Hi guys! Here's chapter ten! The name of the leader is inspired by Windchimed and her Determinant story! Absolutely stunning!

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I take a seat directly in front of them, waiting for Caleb to explain. "These small cameras that were hidden in your house were only temporary. I think that when we had Bee's party at Zeke and Shauna's, some of the enthusiast members came and placed them in spots around your house. They have a small chip connected to wire that runs from the camera that sends information back to the main source. The cameras you ripped from the wall weren't salvageable," He continues quickly when I glare at him. (After all these years, I think he's still frightened of me.) "But the ones Bee found were in good enough condition for me to take and do a little research on them. I figured out the axis code using a disfiguring theorem and took control of them. I'm not sure how much footage they got in the first place, but I wiped them clean." He pauses. "The group is set up in Indianapolis. They've taken over an old hospital and use it as their headquarters."

My eyebrows shoot up. Sometimes I forget how smart Caleb is after the many stupid things he did when he was younger. But I'm thankful for his help now. "Thank you Caleb. I'll be contacting Zeke soon. If we hold another meeting, you can explain it to them as well."

He nods at me. "Of course. I'll leave you two for the evening. Goodbye, Tobias." He gives Bee a small awkward hug and shakes my hand, both of us comfortable with the gesture. You'd never guess we grew up in Abnegation and never shook hands before.

Once he leaves I turn back to Bee. She looks at me warily, but sees that I have no anger left in me. She wraps her arms around me tightly. "I'm sorry daddy."

"What do you have to be sorry for," I murmur softly in her hair.

She buries her face in my chest. "I'm just sorry we have to go through this."

I ignore the 'we' for the sake of keeping the peace and I kiss her head. "It's not your fault Bee." I tighten my jaw thinking about the burning building and rushing out of her birthday party. "Did you open your gifts?"

She pulls away and nods. "Except yours; I wanted you to be there." She turns and grabs the present from her room sitting on the couch with the small package lying delicately in her hands. Tearing the shiny paper off, she slowly opens the gift, her eyes widening once the item is out of its box. "A necklace?"

I smile as the silver charm shines from the hitting the sunlight. It's a thin chord, not too bulky with a bumblebee hanging at the bottom. She smiles at the charm. "I love it." She quickly puts it on herself and presses the charm to her chest, feeling its presence around her neck. "Thank you."

I smile at her. "Of course… You know what we should have for dinner? Leftover Dauntless cake."

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After we wipe the chocolate crumbs off our faces, we ride the train to Zeke's apartment so I can discuss the new information I learned from Caleb with him. When I arrive, Zeke looks exhausted. He senses me staring at the bags below his eyes. "I've been at the hospital all night. Glad you're here."

Zeke and I walk to the living room table and Bee follows us. I'm too tired to fight her about so I let her take a seat, but ignore her hesitant glance. I return my gaze to Zeke. "Why were you at the hospital? Was it George?"

He shook his head quickly. "No, no. George's wounds were deep so he's in an induced coma and the doctors our focusing on keeping the fluid out of vital organs." He bites his lip, like he always does when he has important news; both good and bad. His bottom lip was chewed raw when he told me Shauna was pregnant years ago. Their son, who is named Uriah but goes by his middle name Lincoln, is ten and has an erudite brain for his small age and he is constantly talking about the stars. Zeke always joked that 'my Erudite power was stored in my body and I gave it all to him. That's why I'm not Divergent.' "I spent all day talking to a victim from the fire. He told me about what they looked and acted like. He said they were incoherent of almost everything and were dressed in a dark blue army wear. He said it was like they couldn't hear them…" He pauses for a moment, rubbing the weariness from his face. "Do you think they found the old Erudite files about the suggestibility serum?"

When the factions disintegrated, the city hall kept the records from the faction. Amity didn't have many, only about production. Abnegation had charts about factionless numbers increasing. Dauntless had physical and health reports on all the members, but those were deemed too personal and were burned. Erudite had the largest amount of paper work. They had so much that some had to be thrown out just because we didn't have the space for it. But the formulas for the death serum and other dangerous ones that were the cause of ruining the factions were stored in a separate place from the other ones. Our City Hall is currently a pile of ash thanks to the Faction enthusiast group, and perhaps they found those files before letting everything go up in smoke. If they have those formulas it will make everything a lot more complicated, but luckily not totally unfamiliar.

"It's very possible they did. We had those heavily secured but I'm sure they found away to get them amongst the chaos of the night." Bee gives me a confused glance. She, like most of her generation, know about the factions of Chicago and the war that brought their end, but they don't know all the gory details about how many serums Jeanine Mathews made to take us down and that those who were Divergent were hunted down. Many of us older ones who lived within the faction period don't bring up the serums or the animal like way the Erudite hungered for power using their knowledge. In fact, those who were in Erudite often keep quiet about it, ashamed of the faction that worships the brain and the knowledge it can hold. I give Bee a look of I'll give you a history lesson later and continue my attention to Zeke, who is now waiting for me to share my information. "Caleb came over to the apartment. I found cameras in my house set up by The Determinant and their forces."

Zeke's jaw drops. "Are you kidding? How?"

"I don't know, but I found them this morning. Anyway, Caleb was able to find the receiver hanging from the camera and he knows where their located: Indianapolis. So we at least know where they're coming from or where we're going to. I think it might be a good idea to keep the fighting out of the city, go ahead and send the army to Indianapolis. Winter is coming to an end so we should be alright to travel a semi-short distance. The remaining men here will defend the women and children in case The Determinant's group splits up."

Zeke nods. "I agree. Now we just need to get ourselves an army. We need to address the people and quickly." He looks pointedly at me. "I assume you can do that because you are a public speaker, I can just get forms from those who do enroll."

I nod. "I was assuming I would speak to the people. Most of the city will come since they are aware that we're threatened, but the factionless will be harder to persuade to join our forces."

Zeke shrugs as if saying we don't need them, but I think they could be helpful. I remember back to when Bee was a little girl and I saw her for the first time, smacking an older man in the mouth with a sharp right hook from a small and malnourished ten year old. The Factionless have survival instincts to protect what little they do have and if there was a way to convince them that it's part of Chicago and they could lose that too, they'd for sure join. I recall my mother telling me once about the Factionless, We may have little but we'll fight to keep it. I think of scenarios of how to approach the situation until my thoughts are interrupted.

"Dad, I want to talk to the factionless." Zeke and I both turn to her, my eyes saying stop getting involved in this war but my mind thinking that it's a brilliant idea. She echoes my thoughts when she explains that she'd be the perfect choice because she's "more suitable than anyone to talk to the Factionless" because she was one. Zeke is found of the idea and after a while, I do feel like it's our best option so I tell her okay. She smiles a thank you and it makes me feel a bit better about my choice.

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"And that's what we're fighting for; to keep our hard earned freedom!" The crowd cheers in response as I make my way off stage, men and women heading towards the table Zeke sits at to enroll in our city's army to fight of the threat of those from Indianapolis. It's hard to wrap my brain around fighting another city because for most of my life, I didn't think there was any other civilization outside Chicago, just land. I look at Zeke who, with Officer Daniel, seems to be okay without me, so I decide to go meet my mother and Bee at the factionless section of the city. It's still cold in Chicago but the night of the fire was the last snow I've seen, so it must be warming up, which is good news for our army. My hands beg to differ, and I blow on them the way I used to blow on Bee's when she complained that they were cold. My hands are long and thin, and the calluses from my days in Dauntless are long gone. I'll need as much training as the people who I'm suppose to teach. Zeke and I decided it'd be a good idea to train in the Dauntless headquarters. For some strange reason, it wasn't changed into anything after the war. The erudite buildings became a university, hospital and science lab for those who worked with chemicals and serums. The amity unit became homes for those who wanted to be involved in agriculture. There's a rumor that they still make their peace bread from time to time but I'm not sure if I want find out. I've had a first-hand view of the effect it has on people, smiling to myself as I remember Tris' experience. When I turn the corner, what I see surges my body with pride. Bee stands slightly elevated above the factionless, just enough for everyone to see her and be considered 'equal' to them. Evelyn looks towards me with a small smile as I draw closer to them and listen to Bee's words.

"Our city is in danger. I know life hasn't been easy for you, because I am one of you. I grew up here, I shivered in the winter, and I went without dinner. Things aren't easy now, but I am willing to make sure they will be easy when we settle this. You have the power to keep what is yours by fighting for Chicago, and after we win, you'll have the capability to thrive in this city. We need your help more than ever. Will you join us?"

It's silent for a while, then slowly, a thin man steps forward, nodding at Bee. She steps down from her stage and softly takes his hand, whispering a thank you. More and more men step forward, willing to fight for our city, willing to risk everything they have. Their bravery and selflessness is like a bucket of ice on my back and I walk to meet Bee. I look out at the crowd, helpless eyes clawing at my own for an answer. I say what I think is the best I could've said at that moment: "We will fight, and we will win. There is a brighter future waiting for all of us."

If there is one thing we've learned after the first war that the factions couldn't do, I would be how to unite during hardships, no matter who you are.

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I am so proud of Bee! Aren't you?