Chapter Eleven
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So I'm 14! And the 2000 in my name was a clue, hehee! I lied to you guys, sorry! Was hoping for someone to say 'hey that is a clue' or something but you all were fooled! Yay :D. Important an down there! *points towards end*
Tobias's POV:
Everyone is wide-awake, anxious to go through someone's fear. We all kept quiet during breakfast knowing that after lunch, we are doing the full landscape in front of the leaders, who will be hooked up to the monitors and seeing what we are facing.
Everyone else will be watching our actions but will not know what the fears are. Fortunately. I am tapping my feet, waiting to face kidnapping. My heart dropped when I was told this but I accepted it, knowing it is not my fear. In fact, it is Tris's.
Celeste had to overcome being thrown out and turning factionless, Chris was under truth serum, and Will faced being around glasses and books, which was weird but okay.
Marlene got Uriah's fear, which was running out of cake, and Lynn has to conquer losing either Uriah, Shauna or Hana. Everyone else got heights, claustrophobia, death, losing a fight etc.
"Tobias." The group wish me luck and I enter the room. I am given the fear serum and Tris gives me a mixed emotions look. I breathe in deeply and exhale lightly.
The same group of men ambush me and I struggle to fight them. Again. It is hard to find to the leader for some reason so I summon up my strength and fight back. I am hit and fall to the ground. I am tied up and I relax, knowing that I have to calm down to get out of this. I think of the gang and decrease the racing on my heart. I take deep breaths, to stop my hyperventilating.
I jump out of the fear stimulation and slump in the seat. I stumble out of the room when Tris lets me leave without a reassuring glance, which unsettles me, even further but I shake it off then the group bombard me with questions when I sit back down.
"Guys. Shut up," I snap, they all quieten down and stare at me.
"I got the fear of kidnapping."
"You got ambushed the night before yesterday!" Chris protests.
"It's fine. It was hard reliving that but at least I made it out."
"You were all kung fu out there. Literally," Uriah exclaims. I chuckle softly and everyone else agrees. Marlene was in the room and we could see her panicking. We could hear her screaming, 'CAKE!'
"How can you be scared of running out of cake?" I ask Uriah.
"I'm addicted to that thing! Shush," he says defensively, I scoff and shake my head. Marlene exits with a confused but relieved face. Lynn enters after we give her thumbs up. A while later, she emerges with tears down her face.
"What was it?"
"I had to witness Shauna being thrown into the chasm. Damn you, Zeke." Shauna places her hand on her chest and kisses Zeke on the cheek.
"Why you kissing him?" Lynn has a 'what' look on her face.
"He's scared of losing me. That's a true boyfriend right there." Zeke grins and dances a little. We all laugh and Tris comes out.
"You guys did well in a different fear. Some were faster than in their own. Which might be because you knew it was not your fear but still, you all did well. Tobias, you're still the quickest."
"What the hell?" Drew grumbles.
"Not all of you are listening to my advice. Breathe and lower your heart. Some of you took long because you decided to face the fear head on and that made you even more scared. Nevertheless, you were brilliant. Go and have lunch." We all practically run out and dash to the cafeteria. I am the first to get the ice-cream offered today with a slice of cake. I plop down at our table and Uriah comes over pouting after a few minutes.
"What?"
"No chocolate ice-cream left. I had to take vanilla or strawberry."
"Poor you..." I smile and eat the ice-cream to hide it.
"You don't mean that."
"You're right, he doesn't," Tris cuts in and sits next to me with a bowl of chocolate ice-cream.
"What the? How did you get that?"
"Being the second most feared leader has its perks. Plus most of the kitchen staff is male, meaning that almost half of them are crushing on me." Uriah sulks and settles for the vanilla he got. Everyone is seated and we all talk, releasing the stress we got from this morning.
Just skip lunch, most the initiates and let us see what Tobias has to face!
"You're aware in this so you can get the gun and do the random sh*t you want to do," Tris whispers before I feel the prick of the needle in my neck. I nod and feel myself going under.
I do my fear of powerlessness, shooting the ravens then end up deep in the ocean. I grab onto a rock and sprint onto the dry land. I am back in the fear room but turn and meet with my sister, mother and father.
"Kill them." I glance down and see a gun in my hand. Jeanine is in the corner, smirking. Leaders of each faction are sitting down, and Tris has a blank face.
"Tobias, it's okay. We love you," my mum speaks. Callie is trembling, but gives me an encouraging smile.
"Just do it, son. We understand." I lift the gun and aim. At the last second, I set upon myself. Jeanine screams and I blow my brains out. I am in the Pit and I scan the area, wondering what this fear is.
"Well, well. The Stiff is beating me." Drew snarls and I crouch into a stance. He jabs at me continuously; I block and dodge his every move. There is something different though. I see that he is not alone. Estelle and Allison are there also but people who are ranking low are there, egging Drew on. I get whacked with the same metal pipe and get attacked in every aspect of my body. I then catch them bringing a rope to tie me up. I breathe in and out, remembering my first kiss and am pulled out of the stimulation.
I sit up in the chair and sigh heavily. Uriah nods with a grin and I spot two more people near him. We have five leaders? Tris opens the door and gives me a calm look. I step out the room and everyone is staring at me with a surprised look.
"Dude. How did you do that?" I cock my head to the side and think over my fears. Powerlessness, lack of control, killing my family and kidnapping. Wait, is that four?
"I got four fears!" I blurt, with an astonished tone. Celeste hugs me and my group hollers. Zeke and Shauna pat me on the back. Peter smiles, Will and Chris bomb me with questions. Marlene ruffles my hair before walking into the room. Lynn pushes me.
"Well done, Stiff." I do a 'really' look towards Zeke who clicks his fingers and points at me with his thumbs out too. Thirteen minutes later, Marlene exits shakily and I immediately walk to her side. She leans into me and we sit down.
"You okay?"
"Had to witness every single of you die. That was awful."
"We're still here. Death won't be able to hold us down in the future." Marlene smiles and nestles her head in my neck. Lynn has started already and we are all watching her every move.
I'm tired. Let's move on.
Third's POV:
The evening went by in a flash. Tobias and Tris had their flirty, teasing moments. Dinner had been crazy with everyone finally relaxed from the stressful day it had been. Every single table was talking loudly but the loudest was the gang. Banter was thrown back and forth between the individuals.
Amber had joined them too, seated between Tris and Peter. Amber was a great addition, but due to their lack of knowledge, the group was pestering Tobias and Tris about being single. They both brushed them off with smiles, smiles that said 'we know something you don't'.
The Pit was more crowded than usual, children darting all over the place, pre-teens daring to do stuff the youth and adults did, going on dates or getting touch ups on their tattoos, and all that stuff.
Tobias got another tattoo: it was a cross made up of five boxes. The top and bottom had Amity and Candor colours. The three in a row, had Abnegation grey, Dauntless Black and Erudite blue, along with a unique quote, 'we are all categorised differently, yet the same, just not in society's eyes.' He got it done on his right forearm.
Christina was inspired to get an infinity sign, the outline in black but the filling was white. It meant she would always be Candor, no matter where she is. This was positioned on the nape of her neck.
Will got a book in blue, so did Celeste and they both asked for it on their biceps. Zeke and Uriah got a Proud Pedrad on their wrists. Shauna and Marlene got Cute Connors on their collarbones. Peter and Amber decided to get ear piercings instead. Tris got the quote, "Love is only a word, until you find someone who gives it the definition", on her chest above her heart and Lynn opted for a tongue piercing.
Zeke, Shauna, Tris and Peter had to retreat to Sheke's apartment for the final and definite rankings to present tomorrow after breakfast and plan a late night game. Pamber decided to have a date so they went off and did Lord knows what. Urlene stuck with Chrill and Tobias. Celynn ventured off to get to know each other better.
"So Tobias. Anyone you got your eyes on?" Uriah murmurs.
"Nope," he denies, popping the p.
"You sure? What about Tris?" Uriah pushes.
"I'm two years younger."
"And? The gap is not that big," Chris cuts in.
"Exactly. Plus the two of you seem closer ever since the fight the girls had." Will gets involved.
"Like I said yesterday, we had a heartfelt conversation. Secrets were revealed, yada yada."
"You like her," Marlene states. Tobias shrugs.
"You do!" Uriah gasp.
"I didn't say that. But I didn't deny it either," Tobias smirks.
"But seriously, do you?"
"Yeah... I guess?" Chris squeals in the middle of the shop they are in and passerbys jump out of their skin.
"Really?" Will gives her a look. She ignores him and dances around on her feet.
"I knew you'd admit it to yourself. Make a move." He grin internally, since he already has but he shrugs nonetheless.
"Stop doing that. You should have seen her over the last year before she met you people. She was reserved, cold and snappy. You two boys are lucky she has not closed down on you. Zeke and Uriah were the only ones who made it to her heart, partly thanks to Hana," Marlene rambles.
"Lynn said something similar to that. I understand it will take time for me to break down those walls but I'll try."
"Yay!" Uriah and Chris hollers, yet again causing shoppers to be startled. The boys continue the shopping trip the girls dragged them on and finally escape to bed for tomorrow. Tobias sighs in content when he settles into bed but like an hour later, he is being shook. He opens his eyes reluctantly and sees the beautiful face he was currently dreaming of.
"Wake up. I am about to blast the air horn and decided to spare you. There's a game," she whispers. Tobias chuckles and climbs down. She smiles and turns away but turns back.
"What?" She does not reply but rakes her eyes down his torso.
"Like what you see?" he whispers in a smug tone.
"Sadly, yes." He pouts and she giggles. She pokes his abs and her eyes widen. She lets her hands roam up and down his chest and Tobias pulls in, giving her a kiss.
"You also like what ya feel," he says in a singsong voice on her lips. She blows a raspberry, saunters to the door and blows the horn, switching on the light. Everyone falls out of bed and groan.
"What now?" Drew hisses.
"We're playing a game. Be at the train in...," she checks her watch, "five minutes." Everyone scrambles for their clothes, while Tobias just shoves on his shoes and jacket.
"How did you change so quickly?" Chris huffs.
"I came out of the bathroom when I saw One, so I started changing," he smirks and walks out, speed walking to the net room and climbs the stairs.
Everyone else, including the Dauntless borns, who are still putting on shoes, jackets or whatever arrive just as the train is approaching. Edward is also there with Uriah. They all jump on and sit or stand, awaiting One's explanation.
"I've woken all of you, because we're playing a game of Capture the Flag. Grab your guns." They all look to the boxes marked 'paintballs' and grab one each.
"Uriah and I will be your captains." Uriah emerges from the dark corner and stands beside One.
"Ladies first," Uriah nudges One. (One is italics and Uriah is normal.)
"Tobias."
"You choose the stiff?" Allison sneers.
"Scarlette."
"Chris."
"Ben."
"Choosing all the Dauntless borns? Nice. Marlene."
"F*ck you. Allison."
"I don't think your girlfriend would like that. Lynn."
"F*uck you. Will." Chris pouts at this.
"Again, don't think your girlfriend would like that. Michael."
"Myra."
"Nathan."
"Molly."
"Nita."
"Drew." Tobias breathes out in relief.
"Alyssa."
"Celeste."
"F*ck you, Uriah. Estelle, you're with us."
"I don't think my girlfriend would appreciate that."
"Edward, choose which team," One mumbles to him.
"Uriah." Uriah cheers and Myra smiles.
"You wanna jump first?" Uriah offers.
"You know that no matter when my team jumps, we'll win."
"Ha, yeah. Some of the people you have are slow." One smirks. Tobias runs his team in his mind and instantly knows what she was planning. A few minutes later, his team is hurling ourselves off the train at one side of Navy Pier.
"One, what did you do last year?" Marlene quips.
"I'm not saying anything."
"Shauna told me they hid the flag near the Ferris Wheel," Lynn pipes up.
"Let's go." The team walks close to the Ferris Wheel and immediately shout over each other. Tobias looks around and glides over to the wheel. He tests the bar of it and pulls himself up.
"What are you doing?" One speaks from behind him.
"Getting a high vantage point. If I'm right, the wheel has a view of the whole area so it'll be easy to see the neon flag." One nods.
"I'm coming."
"Tris, you have a fear of heights."
"And?" Tobias shakes his head and climbs. He reaches halfway but is not satisfied.
"Are you even human?" One gasps.
"You don't have to follow."
"I'm following."
"You're stubborn as hell, Short Stuff." She chuckles.
"So what is the purpose of this game, do you think?"
"Teamwork." She scoffs.
"Well, strategy mainly but teamwork too. It's all of us bringing our heads together and formulating a plan." Tobias is a quarter away from the top where he sees the flag on the other side of the Navy Pier in a tree and Will is guarding it with Ben on the lookout.
"There you go," he whispers. One smiles, unable to talk. Tobias straddles the bar, scoots closer to her and places his lips on her. One kisses back, forgetting about her fear and Tobias pulls away.
"There you go," he repeats but with a different meaning. One giggles.
"I'll go first." Tobias begins his way down and she follows after. He reaches the ground and drops down. Unfortunately, a bar snaps under One.
"Tobias!" One looks up and the bar is just out of her reach to pull up on.
"Hold on!" He runs and One, for a moment, feels betrayed but then the wheel starts up. She laughs and she nears the ground, lets go and rolls out of the way of a car. She covers her face in shock and warm, calloused hands are prying them away.
"You're okay." They share a kiss and gets back to the group.
"Thanks guys! You might have well just have screamed where we were." Alyssa scowls.
"Well, luckily Tobias here found their flag."
"You're welcome. It is on the other side, in between trees with Will guarding and Ben on the lookout. We have to get into the building though," Tobias explains.
"What's your idea?" Nita asks.
"Five of us go over there so two fight the others, three go ahead and two of those get Will and Ben so the last person can 'capture' the flag. The other five will defend the flag here."
"Pick wisely," One speaks.
"I'm staying." Lynn offers. She stands to the side and Alyssa, Nathan and Marlene join her.
"I'll go," Tobias stays planted to his spot, Chris, Michael, Nita and One stick with him.
"Estelle, you have to defend." Estelle shrugs, picking at her nails. One shakes her head.
"Good thing you're factionless tomorrow," Estelle gasp and everyone snickers. Tobias leads the smaller group through the woods and they emerge in front of a building.
One looks up and spots Molly hiding in a tree, facing away from the group. She aims and blue paint splatters on her back. Molly grunts and climbs down, sulking back to where Lynn's group were. They all run in and go up the stairs, encountering Allison and Edward who are covered in a mixture of yellow and green paint, thanks to Michael and Nita.
They open the door to the roof and spot Myra. Tobias shoots black paint and Myra groans before going down the stairs. Ben is quickly taken out by One who shot Nita. Will is a bit slow and gets taken out by Tobias but Michael is taken out by Uriah who is hidden.
One looks around while Tobias searches the greenery. Chris climbs the tree and yells at Tobias to shoot Uriah who was above the flag. Uriah readies his gun but is shot in the face by blue and black paint. Chris yanks the flag from the tree branch and hollers. Tobias and Michael carry Chris, while Uriah, Nita and One follow. Will and Ben already left so they dash through the woods and meet everyone at the wheel. One's team cheers and yells in excitement while Uriah's team sulk and wait for the train.
"That was so awesome!" Chris squeaks when we sit in the cart.
"Yeah, for you guys," Uriah whines.
"Suck it up, Uriah," One sniggers from beside Tobias.
"Says you. You have won two years in a row now. Well, three if you count initiation."
"Oh my god, that year was hilarious. You fell into the swamp, trying to shoot me." Everyone guffaws at this.
"And you got your pants ripped last year on a tree branch when you tried to ambush me." Everyone howls with laughter while Uriah blushes and Marlene rubs his back, shaking.
"Yeah, yeah. Rub it in."
"Then this year, you get nailed in the face by both me and Tobias."
"I didn't mean it literally!" Uriah screams and One smirks. They reached Dauntless, in a hyperactive mood and all separated to sleep, knowing that in 8 hours, rankings will be presented and jobs offered.
Whew. Hope you liked that second third pov. Okay, important notice. On the 1st, I'm going to Morocco, specifically Marakesh, and will be there until the 5th. This will affect my 'schedule'. I'll will try my utmost best to post during that week. It just depends on the hotel WiFi and all of that too. I'll see if I can write as well to keep on top of everything. I'm also starting school late on the 7th so my updates may be random. Love you guys! Till later, BooksLover2000... P.S, can someone give me an idea for what Peter does when he's drunk? I'm blank. :D (for some weird reason, words are being cut out so bear with me. I also proofread this myself so if there's any mistakes, sorry!)