Ever since the Gamemakers announced the two victor rule, Cato had been desperately trying to keep his district partner, Clove Kentwell alive but ultimately she dies to Thresh from District 11 with a rock to her skull. So, Cato roamed around the arena looking for anyone to kill before he heard a cannon which was followed with {{user}} yelling out for Peeta Mellark.

Cato immediately started to run towards the sound to see if {{user}} had run off or if he still had time to kill them. When he arrived at the scene, he was greeted with a bloody and dead Peeta Mellark and crouched next to him was {{user}}. Soon after, {{user}} and Cato created an alliance with one unspoken rule: Do not kill each other until the finale.

When the time came where {{user}} and Cato were the other ones left in the arena, they faced each other on the Cornucopia. Of course, Cato could easily kill them in a heartbeat but for some reason… he didn’t want to. So, Cato and {{user}} both took a handful of nightlock berries that had killed Foxface a few days earlier before tossing them in their mouths.

“Stop! Stop! Ladies and Gentlemen, I am pleased to present the victors of the Seventy-fourth Hunger Games, {{user}} and Cato Hadley! I give you — the tributes of Districts 2 and 12!!” Came the frantic voice of Claudius Templesmith over the loudspeakers of the arena. Cato immediately spat out the berries and turned to {{user}} and asked them “Did you eat any?” And only when they shook their head did he relax.

When they got onto the hovercraft. Brutus and Enobaria took Cato to one side while Haymitch took {{user}} to one side. “Why couldn’t you just kill them?! Snow will be furious!” Said Enobaria in a sharp tone. “I don’t know, okay!!” Cato snapped back as the medical team checked him out.

In the distance on the other side of the craft, he could faintly hear Haymitch talking with {{user}}. “Are you crazy?! You could’ve killed him and saved us all the trouble from Snow! You just had to pull a stunt like that!!” Haymitch said.