Chapter 12 (Tobias' POV)

I walk over to Caleb, the Erudite, half tempted to grab his shirt collar and push him up against the wall. Then, I see his size and second guess myself. He looks like he is 6'' 4'.

"Hey! Are you Caleb!" I yell.

"Yep that would be me, and yelling that loud can rupture others ear drums, not to mention your own." he says.

"Okay cut the Erudite stuff. I am hear to talk to you about Lacey, and Dauntless. For one, you have been in Dauntless 3 days and haven't even gotten to know Lacey. Like for instance, what is her favorite color?" I say.

"Ummm, black obviously." he responds.

"Wrong. It is yellow. If you would have gotten to know her, you might have gotten that question right." I say.

"Now, in Dauntless, we don't base any type of feelings on how people look. That is why people are allowed to get tattoos, piercings, and dye their hair at such young ages. And, your 'crush' on Lacey, is solely based on her appearance. All I am asking is for you to rethink your whole importance here, and the whole Lacey crush thing. You got that?" I say and Caleb nods.

"Okay." I say and turn around to Lacey and Kassie, and nod.


It has been a week and Skye has still not waken up from her coma. Uriah has been at her bedside every day since. I don't blame him. If that was Kassie laying there in a coma, I wouldn't leave her bedside.

I decide to go check on Kassie and see how she is doing. I mean, her best friend is in a coma. I see her walking to the chasm.

"Kass!" I shout.

"Hey Four! What's up?" she says.

"Actually, I have two things to tell you. Okay, one, how are you doing? You know with the whole Skye thing. And two, would you meet me in the fear landscape room tonight at 10?" I reply.

"Okay, one, I am fine except I miss her witty comments and her presence. And two, of course I will meet you then." she says.

"Cool. Where you headed too?" I ask.

"Umm, a secret spot Skye showed me after Uriah and her started dating." she replies.

"I guess the word 'secret' means I can't come." I say frowning.

"Oh, don't be like that! Come on! Just don't slip!" she says while climbing into the chasm.

I watched her as she climbed down onto the rock ledges. She walked on them like she had done it a million times before.

"How many times have you done this?" I yell.

"Ooh you know, about…. 5 I think!" she yells back.

I slowly follow her down to a flat ledge, and we both sit down, hanging our feet over the edge.

"So, why is this place so special?" I ask.

"You don't know do you?" she says staring at me like I am an idiot.

"No. I have no clue." I reply.

"Uriah didn't tell anybody… or Skye…." she says with a puzzled look on her face.

Kassie, don't go all crazy on me now." I say.

"I'm not! Anyway… this is where Uriah kissed Skye for the first time. Every time Skye goes missing I find her here. I thought that if I kept coming here, that she would get better. You know. But that still hasn't happened." she replies.

"Don't discourage yourself like that! You sound depressed which is one thing you definitely not!" I say to her, punching her arm playfully.

"Oh whatever!" she says, punching my arm back and standing up to leave.


It is time to take Kassie through my fear landscape. I watch her climb the stairs to the fear landscape room.

"Ahh, we are going through your fear landscape." Kassie says as she enters the room.

"Yep. I have two questions for you to answer after we end the simulation. One, why do they call me Four? And two, what is my real name?" I say back while I hand her a needle.

"Okay.." she says with a shaky voice as she puts the needle in her neck.

After a minute we are both taken by the serum, and are in my fear landscape.


We are on a small metal beam hundreds of feet up in the air.

"Fear of heights!" she says.

"One of the most common fears, but I still can't get over it." I say back.

We both stand up and I grab her shoulders to steady myself.

"You know, we could just jump, it isn't real!" she yells through the wind.

"Think like a Dauntless Kassie, not like an Opposite." I shout.

I lead her to a building on the other side of the long metal beam. We get there and we are instantly on the ground. Then, a box appears around us before Kassie can ask what my next fear is.

"Confinement…." she says as we are squeezed closer together by the box.

"I hate this one…." I say through gritted teeth.

"Well, we have to face your fear, so lets get smaller." she says while positioning herself on my lap. The box shrinks with her movement.

"Okay, now, we need to calm your heart rate down." she says.

"Put your hand on my heart. Do you feel how slow it is beating?" she asks.

"Kassie, your heart is beating really fast." I reply.

"Okay, well, that has nothing to do with the box. Try to calm your heart rate by talking to me then." she responds.

"Kassie, that's not gonna help." I say and laugh.

The box disappears and we are out in the open now.

Kassie looks over her shoulder at the table with the gun on it. Then at the woman in the chair in front of us.

"Killing someone?" she asks.

"Killing an innocent." I reply.

i turn to the table and pick up the gun. I aim it at the woman's head. I have to look away as I pull the trigger.

"And here is where you find out my real name…" I say to Kassie as we appear in an Abnegation house.

"This is for your own good Tobias." My father, Marcus, says while walking towards me with a belt in his hands.

Marcus whips the belt at me, just as Kassie steps in front of me letting the belt hit her wrist. I get in front of her and take the belt from Marcus, and we wake up from the simulation.

"Why did you do that?" I ask Kassie.

"We got through it!" Kassie says.

I turn to her and say "You got me through it."

Kassie blushes and then says "What's that supposed to mean?"

"You know what it means." I say as I kiss her cheek.

"Did you find the answers to my questions?" I ask.

"Well, that was Marcus from Abnegation, and he had son who transferred to Dauntless… Tobias….." she says in shock.

"Yep, and call me by my real name when nobody is around. It sounds nice to hear my real name again." i reply.

"And Four… four fears…" she says.

"Also correct!" I yell as I lift her up.

"So, Tobias, should we head back to the regular part of the compound?" she asks.

"Of course Kassie." I say as I take her hand and walk her back.