Innocence Lost

Chapter 7 (Fights)

I woke up shivering, I had fallen asleep on the damn roof.  Being half asleep, I found it difficult to find my way back down to the dorms. Luckily I made it to the pit and found my way back from there.  Looking over at the clock I noticed we still had another couple of hours left till training, so I crashed on my cot, pulling out the picture I have of Kylie from underneath my mattress. Visiting day can't come soon enough.

What if she doesn't come?

We were woken up by loud metal clanging against the bed rails like our first night in Dauntless.  Everyone jumped out of their beds, panicked. We should be used to surprises by now.

Four was standing there with a smirk on his face "Rise and shine initiates.  Fights start today, so don't be late!"

He headed out of the dorms and nearly every person dropped back into their beds. I got up and got ready as quickly as I could. I needed to get Eric off my mind and today would be a perfect distraction.

"Jesse, come on, lets go get something to eat" I say groggy.

"Wait, Kate."  He tugs on my hand to stop me. 

"Where were you last night, you never came back to the dorm.  Did Eric hurt you?" 

"No, relax.  I went up to the roof to get some fresh air and I fell sleep" I say shrugging.

"You fell asleep on the roof?" He looked confused.

"Yes! Come on, I need food" I say pulling him. 

Caroline was ready so I grabbed her with my other arm. Thomas came running after us, tripping over someone's boot.

"Fuck!  Hold up guys" he yells.

When we got to the mess hall the Dauntless born were all loud and hyper as usual.

"Are you guys ready for today?" Damon yelled over to us.

We give each other a look as we sit a few tables down from them.

"Oh, guess not" he laughed as we sat.

Tyler, James, and Amanda walked in ten minutes later.

"Why is everyone so glum?" Taylor jokes.  We each throw our muffins at him.

"What?" He laughs.

We get to the training room nervous to see who we were fighting. Lauren and Dylan were standing next to the board talking.  Why is he here?  As my eyes looked at the board I wanted to die. 

Hector vs James
Val vs Allen
Damon vs Kate
Jay vs Tyler
Ryan vs Rain
Amanda vs Chris
Lori vs Jesse
Aiden vs Caroline
Lucy vs Brenden
Evan vs Thomas
Aurora not fighting

I'm fighting Damon?

That can't be right. Eric had set me up to fight the number one ranked initiate. He truly was a sadist fuck, there's no way I could beat Damon. All the initiates are now in the training room, the Dauntless born all rowdy while the transfers stood quietly. Jesse puts his arm over my shoulder, he knows I'm freaking.

"You think Eric set this up intentionally? I've heard he's known to do shit like this out of spite" he says.

"Of course he did. He knows I have absolutely no chance against Damon" I answer defeated.

I shake my head in frustration. I don't understand. Eric and I seemed to be getting along last night, we were actually having a civil conversation for once. I looked across the room to find Damon glancing over at the board. The huge grin that was on his face slowly disappeared once he saw he was fighting me.  He looked over with a muddled look on his face.