"You would always tell Dres and me off for spending so much time out here." Eric didn't move as Lauren walked out on to the balcony. "But I knew I would find you here. Wanting to be close to her." Eric scoffed part of him wanted to deny that he was out there because it was where he felt closest to Dres but there was little point. Lauren had known him his entire life and she and Dres had become fast friends almost inseparable making there jokes about how they taught the wrong way around. With Lauren, the transfer, taking the Dauntless-born and Dres, the dauntless born, taking the transfers. Eric knew that just like Tori Lauren loved Dresden. In fact, finding someone in Dauntless who didn't love Dresden would be a hard task. She was everything they loved reckless and fun but also serious and caring when they needed a friend.

But they failed her, they all fucking failed her because they couldn't listen to him! Rage burnt through him as he snapped out. "I would have been closer if Four could just have followed the plan."

"Because you would have trusted yourself in that situation. Come on Eric. You've never exactly been kind to Four or Tris. How could they trust you?"

Eric just scoffed rolling his eyes. "Is there a specific reason you are here?"

"Yes actually. Come with me." Lauren stated before turning back to the apartment. Eric groaned before turning and dropping down off the wall and on the balcony following Lauren into his apartment. He found her standing by his TV holding the remote, she'd already pulled something up on the screen.

Walking towards the screen Eric started to recognise the room, it was his mothers' office back in Erudite there was someone in there standing at the window. Dresden. It was Dresden standing at the window looking out over the city. "It came up on our screens ten minutes ago. Every screen everywhere it's our only channel that's running the rest just show static."

"The only view we have of the whole city is one of Dresden in Erudite?" Eric asked his brain working in overdrive as he tried to come up with the best possible reason. He might have been dauntless but he was raised in Erudite taught logic. There was a reason, this was targeted precisely.

"Yes," Lauren replied.

"Why?" He didn't know why he was asking he wouldn't listen to anyone else's theory anyway.

"We were hoping you could work it out."

"They want to show their control and power hacking our systems does that. But they could have shown us anything to prove this. No this is personal… but why Dresden?" Eric was lost at this it was personal they wouldn't have used a human if it wasn't personal this went beyond logic it was starting to get into emotions. Something he wasn't so great at understanding.

"I know you don't want to but maybe if you could work with Four on this?" Eric just sent her a look before turning his attention back to the screen. He was frustrated looking into the details was anything different about the room. There was a tray on the table someone had taken food but that was it nothing else was out of place nothing else new was added to the room. "She is a divergent maybe…"

"So why are they holding her in there."

"They are holding her in the room?"

"Well, she's been pacing she had one visitor we didn't recognise him and there is no sound to hear what they said. After he left Dres tried the door but it was locked she couldn't get out."

"That room is biometrically locked to my mother's fingerprint to be opening it they have to be using her finger. Without it, that door is designed to withstand an assault."

"Charming woman your mother."

"She would always say life favours the prepared."

"Well, it helps when you are the one starting the war." Lauren sighed. "I am sorry she was still your mother."

"Did you just come here to show me this?"

"No Four wants you in the command room on this one I was sent to collect you. He thinks as do I that you could be important on this one. You've already been able to locate her in the building now we just need to work out why there and why Dresden." Lauren turned towards the door unlocking it before holding it open. "After you." She started waiting for him to pass and lead the way to the command room.

It was much emptier than he had been expecting with only Tris, Four, Tori and Harrison waiting for them he had expected more. The four of them were standing watching the footage nothing had changed during the walk from his apartment to the control room. Dres was still standing her head leaning against the window looking away from the camera so they couldn't see her face.

"Eric was able to identify it as Jeanne's office."

"It's properly the second most secure location in Erudite to the cells. That room is a fortress."

"I doubt even Dresden would be able to get out of that place."

"Tori has managed to cut back to the man that entered. Anything?" Tori span her tablet around to show Eric the man. Eric shook his head he'd never seen him before.

"I am trying to work out what they are saying but it is a bad angle," Tori stated hitting play and letting the footage continue on a little longer showing Eric they never turn towards the camera. Or at least Dresden never turns towards the screen however the man does every so often though he never speaks towards it.

"You can't get sound."

"I am trying it's not all that easy. Analysis the footage Tori. Get sound, Tori. Run that guys face, Tori. Work out what they were saying, Tori."

"What did you do?" Lauren asked staring at the screen a man was walking back into the room.

"Huh?"

"Shut up!" Lauren stated. And then everyone heard it.

"Dres." The was sound, the sound was coming from the screen.

"I managed to find this for you." Eric recognised the man that had just walked in holding the box of her things from the cells as the one Tori had just shown him entering earlier and someone he had seen before then. His voice though Eric recognised the way he called Dresden's name. He'd shouted it as he had burst into the fight.

"He was the one that pulled Dresden out of the fight," Eric stated pointing at the screen. "Who is he?"

"We don't know. He's Dauntless-born for sure look at his movements. But if he was ever in the system he's been wiped out for sure we can't find any trace of him we even tried ageing up pictures of missing children." The man put the box on the desk and walked towards where Dresden was standing silent turned away from him towards the window. She was angry with him that much was obvious from her posture and angle.

"Dresden look it me."

"No, you disgust me!" Her bitter tone was one Eric had heard many times before when she was holding on to their latest fight.

"I am no worse than your beloved Coulter!" The man spat out. Eric couldn't put his finger on it but there was something familiar about him his floppy black hair and dark eyes. It was like he knew him and yet Eric had no memory of this man.

"Don't you dare?!" The low snarl from Dresden meant this man was in trouble. But as she spun around ready to strike he caught her hand with such ease like he knew exactly what she was going to do. Showing a familiarity with her that Eric wasn't sure he liked.

"It should never have been him Dresden and you know it! If only I'd still be around to stop it. He never deserved you. You should have come with me when I left Dauntless." Eric's hand tightened on the desk in front of him rage coursed through his veins as he watched the monitor in front of him. This man had a hand around the nape of Dresden's neck holding her forehead to his. "I am sorry." He whispered just loud enough for them to hear. "I am sorry I shouldn't shout." He pressed a kiss to the top of her head. "I love you."

Dresden just pulled herself away walking over to the window. "I hate going to bed angry." He stated but this time made no attempt to follow her giving her space.

"I know," Dresden whispered leaning her head against the glass. "I love you too but I cannot support you in this I cannot you are a better man than this Bellamy."

Bellamy. At last, they had a name turning his head Eric could see both Lauren and Tori already searching everything they had for a Bellamy. An unusual name hopefully all they would need was his first name.

"I am doing what is needed to keep my people alive."

"At what cost Bell. At what cost? Because I am struggling to see my Bell in there. I want you to leave." Dresden had turned back to him now facing him she pressed her hand to his chest and stared longingly up into his eyes. Eric felt sick betrayal coursed through him. She swore to him there had been no one else and yet there she was with this Bellamy and it was so obvious.

"Dresden."

"Please leave," Dresden stated pushing herself away from him again turning back to look out of the window.

"Okay," Bellamy stated pressing a kiss to the back of her head he turned to leave before at the last minute as he stood in front of the door his hand hovering over the handle he turned to look at the camera smirking.

Eric couldn't hold it in any longer he flipped the table he'd been gripping before slamming his fist into the monitor. "WHO THE HELL IS HE?!" he screamed.

"Eric calm down we don't know what we just saw." Four stated stepping in to stop Eric doing any more damage.

"I know what I just saw another man with his hands all over my wife. My wife telling another man she loves him."

"Eric it may not be that simple. He's holding her captive she is locked in that room his captive. And there is no Bellamy ever registered in Dauntless." Lauren stated as for the second time her searches came back blank. No Bellamy had been born in or transferred to Dauntless not even a failed initiation attempt. Bellamy either wasn't from Dauntless and their evaluation of him had been wrong or he had somehow wiped himself from the system.

"You were her best friend did she ever mention him to you?!"

"No Eric but that doesn't mean…"

"Doesn't mean what she was with him the entire time I was just a tool…"

"Eric come on you heard him she stayed in Dauntless when he asked her to leave she chose you."

"Wait!" Tori burst out looking straight at Eric, "It is you, Eric… they are goading Eric." Tori stated Eric's outburst had made everything click for her. Of course, that scene was going to set Eric off.

"But why? That doesn't make sense they know Dauntless won't follow Eric…." Lauren stepped in shaking her head. She agreed that scene was specifically put on for Eric the way this Bell had smirked at the camera on his way out. He knew that Eric would be watching but why.

"No… no, it's not just Eric. It's all of us?"

"Tris."

"It's a trap and we have fallen straight into it. We've been trying to work out what this meant for hours. For hours we haven't focused on defensive strategy, a plan of attack or a plan of any kind. They were just buying time! Think about it we said it before they could have used any image to show us they had control of our system but they picked live footage of Dresden because an image wouldn't have caught our attention wouldn't have distracted us like Dresden."

"They used Dresden because they knew she was something important to all of us. She's Eric's wife, Four you think of her as a sister, Lauren and Tori she is your best friend, I owe her my life she risked everything to save and protect me. Harrison?"

"She is Dresden Coulter she'd do anything to help us so we had to help her." Harrison shrugged and Tris nodded proving her point. People would die for Dresden, she inspired their loyalty and now Factionless was using it against them.

"Exactly even those not particularly close felt some connection to her. She was our weakness. And they played it to the full. A distraction."

"Guys… this footage isn't live." Harrison stated the footage had frozen on Bellamy's smirk and Harrison now stood at the largest of the monitors staring at the clock on the wall right behind him. "It's delayed. It has a one-hour delay on it."