*Kate P.O.V.*
When I wake up, I just remember my panini falling to the ground, a red fringe of hair picking me up and sky blue eyes. Then, nothing. All my muscles feel as if they were being set on fire. I try to get up, but I can't. Why can't I get up? I open my eyes to find Charlotte, James, Blaze and Will by my side, all staring at me with livid faces. The first thought I have is ''Why would they even be here? I barely know them.'' I try to sound strong, but my voice comes out so soft I can barely hear myself.
''Why are you here?'' Char starts to cry and answers, ''You've been unconscious for the past three hours. You and I were about to eat a delicious looking panini and have fun for the rest of our day off, but you... you...'' she breaks down into tears again and Blaze finishes her sentence, ''Decided to take a nap in the middle of the cafeteria instead.'' He smiles and goes in for a hug. He reaches for me but I push him off. This isn't the time for stupid hugs, I want to know why I'm in the stupid hospital in the first place. He looks hurt, but doesn't say a thing. Will smirks next to him. Of course.
''Why am in the hospital in the first place?'' A nurse comes in, takes my arm and puts a syringe in it like when I took my Aptitude Test. She answers as she's drawing blood, ''When you were in the cafeteria, your body shut down and you fell unconscious. Your instructor brought you here himself and practically beat our other nurses when they said they didn't know what was wrong with you. We took you in and later figured out your body had shut down because you had taken a couple of punches to some wrong places on your head. It turns out the other girl you put in the hospital had very good knowledge of the human body's weak points. You had severe internal bleeding and your body shut down for a while, and then...'' Ok, it's official. Jane is going to die in a very interesting way. Murder is illegal in every faction, but it's way easier in the Dauntless because of the oh so convenient chasm with jagged rocks at the bottom of it. I joined Dauntless and not Erudite, therefore I don't need to hear anymore of this nurse's crap. What I really want to know is when I can get out of this hellhole.
I cut to the chase, ''Yeah, yeah, that's great. My body is freakishly messed up, but when can I get out of here?''
The nurse doesn't seem to mind my rudeness and answers calmly, ''Thanks to Erudite technology, we have been able to treat the worst parts of your injuries. Unfortunately, an uncomfortable feeling of inflamation in your muscles and your bruises will hurt for a while. You can get to your dormitory as soon as tonight, but we'll have to keep you until after dinner.'' I can live with until dinner. The old Abnegation politeness kicks in before I can stop it and I thank her. She leaves and Blaze apologizes for not being there when I needed him. I feel uncomfortable with Will and him in the same room, which is basically like a time bomb waiting to explode. I switch the subject, ''Who did you fight today?'' He grins very evily and says, ''I got to fight Vick, Angie's boyfriend. I totally beat him up, black eye, swollen lip and everything.''
''Who's Angie?'' Char asks.
''She's just the second in command of the Lola bitch squad, obsessed with her boyfriend, her makeup, her clothes and her social status. She fought Willow, another friend of mine and Shadow fought her boyfriend, Ashton. Willow won against Angie, but Ash lost to Shadow. Ash doesn't suck or anything, it's just that Shadow swings like a bear and he's built like one, so it's totally comprehensible. Jace fought Jake, Lola's boyfriend and Jace won. Jace is a nice guy, he should come eat with us someday. Lola fought Skye and Skye lost because Lola fights very, very dirty. Low blows, faking and other stuff that made me want to punch the living crap out of her.'' He's about to keep going, but I stop him.
''Whoah big boy, I just asked about your fight, not the whole group's. I'm glad you won.''
''From what I heard, you had a pretty kickass fight yourself. Spill.'' I nod to Charlotte and she launches into a very detailed explanation of how and when and which punches I threw and got, right until my ''Big Comeback'' from the unconscious state I was put in against my will. The way she describes it, I sound like a hero coming back from the dead. Will validates the facts and adds some of the things she ommitted, like the way I turned my leg when I kicked Jane and the way my hair flew around me and never got in my eyes, or the way I tackled her and punctuated my sentences with punches.''
Everybody stares at me when Char tells them the way I got up. James asks, ''How did you do it? She basically left you for dead, there's no way any normal human beingcould do that.'' Will cuts in, ''Kate isn't normal, she's extraordinary.'' Oh God, Will and Char are sugarcoating my performance. I'm flattered as far as the extraordinary comment goes, but Will's just tryig to be nice.
''I'm not, I just don't like losing.'' I reply, trying not to look pleased. It doesn't work.
''Plus, I'm very competitive, so watch yourselves when we're down to the top ten.'' I try to sound over confident, but the irony of the situation is too much. I'm trying to threaten others while I'm strapped to a hospital bed with a badly injured body. I must look stupid.
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A few hours later, Dauntless Leaders Meeting
*Scott P.O.V.*
''I've never seen anyone fight like Kate Smith has. I'd been watching for some time and an initiate has never proved itself so quickly. She fought a girl that's about twice her size today. Kate had broken her nose the day before because the girl, Jane I think, voluntarily threw a knife in her direction. Kate fought Jane and was about to win until Jane tricked her into thinking that she was hurt badly. Jane actually was hurt pretty badly, but not enough for her not to knock out Kate. Kate's punches and kicks were very well placed, strong and she hit where she wanted to every time. She's a former Abnegation and when she saw Jane on the mat bleeding, her old instincts kicked in and she went to help her. Jane then decided to knock out Kate and give her several injuries, mainly in her brain and on her upper body. She was knocked out in less than two minutes and lay there, looking dead, on the mat. Jane boasted about her victory to another fellow intiate and to everyone's surprise, Kate was back on her feet, with great effort, in less than half a minute. She tackled Jane from behind and punched and yelled and kicked and the true Dauntless spirit was shown in that particular moment of the fight. The power behind her punches was evident.''
During the recap of the fight, all the other Dauntless leaders were nodding their heads to his story and muttering approvingly. Mariah though, was not impressed. She asked reproachfuly, ''You called a meeting to tell us about an intiate? Why?''
Scott responded impassively, ''I am nourishing the theory that Kate is a threat to our ever fragile system.'' Mariah still didn't seem to understand what he was saying, so he kept going, ''I think that Kate is Divergent.''
A.N.
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