Inside of Jeanine's Erudite-infested office (now that I'm thinking about it, how did I MISS that?), I sit across from Jeanine, who was smiling in my face, and Kylie, who had her back against the wall and her arms crossed, right next to my mother, who had Mason's handcuffs upon her wrists, on my left and Drew on my right with my leg crossed and Ashlyn's arms wrapped around my shoulders. Noah was standing next to his sister, scared of being the office in the first time, probably in his whole life, Uncle Mason standing behind my mother, holding Auntie Keira's hand softly. How do I manage to get myself into these damned situations like this? Being face to face with the person responsible for the deaths of my great-grandparents and her daughter (who would want to make ANY type of love to this creature is beyond me) has made me thankful that my mother has not been put in a home yet and my father was at work as a police office, patrolling the streets of Chicago (with Uncle Mason, who was his partner). Jeanine taps her nails upon her wooden desk and says slowly, "So, Elizabeth. We meet for the first time. I've always wondered what the kid of two Divergent rebels would look like. You look JUST like your father..."
"Leave my dad outta this, you damn Erudite scumbag! You're the reason that my grandparents are dead!"
Jeanine turns in her chair and giggles. "You DO have a temper as well. Very Four-like."
"Stop making flirty comments about my dad!"
Before Jeanine got to talking again, someone enters. A short and muscular man with multiple piercings upon his face and his dark hair greased back, wearing a black t-shirt and camo pants with military boots, one of his eyebrows cut a bit on the corner of it, and a sinister grin spread upon his face. If his face were to be in competition for the WORST pumpkin face carving...the judges would say no professionals. Whoever he was, he made my mother charge at him, but she was being restrained by Mason, whose big hands were too much for my mother, since he managed to lay his hands upon her shoulders so she could sit back down. She scowls at Mason for interfering, so she nearly had a meltdown before having her temples massaged by Keira. My mother sighs and says thank you to her with a smile but frowns at the ugly dude. God, he was so UGLY! Why did God make ugly people? I'd be in Hell thinking like that. But, only if my grandma was here. THEN, I'd be in trouble! He whispers something in her ear and they smirk. Whoever he was, he's like another Rottweiler of hers. He turns and nearly gapes at my mother, who glares at him while being restrained. He was giddy with joy, like a kid in a candy store, as he saw Mom in handcuffs.
"Jeanine, did you do this? Arrest the girl whose mother shot off my foot?!", he asks excitedly.
"Eric. The bastard who took advantage of Anna."
"I didn't take advantage of her; I'd wanted her back."
"From her own mother, who was a damn better parent than YOU."
Eric smirks, making his face more like Freddie from Halloween. "Anna was...an angel."
"By angel, you mean an angelic demon you'd created! Too bad she went running to her mom and is NOW the face of the Amity part of town, WHICH, by the way, you ERUDITE need to tell us where your location IS! Or else someone DIES."
"You're not killing any one on my account, Miss Elizabeth.", says Jeanine as she gets up to face my mother.
"It's LIZ, not Elizabeth. No one calls me that."
"Except for Grandma and Grandpa-", I say before she gives me a grave look.
"Shut. Up. To-", she was about to say my name but covers her mouth.
"It's too late, Elizabeth, for I know Tobias."
I look at my mother. Mom was too busy growling. I slid in my seat. Eric looks at me.
"No way. The famous Tobias Marshall. Heard so much about you. Your attributes are pretty much similar to Four's. No wonder you were named after him."
"We ARE Dauntless. REAL Dauntless. Not Erudite disguised as Dauntless."
Eric looks at her. Mom stares back.
"So, Eric. Joselyn left you already?"
Eric glares at her. "Joselyn is still with me, THANK you."
"Are you desperate for her sex?"
"MOM!", I say, face turning red. "Why...?"
Keira also turns red and Mason was snickering, before being hit in the arm by her.
A static sound was coming from Kylie's pocket. As she holds the walkie-talkie in her ear, she smiles.
"Good news. There are rebel Dauntless at the former Abnegation area with needles and bombs."
"WHAT?"
I get up with my mother at the same, her looking at me. "YOU sit down. You kids ain't goin' nowhere! Mason! Keira! Let's go…!"
They left, but Mom stayed behind, not knowing what Jeanine had up her sleeve. I got up and faced Jeanine. "You really are evil. No wonder Mom has a chip on her shoulder."
"Tobias, sit."
"No! I wanna protect my home!"
"Listen to ME. You kids need to be safe."
"Then, stay here."
"Abnegation needs me."
Mom leaves, with Mason and Keira, while I clinch my fists. Ashlyn kisses my cheek but I turn to grab Jeanine before being knocked out by Eric.
