A/N Hey guys Sarah and 3r1ca98 bringing you another update, this time written by 3r1ca98 :D enjoy R&R!
"Caleb!" I shout frustrated, and slightly annoyed, "What the hell are you doing?"
Uriah decides that he needs to talk and starts saying a whole string of words, "Okay, dude, this is so not cool. Come on! We aren't even armed. How in the world do you think this would even be a fair battle. I mean seriously? You can't do this, this is a total coward way to play. At least make it a fair game and give us some weapons or some–"
Caleb cuts him off, "Wait, you guys don't have weapons? You're telling the truth?"
"Of course we are! You guys probably can't even aim properly to hit us anyways," Uriah says back.
"Aw man, I'm sorry Beatrice. I thought you guys were armed. We only grabbed you to make sure you can't attack us. So what's happened, why are you here?" Caleb says to me, ignoring Uriah completely.
I sigh, getting ready for a long story, "Well, you guys saw the video from Amanda, or Edith, or whatever her name is, right? Well after that happened a huge fight broke out between the Dauntless and the Factionless, which is still going on right now at this very moment. So then we decided to leave because we need your help, Caleb, with programming something I'm going to say on the screens. We need you to hack into Jeanine's computer, too, just to see if there's any more information on what's outside the gate."
Caleb raises an eyebrow. Then he gets this look on his face. Disappointment? Regret? "I'm really sorry Beatrice. For everything! For betraying you, for helping Jeanine, for not helping you when she was torturing you, even for the times when I yelled at you when we were younger. I'm so, so sorry. Please forgive me? Please…"
"I–," Then tears start welling up in my eyes. I try as hard as I can to make them not spill out. And suddenly, I'm walking up to my brother–the brother who betrayed me, but also loved me for years–and embrace him.
We stand there for a while until Christina says, "Alright guys…Great sibling love going on here, but there's a huge fight going on inside the compound and we kinda really need to be in there, and fast! So can we get a move on?"
"So you'll help, Caleb?" I ask, just to make sure.
"Of course! I'd do anything to make it up to you," Caleb responds.
"Great, then let's go. We need about 3 of you Erudite. Anyone?" I see people look at each other. Seeing who will and won't volunteer. Slowly, a guy in the middle of the crowd with sandy brown hair, about 20 something raises his hand. Then I see two other people raise their hands. One a woman and another a late 30's to early 40's male. "Alright. We're set. You three will stand guard at the doors of Jeanine's lab to make sure no one's gonna ambush us. Christina and Uriah, you'll help them. Caleb, Tobias, and I will go into her laboratory, record the video and get any other info that's on her computer. Got it? Good." I tell them all the plan.
Of course, Christina's got something to say about it. "But, I wanted to go into the lab. You know, be in the video and see all the juicy info…"
"Come on Christina, we'll guard and let them do their thing. We'll find some other sort of entertainment guarding, since I'm sure there won't be anyone coming up here with the battle going on." Uriah says, flashing her a smile. Christina smiles back, I think it may be the first smile that's actually reached her eyes since Will got shot…by me…No! I can't think about this right now. Pull yourself together Tris, there's a war going on, and they need you.
All eight of us rush into Jeanine's laboratory. The five I assigned stay outside while Caleb, Tobias, and I go to her computers. "So, Caleb. You know how to work this thing? And you better, because there will be no way of stopping that fight going on if you can't get it!" I tell Caleb.
Caleb gives a short laugh, "No pressure or anything, right?" Caleb glances around the room, taking in his surroundings it seems like, and then starts toward the computer in the back. "It seems to me this is the main computer that stores everything. The others, from what I can tell, might be ones that controlother things in the Erudite compound, while–"
"Caleb, please just do whatever it is you have to do. We don't need an explanation of every single thing," Tobias says, cutting off whatever it was Caleb was going to say next.
Caleb sits and start on the "main computer." I grab Tobias's hand and squeeze, hoping with everything that this will work and have more information on the outside.
Tobias squeezes back and whispers in my ear, "Hey, it's alright Tris, we'll stop this fight. I believe in you, you can do it. And will you please stop holding my hand so hard, you're kind of cutting off my circulation." Tobias flashes me a grin.
I can feel the heat rise up my face, "Sorry about that. I'm just really nervous. If this doesn't work, I don't know what will," I tell Tobias.
After a few minutes of talking about random stuff with Tobias, Caleb shouts out, "YES! I got it. Now we need to find the files…here they are. Hey Beatrice come look!"
I go over to the computer, Tobias following my suit. "What is it? Is that a…a map?"
"Why, yes, it is," Caleb tells me.
I look at the map, confused, "What is it of?" I've never seen that much land on a map before. The largest I've seen is probably the one at the factionless compound we went to.
Caleb ponders my question, "I think…It's a map of what's outside. The title says, 'The United States of America' and it's dated…one hundred twenty years back? What? This can't be right!"
Tobias has been very quiet, I guess he's studying the map. "Nope. That's right, alright. And I think Caleb might be right, it's a map of the outside. We need this in our video and we need to record our video fast."
"Hold on a second. What's this? Beatrice, you might want to see this. I think it's another video. But it's not the same person. She looks…like mom," the video starts playing.
"Hello, my name is Edith Prior, and this will be one of two videos shot inside the gates. This video is to be destroyed once the sufficient number of Divergents have been populated in this society." Oh my god, I think, that's mom. She's was Edith Prior. The video continues, along with my thoughts. "I have been placed in what would be known as Dauntless, along with several others. There are five factions, Abnegation, Amity, Candor, Dauntless, and Erudite. Each serve as different character traits in which we fit into best. Though, the group that has volunteered, has not been tested, we have been placed randomly. It is told our memories will be wiped and we all will receive a new name. Goodbye, and I will hope to see the day when the gates are open."
No way, is the first thought that popped into my mind.
"Caleb, what's the file name?" I ask Caleb.
Caleb checks and says, "" That was our mother, was my final thought before I started freaking out.