A/N: Three here. If you haven't noticed, One and I have been taking over a bit. The last chapter ended on a bit of a cliff hanger, but it will be resolved soon.
Disclaimer: None of us own Divergent.
Hope you like it! R&R please.
****Lilly's POV****
The yelling lured me into seeing what was going on. The locked door made the appeal to go in even greater. But when I heard a familiar voice calling for my help, I knew I didn't have time to pick the lock. I kicked it down, worried that Matt had found Jared before I could explain. I was wrong.
"Who did this?" I ask, barely able to see Jared in the darkness. I hear him scrambling across the floor, and by the time I finally hit the light switch, I see him covered in blood and without his shirt on.
He just looks up at me, all of his confidence seeming to have been whipped out of him. I feel anger. He is an ally of mine, and anyone who did this is in my way and will be severely punished. Matt will make sure of that. Jared groans and brings me out of my thoughts.
I rush to him and help him sit up, causing a sort of sob to come from him. I try to console him and at least get him calm enough to talk. His crying continues for ten minutes before he's finally able to look at me.
"Jared, who did this?" I ask again.
He just shakes his head. I gently lift him and try to find his shirt. He stares at me the entire time, and his gaze bores holes in me.
"It's almost curfew, we need to see Matt to have him help you. All you have to do is say who did this," I remind him.
He shakes his head again. I guide him out of the room, his shirt in one hand and his wrist in another. We don't see anyone in the hallway, probably because they're already in their rooms. I find my way to the infirmary, where a doctor named Cal stands.
Upon seeing us, he exclaims, "My God! What happened?"
"I don't know." I glance at Jared, who doesn't seem to want anyone to know. "I- I think he might've gotten too close to the Chasm. He won't tell me what happened."
Cal gives me a glance that voices his doubts, but he doesn't say anything more. He begins to treat Jared, applying salve and bandages to his back. Finally he is done and gives us a report on it.
"He's lucky. It should be healed enough for him not to feel it within a few days because we got the salve on it quick enough. Just don't do anything strenuous for the next few days. The scars will always be there, but at least she found you as fast as she did."
I sigh in relief, but Jared doesn't. He doesn't look like he's even listening. He just sits on the bed staring at some point I couldn't see. Cal lets him leave and we turn right as though we are going back to bed. I take a left suddenly and lead us towards the Chasm, which Jared doesn't question. Honestly he doesn't seem to be paying attention to where we're going.
Once we arrive we see Matt waiting for us, leaning against the bar of the Chasm. I call to him, and he turns around with a smile that soon slips into a frown.
"What is he doing here?" he asks suspiciously, glancing at Jared.
"He wants to help. He's," I look around, "Divergent. His mom is Carrie Lain. Remember her?"
Matt steps closer to inspect him. "So, you're that son of hers, huh? I see she didn't kill you. No wonder she betrayed us." Matt looks at me almost exasperated. "Come on, Lilly, you can't be serious. He's obviously going to betray us. He's just trying to save himself. He won't give us any information; we might as well just kill him now."
Matt glances at the Chasm, as though suggesting that would be the best solution for Jared.
I step between the two of them. "Hey, he is going to help us. You and I both know we could use another set of eyes and ears. He knows what will happen if he doesn't keep his loyalty to us. In fact, I think he has information right now."
I move to the right so that the two men can face each other, Jared still seeming a bit out of it, Matt still glaring.
"So, stiff, you have some information? Let's hear it."
Jared stands frozen, eyes wide, and hands sweating. He almost looked like he was going to pass out. What had they done to him?
"Come on, I won't bite. What have you got?"
Jared doesn't say anything, so I step in. "He was just attacked. Give him a minute."
"Attacked?" Matt asks.
Finally Jared softly says, "I heard some people talking. They found out I heard. They threatened me. Said that if I told anyone what they said they'd kill me. They were whipping me when Lilly came in."
Matt crosses his arms almost skeptically. "Who?"
Jared again goes cold and doesn't explain.
This wouldn't go over good.