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Realm POV
I wake up in a hospital bed. I have an IV in my arm and a ugly white blanket on me. I rip out my IV and stand up feeling a bit tipsy. A hand grabs my shoulder to steady me and I look to the side and see Dean.
"How long have I been out?" I ask him.
"Approximately seventy-eight hours, and thirty-six minutes." Sloane says checking her watch. I bought it for her on her birthday. I smile as I see her.
"How long have you guys been here?" I ask. Chloee and Marlon are also here. It makes me feel good to have friends I can count on.
Sloane opens her mouth to answer the question, but Chloee places a hand on her shoulder. "Don't worry, we aren't creepy stalkers," She smiles.
"You were watching him sleep like a movie," Marlon says gesturing to me.
"Jealousy is an emotion, and the word typically refers to the thoughts and feelings of insecurity, fear, concern and anxiety over an anticipated loss or status of something of great personal value, particularly in reference to a human connection." Sloane says proudly. I can tell she's doing a lot better.
"I'm not jealous," Marlon says. I never realized before but he has a bit of a lisp. Especially when he lies.
"Jealousy often consists of a combination of emotions such as anger, resentment, inadequacy, helplessness and disgust." Sloane adds.
"I'm not resenting anything," Marlon says.
"You two should kiss," Sloane says casually. Marlon and Chloee both have the same expression on their faces. "Studies prove that when two people kiss they sense a connection."
Marlon scratches the back of his neck and stares to the floor. Chloee puts on a smug smile and pecks Marlon's cheek with a kiss. He immediately looks up in shock and we all laugh.
I wrap my arm around Dean's shoulder, not because I need help, but because I want to. "I want to find JJ," I say. Everyone looks at me as if I'm crazy.
"Okay," Dean says. Everyone then directs their stares to him.
We leave the hospital and we walk until I see JJ talking with someone in a blue suit near the chasm. I put my arm out to stop my friends behind me. I feel as Sloane bangs into my shoulder. "Well, he's not dead, now is he?" The man asks JJ.
"I did what you said, now where's my money?" JJ says.
"You get your money once he's dead." I feel anger rupture in me, but Dean holds me back.
"I'm not a killer," JJ says defensively. "Yeah, the kid's an idiot, but he doesn't deserve to die!" JJ changes his next words into a whisper, which I almost dn't hear over the roar of the chasm. "He's not even…" He lowers his voice more. "He's not even divergent."
I man whispers something to him which I can't hear then leaves. JJ walks our way and makes his way across the bridge. I run up and meet him halfway and grab his forearm before shoving him off the side of the bridge.
"What the hell, Matthews?" JJ asks trying to lift himself up.
"Who wants me dead?" I command.
"You're fucking crazy!" He says.
"Who?" I yell.
Dean rushes over with the rest of them and grabs my shoulder. I don't give in though. Instead I drop JJ further down so the water hits his back.
"Okay, Okay!" JJ yells. "Let me up and I'll tell you," he says.
"Tell me who, or I'll drop you." I say.
"How do I know you won't just drop me once I tell you?" JJ says. "Let me up."
I lift him up so he can sit on the edge. "Who?" I ask.
"I don't know his real name, but he sends a guy named… " He thinks it over in his head. "Prior, Caleb Prior."
I head to the tracks and wait for the train. "Where are you going?" Chloee asks. She's probably the fastest runner so she trails behind me while everyone stops to catch their breath. The train sends wind which brushes my hair forward. I turn and start to run, hopping on the train once I'm closes enough. The rest of them jump on after me.
"We're done," Marlon says throwing his hands in the air. "We're not supposed to leave the compound!" He shouts.
"You didn't have to come," I say as I sit down.
"Where are we even going?" Marlon asks me.
"Erudite," Sloane says.
I nod and Sloane slides down beside me. We never thought we'd ever go back. We chose Dauntless to escape our past, but we always end up running back to it.
We jump off the train and as we come close to the Erudite headquarters I start to get more anxious. I want to know who got JJ to try to kill me. Why they would want me dead.
"What can I help you with?" I man at the front desk ask. He doesn't loom up from his screen as he talks to us.
"We're looking for someone named Caleb Prior," I tell him.
"Who's asking?" He asks rudely.
"My name's Three," I say gesturing to myself. "This is Five, Seven, Eight, and Nine." I keep a straight face as I answer, but I hear Chloee snort behind me.
"Dauntless is a messed up faction," the guy says sounding annoyed.
"Question," Sloane asks, raising her hand. "Can I be Five?"
"Michael?" A voice says from the entrance. "What are you doing here? I thought you were in the hospital." I now realize that the voice belongs to my Aunt Jeannine.
"I just got out today," I say not really wanting to conversationalize. She gives me one of her fake smiles.
"Just let me know if there's anything I can do to help you and your friends with." I let her walk past me, not saying another word.
"Caleb Prior?" I ask the guy in the front. He seems shocked with my conversation with the leader of Erudite. "Dude, you gonna answer?" I ask waving a hand over the desk and in front of his face.
He slaps my hand away. "You're Michael Matthews?" He asks. I nod my head slowly. I don't like to be known as Michael. "Right this way," he says as he pushes back his chair and heads towards the elevators.
The elevator doors open and a Dauntless man stands there. "This," says the man from the front desk. He gestures his hand towards the short man with blond hair and bright blue eyes. He looks familiar. "Is Aaron. He guards the more important parts of the facility."
"Cool," I say not really interested in what his job is, but where I know him from.
The guy gives us a warm smile. Sloane looks like she's gone crazy with that giant smile on her face. "Sloane?" Chloee says tapping her on the shoulder. "Why are you smiling like that?"
"Some claim it takes forty-three muscles to frown while it takes seventeen muscles to smile." Sloane says stuttering. "You might be surprised to hear that it actually takes twenty-six muscles to smile while frowning is sixty-two." Sloane turns to me now. "Some naysayers may claim quite the opposite, that in fact it takes more muscles to smile than it does to frown. In conclusion frowning takes about eleven muscles to frown while smiling take around twelve."
The door opens and we walk out, leaving Aaron in the elevator. "What was that about?" Marlon asks. Sloane waits for the doors to the elevator to close before her face relaxes.
"I wanted him to like me," She says.
"Awe, that's cute," Chloee says, but Sloane doesn't seem to blush or react to it in anyway.
"There's more?" I ask her. Sloane walks to the door with 'Caleb Andrew Prior' written on it.
Before she turns the handle she lets out a sigh. "Aaron's my brother."