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Chapter 24
"Max,"
Tobias had said that. He stood up and walked over to the leader. "What do you need?" he asked him.
"Eric has been killed." Max reported. He didn't seem upset over it. "We don't know who did it, nor do we care. Eric was probably one of the worst things that happened to this place. Anyways, we need a replacement. And you and Tris are next in line."
"It's the same answer as always Max," Tobias said.
"I decline as well." I told him. I then remembered that Will had wanted to be a leader, but his chance was snatched away. "You should ask Will. He'd make a great leader." I saw Christina's eyes flash over to me. She looked grateful.
"I'll consider it," said Max. He turned and walked out, closing the door behind him.
We sat in silence for a couple of minutes. There was nothing to say. Tobias and I said goodbye to Christina and left. As soon as we got back to our apartment, we collapsed onto the bed. My bed seemed more comfortable than usual.
*Page Break*
The next morning, I reluctantly got up. My body hurt all over. I limped to the kitchen to grab the salve I had left on the counter. As soon as it touched my cuts, instant relief happened. It didn't take the pain away completely, but it was pretty close.
A wave of nausea hit me just as I was done putting on the salve. This morning was pretty bad. It took a long time for me to be able stand up. This time, Tobias wasn't here to comfort me. He must still be sleeping. I couldn't say that I blame him. Last night was horrible. I just tried to not think about it.
I got dressed and woke up Tobias.
"Tris," he moaned. "Just a couple more minutes! Please!"
"Nope," I said, popping the p. "It's 7:45. Get ready."
As soon as I told him the time, he sprang out of bed. I think he set a record for the fastest time for getting ready. Soon, we were getting everything ready for the simulations.
First up was Jordan. His next fear was, like the last one, a pretty common fear. Fear of heights. Nothing interesting happened.
In Jessie's next fear, my theory about her Divergence proved to be correct. She, like Tobias, had a fear of confinement. But what happened was strange. She pushed upward, and it was like she was in a cardboard box. She sprung up and out of that dark, cramped space. She came out of the simulation immediately after.
"Jessie," Tobias said softly. "What were you're aptitude results."
"Dauntless," she said nonchalantly.
"We're being serious." I told her. "We all know that's not true."
"Dauntless and Erudite," she said quietly. "I know what it means. I'm Divergent. And just to let you know, Mike is too. He told me. He was Dauntless and Abnegation. He said that if it wasn't for me, that's where he would have went."
"Thank you for letting us knows this." Tobias said. "You two need to be careful."
Jessie nodded, and then exited the room. The next person to walk in just happened to be Mike. Tobias and I decided not to say anything until after his simulation. His fear was upsetting people. He wanted to help them in any way he could, but he just didn't want them to be displeased. He was put in a room with about ten others, all of them shouting at him to help them. They all needed ludacris things that he couldn't do. He proved that he was Divergent by just walking out of the room, leaving the ten angry people to their own devices.
"So," I started casually. "Jessie has told us something. Something important about you."
"I think I know what it is," he said, keeping eye contact with me. He was trying to prove that I didn't intimidate him.
"This isn't something you want to announce to the world," warned Tobias.
"I know what it means." Mike said. "The person who took my aptitude test told me about it. He said he'd log in the results manually."
"You're lucky he wasn't an Erudite," I told him. "They're after people like you and Jessie."
"Why?" Mike asked.
"Because they think you're a danger. They think you will try to overthrow them." explained Tobias.
"No more on this subject," I said. "Please exit the room."
*Page Break*
No one else showed signs of Divergence. And for that I was grateful. I don't like to explain the dangers of it more than once. Even though the initiates Divergence isn't nearly as dangerous as mine.
Tobias and I just lay on our bed and talk. We talked about Will, Jessie and Mike's Divergence, the baby, baby names. We both knew it was a little early for that, but we just wanted to brainstorm.
We both had a lot of ideas. Some we even agreed on. We eventually gave it a rest and went to bed, both of us falling asleep right away.
*Three days later*
I woke up groggy and a bit disoriented. I was feeling a bit sick to my stomach. The last couple of nights my dreams have been plagued by nightmares. It always consists of me, bound to a chair, getting tortured in someway. Last night was horrible. In my dream, I was probably around six months pregnant. Tesa cut my baby out of me. It was still alive and she stole it from me. I had to live with the fact that Tesa had my baby and I couldn't do anything about it.
Still shaken from my dream, I decided to take a shower to try and settle down. When I got out, I felt refreshed, the dream almost forgotten. I got some clothes on and sat down on the couch. There was still an hour before Tobias and I would announce the unneeded ranks. No one was going to be factionless after this stage.
I was about to drift of, but Tobias snapped me out of my stupor. He kissed me on the forehead and sat next to me. He was shaven and smelled clean.
"You kept thrashing around last night," he informed me.
"Sorry," I muttered.
"What was wrong?" he asked softly.
"I had a nightmare," I told him.
"Care to explain?"
"No, not really," I said. "Let's go show the rankings."
When we got to the training room, we were flocked by the initiates. Yesterday, we had told them that Tesa decided she wanted to become factionless, and had left. They mustve heard something different, because they bombarded us with questions about her.
"What really happened to Tesa?" Dylan shouted.
"We heard that she was shot!" said Rachel.
"Yeah! After she tried to kill Six!" exclaimed Jordan.
"Shut up and let them talk!" Jessie yelled. I flashed her a grateful look and she nodded at me.
"What we told you yesterday was a lie." I started. "Tesa did try to kill me, but she obviously failed. I refuse to go into detail with you guys, so don't even ask. But what I do want to know is who told you?"
"That Al guy. He said that Max had told him. Then he said he couldn't be with a woman who has this much danger all the time. He said he was going to find you and break it off. What he was going to break off I don't know." Mike replied.
I couldn't believe this. Al still is playing this stupid game of his. Once I was done with this, I would put an end to his game.
"Anyway," I said. "Here are the ranks. The aren't needed, but we thought that you'd like to know your progress. And this list is transfers only. And it has your average time."
Jessie A.T-3:00
Mike A.T- 3:42
Ryan A.T-6:20
Rachel A.T-6:52
Jordan A.T-7:25
Emily A.T- 7:30
Dylan A.T- 9:02
The initiates rushed at the list, either looking happy or angered. Jordan especially. He went from first to fifth. And that was just between the transfers.
"Listen up!" Tobias said sharply. "Tomorrow we will be introducing the Fear Landscapes. That means there is only two days left of initiation. You will be going through one of the Dauntless-born instructors fear landscape. It probably wont be what you will be facing, but it will give you a taste of it. You have the rest of the day off. Enjoy it."
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