A/N: Hey hey hey, initiates! So, ANOTHER CHAPTER! Yay! Thanks in advance for reviewing! ;)

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Chapter 7: Anger Pays Off

I woke up a half hour before Four would wake is up. I walk to the bathroom to take a shower. It felt good to get cleaned up and shave my legs and underarms.

I wrapped myself in a towel and walked back to the dormitory. Four was banging on the doorframe. "Wake up initiates!" He yelled. He saw me there standing in my towel, and added "The Stiff beat all of you. Hurry up!" He winked at me. I blushed. He turned and left to wait outside.

Peter came up to me. "Hey, Stiff." He said. "You don't look sixteen. You sure you're not twelve?" I glared. Petter grabbed me and shoved me against the wall. Molly was standing there laughing.

I ducked under Peter's arm and ran, but he had my towel in his fist. I stopped so I wouldn't loose it. Peter yanked it off me. He appraised my naked body with amusement.

"The Stiff, really is stiff!" He laughed. "Look at her," Molly giggled, pointing. "She's just a child!" I shoved past them and grabbed the towel. I took clothes and ran out the dormitory, and to the bathroom.

I sobbed. Loudly. I tried to keep quiet, but I was so furious, and humiliated. I dressed quickly. Another sob escaped my clenched teeth. The door opened, and someone came in and sat beside me. I sagged against whoever it was and sobbed. "He took my towel! I was naked!" I sobbed.

"Who did that to you?!" Four said, furious. FOUR?!

I screamed and jumped to my feet. "Four! I thought you were Christina!" He stood up and folded his arms. He did that a lot. "Tris, who did that to you?" He asked gently. "Peter and Molly. They laughed at me, Four." I said, my voice breaking. Four took a step toward me and unexpectedly, hugged me. "I'll take care of it." He promised. I wrapped my arms around him. His bloody back popped into my head. Again. I loosened my hold until I was barely touching him. "Sorry." I said, my tone was full of regret.

"What's wrong?" Four asked, confused. I cringed, and said "Nothing, I just ummm, nothing" "Alright," Four said. "Let's go."

"Today, you will be fighting an opponent." Eric said. "You are paired up already." He gestured to the wall. I cringed. I was paired with Molly.

"These are the rules." Eric continued. "You fight until one of you can't continue. That's it." I cringed. Molly was going to kill me."Now, first jumper, and last jumper. In the ring."

I stepped onto the mat, and Molly's laugh rang in my ears. She punched me in the face. I thought of what she said. 'Look, she's just a child!" I lunged at her. I punched her stomach, ribs, and the side of the head. She fell. I sat on her stomach and repeatedly punched her face. I was full of blind rage. I blinked, and I was beating Marcus, not Molly. All I saw was red. I kept swinging. I didn't hear Eric yell at me to stop. Four came over. He lifted me up and carried me off the mat. "That's enough, Tris." He said, his voice ringing with finality. I sat, and buried my face in my hands. I think I fell asleep, because I wake to someone shaking my shoulder.

"Wake up, Tris." Four says. I blink. "You almost missed dinner." I frowned. I slept all day? "Why didn't you or Eric wake me up?" I asked, confused. "I mean I slept all day!" Four smiled.

"Eric doesn't know you fell asleep, and I felt that you needed sleep." He helped me up. "Tomorrow, we start phase two of initiation."

He walked me to the dining hall, and stood with me. He hadn't had dinner either. He sat with me at my usual table.

"Did you fall asleep, Tris?" Christina asked me.

"Ummm, yes." I said sheepishly. "Four woke me up so I wouldn't miss diner." Four starred at his food like the first night.

"Oh." She said. "Good, because you missed lunch. And Eric dangling me over the chasm."

"What?!" I shouted.

"I gave up during my fight." She said. "So Eric shoved me off the side of the bridge. I had to dangle there for five minutes."

"Oh my God! Are you okay?" I asked. "Man, if I was there I would've..."

"I'm fine!" She said. "Probably a good thing you weren't there!" Four smirked at his plate.

The next part of initiation starts tomorrow, Four had said. I wondered if that was what he meant when he said we would see if Marcus showed up as one of my fears. I guess we'll see, he had said.