Love in Dauntless
Chapter 26: Capture the flag
I wake to the annoying sound of the alarm. I turn it off and realize its midnight and tonight we are playing capture the flag. I turn to face Tobias to find that he is still sleeping. I shove his shoulder gently. "Tobias, honey, it's time to wake up." I say.
"No, it's time to sleep." He groans.
"Capture the flag in an hour." I tell him and he shoots up.
"Okay, let's get dressed into something more comfortable and wake up the initiates." He says.
We get changed and fifteen minutes later we are walking to the transfers dorms, hand in hand. I am wearing black leggings and a black t-shirt that shows my bird tattoo. Over that I am wearing a black jacket. He is wearing his usual jeans and t-shirt, but he is also wearing a black jacket. He has a horn in his other hand as well, to wake them up with.
We arrive at the transfers dorms and sneak into the room, standing in the middle. Tobias looks at me as if to tell me to cover my ears. I cover them with my hands and he blows the horn and the initiates jolt awake. Georgia screams. Others look scared. Kiera is still asleep.
I go over to Kiera and gently shake her awake. She groans and looks at me. "Hey, we're playing capture the flag. Do you want to play, or do you want to stay here and get some sleep?" I ask. Max said she didn't have to play if she didn't want to.
"I want to sleep. Maybe another time, if I make it into Dauntless." She says.
"Okay. Get some sleep." I say before leaving her, she falls asleep straight away.
"Initiates, you have fifteen minutes to get dressed and meet us at the train. If you aren't there on time then you will be factionless. Except from Kiera." Tobias says to the initiates.
"Why doesn't Kiera have to go?" Georgia whines.
"Because she doesn't. Now get your asses dressed and to the train track or your factionless." I say.
"But it takes me at least half an hour to get ready." Georgia whines again.
"Yeah, she hogs the bathroom and everything." Tom says.
"Well, if you don't get to the train by half past one, you will be factionless." I say before grabbing Tobias' hand and dragging him out of the room.
We run to the track and find Uriah and Zeke already there, laughing at something. They are both holding a bag. We jog up to them and they stop laughing when they see us. "What were you two laughing about?" I ask.
"Nothing." Uriah says.
"Okay." I say.
"So, did you wake them up?" Zeke asks.
"Yeah, but Kiera isn't coming." I say.
"Why?" Uriah asks.
"Because she's pregnant and Max said that she didn't have to play if she didn't want to. Though, she said maybe another time if she makes it into Dauntless." I tell him.
"Oh, okay." Uriah says.
It is now half one and all of the initiates, the Dauntless borns and the transfers, have made it to the track. Except from Georgia. "Where's Georgia?" I ask.
"She's still getting ready because she needs to look perfect for Four." Tom says.
"Yeah, she totally wants to split you two up." Talia says.
"Well, she's not going to be able to do that when she's factionless, is she? The train is coming; get ready to jump on." I say.
When we are all on the train we tell the initiates what we are doing and they all pick up a gun and some paintballs. We do too. "Right, so now it is time to pick the teams. You can go first. We will be picking from the transfers first." Zeke says.
"Thank you Zeke. Talia." Tobias says.
"Mason." Zeke says.
"Tom."
"Xavier."
"Lisa."
"David."
"Now Dauntless born. Alyssa." Tobias says.
"Sam." Uriah says.
"Joe."
"Britney."
"Josh."
"Alexandra."
"It's Alex." Alexandra says.
"Sorry." Uriah says.
"Matt."
"Jade."
"Casey."
"Jordan."
"Aaron."
"Dean, you're with us." Uriah says and we split off into our groups.
"Who's jumping first?" I ask.
"You can." Zeke says. I nod.
"Time to jump." I shout to my time when we get to where we want to jump. I jump first, followed by Tobias, followed by everyone else.
"Where shall we hide the flag?" Tom asks.
"We could hide it on Navy Pier." Lisa suggests.
"No, Uriah was on our team last year and that's where we hid it. He'd know we'd probably hide it there again. We need to put it somewhere else." I say.
"Okay. How about in the trees by Navy Pier? We could trick them by having one or two people by the carousel or something but don't actually hide the flag there. Hide it in the trees. On a high-ish branch. Then we have to find out where their flag is, so someone could climb the Ferris Wheel or something, high enough to see where their flag is, and report back to the rest of us. Then we'll have two people by the carousel, and nine left of us. So we could send say five people to get their flag, the other four could stay and protect the flag. Two of them by the flag, the other two hidden so we can hit them if they get close." Talia suggests.
"That's a great plan. Let's get going." I say.
When we get to the trees by the Navy Pier we decide to hide the flag not too close to the front row of trees. But close enough for the people who go up the carousel to rush back quickly. "Who's going to climb the carousel?" asks Tom.
"I will." I say.
"I'll go as well. Wait here until we get back." Tobias says before taking my hand and dragging me to the Ferris Wheel.
"You know you don't have to do this, right." I say.
"Do what?" He asks.
"Climb the wheel with me. You're scared of heights." I say.
"Yeah, but I want to. Plus, we did it last year; I want to do it again. Maybe it will be easier this time because we've already done it before. And I don't want you climbing up it with someone you barely know, so I'm coming with you." He says.
"Okay." I say.
We climb up the wheel. Me in front, him below me.
When we reach the place where we stood last year we stop and look for the other teams flag. "Was it any easier than last year?" I ask.
"Slightly." He says, looking down.
"Don't look down. That's the worst thing to do if you're scared of heights. Focus on me." I say.
I find the other team's flag on a tree branch by a cluster of buildings not too far away. "Come on, let's go." I say.
He nods and starts climbing down. I follow him.
When we get to the others we tell them where the flag is and we split off into groups.
Alyssa and Lisa are staying by the carousel to confuse the other team.
Casey, Joe, Josh and Matt are staying to guard the flag.
Talia, Tom, Aaron, Tobias and I are going to get the flag.
The five of us that are going to get the flag run quickly and quietly in the direction the other team have put it in. When we get closer we split up. Tobias, myself and Talia are going to the front of the tree. Tom and Aaron are going towards the back so we can sneak up on them.
Talia, Tobias and I stop when we get to the trees surrounding the tree the flag is hanging on. We hide behind other trees and look around to see who is guarding the flag. We find Zeke and Uriah guarding the flag, but they are play fighting each other, so they aren't paying attention.
I look at Talia and Tobias and gesture to them to come to me, they both nod before coming over to me. "Right, you two shoot them and I'll go round the side to grab their flag." I say. They nod and I start walking around to the side of the tree, where Zeke and Uriah can't see me. I start creeping towards the flag, hanging on the tree. Tobias and Talia come round their tree but Uriah and Zeke are too busy play fighting to notice anything. When I am like five feet away from the flag Tobias and Talia shoot, Tobias hitting Zeke in the face and Talia hitting Uriah in the place where it hurts most, so he is on his knees holding his private place in his hand and groaning. I run and grab the flag and Tobias, Talia, Tom and Aaron cheer. So do I. Zeke and Uriah look at us angrily. "Looks like you were wrong. We beat you." I tell them and Zeke stomps away. Uriah just stays on the floor groaning in pain.
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Tobias and I arrive home at three a.m. and we go straight to bed, after changing into pyjamas. The initiates have the day off today because of capture the flag, so we don't have to get up early. Also Christina is looking after Hope and said we can go and get her whenever we want. I do want to see my daughter, but I also want sleep, waking up in the middle of the night to play capture the flag is tiring. So is being a mum but I don't mind that. So, we just sleep, wrapped in each other's arms.
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