And the light of a screen pops up with a face I thought I would never see again.
Tobias' POV
How is this even possible? I clearly shot right in the middle of his forehead with a gun! Everyone saw the bullet go straight through his head.
Eric.
Alive. And well. With no bullet scar.
I hear Zeke mumbles something like; what the fu*king hell?! I think everyone is thinking that right at this moment.
"People of Chicago." Eric says bluntly. "I know you must think I am dead but, surprise! I was never dead in the first place." I feel my whole body stiffen right up. Now I can really call myself stiff. Eric continues.
"But really, I haven't come to have a welcome home party and that I am alive, but something else. You see, I am not actually in Chicago at the moment. I'm outside the fence. I just came here to tell you all, you are in danger and we are at the hand of another war between you, and the people outside the fence. Watch all of your backs. There will be no mercy. And this time, without your little heroine; Beatrice Prior. There will be no one standing in our way. Also, watch out for your new members." He says emotionlessly and gives an evil smirk as the light flickers out.
I look over at Destiny's little gang and they all look confused and shocked. Right. They don't know what any of this means or who he is. Now I understand why Eric said watch out for your new members. He means that somehow they will try to manipulate them for going on his side. He knows that they are from the fringe and they are trained more brutally than anything else. He isn't at all dumb.
I then look over at my friends and see that they are all petrified and we all shares glances. Suddenly the door slams open, nearly slamming into Destiny. George, Caleb, and Cara come running through the door and slam it closed. They all are panting and they have terrified looks on their faces.
"How, pant, is that, pant, possible!" Cara pants out of exhaustion.
"Do you seriously think any of us would know!? I thought you were an Erudite Cara!" Uriah says frustratingly.
Out of the corner of my eye I see Jamie stiffen at the comment. I wonder why.
"Well I'm sorry Mr Grump! I just want to know who it is possible!" Cara retorts.
"We all want to know!" Christina answers.
Everyone starts to spread into argument and conversation. Can we ever agree to something or help each other know what is happening? It's like ever since Tris died everyone can't agree to anything. It is just like she was the glue who kept us all together and we all got along. Now, it is very surprising that it was ever like that. You would've thought that we settled on anything.
At the corner of my eye, I see the others looking annoyed, especially Destiny. Well, she actually looks pissed off and looks like she is about to blow. She mumbles something to the others and they all nod their heads. She clears her throat.
"Okay! For a second can you all just fu*king shut up!?" Destiny yells. Surprisingly, everyone does and they all eye her.
"Look, have you even considered on explaining us on what that was? And who was that Beatrice girl that the man mentioned? Can you just explain?" She snaps. We all share glances and make sure that everyone is okay with it. For once they all nod and agree. I take a deep breath and start off.
"First off, that man is called Eric. He was once a Dauntless leader, but then betrayed us and went to Erudite to work with the leader of their faction; Jeanine Matthews." I get interrupted by Pheonix.
"Wait, right at this moment all the factions are at peace and stuff. So how would it betray Dauntless for Eric going to Erudite?"
"Well, back then, other factions weren't allowed to communicate with one another or that would be called as betrayal. He helped Jeanine make a serum that controls what you do, but you can see and hear everything, but it doesn't process to the brain, and injected all Dauntless members with the serum. Those made all of us nearly murder the faction Abnegation against our own will." Shauna includes. She gets interrupted by Jessica this time.
"How did you stop it?" Everyone looks towards me again. I know I have to explain this bit. And it is not going to be easy.
"Well, that's when the girl Beatrice Prior comes in. Known as an Abnegation transfer to Dauntless, or a great friend, in Caleb's case a sister, in my case a girlfriend, and also the hero of Chicago. She stopped the simulation and saved a lot of lives. She was not under the simulation because she was known as someone called a Divergent. They are people who fit into more than one faction, and she fit into three. She was selfless, smart, and brave. She took every risk for Chicago and saved the city three times. Her third time witch was the most selfless time. That was the one that took her life away. No one will ever forget on what she did." I surprisingly stayed together. Wow.
Destiny's face softens, but only the slightest, but then she snaps back into a frown. Maybe I just imagined it? Mackenzie steps up.
"But still, what did he mean by 'watch out for your new members'? Does he mean to trick us onto his side?" She asks questioningly.
"Well it seems like that, does it not?" Zeke replies. Destiny just scoffs.
"So, we just came back from the fringe that is full of war and murder. And now, we are going to whiteness another one. We came here to live happily. Not to have a chance of dying again!"
"You're not going to whiteness it; you're going to be in it." Amar says.
"He will do anything to get more strength and force no matter what. They are already stronger then us, but they want to be more. They want to eliminate us. Permanently." Caleb adds on. Destiny's eyes grow wide like she has just come up with an idea. A sign for Erudite.
"So you need to be stronger, right? So, we can train you, but the way the fringe did for us. It is much more brutal than anything you will see. If you think right now you're strong and agile, wait until you do our training." She does have a point. I look at everyone else, and they all nod. I turn around.
"We are in."