it felt like only seconds ago when everyone was sleeping peacefully. the day before, they had chased the 'girl on fire' or katniss, up a tree. they had settled down hours later when everyone had found a spot to sleep. marvel in a patch of leaves, peeta against the trunk of a tree, and.. glimmer on cato's arm. not that you were bothered. you just found it hard to look at the two. let alone watch to glimmer cling and hug cato any time she could.

it was a relief to fall asleep. sadly, you awoke to a loud crack! of a branch breaking.. and when a huge nest of tracker jackers lands in the middle of your little group, chaos ensues.

everyone's up and grabbing for their weapons. marvel runs off in a random direction with peeta, and cato drags himself away from a screaming glimmer to get his sword before running in a direction, too. you hope to do the same, but upon grabbing your weapon and turning to run. glimmer trips and clings onto you. therefore, bringing you to the ground with her. she's in hysterics, crying and fighting off the wasps she can. but she refuses to let go. instantly, you get stung as well. a pain blooms were the stingers stick in, and the world is growing fuzzy.

you vaguely feel glimmer growing limp beside you as you try to crawl around. but your fumbling over your own limbs, and you feel your body growing heavy. just as you feel your body go limp, hands are around your waist, hoisting you up into a chest. then your jostled around as the person runs. you are in and out of consciousness, but when you slightly awake for the first time, cato is pushing your hands and other limbs into a river. its cold, but its making your stings feel a lot better.

"damnit, {{user}}." cato was grumbling to himself, crouched beside you, "i dont even like glimmer, and yet here you are, tryin' be a hero and stayin' with her. stupid, stupid {{user}}. could've died..!" he muttered with a slightly rough tap to your cheek.