Emergent

4. A Damaged World

"Be brave." Says a woman with blonde hair
and blue eyes wearing gray. She kisses my
forehead and runs into the middle of the
street. I sprint across the street and into
the ally As I run, I look across my
shoulder and see armed men dressed in
black coming after me. The woman
fires into the crowd of guards, and they
are too focused on her to notice me. I
whip my head over my shoulder when I
hear them fire back. My feet alter and stop.
The woman stiffens, her back arching. Blood
surges from a wound in her abdomen, dyeing
get shirt crimson. I stand there petrified. She
smiles at me and sweeps my trimming
hair into a pile and collapses on the pavement.
She is motionless and without breadth.
Tears start streaming down my face. Just then
I hear gunshots. I run. I run remembering
the last word's she said to me: Be brave.

"Lena wake up!" my eyes jolt open. I was sleeping. It was a dream. But it seemed so real, so. . .painful. Who was that woman? Have I seen her before?

Yes, yes I have. In my dreams.

Yes, she was the same woman I used to see die in my dreams. Every time.

I feel weird. My dreams have been different lately. I don't dream the same dream now. I dream things related to those dreams, like. . .they're a missing piece for a puzzle.

"Lena are you listening?!" Sam's voice filled with worry snaps me out of my daze. That's when I realize my head is lying on his lap. I quickly sit.

"Uh. . .what were you saying? I wasn't listening."

"Lena you were sleeping and suddenly started screaming and crying!! You scared the crap outta me!" I put my hand on my face, its wet. I have been crying. I quickly wipe them off. From the corner of my eyes I see Christina glaring daggers at Sam and Sam glaring back at her.

Zeke is driving and Shauna is sitting on the seat beside him. I even forgot they were in the car. Why am I a car? That's when the painful memories of last night hit me. I'm going to. . .Chicago!

"So. . .what exactly is Chicago?" I question.

Christina exhales slowly. "So Tris-"

"Lena"

"Lena. Tell me your story first. Then It'll be easier for me to explain."

"Okay. 2 years ago, one day I woke up remembering nothing. Not my name, age, family, nothing. My mom said that I suffered from amnesia. My parents claimed I was their daughter, I was 17 years old and my name is Lena. I joined a new college and started my life again."

She's Silent for a second processing everything I said. Then starts. "Chicago is a city. Our society is divided into 5 factions- Dauntless the brave, Erudite the smart, Abnegation the selfless, Candor the honest and Amity the kind." Abnegation, Dauntless and Erudite? That's the names the women with a raven tattoo said in my vision. They were my results? I decide to keep my mouth shut. " We once had a city leader. . .from erudite, she was against Divergents-"

"What's Divergent? "

"Uh, its a long story. Just know that they fit in more than one faction and they can't be controlled. "

I nod.

"So I had this friend. . .best friend actually. Her name was Tris. Tris Prior, her real name was Beatrice Prior."

Beatrice Prior. The name from my vision.

"She looked exactly like you. She even had the same tattoo's. "

I'm shocked. Mom never mentioned anything about me having a twin.

"She was Divergent, a really strong one. Our city leader was a experiment freak and she wanted to experiment on Divergents. "

By this time Christina seemed irritated.

"Urgh!! Its a lot to explain! Can I just say it in short? "

"Sure. "

"War started. Tris had to save the city but died in the process. "

Wow. That was short.

"I'll give you details in bits and pieces later. Back to the point. We came from Chicago to Manhattan to observe your society in disguise as supervisors and we saw you. Your Tris. "

"No. I'm Lena. " I snap.

"Listen. I talked to you mom. She said it herself that you were from Chicago and she agreed to send you back. "

"What else did she say?"

"We didn't get a chance to talk much. We had to leave. "

There's a long silence. Sam breaks it.

"In how long do we reach Chicago?" he puts a arm around me.

"2 hours and get you hands off her! " growls Christina.

He glares at her and removes his arm. Zeke seemed uncomfortable.

Just two hours more and I'll be there, in Chicago. I turn towards the window and stare at it. I've never seen the land beyond the fence and this was it. The land was dry with only a few tress. There was no sign of life, only destruction. Shattered glasses and damages buildings.

The world beyond the fence is damaged. Just like me. I live in a damaged world.

A damaged world.

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