You And Me Against The World | ✅

Chapter 3

I don't know if it's luck or skill, but Tobias takes both guards by surprise and they don't even get a chance to point their rifle at him. He rushes to them and takes their weapons. Two of the Candor guards handcuff the Dauntless guards and we all follow Tobias inside. The room is long and surprisingly empty. If it wouldn't have been for the guards outside the door I would have dismissed this room completely upon entering. Seems like Jeanine isn't as smart as she thinks she is.

We see large thick wires running along the floor and we decide following them. They are for electricity, so wherever they lead is probably where we will find Jeanine and her Erudite lackeys.

My theory proves to be correct. At the end of a long dark corridor is a room filled with computers and on the screens I can see the Dauntless marching through Abnegation. It seems they've just arrived there and start searching one house after the other. Jeanine is standing in front of one large screen.

"I don't understand. Where are they?" she says, clearly frustrated that her zombie Dauntless army couldn't find anyone in Abnegation to slaughter.

"They are safe," Tobias says entering the room pointing the gun at Jeanine.

"How did you get in here?" she asks confused by his sudden appearance. "Never mind. Get him," she orders two Erudite men with handguns. Tobias is quicker and shoots the guns out of their hands. "It's futile. You can't stop this," Jeanine says laughing.

"Really?" Tobias asks mockingly.

"Yes. Erudite will win. By the end of this day Erudite will lead this city into a new era of progress," she says. I put my hand out to stop Marcus from going in. I get what Tobias is doing. His making her confess her crimes, without even trying to move a muscle.

"And how do you think you can do that?" he asks, faking interest.

"You see this," Jeanine says pointing at the Dauntless on the screen, "they are my puppets and I am their puppeteer. I command and they obey my every wish."

"Really? How did you convince them to join your sick plan?"

"Convince? Oh, no. They are under a simulation. You see this vials over there," she points toward a crate filled with the same vials Tobias showed me just this morning. "The serum in there is one of my greatest accomplishments. You see, I wanted to expand the control range of the serum. And I succeeded. And what better way of trying it out than by using it on this brainless fools" she says laughing.

"Well, turn it off and delete the program," Tobias says clenching his teeth.

"Delete it? I will not. And you won't be able to do a thing about it."

"We'll see. I will stop you."

"Really? You and what army?" Jeanine asks mockingly and I know it's the perfect time to come out of the shadows.

"This army," I say as I jump out from where I was hiding, followed by the Candor guards.

"Jeanine Matthews, you are under arrest for attempted murder on everyone in Abnegation, manipulating the Dauntless and conspiracy to overthrow the government," Marcus says with satisfaction in his voice.

"You can't do that!" Jeanine shouts as a Candor guard puts her in handcuffs

"Yes, we can," Jack says.

"Shut down the program," I say.

"You? You little bitch. It was you," she says to me, venom filling her voice.

"Shut the program," I repeat.

"I won't. Can't you see that what I did was to protect our city?" she says addressing Marcus and Jack.