Tris' POV

OMG. I am personally going to KILL Mariah Winters.

She has taken away everything we've hoped for, just by spitting out an insect.

Four feels like crap. He keeps on blaming himself- that ONE burst of energy could've helped, spitting out that ONE insect would've led us to victory. But no, he says. We had to tie.

I don't blame him: the challenge was very tough and he's claustrophobic. But the reality is that they tied and we could possibly lose our one and only chance to finally settle down and build a life.

It's not that Dauntless is horrible. It's really fun, and there are some things there that you couldn't get anywhere else, but it's not exactly a place you would go to to settle down.

Carl said that we, Amity and Dauntless, would have to go back to the FYF compound for our fate, and to choose a possible rep just in case.

But that's code for: we're going to have a new round, so get ready! We've chosen Lynn. It was really between Lynn and Marlene, but Lynn seems more hardcore so we chose her, not that Marlene isn't brave.

-at the FYF compound-

"Welcome Amity and Dauntless!" Carl booms. "We are gathered here to decide your fate! As you all know, the last round was a tie between Four and Mariah. We at Face Your Fears have never experienced such a problem, so we are left with a problem."

They never had this problem before. Well, trust the factions to conjure it up. There are a lot of murmurs.

"Settle down everyone. Let me explain how we are going to deal with this. Parliament. You decide the best method for yourselves. We've narrowed it down to: Four and Mariah challenging again, a new challenge with new reps or a coin toss."

Discussions. As part of the discussion, I know that the coin toss was quickly narrowed out. Four is very keen on the new challenge. So am I, Marlene, Lynn and Uriah. But Will, Christina and Eric are leaning on the Four vs Mariah idea. The majority of Dauntless are on the 'new challenge' side.

The murmurs stop. "So, Dauntless? What did majority of you want?" Carl asks.

"Most of us voted for the new challenge," Four says. "Ratio around 5:1."

Wow, I never knew my boyfriend was so good at maths.

"Alright then. Amity?"

"We've decided on the new challenge too," Johanna, the leader of Amity, says. "I'm not very sure, but a rough estimate of the ratio would be 3:1."

"So majority of you voted for the new challenge. Well, the new challenge it is! Just in case the result resulted into this, Face Your Fears has prepared a new challenge," Carl says and takes out the envelope. "Participants are presented with a buffet. The buffet is made of your typical food- sausages, pizza and the rest. The difference? The 'pizza' is made of cow bile for a crust, blood paste for a sauce, rancid cheese and toppings of worms and fish eyes. The sausages are cow testicles. (These foods are not my ideas! They are from Fear Factor) The participants have to eat all of the items in the buffet. The participant that takes the longest time to do this is eliminated."

I look over at Lynn, as she processes what's in store for her. She seems stunned, then makes a face. Well, no wonder. I would nearly die if I had to do that. Compared to this challenge, mine seems like a day trip to Disneyland.

"Well, factions? What do you think? And while we're here, why not tell us your reps?" he says.

Christina speaks up. "I personally think it's DISGUSTING. My challenge with the insects seems like a holiday compared to this. To actually consume these things? Are you sure we won't get a stomach ache? And our rep is Lynn." Trust Christina to speak her mind. I'm not saying it's bad.

"Err, it's good that it's disgusting, to make it more fearful. And no, you wouldn't get a stomach ache. Hopefully. Lynn? OK. Amity?"

Joy, the Amity who was against Tris in the first round, speaks up. "What Christina said. And our rep is Hilary." A pretty brunette girl with striking green eyes like a cat's or an emerald steps out. "Hi. Hilary, from Amity, faction of origin Erudite. I'm appalled by the challenge and think it's disgusting, but on a show like this what are you gonna do?" She puts her hands out in somewhat-shrugging position (I dunno what it's called!) and shrugs.

What's up with this girl's formal language?

Carl laughs. "Precisely! Would you like to complete the challenge today or tomorrow?"

It's like our 2 factions speak with the same mind. "Tomorrow!" we all call.

"OK, so Lynn and Hilary get ready for the most interesting meal of your lives!"

OK, so I realise that this chapter was kinda of average length but filled with NOTHING and that it's kinda boring and I apologise but it was necessary to show how they solved the problem. Again, thanks for the reads, follows, favourites and reviews!:)))