Innocence Lost

Chapter 5 (Punishment)

When I woke up the next morning I could barely move, my muscles were so sore. I just laid there for a few minutes staring up at the ceiling. I suddenly hear a moan come from Jesse's bed.

"Owe yeah, this stings" he says referring to his new tattoo.

I look over at him "Serves you right for getting that monstrosity"

He rolls his eyes at me "Come on Goldilocks, let's get dressed and get something to eat"

"Call me that one more time and I'm going to punch you in your arm" I say while motioning towards his bandage.

Jesse grabbed my arm, stopping me from walking away "Kate, wait a second. I'm sorry if what I said hurt your feelings last night.  I'm just looking out for you" I could tell he was being sincere.

I give him a hug, I know he meant well "I can never be mad at you Jesse.  I get what your saying, but I'm a big girl now.  I got my big girl pants on" I say jokingly.

I look over at Caroline, who looks like a zombie getting dressed.

"Remind me not to go to bed too late anymore" she moaned.

"Did anyone hear anything about what happened last night?" I asked Jesse.

He shakes his head no "Sorry Kate"

When we get to the mess hall the Dauntless born were already there. We end up sitting two tables down from them. I filled my plate up with eggs and bacon since I was starving.

"Damn, I love a girl who can eat" Hector says leaning over my shoulder. He sits across from me, next to Jesse.

"Looks like you guys made it through your first day" he said before stealing a piece of bacon from my plate. 

"Hey" I playfully smack his hand away as he tried to take another piece.

"How's it going for you guys?" Jesse asked.

"Well, they train us a bit differently, more strenuously. We're used to it I guess" he answered shrugging.

This isn't good, they will surly kick our asses once fights start. After breakfast we make it to the training room with enough time to stretch since that's what Four expects us to do first thing. Before getting into some heavy PT, Four takes us on a run outside the compound, along with Lauren and the Dauntless born. He didn't take us far from Dauntless, considering what occurred went last night. Once we got back he had us doing hardcore calisthenics.

My arms felt like they were going to fall off from the amount of push ups he made us do. When we got to pull ups I was lucky I could do five. We were expected to add extra weight to our body's, which made it even more difficult. We continued with sit ups, squats, lunges, crunches, scissor kicks, leg raises, you name it we did it. For about an hour afterwards he has us do a session of weight training. Before breaking for lunch Four wanted everyone to do a high plank. My body was burning.

After lunch Four took us back up to the roof. There was a table already set up with pistols laid on it. Four motioned for us to come over to where the guns were. Eric was already up there waiting.

"Before we start shooting I'll be showing you how to properly assemble and disassemble a gun. Usually that's the first thing you would learn before using one but I wanted you all to get used to holding and firing one first" Four explained.