Tris' POV

"Well?" I ask her. "Who do you think it is?"

Christina shrugs. "Well, it could be anyone with a grudge against a highly important or popular person. Eric. Four. Max. Those are the three important people. Someone could be targeting them..." she got a glint in her eyes. "Or they could be targeting each other."

I smile, but not warmly. More like an evil smile. "Let's go find out."

"CLAUSTROPHOBIA," I say to the others that know. "Jumping off a building, something about guns. Those are three of the fears that Christina remembers. When Eric and Max go into their Fear Landscapes, we have to hack the computers, to see if they have those fears. That's first. Then...the harder part. Finding out who did it."

They- Tobias, Christina, Uriah, Zeke, Marlene, Lynn, Shauna and Tori, bang the tables and shout. That's the Dauntless way of showing that you agree with something.

We head to the room that shows the timetable for everyone. Eric's next one is later today, and Max's is tomorrow morning. Perfect. Not so long, but long enough for us to hatch a plan.

"Four will hack into the computers," Tori starts.

"He'll channel the program into the portable device he gave us," I continue, holding a device up for everyone to see.

"Then we'll know for sure who this person is targeting," Christina finishes. "Since Tris already knows Four's fears."

Everyone looks at me.

"Yeah. But first things first- Eric and Max." I try for a smile, and to my surprise, it works.

"Then let's go see what Eric's afraid of."

Half an hour later, we- except Tobias- are gathered in Christina's apartment, me mounting the small device up on a wall. Suddenly it blinks to life.

I see Eric in the Erudite compound. He is walking to the HQ, with a nervous look on his face. He opens the door gingerly, and asks for Jeanine. When he sees her in her office, she glares down at him as he says, "We-we couldn't develop the serum, Ms. Matthews."

She yells in rage and screams at Eric and his team for being morons, and Eric cowers. So that's what he's afraid of. Jeanine being angry because he failed. He stares straight ahead, trying to hide the fear in his eyes. He punches Jeanine in the throat and she crumples. The simulation moves on.

It goes on and on for 11 more fears, but none of them what we are looking for, though there was one obstacle where Eric had to shoot the ones he loved most in order to save the rest of the world. Sacrifice. He's afraid of sacrificing.

That was the only thing to do with guns. Eric wasn't claustrophobic, and none of the fears had to do with jumping off a building except a minor part of a fear where he had to escape from terrorists, and the people he killed in his lifetime. He had to jump of a building. But Christina said it wasn't Eric. "I would've broke down under the pressure of sacrifice," she said. "And the guilt of seeing people I'd killed would've crushed me."

Me too. In fact, I kind of feel guilty now, watching Eric's fears, things that should be very, very personal. Then again, he watched MY fears, so not THAT guilty.

"So, not Eric. Let's check on Max tomorrow," Lynn says. We troop out, and head to the tattoo parlour, which is our rendezvous point, to meet with Tobias. He's already there, in the back, where we go regularly to discuss private matters.

"How was it?" he asks quietly.

I shake my head. "It's not Eric."

He nods. "I thought so. He isn't usually the target. He's more of the...attacker."

"We'll have to check Max tomorrow," Tori says. Everyone nods.

"You really think it's him?" Lynn asks.

"No guarantees," Tori replies. "But it's worth a try. If it's not him...well...it's got to be Four."

"Are you going to see my Landscape?" he asks nervously. No wonder. Why would you want to show some random Dauntless your weaknesses?

Tori shakes her head. "You wouldn't want to do that, would you? No. You just have to put Christina in, just to confirm."

He sighs in obvious relief. "OK. That's okay."

"Let's get to it then!"

THE NEXT DAY...

"Rise and shine, lazybones!" Christina yells to me, pulling off the blanket. I groan.

"Chriistttinnaaaa..." I say.

"Come on! Get ready! We have to catch Max's Fear Landscape!"

"Urrrggghhhh..." I say, but still get up, wash up and get changed.

A few minutes later, we're back in Christina's apartment, set up with our little screen. We see black for a while, then Max, walking through his first fear- drowning.

I never expected that.

Like Eric, we skimmed through the details. There were around 10 fears, but none of which were like anything Christina described, except for one where he was forced to shoot everyone blindfolded, and accidentally killed his loved ones.

"So, it's not Max. Meaning it has to be Four," Christina said. "When can I see his landscape?"

I shrug. "I don't know. But please, you have to promise not to show or tell ANYONE about it. Clear?"

She nods. "Clear."

Sorry I haven't updated in forever! But at least there's no cliffhanger.

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