Chapter 1
I sit up bolt upright in the chair with Tobias standing nearby, I try to steady my breathing and glance around the simulation room. Max and Eric are standing outside looking in through the large glass observation window. I jump up and run my fingers through my hair and Tobias leads me out. Once down the hall and out of Eric's view, he pulls me into a tight hug. "You did great. Really, really great." I pulled back trying to stop my smile splitting my face is half. And failing.
"Sorry, if I embarrassed you, I just..." He pulled the lip I didn't know I was biting out of my teeth. "It's ok, you can't control it. I don't mind that much." I raise my eyebrows, "Maybe you were cut out for Candor Tobias, you're a terrible liar!"
We'd walked back to Tobias' apartment and were now stretched out on the couch turning on the tv. Just as we had found a program we both agreed on, the screen went blank and started flickering. Then a fuzzy picture of Jeanine appeared. Tobias and I share a look, "The hell?!" I ask as if he would know more than me. "No idea..."
The screen starts flickering and the black is soon replaced with an image of a severe looking woman dressed in a blue suit. Tobias and I share a look. Jeanine.
"Erudite, as the most powerful faction, believe that the Abnegation should not be in government positions. We are conducting a raid on the sector and putting the Abnegation under house arrest for all of the times they have taken from the rich and kept it for themselves. Any other faction members are welcome to join us." Tobias' forehead crinkles and a look of frustration flashes across his midnight blue eyes. "Bitch?" I say. "Bitch!" In spite of the situation, we both laugh.
"What should we do now? We can't let her do that!" I'm at a complete loss and can't think what to do. "Let's go see Max, he'll work something out. I should think there'll be a faction meeting too." All tiredness from the final test gone, my veins now running with adrenaline.
On the way down the corridor, we run into Uri and Zeke, both hosting the same look of confusion as us. They are heading to Max's office and evidently the whole of dauntless had seen the same footage. We walk in silence until we meet the large black door and Tobias knocks four times. "Come!" The four of us troop in to Max's room and stood in a somber line. "So, what to do?"
After standing in Max's office for what seemed like hours, we had come up with the solution- Dauntless members would attack and subdue Erudite. Any peaceful members would be allowed to stay and start again. Rebuild Erudite. At one point Uriah asked 'what if we fail?' Max coldly replied that we are dauntless, we don't fail.
That evening, after a quiet dinner, a faction meeting was called and the whole of dauntless met in the hall and were told the plan. We were told to prepare our weaponry and be ready to leave before dawn. So that's what Tobias and I were doing. "Alarm?" I ask, sure we would be unable get up otherwise. "There's no way you're getting up if not!" A pillow hit him square in the face and I giggled until he threw it back harder.
"Come on, bed. We'll need our strength tomorrow." Of course he's right but I still sigh. "Nervous?" I ask, already half knowing the answer. "Phff! Yeah right!" We laugh for a second before breathing as one and settling down to sleep.
Only my second fic, hope you like it. Not entirely sure about this but only one way to find out!