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"You okay?" Andie asked Nix at breakfast the next morning and at the sound of the girl's voice she looked up from her bowl of cereal which was mixed with fruit that she wasn't really focused on eating.

Andie had a concerned look on her face as she waited on an answer and Nix forced herself to smile as she replied, "I'm fine."

"Yeah?" Andie asked with a sceptical look, "Because you've been quiet since dinner last night."

"I'm just tired." Nix said with a nod and it wasn't really a lie, she hadn't gotten much sleep last night, her head was sore from the events of that day and also the thought that Tom would have to come back to the dormitory eventually had her nervous as she knew that without a doubt he would blame her for him being punished; he had come back, she wasn't sure what time it was when he did though, her eyes had widened when she heard him appearing but he didn't do anything to her like she'd expected, he'd fallen not into his bed but on it outside of the covers and was asleep within minutes, knowing he was in the room with her despite there being all the other transfers too she couldn't relax and she'd been on alert for what felt like hours.

A silence fell over the girls and a beat passed before Andie spoke again, "You'd tell me right? If anything was bothering you?"

"Of course." Nix said with a nod and Andie returned it.

"Because I'm here for you...always." she said and Nix smiled at her but she had an angry expression on her face, "And if Tom so much as breathes in your direction again then I will rip his balls off."

"I appreciate it but really...there's no need." Nix replied with a half grin.

"He touched your-" Andie started to say but Nix cut her off.

"I know." she said in a raised voice and Andie stared at her, "I'd rather not think about it."

Andie gave her an apologetic look, "Yeah, I didn't think...I mean it though, he's gonna get his for that."

"Eric already gave him a warning about it." Nix found herself saying and her eyes widened a little, she then cleared her throat and looked at Andie, who thankfully, hadn't really made anything of what she said.

"Yeah, I'm glad that despite him wanting to kick your ass...he wasn't going to just tolerate that kind of harassment." she said with a nod then started to eat a bit of toast, she then...with her mouth full continued, "I guess he's not all bad."

"Yeah." Nix replied quietly.

"Morning ladies, mind if we join you?" someone suddenly asked, both girls turned to see dauntless born Mark and four other boys approaching the table they were at.

Neither Nix or Andie had a chance to respond before Mark had sat down across from Andie and once he had she turned her head to roll her eyes at Nix before saying to Mark, "Please."

"Thanks very much." Mark said with a grin as he began to help himself to some toast and eggs from the table, his four friends each greeted the girls before sitting down also, two boys sat on both sides of Mark and the other two sat on either side of the girls.

"Why, hello." Andie whispered to Nix with a grin and indicated to the boy sitting down beside her, Nix smiled then glanced at the boy beside her briefly, he looked at her as she did this and gave her a smile that revealed deep dimples.

"Hey." he said and offered her his hand, "I'm Kit."

"Nix." she replied as she gave him her free hand to shake and he gave her another smile before he released her.

She looked back at her mug infront of her after that then took another sip from it, thinking as she did how attractive she found the boy beside her.

He had a face full of dark freckles and big pale green eyes, she'd noticed before he sat down that he was of average height and wasn't too skinny but not overly muscular either, he also had beautifully thick and wavy shoulder length caramel coloured hair.

She glanced at him again and he looked at her as he was biting into a piece of toast he'd just helped himself to, he chewed a couple of times then grinned at her and she smiled before looking at Andie briefly.

The former amity had noticed her observation and had a knowing look on her face which almost caused Nix to blush but she managed to control it.

Her thoughts drifted to Eric for a moment and she found herself comparing the two, Kit had a more refined attractiveness about him whereas Eric had a rugged handsomeness.

Despite knowing how good looking Kit was it was the thought of just looking at Eric that made her stomach flutter.

"Beside Angie there-" Mark began to speak but Andie cut him off.

"It's Andie." she said and narrowed her eyes slightly.

"Is it?" Mark replied instantly with a smirk, "I thought it was Angie but whatever..beside Andie there is Taron."

Taron gave them both a nod with a smile then glanced back at Mark who indicated to the boys on either side of him then at Kit where he sat next to Nix.

"Bowen, Marley...and Kit next to Trixie there." Mark said and indicated to Nix with a wink, her eyes shot to him as the boys said their hello's.

"Nice to meet you all." Nix said to the boys across from her then she looked at Kit who gave her another grin, she looked back at Mark and said, "And it's Nix...not Trixie."

"My bad." Mark said as he held his hands up in mock defence, "I must have confused the two since you look like such a cute little pixie."

The two boys on either side of Mark seamed to simultaneously shake their heads as if in embarrassment and then they along with Kit chuckled.

"Flattery won't convince her to go anywhere near your little pixie." Andie said with a pointed look down his body and all of the boys including Mark himself howled with laughter.

Nix noticed that people around the dining hall glanced at their table in curiosity and she couldn't help but smile at Andie's joke, Andie herself smirked then winked at Mark.

"Little isn't the word I'd use honey." Mark said once the laughter had died down.

"Do you prefer tiny?" Andie asked which received a chuckle from the boys.

"Teeny-weeny?" Bowen added before Mark could reply.

"Itsy-bitsy?" Marley then asked.

"Miniature?" Kit asked as Mark opened his mouth to speak.

"Dainty?" Nix found herself asking without realising and then she let out a long gasp of surprise that she'd participated, Andie spluttered out a noise of amusement that was clearly more because of her reaction, the boys then to start to laugh along with her.

Mark held his hands up and loudly cleared his throat, gradually everyone quietened down and waited for him to speak and when he did he said confidently, "Colossal."

His answer caused the boys and the girls to start laughing loudly then he himself joined in and for a moment they just laughed, eventually their amusement faded away and they all went back to focus on eating their food.

"Are you done making comments about my phallus hippie?" Mark asked after he'd taken a drink from his coffee mug and the boys either glanced at each other or at Nix and Andie with looks of incredulity at the word he used.

"Absolutely." Andie replied as she took a drink of coffee from her own mug, some of the guys either chuckled or grinned at her answer and turned their focus to their food.

Mark then began chatting about something regarding weapons with the two boys on either side of him and Taron mentioned something about Andie's tattoo which grabbed her attention.

"How's initiation going?" Kit asked after Nix saw him out of the corner of her eye turning his head her way.

She turned to look at him and was met by another lovely dimpled smile, she was momentarily distracted by it before she managed to speak, "Not too bad, how's it going for you?"

"Good." he replied with a smile which turned into a grin as he glanced from her to across the table from them, "Best part about it is when I'm paired up with Mark in the ring, you've no idea how good it feels to kick his ass."

The boys at the table laughed, even harder when Nix commented 'I can imagine', Mark himself even laughed before and after giving her a pretend wounded expression, she shrugged with a small smile and he turned his attention back to Kit, "You only won that fight the other day because I was injured but don't worry...I'll get you back."

"Keep telling yourself that man." Kit said with a wink and Nix grinned his way, he turned his head back her way and returned the grin, "How's fighting going with you guys?"

"Well we just started yesterday but Nix, the little dark horse, she was chosen to go first...she knocked her opponent out." Andie said and smiled at Nix.

"Nice one stiff." Mark said with a nod of approval and the other two boys on either side of him also praised her.

"Thanks." she said then offered them all a brief smile.

"Wait...did you say the first fight was yesterday?" Kit asked and Andie nodded.

"You guys only started fighting yesterday?" Bowen then asked.

"Yeah." Andie replied and all of the boys shared a look with one another, "We've been sparring with one another since we first arrived but yeah, yesterday was the first time we were put against one another for real."

"We started on the first day." Marley said after a beat of silence fell over the table and Nix and Andie looked at one another.

Since day one?

It was the third week and their group had just started fighting together, the dauntless born had three weeks of practice on them.

The final part of stage one required a fight to be won between two opponents, what if the groups were mixed for that?

Nix began to bite her lip at the thought and Andie gave her a look that said 'don't worry' even though she herself looked worried, nevertheless, she caused the boys to laugh when she said, "And yet there are no marks on either one of you, what is it they are teaching you exactly? How to take down your opponent for a little roll around on the matt?"

"Just say the word hippie, anytime you want to see what we're being taught...I'd be happy to oblige." Mark said with a wink, he then spoke again and what he said caused the boys to laugh once more, Andie too and even Nix had a chuckle at his words, "Same goes for you stiff, anytime you want to uh...show off those knock out skills of yours, I'm more than willing to go rolling around with you."

"Not a chance Benson." Kit said then wrapped his arm around Nix's back and pulled her along the bench into his side, she gasped a little in surprise then looked at him as he moved his arm up to rest over her shoulders, he then looked down at her and gave her a breathtaking smile, "I'm volunteering myself for that privilege right now."

A beat passed after that and he moved his arm to around her neck so he could pull her head towards him and then he pressed his lips softly against her cheek which earned a few wolf whistles from not only their table but some others nearby as well and when he leaned back he gave her a wink.

"She'll take extra practise." Andie said enthusiastically to Kit which earned laughter from the table, Nix looked down briefly feeling slightly embarrassed but also flattered as well.

"I'm sorry." Kit's voice was suddenly in her ear, "Couldn't help myself."

She looked at him and he smiled at her, she then decided in that moment to take it as a compliment and smiled back at him, "Don't worry about it."

He winked at her again then went back to eating breakfast and talking with the others at the table and Nix was very aware that after he let his arm fall from her shoulder that he hadn't removed it from her body, it was around her waist.

Andie noticed this also and was obviously excited about it because when Nix glanced at her the former amity indicated with her eyes at her back then grinned widely.

Nix glanced away from her and bit her lip gently, she wasn't sure if she should remove his arm or not but he wasn't hurting her and it felt nice having the feeling of being held by someone.

She began to think about how it would feel to have someone else's arm around her waist though rather than the boy who was physically doing it in that moment.

She imagined Eric would be very possessive if he was to ever publicly do this with her which, she really doubted he ever would anyway, he wouldn't be gentle...his arm would probably be like an iron vice wrapped around her.

As she was thinking about him she suddenly felt uneasy, as if she was being watched, she swallowed and began to glance around the room but Kit interrupted her observations by digging his fingers lightly into her side, she giggled and jolted a little as it tickled, when she was about to go back to finishing off her breakfast he did it again and again she squirmed, she looked up at him and he was grinning at her.
She warned him not to do it again and he promised not to with a smile, she returned it and went back to eating her food and luckily he never did it again, he also never removed his arm from around her waist still and she actually didn't mind it.

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"Jesus Nix!" Andie exclaimed as Nix threw a hard kick to the side of her flank, she'd feigned a left hook and instead used her right leg to attack when Andie had brought her arms up to protect her face.

"Sorry." Nix replied.

"No don't be, that was great! A little sly to do it to your best friend." she said and Nix smiled sheepishly, "Good work though."

"Thanks." Nix said and just as she was about to speak again she was interrupted.

"New rule." The unmistakeable voice of Eric announced and everyone seamed to simultaneously look over at him as he walked into the training room, Nix was surprised to see him as usually if he's not in the training room either waiting on them or a few minutes after they've arrived then he doesn't show up.

Memories of the previous night began to appear in her head and it caused her to swallow, she'd not seen him since then, it felt awkward.
"What's going on?" Andie interrupted her inner monologue to ask, a large group had just walked into the room behind Eric, Nix shrugged in response.

"I believe some of you are familiar with the dauntless born initiates." Eric then went on to say and Nix noticed he gave her a pointed look, she frowned just as he looked at the other initiates around her then nodded to the dauntless born, "Twice a week from now on the dauntless born will be joining you in training."

The dauntless born seamed pleased with what he'd said as most of them were either murmuring excitedly or smiling and laughing amongst themselves.

"When was this decided?" Four asked and most of the eyes in the room turned to him.

He didn't know?

"This morning." Eric replied without looking at him, his eyes found Nix amongst the transfers and she was positive she saw a glare forming on his face but it remained expressionless as he turned his head in Four's direction, "The display of fights yesterday was poor, I want to see how they do against real opponents."

"He means us?" Andie whispered to Nix as the dauntless born moved to join the transfers where they were gathered together, "Remember what the boys said this morning, they've been fighting since the first week, the first day! How is that fair?"

"Stiff." Eric suddenly boomed and the transfers all turned to look at her which grabbed the attention of the dauntless born too, "I assume your talking is you volunteering yourself to go first?"

Nix stared at him after he spoke and when he waved her towards him Andie began to say that it was her that had spoken but Nix shushed her then shook her head lightly.

"I presume this is my punishment for yesterday...best to get it over with." she said in a quiet despondent tone before she stepped forward towards Eric, thinking as she did, was this really him punishing her for what she did?

Even after what happened after training?

"Sam." he called out once she was at his side and the dauntless born were suddenly very amused.

"You're not serious." Four demanded in a hushed voice once he'd stepped towards Eric and Nix looked up at them both, he was glaring and Eric had a smirk on his face.

"Go on Sam." someone said enthusiastically.

"Show that stiff!" Another called out and Nix looked at the crowd, a beat passed before the boy named Sam began to move through the others towards Eric with a grin on his face, her eyes widened as he did.

He was a tall boy, maybe the same height as Eric himself or if not he was just a little shorter, he had cropped blonde hair and a cleft chin, there was also no denying that he had a lot of muscle, those wide shoulders and the arms attached to them were proof of that.

She swallowed at the thought of being gripped in a hold by those arms, he could probably win a fight by simply crushing her.

"Stiff." Sam said with a nod of his head as he approached where she stood, he then passed her to stand by Eric's other side.

Nix looked at the crowd to find Andie who was stood looking concerned and she had also been joined by Kit and Taron, they both looked equally as anxious.

"Pairing the number one initiate with someone that is below the line?" Four hissed and Sam, who'd heard him, suddenly looked smug.

"You don't think she's capable? Really Four, you saw her yesterday...she won her fight." Eric replied in a voice that feigned innocence.

"She won her fight against an initiate that is even lower on the board than she is." Four snapped and shame instantly stabbed Nix and she looked at the ground.

"This is happening...Tobias." Eric said and he used emphasis on the last word, Nix looked up at Four where he stood and noticed that he had a clenched jaw and a deep glare on his face, Tobias was his real name? Tobias...why was that familiar?

"Now if you don't want to be here to witness it."

Nix saw Eric glance over his shoulder at the entrance to the training room then looked back at Four and raised a brow at him.

"All I'm saying Eric is that Anyone looking at this will see that the odds are against her." Four replied in a clipped voice, "You're not giving her a fair chance."

"I can do it Four." Nix found herself saying, with more sharpness than she'd initially intended and Eric, Four and Sam all looked at her, she didn't reckon either of them were as surprised by the statement as she was, "Like Eric said...I won my fight yesterday."

Eric grinned at her then looked at Four whilst Sam let out a chuckle at her words and shook his head to someone in the crowd infront of them, she didn't miss him mouth the word 'easy' to them either.

"There you have it, from the stiff's own mouth." Eric said looking at Four who was watching Nix with narrowed eyes and then Eric said loudly for everyone to hear, "First fight, Sam and Nix!"

The dauntless born let out a cheer for Sam then began to move towards the ring, Sam himself then moved in the direction after grinning at Nix.

Most of the transfers began to follow the dauntless born except for Andie, she was stood watching Nix with Kit beside her, Nix gave her a shrug with a very brief and weak smile, she then turned to look at Eric who was watching her along with Four.

She looked at the ring, inhaled a deep breath then walked towards it, Kit and Andie were at her sides in seconds.

"Did you do something to piss him off?" Kit asked and there was a hint of amusement in his question.

"She walked out on him yesterday." Andie replied and Kit's eyes widened.

"That was you? We heard about it...pretty brave." Kit said and then he grinned at her, "Now I'm even more rooting for you."

She glanced at him and he gave her a wink, giving the fact she knew she was about to get pummelled it cheered her up and made her smile.

"You've got this Nix." Andie added and wrapped an arm around her briefly to give her a light squeeze.

"How naïve." a voice said behind them and all three turned around to see Eric was walking behind them followed by Four, he roughly bumped into Nix as he was passing and bumped Kit away from her in the process too.

She glared at his back as he walked away and then Four stepped infront of her, he folded his arms across his chest, "Remember Nix, defence, he's got a weight and height advantage against you, a significant advantage...you're fast though so I'd suggest tiring him out as much as you can."

"Wow Four, it's really encouraging that you have so much faith in me." she replied with a roll of her eyes as he began to head for the ring and her sudden sass surprised not only herself but him as well because he halted and turned back around to look at her.

"This will be a learning curve for you, next time you might want to think before you act." he replied and she stared at him briefly before she hung her head, he was right...this was her own doing.

"Yeah." she said quietly after a beat and he turned and headed for the ring once more.

"Listen." Kit said once he, Nix and Andie began to walk again, "I hate to sound like I don't think you can do it but."

"What?" Andie asked before she could.

"We have some really hard guys in our group." he said, his voice hushed since they'd arrived outside the ring.

"Let me guess...he's one of them?" Nix asked then turned to look at him.

Kit smiled sympathetically at her then said, "No...he's hurt them."

Andie covered her mouth with her hand and inhaled, Nix tried not to let the statement bother her and swallowed before nodding her head, "All I can do is try my best I guess."

Both Andie and Kit wished her luck which she thanked them for before she then stepped into the ring to face Sam who was watching her every move with smirk on his face.

"Are you ready stiff?" he asked as he started to bounce around where he stood, "Or do you need a little more time to psych yourself up first?"

Some of the transfers laughed with the dauntless born at this, Nix prepared her arms in the block position in preparation to fight.

"Oh she's ready to go! That's how I like my girls." he said with a wink which earned him amused cheers and whistles.

"Fight!" Eric's voice snapped angrily and at his instruction Sam's whole demeanour changed, he copied Nix's stance and began to step towards her and she found out very fast that he was quick, she'd barely managed to avoid the punch he threw towards her face.

She jumped when he ducked slightly to swing his leg towards both of her own and then he punched her in the side before her feet had even touched the ground again, she landed on her side hard and had to roll out of the way as he attempted to bring his foot down on her head.

She quickly pushed herself up then had to duck as his fists came swinging towards her face, he then attempted to uppercut her but she avoided it and countered with a punch of her own but it never connected with his face, he grabbed her wrist in one hand and elbowed her hard in the face with his other arm.

The impact knocked her onto her back and when she was down he immediately attempted to straddle her but she punched him on the inside of his thigh before he could and it caught him off guard so she shoved him backwards away from her, he landed on his behind then attempted to kick her as she was standing back up but she managed to get out of the way.

As he was beginning to stand she rushed forward and drove her knee into his face sending him backwards.

The dauntless born were very loud as they were fighting, some were cheering for Sam and the others were sending shouts of discouragement her way.

Sam was on his feet within a matter of seconds and coming at her at a frightening speed, she had no time to dodge him, he hoisted her up above him with a hand wrapped in the waistband of her training trousers and on one of the sleeves of her tank top.

She heard a rip right before he THREW her across the ring, she landed roughly on her front and nearly got the wind knocked out of her, she attempted to push herself up as she took some deep breaths but he pushed her over onto her side with his foot.

She expected him to start kicking or punching her but instead he stared at her before he began to back away, she watched him step back a few times before she pushed herself back to standing.

Her eyes drifted to Eric and he was stood with an unreadable expression on his face, she glanced back at Sam and he grinned before using his fingers to beckon her towards him, she glared at him then began to move towards him and as she approached he didn't do anything.

He watched her come towards her with that grin still on his face and then he looked at the dauntless born and shook his head, it earned him some laughs.

She took the opportunity of him not looking her way to rush towards him and then she punched him in the face, it definitely surprised him because he turned to look at her and as he did she punched him again with her other hand and then again with the first hand and as she was about to punch him with the other again, he slapped her hard with the back of one of his own hands and it caused her to stumble to the side.

He then grabbed her ponytail and shoved her down so she was bent over, he grabbed her one of her hand's and twisted it behind her back, the pain caused her to cry out but it was cut off when he moved around and kneed her in the face.

She gasped at the pain that was now in her nose and when she felt blood run onto her lip from her nostrils he let go of her, he did this by forcefully shoving her away from him towards the ground.

She landed hard on her already injured nose and exclaimed before she turned her head to the side, her vision she noticed was slightly off balance and blurry so she tightly closed her eyes for a second then opened them and when she did she found Andie's worried face in the crowd and beside her Kit had an arm crossed over his chest with his other hand covering his mouth.

She looked away from them to her hand that was a spread out on the mat just inches away from her face, the skin was broken on some of her knuckles, she then winced slightly when she closed her fist then stretched it open again.

Movement from the corner of her eye caught her attention and she looked up to see Sam was walking towards her slowly, she stared at him from where her cheek was pressed against the mat.

He bent down to look at her and she noticed as he did that he was barely out of breath, his chest was rising and falling a little but not nearly as rapidly as hers was.

"You look tired stiff." he taunted and she glanced from him back to the faces of the people in the crowd, Andie was now covering her mouth with both hands and the other transfers were watching silently, some with grimaces...even the candor transfers, except Tom, he was grinning widely.

"Finish her Sam!" someone shouted and he turned his head towards the voice with a grin.

She used all the strength she had and rolled onto her back, her body was aching and she winced when she moved.

Sam turned back to look at her where she lay and then he brought his face down to hers, "Do you need a hand getting up?"

He didn't wait for her to respond, instead, he grabbed her by the throat and wrapped his hand tightly around it, he then lifted her from where she lay up into the air so their faces were level and held her there.

At least a few seconds passed by with her clutching onto his wrist with her legs swinging beneath her and panic was rising with each seconds, she could barely breath.

She tried to swing a leg at him but before she could he slammed her into the ground, the wind was knocked out of her when her back hit the mat and she let out a loud, strangled sounding gasp.

He waited only a moment before he released her and raised from his crouched position, when he did she took deep breaths and as quickly as she could shuffled backwards from where he stood.

He watched her like an animal stalking it's prey and his eyes never left hers when she began to slowly rise to her feet, her body shook as she did this and when she was standing she swayed.

She placed a hand against her throat and rubbed gently as she inhaled and exhaled deep breaths, she then looked at him where he stood across from her.

"Damn stiff...you want MORE?" he said with a smile and she glared at him, he then nodded, "Okay then...if it's what the lady wants."

Once he'd finished speaking the smile instantly disappeared and he was running towards her, she decided to face him head on and didn't move, the second he reached her both of his arms were moving like lightning, she dodged and blocked them each time but he was relentless, every blow she managed to avoid he'd be sending another in it's place and gradually her defence was weakening so he managed to get a few hits in.

At one point she stepped back from him in order to get some space but he followed and continued his assault on her and she was beginning to get out of breath the more he attacked.

A few more seconds passed of him hitting her the same way until he suddenly changed it and drove a punch into her stomach, she hadn't seen it coming, it was so hard that she thought she might vomit.

She doubled over slightly and gasped out a cough just as he tripped her up by hooking his ankle behind her leg and knocked her onto her back once more.

She barely managed to wince when she landed on the ground before he was straddling her and punching her, over and over again.

She held her arms up at her face to protect it but that barely worked, his hits were too powerful and each time it connected with her she could feel it more and more.

After a moment of hitting at her face he began to do body shots, she attempted to prevent this but he used one of his hands to grab both of her hands whilst he punched her hard with the other.

Each hit seamed stronger than the previous and with each one she cried out, she locked eyes with Eric at one point and he looked furious.

Isn't this what he wanted? He's the one who made her fight Sam, a guy who's skill in combat was apparently staggering compared to her own, the fact that she was getting literally battered proved it...surely he should be happy with this outcome? He seamed intent on punishing her...if she wasn't so preoccupied she'd roll her eyes at the thought of his hot and cold mood swings.
He can't be annoyed at her because she's losing, that was always going to be the result.

She looked from him to Four who was stood next to him, he was angry too and she noticed he said something to Eric before he moved in the direction of the ring but Eric responded by grabbing his arm.

Nix didn't have to hear what he said to know that he was telling Four to stay where he was.

A loud anguished scream that startled even herself rather than the others watching around the ring suddenly left her mouth and Sam instantly stopped punching her and released the hold he had of her hands.

"What the hell?" he said loudly as he moved on top of her slightly and that made the pain she was feeling even worse which caused her to cry out even louder.

Sam was off of her immediately and stepping back just as Four and Eric stepped into the ring followed by Andie, Nix placed a hand against her side and gasped in pain then let out a sob.

Four face appeared above hers, "What hurts Nix?"

"My side." she said through ragged breaths and when she tried to take a deep one she couldn't, the pain was too much, she grabbed Four's wrist and stared up at him as she began to gasp, "I can't...I can't breath."

"Yes you can." Four said, his voice was firm but he said it calmly, "Just relax...breathe deeply."

She shook her head at him then looked away as more pain washed over her, she closed her eyes briefly and made a noise before turning to look back at him, "It hurts."

Four gently took a hold of the back of her neck and raised her up a little so she was sitting, that made her pain intensify and tears rolled down her cheeks as she tried to hold back the cry from escaping her lips.

"Nix!" Andie said as she appeared at her side and she placed a hand on her face and the other around her shoulder then pulled her towards her.

Nix's face was pressed against Andie's arm and her mouth was open in an attempt to get a breath but it hurt too much to do so.

"We need to get her to the infirmary." Four said to Eric as he looked up at him where he stood above them.

Nix glanced up at him and he no longer looked angry he looked...distressed.

"Why can't she breathe?" Andie asked in a shaky voice.

"I don't know." Four replied.

"I barely touched her!" Sam suddenly said from where he stood next to Eric, "She's probably just winded."

"She's not winded asshole." Andie snapped at Sam and he didn't say anything back, he looked at his feet.

"It really...hurts." Nix said in a tight voice and when she tried to breathe in again another bout of pain shot through her body, she squeaked out a whimper and turned her face more into Andie.

"Give her to me Andie." Four said and made a move to take a hold of Nix in his arms.

"No." Eric suddenly said and Four looked at him, "I'll take her, you start the next fight."

"You want to take her." Four said a beat later, "Wouldn't you rather oversee the next fight, you know, seeing as this was your idea."

The emphasis on the word 'this' was loud and clear for all to hear, Nix glanced at Eric and saw him glare at Four briefly before he swooped in and crouched by her side.

"Continue with the fights while I drop her off." Eric said to Four and moved around to her uninjured side, he then placed his arms underneath her legs and the other around her back, she wrapped her arm around his shoulders just as his hand gripped where it hurt and she exclaimed in pain then without thinking, reached up to grab a tight hold of hair on top of his head.

He never made a noise at the contact but the way he froze told her he'd felt it and that it hadn't been pleasant, he then gave her a deep glare.

"Ow." she said to him and tried to glare back but he moved her in his arms slightly as he inhaled deeply and it caused pain to shoot through her, her expression was now contorted in pain which made him immediately begin to move towards the outside of the ring.

"Can I go?" Andie asked Eric.

"No." he said as he walked, Four and Andie followed him.

"Please, I don't want her to be alone." Andie said.

"She won't be alone, I'll be with her." Eric replied and a look of horror appeared on Andie's face.

"Please." she said a beat later more to Four than Eric.

"Don't beg amity, it's not cute." Eric said with a roll of his eyes and continued walking.

"Andie." Four said as Eric walked through the crowd and in the direction of the entrance to the training room, "You can visit her at lunch."

Nix glance over Eric's shoulder and tried to smile at Andie where she was left stood outside the ring with everyone watching her and Eric leave but every time he walked the movement caused her pain.

As he reached the doorway he adjusted her in his arms and she winced and grabbed onto the back of his neck and his eyes shot to hers, at the look he was giving her she gradually pulled her hand from his skin but the next look he gave her made her freeze momentarily before she placed it back where it was and after she did this he turned and looked ahead as he walked.