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Previously…

"Eric Ryan Colter." He states firmly. He glances at no one. There's probably no one here for him.

"Were you working with Jeanine Matthews to up turn our government?"

"Yes." His voice his sharp but I can hear a hitch in it like he wants to say something else.

"Were you doing so willingly?"

It's silent as everyone waits for his answer. "No"

And now…

An earth-shattering roar fills the room as multiple Dauntless members get up begin to try and attack him many yelling at him angrily. All I can hear is the echoing 'no' in my ears as I look around at everyone.

No? No?! Then what was with his harsh treatment of… well, everyone? His violence and anger towards everyone makes no sense if he wasn't working for Jeanne.

It takes time for the unruly Dauntless members be calmed and or removed from the courtroom.

"Did you ever does Dauntless Leader Max with control serum?"

"No." Again up roar and disbelief.

"Did you kill anyone during the attack on Abnegation?"

It's so loud I can't hear anything but I watch his lips form the word no.

How could everyone's entire perspective of Eric be wrong? How could the evil and cruel Eric just… not be real a… a cover?

Before I know what, I'm doing I get up and walk to the front of the room, slipping through the Candor's keeping back the angry Dauntless members right in front of Eric as the judge asks another question. The rooms silent... or it seems silent. I can't hear anything but my racing heart. "Why did you not stop her plot?" I ask sharply, my voice rings around the room. For the first time he makes eyes contact with someone, with me, but his eyes aren't cold, they're full of emotion. Fear. Confusion. Almost searching for an answer.

"Because she had leverage." I can feel someone coming up behind me, so I quickly pull out my pocket knife and flick it open pointing it behind me. Who ever they are, they don't come closer.

"What was her leverage?"

He doesn't speak. He winces, and I can tell he's fighting the compulsion of the Truth serum. "What. was. Her. leverage?" I ask again this time more insistent.

I can tell the serum adds an extra kick when I ask him the second time by the way he crumples in on himself.

"My sister!" He roars out before falling to his knees taking deep breaths his hands in his hair.

There is still an up roar behind me but I ignore it as I watch Eric recover from fighting the serum. Once he's standing again I'm ready to ask more questions.

"Why would she threaten you?" I ask him, and he stares at me but for once I'm truly shocked by him. He's eyes are pleading, almost begging me not to make him answer.

He shakes his head as he lets out a grunt. "If you do not stop fighting the serum the pain will only get worse." I hear Jack tell Eric.

He knows he just doesn't want to speak something... something important is about to be said. I feel it. "Because..." He mutters as he lets out another grunt. He's tense his arms are bound up muscles bunched together as he clenches his fists. "I'm... I'm D-." He goes silent letting out another grunt, but I know what he was about to say.

"You don't have to answer that question." I shout with a squeak. Suddenly he's relaxed sagging where he stands his head hangings as he gasps for air.

I freeze for a second before I slowly turn to Jack Kang who nods his head. Silence runs throughout the room. No one murmurs or whispers. He hammers his gavel down and dismisses the trial. Without another look at Eric I turn around and begin to leave the room along with everyone else. As I reach the doors I feel Alec fall in next to me. I walk into the lobby and wait for Jack to come get me. Alec is silent just watching everyone leave like I do.

Was he telling the truth? He had to be he was under the truth serum. But if so...

Suddenly someone grabs my shoulder and spins me around before shoving me into the wall behind me cutting my train of thought short. "What the hell Tris!" He shouts as he gets in my face. "Why did you stop that fuckers trial?" He sneers at me angrily.

Four

I look up at him sharply. "Because there is more to this than we know and I'm going to find out what."

"He deserves to be executed, why are you defending him." He snaps at me grabbing my left arm and squeezing. Hard.

I jerk my arm away from him before I answer. "Because he might not be as guilty as you think so shove off with your personal feelings and think about this logically." It happens before I can react. Four's fist connects with the side of my face and I stagger to the side as I hear fighting and grunting to my right. I fall into the wall behind me as I hold my face recovering.

"Tris?" I hear someone yell and a hand lands on my shoulder helping steady me. I straighten up as the side of my face begins to ache, but I ignore it. "Are you alright?" I nod my head as I stand up glancing to my side to see a young Candor man.

"Think about it logically! He held a gun to my head!" Four shouts at me as he's dragged out of Candor headquarters by some other Dauntless members. I watch him get removed and turn to Alec to see his disheveled hair and split lip.

"Are you okay?" I ask, he lets out a laugh.

"That" he begins breathily. "was fun."

I offer a laugh as I squat down next to Benjamin, a small Abnegation boy I'd found while running through the streets trying to get away from Will with my mom. Both his father and sister were killed while he escaped. "I'm alright, are you alright?" He nods his head and I smile as I plant a kiss on his forehead.

"Leader Tris." I look up to find Jack Kang waiting I turn to Alec and he nods his head.

"I've got to go Ben but I'll see you back at Dauntless, okay?" I nod my head and ruffle Benjamin's hair again before I leave the two and follow Jack to the holding cell.