Closer

Chapter 16

"Four..." I'd never seen my brother look that mad, so full of rage. I had totally forgot that he mentioned that he was going to come and check in on my 'progress'. Out of all things for him to come in to see, this was definitely not something I wanting him to witness. As Eric got off of me, Four sprinted in our direction. Before I knew it, he tackled Eric to the ground. Within a matter of seconds Four began to beat down on Eric.

"Four, stop!" I lunged for Four, trying my best to pull him off. He seemed unfazed by the name as he continued to throw punches Eric's way. I got an elbow to the face for my efforts and was sent stumbling backwards. "Tobias!"

This caused him to pause and look up at me, a fire in eyes that I had only ever seen reflected in my father's. This distraction allowed Eric to shove Four off of him, he pushed himself up and back to his feet.

"What the hells your problem?" Eric went to make an advance towards Four but I stepped in front of him, pushing him back.

"Eric, stop!" To keep him at bay, I placed my hands on his chest, keeping him from lunging at Four.

"I swear to god, you lay another hand on my sister and I'll kill you," Four snarled. I turned to Four, scowling at him. He had no right to tell Eric that. I looked back to Eric, hoping and praying that he didn't catch that.

"Sister?" Eric echoed. "You're telling me..." He looked between the two of us, his face filled with mixed emotions. "When were you planning on telling me?"

He seemed offened by the new information. I didn't have the heart to answer. "You weren't, were you?"

"Eric..."

"Don't Eric me. Don't even fucking talk to me right now," he growled, using a cold and harsh tone that he hadn't used with me in nearly two weeks. He brushed past me and Four, grabbing his boots. an

"Eric!" I called, but he ignored me, making his exit out of the train room. "I can't believe you just did that," I turned my attention to my brother.

"Me? What about you! Eric? Really?" He shouted.

"Why are you being such an ass about this? Why do you hate him so much? I don't understand what you have against him!" I was so sick and tired of their petty animosity towards each other. It put me in a position that I most certainly didn't want to be in.

"He killed one of my closes friends, that's why!" His voice shook as the words left his mouth. He ran his hand over his face as he turned away from me.

"What?" I didn't believe what he said. Sure Eric was an asshole a majority of the time, but he wasn't a killer.

"His name was Amar. Amar was divergent, like you and me," he turned back to me. Anger still lined hit features, but it was mixed with grief now. "Amar was helping me hide my divergence during intiation. Somehow Eric found this out and told Max, who's been working with Jeanine. Amar was pulled out of the chasm not long after... they killed him because he was divergent."

I didn't know how to respond. I didn't want to believe him, but he wouldn't have a reason to lie to me, right?

"He's not who you think he is. If he finds out who you are, what you are, he will kill you," he averted his eyes from me and turned to leave.

"Tobias, wait," but he didn't look at me, instead he followed Eric's footsteps and made his way out of the training room, leaving me with nothing but my thoughts.

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I absent mindedly made my way to the dinning hall, not knowing were else to go. I was still trying to process what happened in the training room. I didn't know were I stood with Eric. Or my brother for that matter. Just as things were seeming to get better it all came crashing down.