After Rae left, Sky checked both of her simulation weapons. These will have to be good enough, she thought. They don't know these are just stimu-darts. She scoped out the area outside the building, there were about 10 people outside. And from what she could see through the window, about the same number inside. They were all pretty much in the open area, probably not expecting for anyone to disrupt them. She laughed to herself, Prepare for a rude awakening boys. He aimed her gun and started firing off shots, she had everyone outside the building down in 5 minutes. No one even knew where the shots were coming from, they all thought they were dying. She quietly jumped from the roof and snuck to the building the boys were being held in. She threw a rock shattering a window in the building across the street. "What was that?!" someone shouted inside, "You three! Go!" She heard 3 people burst out of the building towards the noise. Silently she shot all three of them before they realized she was there.
She took a few deep breaths, she knew what she had to do now. She had to go into that building and save the boys, only without any cover. I can do this. I'm Dauntless. She burst into the doors surprising the 7 remaining factionless. None of them had guns, only knives. This is too easy, Sky thought to herself as she shot two of them. 5 left! When she went to shoot the third person, she realized her guns were empty. Shit! She threw the guns to the ground and stood in a defensive position as a one tall man and a short man came at her. She punched the short one while blocking the other's hit. She kicked him in the face and flipped the tall guy over her back while twisting the arm of the short one. It was an array of kicks and punches until she broke one's arm and knocked the other one out with a few more kicks to the head.
As the next two came after her she noticed that Four and Eric's guns were lying on a table in the back of the room. I have to get to those guns! She grabbed a chair and swung at both factionless guys, this knocked one of them out, but the other tackled her to the ground. He punched her in the face multiple times until she grabbed their knife out of their pocket and stabbed them in the throat. One more….and he's huge. The last factionless defender was a tall black haired man who looked to be three times her size. She threw the knife, hitting him in his chest. Surprisingly, this didn't faze him at all. He took the knife out of his own chest and ran towards her, slicing the knife through the air. She ducked and punched his kidneys. He grabbed her by the hair and threw her across the room, she slid right into the pole Eric and Four were tied to. She noticed Eric's knife was still in his pocket and she grabbed it, throwing it into the man's chest again this time landing in his leg to slow him down. It didn't slow him down very much though.
Within a few moments, he had her by the throat and was slamming her against the wall causing black spots to appear in her vision. He pulled the knife out of his leg and held it to her neck, "You're going to die tonight sweetheart!" She laughed and shook her head, "Not tonight" she whispered as she brought up her foot to kick him in the groin. He doubled over but not before dragging his knife across the left side of her neck. Luckily for her, he narrowly missed her jugular. She took the chance to kick him away from her and make a run for the guns on the table. He noticed and tackled her just as she was within reach of the table. He wrapped one hand around her neck and slammed her head on the ground before shoving the knife into her chest, barely above her heart. As he did this she kicked the table sending the guns to the ground. Sky took this as her moment to act, grabbed the gun and shot the guy in his stomach and chest. For a few seconds she just lay there waiting for her vision to stop blacking out. The muffled yells of Eric and Four brought her back to reality. She rolled over onto her right arm, trying not to move in a way that would hurt her knife wounds. Nope, that hurts too. Shit. She slowly stood up and grabbed the knife from the now dead factionless man. She half crawled half dragged herself towards the boys and slowly cut the rope from their hands. As soon as their hands were free, they pulled the gags out of their mouths and applied pressure to Sky's wounds. Both were frantic. "I can't believe that just happened," Eric whispered. "You've got some serious guts kid!" Four glared at him before saying to Sky, "What the hell were you thinking? You could've got yourself killed!" Sky just laughed and shook her head, she was starting to feel a bit fuzzy. They heard the doors burst open and Four and Eric already had their guns aimed, but it turned out to be Max and a few other Dauntless members that greeted them.
"Sky needs a doctor! She's been stabbed," Four frantically told Max. By that point Sky passed out.
She woke up in the infirmary about an hour later surrounded by Rae, Will, Shauna, and Zeke. "Where am I?" she asked. Rae held her hand and caught her up, "You are in the infirmary, you were stabbed twice. You were so lucky, the doctor said you narrowly avoided death." Rae burst into tears as she said this, "I shouldn't have left you! I should've made you come with me!" Will rubbed her shoulder while Sky responded, "Rae, don't worry. There was nothing you could've done to keep me from going in there." Rae nodded because she knew it was true. "How are you feeling?" Will asked. Sky shrugged, "My neck and chest hurt, but it's bearable." He nodded, "They gave you some quick acting pain meds and stitched you back up." Sky took a moment to look at herself before remembering, "Where is Four? And Eric? Are they ok?!" Zeke held her other hand, "Don't worry Sky, they've been in the office with Max explaining what all went on there." Shauna shifted awkwardly, "Max actually wanted us to bring you to him when you woke up…" Rae rolled her eyes, "Can't you see she just barely avoided death?" Sky patted her hand and shook her head, "No it's fine Rae, he needs to know what all happened from me as well."
As she slowly got up out of the bed, she realized she was in a gown of some sort. Rae handed her some clothes, "Thank you," she smiled. Everyone cleared out of the room so she could change into her black jeans, black ribbed tank top, and boots. She looked at her reflection in the mirror, she didn't look as bad as she thought. She had bandages covering stitches across the left side of her throat and right over her breast. She also had a busted lip, a black eye, and bruises all around her neck from being choked. As well as a few cuts here and there on her face and arms. Not bad, but definitely not good. She slowly walked out of the room and followed Zeke and Shauna to Max's office, where Four and Eric were still sitting.
"Oh Sky is awake! Excellent!" exclaimed Max. He touched her elbow, "How are you feeling my dear?" Sky smiled and nodded, "I'm feeling fine Max, thank you." Four stood up so she could have his chair and stood behind her. "Sky," Max began. "I need you to tell me what happened, from the beginning please."
She nodded and began, "Rae and I were wondering where Eric and T….Four were and I overheard Zeke and Lauren talking about how they were wondering if they were ok. So I climbed the Ferris Wheel and saw where they were. And Rae and I went there and saw how many people were there. But we heard some people arguing about how they were going to kill them. And I couldn't let that happen, so I sent Rae to get help and used our Stimu-dart guns to take out most of the factionless defenders. Then I fought the rest and killed one…" She took a deep breath before continuing, "Am I in trouble for killing one of them?"
Eric and Max both laughed as Max said, "In trouble? Sky, you saved two of our most important members and defended yourself against 20 factionless defenders. Never in my life have I met an initiate so brave and courageous. You are the very example of the Dauntless Creed." Sky was beaming as Max continued. "I just wanted to hear from your perspective what made you go into that building. You are free to go, Sky. Eric and Four, I'll need your reports before you leave. They both nodded and walked to their desks and began pounding out a report. Max walked Sky into the dining room, but they walked to the top where all the announcements come from. "Attention Dauntless members and initiates, here she is! The hero of Dauntless tonight, Sky!" Everybody was cheering and whooping and yelling as Sky just laughed and smiled.
That night everyone was congratulating her left and right as she walked to Tobias' apartment. After punching in his four digit code, she sat in the chair and began reading The Great Gatsby until Four came home.