Mina nodded and ended up leaving with the rest of the guys. That's when I made up my mind that I had to focus on initiation. From the first minute that I sat down in Dauntless' section during the choosing ceremony I was bombarded with the male species. I had enough time to worry about that later. Right now I decided that I would just stick to making it pass initiation.

It didn't help that the next morning, Beth was continuing to talk about boys and sex. Mina and Beth were like walking encyclopedias on the subject. What I found strangely odd was that Scott never talked to that Dauntless girl. I was about to stay away again from them today until Hec found me.

"What do you mean, you don't feel like coming now?"

"I just," I shook my head. "I hate being lied to Hec. First it was Cain and now it's Scott."

"Wait what did Scott do?"

"Maybe I took it the wrong way but he's been all friendly with me and I think it gave his girlfriend the impression that he was hitting on me," I answered.

"What girlfriend?"

"Don't lie, Hec. She told me…"

"I'm being serious Ana. What girlfriend are you talking about?" I looked up to see Hec actually looking confused.

"Elaine or something like that," I replied.

"Elena?"

"I guess," I shrugged. "She told me that she was Scott's girlfriend."

Hec started laughing and actually fell back on his bed. I looked away as one of the Candor boys had begun staring at us. Hec continued to laugh and it made me feel awkward about bringing it up to him. I figured I could trust Hec. He was the first Dauntless born I had met after all.

"I don't see what's funny," I crossed my arms.

Hec sat up straight and wiped away the tears that were forming at his eyes. "Oh my God," he gripped his stomach. "I haven't laughed that hard in a while. Thank you Ana."

"I'm glad my pain brought you joy."

Hec shook his head. "Ana, Elena is a lesbian."

"What?"

"I'm sure you've heard Beth talk about it." I shifted uncomfortably and nodded. Of course I heard Beth talk about it. "She probably did see Scott paying you attention and decided to mess with you."

"But why would she if she isn't interested in Scott," I questioned.

"To throw you off," he smiled. "Word is you're one of the best transfers. Blaze, Dillon, and Jason were telling anyone who would listen, about the only Amity in this year's initiation class who just so happened to rank fourth."

"Fourth isn't that big of a deal."

"It is when you're from Amity, Ana," Hec kept smiling. "I'm telling you, you're getting a reputation around here. Elena is probably scared to face you next week so she told you that to make you feel all insecure and shit. Get over it, she's just jealous," he shook his head and stood up. "Come on, let's go. That's enough of that."

"I still don't think…"

"Ana," Hec said seriously. "You can't get too emotional during initiation, alright. That's all it is. Come with us, get some fresh air. Don't people at Amity love the fresh air?" I rolled my eyes. "You know you want to go. Let's go," he pulled me up. "I think we're late."

"Late?"

"You'll see."

I followed Hec towards one of the exits of the building.

"Not that I mind us going outside, but I thought we're not supposed to go outside."

"Not unless you have someone Dauntless with you. Come on Ana, what happened to the side that liked breaking the rules?" I looked back inside and then turned to Hec.

"Let's go!"

"That's what I'm talking about," he smiled and continued to walk.

Right outside waiting was Mina, Beth, and Tammi.

"I thought you would never make it," screamed Beth. "Hurry up Ana."

I ran over to them and the next thing I knew we were in a full sprint down the road. We came up to a spot, where Hec told us to get down. We slowly crept up to a platform and right as Hec stood up, the train passed.

"Okay, go!"

We ran after Hec. He jumped up into the train and then turned to watch us. Tammi got in next. I remembered how they did it and I got in with ease. Hec reached down for Mina and she pulled herself in. Just then, Beth laughed, jumped up onto a rope, swung on it, and then did a flip into the train.

"That was cool," I shouted to her.

"That move took me a couple months to master. I got a dislocated knee twice. One of those times it was because I had missed the door. You got to time everything right," she said hitting me. "Make it in to Dauntless and I'll show you as a prize!" We linked arms and sat down on the floor as the train moved.

"We could have caught the train back at the compound, right," asked Mina.

"But, where's the fun in sneaking around," asked Tammi.

After a couple minutes of talking about our initiation class, we reached a turn where the wind ripped through the car in a strong burst. I noticed something.

"Tammi, are you hurt?"

"No, I got a tattoo earlier today. The bandage is just to protect it."

"Are initiates allowed to get tattoos?"

"Of course," Tammi screamed in delight. "So, I'm going to make the two of you get one." She nudged Mina.

"Oh no," Mina shook her head. "I don't see the purpose in getting a tattoo," replied Mina. I smiled.

"There's obviously meaning behind everyone getting a tattoo," I said. "Think of the skill it takes to produce a work of art. That art is to be permanently on you, so it must have some sort of significance to the wearer."

"I never thought of it that way." Mina turned to Tammi. "Why did you get yours?"

"It's an outline of a cat sitting down." Tammi lifted her shirt up more to reveal it took up her whole side. "My older sister had one just like it. Our mother died giving birth to our youngest sister, who didn't make it either. I was eight. My oldest sister became a mother to me. According to Egyptian custom, the cat was a representation..."

"Of the goddess Bastet," Mina answered.

"Goddess of fertility, protection, motherhood," Tammi smiled and then looked down. "My sister passed away about a month ago. I got the tattoo in honor of her and my mom, except I put wings on the cat. My sister loved to fly off the train."

"Fly off the train," asked Mina.

"Yeah, where did you think we were going?"

The train then took us higher above a couple buildings to reveal the city right below the tracks. We stood up and looked outside the door as Hec opened it.

"We're flying off," cried out Mina.

"Sense of adventure," Beth nudged her as Beth, Tammi and Hec began to laugh.

"It's beautiful up here right before the sun sets, isn't it?"

We turned to see Noah, Ryan, Scott, and all the other Dauntless boys join us from the other car of the train.

"You're such a softy," teased Tammi to Noah.

I saw Mina blush when Ryan smiled at her. Scott smiled my way too. I looked down knowing what I was thinking about him earlier and felt really bad about it now that Hec explained it to me.

"We were waiting on the top over there for you folks," said Noah to Hec.

We were supposed to meet them on the top of another building and jump onto the train just before the drop off here.

"I had to convince Ana to come," replied Hec.

"Scared of heights," said one of the Dauntless.

"No," I shook my head and then looked out of the train door. "Well now I am."

"She was having issues with Elena," Hec rolled his eyes. I really didn't want anyone to know.

"Oh my God," Beth spun me to face her. "Did she hit on you? Did you shut her down because you're with Cain?"

"You're with Cain," asked Scott with a look of hurt on his face.

I shook my head again. "No I'm not with Cain," I pulled away from Beth. "And no, Elena didn't hit on me. Congratulations Beth, you're the only girl who has kissed me."

"What," all the guys were smiling and looking at us.

"Anyways," Hec put an arm around me and Beth. "We're coming close to the jump."

"You ready, Ana," called out Scott. He walked over to another door and opened it, pulling out some stuff and handing them to the other boys.

"Wait, where are we getting off at? Where is the building that we're going to jump on?"

"Who said we're jumping onto a building?" I looked at Scott like he was crazy. Just then Emmett, one of the Dauntless boys, strapped a backpack on me.

"Wait, we're just going to jump out?" The buildings started to disappear and I noticed that we were reaching a high point on the tracks and we were starting to come above a huge field right at the outer rim of the city.

"Flying," Tammi clapped excitedly.

"Humans don't fly," I told her as all the Dauntless born laughed.

"Don't worry," assured Scott. "That's why you got the bag here," he said as he patted me on the back.

"Count to ten, slowly, and then pull this strap right here," Emmett informed me. I nodded and then turned back to Mina.

"Are we doing this together?"

Mina started to laugh and then looked around. "Oh wait, you all are serious? We're jumping out of moving train and there is nothing there to catch us?"

"It'll be fun. The Amity is doing it," one of the other Dauntless boys was smiling.

"That's right," I smiled. "I'm doing it. I don't know why," I looked back out. "But hey, we're Dauntless now."

"No, no, no, no, no," Mina shook her head. "The Amity is crazy. She talks back to Eric. Just because Ana is going to do it doesn't mean that I should do it. It's highly illogical." I walked up to her and hugged her as Tammi put a backpack on her. "How many times have people done this? Is this even safe? There's nothing out there to catch our fall. Do you know how fast we fall? Our body mass and the wind speed," Mina began to calculate.

"What happened to I'm up for experimenting new things," I teased.

"I rather study this from the ground."

"You must be the one scared of heights then," accused Noah.

"A little, yes, no, not really," Mina continued.

"You are not sounding sensible right now, Mina."

"Alright, first group ready," yelled Scott.

"Remember pull the chord," Emmett and another boy point to the strap as I nodded. Mina was still going on and on.

"Just look straight ahead," I said leading her to the door. "I'll go first and then you follow, okay?"

She nodded. Oh boy, did I want to have fun with her now. Scott started to count down.

"Five," Scott smiled. "Four, three, two…"

"One," I yelled as I grabbed Mina and pulled her off the train with me.

"I HHHAAAATTTTEEEE YYYOOOUUU!" Mina was screaming and moving around like crazy.

I slowly pulled away as the air whipped through my hair. I opened my hands and let the free-falling feeling overtake me. This felt liberating. Like every care in the world was gone. The last light from the sun shined on the field below and it did look beautiful. I felt like I wasn't Amity, Dauntless, or Erudite. For once I was just Ana.

"Come on Mina," I shouted back to her.

Hesitantly she opened her arms in front of her too and stopped wailing around. I heard her giggle after a while.

"Pull!"

She looked over and I motioned to the strap. We both pulled and were suddenly jerked back.

"A parachute," screamed Mina. "I never thought I actually see one!" She was excited now.

As we all floated down, I could hear everyone above us screaming and yelling. This was total fun! Mina and I landed gracefully as we could. Sarcasm, if you didn't know. We landed in a field of tall, dry, dead grass. It was still grass, I thought as I ran my hands through them.

"That was awesome," Mina shouted running into me and making me fall.

"Hey," called out Hec. "Don't get tangled."

We stuffed the parachutes away and waited until everyone was done.

"Where did you folks get the parachutes from," asked Mina. "Wait until I tell Dio guys, I actually got to see one and use it! Look I'm touching it! I'm actually touching it!"

"What is she touching," asked Noah.

"The parachute," I answered as they looked at me weird. "She said that's what these things are called."

"My sister found it in one of the old buildings by the Dauntless compound," said Tammi. "Erudite always comes down to help us with programs and some other stuff. She asked one of the Erudite girls who came over and she told my sister what it was and what it does. Ever since then, my sister would do this once a week! Funny, because that's the same way the Erudite girl acted when my sister showed it to her."

Mina smiled and shrugged. "Parachutes haven't been seen since before the war," Mina answered. "I guess it's an Erudite thing." We all started to laugh. "So you guys do that often?"

"Everyone does zip-lining, which you folks have to try, too," added Ryan. "But this is something that last year's class would do and that we're going to do."

"We have to do that again!"

"Agreed," I said to Mina as she, Tammi, and I linked arms. Beth was somewhere in the back talking and leaning on Hec. I guess I was probably going to hear more of them tonight.

"Heard you got ranked fourth," said Noah when we sat down to eat dinner.

They had fish and chicken! I had to try chicken. My brothers said it is awesome. I did have Erudite in me so I was open to 'testing' new things out as well, like the food.

"Mm," I said after taking a couple pieces of chicken. I made a slight moaning sound.

"Was that your first chicken," asked another boy named Paul.

"This tastes better than that piece of burger we've been eating."

"Don't you dare," said Scott.

"It is! My brothers weren't lying."

"Weird transfer," muttered Noah as I hit him. "Meat is the best. So," he said after a while. "We kind of got off topic with your little orgasmic chicken there."

"Orgasmic?" The guys started to chuckle.

"I'll tell you later," said Mina. I let out a sigh.

"What were we talking about?"

"Your ranking," Scott answered.

"Well, I'm fourth for now," I said looking with a small smile. "Four said rankings will change next week."

"That's right," called out Tammi. "We're coming for you!" The table started to laugh.

"Who do you foresee as being head of class, among you transfers that is," asked Ryan.

I looked over at Mina. Mina was the only one I told that Four, Eric and Peter had me ranked at first but because of talking back to Eric, I got ranked lower. I didn't want either of us to say that it might be me.

"Dio and Anthony, they came from Erudite like me," said Mina. "They were ranked high."

"They were ranked above me. So was Don, a kid from Candor," I answered.

"Other than that, you're the one to beat," Hec smiled over at me.

A couple minutes went by as we continued talking about training. Blossom came by and scooted in between Noah and I. Noah looked at her confused.

"Who's Emmett," she whispered.

I slowly lifted my eyes and looked in his direction. Blossom may have been picking things up slowly in class but she was sharp as a nail when it came to her perception of people. She did a quick glance that no one else would catch. Emmett was probably the most masculine and tallest of the Dauntless born.

"I heard the boys say something about taking him," she said and then did a cutting motion across her neck. I nodded and then she got up and left.

"What was that about," asked Ryan.

"You know how you told me things would get really cut throat," I asked as Ryan nodded. "Apparently the transfers are already planning on taking someone on this table out."

"What?"

"How do you Blossom isn't just playing you," asked Beth.

"Because I trust her," I answered. "I need to…" I turned to look at Emmett, but he was already gone. "Where's Emmett?"

"Shit," called out Noah as he, Hec and Ryan got up. Tammi and I got up and followed them and Beth said Mina and her would go back to the dorm with Scott and Paul, just in case he went there.

We walked down the hall to see Kate leading Emmett into a dark corner of the hallway.

"Come on, why are you so scared of me? Aren't you Dauntless?" Kate batted her eyes and pulled him further into the corner.

Just then we heard a scuffle. The boys broke out into a full sprint. Kate got out of that hallway and saw us coming. Tammi and I threw Kate up against the wall before she could say anything. The boys rounded the corner just in time. Emmett was hit with something hard and only had a gash on his head. Whoever hit him had fled the scene.

"Who did it," Tammi pushed Kate further against the wall.

"I don't know what you're talking about," she spat back at us.

"Let her go," said Ryan. "We'll get her back in training." Tammi relented as Kate straightened herself out and then walked to the dorm room.

"I had a feeling something was up when she brought me here," said Emmett with a grunt as he tried to get up. "But I followed her anyways."

"Always had a soft spot for blondes, huh," teased Noah as they helped Emmett to the infirmary.

"He's going to be fine. I think they're just going to stitch him up," said Hec putting an arm around me.

He must have known that I was shaking.

"Now you can finally see the physical sabotage," Hec reminded me. "They'll get into your mind like it was with you or they'll actually physically take you out like that."

"Wait," Tammi came by us. "Someone tried to mess with you already?"

"Yes. I never thought that people would behave so heartless and manipulative." Hec gave me a hug and Tammi rubbed my back. Everyone was right. I was no longer in Amity.

The walk back to the dorm room was quiet. It dawned on me just how badly the others would fight for the spot to be in Dauntless. Everyone just wanted to survive. This was a competition, a race, a battle. And we were fighting, not for some prized fruit tree, but for our lives.

I took a hot shower, trying to relax from tonight's incident. The boys kept insisting that it was minor and that stuff like that usually happens but I was not really used to it, yet. Beth noticed my hesitation to shower in front of the guys, just like I had been all week. It didn't make it any better when she said that I made her horny when she saw me naked. I gave her a weird look.

"What? That just means that you're so damn hot! You should take it as a compliment."

"Yeah, cause Beth rarely checks out girls," teased Tammi.

"Like I said, I like di..."

"I know. I heard you say it before."

"Now you get to see all of theirs," added Beth as I turned my head back towards the wall.

Hec, Ryan, Scott, and Noah were in the shower too. Oh God, this was something I would not miss once we get to leave the dormitory. I don't think I would have gotten over the awkwardness of this.

On my way back to my bunk, I discreetly smiled at Blossom to thank her. She smiled back and then turned to face the rest of the group that was talking by Mark's bed. Don was sitting down on his bunk and gave me a wink. I put on a small smile and wrapped my towel tighter as I sat down on my bunk. I wondered if it was him who attacked Emmett.

Emmett came back into the room with just a couple stitches. Battle scars, as Noah called them. Four came by to check on Emmett and then called lights out. I couldn't really sleep that night. My eyes would open at every little sound of movement.

By the time Peter ran around hitting or shaking our beds the next morning, I was still exhausted. I got dressed quickly, got a small breakfast, and headed over quickly to the training room. Uriah had the Dauntless born show us some warm ups. Once we were done running around the gym and doing our other small exercises, Eric, Four and Lauren walked in.

Four and Peter walked by the transfers, occasionally correcting people here and there. Again, Peter tried to correct Blossom. When he walked away, Four whispered something to him and then Peter nodded looking frustrated a bit about whatever it was that Four had told him.

"They don't tolerate favoritism."

I turned to see Hec standing close by to me observing the scene as well. "She's towards the bottom, doesn't she need the help?"

"There are a lot of people towards the bottom, Ana," Hec replied.

"And the way I see it," Ryan, another Dauntless born came our way. "Every single one of you transfers needs help," he teased.

I tried to push him but he moved. The side to where he stepped was close to my foot, if I did that kick that Peter showed me. Right away that was exactly what I did. Ryan fell backwards causing a few of the Dauntless born boys to laugh.

Ryan got up quickly and shot me a look.

"Too slow," I told him as Hec continued to laugh.

"Not bad, not bad," Ryan smiled and came to stand in front of me. "Maybe not all of you need help," he made a soft fist and playfully tapped my chin with it before walking away.

The next couple days had gone by quickly. I had gotten close to Hec, Scott, and Emmett the most out of the Dauntless born guys. Hec was just an easy going person, real laid back. He reminded me of an Amity in some ways with his friendly nature. Scott shared bunks with Hec and of course it was right next to ours. Often times we would sit on each other's beds and talk. Emmett was like the big brother to everyone there. He gave advice to every single initiate and they took it. Plus too he was the only one who didn't treat me like an Amity or a girl. Whenever the guys were going too soft on me, Emmett would step in and spar with me.

"Thanks," I told him three days later.

"You're not sore," he lifted an eyebrow at me.

"A little yes," I smiled as he chuckled. "But you're the only one who seems to knock the wind out of me and not baby me, you know?"

"Why should I," he shrugged. "It won't help you get stronger. The way I see it, after initiation is done we chose the jobs we want. I want to see you succeed because I want someone who knows how to do their job."

"That's a practical way of putting it," I replied.

"What other way is there? If you do well in your future job, then I can rest easy knowing that I helped you to become proficient at it. Not only that but," he playfully hit me in the arm. "You have some talent. I hate to see it get wasted on some mediocre job. Keep challenging yourself, Ana. It's the only way to make it in Dauntless."

That night Scott and I were massaging each other's feet and legs. By now I had become comfortable in using shorts. Somewhere under my bed were the Amity clothes that I had come in but I didn't tell anybody that, except Mina. She had kept hers as well.

I winced when Scott gripped my calf and let out a small hiss.

"Emmett makes you work too hard," Scott said.

"I'm getting better at the moves he's teaching me."

"Still," he shook his head.

"Hey," I said softly moving my other leg. Scott did the same and we sat down next to each other instead. "I'm fine. I actually don't mind it when he takes over. There's a lot to learn from Emmett."

Scott smirked. "You don't like learning from me?"

"I do," I smiled.

Scott and I were staring at one another and though I wasn't certain what was happening between us, Scott began to lean in.

"Light's out," someone shouted causing him to pull back.

I bit my bottom lip and turned away. Was he going to kiss me?

"Goodnight Ana," he said before crawling up to his bed.

The next morning we woke up like usual. Hec and Noah had already begun wrestling and playfully shoving each other trying to get to the shower. Scott jumped down just as I was putting my shirt on and tackled me to my bed. Soon it was our wrestling match that was being watched more than Hec and Noah's. I was in a position with Scott holding me down. Wrestling was normal between the Dauntless born and though Noah had been the only one who wrestled with me and Mina, the others were soon to join in on getting us to act more Dauntless.

"You still got a lot to learn I see," Scott teased.

I caught Emmett's eyes and he nodded to me. I moved my leg out, wrapped it around Scott, pushed my hip forward, and leaned with my shoulder with the right amount of pressure.

"So do you," I said as I was on top of Scott's midsection with him smiling underneath me.

"Are you two done?"

We both looked over to see Eric staring at us. I quickly got off and finished dressing myself. A lot of the other wrestling matches that were going on had ceased as well. Eric had walked away but something told me that he wasn't going to let that go.

Sure enough when we got into the training room that morning, Eric, Four and Lauren had walked away from the second board, the board that would showcase our fighting partner for the day.

"Care to tell me why Eric is in such a pissed off mood," Uriah walked up to Noah. Noah just shook his head. "Dammit, well someone did something to him," Uriah turned back.

"As you have noticed," announced Four. "Today according to Eric," he shot him a glance. "You are all ready to begin fighting. These fights are graded, just in case some of you forgot. This isn't like the sparring that you all have been doing. So I suggest that you show us everything that you got."

"Run first," Lauren instructed. "And then we'll begin."

"Let's go initiates," Eric barked.

We ran a few laps until Eric called us to stop. He displayed the board one more time causing some of us to mumble until he shot us a look. According to him we couldn't change our opponent.

"I have to fight Scott," I said as Mina looked over at the board too.

"What the heck? Blossom has to fight Don," Mina pointed back to it. I shook my head. "Don is like the top of the transfers and Blossom is the bottom."

I went to walk towards Eric until someone grabbed me. It was Emmett. "Don't even think about it."

"Look who he has majority of us fighting," I pointed out.

"Don't think about who everyone else is fighting. Focus on yours. It looks like you fight Scott," Emmett stated.

"That too," I pulled away as Scott began walking towards us. "How am I supposed to hit someone that I'm friends with?"

"Don't hold back," Scott answered for Emmett.

"I don't really want to hit you though. We're like friends, right?" Scott put his arm around my shoulder and walked me a distance away from everyone else.

"You have to, Ana. Ryan is fighting Paul. We grew up together. Look at that board. Some of the Candor initiates are even fighting each other. After this we're still going to be friends."

"I don't understand how," I looked down feeling torn. How can you beat up your friend?

"They're scoring us on this. Ana, look at me." I looked up. "I know this is a hard concept for you to take, being from Amity. But you're going to have to go in there and give it your all. I'm not saying that I'm going to do everything in my power to kill you when we get in there. But you are going to get hurt if you don't defend yourself. We'll go and get some cake after this is all done, okay?" He put on a smile and I nodded.

"You'll be fine," said Tammi as she and Beth walked our way. I was actually more worried about Blossom. From the look on Peter's face, he didn't like the fight match either.

"Listen up, initiates," called out Eric. "Here are some last minute rules to go over. You will fight until we have a winner."

"That is until one of you is unable to continue the fight," said Four.

"Of course," Eric said turning to Four. He probably didn't like that idea.

"That means you could win via knockout or putting your opponent into submission," added Lauren breaking me away from my thoughts of Eric. "However, that shouldn't mean that you should give up easily, just because you don't want to fight."

"Doing so will give you a lower ranking and possible elimination from Dauntless," said Four. "So with that being said, you give it your 100%. I don't want anyone throwing a fight to help out their friend. That is unacceptable to becoming Dauntless. Remember there has to be a winner. Even if you should lose your fight, doesn't mean that you won't receive points, it'll just mean that you won't receive as much. We score you on technique as well."

"So we'll be keeping an eye on how well you use your talents and abilities," finished Lauren. "Today Four and I will supervise. Tomorrow, Peter and Uriah will oversee the fights. Not to mention, Eric will be stopping by every now and then like he is today," she said while he smirked.

"And if you haven't figured it out already, what I say is the law around here," Eric stated. "Oh and uh, what is that you're always telling them," he looked at Four. "That's right. Be brave," he mocked.

Noah won his fight with ease. Dio put up a good fight, but wasn't quick enough for Noah. The next fight had me turning away every now and then. It was Blossom. Blossom took a couple punches and fell. Don started to bounce around happily. This wasn't a fair match.

"Come on Blossom," I cheered for her.

She slowly got back up. She blocked a couple punches only to get a quick kick to the face. She fell down again. Don looked over at Victor and Mark who started to laugh. It made me sick. Right when she stood up, Don picked her up and threw her across the ring. He jumped up to land a punch to her face and she started to cry in pain. I looked over at Eric, Four and Lauren, wondering if they would stop it. Four tensed a little, Lauren looked away for a short while, but Eric stood there carelessly.

"Get up half-blood," screamed Don.

No, I wanted to scream at Blossom. Just stay down. Stay down. But she got up. She was crying and her face looked beaten. I looked at Peter, but he was not watching the fight. He turned the other way and paced nervously, until Eric snapped his fingers and Peter went back by Uriah. Blossom took a couple swings that came nowhere near Don. Don grabbed her hair, pulled her head down, and kicked a knee to her face. Blossom fell back and this time she didn't get back up. I ran up to the ring only to get stopped by Four. Peter picked her up and carried her to the infirmary. I watched as Don joined Victor and Mark with high-fives and cheers. Anger boiled within me.

"How the hell could you just let that happen to her," I asked before I walked away from Four. His face was emotionless. He probably saw this before. Despite that fact, I didn't like how that fight ended for Blossom.

Emmett won his and surprisingly so did Odysseus. Sharon, Candor-born didn't seem to stand a chance.

"Ana and Scott," called out Uriah.

"Alright, Ana," said Mina.

"Focus, Ana," added Beth.

"Remember," Scott said walking close. "Give it your all." I nodded and then he lifted his fist for me to bump and then took a couple steps back.

Scott threw the first punch which I dodged. For a while it just seemed like we both couldn't land any punches. It wasn't until he came in closer and hooked me in the stomach and then went to jab my chin, that I saw my small window. Right as his arm lifted, I did an uppercut into his jaw. I threw one more left hook to his head and then quickly took a step back, like Peter told me. He jerked to the left, faking me out and I pulled right, only to get kicked. I fell down. I don't know how I did it, but I put my hands back and sprung myself off the floor. I immediately did a reverse kick and Scott fell. I bent my knee and kept my leg tight as I fell forward to kick Scott. He moved away.

We both were dead even in the fight. It seemed every time I threw a couple punches, Scott threw a few back. I tasted blood in my mouth and at the same time Scott spit some blood out of his mouth. My right eye was getting blurry and my stomach was sore along with one of my thigh muscles. But like Scott said we would still be friends when this was over. Scott gripped his side as I landed a double kick into him. Scott was strong and I was hurting, but I stayed in the fight.

"Will someone just finish the other off, already," screamed Eric.

"They've been at it for almost sixteen minutes," added Four. "We could call a draw."

Eric stepped onto the platform. "We need a winner," he said getting in the middle of Scott and me.

"They're both fighting hard. We just happened to pit two compatible fighters together," finished Lauren.

"No," said Eric turning to Lauren. "One of them is holding back." He took one more glance at Scott and then at me. "Someone finish it or I will!" He walked off the platform.

Scott put down his fists and looked at me. "I thought I said don't hold back."

"I'm not," I replied.

Scott then launched himself at me. We rolled around on the ground, with him throwing a punch here and there. He flipped me on my stomach, pinning me to the floor. He kept my arms behind my back and then leaned down.

"Come on Ana. I know you're faking," he whispered in my ear and then kissed my cheek.

Another move came out of me that I didn't know. I reached my leg back and kicked the back of his head. He released one of my hands and with that I was able to wiggle free. I did another kick to his face and he fell back. This time I jumped on him, used one of my feet to hold his right hand down, while keeping my knee against his throat. My two hands held his left hand down. His feet thrashed around trying to kick me, but I was too far from their reach. I leaned my knee more into his throat as I heard him start to gag.

"Submit Scott?"

He tried one last time to get free. I moved my left leg to push against his stomach and threw all the pressure I could into holding him down. After about a minute, I felt his right hand tap my calf a couple times.

"Submission," yelled Lauren.

I released my hold and slowly got up as Scott started to cough. He rubbed his throat and continued to cough more as I walked out of the ring.

"Winner, Ana," said Four as Uriah pressed a couple buttons to highlight my name.

"What the hell was that, Ana," said Noah with a slight chuckle.

"I know," added Beth. "That was total kick-ass submission." She gave me a high five.

"Yeah, if we weren't fighting, I would have been so turned on by that move," said Scott coming down to stand next to me. He smiled and then wiped some blood away from the corner of my mouth. I guess we would still be friends after this. "Just like in the dorms," he whispered.

It was just like this morning and I couldn't help but feel guilt-free at the thought of us being friends like we were again, though the second sentence was a bit confusing. Did he just say that I turned him on? We were staring at one another for a while and the same feeling that I had last night when he was looking at me before he leaned in started to flow through my body.

"Of course," interrupted Hec getting ready to walk into the ring. "What guy wouldn't want to a pretty girl on top of him?" I rolled my eyes at them and saw Eric staring at me.

Hec and Mina won their matches. Mina almost slaughtered Clarissa, which I was kind of glad for. Beth lost her fight unfortunately. She was so close. It looked like a dead even fight, until Mark pulled down Beth's pants. She was totally shocked and Mark landed a blow to her head. Hec took a couple steps forward, but then stopped. Uriah helped Beth to the infirmary. Tammi won her fight.

"That was for Emmett," she whispered in Kate's ear as she walked off the platform. She walked over to Mina and I, shrugging like it was nothing.

Ryan and Paul's fight was just like Scott and mine. This time Eric's patience was wearing thin. Five minutes into the fight, he walked up there, which made Ryan and Paul stop.

"You two either give it your all or I swear to God I will shoot someone in the head right now!"

Ryan and Paul did a fist bump and then waited for Eric to walk off. Without hesitation, Ryan threw a hook and then an uppercut into Paul knocking him back. Eric smiled and then turned to Uriah who highlighted Ryan's name.

"We're done for today," said Eric looking at us. "Get out of here. I want you all here early tomorrow." I? Does that mean he's going to be here tomorrow also? Well, maybe it won't be as bad as it was today.

"Do you know where the infirmary is," I asked Hec, who nodded and said that some of them we're going to head over there. Mina and I followed them.