The New Initiate

by DauntlessInitiate19

Kate wants to escape her old life and tries to meet the Dauntless boy that saved her from a rape. Will she leave her old faction and start again? Blaze, a Dauntless born, is a good friend to Kate from the beginning of initiation. Lola, however, doesn't seem crazy about her and sees her as a possible obstacle in her way. Will she cause trouble? *Not in Tris/Four time*

13. Regrets and Future Frets

*Kate P.O.V.*

I decide against going to the cafeteria. It's 6:43 and we leave at 7:15, so the gang and I have enough time to grab breakfast and be by the tracks in time. Without my consent, I start to think about Jane. If she's off worse than I am now, I think I'll start feeling sorry for her because my rib cage is seriously starting to regret forcing me to get up. I don't think that the pain I'll feel if I fall into the chasm will be comparable to this one, because my upper body feels like it's being set on fire. I like the numbing effect of the pain medication but I feel drowsy after, which isn't nice since everything around me starts to swirl uncontrollably. I just walk around the unawake compound for a few minutes until I find myself in front of the infirmary. When did I wander around here? I might as well go in and grab some pain meds, I'll be needing them later on tonight, much to my dismay. They help me sleep, which is a plus. As I'm about to request a nurse, I see a room with a girl that has so many bruises her skin is blue. Half her face is swollen and her other eye is black and shut. I go in and see a nurse.

''Hi. I'm sorry to interrupt you, but I'd like to request some pain medication before my field trip today. Would it be possible to get them now? I'm about to leave.'' the nurse nods and goes away for a second. I look again at the girl and feel sorry. How could she have gotten into this situation? She slowly opens her eyes and a look of recognition passes through her eyes, mixed with a look of fear. Why would she fear me? I don't know her. She tries to scramble away from me, but she can't, she's too weak.

Then I understand.

The girl is Jane.

Shit.

She's going to be late. I doubt she can even get up, let alone jump on a moving train. I have to help her. I know she tried to hurt me, but I have to help her. Or else she'll be factionless. The nurse comes up to me and hands me my meds. I thank her and start to leave.

I have to convince Will to let her off the hook. She can start fighting again tomorrow, she has to rest today, or else her body won't have time to recover from the injuries. The injuries that I inflicted on her. Now's the time I should start feeling bad, but I just can't.

Sometimes people deserve what happens to them.