Beatrice Eaton entered The Pit, as usual it was abuzz with the clamour of the Dauntless, Cassie never cared much for The Pit, casting her mind back to when she first introduced her youngest daughter to The Pit, "Mommy, I don't like it in here, it's too rowdy."
Tris laughed, "'Rowdy', where did you learn that?"
"Daddy says it all the time." A five year old Cassie chuckled innocently, along with her mother.
But now Cassie had joined Amity, her sweet Cassandra was gone, Now she had no one to rely on her, Nico didn't need anyone's help with anything, she's always been like that, always been difficult…..Tris thought about her eldest daughter.
"Nico wasn't always difficult." Tris was at the newly installed alcohol bar in The Pit, she wasn't going home, she wasn't ready for that yet, Tobias joined her after a short time, after talking with some friends,
"I know, she was the cutest little baby, right Tris." He said, and she nodded in agreement, but when he saw her eyes welling up, he took her under his arm,
"Why did Cassie go?" Tris asked, clearly not entirely sober.
"It's what she wanted."
"I just…I just don't understand." She stared down into her glass, "What happened, Four? Our kids are so…different, Cassie…she's so kind and caring, and just the sweetest little girl, always smiling, and bursts into tears whenever one of those Animal helpline commercials comes on the T.V….and then there's Nico, who's happiest when she's torturing animals." Sloppily, she picked up glass and ordered a refill,
"I'm sorry, Tris." Tobias looked down,
"You have nothing to be sorry about, it's not your fault Nico is the way she is." She stroked the scruff of his neck as he continued to stare intensely at the bar,
"Me and my messed up family, passing on their messed up genes." Ah….the subject of Tobias Eaton's ancestors was a sore subject, he'd found some disturbing information…. Many, many generations back, he discovered that his family descended from an unusual bloodline, it came as a shock to him, he'd spent half his time being angry at Marcus for not telling him, and the other half retching in disgust. "Half of my family went mad, what if Nico's-"
"Nico is fine." Tris shut him up quick, "She's just a little…..rebellious..." It wasn't something they'd ever talked about, the possibility that Nico may be…..mad…..Tris knew from an early age that Nico had a sadistic streak, but thought of it as only mild and would soon go, but what happened was the opposite, instead of going away, it only intensified, Nico became arrogant, entitled, cruel, her sadism knew no bounds…. it all fits….all the signs point to madness…..but no….Tris wouldn't believe it….she thought back to when Nico was born, such a happy little thing, in her infancy she was the sweetest child, she would always wrap her little baby hand around Tris' pinkie finger, she was such a sweet baby, it couldn't be genetic? Tris just wonders where it all went wrong.
Tobias uigded Tris to the exit, "We should go home, training starts tomorrow."
AN: Hope you enjoyed the chapter, God, it feels good to be off hiatus, I needed that break, Next chapter up soon.
Immortalgothgirl
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