~Previously~
"I hear what you're saying and I understand." Tris says.
"I believe you. I also trust that you'll play this game to win. Just remember that allies are great in all until you've become useless or too big of a threat. Which one do you think you are?" Zeke asks rhetorically. Zeke walks away and leave Tris to her thoughts.
"Wow, so we passed the first stage of training and this is our reward? How Glamorous?" Christina says sarcastically.
"Well...Think about it this way Chris, after we complete stage 2 we'll be able to pick our own jobs." Tris says smirking as she loads a crate onto the truck. As Tris bends down to pick up another crate, she notices a light flashing in her face. Tris squints her eyesight bit before turning and looking in the direction the light was coming from.
"True true! I can't wait!" Christina says excitedly. Tris not paying attention to anything Christina said and Tris begins walking towards the direction of where the light was coming from. "Are you going over there to get more crates?" Christina asked.
"Yea, yea sure... I'll be right back." Tris says dismissively before quickly walking behind talk crates and sacks. Tris walks to the furthest corner and stops in her tracks.
"Mom?" Tris says barely above a whisper. Amber nods her head and pulls her into a tight and sweet embrace. Tris looks back up at her with tears flowing down her face.
"My precious little girl." Amber says grabbing one of Tris's hand.
"Mom, wh-what are you doing here?" Tris asked wiping some of her tears from her cheeks. Amber smiles softly and gives Tris's hand a small squeeze.
"I knew Max would assign you guys to come here sooner or later." Amber says still smiling as she looks at Tris. "Oh my, look at you! You've grown up to be strong and beautiful young lady!" Amber says letting go of Tris's hand. Amber touches Tris's cheeks tenderly.
"Mom, you can't be here... Th-They all think you and Dad are dead...Why are you here? Mom you could get caught!" Tris says with worry and concern evident in her voice.
"Yes honey I know, but this is important. Honey, you and Uriah are in danger." Amber says with seriousness in her voice.
"Whoa, whoa wait!" Tris says trying to comprehend what her mother just said, before looking at her mother in confusion. "Wh-what are you talking about? Mom what's happening!?" Tris asks with panic and more concern.
"I have to ask you; We're you "sick" when you took your aptitude test?" Amber asks. Tris nods her head slowly. "Honey what were your results?" Amber asks again. Tris looks at her hesitantly. Amber senses Tris's hesitation and Amber touches her hand motherly. "It's okay, you can tell me." Amber says calmly.
"...They were uh... inconclusive." Tris says hesitantly. Amber sighs like she already knew the answer and looks at her sternly.
"Divergent..." Amber nods her head before looking at Tris with a serious expression. "Listen to me Tris, you can't tell your friends, your instructors, You can't trust anyon-!" Amber says before she's cut of by an alarm.
"Wait mom!" Tris yells to Amber in confusion.
"People have always been so threatened by Divergents. But now Erudite is looking for them everywhere, they're actively seeking them out!" Amber informs Tris sternly. Tris nods already understanding this part.
"Why?! Mom..what am I? What is Uriah?! What is going on?!" Tris asks. Amber continues to looks around again to make sure no ones listening to their conversation or to make sure no one sees them.
"You guys don't conform, your guy's minds work in a million different ways. They're scared of you guys...They're scared of people like you. In stage two of training is where you and Uriah are most at risk. They're gonna get inside your guys head and watch how you guys respond to fear. But I know you guys can pass... Will pass. I know you guys will make it through Dauntless, I have seen it happen before." Amber says.
"Wh-why are you telling me this?! Mom what's happening?!" Tris says raising her voice with confusion and concern.
"Know who you are Beatrice Natalie Pedrad. I love you honey, and I promise you we'll see each other again." Amber says before pulling her daughter into a tight hug and kissing her hugs back and tears fall from her eyes again.
"I love you mom!" Tris says pulling out of the hug. "Mom please tell me what's happening." Tris pleads. Amber touches Tris's face one more time before staring at something behind Tris. Tris gives her a weird look before turning around to see no one. Tris turns back to Amber when she notices that Ambers gone. Tris bits her lip to keep from crying and she walks back to Christina.
"Hey, you just back just in time. its time to head back to Dauntless." Christina says before walking away. Tris doesn't say anything. Tris takes one more look behind her before walking off with the others.
TIME SKIP (At Dauntless)
Tris tells her friends she'll see them in a couple of hours when it's time to begin stage 2. Tris walks to her house thinking about her mother.
Why did you have to leave me again?
Tris starts walking towards her house when she decides she wants to go to the chasm to think. Tris walks to her favorite spot that only Zeke, Uriah and herself know where it's located. Tris walks to her favorite spot and sees Uriah sitting down throwing rocks into the waterfall.
"Hey?...What are you doing here?" Tris says moving closer to him. Tris plops down next to him. Tris turns to look at her brother only to see dried tear stains on his cheeks. "Are you okay?" Tris asks quietly. Uriah shakes his head.
"No..." is all Uriah says. Tris sighs and remembers what her mother told her.
You and Uriah are in danger.
"Hey, Uriah can I ask you something?" Tris says looking over at the waterfall. Uriah shrugs before throwing rocks into the waterfall. "When you were working in Amity today did you..." Tris trials of trying not to sound crazy. "Um..did you by any chance...see mom..." Tris asks Uriah. It's quite for a couple seconds before Uriah answers.
"No..." Uriah says looking at Tris. Tris questioning herself until Uriah speaks up again interrupting her train of thought. "But I did see Dad..." Uriah says quietly. Tris's eyes get real big.
"Really?! Did he tell you what the hell is going on?!" Tris asked with seriousness evident in her voice.
"Nope. The only thing that he told me that I could even classify as "important" or "useful" is when he told me that you and I are in danger." Uriah says continuing to throw rocks. Tris sighs and turns to look at her brother.
"Do you think we should tell Max and Zeke that we're divergent?" Tris asks Uriah. Uriah stops throwing rocks and turns to look at his sister.
"Do you honestly believe that's a smart decision to do considering dad and I'm sure mom said to keep what we are a secret?" Uriah asked rhetorically with a slight scowl.
"I understand but we're in danger Uriah! We need to tell them so that they can help keep us safe." Tris says crossing her arms over her chest. "We have to tell someone..." Tris says quietly. Uriah snorts and continues to throw rocks.
"Yeah, and then let's tell them how we saw our parents!." Uriah says sarcasm dropping from his voice. "If we tell them what we know...Where not only putting ourselves in danger by doing that Beatrice; we're also putting our friends and family members in danger and we'd also be putting us FURTHER in danger!" Uriah says with seriousness evident in his voice. Everything is silent between the two of them. After about 5 minutes Tris breaks the silence.
"I miss mom and dad." Tris says more to herself then to Uriah. Uriah stops throwing the rocks into the chasm and Tris can see his whole body tense.
"Yeah, me too..." Uriah says quietly. "Hey... Uh quick question... when mom left did she like... disappear? Like out of thin air?" Uriah asks curiously. Tris nods her head remembering the whole interaction.
"Mhmm hmmm but before she left a weird alarm sound went off and then all the sudden she started saying her goodbyes to me." Tris says thinking. Uriah turns to his sister with a contemplating look on his face.
"That's really odd to me..." Uriah states. Tris gives him perplexed look.
"How so?" Tris asks. Uriah's quite for a couple of minutes before responding.
"Think about it." Uriah say trying to make sense of it all. "They both left or disappeared quickly without any sort of trace." Uriah states quietly. "How is that even be possible?" Uriah says not believing.
"... I I-ah don't know..." Tris says not being able to come up with a reason.
"Exactly..." Uriah says. "I doesn't make any sense." Uriah says. "There's way too many things not adding up." Uriah expresses frustratedly. Tris silently agrees before slowly standing up.
"Yea, you're right." Tris says as she starts dusting off her pants. "And there's nothing we can do about it..." Tris trails off. "Well I'm going to go to training, good luck." Tris says before walking away. Tris hears Uriah snorts and hears a faint response.
"Yea, you're going to need it." Tris hears Uriah say cockily. Tris continues to walk until she's completely out of the Chasm and she heads to simulation center.
Time Skip (The Simulation Center)
Tris waits outside the simulation room with the rest of the initiates waiting to be tested on their control of their fears. Tris socializes with her friends when Christina notices Molly being taken out of the room looking shaken.
"What the hell happened to her?" Christina says not to anyone in particular.
"Is she suppose to look like that?" Al says quietly with evident fear in his voice. Tris turns her head to look at Molly and notices she's frighten.
"What did they do to her?" Christina says shaking her head with sympathy in her voice. Tris sighs and continues to talk to her friends when her name is called.
"Tris" Four says standing at the door where Molly cane out. Tris hesitantly stands up and walks to the door. Tris walks through the door and stops waiting to follow Four.
Four leads her into a room with the chair that looks like the chair she sat in when she was taking her aptitude test. To the right of the chair there was a weird looking computer and a table with several needles and blue almost glowing liquid. Tris gulps and turns to Four with slight concern and suspicion.
"Take a seat." Four says as he walks over to the table by the chair. Tris bits her lip nervously and sits in the chair.
A couple minutes later Tris relaxes and she feels Four adjust the seat. Four then walks over to the table and grabs the blue liquid and walks back over to her.
"I'm going to inject you with serum that stimulates the part of the brain that process fear." Four explains. "This serum induces hallucinations and then it transmitters in the serum allows me to be able to see the images in your head." Four finishes. Tris eyes get wide and she sighs.
"So, you'll be able to see what's inside my head?" Tris questions with an eyebrow raised. Four nods his head.
"Yep." Four says before touching Tris's shoulder. The nervousness she was feeling before is no longer there and she feels fireworks at his touch. "Lean back." Four says before removing his hand. Tris leans back and Four injects to serum.
"Ouch." Tris says with a smirk playing on her lips. Four snorts and walks over to the computer looking thing.
"Okay, you're going to be facing your worst fears, Tris. Most people have ten to fifteen really bad ones. You have to calm yourself. Slow your heart rate and your breathing and deal with what's in front of you. Be brave Tris." Four says.
Tris doesn't have anytime to respond because she feels herself become tired like as her eyes close. Right before Tris completely drifts away as she tries to prepare herself.
May the odds ever be in my favor?