Enmeshment

Chapter 1 - The Knife Throwing

"You, initiate! Give me a hundred, now!" Eric shouted to Jack, my fellow initiates, as Jack get down and do push-ups hundred times for the second time.

Jack was a Candor and I was from Abnegation. After day one of our new life in Dauntless, Jack and I began to get closer and closer. Since he always said something nice, smart, and sometimes he puts too much sugar on it that made everything he said about me was sweet. I wouldn't believe anything he said about me before, but since he was a Candor so maybe he was being honest about it.

Myself. My name Roxanne but since I transferred to Dauntless everyone started to call me Roxy. Me as Abnegation as I used to be, been taught by our parents to reject vanity. So I never used to hear people saying flattering things to other people.

"Let me reminds you again initiates! Orders are absolute! You do what we tell you to do! No question needed!" Eric kept circling around Jack while he started to look exhausted from the pain on his biceps.

Eric crossed his arms to his chest and sometimes his upper arms looked bulkier every time he flexed it. But it wasn't just because of his appearance that made all initiates scared to be around him. All of us were intimidated by his presence. Eric always plays a tough guy around us. He valued his power and his job above everything. Even Peter, who couldn't keep his mouth shut every time he got a chance to mock someone, didn't have guts to throw any lines in front of Eric. Guess he just knows how to lick our leaders' butts very well.

"Eric's mood is much worse than yesterday," Jen whispered as we prepared ourselves to train our knives throwing.

Jen is Jack identical twin sister. Until now I felt that she was a true Candor because she didn't have any filter and said anything as loud as possible. I guess she chose Dauntless since she couldn't get separated with her twin brother, even if she didn't admit it. The twins are my closest friends here after I transferred to Dauntless. I also got close to Tris, Christina, Will and Al.

"Maybe he drinks an angry serum this morning instead of coffee," I chuckled a little bit but Jen burst into laughter and got Eric's attention.

"What's so funny, initiate!?" I could see him gave us a death stare. "You! Come here and give me fifty!" Eric pointed to Jen, and she walked towards him slowly.

"Sorry..." I whispered to her as she passed me, and Jen looked at me with smirked on her face. Carefully so Eric wouldn't see her expression.

Now both twins doing push-ups as Eric circled them one last time before he stopped and stood right in front of Jack's face. So close, that Jack's face could touch the end of his boots with his forehead. I didn't realize that I was staring at Eric until his gray eyes caught my eyes. I immediately throw my head away, grabbed my knives and walk to the large target at the end of the room.

"Hey stiff!" He shouted. I stunned as I thought to myself that wouldn't be good. "Stop!" He started to walk towards me but I kept going forward to my station. "Are you deaf or what? I said stop!" Tone on his voice was getting higher.

I stop as I reached my spot right beside Tris and turned back to face him. "I'm sorry sir, I just want to start practicing," I said and we were staring at each other for a few seconds until I blinked and head my face down.

"If I said stop, you stop! Don't let me repeat it again, stiff!" He moved one step closer and I felt my heart pumping and tried to run away from inside my chest. Tris and Christina glanced at me but continue back to their business after Eric glared at them. "Yes, sir..." I replied and tried my best to show no fear when I talk.

He still didn't move away from me. "Is there anything else sir?" I asked. He didn't say a word and still didn't move. "Sir?" I asked him again and looked up to see him. He shrugged and walked away.