Tris's P.O.V.
When Four told Peter to go to the arena to fight Sami, I could see Sami's figure stiffen. She clenched her jaw tightly shut and exhaled a deep breath. She stared Peter straight in the face. I could tell that Sami was determined to win her fight against him, but I could also tell that she was a nervous wreck. Peter was much bigger than her. He towered over Sami, nearly three times the size of Sami's.
"Are you ready to get beat, wimp?" Peter sneered. Sami brushed a loose curl out of her face.
"Who are you calling a wimp?" Sami snapped. Peter threw a punch at her face, landing his fist on Sami's cheek bone.
"You." Sami stumbled back a little bit. Sami swung her leg around to hit Peter's head, but he grabbed her ankle and twisted it around. Sami screamed. She fell to the ground with a thud.
"Admit it, you're a wimp." Peter laughed, twisting Sami's leg even farther. She let out a scream, thrashing around trying to escape his grasp.
"No! I'm not a wimp!" Sami yelled. She took her free leg and kicked it into Peter's unprotected stomach. Peter dropped Sami's leg, clutching his stomach and lying on the ground. Sami pulled herself to her feet and kicked him again, over and over, occasionally throwing a punch at his face. I saw Peter punch Sami back, landing the punch right in her nose, sending her reeling back. But he made no move to get up. He just lay there. Sami stood up, trying not to put any pressure on her foot. She pinned Peter down and continued to slug him.
Out of nowhere, Four came rushing in, pulling Sami off of Peter. Sami thrashed around in Four's grasp, rage burning in her eyes.
"I am not a wimp! Hardy's aren't wimps!" Sami yelled.
"Sami, relax." Four said in a calm voice. "It's alright..."
Eric unfolded his arms and pulled away from his perch leaning against the wall. "Did she just say, Hardy?" Sami stopped squirming in Four's arms. Her eyes widened.
"What? Uh... Haha, uh no... I said, uh... Carthy's. Carthy's, as is Samantha Carthy." Sami said hastily.
"No," Eric said sternly, walking over towards Sami. "You said Hardy. Don't deny it."
"Fine, I said Hardy. So what?" Sami scoffed.
"You're related to the Erudite representative."
"And?"
Eric cleared his throat. "Nothing. I just wouldn't have thought that Erudite could stoop so low."
"What do you have against my dad?!" Sami snapped, shaking loose from Four's grasp.
"Nothing. Nothing at all." Eric said, turning away from her. "Continue fighting."
"That was it. I fought everyone." Sami said.
I stared at her. No one ever stood up to Eric like that. No one ever confronted him in such a way. I was surprised that he didn't pull his gun out of it's holster right then and shoot her in between her eyes.
"Well then," Eric turned around and yanked his gun out of his holster, pointing it right at her forehead. "Why don't you go to the shooting range? Practice your aim?"
"P-p-p-please don't sh-shoot..." Sami stuttered. She clamped her eyes shut. I didn't know what she was thinking, but she looked terrified. And then I remembered. Her dad, the kidnap, and she'd gotten shot. She had every right to be afraid of guns. He clenched her fists, and I could've sworn that I saw the faintest trace of a tear roll down her cheek.
"Why? Scared of a loaded gun?" Eric teased. Sami just stood there. "Are you?"
"Yes!" She blurted. "I have every right to be afraid of guns!" She yelled. "You don't know the first thing of what-" Eric clicked the bullet into place, cutting her off. She stiffened.
"Man up," he scoffed, moving the gun down away from her forehead. "Or leave." He walked away, leaving everyone in the room staring at Sami. I could only look at her sympathetically. She crumpled to the ground. Four knelt down beside her and put his hand on her back.
"Sami, it's alright. Everything-"
"No Four! You wouldn't even begin to understand that it's not all okay! Cypress... And Frank... And Joe. They're all probably having a heart attack! God! You people don't get it." She yelled. Peter snickered.
"Aww. Did you hear that? We don't know the least of it. You want to go home, Stiff?" He mocked.
"You shut up Peter! You just fucking shut up! I don't want to deal with your shit! If you even walked in my shoes, you'd fall on the first step! Calm. The. Fuck. Down." Sami said. With that, she stood up and stormed out without another word.
So uh, Chapter 9 will be up soon.