Chapter 2: Her Fears Come True

Tris froze in panic, her mind suddenly very awake. It was dark, and her eye were adjusted, but she didn't dare look behind her to see who it was. She did not recognize the voice, it was husky and raspy. It almost sounded as if someone else was in the room, and they were breathing heavily. She took a deep breath. Memories of initiation came back to her; she remembered that night of being kidnapped by other initiates, including someone who she thought was her friend, Al. She shivered at the memory; she would fight this time. She would not let herself be seen as weak, she couldn't trust that someone would come to find her.

"Who are you?" Tris asked in her most intimidating voice. Sadly, it was not very intimidating. She slowly reached her hand out towards her dresser where she kept her gun.

"Ah, but what fun would that be if I told you?" He said, his voice was louder this time. Tris could not tell if he was getting closer or if he was just speaking louder. Their voices echoed off the walls, and Tris was having trouble even placing where the voice was coming from.

"It would make this a lot easier for you," she said and reached for the drawer handle. Before she knew it the man was grabbing her, pulling her towards him. She screamed and tried to fight back using her elbows, a technique she was taught by Four. Sadly he seemed to see this coming and he held her arms behind her back and slammed her hard onto her bed. She was fighting back, but it seemed like it was useless. He was just too big, and she was too small. She really couldn't do anything, she was trapped.

"Now now, this would have been a lot easier for you if you hadn't tried to get that gun. I have been watching you, Tris, I know where you keep it." His voice was right in her ear, she could feel his lips softly brush her earlobe. His warm breath on the side of her face sent horrified shivers down her spine and she gave up fighting him. She needed a new tactic, he was just too strong. He pulled back and she could almost picture his muscles rippling.

"What do you want from me?" She asked slowly. A bit of fear entered her voice, even though she tried to contain it.

"It's not you I want, it's your silly little boyfriend. Let's just say he cheated me when we were younger." His voice contained so much malice and hate. What could Tobias have done that she didn't know about? Tris formulated her words carefully as she turned her head a bit to look at him.

The first thing Tris saw when she looked at this man was a pair of cold, menacing grey eyes. They seemed to command force of her, almost more than his body. The second thing she saw was a group of piercings around his eyebrow, but as she looked further she saw that there were much more of them. He looked tall, especially to her tiny frame. She recognized him immediately, and cursed herself for not recognizing his voice. It was Eric.

"Cheated you? He beat you fair and square. Besides, you got your job, so why do you still care?" Eric scoffed and held Tris' arms tighter, making her wince in pain. Eric smiled down at her, and Tris wanted to crawl into a cave and never come out.

"You listen here, Stiff. You say one more word, and I will shoot you with your own gun. Understand?" He squeezed her elbows together, and Tris had to bite her lip to keep from calling out. She hesitated a few seconds before slowly nodding her head. She wanted to cry, her fear landscape was coming true. But she held it in, she had to be strong. She tried to think, how did she get out of this fear?

Eric had seen her wince and bite her lip, he knew that he was affecting her. He knew this would scare her, he had watched her go through her fear landscape. His smile grew, and Tris didn't think it was possible, but he looked meaner. His piercings seemed to stretch his skin, and he barely looked human. Tris closed her eyes, she needed to slow down her heart beat. She could get out of this, but how?

"Now that we have that settled, I can speak. You see, your stupid boyfriend thinks that he is better than me, when really, he isn't even worthy to spit on my shoes." Eric smirked, but Tris couldn't see him. She had turned to face the mattress. She didn't want to see the devilish look on his face. She noticed him letting his guard down, as if he did not believe that she would ever fight back. She had a plan.

"He cheated his way to the top of the initiate group, just like you Stiff. Pretty transfer boy from Abnegation. You two are rather alike. Anyway, I plan to stop his little game in his mind. He believes he is special, you see, but he is just another stupid little Stiff, just like you." He spat the last words at her and he leaned away from her. Seeing her chance, Tris pulled her arms away and slammed her elbow into Eric's stomach. He crumbled to the floor and Tris bolted out the door in the direction of Tobias' room. She heard screaming from her room, and then she saw Eric running after her.

"Come back here Stiff!" Eric screamed as he ran after her. Tris rounded the corner and started screaming Tobias' name. She saw a groggy Tobias open the door and then at the look on her face he woke up instantly. He saw Eric chasing her down the hallway. "What the hell?!" Four screamed.

Tris was running as fast as she could and grabbed Tobias and shoved him into the room, locking the door behind her. She braced the door with her body, and held it shut, but nothing came. Eric must have given up. Or, there was another explanation; he was waiting quietly right outside the door. As soon as she noticed nothing else was coming, she bursted out crying and collapsed against the door.

"Tris!" Tobias yelled and he sat down with her, holding her tightly in his arms. He sobbed against his chest, it had happened again.

One of her greatest fears had become real.

AN: Hello again! I decided to upload this chapter because I had it written, and I just could not wait for the weekend. Lucky for you guys! Once again, if you have any ideas on plot or how I can improve the story please feel free to tell me! I want to give a shout out to Sofia333 and Divergentlover12 for being my first reviewers! Please leave a review, even if it is just to say hi. It really makes my day. Thank you all for reading this, it's my baby. I will have another chapter up Sunday at the latest, so keep posted!