An: Hi Guys! I'm sorry for letting you wait. I just had my exams and It's finally summer vacation for me! But that doesn't mean that I'm not busy (the sad truth). I still have review classes for the college entrance exams in April, me and my friends are planning a photo shoot and a sleep over, It's holy week next week, and I'll be travelling to Indonesia and Singapore on May. I start school on June. So, bear with me. I'm really sorry. So, here's your chapter!
CHAPTER 5:
"Fine." I said.
Garret told us to take one target each. He handed each of us four knives and three daggers. He teaches us the hand and foot positions when throwing and how to aim. I listened to learn more but Caleb told me I didn't have to since I'm already good at it. But who knows? I might be missing something.
Garret also mentioned something about controlling the direction of the knife, which I didn't know about. So, I listened to that. Fifteen minutes had past and he lets us on our own. I stand in front of the target which is at least thirteen feet away. I pick up a dagger and aim it at the bull's eye. I apply all the things Garret said and threw it. The dagger hits the center and Christina stares at me.
"What?" I said to her.
"How did you learn so fast?" She asked me.
"What do you mean?"
"Not many students hit the center in one throw. Look at Dustin. He's been here since he was seven and until now he can't even manage to get the knife reach the target. Although he's amazing in hand-to-hand combat and sword wielding." Christina explains.
"I've thrown knives since I was a kid. My brother and I hid it from our parents. We never told them until they died." I told her.
"Oh, so you're a natural at this stuff. That's cool! I've never met anyone like that except Four." She points at Tobias who is throwing knives skillfully. He hits the center in every throw. "How long has he been here?" I asked her. "He's been here all his life. He grew up with me. His parents were well renowned agents. But they died when he was ten. My parents took him in since my parents and his parents were very close. He's like my brother. I'm sorry I talk too much." She realized. "It's okay. I appreciate it. It's nice to know the past." I told her. "HAHAHAHA. Okay, tell me about yourself."
I told her how my parents died when I was eight and how I got here in the institute. She was shocked when she knew who my parents were. Christina told me about my parents being the most successful agents the agency has ever had. She also told me things I never knew about them, like my parents, together with hers and Tobias' were a team.
"So, where are your parents?" I asked her.
"They're on a mission right now. As usual." She told me with a grim smile.
"Do you guys spend time as a family when they have free time?"
"Nope. They work, come back, sleep, then go to work again. It's the same routine every time."
"Aww that's sad. But I think there's a good reason behind this." I assure her.
"I hope so."
We talk and share jokes for at least three more minutes, until Garret told us to go back to work. I throw some more, then Eric walks in to check in on us. He walks over to my side, watch me throw and grins. "Impressive for a newbie. Where did you learn how to throw like that?" He asks me. "I learned on my own." I told him the truth. "Show off. That's expected from a kid with deceased parents." He smirked.
What he said enraged me. So I threw the knife at the target way too hard and the knife sinks at the target way too deep. I walk over to the target to retrieve my knives until a knife lands just above my head. I turn around to see a boy with dark hair smirk at me. The boy looks familiar. Then I remembered Prom.
"Lookie here, looks like we have someone new to pick on." Peter said. I just glared at him and continued to get all my knives. I head back and he shoves me on the wall. "No one ignores me." He growls at me.
"What am I going to do? Fight back? That seems childish, even for you Peter." I smirked at him.
"Oh that's right, you're Tris from Prom. Nice seeing you again." He smirked again. "Don't change the subject." I sneer at him.
He tightens his grip and was about to punch me. I held up the knife to his throat. For one moment, I saw fear in his eyes. Then it disappeared. It was immediately replaced with amusement and he let me go. I smirked as I walked back to my station.
Christina, Will, Dustin and Caleb stares at me wide-eyed. "What?" I asked them. "That was awesome." Dustin said. "No one had the balls to do that to Peter, except you, Christina and Four." Will tells me. "You've met Peter?!" Christina exclaims. "Yeah, during Prom they assigned me to him as a Prom date. He's a flirt." I smirk. "Peter? A flirt? Not a new thing." Dustin told us. "Why what happened?" I asked him. "He flirted with Christina for a month but Christina just ignored him." Will said. "Yeah and he was annoying as hell!" Christina rolls her eyes.
Caleb has been staring at my hand the entire time. "What is it Cal?" I asked him. "Your hand…" He said. I glanced down at my hand and realized that I've been clutching the knife blade really hard, and now, my hand is bleeding like crazy. I looked at the floor and there's a mini pool of blood beneath me. I looked behind me and saw drops of blood leading towards me.
I suddenly feel woozy and I see black spots. "You okay Tris?" heard Christina say before I fade into darkness and feel my body collapse to the ground.
I opened my eyes and I instantly saw a white wall and the smell of antiseptic filled my nostrils. I sat up and saw Caleb, Dustin, Will on my left, then Christina , Tobias and Garret are on my right. "What happened?" I asked them. "You almost bled to death." Tobias said. "You had no idea you clutched your knife too much. Caleb told you, then you fainted." Garret explained. "Yeah you made a mess there." Tobias said. Christina slapped him on the arm. "What? It's true. I even had to clean it up." Tobias said.
"Sure thanks Toby, we now know how kind you are to clean her blood up." Christina said and Tobias scoffs. The doctor comes forward and checks my vital signs. "So, how are you? Do you feel anything painful?" he asks me. "Except, for the fact that my hand hurts and my head is throbbing, I'm okay." I told the doctor. He scribbles this down the clipboard. "Okay you can go home in a few hours. Just don't do much or fatigue will overcome you." With that, the doctor leaves.
Everyone left except for Caleb. The doctor told me to rest and told me that he will come back to tell me if I can already leave the ward. I slept for at least five hours and when I woke up, I'm surprised to find Tobias sitting beside me instead of Caleb.
An: I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter! To be honest I don't know when I'm going to update again. Please review!