"Bailey, focus" Logan stood in front of me, his arms defending the rest of his body.
"Hit me"
I swung at him. He stopped my arm and twisted it around.
"You may have beat Erik, but you're not gonna take me down"
He pulled my body close to his.
"Focus" He whispered.
I took in a deep breath as he let me go. His arm outstretched, smacking against my left shoulder.
I kicked at his shin, dropping him down. My knee made contact with his face. That was the end. He laid on the mat, his nose bleeding.
He gasped and swallowed.
"Good job"
I pulled him off the floor and handed him a towel.
"Wanna see something?" He asked, dabbing the towel against his nose.
"Sure"
He led me up a long flight of stairs. Then opened a door at the top. The roof.
The sun was just rising over the horizon. I could see the towering skyscrapers of Wisdom and the long row of solar panels in Selfless.
He pointed over at the community tower in Wisdom.
"They're planning something" Logan said.
"Planning what?"
"An attack on Courage" He replied.
"How do you know?"
"They're gathering up weapons, and drugs"
He handed me a pair of binoculars. I could see people scrambling back and forth, carrying crates of weapons and pills.
"They've been making new drugs...Drugs that'll work on the Immune"
"And what happens if they get to us?" I asked.
"They'll turn us into zombies and use us to attack Selfless and other Districts"
"Can they do that? That's against all we know"
"Do you really think they care about that, Bailey?"
I shook my head. "I don't really know what they care about"
"It's obviously not us" He said quietly
"Can I ask you something?"
He nodded slightly.
"The piercings...What'd you do?"
He kicked around a few rocks on the ground.
"I disobeyed...They whipped me...In front of everyone"
He took off his shirt and turned his back towards me. Thick lines covered him. I traced my fingers down his back.
"I'm so sorry" I said apologetically.
"This place is not what it seems, Bailey"
He put his shirt back on and grabbed my hand, looking into my eyes.
"We need to stop Wisdom before they do something stupid"
"I agree...But how?" I asked.
We both looked towards the tower.
"We infiltrate headquarters, destroy the drug and kill Brianna"
A few days before this, I wouldn't have been thinking of taking down the Government...I wouldn't have been thinking anything.