Dauntless Monsters (Eric Coulter Fanfic)

The factionless fear

Hello, once again Beautiful people I hope you are all having a splendid time!! I would love to hear your feedback on this story so far. I am starting to really like it.
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Ritza POV

I woke up with a pounding head ache the light piercing my eyes as I struggle to get a hold of reality. I had no idea how I got here, the last thing I remember was drinking my fith glass of alcohol. I cursed looking at the time. By the time I made it to the fear simulation room I was late and completely unsure of how Eric would respond. I should have been more concerned about Will. He bombards me with questions about last night and I just shrug my shoulders.
"We've got a lot to talk about tonight." He whispers and I screw up my face.
Eventually I was called into a small room to go through my fear simulation.
Once the door was closed I turned to see Eric holding a serum.
"What happened last night?" I ask.
"You drank way too much." He laughed and I cursed.
"What did I say?" I asked seriously hoping that I didn't say something.
"You told me you weren't Dauntless, you told me you were Amity." He says like it was nothing.
"Fuck." I mutter loud enough for him to hear and he shakes his head.
"I don't think I like that sort of language coming from you." He clicks his tongue.
"You can't know that." I begin to tremble.
"Just relax you have a fear sim to go through, I'll be able to see them on the screen." My eyes widened and he shoved the needle into my neck and injected the serum. I didn't get a chance to object as I felt my eyes go heavy.

When I awoke I was on a tall building, heights don't sit well with me, I managed to calm myself down by telling myself I'll die before I'm factionless then I awoke again, it was like that with the next 6 fears. Spiders, enclosed spaces, violent weather, the outside of the fence, war, Reece despising me. Then things started to become a little uncontrollable. Eric was standing in front of me and he slapped me hard for not doing what I was supposed to. I struggled to do anything, I thought we were on the same team, after a couple more hits I'd had enough and punched him in the face. Then it was me in front of all of Dauntless standing next to Max.
"Ritza here thought she could sneak in and be Dauntless, when really she's Amity. What should we do?" He asked.
"Send her to the factionless." I heard someone shout out. I started to shake I couldn't go there.
"No!" I shouted and some of the other Dauntless came to take me away. I fought against them struggling, I even grabbed one of their weapons and starting shooting them. In the end there were too many of them for me to take down. I was left on the streets to die. That night the factionless came for me, no matter how much I cried they killed me.
I gasped sitting upright. My face was damp from the tears I'd shed.
"Ritza, are you okay?" Eric asked and I nodded unconvincingly.

"That's the longest anyone has been in a simulation." He stated and I cursed.
"How long was I in there for?"
"Four hours."
"And you saw all of my fears?" I asked looking away from his gaze.
"Yeah, you know I'd never hit you, right?" He pulled my chin up so I was forced to look at him.
"Yes." I say with a certanity that was not in my voice before. Letting go of my chin he smiled.
"I do however appreciate the fact that you would punch someone if they hit you." I smiled slightly at that as well.
"We need to go see Max. He needs to know about this." Eric grabbed my hand and pulled me up. Opening the door we headed to Max's office. On the way there we bumped into Will in a dark hallway.
"Oh, there you Ritza, I've been searching for you everywhere." He noticed our linked hands and confusion spread across his face.

"I just got out of the fear simulation." I state the effects of my fears still heavily lacing my words.
"What's with-" He didn't get to finish.
"Go to your sleeping quarters now and we will have a little chat tomorrow before the fear sims." He said with a menacing look on his face. As Will left looking kinda hurt I softly elbowed Eric in the ribs.
"Hey, what was that for?"
"You didn't have to be that mean to him, he's my friend." I stop walking. Standing in front of me Eric asks.
"Really? Well he's not my friend and he's an initiate so I can be 'mean'." I pout.
"Aw, come on Doe , that's not fair." He complained and I raised an eyebrow. I opened my mouth to speak but he just put a finger to my lips.
"Just go with it." Whispering he moves closer so our faces are just centimeters apart. I can feel his hot breath on my face. I look down and he moves his hand to the side of my face and then under my chin. In a swift movement he had lifted up my chin and planted his lips on mine. I couldn't have stopped him even if I wanted to. Closing my eyes I melted into the kiss and before long he pulled away. I looked up at him confused, had I done something wrong, but he smiled.
"As much as I'd love to keep doing that we have to get moving, people are coming." He was right I could hear voices in the distance. Eventually we reached Max's office and I was unprepared for the conversation that was to follow.