CHAPTER NINE

"Get your head in the game Snow!" Sergeant Patterson pulled me to my feet as we sprinted across Augusta Boulevard to a nearby building.

"Fuck! Fuck! Fuck! Fuck!" Hernandez screamed as Ybarra kicked the door in.

"I've got targets, at my twelve!" I screamed as I fired a few rounds at a factionless soldier. We made our way through the building and ran across an alleyway to cover.

"Anybody got eyes on?" Ybarra called out from my right. We started running between two houses and then across Grand Avenue. I was told that if I ever wanted to contact any of the other Divergent teens for anything other than military operations, I was to use a special channel set aside only for the Divergent.

"Rabbit, how y'all hanging over there?"

"It's pretty quiet over here, Snow. I don't like it."
"Roger that. Where are you guys headed?"

"We're supporting you guys. Sacred Heart, right?"

"Roger. Okay, we'll see you when we get there."
"Roger, Rabbit out."

A few minutes and a couple factionless units later, and my unit began to approach the hospital. We took refuge in a nearby house and started making a plan to get into the building. I told them of an employee entrance near a shaded, hidden area that we could get into, assuming they haven't changed the pass code.

"Alright Snow, you know this area better than anyone of us. You take point,#" Patterson said.

I led them down into a drainage ditch that would cover our tracks. Luckily, it was only filled with water. Pretty soon we were at the employee entrance.

"Stack up on the door. Snow, you're up. We'll cover you."

I knelt down, and that's when I felt the bullet graze my shoulder.

"SNOW! You alright? Get that door open!" I heard, wincing as I punched the code in.

"I'm fine! Get in!" We barged through the employee entrance and barricaded the door so that we couldn't be followed.

"Snow! You guys alright? We took down the guys that tried to ambush you," I heard Michael radio to me.

"Yeah, we're fine. Bullet grazed my shoulder. Nothing too bad."

"Lydia's gonna be pissed dude. Shit man, that was close."

"I know, she'll get over it. Snow out."

I got back up on my feet and pressed my SAW to my still bleeding shoulder. Ybarra put a bandage over it so it wouldn't bleed all over the place.

"Okay guys, the computers are this way. We're gonna have to head to the fifth floor," I said, leading them down a hallway to the stairwell. I kicked down the door, wincing at the pain in my shoulder, and we made the long trek up four stories worth of stairs.

A few minutes later and we were crouched in front of the door on the floor five.

"Okay, so the offices are up here. I'm gonna need some time to transfer this data to your servers. I don't know how long it'll take, but Bravo Six should be here soon to support us, as Rabbit has been telling me," I whispered, unsure if there were enemy targets on the other side of the door.

I heard the four others whisper "Hooah," so I slowly crept the door open. I was met with two passing guards, but they didn't see me.

Patterson and Hernandez grabbed the two guards and snapped their necks. I saw by the blue armbands that they were wearing that these two were Dauntless traitors. The Dauntless in me had no pity for them. I kicked the bodies and watched them tumble down the stairs, spitting at them as they fell.

Patterson crept out from our hiding spot, and we began to take positions. I sat down on the floor under a computer and began to work my magic. Next thing I knew, all hell broke loose.