les sequelles - Eric Coulter 1

167.3. Transfers

You nervously sat on your bed, trying to pass the time. Eric had asked you to come to his office later and you didn't know what to expect. Was he going shoot you or throw you out or just creepily stare at you until you gave in and admitted you were a divergent. You had no idea and it scared you.

You finally got up and made your way over. Silently knocking on the door, you hoped he wouldn't be there but your hopes were crushed when you heard a voice from behind the door and entered.

Eric looked up at you, "Sit down."

You took a chair and looked at him, trying to figure out what was going on, "Uh..why am I here?"

"I need someone to go to eurudite with me but we haven't enough people around at the moment. There have been some issues with the factionless, so most are out right now. I thought I'll take you." He looks up from his papers and stops his scribbling for a moment, waiting for you to answer.

"Yeah sure." You say excited, not because you got a mission rather because it's nothing bad like you had imagined.

"Well, at least one of us is happy to go there." His eyebrow is raised, unsure why you'd freak out over a misson like that, "I'll get you later."

When you arrive at eurudite Eric gives you a list with things that need to be done while you're here and leaves to meet with Jeanine. Of course you had gotten the shitty job. Eric was sitting on his ass and you had to run around the whole building finding different departments. You'd never been to eurudite before so it was a bit challenging. In the end you got it done and headed back to Eric. They were just finished with their meeting when you arrived. You stood a bit away and waited for them to settle everything.

"Does this really work?" Eric asks her.

"Yes it does, you point it at a divergent, the display shows it. Anyone else nothing happens." She was holding a strange device you'd never seen before and you hoped you never would. You froze when she suddenly pointed it at you, "Lets try it if you don't believe me."

The device sprang to life and the display was showing something. Both Jeanine and Eric were looking at you, shock visible on their faces.

"Shoot her." Is the last thing you hear before Eric pulls his gun out and shoots. Your vision blurs and you feel the cold stone floor underneath you as you hit it with a loud bang. Everything goes black.

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