Hi everyone. I know it's Saturday and that I said I won't update on the weekends but I have a reason. All next week, I will be in New York with my high school choir and band. I won't be able to update at all next week so I thought I should give you guys an update before my trip. Don't worry, when I come back, you guys will get a big update.

Here is the next chapter and I don't own Divergent.


Chapter 2

TRIS'S POV

Marcus walked towards us and I felt Tobias push me behind him, blocking me from Marcus.

"Tobias, aren't you going to introduce me to your friend?" Marcus asked. "She is, after all, a guest here."

"You have no right to talk to him like that!" I spat at Marcus. "And we are not guests here; you kidnapped us!"

Marcus glared at me and I instantly regret yelling at him. "Wait, you're Andrew and Natalie Prior's daughter," said Marcus. "Beatrice."

"What do you want, Marcus?" Tobias asked.

Marcus turned to him. "You will call me by my name. I'm still your father and you will refer to me as such."

"You are not my father, and you never will be."

Marcus took off his belt and Tobias stiffed. The door opened and four men came in. Two men grabbed Tobias and pushed him against the wall while the other two men grabbed me. Marcus walked up to Tobias, belt in hand, and muttered the six words that still haunt Tobias. "This is for your own good." Marcus whipped the belt against Tobias's back and I could see Tobias clench his teeth, trying not to scream in pain. I struggled against the men holding me to try and help Tobias but I couldn't escape the men's grasp. Marcus continued to whip Tobias until his shirt was almost in shreds and deep welts layered his back. Marcus stepped away from Tobias and then turned to me. "Turn her around." The men turned me around so that my back was facing Marcus.

"No, don't do this," Tobias pleaded, realizing what Marcus was going to do. "Don't hurt her."

"You both need to learn to not disrespect me," said Marcus. "You'll thank me someday." He then whipped the belt against my back. I screamed in pain as Marcus continued to whip me; I could feel the belt tear my clothes and slash my skin, drawing blood. Tobias was yelling at Marcus, telling him to stop, but Marcus continued to whip me. When I felt like I was going to pass out, Marcus stopped and the men released me. I weakly looked up at Marcus and saw Tobias charging at Marcus. He turned to Tobias and swiped the belt at him, getting Tobias in the face. The men left the room and Marcus threw a bag at us before leaving as well.

I managed to get over to Tobias and looked him over. The belt missed Tobias's eye but there was a cut on his forehead. I wanted to check his back but Tobias wouldn't let me.

"I'm fine, Tris," he said. "How do you feel?"

I didn't want to tell him that my back felt like it was on fire so I just shook my head. "What's in the bag?"

Tobias turned to the bag and peered through it. "A change of clothes, a loaf of bread, and one water bottle."

"Are there any bandages?"

He shook his head then took out the water bottle and ripped off a piece of his already tattered shirt. "I guess we have to improvise." Using the water bottle, he wet the cloth and turned to my back. "This might sting." I nodded and Tobias placed the wet cloth on my back. I let out a hiss of pain and Tobias hesitated. He waited a bit before continuing to clean my back. After he was done, Tobias gave me a shirt from the bag. He turned around while I took off the ripped shirt and put on the new one, which was a loose grey shirt. I grabbed the wet cloth from Tobias and started to clean his back.

"How did you survive with him after all these years?" I asked him.

"I learned that if you scream in pain, he will whip harder," said Tobias. "If you don't yell in pain or anything, the pain only lasts a few minutes."

I finished cleaning Tobias's back and placed the cloth on Tobias's cut. "What else did Marcus do?"

"After he was finished giving me my 'lesson', Marcus would put me in a closet for days. He would also make me hang off of buildings and not give me food for days."

"Is that how you got the fear of heights and small spaces?"

Tobias nodded then put on the other grey shirt that was in the bag.

"What do we do now?"

"Eat." Tobias handed me half a loaf of the bread. "We're going to need our strength."

I took the bread and only ate a little. I could tell Tobias was doing the same thing I was doing. We didn't know how long we were going to be here or if we were going to get more food.


I have no idea how long we have been stuck in this room. There are no windows or clocks so I don't know how much time has passed or what time of the day it is. Tobias and I have rationed the bread so we only eat when we have to. Now, we only have enough bread for one more meal. The water is gone though, mostly because we wasted it on cleaning our wounds.

Tobias and I were sitting in the corner of the room, talking to try and forget the situation we're in. "How do you feel?" Tobias asked.

"Thirsty," I answered, which was true; my mouth was so dry that it was hard to swallow.

"Same here."

"Do you think Marcus left us here to die?"

"No, he's going to leave us in here for a while then come back. At least we aren't in any closets."

I placed my head on Tobias's shoulder and Tobias wrapped his arms around me. "Does anyone know that we are gone?"

"I hope so."

The door then opened and Marcus walked in, with the men following behind him. I looked at what the men were holding and my heart almost stopped. They were holding knives, whips, rope, and a metal rod. Marcus smiled at us before advancing.

CHRISTINA'S POV

I was in the cafeteria, picking at my food with the fork. It had been three weeks since I had last seen Four or Tris and no one know where they were. Max and other Dauntless leaders had organized a search party to look for the two but they came up with nothing.

I sighed then looked at the ring on my finger. After initiation was over, I was going to tell Tris that Will proposed to me. Instead, I find out that my best friend and her boyfriend have gone missing.

Will sat down across from me and gave me a small smile. "How're you doing?"

"I could be worse," I answered.

Will grabbed my hand and gave it a light squeeze. "We'll find them, even the leaders say they won't stop until they find Four and Tris."

"How's work going?" I didn't want to talk about my missing friends and I wanted to change the subject. Will understood but he didn't really help. "We've just been looking through tapes to see if we can find any clues to Four and Tris's whereabouts." After we finished our initiation, Will decided to work in the control room; along with Zeke and Four.

"Did you find anything?"

Will shook his head. "Zeke's getting frustrated; he almost threw a chair across the room."

"How are the others doing?"

"Uriah is talking to the other faction leaders; to see if they know anything, Lynn says she'll keep a lookout by the fence, Marlene and Shauna are asking around the compound to see if anyone saw them before they went missing."

I nodded, happy that most of our friends have useful jobs. Uriah is a faction ambassador, Lynn guards the fence, Shauna is a nurse, and Marlene is a trainer for the Dauntless born; I also help Marlene train the Dauntless born.

"I hope we find them soon," I said.

"Me too."

FOUR'S POV

I was lying on the ground, with Tris beside me. We were both trembling in pain and there was blood surrounding each of us. Marcus had beaten, whipped, cut, and burned us but the worst he did was when he groped Tris. I fear that Marcus will rape Tris or worse.

"Tobias," Tris croaked. "It hurts." I reached my hand out and grabbed Tris's hand. She looked up at me and I could see tears forming in her eyes. Tris was in so much pain right now and there was nothing I could do about it. I brought Tris into my arms and gently held her. Tris wrapped her arms around my waist and placed her head in the crock of my neck. As we held each other, all I could think about was getting out of here.


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