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CH 16: POV TRIS

I don't reply again, as I haven't all day, to Jeanine. She keeps trying to talk to me, interrogate me, as if I know what the 'anomaly' is in my brain.

"Due to the fact that you seem to be quite emotionally driven, as most of the Divergent tend to be, I assume that your Divergence takes root in your frontal lobe, the cortex in your brain where emotions are created. Do you agree?" Like every other time she's questioned me, I ignore her.

"I believe we need to run some tests, so if you'll follow me we may begin." By 'if you'll follow me' she actually means you can now be dragged along by my buff cronies who sit around, waiting for my word. I think her choice of words is her attempt at acting civil. As if changing the words you use will make testing on a human's brain without their consent is in any way civil.

"Now, Beatrice-"

"Tris." I spit out to her. She looks utterly shocked, that's the first thing I've said all morning.

"Tris. Will you lay down on that table. Nothing will happen to you, just a quick brain scan. All you have to do is stay still."

"And what makes you think I'll do that?" I ask her, using the same tone as before.

"Well, as you know, we're containing another Divergent: Uriah. If you wish for him to remain unharmed, you will obey." Obey. As if I'm a dog. Although I would like to resist, the idea of Uriah hurting due to my misbehavior reminds me too much of Al being thrown over the chasm for me to 'learn a lesson'.

Without another word I move onto the cold steel tray for the scan. One of the guards comes and straps down my head and pushes me under the scan.

After a few minutes, I am pulled back out. Jeanine unlatches the band on my forehead and watches as I get up.

"Thank you for your abidance." I hold myself back from saying, go fuck yourself.

I am removed from my holding cell once again for testing.

"I want to know what the scan showed you." I state, addressing Jeanine who is at the front of the circle of guards walking me to my next testing room.

"And what makes you think I would give you that information. I would not benefit in any way from your knowing."

I stop in my tracks, forcing the guards and Jeanine to as well. "Well, I have several reasons. One, I'm going to die in the end of this any way, so why with hold the information. I would think you of all people would understand the desire to relieve curiosity. My second reason is I will not stop resisting until you agree to let me know everything you find out about my brain. I know your guards can over power me easily but I will fight until I'm unconscious, which would not put me in a very testable state for you would it?"

She takes a few seconds to think over my proposition. "Alright, I agree to your terms. I will allow you to be informed on what we learn and you will not resist. As you said, whatever information you gain, it will not benefit you because you will be eliminated by the end of this process." I nod. I expected that. I'm not fond of the idea that soon I won't be alive, but I did expect this. It's not like I can change what will happen.

"So, what we learned from the scan. We acquired that my hypothesis was indeed correct. Your frontal cortex is what allows you to have a larger emotional range than an average brain. We also found out that the part of your brain the controls 'self rewardance' is abnormally small. Meaning your own personal benefit does not act as a motivation towards goals. You have to be motivated by something other than your own personal gain to truly want to achieve something. This sounds similar, don't you think, to a certain faction's beliefs. Not the one that you are now in but your previous faction?" She looks at me like she found out the most intriguing information in the world. "Now come along. We have testing to perform." I follow after her without any hesitation.

I shoot up from where I had been lying seconds before on my bed. I feel cold sweat drip off my face and I can hear my rapid breathing, feel my heart pound heavily in my chest. Next to me, Tobias stirs.

He looks up at me, and after taking in the shaky state that I'm in, asks me, "Nightmare?" I slowly nod. That was one realistic nightmare, I can still remember all the details from the beginning to the end, unlike any nightmare- or dream- I've ever had.

"Wanna talk about it?" He asks. I can tell he's concerned, but tired, and would probably appreciate going back to bed.

"No. But I have a question. How did I get here?" He looks at me like I'm crazy.

"Do you not remember? After the announcements, there was a party. I knew you got drunk but I didn't realize how badly. Now go back to sleep." He leans in and kisses me softly, slowly. Although his warmth fogs my rational thought, I am conscious enough to realize that that never happened. That this is a simulation.

I come back into reality to hear a frustrated scream from Jeanine.

"How did that not work?!" She demands angrily, while pacing. I just sit back and put a smug look on my face.

POV TOBIAS

It's been one day since Tris was declared missing. One day since my world began to fall apart. She was like a beam that supported me, that I could not stand without, but I didn't know she was ever there until she was gone. Her disappearance has left me crumbling from the inside out.

But at least now I have figured out where Tris is. I don't have a plan yet- I don't know if I ever will. All I know is that Tris is in Erudite and if getting her back is the last thing I do, than so be it.

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