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I have also been really busy. I had A LOT of summer camps, and they are still going on now. These helped me forget my dad was gone for a month, but I had a whole month of constant camps, one of which was out of town, and I didn't see my family for a week. That ended a few days ago. I now have 1 or 2 more camps coming up. My dad did come home, but I am still really busy. I know I should have updated all of my stories, but too much stress has been in my life.

I will try to update more often, if not, throw some virtual bricks at me, here, take one. [].

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~t0bias3at0n (Sai)

"No, its fine, they did ruin my life." Eight says. "Anyways, who was it?" Tobias demands.

Eight sighs "They were named Marcus Eaton, and Andrew Prior."

Chapter 21

Tris POV

I find it hard to breathe. It's as if, all the air has been sucked out from the earth.

Marcus Eaton and Andrew Prior.

Tobias' dad,

My dad.

Ruined this kid's life.

"I WILL KILL THEM!" Tobias roars, anger radiating from his body. Eight shakes his head sadly at him. "I am glad you feel the same way as I do, but let's be honest here, you don't know them, so how can you 'kill' them?" Eight says, humor in his voice, yet his face is as blank as a sheet of paper.

"MARCUS EATON IS MY DAD. ANDREW PRIOR IS TRIS' DAD!" Tobias says half angrily, have factually. But meanwhile, I am thinking, 'Way to drop the bomb Tobias!' Eight looks at us, his face filled with confusion and worry. "Dad? As in related?" he asks worriedly. I roll my eyes at his stupid question, since when did 'dad' not imply relation? "DUH" I say, while raising my hand, showing my annoyance with the question. But when I raise my hand, Eight flinches, and steps back.

"Please don't, don't attack me, don't tell your dads. I knew I shouldn't have said anything!" he says, his voice laced with worry. "Eight, it's okay, we hate them too, we won't hurt you, we won't tell, we promise." I say, carefully. Eight looks at us, and nods slowly. "Okay." He says slowly, just as the bell rings. I grab Tobias' arm, and pull him out of the practice room, Eight following us out for choir.

=-Time Skip to Lunch-=

I hold Tobias' strong hand, walking down the stairs to the cafeteria. We are surrounded by the other factions, walking to lunch. Eight is walking a few paces behind us, his headphones in. apparently, his phone, was a gift from his parents, far away from here.

In the back of my head, I know that there are still a few people out to get us, but at the moment, I really don't care. The doors are open, and we walk in to the cafeteria, watching the orderly lines of FA (A/N FA means Faction elementary, FM means Faction middle and FH means Faction high) and the disorderly mobs of FH and FM. I scan the room, and see our group sitting at our regular table, near the back. I look to the right, and see Zeke sitting alone, serves him right.

Tobias makes his way to the table, pulling me with him. "HEY GUYS!" Uri yells when we get close. I wave, while Tobias nods slightly. I am about to sit down, when I catch Eight walking to the wall. I reach out, and grab his wrist, trying to stop him. But all it does is cause him to yelp, and turn around, a fist ready. His eyes, set with anger, suddenly widen, and he starts gushing. "Oh my god. I am so sorry. Don't call your dad, or anything, please, I am so sorry. I swear to g-"I cut him off with a laugh.

"Eight, its fine, I already told you, we hate our dads, we won't tell them, no worries. And honestly, I deserved it, I scared you didn't I?" I say. Eight nods slowly. I smile slightly, and Tobias looks at him, a ghost of a smile on his face. Eight looks at us, the smallest smile on his face, but that disappears, replaced with his normal blank face. I mean, once someone stepped on his hand, and all he did was look up from his book, say 'ow', and look down again. And by 'stepped on' I mean stomped on. That guy, really wanted to hurt him.

"Anyways, I'll just go now, don't want to intrude on your lunch." He says, while bowing his head slightly. He turns to walk away, but I stop him again. "No Eight, why don't you sit with us?" I ask. Eight turns to look at us. His eyebrow raised. "What?" he asks, as if unsure we just asked him. I smile slightly, "Would you like to sit at our table? It would be nice, wouldn't it Four?" I say, while nudging Fours side. He jolts, and quickly says, "Yeah, sure, that would be great." I look away from Four, and back to Eight. Eight just slowly nods, and sits down next to us.

I dig in to my lunch, enjoying every bite of it. I look up, and look to the side, where I see Eight reading a book on his phone. I nudge him, causing him to look up blankly. "Hm?" he mumbles, causing Uri and Chris to laugh. They seem to know him slightly. "Where is your lunch?" I inquire, looking at him, quickly noticing how everyone at our table is looking at him expectantly. Eight sighs, and shuts off his phone. "Can't have one today." He says. I nod, remembering how he said that he doesn't eat three times a week.

"Why not?" Chrissy asks, being her nosy self. Eight just shakes his head, "That's personal." He says, before looking back at the table. "Well, you still need to eat, have some of my food" Mar says, pushing her muffin towards him. Eight shakes his head, and pushes it back. "No, I can't eat. It's good for me to not eat a few times a week, it preps me." He says. Mar gives him a quizzical look, before taking the muffin back.

"Anyways, Eight you want to come to our house after school? He should come right guys?" Uri asks, I nod, and see that everyone else has as well. Uri looks at Eight, "Eight you free?" He asks. Eight looks up from his e-book, and shakes his head sadly. "I would love to come, but I have work every day 'till around 11, and I don't get home until 11:45" he says. I see Will drop his spoon. "11:45?! THAT'S CRAZY!" He exclaims. Eight shrugs. "Don't you have homework?" Shauna asks, Eight nods. "What time do you sleep?" She asks. Eight rubs his chin thoughtfully, "Um, I don't know, maybe around 1, 2?" he says. I stare at him wide eyed.

"You said in choir, that you take a bus to get here, that must take like an hour. How much sleep do you get?" Tobias asks. Eight looks at him, and rubs his eyes, making me notice the enormous bags under his eyes. "I sleep on the bus, to school, and between jobs, so maybe 4, 5 hours?" he says, counting on his fingers. We all stare at him wide eyed. He looks at us, a weird look on his face. "What?" he says.

"Wait, I heard Jobs. You work more than one job?" Will says. Eight shrugs, "Yeah, I work three, I help at the children's area, you know the area that helps orphans? Then I go to the library, and help there. Finally, I go to one of those late night cafes, and become a waiter there." He says, shuddering at the last one. Wow, this kid is busy. "Three jobs huh." Shauna says thoughtfully.

"Why did you cringe at the waiter part?" I ask, recalling the shudder. "NO REASON" he almost yells. He looks down quickly, "I mean, no reason" he mumbles. "Eight, what's wrong?" Tobias presses. "NOTHING!" He shouts, giving us a few stares from a few people. "Eight…" I say. Eight looks at us.

"Fine, the owner, Carla, sort of, kind of, is abusive?" He says it as a question

"WHAT!?" We all scream, causing more stares our way. "You said that you weren't abused anymore!" I hiss. Eight looks at me, "I lied." He states. "She abuses you?" Mar says, "Just standard whipping and beatings." He says, while twiddling with his thumbs. "Why?" Uri asks. Eight just shrugs, "Who knows, but oh well." He says, shrugging it off. "WHY DON'T YOU QUIT!?" Shauna yells exasperated. Eight looks at her, his expression blank. "It doesn't pay much, but it is the most out of all three, and I really need the money." He says. Shauna just looks at him with disbelief. "Can you call the police?" Will asks, but Eight just shakes his head. "Then I would lose my job." He says, a tinge of sadness in his voice, though it is barely noticeable

"Where do you work?" Tobias asks. Eight looks down from us, and starts playing with his thumbs. "Is it really necessary?" he asks nervously. "YES!" we all say simultaneously. He sighs and whispers, "I work at The Flame" everyone besides me gasps. Eight looks down sadly. "What?" I ask. Tobias looks at Eight angrily. "The Flame, is a night club that is EXTREMELY dangerous. It is so bad, that instead of the normal 21 and over, it is 26 and over, and the sad thing is, the waiters and waitresses are all really young. It's a surprise nothing has happened yet." I look at Eight angrily, just like everyone else at the table.

Eight looks down sadly. "I need the money, or I could lose my house." He whispers. All our glares falter, replaced with looks of pit, until he glares at us for giving him pity. "So you will just pull through the abuse?" Will asks, and Eight just nods.

I've never seen anything like this before. He shrugs of abuse like it is nothing. "Its fine, just drop it." Eight just says. I don't know why, but we drop it. But I will help this kid. I take a bite of my burrito, and chew on it slowly, savoring the beans and cheese. "So, I know I can't come to your house, but maybe, would you like to come to mine?" Eight asks nervously, playing with the hem of his shirt. I look at the rest of the group, and we have a silent discussion, and we all nod at him. He smiles shyly, and says a quiet 'great'.

"So to get there, we need to take the A train for about 25 minutes, and then a 10 minute walk. So you may have to leave your cars here… sorry about that." Eight says in a rush. "Oh don't worry about it" Tobias reassures. Then I remember Percy and Ana. I can't leave them alone! "Eight, is it okay if Percy and Ana come?" I ask. Eight nods and I sigh with relief. "Wait, let me introduce them to you." I say, while getting up to go grab them. I pull them over, and bring them to our table. "Eight, this is Percy and Ana, Percy, Ana, meet Eight." I say.

Eight looks up, and smiles. "Oh I already know them." He says. "Huh?" I say, confused. "Yeah! He helped us with some math yesterday!" Ana says happily. "Yup, just teaching them the quadratic formula. What is it?" He says. "x equals opposite b plus or minus the square root, b square minus four a c, divided by two a!" (A/N in math terms, it is x=(-b +- |(b^2 – 2ac))/2a. Oh quadratic formula, you were a big help in algebra! I thank you for that. FYI, the |is the radical and ^2 means to the power of two) "Okay…" Uri says. Eight shakes his head, and wave's goodbye to Percy and Ana. "Okay, so we will meet outside the school after school?" I ask, and everyone nods.

PAGE BREAK PANSYCAKES

The rest of the day is a blur, just the usual lessons and stuff. After I grab all my stuff, I head out side, holding Tobias' hand. Outside, on the stairs entering the school, I am met with the rest of the gang, including Percy, Ana and Eight. And of course, no Zeke. "Okay, just so you know my house is really small." Eight says, before walking away, towards the train station near our school.

There, he takes out a pass, and swipes it, to go to the train, I have a pass as well, and swipe it three times for Percy and Ana as well. The rest of them pay the normal $8. We climb on to the train, and sit down, sitting in silence for the train ride. After a while of me resting on Tobias' shoulder, and a lot of bumpy times, I finally hear the screech of the wheels, and the jerking of the train, signaling the end of the ride. Eight sighs, and stands up. "Okay, now we just have to walk there." He says, before walking out of the station.

While we walk down the sidewalks, I can see the diminishing quality of the homes. Finally, we stop at a small, on floored 'house'. The whole property, house and tiny lawn, I smaller than our garden back home. "Sadly, this is what I call home." Eight says. He walks up, and pulls out a key, and unlocks the door. Which is just a normal padlock. He opens the door, and takes the lock with him, and once we are all inside, he locks the other side with the same padlock.

The whole place is small, two rooms in all. He has one, thin wall, on side with a small twin bed, and old blankets. Then on the other side is a small oven and stove, sink and a small refrigerator you would find in a dorm. The wall has tools on it, as well as old kitchen utensils. He has two doors, which lead to a small closet, and a small bathroom.

The other room, has two chairs and an old couch, a tiny table, and a TV, which is fairly new. I vaguely remember him telling me, that for his birthday, his parents sent his a phone, earbuds, and a TV with connection to the internet. His whole house is smaller than the size of either Percy's or Ana's bedrooms. "Wow, this is nice." Christina says. But Eight just sighs angrily. "To think, I can't even afford this much! All I have in my fridge right now, are peas and seasoning!" I have to try really hard to repress the pity I have for this boy.

I see Uriah walk over to the fridge, and pull it open. HE then pulls out a bag of peas. Eight looks at him, and gets panicked. "CLOSE THE FRIDGE!" HE almost screams. Uriah flinches, and throws the peas into the fridge and shuts it quickly. "It costs money to have it open, and lose the cold air, I can't afford that." He says while looking at the floor. "Plus, that bag has my dinner for the next week in it, so I need to be careful." Eight says.

I shake my head at him sadly. I see that everyone else has similar expressions on their faces. Looks of pity and sadness. Eight looks up, a sad smile on his face, "I would offer you something to eat, but I don't have anything" he says, trying to make a joke. I hear a knock at the door. Eight walks to the door, which is a few steps from the kitchen. He comes back with an envelope. It reads 'The Bank of Allegiant' he opens the envelope with shaking hands. He pulls out a piece of paper, folded twice.

We watch, as he reads it, his mouth mouthing the words slightly as he goes. His breathes get heavier as he nears the bottom, his body shakes. He lets out a strangled gasp, and slowly sinks to the floor, his body shaking. Tremors wracking his body. The paper is now clenched in his fist. Tears stream down his face in a constant torrent. Uriah and Marlene help him, and he limply stands, Percy and Ana are by my sides, my arms on their shoulders. We guide Eight to his bed, and sit him down. Tobias crouches down in front of him, "What's wrong Eight?" he asks softly. Eight just shakes his head, and hands Tobias the paper. Tobias takes it and looks at it. He reads it aloud to the group.

"Dear Eight-"Eight grabs the paper away, and folds the paper, hiding his last name form us. He hands it back to Tobias who just looks at him for a second, before continuing. "The day this is being sent, */**/****, is two weeks from the day your rent is due. By */**/****, your rent of $500 is due. Failure to pay will result in the foreclosure of your house. Thank you, The Bank of Allegiant."

Eight just cries more. Tobias places the paper back on the table, before turning back to us. "Eight, its just 500, that's not too much." Uriah says, actually being serious. "NO! You don't get it, I don't have $500! If I can't even afford a lock for my so called house, how on earth can I afford $500?" He cries. Will just pats his back, as Eight cries into his hands. Wet marks are all over his bed, from the tears. "I'm going to be homeless" he whispers.

"No, you're not." I hear Shauna say. Eight looks up at her. I snap my head to her. "We all have the money, we can pay the rent for him." She says. I feel a smile crawl onto my face. Of course we can pay, we obviously have the money. "No, I don't deserve that" Eight says. Then I hear him whisper, "I don't deserve anything"

"What? Who told you that?" Will asks, a surprised look on his face. "Zeke, and he was right. I mean, I almost killed people!" He says angrily, before putting his head back into his hands. "But you didn't kill anyone. Right." Eight looks up at me, his eyes wet with tears. He opens his mouth, but any sound is cut off, with the slam of his door. I turn around abruptly, to see 9 men clad in black, holding pistols.

I remember the remaining 9 men, plus my father, who is number 10. I see the men advance on us. I step back slowly, until I am back to back with Tobias. I reach down to grab the gun on my thigh, when I hear a click, and cool metal on my skull. I look around franticly to see one of the men, holding his gun to my small head. A quick scan of the room, reveals the same happening to everyone else. I growl, and stare angrily into the man's eyes, while he looks at me amused. I hear Christina whimper in fear. Then three muted screams. I turn my head, as far as the gun will let me. To see Percy, Ana, and Eight, all being gagged with tape. I try to move, but the man, grabs my hair, and renders me immobile. I watch as they stand their helplessly, black duct tape wrapped around their heads multiple times.

The men grab them in a head-lock, and start dragging them towards the door. My hair starts to ache, from all my worthless pulling. I see the three of them struggle to break free. I hear a thwack, and see that Eight punched his captor in the stomach. I smile slightly, but it is soon replaced with fear.

The man roars, and throws Eight to the opposite wall. Eight groans, and screws his eyes shut, tears forming in his eyes. The man turns his gun on him, and shoots. I scream, as the bullet hits eight, and blood flies. Eights muffled scream rings in the air, as we watch in horror, as blood drips from Eights shoulder. The man grabs him, and drags him out the door. Percy and Ana get pulled out as well. I feel a silent tear slip out of my eye, as I watch from Eight's small window, as they get roughly thrown in to the trunk of a Honda Odyssey. Suddenly I feel the cool sensation on my head relent. I look up, and see that the men have put the guns back in their holsters. The tallest man, glares at us, warning us to stay silent. I make a move forward, when one of the men says, "Come forward, boy-"then he looks at me "or girl, and the three of them get it." I see out of my peripheral vision that Tobias had also advanced.

They leave the house, leaving only the stain of Eight's blood in their wake.

A/N- If you are wondering, none of them moved too much, because they were held at gunpoint, and they feared something would happen to Percy, Ana, and Eight.

OKAY NOW FOR THE NEWS!

I decided, that, to make up for my horrible manners, I would now start something at the end of some of my chapters. I will recommend stuff, for you, my initiates. This will include, manga, anime, books, youtubers, music, etc. I will also put a 'QOTD' sort of thing, but since I might not be able to post every day, I will not call it a 'question of the day' but instead, 'question of the chapter' or a 'QOTC'. I will put these at the end of my chapters, and here, I will put some of your previous recommendations, and answers to the QOTC, and stuff like that!

RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THIS CHAPTER!

If you are okay with some blood and gore, watch/read Attack on Titan. I am addicted to the series, but, DO NOT WATCH THE DUB! IT IS TERRIBLE! WATCH THE SUB! JUST READ THE CAPTIONS!

Listen to Problem by Arianna Grande. IT IS MY JAM. Also listen to Baby Metal, Megitusne, and Doki Doki Morning. As well as the Attack on Titan openings, by Funimation.

Watch- Danisnotonfire (If you are okay with cussing) Tyler Oakley (Again, lots of cussing). If you can't deal with cussing, watch Joey Graceffa Or AmazingPhil. Minor cussing.

QOTC- If you are a boy, who is your man crush/es? If you are a girl, who is your woman crush/es? This is based off of, MCM and WCW, which is not really a 'crush' of sorts, more of an idolization. Personally, I have a man crush - duh, I'm a boy- on Tobias Eaton (I mean seriously, if you say you don't like him, regardless of gender, you probably lying.) Uriah Pedrad, Eren Jaeger, and Levi Ackerman.

Thank you my fellow initiates!

~t0bias3at0n (Sai)