Chapter 2
"There are two stages of training," Tobias said at the beginning of our first training session. "The first stage, pushing your body to the limit, breaking point. The second stage, pushing your mind to the limit, again breaking point. You will be trained separately from the Dauntless born, but you will be ranked together. Rankings get to decide what job you go into. Leadership, working in one of the Dauntless shops, guarding the fence or keeping the factionless from killing each other."
"And if any of you do anything that dishonor Dauntless in any way, shape or form, you will be immediately kicked out of Dauntless and join the factionless," Max added. "You can ask the Dauntless born initiates to help you after training hours, but Natalie, Tobias, Zeke, Lauren, Tori, George, Amar, Harrison or myself must supervise."
"Who are Natalie, Lauren, Tori, George, Amar and Harrison?" Christina asked.
"Natalie is my wife and one of the leaders; Lauren is Tobias's wife and she trains the Dauntless born initiates; Amar is my younger brother and he trains the Dauntless born initiates; Zeke is my son and Tobias's twin and he's standing behind me; Tori is Natalie's younger sister and George's twin and she is one of the leaders; George and Harrison are the other leaders. In other words, you must have either a trainer or leader with you while you practice outside of training hours. This way, we will know if you working to improve or trying to bully someone in order to better your rank," Max said. "With that being said, I'll leave you to start your training."
Max left the training room and Tobias continued.
"The first thing that you will be learning today is how to shoot a gun," Tobias said. "The second thing is how to win a fight."
"Thankfully, if you are here, you know how to get on and off a moving train, so we don't need to teach you that," Zeke added.
Tobias and Zeke handed us handguns to use for the morning's training. I examined the gun that Zeke gave me and realized that it is a 9 mm Glock, a standard police issue.
"What does firing a gun have to do with bravery?" Peter asked.
Tobias took the gun in his hand, presses the barrel to Peter's forehead and click a bullet into place.
"You're holding a loaded gun, you idiot," Tobias yelled before lowering his gun, which got Peter to shut up.
"And to answer your question, you are far less likely to soil your pants and cry to your Candor smart mouth mother if you're prepared to defend yourself," Tobias added.
"Watch me" Zeke said. Zeke cocked his gun and held it steady with both hands. "To get a good shot, you must have your feet planted firmly on the floor and hold the gun steady."
"Now, go and find a target," Tobias said.
We spent the morning shooting. I noticed that Will and Edward hit the target with relative ease. Caleb have only been able to hit the edge of the target. Myra kept missing the target. Christina and Al could hit the outer rings of the target. Peter, Drew and Molly kept shooting at different target spots. As for me, all of my shots were bull-eyes.
"Every afternoon, you will learn how to win a fight. You will earn points if you defeat your opponent, more if you defeat a higher ranked opponent," Tobias said. "You need to learn how to fight in case you don't have a weapon or cannot use your weapon."
"What are the rules?" Al asked.
"First, weapons are not allowed. If caught with a weapon, you automatically lose your fight. If caught using your weapon, you are automatically factionless. Second, you fight until you cannot fight anymore. Third, if you beat anyone to a bloody pulp and either causes them to go into a coma or their death, you are automatically factionless," Tobias said. "Do you understand me?"
"Yes," we all responded.
"Good, now watch me and Zeke as we demonstrate," Tobias said.
We watched as Tobias and Zeke fought each other. I could see how well coordinated they are until Tobias was able to get Zeke on the floor.
"Let's see who's been paying attention," Zeke said. "What is the first thing that you noticed in our fight?"
"You watched each other's moves before you strike," Edward said.
"That's correct, Edward," Tobias said. "Anything else?"
"You did not allow yourself to get distracted," I said.
"Distractions will cause you to lose a fight," Tobias said. "First fight is Al versus Will."
Al and Will took the ring and begun to fight. I noticed that they paid attention to Tobias's and Zeke's fight as they studied each other's moves before striking. Al struck first, then Will, and it kept going until Al could defeat Will.
"Winner, Al," Tobias said as he circled Al's name on the chalkboard. "Second fight, Molly versus Myra."
That fight did not go well for Myra. I don't think that she even has the aptitude for Dauntless, so other than following Edward, then why in the hell did she join Dauntless in the first place?
"Third fight, Peter versus Eric."
"I rather fight your sister," Peter said. "She's hot and I bet that she's a virgin so that I can fuck her really good," before Tobias's first met Peter's face, causing Peter to fall.
"The next time I hear you make a degrading remark about my sister, I'll throw your ass into the chasm," Tobias said. "Al and Christina, take Peter to the infirmary and tell my dad that he made a degrading remark about Tris."
Al and Christina picked Peter up and took him to the infirmary before Tobias continued.
"If ANYONE of you boys make a degrading remark about my sister or my wife, I'll throw your ass down the chasm. Do you understand me?"
Edward, Will, Caleb, Drew and I nodded our heads.
"Good, Eric, you get to fight Drew."
The fight against Drew was intense. Drew tried to trip me, but I managed to keep my balance. The fight kept going until I punched Drew in the face, causing him to lose one of his teeth as he landed on the mat.
"Winner, Eric," Tobias said as he circled my name. "Next fight, Edward versus Caleb."
The fight between Edward and Caleb was pathetic. Caleb even tried going off the mat to avoid being hit, but Zeke told him that he had to try to fight, so Caleb got back on the mat. Caleb could get some punches into Edward, but Edward got Caleb to land on the mat.
"Winner, Edward," Tobias said as he circled Edward's name. "Training is done for the day."
Caleb, now in the fetal position, said, "Please, Mommy, don't hurt me. I'll be a good Abnegation boy, I promise."
So, I am not the only one that escaped my birth faction to join Dauntless. Caleb must have escaped his birth faction as well. My parents told me to defect to Dauntless because of my Divergence. Caleb must defect to Dauntless to escape his mother.
Could he be having a flashback of his mother beating him during his fight with Edward?
"You guys should see our training this afternoon," Will said in the transfer dorms. Everyone, except Nita, Peter, Drew and Molly were in the room. Peter was still in the infirmary after Tobias punched him and Drew and Molly visited him. As for Nita, I don't know where she is and I really don't care.
"What happened?" Marlene asked.
"When Tobias called Eric and Peter for them to fight, Peter said 'I rather fight your sister. She's hot and I bet that she's a virgin so that I can fuck her really good,' which resulted in Tobias knocking Peter out," Will continued.
"Then afterwards, Tobias told Peter that if he made another comment like that, that he will throw his ass down the chasm," I added. "Then he told the boys that if we made a degrading remark against his sister or his wife, that he would throw us into the chasm. So, what happened in your guys' training?"
"Well, Lynn knocked out Nita today," Tris said.
"It was easy," Lynn said. "She was so distracted that she didn't even have time to react," Lynn said.
"I don't know why if she chooses to stay in Dauntless when she doesn't even paid attention during training," Marlene said.
"If Dad saw her in training, he would make her factionless because he believes that if one is not even making an effort in training, Dauntless born or not, he would make that person factionless," Uriah said.
"Hey, let's play Candor or Dauntless," Marlene said.
"What's that?" Caleb asked.
"Well, Candor or Dauntless is truth or dare. Say Candor, you answer a question. Say Dauntless, you do a dare. If you refused, you take off an article of clothing, socks or shoes don't count," Uriah explained.
"And if you say Candor, Uriah calls you pansycake," Tris said.
"So, it's my idea, I'll go first," Marlene said. "Myra, Candor or Dauntless?"
"Candor," Myra said.
"Pansycake," Uriah yelled.
"Can it, Uriah," Marlene said.
"What is your least favorite thing about Erudite?" Marlene asked.
"I feel like that everybody is watching me due to being Jeanine's daughter, so when it was my turn to choose, I choose so that my new faction will know me as me, not as Jeanine's daughter. Uriah, Candor or Dauntless," Myra said.
"Dauntless, always Dauntless," Uriah said.
"I dare you to play seven minutes with Lynn," Myra said.
Uriah took off his shirt.
"No way," Uriah said. "I don't want to be punched in the stomach by her."
"Is that true, Lynn?" Christina asked.
"Yep, you don't want to mess with me," Lynn replied.
"Eric, Pansycake or Dauntless?" Uriah asked.
I decided to play safe. "Um, Candor."
"Do you have a crush on anyone?" Uriah asked.
How can I have a crush on anyone when I just joined Dauntless yesterday? Should I take off my shirt and be called a pansycake or should I just admit to it?
"Yes, I do," I replied. "Tris, Candor or Dauntless?"
"I'm not in the mood for doing a dare, so I'll go with Candor," Tris said. "Uriah, if you say pansycake, I'll punch you."
"Will you go out on a date with me?"