A/N: Hey so thank you for all the support I got from that last chapter! I hope you like this one, sorry it took so long to publish I have been really busy finals. I'm working on some more stuff for this page, PM me with some recomendations of different story genres I really need ideas. Hope you like it and keep reviewing!
The training room was colder than I expected. I pulled my thin windbreaker closer to my arms, leaning against the rough brick wall. I glanced at my watch, 6:52, Four should be here any minute. I stepped along the perimeter of the room, remembering all the times, good and bad I had in this room just a month ago. My hands felt along the rough wall as I walked feeling every crevice and hole as if digging deeper would take me back to before all of the Erudite nonsense. No. I told myself. I don't want to go back. I didn't have Four then, the love of my life, the person that made all of this worth it.
As if on cue Four came rushing into the room, but when he saw me he stopped in his tracks. A smile played across his lips as he took slower, much more sure steps toward me. After what felt like forever, he was standing in front of me his face just six inches away.
"Why did this day feel like it went on forever?" He asked me, placing his hand at my cheek, thumb grazing my lips and chin.
"I guess when you pick a boring job in the control room, that tends to happen." He laughed and pulled me into a kiss, one hand at my cheek and the other at my waist. I smiled and let him hold me. I liked being held by him. It felt good, like nothing could ever hurt me. Too soon he had pulled away, a serious expression replaced his relaxed one.
"We need to talk." He said. I nodded slowly just as I had this morning. "About the Abnegation… look before we do I just want you to know that your parents probably have nothing to do with this okay. They probably don't even know what's going on."
"Tobias… your scaring me." It wasn't often that I called him by his real name. Not even in private, he had told me that he didn't want the rest of the Dauntless to find out who he really was.
"The Abnegation, well, not all of the Abnegation… but the ones that matter… they want revenge for the disrespect and… and the threats they made. They think that the Erudite have become too power hungry and… and they think it needs to be under new management."
"New management? What does that even mean?" I ask him before it dawns on me. "Marcus. He wants control of Erudite?" Four nodded. "Why? They backed down didn't they? They stopped their threats and propaganda?" Then I remembered who Marcus was, I remembered what he was willing to do to Tobias to get what he wanted. I shuddered. ¨Fine so how does Marcus plan on doing this, without Dauntless support and Candor support and- hell he probably doesn't even have the support of his own faction."
¨That's the thing. He does. The abnegation are smart people, if they think it's for the good of the people, they will do whatever it takes to...help. I don't think they are willing to resort to violence from what I heard, but they are willing to use force." I scoffed.
¨Abnegation? Force?" I laughed, ¨What are they going to slap them with their robes or make eye contact for a little too long? Think them to death?"
¨Who sent me to get the truth serum for abnegation?"
¨What?¨
¨Who.
¨I dont know… um… Dauntless leadership?" He nodded.
¨And who gave us the serum for Abnegation?¨
¨Candor.¨ Then it dawned on me. Abnegation did have the support of the other factions.
¨Your parents are currently undergoing peace deals with Amity and the Factionless but apart from that Abnegation is in total control. There are even some guys on the inside that are helping us download all the Erudite data onto Abnegation computers so that, if the time comes-
¨They can kill all of Erudite just like they were going to do Abnegation? This is ridiculous! Abnegation is supposed to be the selfless faction and now theyŕe, what, waging war on Erudite. Absolutely ridiculous."
"Look I don't know what Marcus has planned but I know it involves stripping Janine and a lot of other bad people from their power."
"Listen to you! You sound exactly like them! Exactly like her!" I run my hands through my hair pacing back and forth against the wall."And since when have you been on board with whatever Marcus says? I thought you hated the man." He sighed and sat down looking defeated. Suddenly I felt the anger in my heart melt away. I wanted to hold him and tell him I cared- No. Let him talk.
"I did- I do. I'm just trying to do what's best for the factions." He stood up standing tall over me, his hands taking mine. "I'm trying to do what's best for us." I suppress the urge to kiss him and tugged my hands from his turning away so I didn't have to look at him anymore.
When I was looking at him I was weak, I could-and would do anything for him. But now I wasn't looking at him and I could blink away the tears and put the walls around my heart back up.
"Tris-" He called out to me. I heard his voice break. I didn't turn back to him. I didn't look. I didn't say anything to tell him that I loved him, that I was still his. I just turned and walked away. Maybe if I did I wouldn't have gone to bed that night with tears in my eyes and a million questions swirling through my head.
