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c 16 Kat hoped that the Careerist won't know how to hunt, due to living where food is plentiful, so destroying their food will cause hunger. she heard the cannon, signal another one died. Kat and Rue hunted. rue had spied so told kat about the Careerist food. only one boy guards it. young Rue told "i am the oldest of my siblings and love music." She always sang at work in the orchards. also when the flag signals the end of the workday, Rue sang so mockingjays repeat. By the afternoon, Rue built three pyres as a diversion. 

Rue wanted a signal so taut Kat her song for the mockingjays in the arena. Kat went and hid and watched the food. four guarded the supplies that were piled like a pyramid. she feared traps. one shouted about smoke so they grabd weapons. she heard that Peeta got injured badly so can't steal their food. all 4 left but she hesitated... a girl ran out from the trees. she was jumping to the supplies. now Kat knew the ground had mines, moved there and reactivated. when kat was alone again, she aimed at the bag of apples. her 3 arrows tore it. The apples tumbled out detonating the mines. the blast knocked her down and destroyed the pile of supplies.

C 17 Kat lost her hearing but all the supplies got destroyed. she crawld quickly back to her hiding place in the thick bushes. the others returned. Cato broke the neck of the now unneeded guard. Kat hid and slept there. In the morning, she heard in her right ear again. Kat went to meet Rue who wasn’t at the place. she looked for Rue until finding the third pyre unlit. she continued searching and found Rue tangled in a net. then a boy speared rue.

C 18 Kat shot the male competitor before he could kill her. She cut the net to free Rue who was fatally wounded. Kat sang a lullaby to her.  Kat took their items. kat saw young rue dead and this caused rage toward the president. She coverd Rue’s body in flowers, before the corpses would be collected. that night, a gift came. It was the bread shaped in District 11 style. In the morning, Kat motivated herself by the thought of Prim watching her. She hunted and realized he was the first person who she directly killed.

trumpets sounded, followed by an announcement, that six remain [listed in next chapter: 2 pairs from district 12 and 2 plus 2 more] that 2 tributes from the same district can both be victors. that applies to d. 2 and d. 12. --19--  Kat's biggest threats are career pair d. 2. [in my fan fiction the d. 2 winner of 73 hunger games was cato! volunteering again in this 74]. In the morning, Kat lookd for Peeta near water until hearing him. He was hidden under mud. His leg was badly cut and infected. Kat washed mud from him and his clothes.

she chewed the leaf to put on the stings and on the infected wound so swelling lessened as puss left. he leaned on her until hiding in a cave. She kissed him. this must have aroused support because another gift: hot broth came.

C 20 Peeta’s leg infection spread. Kat told him a story about Prim. she hid that she and Gale hunted an animal which they sold. instead she told that she sold her mother’s silver locket. Kat went to buy dress fabric but saw a wounded goat. Kat knew that prim can heal it and love it. instead of a dress she bought the goat and gave it to Prim. the goat gave milk which they sold as cheese that repaid its cost. they heard trumpets and the announcement for supplies: a pack for each person with something they desperately need. They argued about the risk. Kat went to wash. a gift came, It’s sleep syrup useful to stop his interference. Kat mashd berries and mixed in the syrup. She fed Peeta who slept.

21 Kat kissd Peeta and pretended to wipe a tear for the show. She went near the huge horn. the sun rose. a table rose up out of the ground. on it were 3 packs and one small pack. Foxface ran out from horn and grabd her pack. Kat ran to the table and grabd her pack. she turned. a knife cut her forehead. a girl knocked her down and sat on her. she said mean things and held the knife by kat's lips. she cut Kat’s lip but a boy lifted her off kat. he hit a rock on her head. He askd kat if Rue was her ally. Kat told her story hoping for a quick death instead of pain. he let her live, this time. 

Kat ran. Thresh took two packs. she returned to their cave and crawld in. she took the syringe and  injected his arm. still bleeding she felt dazed and fainted. --22-- Kat dreamt of home and heard rain until she woke. much rain fell so Peeta had set the cover to keep them dry. he also had bandaged her wound. they chatted and she said that she wished noone else would die. cato? She cryd. they ate the last food. Peeta told her about the field of shoulder-high grass by the horn. they kiss, this time she was sincere. cold caused them to share the sleeping bag again. Peeta wrapped his arms around her. 

she felt close to him. they stay in the cave instead of hunting due to the storm. he told his story: on their first day of school, their teacher asked who knew the valley song. Kat sang it. that was when Peeta fell in love, but was too shy to say. now he is the only guy around. she said that he has no competition anywhere. they heard a noise outside. It’s a basket of food, their love had drawn support.

C 23 the couple chatted more about the luxurious home called the Victor’s Village. at night, they saw Thresh’s picture indicated his death so only Foxface and Cato remained. Kat and Peeta gaurd in shifts. They ate. if win Her family would have all they need [but does that justify killing cato? maybe better to die than to kill a person? but she was the provider and cato wanted to kill so must kill cato first but she wished nobody would die so can't]. in the morning, the rain stopped. They went to the place where she had been hunting. 

Peeta's noise chased off the food so Kat showd Peeta edible roots so he went to gather. kat hunted some rabbits and a squirrel. she went toward Peeta. he didn’t respond to her whistl so she feared that cato killed him. she saw a pile of roots and berries  on a tarp. He returned and explained he was by the stream collecting berries. Kat complained that he scared her. she saw cheese was smaller and complained that he ate cheese. when she recognized poison berries, they heard the cannon.they saw her red hair when she got lifted by the hovercraft. Peeta warned that Cato is near, but Kat showed him the berries.

C 24 Kat explaind she stole poisonous berries [now from the last six only cato remained]. they kept berries hoping to fool Cato. they cooked and returned to their cave. in the morning they came to the stream that was dry, so they went to the lake. they sat. Kat sang Rue’s tones. Cato came out of the trees running with no weapons. Kat shot arrow that hit his chest. his body armor deflected it. Cato ran  between the couple. big wolves came so they ran.

25 Kat saw mutt-ations chasing Cato. They looked like giant wolves. Cato ran to the huge horn. she fled too and climbd the horn and pulled p' but one jumpd high enough and grabd Peeta so she held him. Cato started strangling p'. if she shot cato, Peeta will also fall. Peeta took blood from his leg and made an "X" on Cato's hand. Kat shot arrow at target. cato loosened arm. Peeta got free. cato slipped down and stabbed some muttations that cant bite through his armor. they pull him into the horn. Night came but still no cannon announced his death. 

p' was bleeding heavily from the wound in his leg, so she tied it. in morning she hung down and saw Cato bleeding but alive. she shot him. The cannon sounds. the muttations left. they climbed down and heard announcement that the rules direct only one winner. Peeta untied his bleeding and ordered her to kill him for mercy and to go home. she can't because he is not a threat. they held the poison berries, hoping to fool the managers. they stood back to back and each one put the berries in their own mouths... so someone shouted "stop". they are the winners.

epilog: they spit out the berries. after they left the arena, peeta got his leg treated. hamitch warned her that president got angry claiming she was starting rebellion by defying his authority. on stage she hugged p' for a long time to pretend she loved p' lots, to fool people that was the reason they refused to kill each other. on the train, peeta got angry when he learned that kat thought he was pretending for the audience.  as they exit the train to the platform, Peeta took her hand, for the cameras. kat felt mixed feelings for Peeta. they held hands one last time for the audience. they each went to a luxurious home. kat felt confusing feelings.