Every limb in Nico's body ached, to shift her weight was agony, to move her arms was unbearable, today's training had been particularly grueling, Nico couldn't pinpoint why exactly, nor could she recall the exact moment as to when she'd begun to feel the strain of the circuits. A sharp hiss whirled through the gaps of clenched teeth as she bent down to retrieve her gun. "Let me get that for you, sweetie." Said a voice above her, she recognized that voice, it belonged to the same person who had stopped her in the corridor, who belittled her agility skills, who thought calling her 'sweetie' was a good idea.

"You again?" Nico said with an arched eyebrow, trying to hide how painful it was to bend back up in front of Georgia, "How is it that until now I've never even been aware of your existence, and now that I am, I can't seem to get rid of you and that annoying Alabama twang in your accent?"

At this, Georgia raised her brows and gasped mockingly, pretending to be offended, "What can I say, I'm very elusive." She swooped down and tossed the gun to Nico who gracefully plucked it from the air, "You should see the doctor before combat training today."

"What? I don't ne-"

"I saw you seize up when you tried to walk, I saw the tremors in your hands when you were reloading, I shouldn't much like the idea of my little Nico in that sort of pain." She smiled sweetly as she patted Nico's cheek, quietly amused that she'd stunned the girl into silence.

My little Nico? Who is this girl? Nico thought incredulously, more importantly, why haven't I kicked the shit out of her yet? It was a question that shamed her to answer, even to herself, and if this girl made her feel shame, then she was a fearsome threat indeed. "I don't need a doctor, it's nothing a few hours of rest won't fix."

Georgia's wanton smile over her shoulder as she walked out of the gun range was what through Nico off, "In any case, darlin', make sure you're all set and ready for the fighting ring later, I'd like some competition, even if it is you."

The day was bright but her mood was bright enough to eclipse even the sun, Tris was nothing short of glowing on her way back to the Dauntless compound, content to see how well Cassandra had adjusted to life on the Amity farms, "Did she seem happy to you? She seemed happy, right?" Tris turned to Christina with an unfamiliar amount of uncertainty in her voice, for the life of her she couldn't fathom how Cassie had gotten so strong, the definition in her arms, the sturdiness of her calves and shoulders and the solid centre of her stomach, she was looking more like Nico every day, thank god the resemblance ends there.

"I think she's where she needs to be." Christina stated simply, but she knew Tris, and right about now she'd be worrying because Christina hadn't answered the question, "She's never looked better."

"Agreed." Tobias Chimed in, before the clatter of the train again grasped his attention, "Are you coming to the fighting area today?"

"Sure." Christina said, biting off age chunk of her apple, "Besides, I'm hoping I'll see Nico there, see if she has anything to say after our little disagreement."

Tris tried not to let the worry seep through on to her face when she saw that Nico was nowhere to be found, she watched as some poor girl was flung around every inch of the ring by a girl who looked to be well taught in these matters, calculating in her movements, footwork so refined it looked as though her feet did not touch the floor, these were the soldiers you wanted guarding the fence. "Okay, Georgia, wasn't it?" Tobias asked, the girl smiled brilliantly and nodded a tad over enthusiastically, "Good job today, why don't you take five and then go over to the gun range?"

Georgia was about to reply, but no sooner were her words replaced with a victorious smile did Nico sprint into centre of the room, glancing at Georgia and flashing her a ghost of a smirk, game on, bitch, it said, and Georgia knew it, "She's not quite done yet, dad." Nico said with authority, the two girls squared up to each other and the tension became palpable to Tris, Christina and Four and anyone else who looked their way.

"Woah, save it for the ring, ladies." Christina hooted, stepping in between the girls, noticing how the cocksure smile never left Georgia's face, "I think you might need to watch this one, Nico. I think the poor girl she fought before might have lost the use of her legs." She let out an awkward chuckle, wishing she was partially joking. The crowd re-assembled again as the two girls stepped into the ring but all Nico and Georgia could see was each other, all they cared about was beating the other, it was Nico who swung first, her calculating tactics and pre-meditated movements forgotten as the sounds of whistles and howls came gushing back, she was impatient, and eager to win, not for the others, not to add to her own personal accolades, but to prove to Georgia she was better.

Georgia missed the punch with ease, ducking and twisting from Nico's clumsy, rash attack, a breathless sound came from her mouth as she heard the other girl growl as she turned to land a second blow, unfortunately, when she made them, Nico learned from her mistakes and was not so forgiving with her second punch, Georgia found out when she hit the floor arse-first. "If you want to forfeit now, please do so." Nico beamed maliciously, "Save yourself any further embarrassment."

Georgia sprung from the floor as if she was never even there, the pang of discomfort at the small of her back forgotten as she tried to infiltrate Nico's defences, Nico ducked and dodged and bust Georgia's lip open and relished the screaming voices of the crowd that would soon belong to her.

Until she didn't.

Nico wasn't used to seeing the view from the floor, but after Georgia threw her over her shoulder she was unable to get back up from it, the feral barking of the crowd came to an abrupt standstill, and all Tris, Christina, and even Tobias could do was gawp.

Georgia leaned and pressed a patronizing kiss to Nico's sweat-beaded forehead and smirk triumphantly when their eyes met, "There is nothing annoying about my accent." She said, with that annoying Alabama twang in her accent.