A/N: Second update in two days! Make sure you've read previous chapter first!
Lauren's POV
"REVIVE HIM!" I yell as I feel hands pulling me away from his body. Screams leave my throat as no one is helping him. Blood is starting to appear more rapidly around his body as my hands left the wounds. I stare in horror as Amar and Nita step in to his body. They check him for his nonexistent pulse as Amar starts doing compressions on his chest until another solider stops him.
I realize that I'm pulled into Four's chest, as he literally has to drag me away from Eric. "Four let me save him! FOUR!" I'm desperate to get back to Eric's body. I have to find a pulse or save him. He can't die on me not now. Not with how we left things all because of my stupid father.
"Lauren." He says sternly as to soothe me but it only makes me cry out more as I realize this may be the last I ever see Eric. They tolerate him here, but that doesn't mean that they will save him if he's this far gone. The blood, the deep color of it still covers the floor, spreading more by the moment. More soldiers gather around both bodies as I'm left with my back into Four's chest as he does everything he can to stop me from moving forward.
I watch in horror as they move Demetri's body confirming he's dead. A part of me is sad and another part of me is relived that the monster will never know I was his daughter. I'll never get to tell the sexist pig how much I despise him and how glad he never got to destroy me like he did Aries.
"Four, you need to take her and go to Tris in the conference room. Aries wants this scene cleared." I hear Matthew tell Four as they begin to lookover Eric. Why isn't any helping him? Why aren't they trying to restart his heart? Why are they letting him bleed out? Aren't we supposed to be the good guys? Wasn't this the noble side of The Resistance?
"THIS IS YOUR FAULT!" Tris steps back as I scream at her the second Four pulls me into the conference room. I've fought the whole way here and Four tosses me down, probably sick of my tantrum for Eric. Matthew stands guard and I find it funny. Like Matthew is even capable of holding us in here. Tris is the reason we kept putting things on hold to overtake David and rescue her out of Chicago. He was never supposed to touch her. She was never supposed to have come here herself with the others. The fucking Stiff had to explore beyond the wall even though we were fucking coming for them!
Being that all of my company hates Eric, I know that won't do anything to help me, but I can't stay in here not knowing if Eric is really dead.
Fuck it. If Eric is dead I have nothing to loose.
I walk up swiftly to Matthew as he pulls a gun on me. I laugh so he does know how to use one, or makes it appear that he does.
"Come on Matthew don't pull a gun on a former Dauntless when you don't intend to shoot." I put my hand in the shape of a gun and point at him, which causes him to roll his eyes at my antics.
"Lauren I have orders. I will shoot you." He hesitates the last sentence; this will be easy. His hesitation proves he can't shoot me, or probably anyone.
I look back to Four and Tris who look at me questioningly. I shrug my shoulders and turn back to Matthew who looks like he's actually scared of me for once.
He doesn't know what hit him as I turn and disarm him in seconds. I aim the gun at him as he raises his arms.
"Lauren don't." He looks alarmed that I actually disarmed him. I probably look like an insane woman.
"Is Eric alive?" I ask like I've finally lost my mind.
"I don't have that information at this moment." He says it with a nervous tone.
I laugh, "Bullshit. You're Aries' bitch that's why you're here watching over her daughter."
I go through the doors without him stopping me as I hear him call that I'm armed to his wristband device.
Amar stands before me as I turn the hall. My gun is raised at him, I probably look insane as ever, and he doesn't even react to it but instead walks towards me.
"Hand me the gun and I'll tell you." He says softly putting his unarmed hands out towards me.
"I don't trust you." I click off the safety on the gun as a threat.
"How Candor of you. Laur come on." I hesitate for a second and he grabs it from me skillfully.
George is grabbing me from behind, as I didn't realize he was here too. "Cute, you two ganging up on me," I snarl at them.
"Do I have to drag you or will you come willingly?" George asks annoyed.
"Wherever we are going better be to Eric." I warn with my arms crossed across my chest. I'm almost throwing a tantrum like a child.
They glance at each other and I know that's not where we are going. Before I can protest, George lifts me over his shoulder as I realize we are going past the war scene. Blood puddles the floor yet, but there are no bodies now. Where's Eric?
I'm brought into what used to be David's office now Aries sits in it like she owns the place. Tori is standing behind her and she looks relived to see I didn't wound her brother. This is fucking typical of them. I thought I was in on all this bullshit.
George places me in a chair as him and Amar stand behind me.
"What the hell were you thinking?" Aries condemns to me. "Your selfish needs were not to be put above your fellow soldiers!"
"Where's Eric?" I spit at her not caring for anything else she has to say.
"I don't know how I'm going to send you into Chicago. If you can't work on a squadron." She's avoiding the subject and I won't stand for it.
"WHERE'S ERIC?" I stand and the men behind me move closer.
"He's dead, Lauren." I fall to my knees. Speechless.
He's dead.
Eric is really dead.
"I'm sending a squad into Chicago tonight. Lauren! Listen to me! You are going to Chicago tonight despite your actions here!" She's pleading for me to listen but I can't absorb the words she speaks.
Amar pulls me off the ground as I'm placed back in the chair.
"He can't be dead..." I mumble to the floor hands coming up to my face. "You killed him!" I look at her with murderous eyes as I go to lunge at her I'm quickly pulled back down.
"You have to go on this mission. I have a very special task for you. You're grieving is going to have to wait!" Her eyes have a gleam of evil in them as I look to her. The look that you get when you know you hold all the power in your hands.
"What," It rolls of my tongue like venom as I feel my blood boil at my mother not caring that she just killed the man I love.
"You're going to kill Evelyn." I stand unsure if those are truly the words she just spoke. "Get yourself back in order soldier. Dauntless don't mourn death they celebrate it. Do this in honor of Eric. Kill Evelyn." She's going to use Eric's death to get me to do this.
"Then what?" This is all too strange.
"You will help me with Chicago, you and Four." Like that's going to happen.
"Four? You think he's going to want anything to do with us after I kill his mother?"
"It's safer for Tris he'll understand." She's knows that Tris is his greatest weakness.
"Bullshit. I want to see Eric's body before I leave." It will kill me, but I have to.
"No."
"No?"
"His body has been cremated already." I feel my heart drop. I'll never see him again…
"No!" I shout knowing its doesn't have an effect. These people don't care that Eric is dead. My own mother doesn't care that she killed her daughter's boyfriend at all. How fucked up is that?
"You're dismissed. You're order is not to be known by anyone on your squad then Amar and George." She almost sounds like Jeanine.
"What if I don't do this?" I challenge.
"Don't complete the mission and your memory will be wiped and you'll be placed in a new city." She's definitely sounding like Jeanine now.
I make it to my living quarters before losing it at the sight of Eric's clothing.
I take his shirt in my hands that still lingers of the smell of him as I look around realizing the shattered glass still lies on the floor as well as his open bottle of whiskey. I set his shirt down as I go for the bottle downing as much of it as I can before smashing it to the wall in anger. I head to the bedroom loosing myself completely at the sight of his black Dauntless jacket he wore in here. I sit on the bed with it as tears begin to escape my eyes and then I'm sobbing.
How could she do this to me?
Killing my father was fine, but Eric? He wasn't doing anything. Perhaps this was her opportunity to get rid of him and she took it.
I'm startled by arms coming in front of me gently taking the jacket away from me as I see Four and Nita in between my tears.
I start sobbing more as Four pulls me into his chest embracing me and trying to soothe me. I feel a pinch in my left arm as Nita injects me with something.
"What did you do?" I ask frantically pushing away from Four.
"It's to calm you. I'm not wiping your memory calm down." She says quickly.
I press myself back into Four's chest as tears still escape until I feel my body slowly calming down to the point where no tears are left.
Four pulls away to look at me. "We leave in an hour for Chicago. Can you do this? You're our best chance since Evelyn has taken over Erudite. You know the layout better then all of us." He speaks calmly and I nod my head.
I'm going to fight for Eric, even if it kills me.
A/N: Did I make anyone cry? Did I really kill Eric? I think you should keep reading this story to find out…