-Christina-
I was in a room with all of the simulation equipment, "So what are we doing here?" I asked him.
"I want to show you my fears. They've changed a little and I want to share them with you," he continued looking at the screen, "I have it set up so you can be an on looker and not actually involved. I want my fears to come at me without being contaminated by foreign influences," his voice was cold and dark.
He picked up two syringes and handed one to me. At the same time we stuck needles in our necks and injected the serums. He went back to the computer screen and pushed a button. My mind was thrusted into darkness and all that was there was One and me, except it wasn't me. I was here and standing in front of him.
I had a gun pressed against my temple prepared to fire, "Christina!" he spoke to me hallucination as though it were real, "Don't do this!"
"I don't love you anymore One. It never would have worked out between us. You were meant to be a alone. Live alone... die alone," I told him and my heart felt heavy because not once have I even thought that about him.
"Okay, just don't pull the trigger Christina."
"Fuck you!" I hissed at him.
"Christina! NOOOO!" he tried to stop me, by it was too late. I pulled the trigger and the bullet passed through my head and I fell to the ground.
One dropped to his knees and crawled over to my dead body. He took the gun from my hand and pulled me into his lap. I moved in front of him and dropped to my knees. He was sobbing as he kissed my blood spattered face. He then looked up and directly at me, "Brother, what have you done?" I looked behind me and scooted to the side. It was Four.
"I didn't do this. She did this to herself."
"No, I saw you kill her," Leader Maxie came out of the darkness, "For killing the one that was supposed to love you, I am stripping you of everything. You are now Factionless!"
"No! I didn't kill her! She killed herself!"
"I saw you kill her!"
"I DID NO SUCH THING!" One bellowed.
"Enough!" Leader Max pulled out a gun and shot Four in the head.
"NOOOOO!" One lunged up and at Leader Max. One tried to spear him, but when he did, Leader Max disappeared.
A second after that I brought out of the simulation to hear One violently grunting and sobbing. He was in a corner hugging his knees with his eyes closed. I had tears steaming my face as well and I moved to him and like in the simulation, I dropped to my knees in front of him, "One?" I called to him and he didnt respond, "One!"
He opened his eyes slowly and looked at me, "It wasn't real," I told him, "None of it was real."
"It felt so real," he cried, "I saw you die right in front of me!"
"It's okay," I told him, "It's over now. It's over."
He nodded and it took him a few minutes to stop crying and stand back up. As he stood, he wiped the tears from his face and he hugged me, "I wouldn't know what to do with myself if I lost you."
"I know, I know," I tried to keep from smiling because I found it flattering that one one of his fears was losing me. My stomach gave away my hunger and I didn't want to be insensitive, so I kept my mouth shut.
"Let's get some dinner and we can train some more," he let go of me and took my hand. We headed out of the door and was greeted by Four.
"You show her your fears?" he asked, "Good," Four then looked to me, "You break his heart-!"
"And you'll have my ass. Yes I know," I told him.
"No, I was going to say that he's gonna have your ass," he pointed at his brother, "A vengeful One isn't a good thing for anyone."
"What do you mean by that?" I hissed at him.
"He's just crazy is all. I've never seen his vengeful side, but I know he's smart and he can do stuff to you without even laying a hand on you."
"I won't break his heart," I squeezed his hand, "He's too sweet for that."
"Yeah, okay," Four smiled and rolled his eyes, "Saying he's sweet is like saying water isn't wet."
"Fuck you Four," One smiled a little, "I'm sweet."
"And Jeanine Matthews is stupid as hell."
"I'll fucking kill you!" One punched Four in the arm.
"Awe, he's so cute when he's in love."
"Having a twin is a pain in the ass," One punched his brother again.
I jumped back, "Twins?" I exclaimed.
"Yeah. Fraternal brothers," Four shrugged, "Sharing a womb is the only thing we've ever truly shared."
"You look so different."
"That's what Fraternal Twins means Christina," One said, "We don't look alike but we were born at the same time."
"Anyway, Christina is hungry and we need to get down to dinner," One stated.
"Good thing. The Scouts you're training are getting antsy."
When we got to the table with our food, Tris, Will, Al, Peter, and Ulriah, stood up and saluted One. One saluted back and sat down with his tray, "No need to talk all at once," One stated after a few minutes of silent eating.
"Sorry," Tris said, "We are just still tired from training."
"And our bodies hurt," Will rubbed his arms.
"Get used to it because I haven't even got to the good part yet. All five of you will be facing your fears tomorrow."
"But I thought we had our Final tomorrow," I pointed out to him.
"You do and this is the preliminary round," he shoved a piece of steak in his mouth.
"How come you're now telling us?" Will said in agitation, "Right before the Finals. We don't even know what the final is."
"I am fully aware of that."
"You know what, I quit," Will wiped his hands, "I don't care if I'm Factionless. I'm done here."
"Do you think God loves winning?" One asked and we all looked at each other with confusion.
"Excuse me?" Will raised an eyebrow.
"Do you think God loves winning?"
"I don't follow."
"When you meet God and he inquires why you didn't follow through on your training. I don't think because it was hard, would be a sufficient enough Reply!" he slammed his fist on the table on the last word and the whole room went silent.
"I vowed to train you and train you I shall! If you quite on me now, I'll kill you myself! And you won't have to worry about jack shit then! So if you wanna quit, leave Dauntless now and I'll come find you and kill ya when I'm done eating!"
Will looked at his plate and began moving his food around, "Now that's more like it William. I don't train quitters. I knew from the start that you were going to be something special. Which is why I allowed Christina here to choose you."
"You knew I would choose him?"
"Woman please," One smirked as he looked at me, "William here has a crush on you and you're just stringing him along despite your relationship with me; Allen, Beatrice, and Ulriah, you formed a connection with off the bat; and Peter is an asshole and you had a hunch that I was going to help you shut his fucking mouth for a change."
"How'd you even know my reasonings?"
"They don't keep me here because I'm gorgeous, hey keep me here because I'm smart," he nodded and chuckled a little, "I know all my little chocolate chip."
I whipped my eyes back to my food and blushed heavily at his compliment, "Chocolate chip?" Ulriah scoffed, "You call her that? What kind of nickname is that?"
"Listen here you son of a bitch's asshole, I...," his voice trailed off and he just sputtered out syllables, "Fuck it!" he exclaimed and stood up. He climbed onto the table. When he did, the members if Dauntless went silent within two minutes, "My fellow Dauntless members! I have a confession to make! I am no longer angry!" there were a few whoops and shouts of excitement, "I am now feeling human for once in my life and I owe it all to my girlfriend Christina! She made a challenge to me that I sadly turned down but after some thinking on the matter. I'm going through with it," he looked down at me, "Stand up," I did and he stretched out his hand and helped me onto the table next to him, "I love this woman!" I gasped and he turned to me, "I love you chocolate chip."
he kissed me and the whole crowd went wild. They stomped their feet and they slammed their metal mugs against the tables, "Why are you doing this?"
"Because I don't care," he jumped off the table and helped me down.
Soon after, I heard a feint series of beeping. One looked down at his watch that was now flashing, "Shit!" he pressed a button to stop the beeping.
"What is it?"
"I'm late for something. We gotta go. Choose one other member and come with me to the roof."
"What are we going to do?" I asked.
"A Night Op," he kissed my forehead and began walking down the isles of the cafeteria.
"Tris!" she shot up, "C'mon!"
"What about us?" Peter asked.
"He only asked for one!" I rushed, "C'mon Tris! The rest of you get some rest for tomorrow."
-One-
I looked through binoculars out at a fleet of trucks being loaded up with crates. Me, Christina, and Tris laid on top of the Erudite Headquarters, "I still don't get why we had to come along if we are just going to lay here," Tris said.
"I just need help just in case things go wrong," I set down the binoculars and looked to the blonde.
"What do you plan on us doing?" Christina asked.
"Your brother is here right Jumper?" I turned my head to look at the blonde on my left.
"Yeah, but what does that have to do with anything?"
"I wanna ask him a few questions is all."
"You're not gonna hurt him are you?"
"Nah, he's better to me alive then dead."
"What?"
"If I'm going to hurt someone I have no emotional connection to, I hurt to kill. Not to wound."
"What kind of intel are you looking for?"
"Why Dauntless is working with Erudite at night and in this manor? I also want to know what are in those crates."
"How are you going to find him?"
"I'm going to access the mainframe here and find him. Caleb Prior, right?"
"Yeah?"
"Okay, I want you Jumper to be on that building in front of us. You are the best sniper on the Scout team," Christina scoffed, "Sorry babe," I looked to her and shrugged then turned back to the blonde, "Of anything goes wrong or those trucks move before I get out. Snipe the drivers."
"What about me?" Christina asked.
"If there are any stray trucks trying to leave, stop them at all costs," I stood up, "But remember, stay I'm the shadows like I taught you."
"Yes sir," Christina was hurt, but she knew that I'd never mean to hurt her.
I moved off the roof and went down the ladder leading toward the ground. Moving as fast and as quietly as I could, I snuck past a few Dauntless Members and went through a back door into Erudite. I combed my hair to the side and straightened my blue jacket and dusted the dirt off my clothes. I pulled out a pair of glasses from my inner jacket pocket and out them on.
I walked down the white halls until I came across two people making out. One was in black and the other was in blue. The Erudite woman was mouth fucking the Dauntless man. I cleared my throat and they stopped to look at me, "Aren't you supposed to be in bed?" Erudite asked.
"I'm Nick Aarons madam. IT Consultant and I was just trying to find me way to the Data Room is all."
"Why so late at night?"
"Because I'm not a people person and I work better in the evening. Grant me safe passage or Jeanine will catch wind of this little endeavor. I also don't think Max would approve of this."
"You won't say anything Aarons," the Dauntless got in my face to try and intimidate me. I kept a straight face and his eye twitch, "You got balls kid," he smirked, "Now get goin'."
"Thank you kind sir," I dipped my chin and continued down the hall.
I made it to a series of panes of glass in front of a dark room. It was filled with servers and a computer with a key panel sitting in front of it.
I unlocked the door with a key I managed to swipe off the girl from before and unlocked the door. I went inside and pulled out a cylindrical flash drive. I shoved it into a circle port and the computer's key panel came on. I typed in 'Caleb Prior' and the panel showed a picture showed up of a brunette kid. I selected the location tab and a map popped up. I saw a red dot on Erudite Headquarters and a blue dot was 2.1 miles away. I loaded his file onto my drive and took it out. The panel went black again and I left the room. I locked the door and headed toward the front entrance of the building.
"Cameron!" I heard and I stopped. I heard the voice of the one I used to call family. I turned around and saw a lady walk down the hallway, "Looks like someone is slipping on the sneaky factor," she smiled.
"Ya know, I'm only seen when I want to be seen," I told her.
"Why are you here?"
"I wanted to deliver a message from Max to Jeanine Matthews is all. Courtesy of me."
"Why you?"
"I'm the best at what I do."
"And what do you do exactly?"
"I'm just an Initiate Trainer is all Kitten."
"Where's the message then?" she held her notepad closer to her body.
"Here," I pulled out a rectangle flash drive from my back pocket and handed it to her.
"Thank you and I will get it to her once we are done here."
"Thanks Kitten."
"I really am sorry for what I did."
"Don't bother with an apology. I would've done the same thing."
"You didn't go through what I went through, so don't try to understand."
"I was forced to watch and he did everything to me except what he did to you. He did everything to you what he didn't to me."
"Then why did you and Four stay then?"
"Because we loved Dauntless and we still do Kitten."
"I'm not Kitten anymore. It's Katherine now."
"You left us you know. We needed to stick together more than ever and you just left us."
"I'm sorry, I just had to get outta there."
"But why come here though?"
"So I could try and be smart enough to-!"
"Wait," I held up a hand and looked at the camera above us, "Hello Jeanine. Lovely evening is it not. No need to send Dauntless to come get me. I'm on my way up right now. Nice goin on sending this wench to your dirty work."
"What?" she faked being hurt.
"I was on my way up and you know it. I know what we need to talk about Jeanine. So when I get up there, I want a bottle of scotch waiting for me and I want no Dauntless on that floor, okay? I wanna talk in private," I looked back at Kitten, "I gotta go Kitten. I'll see you around, oh and by the way. On behalf of Four, burn in hell will you darling?"
-Christina-
I paced the roof top waiting for One to return, "Calm yourself C.C.," I heard in my ear.
I pressed the ear bur and responded, "C.C.?"
"It's short for Chocolate Chip," Tris chuckled.
"You know what, I hate you," I stopped and looked into the darkness. I saw a red dot from a rooftop and I knew it was Tris, "I can see your light."
"Any Scout can. We've been trained to see them. But other Dauntless haven't been trained. So I can leave it on."
"Just keep focused on the trucks."
"Hold on," she said.
I walked to the edge of the building and knelt before he ledge. I saw Dauntless moving out of the building and walked over to the trucks with their other Dauntless members, "What's goin on?" Tris asked.
"They're talking about the fact that they were all kicked out because of something secret going on the top floor. I think One is doing something."
"What do you have in mind?"
"I don't know," I heard the sound of gravel moving and I whipped around as I pulled out my revolver and pointed it into the face of Four, "What are you doing here?" I quietly hissed.
"One told me to meet him here at this exact time. Where is he?"
"Why is dickweed here?" Tris asked.
"He said that One told him to come," I responded.
"Let me talk to Tris," he told me and I pulled out a second ear bud and handed it to him. He shoved it in his ear, "Tris?"
"Hey Four. What's going on?"
"One told me to meet him here."
"What for?"
Just then, I felt something clasp my foot. I almost yelped as I pointed my gun at m foot and saw a hand around my foot. The hand moved off and pointed its index finger at me. It was mechanical and grey. A glowing line went down each finger segment and stopped at the knuckles connected to the back of the hand.
"Oh hey Cam," Four knelt down and held his hand open on he ground. The hand went into his and he picked it up, "I thought One put you in the care."
The hand flipped on its back and flipped him off, "What is this thing?"
"It's One's hand."
"His what?"
"His hand. He built this when lost his hand."
"He didn't tell me that he lost his hands," I felt kinda hurt and yet so fascinated.
"Then you heard nothing."
The hand jumped off Four and onto my shoulder and I froze, "It feels so weird."
A finger was lodged deep into my ear and I tried not to scream, "...and that's how I managed to get this suit."
"One?" I asked.
"Yes, but that doesn't explain who you are though," a woman's voice said.
"Jeanine, I am a Scout," the woman gasped as did I and Four.
"What is he doing?" Tris hissed.
"You're a Scout."
"Yes and I have a team of three surrounding the building."
"What for?" she seemed scared and afraid.
"We are looking for a man. I will not give you his name because he is related to one of my team members."
"Is there anything I can do to help you?"
"Stop all further contact with Dauntless concerning Night Operations."
"We have a unit of weapons for Dauntless. That's why they're here."
"Well okay then. I guess there's nothing else Jeanine. Actually... What do you know about Scouts?"
"They're a secret organization that protects all factions. They're a Faction above us, yet they serve us."
"We are all those things and we also are better than Dauntless by far. We six that have the capacity to wipe out everyone as well. But we won't because we are also called Neutrals. We don't choose sides. We only protect the balance of life and the Factions. We will stop at nothing to keep the balance."
"So, where are your headquarters based?"
"What are in those crates?"
"Weapons," she stated.
"I gotta go now. I got a member that needs coddling."
"Who's your member?"
"I call her Jumper Snips."
"Who?"
"Jumper Snips. She's was the first to jump on board. We call her snips because she snipped her index finger with scissors and she has a twitch every now and again."
"Got it boss," Tris said and we heard muffled shots and bodies drop. I looked over the ledge and saw all dead Dauntless members on the ground.
"Who are you?"
"You can call me Cameron Eaton."
"What Faction did you come from?"
"It won't matter because I have no file and my team doesn't have one either. We were all hand picked by the old Scout team and once we were picked all our files were erased and minds were also erased."
"Who's minds?"
"Our parents' of course."
"I want to get to know a Scout."
"I'll be by tomorrow with my team. My whole team and if you tell anyone, I can have all Erudites machines destroyed and you'll have to start over with scratch. I will have Chocolate Chip come in first and if anything happens to her, I'll kill you myself Jeanine."
"Do you love her?" Jeanine's voice sounded confident.
"I don't love her, but she is a Prior," Jeanine gasped, "And wasn't it a Prior who started up the Faction system?"
"Yes."
"So the Prior descendants are the actual Factions. Thy embody all five Factions my friend."
"Is it Beatrice Prior?"
"You wish. No one wants that garbage around here. So I had her slaughtered. It was fun sucking the life out of her as I strangled her after I had my way with her body."
"Where is her body?" Jeanine asked.
"I burned it down to the bone and used her bones to make a type of ash to help me make bullets."
"I can give you weapons for those buttons."
"Tell me something Jeanine. What is Divergent? Divergent is a group of people that are stronger than the average human."
"How do you know that?"
"I'm a Scout. I know everything. I also know that you plan on killing every one of them."
"Do you support Divergent?"
"On the contrary Jeanine, I want to slaughter their whole race."
"I have reason to believe that Beatrice Prior was Divergent. But since she's dead, I'll never know. Which is why I wan those bullets you made from her bones. So I can study more about Divergent."
"You know who is Divergent? Tobias Eaton," Jeanine and Tris gasped.
"Hold your cool Tris," Four stated.
"He just ratted you out and you're telling me to keep my calm!"
"He knows what he's doing Tris. He wouldn't throw me under the bus like that."
"Is he?" Jeanine asked.
"Nah, just messin with ya. I just wanted to see if you wanted them dead jus as much as I do. And you do. I love it."
We heard another woman speak up, "Miss Matthews! It's the Dauntless Members! They're all dead!"
"Don't look at me!" One exclaimed, "My men wouldn't kill any Faction Member without probable cause. I have taught them too well."
"Then who do you think killed them?"
"Legend has it that there's a rogue Head Scout lurking outside the fence. Legend says that he only shows up when there is a problem with the factions. We Scouts call him Master Scout. He's better than me and I'm the leader if the Scouts."
"Will you help us?"
"Depends... will you make me a serum that will allow me to control the minds of Dauntless if I give you a Divergent Member?"
"Yes! Yes!" Jeanine agreed.
"Good. Now I simply must go."
The hand took its finger out my ear and rested on my shoulder, "What the hell was that all about?" Tris asked.
"I think he's planning something big and we Initiates are just pawns in this sick twisted game," my heart hung heavily, "I thought he cared about me."
"He does Christina," Four told me, "Just don't stop believing. He loves you and you're just-!"
"No! I'm done!" I took the earbud out of my ear and dropped it on the ground, "I want to live a normal life and that's it."
"You're a Scout now and if you leave, One will have your head."
"Why shouldn't I leave?"
"Because he has a plan for all of us. The Faction's leaders are his bitches and he's going to fuck every single one of them in due time. You'll see."
"How does he think?"
"He comes of as an dumb arrogant ass to displace everyone he needs to displace; when in all actuality, he's a freggin' super genius."
"Are you as smart as he is?"
"No and thank God I'm not."
"Why?"
"Because there can't be two super geniuses in the Factions. Just one."
"You seem happy about that Four," Tris pointed out.
"That's because I don't want to spend my whole life always having to or wanting to think. It's such a bonerkiller really."
"If he wanted, could he uproot and shatter the Factions I asked."
"I could actually," One came from the darkness, readjusting his blue jacket, "But I don't want to at the moment. I see you met Cam."
"I did," I said as the hand jumped up and down on my shoulder, "He's very cute," I giggled.
"Yeah, just wait until he gets bigger. You won't find him cute then. Trust me," One walked up to me and raised his right hand up, " C'mon little one," he said and the hand crawled into his.
"How did you build it?"
"I spent some of my time stealing mechanism and robotic manuals and blueprints, and also some information on Tris' brother."
"When are we going to see my brother?" Tris asked and I relayed her message.
"We shall leave now and I'm not going to talk to him."
"What do you mean?" I asked.
"Jeanine is going to do it for me. All we have to do is listen in on their conversation. It will happen tomorrow mor... screw it. Christina, Four go home. Tris, come with me."
"Where are you going?" I grew restless.
"To see the Prior boy. I want you to go home and stay there until I get back okay?" he held my face and kissed me on the forehead.
"No, I want to come with you," I told him.
"C'mon Candor, don't start shakin' on me. Just do as I told and let the plan work," he looked up into the darkness and sniffed a few times, "Looks like the team is with us."
"How can you tell?"
"They're so sloppy with hiding."
"But you got caught just some time ago."
"That's because I wanted to be found," One looked to Four, "I talk to her today."
"Did you give her a hearty fuck you to her for me?" Four smirked.
"What kind of brother would I be if I didn't?"
"Who are we talking about?" Tris asked as she walked up with the sniper rifle. She looked so cute because the gun was almost as big as she was.
"Someone who used to be in our family is all. Leave it alone," Four said.
"I concur with Four here," One said, "This is above your rank."
"But he knows," I pointed at Four.
"That's because this person fucked him over too. Now, get outta here before I say something that I might regret."
"Not until you tell me who it is," I wanted to just tell at him but I also didn't want to blow out cover either.
"It's me," a woman slipped into the moonlight and she looked just like One. Short stocky build with cool grey eyes. The differences are that she had boobs and longer hair. Otherwise, she looked just like him.
"What are you doing here?" One asked.
"I know how you think Cam-!" she stopped and looked around at Tris and I, "One. I knew you'd be here. Besides we're twins. I can feel how you think."
"I wish I could believe that about you Kitten."
"Don't call me that," she stomped a foot for emphasis.
"That's your name is it not?"
"It's Katherine," she crossed her arms.
"You'll deserve that name when you are dead and Erudite engraves the name on your tombstone," One growled, "Now run along and leave us be."
"I want to help."
"Dropping dead would be a good start," Four stated.
"Four," I said.
"I agree with Four."
"One," I was so hurt at the fact that they wanted their sister dead.
"I know that you have a plan to try and counteract my own. But let me inform you that there is no stopping my plan. If I have to kill you I. The process, I will not hesitate to shoot you between the eyes," One growled.
"My plan is to help."
One's eye twitched, "You gave Jeanine the drive?"
"Yeah...?"
"Then you've already helped enough. Tris, come with me. Four, take Christina to the Heavens. Don't let her leave what if an so ever for any reason. I don't care if its wanting to use the toilet."
One grabbed Tris' wrist and disappeared. The gun dropped and Four picked it up, "What did he do?"
"A move that you'll learn in soon time," Katherine said.
"What happened between you three?"
"C'mon Christina," Four set a hand on my shoulder, "We have to leave."
