Chapter 10
"Initiates!" Zayden yells.
"Today, we will be playing a little game called Capture the Flag."
As Zayden holds up a gun, the Dauntless born initiates stomp there feet and cheer.
"There goanna shoot us?" Federico whispers to me in a panicked tone.
"Wow you really weren't cut out for Erudite, where you?" I say quietly.
"Those are dart guns that simulate the pain of actual bullets."
"Oh..." Federico says, still worried.
"We're going to the swamp on the other side of town." Zayden says.
"Follow me to the tracks."
Zayden leads the way out of the Dauntless Headquarters. A train is waiting where we get on. The train starts with a jolt then gradually gains speed. After about five minuets, Zayden stands.
"Initiates. We have a guest coming from outside the fence." A tall, lean man with short brown hair stands. He looks oddly like Kat...
Tobias!
I stare at him in awe.
"Who's that?" Federico whispers to me
"Four..."
"This is Tobias Eaton. He will be joining us in our match." Zayden continues.
Once Zayden finishes explaining who Tobias is, Tobias sits down behind me on the train floor. Then I remember Kat sat down behind me
"Dude, you look a little pale." Federico says.
I just shake my head and closed my eyes.
"Now that I've introduced you to Four, it's time to split you into teams..
I end up on Tobias's team... I shiver. Kat's on the opposite team. The only good thing that seemed to happen on that train was getting Federico on my team. When we reach the swamp, we gather in two half circles.
"On your mark... Get set... Go!"
Our team went on one direction while the opposite team went the other way.
"Right." Tobias starts.
"We need to hide the flag. Any ideas?"
I raise my hand hesitantly.
"You." he points at me.
"We could tie it to a high hanging branch on a tree. We can keep four or five guys here and use the flag as a trap." I suggest.
"Brilliant idea. Your on the attack team with me." Tobias says as if it where a reward.
Yeah I want to be on an attack team with the girl I'm dating's dad...
"Lets go." Tobias finishes selecting his attack squad.
The landscape is marshy and barren with a few trees here and there and a couple of shrubs. Shots get fired.
"Get down!"
Darts whizz overhead. I take my gun and fire at the shooters. Soon, others follow. I hear two screams soon afterward, and the darts stop. The team gets up and we continue over the wet marshy ground Something flies through the air, then lands at my feet.
What the hell..?
"Flash-bang!" Tobias screams.
"Get down!"
I jump away just in time. I am deafened for a few minutes. I stand up and look around. My ears are ringing. Darts fly past my face as I am stunned. Something grabs my shirt sleeve and I see Federico trying to pull me down. Suddenly, his face is filled with pain and agony. Seeing him like that snaps me back to reality. I dive for the dirt.
My hearing returns and I hear Federico say,
"Those darts hurt like hell...-" he winces.
"You." Tobias says to a random boy
"Drag him back to the trees."
The boy nods and does as he is told.
"As for the rest of us, let's keep moving." As soon as he finishes, I see someone in the bushes a little ways off. I pick up my gun and fire. I hear a scream that I hope I would never hear in my life.
Kat!