I stiffened against the wall, making my ears alert. The one who had spoken - that was Jeanine's boyfriend, Micheal Matthews!

"Mikey, baby." Jeanine started. "I can't go against Divergents! For heavens sake, my sister's a Divergent!"

"Jeanine." Said a cold voice, and with a start I noted that it was Eric. What was he doing in Erudite? "Jeanine, you know your boyfriend is right. Divergents threaten the system, you know that."

"But I can't run special tests for her! She's already become suspicious about my interviews..."

"Jeanine." Mike's voice.

"...not so soon after Tobias!"

"Jeanine. You can't think about the casualties. They threaten the faction system. You know what you must do."

There was a sound of a sigh, and I could imagine the scene: Eric and Mike towering over Jeanine, telling her what to do, forcing her somehow to agree to their plan... whatever it was.

"Also." Eric continued. "I know your leader agrees with me on this... or rather, I agree with him. Abnegation has ruled the school for too long, and the way Marcus is after his son... I'm not sure if he's able to take the job.

Jeanine laughed. "I know what you're getting at... and I agree with you. It's time the people who are really capable go for the top." They were nearing the doorway. I turned and ran.

By the time I stopped, I was back in Dauntless compound. I sat under a tree and stood, speechless.

About an hour later, Will found me. He grabbed my arm and started pulling, dragging me back to Erudite. "Someone was caught spying on an official meeting!" He hissed. "they're going to be factionless."

I ran with him to see who they caught, hoping they didn't suspect me. I looked up at the stage and saw someone.

Peter.

"This Dauntless boy was caught spying!" Eric shouted, scanning the crowd. "Let this be a warning to you all!"

Peter hung his head, playing a good act of shame. I wondered why.. then I caught his play.

If he confessed to the little thing - spying on a meeting - he wouldn't be caught for the big thing: abusing me. They took his little Dauntless badge and he was sent to his dorm to pack his bags and move back to his family - if they would still accept him. If they wouldn't, he'd either have to live on the streets, hopefully get a job somewhere (which probably wasn't going o happen, since you have to go through our school to get a job, because it's the only school that's affordable for everyone), or somehow persuade his family to let him stay. I walked away when we were dismissed, debating on what i heard. Suddenlt, someone tapped my arm.

"Beatrice." Caleb's voice said. I turned and followed him into a side room (there seemed to be a lot of them).

"What is it, Caleb?"

"Beatrice, I know that you're a Divergent... but there's something you don't know. Jeanine announced stuff about Divergents...they threaten the faction system. Don't know how, but they plan to "fix" them."

My blood ran cold. "What was the point of you telling me this?" I asked him.

"Be careful." Caleb's eyes ran over mine. "Stay safe."

I had just gotten home when Chris's voice came on my phone, calling me. I answered, and her voice was racked with sobs. "Tris... Tris I'm so sorry..."

"What happened!" I screamed and turned on the television. I turned the channel to Chicago news - and stared at the TV.

"...here's the whole story. Phyllis, take it!"

"Well, Ben, I'm here in LA with a witness, Officer James. Officer, would you tell us what exactly happened last night?"

"Well." Said the Officer, who I recognized as one of Dad's close friends. "Officer Prior called in to say that he had a lead on where Tobias was. police cars swarmed his location... next thing I knew, one of them called in to report that Officer Prior had been killed, shot in the heart, when they got there... no witnesses... it was an abandoned lot..."

I turned off the TV.