SECRET MEETINGS
FOUR POV
The fear landscapes went well yesterday. I'm confident they can all get through the rest of their fear simulations without showing their divergence. I hope so anyway. Eric assures me he has a plan in place in case something goes wrong. I don't ask him what it is; better to not know unless I have too. I walk in to the dining room to see Zeke and Uriah sitting together.
"Hey," I say as I sit down with them.
"Four," they both say at the same time.
We aren't talking, just eating. Uriah is sitting there with a gigantic piece of Dauntless cake. Who can blame him? I give him a look and then motion to the cake.
"If I'm going to die then my last meal is going to be cake," he says.
"Fair enough," I say. "But you aren't going to die Uriah; we're all going to get through this."
"Well I'm not taking any chances. Plus I will use any excuse to eat cake for breakfast," he says. Normally we would probably laugh at this. But not today.
We go back to eating when all of a sudden there is a deathly silence that comes over the dining hall. I look up to see Eric with Jeanine another woman and I can't believe my eyes. Caleb. Today is not going to go well. This is going to throw Tris. I know she is going to be upset that her brother has become Jeanine's lap dog. I need to find Tris, I need to warn her. I get up from the table and start towards the door. Oh god I think, this doesn't just affect Tris. How is Suzy going to react? Does Eric realise who Caleb is?
"Four," Jeanine says as I try to pass by.
"Jeanine," I say. I haven't spoken to her since she made me go through my fear simulation with her watching. When I thought she had killed Amar. The thought that she didn't really kill him brings a smirk to my face. A small victory towards this evil woman.
"I have brought you a new computer from Erudite for the fear simulations today. I want to make sure we don't have any more problems," she says.
"Well you never know Jeanine. Computers aren't above problems," I say.
"Yes that is true. Hopefully we have ironed out any bugs in the system."
"I need to go and get set up," I say.
"Take Cara with you," she says.
I look at Cara and I nod my head. She looks familiar but I can't think where I would have seen her before.
"Eric I need to speak to you?" I say. We walk out of the dining hall.
"This isn't a good time Four," he says clearly agitated.
"Do you realise who that guy is with Jeanine?"
"No, I didn't take any notice when she introduced me," he says. I groan.
"Eric that is Tris's brother. Suzy's ex," I say.
"Fuck, FUCK!" he shouts.
"I will try and find Tris and Suzy while I have Cara with me. We need them to be ready for this and him being here is not going to help either of them," I say.
"Okay. Fuck, okay. You try and find them. Cara is Will's sister," he says. That's where I've seen her before; she is the woman Tris wanted to deck on Visiting Day.
"I can use that as an excuse to find the girls, I will take Cara to see Will," I say.
"Be careful," he says.
"Yeah, you too."
Cara follows me in silence. Thank goodness. I don't really know what to say to her, plus she is here with Jeanine so I know I can't trust her. We walk into the transfer's dormitory and we see Tris, Suzy, Will and Christina are here.
"Will," Cara calls out and runs over to see her brother.
"Tris, Suzy I need to talk to you," I say.
I walk into the bathroom because it is about as private as we are going to get. The girls follow me.
"We sought of have a bit of a problem," I say.
Tris can see my anxiety and she grabs my hand. I don't know what I would do if I didn't have Tris to steady me. They are both staring at me.
"Caleb is here," I say.
"What? Why?" Tris asks. I can see the pain in Suzy's eyes. I am feeling sorry for her right now. I don't know how I would react if I was in her shoes. At least Eric is going to be there for her today.
"I don't know. He is here with Jeanine. So he is probably going to be watching your fear simulations today."
"How is Suzy supposed to get through this with him here?" Tris asks. I want to smile, she always thinks she is not selfless enough for Abnegation but here she is worried about her friend, not even thinking that it will be just as hard for her.
"Suzy you can do this. I know you can," I say. "Eric and I are going to be there with you, Tris will be just outside. You can get through this, you both can. Just remember what we told you last night. You will be fine."
"It's okay Tris. I can do this. I don't want him to know that he hurt me. I want to show him that I am happy here. Which is the truth, I am so much happier here than I ever was in Abnegation. Really I should thank him. I wouldn't be here if it wasn't for him," Suzy says.
"Just remember what we said, you both will do fine. I need to go. I have to make sure everything is set up. I will see you soon," I say. I squeeze Tris' hand and walk out to see what Cara and Will are doing.
"Cara we need to go," I say. Cara looks up and nods. She then gives both Will and Christina a hug and she follows me out of the room.
"I'm not a fan of Jeanine," Cara says.
I look at her with surprise written all over my face. I wasn't expecting her to say this.
"I don't believe in what she is doing," she says.
"Then why are you here?"
"I want to stop her. I need to be close to her to be able to do that," she says.
"You're not talking about the fear simulation are you?"
"No. I know you don't like Jeanine and I'm sure you want to stop her just as much as I do," she says.
"Cara we can't talk here. Can we meet tonight?" I ask.
"Yes," is all she says.
"I will find somewhere we can meet and I will let you know. This better not be a trap," I say.
"It isn't," She says. We walk the rest of the way to the fear simulation room in silence. I need to talk to Eric. We need to work out where we can meet Cara. Having someone on the inside at Erudite is just what we need. Especially if we want to get Eric's mum out safely.
It feels like we have been watching fear simulations for hours, which we have. All the initiates have gone through except Suzy. Uriah and Tris both got through their simulations without a hitch. Eric has been watching Caleb the whole time. It is like he is studying him, like he is prey and Eric is ready to pounce at any moment.
Suzy walks into the room. She sits in the chair; she didn't look at Caleb at all. I'm really proud of her; I can see the worry etched on Eric's face.
The simulation starts. Suzy is in the Pit her friends are three or four metres from her. Eric and I are also there. Then she turns around and her parents are there as well. Her mother is holding out gray clothing to her. She is looking confused. She turns back to look at her friends and she sees we all have our backs to her.
"You don't belong here Susan," Mrs Black says. "You need to come back to Abnegation, it is where you belong."
I am taken from watching the simulation when I hear Caleb start to laugh.
"What do you thinks so funny," Eric almost growls at him.
"It's true she doesn't belong here. Look at her, the notion that she is here is ridiculous," Caleb says and continues to laugh.
I am trying to watch the simulation, there is no use listening to Caleb. He really doesn't know Suzy at all. Next I hear a whack and a thud and I turn to see Caleb unconscious on the floor. Eric has punched him. This is not going to end well.
"Eric go outside," I say. "Cara make sure Caleb is alright."
Eric walks out the door. Cara is kneeling on the floor trying to wake Caleb up. Jeanine has not moved. She has just kept staring at the screen. I can see the hope in her eyes. She is hoping that Suzy will show her that she is Divergent. I think she is going to be completely disappointed.
The simulation finishes. Suzy has not given Jeanine what she wants. She sits up in the chair and looks around and sees Caleb still on the floor, he is awake now but hasn't risen yet.
"What happened?" Suzy asks.
"Eric," I say. I can see the start of a smile on her face. "You can go Suzy, thank you."
"Well?" I say directly at Jeanine. "Did you find what you were looking for?
"Thank you Four. I will have Cara stay and watch over the rest of the fear simulations. I am sure you can find her some accommodation for a few days. I don't think it will be necessary for me to stay. Cara knows what we are looking for," Jeanine says.
"Isn't that what Eric is here for?" I ask. It will be good if Cara stays, we can then meet with her without it looking to suspicious. But I can't let Jeanine know I am happy about it.
"An extra pair of eyes is always beneficial," she says. "I will go and talk to Max, let him know what is going on. Caleb get off the floor, I think you have embarrassed yourself enough for one day. I thought you would be an asset for our excursion here but obviously I was wrong."
"I will escort Caleb to the infirmary. He should see a doctor," I say.
"Fine," Jeanine says.
With that Jeanine walks out of the room with Cara and Caleb following behind. Once they are out of the room I can't help but start to laugh. Some from relief that everyone got through their simulations. But mostly watching Caleb get decked and then called out by Jeanine. It was awesome; I can't wait to tell Tris. Especially after he all but ignored her when she came into the room. I always knew that Caleb was a bit off but to be that cold towards his sister. They had been living together as a family only a few weeks ago and now he is acting like he had never met her before. I'm so glad Eric punched him.
"Come on," I say to Caleb.
I decide I better go and see how Caleb is doing. I walk into the room and Tris is standing next to his bed with her arms crossed.
"I can't believe you chose this Beatrice. These people are savages," Caleb says.
"As if you can talk Caleb. You went to the faction that our father hates and my name is Tris now," Tris says.
Caleb scoffs at Tris and then says, "Your name is Beatrice. You are starting to sound like the rest of the hellions here."
"Shut it Caleb. You have no idea about me or anyone else from Dauntless. How could you treat Suzy the way you did? You lied to her. You lied to me; you lied to your family. What sort of person have you become?" Tris says with venom in her voice.
"You came here to be with him," Caleb spits at Tris while pointing to me.
"Four has nothing to do with this Caleb. We are talking about you," she spits back at him. "I can see why Eric hit you now, you deserved it."
"What is it with you all changing your names here?" he asks. "A number Tobias really? What do they drug you like the Amity or something?"
"His name is Four. I am now Tris. Respect our choices or there will be consequences Caleb," Tris says.
"What could you possibly do to me Beatrice?"
Tris walks closer to Caleb's bed and she punches him in the face. Caleb is unconscious again. I can't help but start laughing.
"My name is Tris," she says and walks out of his room. I follow still laughing.
I see a nurse walking down the corridor and I say to her, "You better go and check on our Erudite friend. He seems to have had a relapse."
With that Tris and I walk out of the infirmary laughing.
"Will I get in trouble for that?" she asks me.
"No. We will just say he isn't thinking straight after Eric hit him," I say.
"I couldn't help it. He made me so angry," she says.
"Eric had exactly the same reaction. It seems he brings it out in all of us," I say. I can't help but laugh again. "You better go and see how Suzy is doing. I have a meeting I need to get too."
I knock on Eric's door and it is quickly opened by Eric. I walk in to see Cara sitting on a couch. I go over and sit on the other couch.
"We have been discussing ways in which we can stop the attack," Eric says.
"Come up with anything good?" I ask.
"We think we have a plan but we are going to need a bit of help for it to work," Cara says.
"How much help?" I ask.
"We are going to need people in Abnegation, Erudite and Dauntless," Eric says.
"Okay, well Abnegation and Dauntless I can do. But Cara you are going to have to be the one who sorts things in Erudite," I say.
We sit discussing our plans for hours, we think we have everything covered but we still need to find a way to get Eric's mum out of Erudite.
"Cara there is one more thing we need your help with," I say. "Jeanine is holding Eric's mum hostage in Erudite. We need to get her out of there before this all goes down but not too early either."
"Is she being held in a cell or at her home?" Cara asks.
"She is at her home," Eric says.
"Can you give me her details? Where are you going to send her?" Cara asks.
"I'll write the details down for you. We have a safe house in Abnegation for her."
"Are you sure Abnegation is the right place? What if our plan doesn't work?" Cara asks.
"It is the safest place because Jeanine won't look for her there. If we don't stop this than the people we are trusting there will help her," Eric says.
"Okay well I will get something organised so that we can get her out. How many more days have we got of fear simulations?" Cara says.
"We have four more days of fear simulations then the initiates get a week off before the fear landscape," I say.
"That should give us plenty of time to work all of this out," Cara says.