So we have a bit more going on in this chapter
Its a lot different from anything I have really written so far and I think its really going to kick off the action and drama that this story has
Please enjoy and Review my beautiful readers
Warning:Violence and language
Disclaimer:Veronica Roth owns her ppl and her ideas and I own mine and my ppl
"Clear!" I shout down the dark hallway behind me. Bringing my gun to the ground I scan the room one more time before I turn and leave to rejoin Karman and Jace again.
"Basement was clear." Karman said in a hushed whisper, looking over her shoulder. Bringing his gun closer to his face, Jace examines it before speaking.
"No one was on the roof." He mutters. Karman groans, dropping her gun to her side.
"This is pointless Kit. You said this was where we were to meet them." I sigh tucking the gun into my waistband.
"As I said for the millionth time this is where we are supposed to meet."
"Then where is he?" She hissed.
"Hey guys?" A voice behind us called out. We all turned towards it, sighing in relief.
"Caleb," I mutter walking over to him and hugging him. "I thought you weren't going to show." He sets me down, a smile playing out on his lips.
"Yeah sorry about that. I got caught up in something." He mumbled sheepishly. Karman snorted, leaning her arm against my shoulder.
"Caught up in your sciency nerdy crap?"
"Hey!" I shouted, pushing her off of me.
"Leave it to Karman to say that." Jace muttered walking over to us. "How's it going Caleb." Caleb nodded, stroking at his chin before answering.
"Good. It's been quiet at Erudite because of Jastin's death. Everyone's questioning everything there is to question."
"Understandable. We're not stable right now." Jace said, nodding in agreement.
"Anyway, I figure Beatrice informed you on everything." He asked looking at me.
"Beatrice did in fact do that." Karman giggled slapping me on the arm.
"Okay." I muttered shoving her back. "Only he gets to call me that." I scowled turning back to Caleb. "So..what do we do now." A smile spread across his face as I asked.
"Here," He reached behind himself and threw a cloth bag on the floor in front of me. "We will be taking a field trip, but first you need to change." Karman snorted pulling out a blue skirt.
"Glasses you think i'm going to put this on." She asked raising an eyebrow.
"First, i'm not even wearing glasses. That's stereotypical and yes I do in fact suggest you put that on. We need to get into Erudite and up into one of the labs." I reached into the back and pulled out a dark blue dress.
"Really Caleb?" I asked raising an eyebrow at him also. He shrugged his shoulders.
"That's all I could get Beatrice." Rolling my eyes I walked over the the far corner, where I was hidden in the shadows and pulled off my clothes. Slipping on the dress instead. I threw my clothes into the bag and stared at Karman, resisting to laugh at her.
"Oh shut up." She muttered tugging at her skirt and also chucking her clothes inside to mine.
"I do have to say," Jace said examining us, "That I have the best outfit here." He proudly said, puffing out his chest. He wore dark blue pants with a white button down and a matching dark blue vest.
"Haha." I muttered taking the glasses from Caleb and pushing them onto my face.
"Well you don't look any smarter with those on." Karman giggled, pulling her pair onto her face. Jace tucked his gun into his waistband, along with shoving a knife into his shoe. I stared down at my own gun, trying to figure out where I should put it. "Bra." Karman mumbled, adjusting her own gun. I looked down at my chest, considering that idea. Then hitched up my dress and shoved it in the waistband of my underwear.
"Don't say anything." I told Jace, catching his gaze.
"Wasn't going to." He said, giving me one of his famous half smiles. Karman handed me a small knife and gestured to my chest.
"You never know do you?" I sighed grabbing it from her and shoved it in my bra.
"Okay, let's go." Caleb said, leading the way he came from. Following in pursuit we walked down the fire escape and turned down the street. It was silent out. The kind of silent where nothing seems to exist. You couldn't hear the train out here and you also couldn't hear anyone. It was dark out, our only source of light coming from a blinking lamp post nearby. Caleb took a right down an alley, which opened out to Erudite. We quickened our pace and hurried to a side door, where Caleb swiped a card and swung the door open. We jogged down the dark, empty hallways. The only sound of our shoes hitting the linoleum.
"Where is everyone?" Karman asked as we thundered up a set of stairs. Swinging another door open we entered an almost pitch black hallway, the only source of light a dim office lamp at the end.
"There's some sort of meeting in the main gymnasium." Caleb muttered swiping his card on one of the doors before pulling it open. He held it open for us as he ushered us in then closed it behind him, swiping the door once again to lock it. He flicked on the lights, blinding me for a second. When I opened them I was in a lab. The walls were covered in complicated formulas and papers with designs and patterns.
"You're lab?' Jace asked, pulling a paper from the wall and looking it over.
"Yes. I brought you all here today because ever since I returned from outside the city, I have been working on this." I watched as he typed in a code into the back wall, which beeped and slowly opened up. He reached in and pulled out a metal box, which he placed on a clear table that was littered with papers and diagrams. He placed his thumb on a pad that beeped and clicked open. I craned my neck to look inside at the plush interior of the box. He swiped out a clear vial filled with dark blue liquid. "This my friends, is what brought back my sister." He said, carefully handing it over to Jace who examined it closely.
"You made more?" Karman asked, taking the vial from Jace and bringing it close to her face to examine.
"No, I had made this at the Bureau. I had smuggled this out with me and ever since then I have been trying to figure out how I had made it." Karman stopped her viewing of the vial and looked at Caleb.
"You mean to say you made a serum that you don't remember how you made it?" Caleb nodding take the serum from her and putting it back it the box.
"I had made it with another mind and set of hands." He murmured closing the lid on the box.
"Matthew." I whisper, envisioning the dark green string around his neck he would always tug on.
"Yes. We worked on it together. Only problem is I only remember my part of the design, not his." I watched as he place the box back into the wall and closed it behind him.
"Well then isn't it simple then? We have to go see Matthew in the Bureau." Jace dropped the paper he was reading to look at me.
"You want to go back to the Bureau, the place where you about died." I shrugged, twisting the hem of my dress into a ball.
"I mean Caleb needs to know how he made this serum so he can destroy it, i'll be fine." I mutter turning away from them as I scanned one of the many covered walls.
"Questions, How do you intend to destroy the serum once we find said Matthew." Karman asked sliding up on the counter.
"Well when I figured out the code of design of how we created it. I intend to search our database for any similar designs and codes that might resemble this serum most." Caleb answered, collecting loose paper.
"And tell me Caleb, is that easy to do?" She asked handing him a paper she was looking at.
"Actually it is. I can scan on multiple computers and the scan takes a few hours to cover all the serums that were ever created. Once the scan is complete I will be given a list of any similar codes of design that I can track down and destroy if necessary."
"And you need us to be you're what, bodyguards." Jace asked with a slight smirk. Caleb nodded, taking his glasses from his face and setting them on the table.
"Bodyguards yes. Also, if I need to send you to retrieve or destroy something."
"Hulk Smash these serums!" Karman shouted in a deep voice. I turned to look at her, a giggle arising from my stomach. Turning to look back at the wall I stopped when a photo caught my eye. A picture of my parents together and smiling. My father has his arm around my mother's waist and has her pulled close to him. She has a smile on her lips as she looks at the camera with the fearlessness of Dauntless in her eyes.
"It was at one of the council meetings." Caleb whispered from behind me. I glanced over at him, a smile starting to form on my lips. "It took a lot of digging around for in the library, but it was worth it." I nod, crossing my arms over my chest.
"God I miss them so much Caleb." I say barley above a whisper.
"I know Beatrice, So do I." He whispered, pulling me into a hug. I wrapped my arms around his neck and desperately hung on. This was a hug I needed, one I craved. With Caleb, everything felt normal. Like it could be normal again if I wanted it badly enough. He pulled away to quick. I already missed his arms around me.
"We should be getting back." Jace suggested turning to Karman who agreed.
"We still have to stop at the building to get our clothes." She muttered sliding off the counter.
"You should get going, we'll talk soon about how we will be getting to the Bureau." Caleb said, opening the door for us.I waved goodbye and followed behind Karman and Jace. We quickly jogged out of the building and into the street, following the same way we came. We entered the building and grabbed our clothes, throwing them on quickly.
"God do I hate that color." Karman muttered throwing her skirt on the ground. Jace chuckled.
"I still don't see why we had to change." Karman raised her hands in the air.
"Thank you!" I laughed, throwing my own dress on the ground.
"It was probably for the cameras, so it wouldn't look suspicious to see Dauntless with an Erudite in the middle of the night."
"But less weird for a group of nerds in the middle of the night?" Karman questioned raising an eyebrow.
"Whatever!" I giggled pulling my shirt back on and reaching for my gun when Jace froze."What is it Jace?" I asked stepping towards him.
"Stop!" He whispered at us. Well whisper screamed if we want to be technical. I looked over at Karman to see she was frozen also. "Listen." He murmured, slowly reaching for his gun tucked into his pants. I did as he said and strained my ears for any noise. It wasn't until I was about to give up and call them crazy did I hear it. It was faint, but it was there. A dull creek from a loose floorboard sounded above us. Quickly I reached for my gun, loading it quickly and pointing it at a nearby door.
"We can't leave from the main doors." Karman muttered. Her back pressing against mine. "Someones down the stairs."
"It's too late they have us surrounded anyway." Jace declared.
"How do you know?" I responded. He was silent for a while until he answered me.
"They were following us when we left Erudite and assembled around the building while we were changing."
"So what you're saying is we're screwed." Karman explained.
"Basically." He agreed.
"Fire escape?" I suggest.
"Fuck Kit, we are on the 15th floor. You wanna jump from that?" Karman snapped.
"Nicely noted Einstein. We would make a run for it. You have any better ideas?" I asked.
"Shut up, both of you. Kit's right, the only way out is from the fire escape if they haven't blocked it." Jace slowly tiptoed over to the door, Karman following behind him. Walking backwards, I kept my gun trained on the darkness in front of me. They jiggled the door open and carefully walked out onto the creaky grate of the stairs.
"Run now?" Karman asked as she swiveled around looking everywhere for any sign of life.
"Make it to the train and we wait a minute then go." Jace explained looking between us.
"I got the rear." I added. "You guys go and i'll be behind you." Jace glance me over before tearing down the steps, each one thundering under his weight. "Go Karman!" I shouted pushing her after him. I waited until they were at least two flights under me before i took off running down the steps. It wasn't until I reached the 13th floor when I heard a door open above me and people run out from it. I looked down to see Jace and Karman had descended about four floors. It wasn't until I had reached the 9th floor when they started shooting at me.
"Shit!" I shrieked falling to my knees as bullets rained down above me. Pushing myself up from the grate flooring I took of running like my life depended on it. Both Jace and Karman were reaching the 3rd floor as I rounded on the 5th. I glanced up quickly, missing a step as I descended and smack my knee into the step as I tumbled down onto the next set of stairs. Turning to spit over the edge, I pulled myself up and raced down the step reaching the 3rd floor in time to see Jace and Karman at the end of the alley.
"Go! I'll meet up with you!" I shouted, waving them on. Jace seemed reluctant to leave me, but Karman was able to pull him away and they disappeared from my sight. I turned to keep descending down when a hand shot out, grabbing me by the hair and threw me against the railing. I cry out in Pain as I reach out to touch my throbbing head and feel wetness.
"Where do you think you're going princess? A deep husky voice asks as he hammers a kick into my side causing me to howl in pain. Big hands pulls me to my feet as another swing at my face causing me to spit out blood. I push against the hold on my shoulders, kicking at my attackers feet. "Well you are a fighter aren't you." He merely snickered as I took another blow to my head. He turned to his little gang behind him, giving me enough time to pull free from him and slam my elbow back into his face as I took off running down the steps. I make it to the 2nd floor when a gunshot echoes around the small alley and I fall to my knees, only this time I gasp in pain. Clutching at the gaping hole in my leg. I pull my hand back to see it shiny and coated in blood. Laying on my back I pant through the pain as the man appears once again. He is dressed in all black, like the guys in the security footage from Jastin's office. This is the person who killed Jastin and now they came for me to finish the job.
"You wanna play games then?" He reached down to my gunshot wound and pressed his finger into the hole and pressed into it. I screamed out in agony, scratching at his arms and trying to kick him off. Only when my vision started to go black did he pull his finger out. He examined his bloody finger, bringing it to his nose and breathing it in the slowly licking it off. I shut my eyes and cradled my thumping wound.
I wish I had my gun, but I dropped it when they punched me. It would be irony if they had shot me with my own gun. I shifted on to my side, trying to find a way to stop the pain when I felt a sharp nick on my chest.
"You never know do you?"
I about shout with joy when I remember the knife Karman gave me. All I need is for him to come close enough, close enough for me to drive it through his heart repeatedly. He turns to the men behind him and whispers something to them, I only catch the end of it however.
"...bag her when i'm done..." They nod and and walk over me and out into the alley and into the street. Leaving it to be just be the two of us. He kneels over my chest, his hand slipping under the strap of my sleeve and pulling it down my shoulder.
"You see, I could kill you now, but what fun would that be? Right. I could let you enjoy something before you die at least. What do you say sweetie?" He whispers leaning into my neck.
"Go to hell." I hiss spitting in his face as I reach for the knife while he wipes at his eyes.
"You bitch!" He roars ready to pound on me when I sink the knife into his stomach. His eyes stare into mine and in an instant I pull the knife out and do it again and again and again into his flesh. I close my eyes as I feel his blood pouring out onto me and my shaking hands. I stick the blade one more time in and then yank it out. Pushing him off of me, I slowly get up and limp down the rest of the stairs and take off at the fastest speed I can run at.
So I think this chapter for me was a turning point in the story
Im really excited to hop onto this adventure and suspense train and see where it takes us
Please review and tell me what you think
-Justliving11