounted. There's technically four." I stated as I nodded towards Peeta and then up towards Katniss, looking up at her silently to see her trying to pour water on what must be a bad burn. I almost cringed myself for her but held it back

"Well it's not that hard to act like they're not here." Glimmer stated in a flirting tone as I smirked slightly when she snuggled up next to me, an arm going around my back.

"I think I'm going to rest a little." Peeta stated as he leaned back against the tree behind him, earning a smirk from me since he was obviously wanting to be away from here right now.

"Ugh get a room you two!" Katniss snapped down at us in a strangled voice that showed her pain. I felt that familiar heat try and take me again as I realized she was actually in pain, weakened now. I couldn't kill her if she's weak like this. It's not fair,it's not a fight. I growled as I moved out of Glimmer's grip., glaring up at Katniss.

"Why not come down already. We won't hurt you." I growled up at her as she rolled her eyes at me, making me smirk since she did it in almost the same way that I did.

"I'm not stupid Cato. I know better than to trust you." Katniss growled as I laughed at her, circling the tree again to try and find a way up.

"I wasn't calling you stupid. Just saying you could come down and we won't hurt you." I stated with a devious smirk up at her.

"Yeah, no thanks 2." Katniss said before settling back in her spot in the tree.

"Nice try." Glimmer said to me as I glared at her for a moment before pulling my sword from the tree, moving off to gather stuff for the fire to burn.

"Watch her." I growled at Glimmer before moving off, taking a swing at anything within my range.

I gathered kindling for a while before coming back to see Clove and Marvel had come back with fish and wild grooslings burning over the fire. "Hungry?" Glimmer asked me as I threw the kindling down into the fire, sitting down with a grunt as Glimmer moved over close to me, seeing the sun was going to be setting soon.

"No, I'm fine." I growled as I pulled out my sharpening tools to sharpen my sword now that I was done chopping through everything.

"You sure? It's really good." Glimmer said with a big flirty smile at me as I pulled away from her.

"I am not hungry." I growled at her, putting emphasis on every word to get it through her thick head.

"Sorry." Glimmer grumbled as I looked back down at my sword, continuing to sharpen it and ignore her.

"He's just frustrated because he cant rape his little girl on fire." Clove butted in as I glared furiously at her, hearing a gag from up in the trees.

"At least I don't try and seduce drunken tributes." I growled back at her as her face reddened in what I could only guess was anger and embarrassment.

"All right, I'm turning in now then. I need my rest." Marvel grumbled as he laid back, the sun beginning to set finally.

"Clove, you're on first watch." I growled at her as I laid back as well to rest.

Glimmer laid down next to me, snuggling into my arm. I didn't protest, what's the point.

I waited for a while, taking over Marvels shift for him once he was asleep and moving Glimmer off of me. I noticed fire girl dozing off up in the tree as I circled around quickly to the side I knew I could climb and silently began climbing. "I'm coming for you Fire girl." I growled under my breath as I moved silently.

I climbed quickly and once up put my hand over fire girls mouth as she began to realize I was there. "Get...off!" Katniss growled as I easily pinned her down, smirking down at her as I noticed how bad of a condition the fire had put her in.

"Oh you think I'm going to kill you now? While we're high up in this tree?" I questioned before something dropped into the tree. I looked up and smirked as I saw the familiar silver package. A gift, from her sponsors. I reached up easily and snatched it, dangling the gift in front of her fiery eyes.

"Give that back!" Katniss growled angrily as I took my hand off her mouth so I could open the container.

"I wouldn't be too loud if I were you. Might wake up the others, and give the wrong impression." I cooed with a wink as I watch the flame grow in her eyes, growling as my body heated up from the sight. I opened the parachute with ease, seeing a small container with a note from her drunken helper.

"Ah, ointment." I said as I opened the small container, knowing it on sight from when I've been burned in training. "Someone got burned my her precious flames." I growled as I looked down at her leg, seeing the seared flesh that once must have been smoking and bubbling.

"You don't need it, so give it back." Katniss whispered angrily as I rubbed my thumb over the top of the oily ointment, keeping the emotion wiped from my face. I smirked down at her as my hand went to rest just below the burn.

"You really think I'd give it back that easily?" I questioned as her hands went to shove me off, but I was too firmly planted over her.

"Then why don't you just kill me already?" Katniss questioned me as I smirked down at her, rubbing the ointment into the burn and earning a hiss of what I can only guess is pained pleasure over having the ointment on her burn.

"Because, like I've said before, I like to play with my prey before I kill it." I growled with a smirk still held as

"What, so you're just going to leave me up here then?" Katniss questioned as I gave her an even bigger grin.

"You're mine to kill fire girl, but I can wait. You just better control that fire a bit better next time, don't want the game makers killing you. Sleep tight." I growled as I got off her, dropping the ointment on her.

I made my decent down the tree easily and once down got back into my spot. I'm not letting the others the pleasure of killing her.


Ah and the planning continues. I hope you all enjoyed. I apologize for it being a bit short. I was in a rush to try and get this ready for posting. Thank you all for reading though. The next chapter will be up as soon as possible though. Being that tomorrow's my birthday though I don't know if I will be able to post tomorrow. Anyways, thanks again and please review!