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Chapter 36
Tobias and I sprinted as soon as we left the meeting room. Just seconds after we started running, I heard footsteps clobbering after us. I didn't have to look behind me to figure out who it was. Now I finally had my chance to figure out what Jason was hiding.
As soon as we got to our apartment, Tobias shoved the key in the lock and ushered me inside. He slammed the door behind him and turned the lock. About ten seconds later, Jason's fist pounded on the door.
"GIVE ME BACK THE BRIEFCASE!" Jason demanded.
"I think you have the wrong apartment!" I shouted back at him.
"Don't get smart with me Six!" he threatened.
"I would never dream of getting smart with you Jason!" I replied.
"Give me the briefcase and I will let you keep the folders!" Jason tried to negotiate.
"Or we can just keep both!" I suggested.
A shudder ran through the apartment. Jason was trying to break down the door. Together, Tobias and I pushed the dresser in front of the door before Jason could rip it off its hinges. In the hallway, Jason screamed in frustration.
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Tobias didn't think it would be safe to move the dresser yet. Jason could either still be out there, or he would come back and try again. It was better to play it safe for now.
Tobias and I sat on the floor in the living room. First, we looked through the files about us. It was scary how much detail there was. Everything that has happened to us, ever, was in those folders. It even said I was pregnant. I don't know how Jason found that out, because I didn't tell anyone from Erudite. I only hoped that Jason didn't memorize the contents of these folders.
While Tobias was still looking through the folders, I pulled the briefcase towards me. There were two simple clasps keeping it closed. Smart little Jason never imagined it would ever be stolen. If he had, he would've been more cautious about it. But that fact also made me think that whatever was in it wasn't important. And then again, the way Jason reacted when we took it said otherwise.
I undid both clasps and slowly opened the briefcase. Inside, was a small stack a paper. There was also a map. On the map, were a bunch of pen markings. I studied the map and realized it was a map of the city. And there was a circle around the Dauntless sector. Inside that circle, was an arrow, directed where the Pit would be.
I gave the map to Tobias so he could look at it. He took it, then set it beside him and continued to go through the folders. I directed my attention to the other pieces of paper. One piece looked like instructions. It wasn't very detailed, which is very unErudite-like. All it said, was to deliver the "package" to the center of the Pit in two weeks. I was eager to find out what this "package" was.
The other papers made no sense to me, but one in particular caused my heart to stop. It was a blueprint. A blueprint on how to make an extremely powerful and deadly C4 explosive device. After it was finished, the C4 would be the size of loaf of bread. And as deadly as a small nuclear bomb..
My mind was racing a mile a minute. They were going to place this bomb in the center of the Pit, and when it explodes, it would basically destroy the whole compound. They would be killing hundreds of men, women, and children dead. Why? I wasn't quite sure. This was a pretty drastic way of solving a simple government threat. And there wasn't even a threat! Dauntless will be eradicated if this plan succeeds. The last object inside was a small package. It obviously wasn't the bomb because it was far too small. As I unwrapped the already crinkled paper, I saw an intricate and complex looking device.
I rotated the device in my hands. On the top, was a small button. I risked pressing it. Thankfully, the object did not explode. Instead, a hologram popped up. Tobias dropped the folders in surprise. I then remembered that he didn't know about the bomb. It showed a group of people in odd clothing working on something I could only expect to be the bomb. At the very top of the hologram, was a progress bar. Beside that, a percentage. The percentage was 45%. The bomb was almost halfway finished.
"What is that?" Tobias asked.
"A bomb," I whispered. I handed the delivery instructions and the blueprints.
"A what?" he exclaimed, snatching the papers from my hand.
"They're going to place a bomb in the Pit, and destroy Dauntless." I told him. "They're going to kill everyone here."
"Why?"
"No idea." I slumped against the wall. How were we going to stop this? All I knew is that we had to tell the leaders.
"We can't just sit here and let them blow up the compound!" Tobias just stated the obvious.
"Can you move the dresser please?" I asked Tobias.
"Where are you going?" Tobias questioned. I didn't say anything, but Tobias started to move the dresser regardless.
I quickly shoved all the papers back in the briefcase. I snapped down the clasps and grabbed the handle. Before I walked into the hallway, I glanced around to see if Jason was still there. To my surprise, he wasn't. I walked as fast as I could to the apartment of someone I knew I could trust no matter what.
I knocked on the door and it opened almost immediately.
"Hey Six," Jessie greeted.
"Hey Jessie." I greeted back. "I need you to do something very important for me."
"What is it?" she asked, acknowledging my serious tone.
"I need to keep this briefcase in your room. Don't look inside of it. Don't let anyone in your apartment. Not even Mike. I'll knock twice, then three times, then six times. That's when you can open the door."
"Ok. I can do that." She looked at me a little suspiciously, but thankfully, she didn't question me.
"And Jessie?" I said before I left.
"Yeah?"
"You can call me Tris." She smiled at me.
"Ok Tris. I'll keep this safe for you." She reassured me.
"Thanks," I said. "C'mon Four. Let's go."
Tobias and I walked as quickly as we could, hoping to find a leader along the way. We walked around for a good ten minutes before we found one. It was Will.
"Hey Tris. Four." He said as we walked over to him.
"Hey Will. We have something that you and the other leaders really need to see." I said in a rush. "Can you please go get them? Like now?"
Will obviously sensed the importance of the situation, because he left before I even finished my sentence. Tobias and I waited there for a while. Neither of us spoke. Both of us were trying to completely comprehend this situation. What worried me was the two weeks part. It's already been more than a week. Either they bomb would be delivered in about five days. Or Jason received new instructions and the bomb would be delivered in two weeks. Either possibility was bad.
I was just about to reveal my worries to Tobias, but just as I opened my mouth, Will came back with the other leaders.
"What is it?" asked Max.
"We have discovered something very important." Tobias said.
"How important?" asked another leader. I think his name is Harrison.
"It's a matter of life and death." I told them. "Follow us please."
I lead them back to Jessie's apartment. Behind me, I could hear the leaders whispering amongst themselves. They were obviously a bit skeptical. As I found Jessie's room, I knocked how I told her I would. Her door slowly opened. As soon as she saw that the leaders were accompanying me, she opened the door wider and let us in. Jessie handed me the briefcase and I turned towards the leaders.
"Max," I directed my voice towards him. "Remember how earlier today, Jason pulled out those folders about Four and myself? And how we took his briefcase afterwards?" Max nodded. "Well, we took it back to our apartment and looked through it. The folders had extremely accurate details about us. But that's not what we're worried about." I set the briefcase down onto the countertop and undid the clasps. I took out the map, the delivery instructions, and the blueprints. I gave the map and the delivery instructions to Max.
As he studied them he asked, "What is this package? Why is it being delivered to the Pit?" After he was done looking, he passed the papers to the others.
"The package is this," I said, giving him the bomb blueprints. "They're going to use this to destroy Dauntless."
"They're making a bomb?" he exclaimed.
"Yeah. A powerful one at that." Tobias added.
"It says this is to be delivered in two weeks." One of the leaders said. "Does that mean two weeks from now? Or two weeks from when they got here?"
"That's what I've been trying to figure out." I said.
"So Erudite is making a bomb so they can kill us all. Why?" asked Max.
Tobias and I shrugged. We honestly had no idea why Erudite felt that the Dauntless population needed to be wiped out.
I looked at Tobias and he looked at me. We had just made a unanimous decision between the two of us.
"What are we going to do?" asked Jessie.
Tobias grabbed my hand and I knew it was official. "Four and I are going to Erudite."
Ok an important question has been asked.
To LoveEverlark: I honestly don't know how many chapters this story will have. Hopefully a lot! I'll try to make at least 75. Maybe longer if you guys want me to. but if I'm going to get it to be that long, I'm going to need your guy's help!
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