Every inch of my body was telling me to run, run away from this man, from this home, from my past but I knew I couldn't do that. I had to stay to save the lives of the innocent, to right the wrongs of this city. I was not important, my fear was not important but my mission was.

"I didn't come back to," I said. "But I do have some information that will be very important to you, can we come in?" I emphasized the "we". He needed to be on his best behavior to save the people of Abnegation. He kept looking at me like I was going to disappear before his eyes, if I wasn't smarter, I would be foolish enough to believe that he was looking at me with love rather than ownership. He wasn't moving, I wasn't even sure he was breathing.

"Please Marcus, let us in," Mr. Prior said from behind me. "I want to know what young, little Anna has to say in the middle of the night. It must be important."

Inwardly I smiled because Mr. Prior emphasized "young" and "little". I probably should be offended, I am 16 years old after all, but I knew his motives. He wanted to remind Marcus that in comparison to them, I was young, too young for any kind of relationship that Marcus desired. He was protecting me. It made me wonder how much he knew and then wonder, how long did he know?

Marcus allowed us in. I gestured for them to sit at the dinning room table. I made a quick pot of tea for everyone. The kitchen was exactly the same. It mirrored the nightmares and fear serums I endured during my not-so-long-ago Dauntless initiation. I pushed back the memories of lying on the floor crying out in pain, desperate for it to end. I walked back to the dinning room, poured the tea and let the story pour out of me.

"We need to send a message to every house in Abnegation, letting them know that they have to follow the Factionless that comes to get them. If you all don't go into hiding immediately, you are likely to die, tonight," I finished looking into their faces, each crinkled with wrinkles of worry. I drank my tea.

"Are you sure," asked Mr. Prior.

"With out a doubt," I confirmed.

"We need to go first to everyone on the council and have everyone on the council make the rounds to the homes. We can't have too many people out on the streets or it would be suspicious incase they are watching us," stated Mrs. Prior. She was quick minded and alert, I noted. It made me curious if Abnegation was her original faction.

"Agreed," Said Mr. Prior. "Marcus do you have maps? We should plan it quick and systematically. We can't leave anything to chance."

Marcus, although the true leader of Abnegation was the last person to speak or act, showing his true cowardice. He wasn't as smart or quick as the others, or maybe I just thought that because I was prejudice against him.

"Can we trust the Factionless?" Marcus asked me while laying out a map of Abnegation.

"I think it is our only option," I said. "I am a bit worried about the leader but I don't think we have time to question her motives at the moment. We have to make it through tonight to plan how to survive tomorrow."

Mr. Prior was marking each member of the council's homes. Then outlining a route of homes for each council member to take on their mission to warn the citizens. I could almost see his brain working, the knobs turning. He was staying so cool under the pressure and I realized, Erudite, he had to have come from Erudite. It made me feel better that we had someone one our side who can think the way they do.

I realized I had nothing to do. I finished my job, I warned Abnegation and I found a way to hide them. I didn't think it would be a smart idea to try to sneak back into Dauntless tonight, there was too big of a possibility that I would get caught. Besides, I didn't actually want to leave Abnegation now that I was here.

"If you don't mind," I said the group, "I would like to keep a look out. If I see any Dauntless or Erudite coming this way I can give you all a signal telling you not to wait for the Factionless, that you should just run, hide anywhere."

The Priors nodded in agreement but Marcus spoke a contrary belief, "I don't think you should be alone during the attack, you would be too vulnerable. You should come with me and after we warn and see the homes in my section of Abnegation are to safety, come into hiding with me."

"I will not hide while my friends are turned into brainless soldiers bending at every command and every wish of the Eurdites," as I spoke I realized two things, I realized I had admitted the serum was not going to work on me and that Marcus must have already known that. He must have known because he was willing to go into hiding with me while the simulation was enacted. He knew. He knew. He knew.

How did everyone seem to know my secret? Was Divergent tattooed on my forehead? Was there something I didn't know? I hated the idea that Marcus knew I was Divergent because that meant, like Eric, he had information on me that dictated the course of events in my life.

"You should not put yourself in such a vulnerable position, Anna," Marcus scolded me.

"You don't get to make my decisions for me," I said back. My fear of him was eliminating and angry filled me. "It is better for me to keep watch because then, if the attack comes before everyone is evacuated, we wont be caught by surprise." I turned to the Priors, "Keep a look out at the roofs on Monroe Street, if I see anyone who shouldn't be here, I'll start a fire to signal it."

Without waiting for any more comments, I left. I quickly found myself on the roof of the house on the edge of Abnegation's borders. I had a pretty good view of the streets that Erudite controlled Dauntless would have to come down for the attack. Part of me wished the Marcus would die tonight, life would just be so much easier knowing he wasn't breathing the same air as me, feeling the same sun or living on the same land. Did that make me a bad person? Should we ever really wish for the death of someone? I felt conflicted and disappointed in myself.

The city was quiet allowing me to think clearly. I wondered how everyone else's jobs were going. Were they successful? Were they safe? What if Four was hurt? I couldn't let my thoughts linger on that, it was just too painful to think about.

Mr. Prior's plan would take approximately 20 minutes, if everyone they talked to didn't ask questions. It was efficient. I squinted down to the streets. I could see a few people walking door-to-door, they would knock, go into the home and minutes later leave. It gave me hope.

About 30 minutes after I got onto the roof, I noticed families being lead out of town by the Factionless. The plan was working. I couldn't believe it. Five, ten, fifteen, twenty families heading towards safety—could it really be this easy?

Of course it couldn't. I had to remember that this was my plan and things are never so simple. There was movement in the streets. It may have been almost morning but the sky was still dark, this wasn't movement because of early birds heading off to work, no, this was Erudite on the attack. One good thing was that I realized I hadn't heard the train come by, it should have at least twice since I got here. The others were able to slow the attack down. Also, I saw that very few of those coming down the street had weapons. I knew this didn't mean that Abnegation was safe, no, Dauntless were trained to kill with their hands. I quickly lit the fire that I had build earlier. As an added precaution, I grabbed a burning log and raised it high in the air. In the fading darkness I saw the remaining Abnegation running. I hoped that they would make it. I had to make myself believe that they would, they are too good of people to die.

"Anna!" the voice made me jump, there hadn't been much sound, everyone had seemed to understand that stealth was the best option. "Anna! Get down here," I realized it was Marcus.

I leaned over the edge of the building, saw him waving me down and looking very anxious. As much as I didn't want to be near him, I realized he might have new information for me. I climbed down the side of the building and landed next to him.

"What?" I whispered harshly.

"We need to go," he said.

"What?" I questioned surprised. "I can't leave, my friends are being controlled, I need to be here, do something, I don't know, I can't just run away!"

"You have to run away because your friends are under control," He said seriously. "I did something stupid. I was mad at you. I thought that if I couldn't have you that no one would."

"Meaning?" I asked warily.

"I told them what you are, if they see you, they are going to kill you. When I saw you tonight I realized I made a mistake, you are mine and I can't let them kill you. You came back to me," he said reaching to caress my hair.

I smacked his hand away. "I did not come back to you. I came to save the innocent people of Abnegation, key word, innocent, I could care less about you." I stepped away from him. I can't believe he told them what I am! I knew I didn't mess up in initiation, I knew I was careful, it was all him! He was always going to find a way to torture me! I was furious.

Cassandra ran up to us. "Looks like you are with me," she said. "Are you going to come Anna? You are more than welcome to."

"No," I said. "But you should take him before I kill him." Slowly I could hear the repetitive footsteps of the advancing Dauntless. "Go now," I said again.

They left me alone. I didn't know what I was going to do. I started running through the streets, trying to find if there was any more Abnegation left that needed hiding. It appeared that everyone was gone but I wasn't going to leave until I was sure. I started opening front doors and shouting the quietest hello I could. House after house I ran. I knew the Dauntless were be hind me but I didn't even look around to see. There was one more house on the corner to check then I would find a good vantage point and watch the scene that was happening around me. Or at least that was my plan.

I started for the door when I saw something move in the bushes to the left of the house. Apprehensively I walked over and whispered; "hello?" the bushes rustled more. Who ever it was, apparently was not a very good hider. I moved the branches to reveal a little girl. She couldn't have been more than five. She was shaking, crying and looked up at me with large eyes. Her blond hair was knotted in an Abnegation bun.

"Hello, I'm Anna," I said to her.

"Sarah," she said quietly.

I looked around, there was no one. Where was her family? How could she have been left behind? It doesn't make sense. "Why are you alone Sarah?"

"We were running and I fell behind. I-I-I got lost," She said.

"Shh," I soothed. "It'll be alright, I will help you find your family. But we have to get out of here, now."

I helped her out of the bushes, picked her up and started running. I was never far ahead of the Dauntless and I knew I couldn't hesitate. I looked around quickly, saw a face peer out of a building two blocks away, it must have been a Factionless safe house, or so I hopes. I ran for it. Sarah held onto me tightly. She wasn't heavy but she did slow me down. When I reached the corner I didn't slow down to check to see if the intersecting street was clear—I should have. There were ten Dauntless patrolling the area and they had seen me.