Chapter 26 (Alyssa's POV)

I woke up to a pounding headache, and glanced around trying to find out where I was. Obviously I was sitting, tied up, in a dark room, but I could see a small strip of light coming out from beneath the door. I looked around for Skye, but he was nowhere to be found. Skye! Oh no, what happened?! Faintly, I heard voices arguing.

"So no one knows about this, right? We can't have anyone on our tails quite yet. Not until they're dealt with, and eliminated! I mustn't have any competition!" I searched my memory, my mind still slightly foggy from whatever it was that knocked me out. The voice was somewhat familiar... Oh! Blade! That's who it was! I stopped myself short of snarling, overcome by anger. Last thing I remembered before waking up was someone hitting my head with something and falling down...

"I assure you, no one saw me as I dragged the scum here. Her and her filthy boyfriend. Now, give me the box!" That voice (male) was commanding, so I inferred it could be a Dauntless leader.

A little grumbling was heard, and then something rattled. Probably the box being passed from Blade to the mystery guy...

"She's probably awake right now. Why don't you go check?" the mystery man asked.

Who is this person? I thought, bewildered. Is he Blade's brother or something?

I pulled at the rope binding my hands together behind my back, but didn't succeed in doing anything but getting scratches from the rough rope onto my wrists. It didn't hurt, it just stung a little bit. I struggled for a few more seconds to get rid of the rope binding my hands tightly together before realizing that whoever my captors were had forgotten to tie my ankles to the chair.

Good. I thought. At least I can fight like this.

A gut feeling told me to stop and act as if I was still asleep, but I was hesitant. After a mere few seconds of debating, I gave in. And just in time, too, it seems, for suddenly the door burst open. Even with my eyes closed, I could still see that the room which I was tied in was now bathed in unwelcome, harsh light.

"Get her to the same room as Skye. It'll be too hard to watch them at the same time if they're separated," Blade said.

What a lazy person. I thought, although inwardly I was grinning in satisfaction. Didn't he know that you shouldn't ever put the captured together? It gave them an opportunity to plan an escape. Dimwit.

I felt the ropes typing my hands being loosened, but I knew I couldn't make a move now. One against two- the odds weren't in my favor. Especially since I was no where near Blade's physique. Although I was expecting to be lifted to wherever Skye was being held, the roughness still surprised me, and I almost cried out. But I remained limp, putting on my best acting and trying to convince the two that I was still unconscious.

A few moments later, I was put down in a chair again, with an arm steadying me as, once again, ropes tied my hands behind my back. I heard a strangled cry that sounded like Skye a mere few feet away from me (from what it sounded like), and then an angry protest, "What have you done to her?"

Blade laughed sadistically before a crack was heard. A burst of anger overcame my thoughts, but I forced it down with difficulty. I didn't know who the other person was, and he could be very dangerous. Best not to do anything now. Yet, that resolution came harder and harder to hold as Blade punched Skye a few more times, although by the sound of things, he was holding on pretty well, unwilling to make sounds of pain. And then it was over. The room I was now in turned dark, and a click accompanying the closing of a door was heard.

I opened my eyes immediately, and what I saw made me retch. Oh no, what have they done to you, Skye?

(Tris' POV)

I opened my eyes groggily, already aware that I was on the bed Tobias and I shared.

"Oh good, Tris, you're awake!" Tobias said, relief in his voice.

I turned to my left to face him, and pulled a face. He was sitting on a chair.

My eyes narrowed even as my heart swelled, "How long was a out?"

"Just less than an hour, don't worry. It was just a fall. You don't have a concussion or anything serious, but you'll feel headaches for a short while, as Marlene told me," Tobias frowned, but then brightened, eyes crinkling with laughter, "It's like you can't stop getting injured. Any more and I'll have a heart attack, Tris."

I smiled and sat up, brushing away Tobias' helping hand. "Well, we can't have you dying on me, now can we?"

I knew that if the fall was any more serious, he would've treated it as a big deal. From what I felt, it didn't seem to be more than just a short fall. But there was something troubled in his eyes, so I asked, "What's going on?"

And then I remembered- Alyssa and Skye! Someone had injured them, kidnapped them, just a few feet outside our door. And who knew where they were now? I glanced at Tobias, worry in my eyes. Those two were the top two students- and they were divergent too! What if... What if Eric caught onto what was going on and decided to... No. No, I refused to believe that Eric had figured out that Skye and Alyssa were divergent. He couldn't have! But then... who took them? And why?

I wasn't aware that I'd said that aloud, but apparently I did because Tobias answered, "I don't know. I haven't seen them since you have." I could read the guilt in his eyes clear as day, and squeezed his hand for comfort. Two of my favorite (not that I'd admit it to anyone, though) initiates were in danger. I couldn't sit by and watch as Heaven knows what happened to them.

"Marlene said you were good to go right when you wake up. She knows it's not normal procedure, but agreed that it was just a cut anyway and now all you need is a bit of rest. And while you've been out, I've compiled a list of all those who might have any reason to want to hurt Skye and Aly." I nodded and reached over to take the writing pad he held.

1. Eric

2. Max

3. Blade

4. Jeanine Matthews

5.

"I really only thought of 4 people who might do this to them. You're okay though, right? We might have to fight our way to them," Tobias said. I could tell that for all his joking about my not being able to not get injured, he was truly worried.

My heart warmed and I nodded. "I'm fine. Aly and Skye, though, we don't know. We have to go find them."

"You're sure you're okay?"

I nodded.

Few minutes later, we were in the Control Room, looking at the video feed from when Aly and Skye disappeared.

There was a camera in the hallway outside of our apartment. It wasn't too clear though, since it wasn't a place were many people went often, like the Pit, but there was enough focus that I saw a tattooed and pierced face appear on the screen.

My eyes flashed, and I turned to Tobias, ready to storm out to break down Eric's door.

The audacity of that man who dared to call himself a leader!

"Wait!" Tobias said, holding my arm as I tried to walk past. "There's more."

A pair of shoes showed up at the corner of the screen and began dragging Skye. Those shoes... they seemed familiar... Right! Blade was wearing them today.

My eyes narrowed. No way they were going to get away with this. No one was anyone going to get away with hurting them- especially Eric. He needed to be taken down a few notches, if not knocked down completely.

This time, when I ran out, Tobias ran with me, face tight with anger at the man vile enough to kidnap two innocent children unprovoked and at the stupidity of the younger boy who did anything, no matter how cruel, to get what he wanted.

We reached Eric's door, but halted at the voices inside.

Slightly muffled, but I could still hear them.

"So, easy way or hard way? Your choice, Princess." It was Blade.

A moment later, flesh met flesh, and the sound of a gun cocking was distinctly heard.

Tobias and I barged in. We couldn't wait any longer- lives were at stake.

A/N: Sorry for disappearing over the summer, guys. Really, I am. But please be assured that despite everything Life throws at me I will not give up on this story! Even if it's been a while cx And I know this is short but I swear on Dauntless cake that it will be up at latest today evening. I have it written already actually- it's in one of my Microsoft Word documents cx

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