Chapter 8- Week 1 Advanced Training

A/N: [Edited and revised for grammatical errors] Hello All. I am very sorry that I have not been able to update before now. There have been major health issues in my family between myself and my father. I have been writing in the time I had that I was conscious and not being with my son so hopefully I get a few chapters out here soon. I thank everyone that has reviewed and followed by story and just viewed it.

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The next few days pass in a bit of a blur. Training isn't exactly taxing but trying to help Rose and Cinder before and after became slightly stressful.

Cinder really doesn't need help but I do want to advise her as much as possible in her style. Helping her and Rose at the same time has actually worked out well. Alex, of course, is helping but oddly enough so is Emmett and Dylan. Emmet has almost become one of my brothers in a very short time.

When the advanced training was announced there were a few outbursts. One was unsurprisingly from Jax and he really needed to learn to hold that tongue. Tris and Lauren made it a point to single him out and ran him around the complex nonstop until lunch and then they had him doing the worst exercises possible.

I had made the list of exercises that I did routinely but also the ones that I did to build up to the others. I included vid files of the moves themselves for the more obscure ones. Andrea, Four and Eric decided that they would also include those in our rotation but worked it into the regular class too.

As far as living situations were concerned I remained with Eric and Alex remained with Tate, but Cinder conveniently was placed with Tate as well.

I actually felt good about this because even if nothing romantic should happen between Alex and Cinder I knew that Alex would still be just as interested in being friends. And we would both feel more comfortable with her being with someone we both trusted. We were the only two girls in the class so those were the main concerns for all the trainers.

Emmet ended up rooming with Uriah along with another Dauntless born and the rest were divided by twos and were set up with senior members that lived near instructors. Four had four of them on the same floor and corridor as him and Uriah had the remainder on his floor.

Today we were to start the fights and I was being held till the last since I wouldn't be fighting the other trainee's. Alex was also being held till the last. But he might be called to fight one of the others depending on how they progressed.

The goal was to have two fights per trainee in one day. They wanted a total of four fights each over the next three days. I was both nervous and excited. Cinder had been doing very well and Slade had even gotten in there during our extra training.

My alarm woke me up at Eric's and mine normal time of 5:30 am. I smiled as Eric pulled me closer to him as he always does in an effort to put getting up off for at least another few minutes. I snuggled into him and sighed then allowed myself to review things that needed to be done today.

We wouldn't be doing extra training this morning or tonight. Eric had requested that I refrain from it. Because we are starting fights the most that we all agreed to as far as extra time this morning was to do warm ups and stretches.

I felt Eric's muscles start their stretching as he began to let himself wake up more. It never failed to amaze me when this process started. To feel them tighten up slightly as I was surrounded by him. I ran my hands along his back and his spine and felt his smile in my neck at what had become almost a ritual to me. I worked my hand along his body as I felt each part stretch and uncoil.

"Good morning baby." He rasped against my neck and placed kisses there.

"Morning baby." I sigh as his lips press against a particularly nice spot. He smirks against my neck.

His own hands begin their own ritual explorations. He raises up and moves his mouth to claim mine, breaking from his normal routine. I don't complain though and wrap my arms around his neck as he moves to hover over my body.

He nudges by legs apart gently. We don't normally sleep in pajamas anymore because we almost always end up with Eric buried inside of me before we are even really all the way awake. Most times it isn't this fast but last night Eric had been extremely apprehensive about my fighting. I would be going against Four and Arrow. Eric would be there but he was worried about Arrow. I hadn't met him yet but from what I heard he could be very unpredictable in his temperament.

I feel Eric's fingers start to work against me and I reach down between us to grab him in my hand so I stroke him as he strokes me. Our kisses are feverish until I break away.

"Eric, I want you now." I whisper urgently.

He wastes no time to slide into me and my eyes close as I moan at the feel of him entering me. "Feel so good baby." I murmur. I can never get enough of this and him.

"Silver." He whispers as he pulls out and slams into me "Fuck! Baby you're so tight around me." He gasps as I use those muscles to stroke him as he moves in and out of me.

I push him back slightly and smile as he lifts one my legs to rest on his shoulder. This is one of his favorite positions we have tried, where I am basically doing a split as he moves into me. I have to admit I love it too, but it isn't my favorite.

He moves in me fast, letting his worry and need for me to drive his body forward. My back arches at the pace and the depth he reaches in me. I feel myself spiraling quickly and my muscle movements in stroking him get harder.

"Gods baby." He moans against my neck as my hands raking across his back lightly.

"Don't stop Eric please, so close." I whimper and he shakes his head and thrusts harder.

It doesn't take long before he hits deep enough with a slight shift of our position that I completely shatter and tremble as he moans and slams into me one more time before burying himself and finding his own release. He stays poised over me while both of our bodies tremble then slowly he eases my leg down and lays beside me. Kissing along my neck and shoulders before kissing me gently and sighing.

I wrap my arms around him as he lays back next to me and looks over me. I can tell he is running our own spar sessions in his mind. He had arranged for a room for just the two of us. Even going to far as having Slade make sure there were no cameras to record or see it.

I don't think he was worried about Four. Four was looking forward to a full fight but he wasn't one to lose control. I know he was worried about Arrow and I think he might have been worried both he and I would lose control.

I lean in and kiss him softly. "Eric, I know you are worried. But you, Tate, and Max even are going to be there for my match with Arrow. If either of us loses control you will be on us to break it apart."

He buries his head in my shoulder and nods. "I am sorry Silver. Fuck! I know you are capable. I've gone against you myself. I just hate that fucker and really didn't want him anywhere near you. But skill wise…" He trails off and I nod.

"We are a warrior faction, Eric. That makes us all different and we all handle that side of us differently." I frown as I run my hands along his forearms.

He sighs. "I should be one to talk, right? I mean I can be pretty volatile myself."

I shrug and grin. "So can I. It is our nature but I love every part of you Eric. You wouldn't be Eric without that side to you."

He raises up on an elbow and smiles down at me. "I love you baby." I pull him to kiss me deeply and our last alarm to warn us that playtime is over goes off.

With a growl we both get up and start the process of getting ready. We take care of all that pretty quickly and meet the others in the dining hall. I can tell when I get to the table that our close circle of friends are almost as worried about either their own fights or one of ours. Alex is trying not to show it but he is doubly worried because of Cinder and then my own fights.

I sigh and catch his eyes as mine go hard and commanding. "Head in the game Alex. Don't borrow trouble. Cinder will kick ass. Literally and you know better than to worry about me. This is who we are." I say the last with finality. He smirks and nods to me.

"Ma'am, yes Ma'am." He only playfully replies. The rest chuckle but I can tell it eases the tension.

Eric has me pulled close to him and our hands linked as we eat. There is slightly less chatter at the table. But Slade is still Slade and is a ball of mischief and laughter.

The breakfast passes quickly. Too quickly really and before we know it we are headed into the training room. Cinder and I go immediately into our stretches and warm ups that are geared to us. Alex and Emmett stay close but do their own thing.

Four, Andrea, Eric and Slade even get in on warming up now and have been. Andrea and Tris were really impressed with the range of motion that some of my warm ups and exercises enhance especially on females. Tris even mentioned that they would be working that into the core moves from now on.

When it is time and all of the advanced training group is finally in Andrea and Four call tus in.

"Alright guys. First half of the day is going to be running the obstacle course with the firearms. Remember we are looking for accuracy as well as how well you navigate the course itself physically. We have had some good progression with it and the goal is we will run our final timed and scored attempt at the end of the week. I would suggest you really pay attention to each other and help each other out. Remember this is also to see who is willing to work together and support their team members." With smiles, Cinder, Alex, Emmet and I all grinned.

They had divided the group up into two, to form the teams. We had all been put together and because they claimed I was as good as two members we were down the man in our squad. We didn't mind and we kicked ass.

Four nodded when he knew we were all ready and smirked over at me because he knew I found this practically relaxing. "Alright, let's head out."

Eric caught my eye as we were walking out and signed that he would see me soon. I could still see his worry for later but I could tell it was a little less right now.

Emmett bumped my shoulder and smirked. "Ready for your leisure activity?"

I laugh and nod. "Aren't you? This is the first time in three days we haven't woken up and went at some extra training hard. I was starting to get antsy."

Cinder laughed. "What are you going to do with yourself Silver, when we're done completely with training?"

I frown in thought and shrug. "I don't know. But I better come up with something. I don't think Dauntless could even handle a bored me."

"Speaking of figuring something out…." Four claps a hand on my shoulder and I can hear the smirk in his voice. "So I know Friday night is poker night. Tris was saying that you guys were wanting to do the base-jumping on Saturday. But possibly making an outing of it as well?"

I quirk an eyebrow at him and shake my head. "No, it was going to be a girls night out thing but then certain neanderthals had to put stipulations on that shit. Now it's a combined guys and girls night out. So I have no clue what all is being put together but I think we are all doing the jumping first and then the other stuff, probably drinking involved, after. Makes sense because we really don't want drunk people or even people with delayed reactions at all doing that."

Four's lips thinned and he sighed. "Why does it always have to involve heights with you guys?"

I laugh and shrug. "We are Dauntless!" I pump my fist into the air as we come out into the training room that the obstacle and firing course has been set up in.

"We are Dauntless!" The whole advanced group cheers along, laughing.

"Pumped up and ready to go. That's what I like to hear!" Max calls from the other end of the room. It looks like Tate and he are in discussions about something and when they see us they greet us quickly before going back to that.

We already know the drill on gearing up for this part. My team automatically heads to the small locker area where our vests, weapons and protective gear is. As we get setup we all make sure to check each other over and tighten straps where needed. We confirm weapons safety and operation then looking over the course; making plans.

The courses are designed that we move as a unit but we each have a role to play. We need to make it across the finish line together. The principle of not leaving a man behind plays into this and should someone get tagged we have to get them across with us anyways.

Cinder got tagged on our first run and I almost lost it after that happened. I couldn't handle the thought of any of our group being hurt but even more with Cinder. So during our extra training I had been insane about learning to cover each other and clearing each section before we even think of moving on. Since then no one has been tagged again but we were already warned that the final test would be even more intense.

For this session we run through pretty quickly. We are still doing really well in team time and for the individual time the only ones that were having to improve were Cinder and Emmett. They have quickly caught up though.

I have a dual role of Fireteam Leader and Designated marksman with some field medic thrown in. I basically come up with the game plan and set the commands. I can be tyrannical but I take this all so seriously.

Cinder is our rifleman and has the lighter weight rifle. She stays towards the middle and covers our sides.

Alex and Emmett both are our Automatic Rifleman and use both the MP5 and a submachine gun. They carry two even though the MP5 does have the ability to do bursts as a semi-automatic. Emmett is usually behind me with Alex bringing up the rear guard but we have also been switching up positions so we can all take up a role should something happen.

We get to run this three times before lunch and each time I have Alex, Emmett and Cinder take up a different position and role.

After we are done we put up our weapons but I head to the control room that is setup with monitors to watch the other group.

Four and Andrea look up when I enter but go back to watching the screens. Tate quirks an eyebrow at me being there. "What are you doing in here Silver?"

I shrug "I talked with Jason, Liam and the others and told them I wouldn't mind helping them. They are still having issues with getting tagged and Jason wasn't sure what the hell the issue is. They all get along so it isn't like there is someone just determined to not help. They know I won't try and use any tactics they have and want to help them."

Tate smirked at me proudly, then motioned for me to sit down with Four and Andrea. "That's why I am here anyways. Andrea and Four were saying that after the first time you guys got tagged it didn't happen again. We are going to try and figure out what the shit is going on with this group."

I nod and we all watch as Four gets on the mic to call out to begin the breach process.

The rooms are set up to be different every time. Some resemble factionless ruins, some are homes or secured buildings. There are automated pop up enemies that fire neuro darts so getting tagged sucks. There are also in floor traps to signify downed enemies that might be faking or laying another kind of trap

I watch as they move along, and their formation is good. They are rushing it though and that might contribute to mistakes.

"He isn't fucking picking up his feet. What the fuck do you want to bet this whole time, it's because Jared is shuffling his damn feet." I scowl as we watch Jared and how he is moving. His feet are too heavy when he is stepping along. Most likely he either gets a direct step onto a floor trap or just the movement from his steps cause it.

Four leans in and watches closely along with me while the others watch the rest of the group. Sure enough, the two times it is Jared getting tagged or Liam right in back of him and after he wasn't careful with his step.

Four scowls and shakes his head. "Son of a bitch. It was never just Jared so we couldn't pin it down but it is either him, who is behind or beside him."

We all nod and then Andrea calls a halt their runs before she goes out to talk to them. I stay in the control room still watching. Tate plops beside me. "Silver, have you given thought to what you might want to do after training is over?"

I frown and shrug. "Not really. I know a few things have been mentioned that Max would like to offer me."

I frown chewing my lip thinking about Maya, Dylan, Rose and all of the other initiates. "What's on your mind Silver?" Four asks with a quirked eyebrow.

"That I would like to help with training in some way. I find that I like it. To help others find themselves and be stronger. Is there something that would involve that?" I ask seriously and honestly.

Tate smiles and Four chuckles. "Told you should would end up asking for it Four. Yes Silver there is. You have to know it will be hard and it is what Max was suggesting."

I take a moment to think and then slowly nod. "I will think on that and talk to Eric about it. I…" I blush, because I was just thinking about making decisions that would affect my family. When did I start to have that mentality? Not that it is a bad thing but I don't want to minimize my own desires.

Tate pulls my head up with his hand under my chin. "It's ok to talk those things out. We all know you two are serious about each other. That is a good thing to do, Silver. That is how Mom and Dad taught us to be. Eric will always want you to do what makes you happy. So talk to him, and just be honest and listen to each other."

I smile at him after he finishes because he is right. But it is also funny because this is coming from my professional bachelor brother. He must get what my smile is about because he shakes his head laughing. "Don't start Silver. I already hear it enough from Mom."

I can't help it, I break out into laughter at that but reach out and hug him. "Ok, I will let you slide since you gave me such wise words. I will talk to Eric about it, but it isn't like I need to have an answer until after we finish anyways."

Four elbows me as the second team starts again. They moved Jared to the back which is smart because he can't tag someone else out with his carelessness and they can call out the traps for him.

We all watch his feet carefully and he does better this time but it looks like he is having to concentrate with every step. We all exchange looks but I frown.

"We should get him into the woods to learn how to modify his steps. The noisier the environment the more aware he is going to be with every step about what will work for him and what will not." My mind whirls with other possibilities. "Or it could be gravel but the woods around now would be good because of fall weather and dry leaves with branches and shit."

Andrea and Four exchange ideas about doing a joint class venture to learn just that and a few conditioning exercises. They decide to talk about it at lunch with everyone else. With that we all made sure our gear was put up and headed back to the main training room to wait to be dismissed for lunch.

After lunch would be fights and I could feel my own energy ramping up.