Forever 10 Chapter 38, a divergent trilogy fanfic

Hey guys! I thought I would get out one more chapter. Unfortunately, this will be the last chapter for about three weeks. I will be with my family during that time so I'm sure you will understand. And I just wanted to torture you a little bit. You'll find out how at the end of this chapter.

Chapter 38

I pulled away from my brother. Even though he betrayed my family by transferring to the faction my father despised the most, he helped us. We might actually be able to save Dauntless because of him.

Without bothering to say goodbye, Tobias and I bolted out of the room. It was pretty stupid considering the whole of Erudite was trying to find us. Luckily, there was no one there. Unfortunately, there were people in the next hallway.

"There they are!" one of them exclaimed.

There were three of them. Each one was a smallish but bulky male. Even though it was three on one, I figured that Tobias and I could beat them.

The one who had shouted rushed at us. Wrong decision. Tobias knocked him out quickly by punching him in the head.

The two men then decided it would be better to face us one on one. One went to Tobias, the other came to me. This man was short by guy standards, but he still toward over me because I barely scraped 5'1". He made a grab for me. Before he could wrap his hand around my throat, I kicked him as hard as I could in the shin. The man bellowed with pain and rage. While he was preoccupied, I kicked out his other foot, sending him to the ground. His head hit the ground with a sickening THUMP. I didn't need to hit him anymore.

Tobias was dodging punch after punch. This guy never gave him time to throw his own. I creeped towards his backside, reached up, and pulled hard on his ears. It wasn't the best strategy, but it distracted him enough so Tobias could finish him off.

As we were running, I noticed that Tobias was smirking.

"What?" I asked him.

"I just think your fight strategy was funny. You beat a man by kicking him in the shin, then tripping him. Then you pulled on another guys ears so the he would be distracted. It was a bit different." He said while laughing.

"Everyone underestimates the power of a short girl's foot. And her capability of pulling on ears." I told him.

"I will never underestimate short girls every again. " Tobias swore.

I laughed with him. I guess it was pretty funny.

By the time we got outside, Tobias and I had rendered six more guys unconscious. The bomb was probably close to the compound so I knew it would take a lot of speeding to get there. I slid in the passenger seat and Tobias shoved the key in the ignition.

"We need more speed!" I shouted at Tobias. Despite the situation, I was exhilarated. Tobias had been right. Fear doesn't shut you down, it wakes you up. The speeding car was basically flying. It was making me feel a bit giddy. I was almost disappointed when we arrived at the compound. I quickly snapped out of it, remembering that lives were on the line. Especially Tobias and I, and that included the baby.

We ran into the compound to find a wave of people trying to leave. Max must have gotten the message through that if you wanted to stay alive then you need to leave.

Tobias and I held hands as we fought our way through the crowd. We almost got disconnected a few times, but in the end, we managed to stay together. It took us awhile to get to the Pit. There would be people lying on the ground with injuries and we needed to help them out. Thankfully there were only a couple of those. Time was running out and we couldn't afford to lose any more time.

By the time we got to the Pit, almost everyone had escaped. And the bomb was already there.

Tobias and I ran up to it and found access to the wires. Caleb had been right. Each color represented a faction.

"Tobias," I started to instruct. "Go find something so I can cut the wire." He obeyed and ran off.

I stared at the black wire. The one that represented Dauntless. If I cut it, I would be one step closer to saving my home. I looked at the timer. 7:05. That was good. I had time to think about every possible code. Jason seemed too easy. But what else could it be?

By the time Tobias came back, the timer read 6:25.He had a pair of cable cutters in his hands, which were soon in my own. I put them around the black wire, preparing to cut it, when the Erudite part of my brain thought of something.

The black wire would be the obvious solution to anyone who didn't have the aptitude for Erudite. It seemed to make sense. Cutting the wire whose color is of the thing to be destroyed would save it. But that isn't the case.

"Tris," Tobias' voice cut through my thoughts. "Cut the wire."

No. I didn't say it, but it was the thought that my head was screaming. Erudite had the power to create the bomb. Only Erudite had the power to stop it.

I took the cutters away from the black wire.

"Tris what are you doing?" Tobias asked. His voice was filled with panic.

"Cutting the right wire," I told him as I closed the cutters around the blue wire.

As I did it, I held my breath. I finally let it out when the timer stopped.

"How did you know?" Tobias questioned me.

"I'm part Erudite." I said, relieved.

Then I remembered the second part. A little door opened, revealing the keypad. This time, I only had a minute.

"Quick put in the code!" Tobias hissed at me.

JASON, I punched in. To my horror, the timer didn't stop. Instead, a red box with an X through it blinked.

"But Caleb-" Tobias started.

"Caleb wasn't positive." I cut him off.

I racked my brain. It had to be something close to Jason.

Who here has been closest to Jason?

ELENA, I guessed.

Wrong. The timer kept counting down. I had but only one try left.

What could the code possibly be? Nothing was coming to mind. Everything I came up with was either more or less than five letters.

I hardly had any time left. What could it be?

I had only seconds to figure it out. If I didn't, Tobias and I would die. Out of nowhere a thought popped into my head. I punched in the code as quickly as I could.

I finished the code, hoping I was right. I waited for the timer to hit zero. I closed my eyes and waited for the impact of the explosion. But it never came. I opened my eyes and saw the timer stuck at 2.

I looked at Tobias in total disbelief. The thought that I had actually disabled the bomb was unreal. Tobias grabbed my shoulders and kissed me fiercely.

When he finally pulled away he asked, "What was it?"

"Tanya." I told him. "Jason's ex-girlfriend that killed herself. Maybe he hadn't been completely over her."

Neither of us said no more. We just sat there with our foreheads pressed together. I had no idea how long we had been there. Tobias was the one to break the silence.

"You should probably call Max."

I nodded and pulled out the cellphone.

"What happened Six?" Max asked as soon as he answered the phone.

"We stopped it. We disabled the bomb." I said, relief heavy in my voice.

"Thank God," Max said, almost as relieved as I was. "I've got everyone on the train. We'll be back when it comes back to the compound."

"Ok." I hung up the phone. "We did it." I said to Tobias.

"Yeah." Was all he said.

"Well isn't this touching," said a voice, interrupting the moment.

I looked up to find Jason staring at us.

"You lost Jason." Tobias informed him.

Jason was wearing his usually business suit. But for some reason, it looked different.

"Correction. I had to go to Plan B. I have not yet failed." He almost looked scared of Plan B.

"And what is Plan B?" asked Tobias.

"You'll find out." Jason said snidely. "In about forty-five seconds actually."

Realization dawned on me. "Tobias run!" I ordered him.

"Why?" Tobias asked in surprise.

"Just do it!" I yelled at him. Tobias started to leave.

Jason looked confused as I started walking up to him. I used my signature move and kicked him in the shin. He fell to ground, moaning in pain.

I turned around and tried to run. Before I could go anywhere, Jason grabbed my foot. I desperately tried to get away, but Jason had both hands around my ankle. My struggles only succeeded in making me fall on the floor.

"Nice try," Jason said snarkily. "You can't get away from me that easily."

I realized my chance of escape was impossible. I would die here with Jason when the explosives in his suit went off. All I could think about was how thankful I was that Tobias got out. I made one desperate attempt to free myself when I heard a sickening crack. Tobias had come back. And he had broken Jason's wrist with his foot.

"I thought I told you to run!" I scolded him as he dragged me to my feet.

"And leave without the love of my life? I think not!" he said while smirking.

"Can we leave now?" I asked impatiently.

"Oh yeah."

Tobias grabbed my hand and we ran. Hopefully we had enough time to get some distance between ourselves and Jason. Our luck had run out though. We had only been running for about five seconds when Jason exploded.

The force of the explosion sent Tobias and I flying. I put my arms around my stomach in a desperate attempt to protect my baby. My elbow hit the ground first and I felt it shatter. I gasped from the intense pain. Then my head caught up with the rest of my body and hit the ground. All was black.

MWAHAHA! I know I know. It's really mean to make you guys have to wait on this cliffhanger. *dodges incoming knife* JEEZ! Calm down! *dodges chair* Where did you even get that? *dodges laptop* PLEASE STOP! I will update as soon as I can. I promise. How about I write while I have the time and then type it as soon as I get back? Sound good? Good. I love you guys so much! It breaks my heart to do this to you. Honestly it does.