A/N - I am terribly sorry if my English is rubbish or if I have many grammar mistakes. English is not my first language, nor is it my second for that matter. Just so you know :) Come with plot sugestions.
Disclaimer - My ID does still not say 'Veronica Roth. Therfore I don't own Divergent unfortunately, Veronica Roth does.
Eric leads us through many dark hallways. I'm pretty sure we are now situated in a part of the Dauntless compound I have never been in before . The halls are quiet therfore we must be quite far away from any living areas. Far away from the nearest person.
"What the hell do you want?" Tobias finally asks. Eric stops abruptly causing me to hit Tobias' shoulder with my head. Eric just stands there staring at both of us. He scans Tobias from head to toe. Then his eyes meet mine.
His green eyes are pircing mine with such hatered I have the urge to look away. Yet I can't, because if I do I will loose. I realize that there is not actually something to loose, but still. After a while I come to a conclusion. There is something off about him.
The person standing infront of me is him, defidentely. However Eric is not usually descrete about his awful plans. In fact he has the urge to brag about his "true dauntless braviary". "Hmmm..." he says. It is starting to piss me off.
"Why are you doing the Stiff, Four?" His question cuts me off guard. Why the hell would Eric want to know about Tobias and I? I look over at Tobias who is clearly pondering over this question as well.
"What do you care?" I cut inn before he can answer. "You are a dauntless leader with much power, why do you care what we do?" I try to come off strong and fearless, but inside I'm far from it. Who in their right mind would be fearless in my situation?
Four. Of course. He is not scared of Eric. His hand reaches for mine. "Just get on with it Eric, what do you want?"
"Hmmm" Eric says again. "Interessting, I have got to keep my eye on you two more" Damn, that is not exactly what I wanted. Four squeezes my hand to comfort me, but it just stresses me more. It means he too knows something is really wrong.
When Eric turns around and starts walking into the darker darkness, Tobias pulls me closer to his side. "It will be okay Tris". I'm not really sure who he is trying to convince.
Left, left, right, straight forward, left, right, right. The amount of corridors quickly increases. They are getting shorter. Which means it has to come to an end soon.
My hand is still securely placed in Four's. We are so close now, that his shoulder brushes my head with each step he takes. The sound of our thee pair of feet echoes off the walls. With every step the next gets harder. knowing it will lead closer to what is wrong.
We walk slower and slower, untill we stand completly still. I find myself standing in a very well lit room. Unusual for the Dauntless. In the middle of the room lays a body.
I gasp at the sight of the girl. She can't be much older than me. Her wet brown hair frames her face. No one has taken the time to close her eyelids, her green eyes stare into oblivion.
"What is this?" Tobias asks. But he knows. Just like I know. Another inocent victim. Eric takes his eyes off her body and looks at us. Then he nods. Of all the things he could have done, he nods?! Like this motionless body is some sort of test.
"Well, this Four" he says gesturing to the girl. "This is another jumper". Four's eyes are cold. He knows not to show Eric what he feels. I on the other hand am tearing up.
"Suck it up Stiff, she did this to her self" I want to hurl myself at Eric for uttering those words. She did this? To herself? I can't though. If I do he will know my secret. Then my lot will be the same as hers.
I think of the girl. How did she feel falling down the chasm? Was she not careful enough? Or was she simpely outsmarted? Could I be outsmarted too? Or worse Tobias?
My head finds Tobias' chest and I slip my arms around his waist. His fingers slide through my hair. He smells safe. Like he did from the night he saved my life. "You can go now" Eric mumbles and walks over to the body.
Tobias pulls me out of the room. When we are a few halls away from the room, I can't hold it anymore. I collapse on the floor. However I don't cry, just sit there in the arms of my boyfriend. "Why were we there?" I ask him. "I don't know. A warning I suppose. I just don't get it, none of it." He bites his lip thinking.
Later that day I am in my appartment with Uriah. We stand in the couch area talking. I tell him what happend, leaving out the part about divergence.
His eyes turn sad and he is nervously picking at the button of his jacket. "Uriah, what is wrong, you seem weird. Beyond usual Uriah weird". He laughs shakingly at my comment, but quickly turns serious again.
"Nothing" the voice is nervous and not at all like him. "Something" I relpy.
"Erm, I can't tell you, okay? I promised Four not to tell anyone".
Four? "What does Four have to do with this? Uriah just tell me!"
"I can't Tris. I relly can't"
"Yes, you can."
"Tris I. I. Don't hate me, okay?" He says giving up struggling against me.
"Uriah I would never hate you, ever" I say, almost mad he would think I could ever hate him. Uriah just nods a little.
"I. I. I don't know. Know how to. To say this. Tris, she was killed because she was divergent. I am divergent." The last part was such a quit whisper I just barely heard it.
"Me too" It was a stupid way of trying to comfort him, but it seems to have worked. His eyes shoot up. "Really" He sounds relieved.
"Yes" then I walk over and hug him. I'm stunned at this new information. Not just me and Tobias anymore. They can hurt Uriah too.
"They won't hurt us, Uriah" I say into his chest. His heat is beating fast. Too fast. Scared for his life.
"Yes Tris, they will. If they find out they will".
It was not just a warning. It was a threat.