The Divergent Spirits

11)

Ellie's POV

I'm finally back to myself again as I reunited with my old friends and got closer to my new friends. We introduced them to each other and agree to keep them a secret. Everyone got along great. They also liked Olivia as she is sweet and bubbly. We came to the Chasm at night and play Candor or Dauntless which it's like truth or dare. After we ate, we hide them and went with Four. This afternoon we're doing some knives throwing. I wish I could stab Eric with that knife. We started and Four instruct us how to throw knife perfectly. I watch every detail of his hands as he flickered his hands. After that, we stand at the target and practiced throwing. I aim and breath slowly and throw my first knife. Yes, it hit the center! I kept throwing knives as I saw Seth, Maci, and Tris hitting their targets. They're pretty good at it. Christina even complements Tris.

"You're kinda good at this." Christina says and Tris just shrugged.

We continued to throw knives while Eric was walking behind everyone to look at what we're doing so far. I took a glance at him when I felt his eyes on my back. We stared for a second but I break this little contest and continuing throwing. Then, I notice that Eric stopped behind Al. Al's target hasn't been stuck with knives yet. I felt Al's nervous because of the presence of Eric behind him, watching on what he's going to do.

Al throws the knife, it landed on the concrete floor. Maybe because of Eric standing behind him.

"That was pathetic." Says the asshole who stands behind him.

"It slipped." Al reasoned and looked back at Eric. He looked more scared than embarrassed.

"Then go get it." Eric commanded.

"What? While their throwing?" Al asked in fear. It sounded more like a sacrifice.

"Are you afraid?" Eric asked.

"Of getting stabbed by their airbone knife? Yeah." Al says.

"Everybody stop!" Eric commanded. We did as I glared at him, knowing something fucked up is going to happen. Like Christina hanging in the Chasm.

"Go stand in front of the target." Eric says, intimidating.

Al hesitated walk towards the target but doesn't stand a chance against Eric. "Four, give me a hand here." Eric says and saw Four getting four knives. "You're gonna stand in there while Four throws those knives. If I'll see you flinch, you're out. One thing you will learn here is orders are not optional."

I look at him looking at us. Our eyes meet and I scoffed at those cold and emotionless eyes. When Four's about to throw knives, Maci decides to stop it.

"Stop." She said without a care before adding, "Anyone who stands there doesn't prove shit."

Eric looked at Maci. Oh, Maci! Could've kept your mouth shut. "Then it's easy for you to take his place?" He asked her. Without hesitating, Maci stepped in front of the target to replace Al's position. "Same rules apply." Eric says before going back on his position while watching Four throws those knives at her.

I watched Four while jiggling the knife in his hand. Then, he throws his first knife. I think it's hard for Four to throw knives at Maci. I remember the look he gave when Molly points out that Maci likes Four so it explains why he's been glancing at her differently. It hits centimeters beside the hips of Maci and it's a good thing she doesn't flinch a little. The second knife goes to the side of Maci's temples. It hits the wooden surface. Then, Eric complained.

"Come on, Four, you can get closer from that." Eric says, taunting Four.

"You want me to get her a little trim?"

"Yeah, just a little off the top."

Then, Four throws the third knife on the top of her head, missing it about a few centimeters before the last knife was at the side of her, nicking her on the ear. I ignored what Eric says before dismissing us.

"Do you really need to do that?" Tris asked Four as Maci walked past us.

"You cut me." She points out as I saw the cut on her right ear but there's not a lot of blood is dripping.

"I meant to." Four told her.

"You meant to?" Both Maci and Tris asked.

"You think Eric would let you go without a scratch?"

"So I'm supposed to thank you?"

"You're supposed to be smart. If I wanted to hurt you, I would have." Four says and Maci walked out with Tris.

I walked out and notice Peter reading the news about Tris when the other Molly came out of hiding and yells, "Shut the fuck up! If that's her business, then it's her business!"

I noticed Peter staring at her; no change that. Drooling at her as she is hot and agreed to keep her and the others a secret because Peter actually like us. Well, that's unexpected as we thought he would hate us but no, that's not the case. We left to take Maci to the infirmary to get her ear fixed. We all laughed at Zed's jokes on Peter being an idiot with a tiny brain. While we're on the dark corridors, I saw a group of people wearing blue, meaning the Erudite is here as Jeanine leads them. Will, Al, and Christina took Molly, Zed, Steph, Tristian, Carmen, and Olivia away quickly as me, Maci, Seth, and Tris stayed behind.

"Aw, Mariela, Nayeli, and Seth, it's been a while since I've seen you three. How's it going?" Jeanine asked as she shook our hands.

"We've been doing great. It's now Ellie and Maci." I spoke.

"Ellie, Maci, I like that. You three have been doing very good here. And you must be Andrew Prior's daughter, Beatrice."

"It's just Tris now." Tris says.

"Tris, I like that too. I know you've also been doing good here and ignored your test and your parents." Jeanine says. Was she the one who published those reports.... aka rumors?

"You've seen my test results?" Tris asked.

I thanked myself to input Dauntless in there. She was gonna input Abnegation. They talked and Jeanine noticed the tattoo on Tris' shoulder blades. But before she leaves, she says, "Let me know if you four need anything? Especially you, Seth, and Maci, Ellie." Then, she entered the black metal doors with her companions.

Then, the others came back from hiding. "What is that all about?" Tristian asked.

"I bet they're hunting Divergents. It's what they're talking about in Erudite." Will says, making us all tense. They're hunting Divergrents. Is Tris one too?

"What? Divergents are real?" Al asked.

"Come on, let's go. Explain what does Divergent mean along the way, Will?" Zed spoke.