Maybe half an hour later I'm forced to leave Shauna's side. The Erudite Doctor promises to take her to the hospital wing and make sure she's cared about.

I let my feet walk wherever they want to, because I don't really care where i'm going. I just need to clear my head.

Eventually I bump into Bud in one of the hallways.

"Four!" he calls out. "We've been looking everywhere for you."

"Why?" I ask. "What's going on?"
"Tori's calling a meeting for the Dauntless only. I'm not sure what it's about, but you need to get to the sleeping area."

"Okay, I will," I say. "What's the meeting about?"

He shrugs. "I don't know. I just know it's important. Anyway, I have to go get the rest of the Dauntless."
"All right. I'll see you there?" I ask.

He nods, starting to walk away.

"Oh, and Four?" Bud says, walking backwards in the opposite direction. "It's a secret. Don't tell any non-Dauntless."
"Yeah, of course not", I say. "Got it."

When I get to the room with the bunk beds, almost all the Dauntless are already there, scattered amongst the bunks. I see Tris out of the corner of my eye, but avoid looking at her and choose to lean against one of the bunks further away from her. Bud arrives a couple of minutes later with the last of the Dauntless he could find, and Tori speaks up, sitting on a chair in the middle of the room with her bandaged leg stretched out in front of her.

"So, I've been informed about recent events that are risking the life of not only Divergents, but also several Dauntless, and that Jack Kang is not willing to do much to save those lives. But we don't have that many left of us, so we need to try and protect the ones still loyal to our faction."

I only listen to her with one ear, my mind still on the events of today. I cross my arms to keep my hands from shaking and stare at the floor as my thoughts race.

I'd been so afraid to loose her in the moments following Lynn's impulsive move. But she doesn't understand the fear and pain it causes me when she does reckless things- like run for Jeanine instead of shelter. No matter how I keep telling her to be careful and not run into dangerous situations without thinking, she keeps risking her life in attempts be selfless and brave.

I hear Tori and Tris discuss something, but I choose not to listen.

No matter how much it hurt to give Tris that "ultimatum", if you can even call it that, it was the only way to get my Tris back. The Tris that's controlling the balance between selflessness and bravery- not the one acting without any self-preservation to save everyone else but her.

"If Jack Kang is making deals with the Erudite, we can't stay here", says Tori, her words suddenly penetrating my thoughts. "So where can we go?"

For me, there's only one answer to that question. Only one place to go.

"Home", I say. "We should take back what's our. We can break the security cameras in Dauntless headquarters so the Erudite can't see us. We should go home."

There's a moment of silence before several people in the room start to cheer and shout encouraging words, and it's clear that we all agree- as a faction that from now on will be able to stand on it's own feet again.

"But before that," Bud says, "we need to decide what to do about Eric. To let him stay here with the Erudite, or to execute him."

"Eric is Dauntless. That means we decide what happens to him. Not Candor." This time it's Lauren talking, and our eyes meet we both smile a little. I haven't talked to her in a long time, since before the attack on Abnegation. I have no idea what she went through.

The room erupts into cheering again, and it's nice to know that we all agree and feel the same way about Eric.

"According to Dauntless law," says Tori, "only Dauntless leaders can perform an execution. All five of our former leaders are Dauntless traitors, so I think it's time we pick new ones. The law says we need more than one, and we need an odd number. If you've got suggestions, you should shout them out now, and we'll vote if we need to."

Shout them out. I can't help but smile a little at her words. It's so Dauntless, shouting out the suggestions, and it feels so much like home.

"You!" somebody suddenly shouts, nominating Tori. A few people cheer, agreeing.

"Okay. Anyone else?" Tori asks.

Then somebody calls out; "Tris!"

I search the room and find the shout coming from Marlene. Not to my surprise, a lot of other people support the nomination with their shouts.

Harrison also gets nominated by a Dauntless woman I don't know. And then Tori says, not really to my surprise either; "I'm going to nominate Four."

Mixed reactions to that, but I don't really care.

"We only need three leaders", says Tori. "We'll have to vote."

I look at Tris. I'm not sure what I want her to do.

I know why I need my spot as a leader, even though I don't really want it, and Tori will make a good leader. She deserves it. So it's between Tris and Harrison.

Something tells me that Tris being on the council will only make her feel more responsible for what happens to everyone, and that's what I want her to feel less of. Less responsibility to sacrifice herself for everybody else. And she must have seen it in my eyes, because she suddenly says; "No. No, you don't have to vote. I refuse my nomination."

"Are you sure, Tris?" Tori asks hesitantly.

"Yes. I don't want it. I'm sure."

"Alright then. The new leaders will be Harrison, Four, and myself", Tori announces. Nobody protests, instead, people shout and cheer and pump their fists. And finally, we can be our own faction again.

That's when some kind of alarm rings through the speakers.

"Attention all occupants of Candor headquarters", Kang's voice say through the speakers. "A few hours ago I met with a representative of Jeanine Matthew. He reminded me that we Candor are in a weak position, dependent on Erudite for our survival, and told me that if I intend to keep my faction free, I will have to meet a few demands. In order to comply with these demands, I ask that everyone make their way to the Gathering Place to report whether you have an implant or not."

I frown, but I guess that being honest about what happened is part of the role as Candor's leader. No lies, no avoiding the truth.

"The Erudite have also ordered all Divergent to be turned over to Erudite", Kang continues. "I do not know for what purpose."
And then the announcement's over.

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