Chapter 19

The Answer

Tobias:

"So far, we have ten trusted Erudite transfers going over the serum and trying to figure out how to reverse its effects. No such luck," Tris continued for Amar. "Jeanine's up to something and that something involves controlling Dauntless. Caleb, I'm sorry to ask this of you, but we need someone to get inside of Erudite and find out what they are planning, and if possible, find a reverse serum to the one Max is under." Tris looked at Caleb, her expression only showing one of seriousness and possibly a bit of desperation, "Caleb, will you be our spy?"

I sat beside Amar, across from the Prior family. I was so happy to see Tobias again, but sadly, the situation is not a happy one. The boys hadn't changed much since I last saw them. Tobias' hair was still short and brown, neatly cut to the length allowed for Abnegation. Or so it seemed. If you looked close enough, you could tell that his hair was longer than most boys of Abnegation and his bangs were falling into his stormy grey eyes. The clothes Tobias wore were still the same baggy old grey clothes, though from what I have heard from Amar, it's a good thing. People would be suspicious of something if, according to Amar, they ever saw the muscular build that the Abnegation boy had. He's gotten much taller than I ever anticipated, possibly about 6'0 to 6'3, causing him to tower over my short 5'2 ass even though I'm wearing heels that make me 5'5.

As for Caleb, his dark brown hair was cut precisely the length for an Abnegation boy. His eyes were the same emerald green, though they had a large spark of curiosity that was well hidden from those who didn't pay attention to others. Caleb had finally grown into his hooked nose and dimpled cheeks, making him look more handsome than you'd expect from an Abnegation child. He was tall, maybe about 5'5 or taller, I couldn't tell for sure.

I was pulled out of my thoughts by Caleb as he asked, "W-what do I have to do?" He stuttered slightly at the beginning, but his voice grew stronger as he spoke.

Amar and I smiled at the emerald-eyed boy, "Thank you, Caleb." I sighed before looking at both of the boys, "Have either of you met a Dauntless woman named Tori during your testing?" I asked, my tone full of absolute seriousness.

Both of the boys nodded causing us to sigh in relief, "Good, that means you're as protected as possible. What were your results?" Amar asked, watching the boys intently.

"Abnegation, Erudite, and Dauntless," Tobias said first, though with a bit of hesitation before he spoke.

Caleb nodded and said, "Abnegation and Erudite."

Amar and I chuckled, startling the Priors, "What's so funny?" Natalie asked us.

"Tori owes us 20 points," Amar managed to choke out between laughs,

I took a deep breath before I explained, "Tori bet against Amar and I. Said Tobias would get Abnegation and Dauntless while Caleb got Erudite or Abnegation. We said Tobias would be Abnegation, Dauntless, and Erudite, while Caleb would be Abnegation and Erudite."

"She bet 10 points on each of you, totaling to 20 points," Amar cut in. "She's probably annoyed she lost, but Tori should have expected that. We know more about you boys than she does and she thought she could win," He chuckled.

This lightened the mood quite a lot, causing the Priors to chuckle a bit at Tori's expense. We sat there, laughing for a bit before we all pulled ourselves together and focused on why Amar and I were there.

I took one more deep breath before saying, "Caleb, we need you to infiltrate Erudite. With the knowledge that we have, Jeanine Matthews is going to take interest in you just because you're Andrew's son. Be careful. Don't tell anyone you're Divergent. If they ask, tell them you got Erudite."

Amar took over, "Jeanine had quite the infatuation to Andrew. We suspect she's planning something to harm Abnegation because he left. Six also has a feeling that she's going to use Dauntless in some way, and normally, sadly, her feelings are always right."

Caleb took a glance around the room, looking from his parents to his younger (but taller) brother. He nodded, "I'll do it."

Amar and I sighed with relief. We were expecting him to say yes, but honestly, a part of me thought he would say no. Tobias pulled his brother into a hug, mumbling something about how brave he is and I couldn't help but agree. Only the bravest would go in as a spy. Only the bravest would risk everything they could to protect the people they love. Caleb is brave. He's risking his life in more ways than one by accepting to spy.

The Priors all pulled each other into a group hug, surrounding the oldest child of the family. Amar and I smiled at the happy family as they interacted. We were glad that we could have an impact on something so great. Amar and I had impacted this family in quite a way. I had encouraged Andrew and Natalie to talk to their kids and to change up the rules in their house. Amar had pulled them even closer together when he encouraged the parents to let their sons speak during dinner and even had them tell their children which faction they came from and what their own test results had been. I honestly am proud of the growth of the family and am very glad that they had grown so close to one another.

Amar and I coughed gently, startling the family from their group hug. The Priors smiled at us sheepishly as they took their seats once again. I quickly looked at the watch I had on my wrist before speaking, "We have to go, the other leaders and the rest of our little family can't cover for our absence for so long. Plus, Amar and I are needed to work on initiation training."

Amar sighed, "Tomorrow, either Tori, our close friend Hana, her son Zeke, Six, or myself will try to run into either one of you. We have two hard drives one is currently downloading the Erudite plans that we've managed to gather, the other has a virus Six has created herself that will allow her to hack into the Erudite computers."

"Caleb, you'll need to put the one with the virus into one of the highest level computers you can get access to. The other, with the plans, make sure you use a private system or else the Erudite will catch on to what we know. " I explained, quickly glancing at my watch every few seconds.

Call me paranoid. I don't care. I actually am paranoid at this point. Ever since Jeanine put Max under that stupid serum, she's been trying to get to the other leaders and myself. What she didn't account for was that after giving Max the serum and changing his personality that we'd realize something was up and get suspicious. Quite honestly, it is hilarious how everyone thinks that the people of Dauntless are just knuckle-brained idiots that don't know how to think. Like, honestly, we won't let a group of jackass idiots that don't know shit touch a gun, let alone shoot it. We don't even let dependents touch the knives or guns without proper supervision. We aren't idiots. Anyway, she really wasn't prepared for any of us other leaders to be prepared for her to try and get closer. It was very hilarious, especially when we all stopped having drinks or food when she came around for a meeting, so the only way Jeanine could get the serum into our system would be using a needle and that would be very hard to do without being seen.

"Stop being so paranoid, Six. We'll fix this, I promise," Amar interrupted my thoughts, pulling me into a side hug.

I sighed, "I know, I know. I'm just… really worried about Max… What if we can't find or make an antidote…?" I asked, my voice full of uncertainty.

Amar sighed and quickly bid goodbye to the Priors. I was too deep in thought to do anything aside from wave. My father figure quickly dragged me out the back of the grey box of a house and directed me home.

A/N:

K so…. I'm sorry it's so short… but… at least it came out faster…? Idk… I just really didn't know how to make this longer so it came out really short. I'm tired. I have a headache. I'm socially exhausted. Why is this my life? My parents dragged me out of the house for some dinner and I've just been reading and writing this entire time. I've been out of the house for like… 5+ hours. And my school Chromebook stopped working so I had to go through the embarrassing process of talking to the teacher guy about what happened and getting it fixed. I didn't ask for this. Why me? Anyway, Ima stop ranting about how my introverted short ass self is very socially exhausted. Hope you guys had a better day than me. Have a great day anyway! Cya! (I did this A/N yesterday)