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Colours ch. 10

I open my eyes and it feels like the skin around my eyes is peeling off. Ew. I smell disinfectant and that smell of sickness found in a hospital. Hospital? I open my eyes wider and see a white room, with a series of monitors covering the white wall. I am in a white bed with a blue blanket. That's when I notice the pain. My entire body feels sore, and my head feels disconnected to my shoulders.

"Hello Beatrice." A familiar voice says beside me.

Beatrice? I turn my head to the side and my mouth falls open. Sitting on the white plastic chair beside my bed is my mother.

"Mom?" I ask confused. How did she know I was here? Shame immediately washes through me. She must know I am Factionless. She must notice the change in my facial expression.

"Are you in pain? I could call the room nurse if you wish." She says.

I shake my head in response.

"How did you know I was here?" I blurt out. I have never kept a secret from my mother before the aptitude test before, but I don't want to own up to this, my being Factionless.

"I saw you when that handsome young man, Four brought you in. You must thank him for me." She says calmly.

"You met Four?" Is my only response.

She nods. "Briefly. He seemed like a polite young man." She says, almost fondly, in a mother like way. "But let's get back to you. I want to let you know that your father and I are and always will be proud of you, no matter where you end up." She says firmly.

"Where is dad?" I ask.

"He couldn't be here today, but he loves you all the same, even he has been selfish lately."

Selfish? My father? Something big must be going on, if my mother called him selfish. She very rarely gives negative comments at all.

She squeezes her hand and prepares to leave.

"I will meet with you shortly, my volunteer agency will be dropping off supplies at your compound." She smiles at me. "Oh, and Beatrice, be brave." And with that she leaves.

When the doors close Christina comes running in, followed closely by a calmer Will.

"Are you okay?" She squeaks.

I nod. "Better then ever." I mutter, causing my friends to leave.

"The nurse says you can leave when you wake up. Four sent us here to pick you up. He has been very nervous about you." She says giving me a meaningful look.

I give my head a small shake, and she presses her lips together, repressing a question. As I sit up, I realize that I am wearing new clothes.

"What's all this I!"I sputter.

Christina laughs. "I scrounged around the compound and found this for you." She says while indicating at me.

I am wearing a pair of tight worn out black jeans, and a slightly stained red tank top under and overly large blue shirt that hangs of the shoulders. These are the tightest clothes I have ever worn, and the assortment of colours seems strange to me, but oddly pleasing. I like the change of colours, to represent my new life.

"It's perfect I" I say and to Christina's surprise I give her a hug. When I pull back she is smiling. Will, Christina and I navigate through the familiar streets, on our way to the Factionless center of town.

"I've got good news!" Will declares as we enter the compound. "Four gave us the day off, to let you rest up." Will says happily. I heave a sigh of relief, happy I don't have to fight again today. At least, I was relieved until I heard a voice, HIS voice, from behind me.

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