{Author's Note}
Horrible amazingness in this next chapter! Poor Chris! :'(
Tris POV
Chloe slips into simulation after a long sixty-seconds of bitching.
The screen appears dark. Pitch black. I look at Tobias confused. "Does she not have any fears?" I ask. Is she Divergent?
"Hello?" she says breaking my thoughts. Chloe's voice echoes on the dark screen. Then I hear panting, but I can't see anything. She screams and chokes up.
"We are here for you Chloe." Says a raspy bone-chilling voice. "He he he he!" It says.
"No! NO!" She yells. She's crying and screaming and whispering to herself.
"I almost feel bad for her." I say to the screen. "Almost."
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Tobias and I are utterly bored and tossing a crumpled up ball of paper back and forth. It's been almost an hour and Chloe has made little progress.
"Is there anyway we could wake her up?" I ask tossing the paper to his face.
He shakes his head. I huff and listen to Chloe scream again.
"Well then this is super boring. We went through your landscape faster than this!"
He smiles and throws the ball high above my head. I catch it in one hand.
There's a knock at the door.
"Open up lovebrids!" Eric.
I roll my eyes and take off my wires.
"Yes your highness?" I ask opening the door. The cold handle sends chills up my spine.
He looks allured at Chloe and I throw up in my mouth a little. "How long has she been in there?" He asks kneeling by her side.
"An hour." Tobias states rolling his eyes.
"You haven't woken her up yet?" Eric asks confused.
"Yes Eric she's up, perfectly fine and dandy. Now why don't you go on a picnic with her." I say dryly.
He glares at me. "I don't need your sarcasm stiff, but come here."
I cautiously move to his side. "Slap her and she'll wake up."
My eyes light up. "Really?" Don't be so sadistic.
I look at the screen. "I'm gonna save you fiancée kissing, fat ass bitch!" I yell to the screen. Tobias laughs a little but Eric sends him a look.
I lean over her and slap her hard across the face. She shots up. "Ow!" She yells.
"Come with me Chloe. I'll take you back to the dorms okay?" Eric says kindly. Ew!
"Don't do anything stupid." Tobias says to both of them.
Eric glares at him. "I am above sleeping with initiates. Unlike you." Eric spits. Color fills my cheeks but Tobias stands perfectly still.
Chloe looks like she's about to go crazy with fear and jealously tracing her face.
I walk out and get Chris.
"Ready?" I ask him.
"Not really." He says with a charming smile. He probably had a lot of girlfriends back when he was Candor.
"Better be soon." I say and hold the door for him.
Chloe and Eric are gone.
He sits in the metal chair. "What took Chloe so long?" He asks.
"Classified." Tobias says to the computer.
"Oh. Hi Four didn't see you there." Chris says.
"I used to be a wallflower." He says looking away from the screen.
I roll my eyes. "Yeah and now you're a Dauntless prodigy."
Chris looks a little confused but we don't bother to explain.
Once we tell him how the simulation works and what it's going to do we inject him.
Tobias re-hooks my wires and kisses me on the head. Chris smiles longingly and slips under.
Instantly I know what his simulation is. "Christopher." A voice calls. It's almost scarier than the invisible monsters in Chloe's landscape.
I watch Chris' face turn a sickly pale color.
A man steps into the small circle of light. He looks just like Chris, only older. Tall and fair skinned with shaggy light hair.
Tobias' eyes are big. Very big.
"You." Says Chris looking for space to run.
"You did wrong. You must be punished." The voice is smooth, vindictive and deep. Like Marcus'.
Chris starts shaking. The man removes his belt. "No. Please no." Chris says.
Tobias' eyes are glued to the screen but his mind is someplace far away.
"Tell me you didn't do it." The man says.
"I didn't do it." Chris whimpers.
"Lies!" Yells the man. "Lies!"
He takes the belt and smacks Chris on the wrist. Chris cries out.
"Tell my it hurt." The man says.
"It hurt!" Chris says without thinking.
"Lies! I would never hurt my own son!" Yells the man.
He kicks Chris to the ground and pulls his shirt up. He whips him in the back. I grab Tobias' hand. Chris screams and a bloody streak trail across his muscular back.
"Tell me you hate me!" The man, Chris's father yells.
"I hate you! I hate you!" Chris yells between tears.
"No! You don't! You love me! You would never hate your father!" The man yells smacking Chris again.
"NO!" Tobias yells.
Chris cries. "Stop! It hurts!" Chris yells.
"No it doesn't! Stop lying! Candor never lie!" His father yells at him. Chris cries.
"Were is your mother?!" He asks him.
"Dead! She's dead!" Chris yells between tears. He looks like a little boy.
"No! She's upstairs! Why do you lie to me son!? Candor never lie!"
He beats him again. I hear the dramatic sobs and cries. I reach out and touch my fingers to the screen. His fear looks so real, so placid on the screen it's like I can reach out and touch it.
And when I do, I realize it's not Chris I'm looking at, it's Tobias.
His hands are shaking and his eyes are glass. I reach over and tuck his face in my hands.
"It's okay. It's just a simulation. It's not real." I say. A tear rolls down his cheek and he grabs my wrist with his shaking hands.
"But it is real Tris. It is." He says. His face is turning red and tears are streaming down his face.
The speakers let out one last scream and Chris shoots up in the chair.
"Mommy!" He yells then opens his eyes. His face is wet with tears just like Tobias'.
"Four?" Chris asks between sobs.
Tobias yanks off the wires and sits next to Chris. "It's so scary." He says.
Chris nods. "I know." They both start bawling and I have no idea what to do.
I feel like I'm looking at two little boys on the playground, not a Dauntless prodigy and handsome sixteen year old.
Eventually Tobias stops crying and can manage to speak.
"My father, he did the same thing. That's why I left." He says to Chris.
Chris just nods between sobs.
"You need to go back to the dorms now." Tobias says. I know it kills him to, but he says it.
Chris nods again. Stands up and looks at me. "He needs you Six." He says before walking out the door.
I walk hastily to Tobias and brush my lips to his. "It's okay." I whisper, "You're with me. It's okay." I feel him nod and I kiss him again. He pulls away gently.
"Who's next?" He whispers.
"Paul the jack ass." I say sarcastically.
He smiles weakly and stands up. He pulls me into a deep hug and presses his lips to my head. "I love you." I whisper.
He keeps squeezes his forehead to mine and says, "I love you more."
A/N
Total craziness right!? So lots of things….. Thank you to Guest Fourtris17 for suggesting that Chloe be afraid of the dark! That is only the begining of many! Maw ha ha ha! If I use your fear I will mention you but thank you for all the wonderful suggestions!
Another thing…. I started a new fanfic! It's called…. (wait for the creative naming-ness!) Divegent High! The characters in Divergent go through high school!( s/8917842/1/Divergent-High) So I will NOT be abandoning this fanfic because it's WAY to much fun to write, but I wanted to tell you guys about it anyway!
Thank you thank you SOOOOOO MUCH for the amazing reviews, follows and faves! You guys are so freaking amazing and I love you guys SO much!
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~AJ
