YOU WON'T OUTRANK ME
ERIC POV
I can hear the ringing but I don't want to have to pick the phone up. The ringing isn't stopping. Shit! It's the emergency phone. Every Dauntless leader has an emergency phone in their apartment in case there is trouble. Then I jump up quickly, what if there is something wrong with Suzy?
"This better be important," I say. I listen to Zeke on the other end of the phone. Something about four people and Four at the chasm.
"Okay, I'll go and check it out," I say. I hang up the phone and put some clothes on and walk out the door.
I am half way down the hall way when I see Four with Tris in his arms. My first thought is thank god it's not Suzy. Not that I want harm to come to anyone but I at least feel I can breathe again knowing that Suzy isn't the one hurt.
"What happened?" I ask.
"Peter, Drew and Al tried to throw her over the chasm," Four says.
"Where are they now?"
"Drew is knocked out at the chasm. Peter and Al got away."
"Shit, those little fuckers!" I say anger boiling over in me. This would have to be one of the most cowardly acts I have seen in Dauntless. It's a pity they are only initiates, nothing can be done about this. Only once they are members would they be punished for their crimes. I hate that rule; I need to get that changed. Every year someone tries something like this.
"Do you need any help with her?" I ask. I can see she is unconscious at the moment and she looks pretty beat up. It shows just how strong she is that she could hold on while they were doing this to her. She definitely deserves to be in first place in the rankings.
"Can you go and put Drew in the infirmary for me? Maybe get Suzy out of the dorms, I know Peter ranked above her but you can't trust him," Four says.
"Yeah, I'll do that. I'll come check on you both when I am done. Leave your door unlocked so I can get in," I say. Four just nods and walks towards his apartment with Tris in his arms.
After depositing Drew in the infirmary I walk into the transfer dormitory and I flick the light switch. Before I have even touched the switched I can hear Al crying in his bunk. Coward. I am so angry right now. I walk over to Peter's bunk and he is sound asleep.
How can he sleep after what he just did? The nerve of this guy. I reach out and pull him from the bunk. He lets out a shriek like a little girl. He opens his eyes and sees that it is me who has hold of him and his eyes almost bug out of his head.
Before he has a chance to move out of my grip I swing my left arm and my fist connects with his eye.
"Three on one. What sort of coward are you Peter?" I yell.
Before he can answer I have swung at him again, this time connecting with his jaw. I then proceed to just keep punching him. I don't know how many times I have hit this piece of scum, then I hear a voice calling my name. I want to ignore her voice but I can't. I know it is Suzy. Will and Al are trying to drag me away from Peter but they aren't getting very far, I am just too strong. They have hold of my arms so I start kicking wildly at Peter. I kick him wherever I can.
"Eric, Stop!" Suzy screams at me. I have never heard her raise her voice, it is rather scary.
I stop my assault on Peter and I turn to look at her. "Please stop," she says in barely a whisper.
I yank my arms free from Will and Al. I push Al over and I say to him, "you better keep away from me you low life coward."
I walk over and give Suzy a hug, I don't care who sees at this point, it is the only way I am going to calm down. I am breathing deeply from my assault on Peter.
"What is going on?" Christina asks.
"Ask those two," I say, pointing at Al and Peter, as I try and get my breathing back under control.
Al quickly runs out of the room and Peter is only semi conscious on the floor.
"Peter, Drew and Al attacked Tris. They tried to throw her over the chasm," I say.
"What?" says Christina.
"Is she alright?" Asks Suzy.
"I don't know. Four rescued her and is looking after her right now. She was unconscious and looked pretty beat up when I saw them," I say. I wish I could give them more information but I don't have it until I get back to Four's.
"Can we go and see her?" Will asks.
"Not now. Try and get some rest. I will let you know tomorrow how she is," I say. "Suzy can you please get some of Tris's stuff. She won't be coming back to the dorms. Can you also get some of your things together as well?" Suzy just nods and starts to gather what she needs.
"Why can't we do something for her? We are her friends too," Christina whines.
"Just get back to sleep," I snap. Candor smart mouth should just let it go. I wouldn't mind hanging her back over the chasm if she doesn't shut it soon. I just want to get back to Four's with Suzy, then I know they are both safe and away from Peter and his goons.
"You ready?" I ask Suzy. She nods and we walk out of the dorm. I turn the light out as I leave and slam the door. Hopefully that will send a strong enough message to not only Peter but hopefully it will shut Christina up.
I take the bag from Suzy and put it over my shoulder. I then grab Suzy's hand in mine and we walk towards Four's apartment. I am thankful that Suzy isn't asking me a mountain of questions as we walk. I think if I had to say anything else I would turn around and go and try to find Al and give him what I gave Peter. But holding Suzy's hand is keeping me calm for now.
We reach Four's apartment and I let myself in the front door. Suzy gives me a questioning look and I explain that I told him to leave the door open for us.
"Four," I call out.
I see Four walk down the stairs to us. His knuckles are as beat up as mine are. It makes me smile, thinking of what we did to Peter and Drew. There has been so many times that I had wanted to punch Peter but had to refrain myself. I'm sure if I had hit him I would have got away with it but I am trying to change.
"How is she?" I ask.
"She hasn't woken up yet. I don't think anything is broken but you never know. I was lucky I got there when I did," Four says.
"I have her things for her," Suzy says.
"Thanks," Four says.
"Okay, well we are going to go back to my apartment. Let me know if you need anything. Do you think we should get a doctor to come up here and check her out? We could do that if we wanted, keep this off the radar," I say.
"If we need to then I will call the infirmary. I think she just needs rest but once she wakes up I'll see how she is. If she isn't awake in the next couple of hours I will carry her there myself. How was Drew?"
"He is pretty beat up but he'll live. When I went to the dormitory Peter and Al were there. Al was crying in his bunk. I found Peter asleep. So I dragged him out of his bed and laid into him a bit," I say.
"Good. I hate this rule that we can't do anything because they aren't members yet," Four says.
"I don't think either of them will be doing any harm to anyone else. For now anyway. We just have to hope they don't become members," I say.
Four just nods his head and we say our goodnights and go next door to my place.
We walk into my apartment and I can feel how nervous Suzy is.
"Do you want a drink or something?" I ask.
"Why did you bring me here Eric?"
"I didn't want you in the dormitory with those maniacs."
"What about Christina and Will? They are still stuck in there."
"They will be fine. I was worried about you." Suzy is looking really nervous and then I realise what is really going on.
"I have a spare room Suzy. You can stay in there."
"Thank you Eric." I can see Suzy start to relax. I must have scared her half to death. I am going to have to get used to the fact that Suzy has come from Abnegation. Where she doesn't seem as 'stiff' as some, she still has had sixteen years of Abnegation rammed down her throat. I can't expect her to change overnight. I know I still have some of my Erudite tendencies, although I'm sure most of them have stayed because of Jeanine's influence on me.
"Come on I will show you to your room."
FOUR POV
Eric and Suzy have just left and I have walked upstairs to my bedroom. I have brought Tris's belongings up here. I am sure she will want to change clothes when she wakes up. I didn't want to disturb her so I just laid her on my bed and covered her up.
I am lying next to her just watching her sleep. She looks so peaceful, like she didn't go through the traumatic events of tonight. I hope she is going to be alright after this. I know it is going to hit her hard when she realises that her so called friend Al had a hand in this.
I'm glad Eric and I could at least serve some justice out to Peter and Drew. I was a little shocked to see that Eric reacted like he did. I hope that this means that he has changed for the better. A few weeks ago he wouldn't have cared or he would have hoped they had thrown Tris over the chasm.
I decide to go and have a shower while I wait to see if Tris wakes up. If she doesn't wake up soon I am going to have to take her to the infirmary to get checked out. She has an egg sized lump on the back of her head and maybe it caused more damage than I thought.
I walk back into my bedroom and Tris is sitting up. I can tell she is in pain. But knowing Tris she won't complain. "How are you feeling?"
"Fine," she says. I raise an eyebrow at her because I know she is lying. "Okay, not so good," she says.
"Suzy brought some of your things here. Did you want to change?"
"Can I have a shower?"
"Of course. Just call out if you need any help."
Tris gets of the bed and she goes over to my chest of draws. I'm looking at her strangely when she pulls one of my T-shirts out. "This is going to be more comfy to sleep in," she says. She than walks over to the bag Suzy brought here and walks into my bathroom.
I lie on the bed and wait for Tris to get out of the shower. When she comes out she comes and sits on the bed with me.
"There are some pain killers and water there for you."
"Thanks."
"Do you want to talk about it?"
"Not tonight. I have a headache and I'm aching all over. Do you think we could just go to sleep and talk tomorrow?"
I nod my head and say, "Come here."
Tris takes the pain medication and then hopes into bed and snuggles up next to me.
"Goodnight Tobias."
"Night Tris."
I wake up to banging on my door. Who is trying to wake me up? Then I remember that I have Tris here and so I jump out of bed hoping that the banging doesn't wake her up.
I open the door to see Eric and Suzy at the door.
"Why didn't you just use your master key Eric? You probably woke up half the compound with your banging," I say in my cranky morning voice.
"Ha good morning to you to Four," he says. "How is she?"
"Still asleep, I don't know how though with all the noise," I say.
"Tris," Suzy says. We all look up the stairs to see Tris walking down in just my T-shirt. Although it does reach to her knees.
"Hi," Tris says. I can see it hurts her to move. I can see the tension on her face as she tries to walk down the stairs. She is trying to show that she is okay but it is obvious that she isn't.
"How are you feeling?" Eric asks.
"I've felt better. But I should be used to this sort of pain after the fights," she says.
"Well you will be happy to know that Four and I beat the crap out of Peter and Drew. So I don't think they will be bothering you anytime soon. That's if either of them can walk," Eric says.
A small smile comes across Tris's face. "Thank you," she says.
We all sit on the couches and Tris tells us how she was going for a drink of water when the three of them attacked her. She gets really upset when she talks about how she thought they were going to kill her. She starts to talk about Al and how she thought he was her friend. We just sit and let her talk. The occasional question is asked but we mainly just listen. I feel sick knowing that if I hadn't come along when I did that we would probably be going to a funeral today and not breakfast.
Thankfully it is breakfast that we will be having. Eric and Suzy leave and Tris and I get ready to go down to the dining hall.
Tris and I still can't tell people about us so she walks into the dining hall and goes and sits with Christina, Will and Suzy. I find Zeke and Shauna and sit with them. As I am sitting down I see Uriah go and sit with Tris and her friends.
"What's up?" Zeke asks.
I just shake my head.
"I tried calling you but you weren't answering. I had to call Eric and then I saw you on the video feed. How is she?" Zeke asks.
"She is okay," I say. I don't really feel like talking about this but Zeke is going to want to know every detail.
"What happened?" asks Shauna.
"Tris was attacked be three initiates last night. I was walking home when I heard her screams," I say.
Zeke starts laughing and I feel like hitting him. "Did you do that?" he asks as Peter walks into the dining hall. You can't see his face for swelling and bruises. Eric did a good job on him. Before I can answer Drew walks in, he only looks marginally better than Peter.
"Did you get both of them?" Shauna asks.
"No, I got Drew. Eric went after Peter in the dorm."
"Well you both did a great job. Hopefully they have learnt their lesson now," Zeke says.
"I doubt it. I just have to hope they all get knocked out of Dauntless. Drew and Al won't make it past initiation but Peter probably will," I say. Trying to think of a way for us to kick him out. Maybe we can put him with the leaders when we carry out our plans for them. That could work; I will have to talk it over with Eric. I'm sure he won't care what happens to Peter.
Sorry for being away for so long. I have been helping a friend and haven't had any time to write. Thank you for everyone who has sent me messages or reviews wondering where I have been. I'm back now and have started writing again. So hopefully I will have some more chapters for you by the weekend. Again sorry for being away for so long. I hope I never have to stay away from a story for so long again. But it couldn't be helped and I am back now. the most frustrating part is that there isn't that many chapters to go in this story. So I will do everything I can to get the story finished as quickly as I can. I hope you keep enjoying;)