Eric's back hurt from slumping in the chair all night and when he woke up he stretched his neck muscles out as best he could by rotating his head. The sedative that he was given must have been strong because he realized it was early morning from the amount of activity that was happening in the control room.

Yesterday when he arrived there were six technicians monitoring him and as it got later only two replaced them for the evening. There were three in the room now so Eric figured that meant soon more would arrive and the work day would begin.

He was contemplating an escape when a soldier froze outside the room and stared at him. Eric couldn't believe what he was seeing because the guy looked like Four. It wasn't until that soldier entered the room with a swipe of a card and walked over and began undoing his restraints that he knew it really was him. He silently urged Four to go faster before anyone noticed them. The technicians were too preoccupied with a monitor to pay them any attention and so when he was finally freed he eased his way out of the chair and followed Four out the door.

They weren't sure how many soldiers were currently on the level or around the compound so their best chance was to sneak out before being caught. But Eric's tall and broad frame was noticeable in his black Dauntless clothing amongst the white and blue lab coats and the blood red uniforms the super soldiers' adapted to stand out from the rest of Dauntless.

As they passed by another room, used for research, a male technician took off his coat and hung it over his chair before entering a small storage unit in the back corner. Eric took the opportunity to quickly snatch the coat and put it on. The man was short and stocky so it fit Eric across the shoulders but the arms barely passed half of his forearms. To hide it, he crossed his arms over his chest and kept his head bent to hide his face from anyone who looked their way.

The alarm went off, the sudden loud ringing caused everyone around them to jump and look around in confusion and curiosity. Then a voice came through the PA system. "This is not a drill. Eric Coulter has escaped. The facility will lockdown immediately as we search for him so we ask you to remain where you are and if anyone spots him to notify someone without delay."

This wasn't good news. They walked faster towards the exit hoping it looked like a soldier was escorting a lab technician out for safety but they were stopped by someone behind them.

"Wait up."

Four and Eric hesitated. Eric was a leader therefore very recognizable by everyone in Dauntless and Four was as well because of his fear record and being an instructor. Eric knew the best chance they had to get out was to use the element of surprise and so instead of slowly turning to address the person behind him, he quickly spun around and hit the guy.

Eric was surprised when the soldier rocked back on his feet before catching himself because as rumor had it this soldier should be able to take anything Eric dished out. They continued to fight as he heard sounds indicating that Four was engaged with an opponent as well. The few glimpses he got told him that Four was having a hard time trying to get a hit in. Not long after the fight started Eric dispatched the man he was fighting with and helped Four take his man down. What felt like minutes must have been only seconds because no one else seemed to be coming after them yet and so they dashed to the door and exited with the card Four had stolen.

The sound of the alarm abruptly cut off as the door closed. Clearly they didn't want the rest of Dauntless to know what was going on down there. The girls and Uriah were gone much to Four's relief. With only the two of them they made their way inconspicuously towards the main entrance of the compound. The red uniform and lab coat helped hide the fact that they didn't belong if they were noticed on the cameras and slipped out without any conflict.

Once they reached a safe distance, Four turned to Eric. "What happened in there? How did you take down two of them on your own?"

"I'm not sure. I was expecting it to be a lot harder than it was. The serum Jeanine gave me must be kicking in already, but they told me it took a couple of days to take full effect and it's only been one." Eric paced back and forth.

"You've been injected with the serum? We expected you to be tortured for information or lying at the bottom of the chasm, not used as a pawn in her army." Four said.

"Not just any pawn, her General. Her army is weak without a leader to tell them what to do to attain the large goal she installs in them. If you can keep me away from her then she will need more time to find someone else to take my place and hopefully we can use that time to find a way to stop them altogether."

Eric rubbed his forehead in thought before continuing. "It's also worse than we thought. She does plan on using this army to stop us but she's also expecting the outside world to show up at our door looking for a fight and she plans on stopping them too."

"How does she know that?" Four asked skeptical.

"It was in the video she stole." He said and proceeded to tell Four exactly what Jeanine had told him the day before while feeding him dinner.

"We need to send someone outside the gate and notify who we need to so we can stop that from happening." Four declared.

"Send Samantha, she's good at surviving out there and the farther she is from me the better. I don't want her around when Jeanine takes over my mind and I'm forced to hurt anyone."

Four nodded in thought. "Did you find anything that could help us stop them?"

"Nothing concrete but I did get an idea when Jeanine was comparing the Divergent to a virus. Maybe all we need to do is make a virus that will counteract the serum, expose her soldiers and hopefully they will lose their abilities. Even if it doesn't stop her mind control at least it will be easier to stop regular people rather than super soldiers." Eric explained.

"Sounds like a decent idea. We'll run it by Cara and see what she thinks, but first we better get you to a secure location before anything else happens." Four said and Eric nodded in agreement before they set off.