Mother's Daughter - Divergent

Chapter Eight

The design I find myself staring at is one in which has every factions serum inside one single test tube. It drew my attention since I wanted to get something that represents my divergence and my time back at Erudite. 

I pick the design up from the hanging board and Four looks, giving me a look of approval eventually.

He walks in front and I follow from behind. He leads me over to a woman, with black long hair and a hawk tattoo on the back of her neck.

"What can I do for you Four? Wait, whos this?" She asks him. By the way he's looking at her I sense that she is someone who is familiar to him. 

"This is Six." He takes the tattoo design board from my hands. "She would like this tattoo done." He says and the woman nods.

"Nice to meet you Six, my names Tori. So, where are you thinking of getting it?" I think about shaking her hand but that's not something we do at Dauntless. We normally fist bump or just smile for the most part. I choose to smile at her.

"Hm, maybe on my back, near my shoulder?" She nods in agreement.

Tori gestures for me to sit back on the leather chair. I lay stomach first and then wait for her to get the tattoo set up. 

When she comes back, she has the patch with my tattoo design ready. She gets an antiseptic wipe and wipes my skin, making me feel a cool sensation in the area. 

I feel the adhesive patch cling onto my skin and tori starts the tattooing process. 

***

"That nose piercing suits you." Four mentions. I punch him in the shoulder. 

"Thanks, stiff." I chuckle and so does he whilst rubbing the now sore aching arm.

We both drop into silence as we walk through the corridors. It's that quiet in them that you can hear my boots slamming down onto the concrete as I walk. Not that I mind some silence, especially since Dauntless is very loud most of the time. 

Out of interest, I watch how Four walks in front of me. He seems more confident with his Dauntless jacket. His arms are more muscular and he walks like he's ready to fight anyone in an instant. 

Next thing we know, a few Dauntless leaders walk down the corridor. Four looks at them and looks behind to me and we glare at each other with our eyes wide open. 

Here at Dauntless, there is more than one leader. They all do the same work I believe, but Dauntless believe that sharing more than one person's bravery shows great leadership.

"Hold up you two!" The woman orders. Me and Four stand still next to one and another. I'm unsure how to react to her.

She looks to Four and then to me. She stares at me, top to bottom, before nodding to the other leader, Max.

"You're the initiate that caused chaos in training today aren't you?" Max asks. Chaos? Was that chaos?

"Yes. That was me." They beam a smirk. A smirk? I gulped, thinking this was a bad thing. 

"Well, good luck for the rest of initiation guys." The woman says and walks off with Max.

I look over to Four, who looks over to me. We laugh and continue to walk back to the dormitory.