Great Balls of Fire

Chicago War 2

"Wow. I didn't think you'd be this dumb." Peter says in greeting to Tris, coming into her cell.

"The suicides have to stop."

"Well, that just goes to prove that you can take the girl out of Abnegation, but you can't take the Abnegation out of the girl. Once a Stiff always a Stiff." Peter says, roughly grabbing Tris' arm.

"Ivy was one of those used for the suicide while you've been here being Jennine's lacky." Tris lies. Peter's face hardens before yanking Tris from the room.

Once Tris is resting Peter interrupts her and Caleb's talk, kicking him out.

"Come with me. I've got a little something to show you."

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I storm into the building with the Factionless and remaining Dauntless and happily lock the traitors up. Once I've handed my guy off I go to the control room and see Peter.

"Hey, stranger." I say in greeting. He turns and immediately gives me a half-smile. I smirk at him and toss him his gear from Candor. He looks at me in confusion. I explain everything to him and his eyebrows shoot up.

"Your jet is still in Candor. Phoenix, Payback, and I have already reclaimed ours."

"I don't get it. I'm not Rooster."

"No, you're not. You're more like Hangman, but you lived Rooster's life. We at least get a little bit of our old lives back."

"A little bit." He whispers.

"Lynn doesn't get Fanboy or her brother back, Uriah doesn't get his daughter, Fanboy, or family back, and I don't get my mother and sister back, but we get flying." I say and Peter looks like I punched him.

"Not the fiancé?"

"I'm happily with Edward, Peter. You have got to move on. I know it's hard, especially after the sim, but it's not going to happen."

"How is it so easy for you?" He demands.

"You look like Bradly, but you act like Hangman. Edward acts like Bradly and knows and loves me just as much." I explain and he shakes his head.

"But we get flying back?"

"Yeah. Phoenix is taking the jet out for a joy ride right now." I say with a chuckle of amusement.

"Payback?"

"Taking Zeke out on a joy ride, showing his brother what he knows."

"My jet?" He asks.

I steal one of the Erudite cars to take him to Candor. I lead him through the halls until we get to the only remaining jet there.

"Bradly 'Rooster' Bradshaw." He says, looking at it.

"Yeah, we lived other people's lives and now get to mourn them." I say with a nod of my head.

Over the following weeks Peter manages to stay out of trouble thanks to his helping Four and Tris, but tension is still high courtesy of Four's batshit crazy mother.

"I want to see what's out there." I say, looking at the wall. I can see the look on Edward's face from the corner of my eye. "I'm not that breakable."

"Will's the same way." Christina says, sitting next to me and Will sits next to Edward.

"There's a plan, isn't there?" Edward asks them.

"I want to see what's out there." Christina says and Will rubs his face. "If there's something out there then we come back for whoever wants to."