A/N: hi. Um, apparently we found out who one of the spammers were. Some annoying 7th grader from our school, apparently she only did a few though.
Avigayil:
That morning at breakfast, Eric stands up on a box, and calls for quiet through a megaphone
"Attention everyone. We have some serious news. Last night our secure files were hacked. Some very important files were deleted. We will be conducting an investigation throughout this week. Thank you."
My blood runs cold in my veins shitshitshitshitshitshit what did I do? Four warned me, and I didn't listen. Why didn't I listen?
It's a good thing no one is really paying attention to me. I have a feeling if Shahar saw me, she would be able to tell I was lying. Stupid Candor. Marge and Ohad are talking nervously to each other, wondering who hacked the computer, and what files were deleted. Dovid is talking with Rivka and Rochel. I grab his hand. I just need something solid to hold on to. To remind me that there is still a world around me. I must have been squeezing too hard, because he gives me a confused look. I mutter an apology and go back to my fried eggs. I can still feel his eyes on me. I will have to come up with an excuse later if he asks me questions.
When the time comes, I make my way down the dark twisting hallways to the simulation room.
"What do you think was deleted that's so important to the leaders?" Marge asks me.
"I don't know, maybe the top secret chocolate cake recipe." As soon as it comes out, I know how sucky that joke is. Marge and Ohad give me strange looks.
"Are you okay?" Ohad asks. Dovid overhears,
"Yeah, you were asking really strange this morning." He says
"I'm just nervous about the simulations." I reply, trying to keep my voice steady.
"You seem to be doing really well with them. You're so fast." Ohad says. There is no jealousy in his voice. He seems genuinely happy for me.
"Yeah, but still, they are so realistic…" I shiver. I'm not lying, the simulations are really scary, though I suppose that's the point.
Yaakov catches my eye. I don't know what he's trying to say exactly, but I know it's something along the lines of we're Divergent. This is easy for us. He gets called next. His slight grin bugs me. The simulations are horrible, divergent or not.
A few hour later, when I get called up, Noah gets pushed out of the room, and Four grabs my wrist, yanking me inside. He slams the door and locks it. He puts his hands on my shoulders, and shakes me,
"What the hell were you thinking?!" he says in a hushed voice, that doesn't match his demeanor.
"I don't know what you're talking about." That's lie. I know exactly what he's talking about.
"Don't you play the stupid card, I'm not falling for it. Do you even know what you caused?" he adds much quieter, "the leaders are shipping in large amounts of truth serum. They intend to inject every single member, one at a time and interrogate each one until they find out who hacked the computer."
Holy mother fucking shit, what did I do? I've been under the truth serum before, back in Candor. I still remember the heavy feeling, and the embarrassment of having to tell my secrets.
"How do you know this?" I ask, my voice is unsteady. My entire body is shaking. He laughs, although it is a cruel, anxious laugh,
"I'm the head of serum administration, I was one of the first to be notified."
Now I feel cold. They will find me, and I will most likely be killed.
"Is there any way out of this?" I question,
His lips press together. Either he is holding something back, or there is no hope for me. The latter is more likely.
"Meet Tris and I at the chasm tonight at 11 o clock, Okay?"
I nod. Four goes to unlock the door. He pulls Noah in who gives him a murderous look.
"If you think you can shove me around like that-"
"Piss off Noah."
Noah throws the first punch. That is expected, except doesn't punch him back, he grabs Noah' arm and twists it behind his back. Noah pushes him off.
"Thank God it's my last day here." Noah hisses
"It's your last day?" I ask, "Yes!" I shout
Noah glares at me.
"Gingers have no soul."
"You're an asshole independent of your hair color."
Noah looks like he's about to retort, but Four cuts him off
"Just get in the seat before I explode on you."
I decide not to reply, so I go sit in the simulation seat.
Noah grabs the needle. I don't think much of it until he stabs it hard into my throat.
Red hot pain shoots through my neck, I try to breath, but I can't. I try to cough but I can't do that either. Four carefully takes the needle out.
"What the hell? You didn't even get her vein. Get out now."
Noah slowly walks out of the room. The pain has subsided ever since Four got the needle out.
"You're lucky these needles are made to do as little damage as possible. Go to the hospital, make sure he didn't damage anything. You are excused from training today."
His eyes are cold. I walk out through the front, because it's easier to get to the hospital from there, but I regret it when everyone's questioning eyes land on me.
"What happened?" asks Yaakov, "Noah got pushed out, we heard screaming, Noah got pulled in, more screaming, Noah left, and now you are here, all of which shouldn't have happened."
"It's a long story." I mutter, and then run down the hallway. I have to stop quickly because the heavy breathing stings. Dovid appears behind me.
"So what happened?"
"Noah stabbed me with the needle."
"Well why the fuck did he do that?"
"Honestly I'm not sure, he's just an ass hat."
"Is Four going to do anything about it?"
"I don't know. He probably will, although I'm totally Four's favorite right now?" I say sarcastically.
"Yeah, what was that all about earlier?"
"It's not that important."
He frowns,
"You don't like him or anything, do you?"
What?
"No, no, oh God no. I'm with you, and I'm pretty sure Tris and Four are together."
"Oh they are. It was kind of a big deal last year, because Four was Tris's trainer, and when people found out they had been together for part of initiation there was a bit of an outrage. People thought that Four had corrupted Tris's score."
"Did he?"
"They had to reevaluate some things, but no, he didn't."
"Uh huh."
"Funny thing actually, my older sister, Lauren was in Four's class. She said she always thought Four was incapable of love. He's a really strange guy. No one knows his real name. He was a transfer, but no one remembers what faction he came from, and a lot of people wondered why someone who had one of the highest scores in modern times would choose a job with security, not government."
"Pity, he would have been a much better leader than Eric."
"Anyone would."
"That is true."
The dauntless have really short attention spans. I thought I would have to work hard to change the subject, but obviously not.
"So why did Noah stab you with the needle?"
"He was mad at Four, and I called him some bad names."
"There have been a ton of serious injuries this year, and most of them involve you."
"Shmuel got stabbed with an actual knife."
"He was probably asking for it. That kid is annoying."
"I don't know, I have mixed feeling for him."
"How so."
"Well at first I hated his guts. My brother started hanging out with him and it hurt a lot. Then that kid Ioni tried to rape me-"
"Someone tried to rape you?"
"On visiting day. Anyways, Shmuel was the one to save me. Oh and then I found out he was gay with my brother. I'm still trying to come to terms with it."
"Wait, seriously?"
"Are you telling me you didn't notice them like holding hands, or hugging, or anything?"
"I was too busy looking at you."
"Good excuse." I laugh. The talking made my throat hurt more.
"Were finally at the hospital, where I just got out of two days ago."
"Fun…"
We walk in, and I see Rosie writing something on a computer at the front desk.
"What happened now?" she asks.
"I got stabbed in the throat with a needle."
She gets up, slightly unsteadily, due to her enlarged stomach. I wonder when her due date is.
"Let's take a look then."
She leads me down the hall and into a dark room with a chair, a large screen, and some thin plastic pipes.
"Sit down, I'm going to use this camera to look into your throat."
"Why do you have these machines?" I ask
"You would be surprised how often someone swallows a weird object and we have to see if its done damage."
"I'm not surprised."
"You shouldn't be." She says drily,
"My sister tried to swallow a set of keys during a game of truth or dare a few years ago." Dovid says.
"Your sister is classic Dauntless. I can see why she always chooses to train the Dauntless borns." Rosie says.
"It is so annoying having to get taught by your older sister." Dovid mutters.
Rosie stops tinkering with the equipment and presses a button on the wall. A moment later a nurse comes in.
"Can you bring the oral anesthetic?" Rosie asks. The nurse scurries off.
"Explain to me what you will be doing." I say. Rosie smiles,
"Well first you will snort some anesthetic that will numb your nose throat. Then we will guide this little camera through your nasal cavity and into your throat where I will check for any damage done by the needle."
"Ow, they're putting a camera up your nose?" Dovid asks. I nod. The nurse comes in carrying a small vial of clear liquid. The nurse opens it and pours it into a small bowl.
"Okay, we are going to have you put your nose in this and breathe in. It will feel wrong, and slightly painful, but much less than shoving a camera up your nose as Dovid put it."
I take the bowl, and I put my nose into it. It feels fuzzy at first, but then there is no feeling at all. Without thinking I breathe in deeply through my nose. It burns. I cough for a minute, until the pain goes away, only to be replaces with an utter lack of feeling. Rosie makes the chair go down. She takes the plastic tubing with a little black orb on the end, and plunges it into my nose. I don't feel anything all, which is weird.
For like 10 minute I just sit there while Rosie is moving the tube around and looking at the screens. Dovid hold my hand grimacing. Finally Rosie pulls the camera out.
"I see no damage. A little bit of inflammation, but other than that you are fine."
"Lemme guess. Only liquids and soft food, and go easy on talking, laughing etc." my voice come out slurred and wobbly,
"Exactly. You can go now, just be careful. Feeling should return to your nose and throat in about an hour. Don't go bashing you nose into anything since you can't feel it."
I nod. I walk out. Dovid takes my hand. I can imagine working here after Training ends. I never see any other doctors except Rosie, and the nurses, so it's probably not a highly requested job. I'm smart, I could definitely do it.
A/N: Two of our friends started reading this. One of them is the namesake for Sivan. She did not appreciate us making her kiss Ioni in the other chapter. The other one is mad at us for putting bad images in her head about Yaakov and Shmuel.