Chapter 24!
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Jenna
'AAAAAAH!' My eyes fluttered open to the sound of someone screaming. 'PLEASE JUST... FIX IT!' I sat up and saw Zeke running up to me. 'Baby!' He said, falling onto his knees right next to me. I looked around, being confused about my surroundings. We weren't in Erudite anymore, I was quite sure about that... But then where were we? A little further away from me, I saw Dax hovering over a squirming Shauna, she was the one who'd been screaming. I also spotted Tobias, he was hovering over an unconscious Iris. Layla had squatted down next to him and tried to wake up Tim, which seemed to be working as I heard him mutter a few words.
'Why is Layla here?' I asked, my voice trembling. 'No please, keep Eric away from me,' I said, cowering away from Layla who was almost right next to Zeke. Zeke's eyes were filled with worry as he put his hand on my cheek. 'J, it's okay. Layla is on our side, I promise. Eric is not here,' he said, wrapping his arms around me and lifting me up. Tobias' head shot up as he looked at Zeke and me. He jumped up and walked over to us, grabbing my hand. 'Jenna, how are you feeling?' He asked. His eyes were black, which scared me slightly. They only turned black when something bad was going on.
'Where are we, and what is happening with Shauna?' I asked, my voice small. Tobias and Zeke shared a look. 'We saved the three of you from Erudite, and Shauna's arm broke during a fight with Marcus,' Zeke said softly. 'Marcus?' I asked confused. 'You were unconscious for a long time, Jenna,' Tobias said. He avoided my eyes, and so did Zeke. 'What happened?' I demanded. Zeke's eyes met mine, and before he could answer, Layla called Tobias. 'Four! She's awake!' Tobias let go of my hand and ran over to Iris who was trying to sit up, holding her arm.
Zeke walked over to the group and put me down next to Tim and Iris. 'Now tell us, what's happened?' I demanded again. Layla called Dax and Amar, who supported Shauna over to us. She seemed to be more harmed than Zeke had mentioned, but I would probably hear about that later. 'Tobias,' Iris whispered, bringing her hand to his eyebrow. I hadn't noticed it yet, but Iris' fingers traced a deep cut. 'We were in a fight,' Zeke explained. 'Please tell us what happened,' she said as Amar wrapped his arms around her. 'Okay, well...' he said.
Tobias
"'I want you to kill your father, because he is a burden to my plan. I don't want Abnegation to be a part of my reign of Chicago. My plan is to make Abnegation obsolete, and in order to achieve that, your father must die.' Jeanine was being brutally honest, which scared me somehow. Her plans were too big for our world, it would kill the factions all in once.
All of a sudden, Zeke, Dax and Layla stormed in. 'LET THEM GO!' Zeke yelled and jumped up to kick Jeanine in the face. She stumbled back and fell down on the ground while screaming for her guards. I jumped up and looked at Zeke. He nodded at me, having a fierce look on his face. He knew that the only way we could get our friends and loves out, we had to fight. Shauna, Amar and Rick followed closed behind, and soon everybody was caught up in a fight. Zeke and I quickly cornered Jeanine while the others were fighting her guards.
Then we heard an alarm go off, Jeanine or one of her guards had pressed an alarm button? She smiled at Zeke and me. 'All Erudites have an alarm ring, my dears. Trust me, you can kill me, but this plan will be executed.' 'Over our dead bodies,' I yelled as Zeke and I attacked. We also knew that the only way we could get out of there was to kill her. It was then when I realised that I couldn't do it. I couldn't beat her, I couldn't kill her... I couldn't become Marcus. I stumbled back and Zeke yelled how I had to help him, Jeanine was actually a good fighter. 'I can't,' I muttered, and bumped into Amar.
'T, what are you doing?' He asked as he punched one of the guards on his jaw. 'I can't be like him,' I said, shaking my head. 'T, YOU WILL NEVER BE LIKE HIM! NOW GET YOUR ASS DOWN THERE, WE'RE HERE TO SAVE OUR FRIENDS AND YOUR BABY!' He called as he ran after another guard who just ran in with a weapon. Damn it... He was right, I had to think about Iris and our baby, they meant more to me than all the memories of my father scared me. I ran back to Zeke and helped him defeat Jeanine. 'I WILL ONLY LET THEM GO WHEN YOU STICK TO YOUR PROMISE, TOBIAS!' She screamed and grabbed a weapon from one of the cabinets.
Zeke pulled his gun and threw one at me as well. We were about to shoot when we heard Shauna scream. 'Go look!' Zeke yelled at me, and shot Jeanine's foot, causing her to fall down. 'TELL US WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN WITH DIVERGENTS!' He yelled. I turned around, searching for Shauna... But when I found her I had no idea what to do. She was fighting with... My father. I saw that her arm was hanging beside her body as if it were broken, and she grabbed her gun with her other hand. When I realised what she was going to do, I started running and yelling. 'SHAUNA N-' I started, but then she fired a bullet... Straight through his heart. His eyes closed and his lifeless body fell back onto the ground.
For a brief moment I couldn't move, seeing him there on the floor. The man that caused me so much pain... But also, the man who used to love me. 'Four, are you okay?' Shauna asked, examining me because I couldn't move. 'Yes, I'm fine,' I told her and quickly walked away. I ran back to Zeke who was still trying to get information from Jeanine. 'Marcus is dead, Jeanine. He's right there on the ground. I want you to let our friends go NOW,' I said, anger running through my veins as I saw her smile grow. 'Unfortunately, Tobias, I have not yet finished testing them,' she said, earning a punch from Zeke. 'YOU MOST DEFINITELY HAVE!' He yelled.
'GUYS!' I heard Amar call, 'WE HAVE TO GO NOW! MORE GUARDS ARE COMING!' Zeke and I looked at each other, scared for what was ahead of us. Dax ran up to us, having seen the looks on our faces. 'She's too close to you,' he explained, before shooting her. Zeke's face showed the same feeling as mine; gratitude. Jeanine's eyes closed... And she was gone. The terrible woman who tortured my girlfriend and my friends. The genius woman who was about to get rid of several factions. She was gone.
'Let's go!' Rick called. He looked beat up, as did the others. I quickly grabbed Tim because Layla, who was trying to lift him, couldn't, and I trusted Amar to carry his sister. Zeke was carrying Jenna, and the others were surrounding us as we ran towards the exit. Not without some slight difficulties like other guards, we reached the exit and jumped into our car. I put Tim next to Layla and me, and I stuck my head out the window to yell to the car behind us. 'AMAR, PLEASE TELL ME YOU HAVE HER,' I called. Amar stuck out his thumb. I sighed relieved, and looked at Layla. She was stroking Tim's cheek, and a tear ran down hers. 'I like him,' she whispered when she noticed I was looking at her. I smiled, they would be okay. We were quiet for a little while, until I realised something... Something terrible. Eric was still alive."
Iris
'Tobias,' I gasped, wrapping my arms around him. 'I am so sorry.' He shook his head as he wrapped his arms around me as well. He put his forehead against mine and kissed my lips quickly. 'It was him or you guys, not even worth a thought.' Shauna put her hand on my shoulder. 'Four, I had no idea, I am SO s-' she started, but I grabbed her hand and pinched it softly. 'It's okay, S, really. My father and I were not really close. Let me put it like this, I was closer to his fist.' All my friends looked at me with sympathetic eyes, causing a lump to form in my throat. Iris pinched my hand softly. 'Be brave,' she whispered. She knew I really didn't want to lose it in front of my friends, it had to wait.
'What are we going to do about Eric?' Rick asked. I caught Tobias' eyes, and he looked fierce now. 'Damon's on it, he's trying to get him arrested,' he explained, wrapping his arm around me protectively. 'I can't believe it,' Jenna said with a sigh. 'It happened so fast... Can we really go back to our lives now? Like... Finish our initiation for example?' The others chuckled and I grinned. 'Well, at least we know that all of us will be staying together,' I said. Everyone except for Dax cheered. My mouth fell open, I couldn't believe I said that in front of him.
'Dax, I am sorry, I shouldn't have said that,' I apologised, but he ruffled his hand through his black hair and smiled. 'It's okay, Ris. I'm happy to have all of you, I'll get over it.' We were all quiet for second, until Tim, Jenna and I ruined it. 'WE'RE ALIVE!' We all called and wrapped our arms around the others. They started laughing and cheered for us. Tobias smiled at me and kissed me. 'I love you, I was so afraid I lost you.'
I smiled back and kissed him once more. 'Darling, you can't.'