All right chapter FOUR is a go! See what I did there! This chapter isn't specifically about four, but I want to name the chapter that anyway. Can you guess what I am going to name chapter SEVEN? Or should do SIX? Ha Ha! any ideas for faction nicknames for ally? I can't think of anything good. I think I am going to use this one, but yea. Sorry for the long wait. I just had A LOT going on last weekend, and the week before... I am seriously busy all the time, so don't expect a regular update! All right, here we go!
Austin's Pov.
Ally is insane. I don't how she lives here. She literally runs around this place. That wouldn't be a problem, except there is no railings, and the walkway in 200 feet up. I am dizzy just thinking about it! I keep pulling her back to me when ever she gets close to the edge, and she giggles, and wiggles out of my grasp. As we approach what she is describing as "The Pit" some one spots us.
"Hey Gator!" A boy who seems about our age yells to Ally running over to her with open arms. He seems familiar but I can't put my finger on it. "Where have you been?"
"Hey! I was hanging with Austin for my birthday." She say hugging back.
"Good for you, did you have a good time?"
"Yep!"
"You want to join us for paint balling? We're heading over to the pier, then maybe we can go to the Hancock building for a zip?"
"Tempting, but I promised Austin I would show him around."
He snaps his head up so he is looking at me. I glare at him. Then I recognize who it is. Dallas. He is a kid that goes to our school. He is also on the Varsity team, but he doesn't play too much.
"Crap." He whispers dragging Ally away. She turns away from him, and silently say sorry to me.
A few minutes later she came back over to me, I grab her hand and we continue down the hall way.
"You never told me Dallas was here too." I say as calmly as I can muster.
"I never told you I was here until an few hours ago." She says.
"Where to next?" I decide to change the subject.
"Ummm" She looks around "follow me."
"Were else could I possibly go?"
"Shh!"
"Sorry." I whisper she drags me over to a long hall way. I hear rushing water. I wonder were she's bringing me? We approach a small bridge that seems to only have handles on one side. I don't want to know.
"This is the chasm" Ally says braking the silence. "According to Four it re-" I cut her off.
"Who's Four?"
"My brother? The one you meet like an hour ago?"
"I though his name was To-"
This time she cuts me off. "You can't say that name here. Not with other people around."
"What's the pro-"
"I told you not now! We can discus the topic later."
"Would you stop cutting me off!" I yell
"Not unless you listen to me."
"Has any one ever fallen off of the ledge before?"
"Plenty." Someone jumps every year.
"Why? Is it some kind of dare? The ultimate test of bravery."
"No, if they jump they die. It's almost impossible to survive."
"Oh... What do you mean by almost?"
"Someone jumped and survived once, but they were really torn up. It was a failed suicide."
She's standing really close to the edge, almost like she wants to fall...
"One time during initiation, I didn't want to play paint ball because I was scared that the paint balls would hurt. Eric made me hang over the ledge for 8 minutes because I was being cowardice, and talking back to him. Nearly slipped off, but I was fine. I could do it easy now."
"One question, where can I find this Eric." I say making quote signs with his fingers.
"Austin he's a dauntless leader, you be dead in a second."
"Sure, like you would know."
"Austin I live here, and work with him. I have seen him do it too."
"Ally your not safe here!"
"You can't call me that either! she hisses at me."
"Why not!"
"Like I said before, I'll tell you later. Just call me gator, ok?"
"Yea sure, why?"
"Because that's what almost everyone else calls me, except Tris and Four."
"Why do they get to call you Al-"
"Because they don't say it unless we are alone! Ok!"
"Fine, but this means that you have no excuse to not tell me later."
Ally's Pov.
Dallas pulled me over to the initiation bunks with out a word. He seemed pissed.
"Are you serious!? You can't just bring outsiders in here like it's 'no big deal' he'll humiliate us!" Dallas shouts at me
"Then we'll beat him up." I say simply.
"Gator, we both know you would beat up your boyfriend."
"Why not? He still seems to think that he's was stronger than me. It would be hilarious!"
"Gator." Dallas says seriously.
"Ok ok! but what do you prepose I do?"
"Show him the chasm. Maybe he'll want to leave."
"Fine I will!"
"Wait... your not allowed over there by your self." He says slowly remembering what happened during initiation.
"To late now!" I yell sprinting around the conner, closing and lock the door so he's trapped.
"Gator! Let me the hell out now!" He yells through the door. "No! I am going and you can't stop me!"
"Gator don't you dare walk away!"
"I'm leaving!"
"If you ju-" His voice to far away for me hear the end of his sentence, even if I do know what he was going to say.
once I join up with Austin again, I bring him to the chasm. While we are talking, I lean over the edge more, I just want release some times... I decide to tell him something that may or may not have been such a great idea.
"Someone jumped and survived once, but they were really torn up. It was a failed suicide." I might be lying, but I would never tell him that person was me.
"Who was it? Do I know them?"
"Yea..."
"You're not going to tell me are you?"
"I don't think they would be very happy if I did."
Just tell him, I don't mind.
Ms. Pennyworth?
Yes Ally dear...
Are you here to convince me not to jump again?
Ally. You were lucky that time. You WON'T be lucky again. I promise.
But this is something I have to do.
Ally you aren't the same girl you were two years ago. You ranked first in your initiation, you faced, and overcame your worst fear, and you were strong enough to survive a jump that no one ever has before. You are not Allison any more. Your Gator. A rough and tumble, brave, beautiful grown up girl.
You always know what to say Ms. Pennyworth.
"Gator!" Austin shouts, "snap out of it!"
"Huh? Sorry."
"It's fi-" He gets cut off by a voice from around the corner.
"Gator stop!" Dallas yells.
Dallas Pov. (Didn't see that coming did ya?)
Gator locks me in the initiate bunk room and walks away.
"I have to out of here." I whisper to myself. I know she'll jump. There's no denying it. Then I hear a loud crash outside the door.
"Hey! Get me out of here!" I yell against the door.
"Dal?" Says a voiced I'd recognize anywhere.
"Cass!" I yell. "Gator locked me in!"
"Hang on." She mumbled, I hear he fumbling with her keys. She drops them. "Shit!"
One of the keys slides under the door.
"Cass it's in here!" I yell sliding it back to her. She shoves the key in the door and opens it so I can see her.
"Gators at the chasm." I say, fear written all over my face.
"WHAT!?" She screams.
"We need to find Four and Six." I tell her. "Like, now."
"Okay, I'll check the pit, you go to their apartment."
"Meet me back here."
"K" She says running off.
I scramble over to my instructors apartment. When I get there, they are just walking in. "Four! Six!" I yell.
They turn around abruptly.
"Dallas whats g-" Six starts, but I cut her off.
"Gators at the chasm."
"WHAT!?" They shout. They sprint past me, and I run to catch up with them.
"We need to meet Cassidy back at the initiates bunk room first."
"No." Four says sternly.
I understand his panic. Gator is his only sister, and I don't expect him to be scared of almost losing her again. As we round the corner to the chasm I yell.
"Gator stop!" They both spin on their heels to see me. Four and Six come barreling behind me. Six stops next to me with a terrified look on her face, and four keeps running. He slams into her, and the fall to the floor with him pinning her down. Austin just puts his hands up, and walks slowly backwards towards me. Cassidy rounds the corner, and stops next to me in tears. It really does pain me to see her like this. Ally has tears welling up in her eyes and they softly fall to the floor.
"Dallas how did you get out." She says choking on her tears.
"I found him." Cassidy pips up.
"Why wont you let me fall!" She screams at Four.
"I'm not losing you again!" He yells back.
"Losing her?" Austin whisper from next to me. He's talking to himself. "What?" a single tear rolls off his cheek.
"You didn't tell him?" I question her.
"Didn't tell me what?" Austin says
"Aust-" Gator starts
"What didn't you tell me Ally!"
"Stop calling me that!" She screams.
Then it clicks. She doesn't want to be called Ally, because thats who she is trying to get rid of. She doesn't want to be the scared, fake, breakable little girl anymore. She mentally can't take it anymore.
"Austin don't you get it!" She says. "That story I told you. That person was me. Ever wonder why I wouldn't tell you REAL reason I was out of school so long? I was hospitalized for seven months!"
"What!" Austin whispers shaking his head in disbelief.
"Ally's dead." She says plainly. "And Gator will be too."
That caught my attention. She knees Four where the sun don't shine, and slaps his face. Hard. He rolls off groaning. Jumping up, she runs over to the railing, and jumps over.
"Ally!" We all scream.
"no, No, NO, NO!" Four screams.
He leans over the railing looking down. He breaths a sigh of relief and turns toward us.
"She hit the ledge again."
"Oh thank god!" Six lets out a breath she had be holding.
"How is that good?!" Austin screeches, his voice cracking.
Four grabs his shirt and slams him against the wall.
"That means she'll live." He says, his voice dangerously low.
So by hitting the ledge first, it slowed her fall to the rocks And she didn't land nearly as hard. So she's just hurt. Maybe... They can tell she hit the ledge first, because her shoe came of when she hit it and it is still there. Along with some blood.
Ok, so again I am extremely sorry for not updating! I had like 20 million things on my plate. I should be updating more regularly now. Ok, so I may or may not put a little twist in here... Tell me what you think. I gave you a longer chapter to make for the time gap. And here's the deal...
Tris was in Ally's, Cassidy's, and Dallas's initiation class.
Tobias is Ally's brother, and he is not a huge fan of Austin.
Austin and Ally are dating, and Cass and Dal are also dating.
