Divergent | No War

65 - What is happening?

Tobias
It knocks loudly on the door to the controlroom. "Open the door." A loud voice demands.
Gus rolls his eyes and opens the door. "What is it?" "We need to take Four with us." Gus shoots me a look and I get up. "Why?" I ask. The man looks at me bored. "You just need to come with us." Immediatly my mind jumps to Tris. "Did something happen to Tris?" The mans face just stays blank. "Would you please just come with me?" Slowly I get up and follow the man. My heart is racing and my muscles are tense.
The man guides me towards the pit and then into the pire.
I stiffly follow him and look around warily.
"Here we are. Just go inside. They are waiting for you."
I nod and open the door.
Inside Max, Eric and Cat wait for me. Together with a couple of dauntless guards. "Sit down Four." Max says. I frown. "Where is Tris?" "Sit down." Eric demands.
Two guards step forward. I sit down before they are going to make me. I need to know what happened.
"What do you want? Where is Tris?"
"Tris won't be joining us any time soon so just calm down and wait." Max explains impatiently. I stiffly nod and try to keep my face as blank as possible. I need to know what happened to Tris. And the baby. Oh god... the baby! What if they hurt Tris and with that the baby! I clench my fists in my lab and try to stay calm.
"What do you want from me now? Why did you let me come here?" Eric leans forward. "How much do you know?" I frown although fear builds up in my stomach. They know that Tris told me everything. Somehow they found out and now Tris is in prison.
I need to act really good now. "What do you mean? What should I know something about?" I snap a bit because I shouldn't seem to shy right now.
"We think you know exactly what we mean. Look Four, we've got two options. Either you just tell us right now that Tris told you everything or we'll go to the candor headquarter and you'll be interrogated there. Your choice. With the first option you both might get a less hard punishment."
I shake my head my hands shaking now. I clench them tightly and shake my head again. "Eric, I have no idea what you are talking about. Could you just tell me what this is about? Because I really don't want to waste my time right now." Eric smirks a bit and leans back in his chair. "The second option then, I guess. It was your choice." He nods towards one guard. "Call the candor headquarter and tell them that we are coming." The man nods and exists the room. "Let me see Tris." I demand. "No." Eric immediately answers. When did Eric start talking so much? And since when does Max just let him do what he wants? I shake my head and let the guards tie my hands behind my back. "Let me see Tris! I just need to make sure she is okay!" I press out between clenched teeth. "I already told you my answer, Four. Now stop making this harder than it should be."
I huff and glare at him. "I'm not making anything harder. I just want to see my fiancée." And my child... I add in my thoughts.
Max sighs. "Four, you have to see reason here. We can't show you Tris before we interrogated you. You have to understand that."
Of course... they don't want us to maybe agree on something we'll both say. But that doesn't even matter if they'll really put me under truth serum. Then I'll be mindless.
I slowly start to unclench my jaw. "Fine. But I want to see her directly after my interrogation." I say deadly quiet. Eric just shrugs his shoulders. "We'll have to see what we find out." He gives me a wide toothy and 100 percent fake smile. He already knows. Somehow he found out and know this is his revenge for something I did to him. Maybe he even is still angry because I beat him in initiation.
The guard pushes me forward and I stumble a bit. "Come on now. The candors are waiting."

I feel how they push the needle into my neck. I don't flinch. I am used to that feeling.
I feel how the serum rushes through my veins and spreads into my body. I feel my limps getting heavy and my mind becomes clouded. Why am I here again?
A candor man helps me over to a chair. I slump down on it. My eyes dart around the room without being able to concentrate on something longer than a second.
Only the dauntless leaders and two candor men are here. Even the guards waited outside the room.
"Four!" A mans voice goes through the room. I try to look at him but my body is way slower than normally. "Four!" The voice says again. "Yes." I mumble out. "Hello Four. My name is Frederick. I have a few questions for you." Why are they asking me questions? I feel like the answer is just on my tongue but yet too far away to grasp. "Let's start with a few easy ones. What are your parents names?" I struggle against my body and hold back the words that immediately want to come out of my mouth. I focus my eyes on the black and white tiles underneath my feet. "What are your parents names?" Frederick asks again. I struggle against the serum while I feel everyone in the room staring at me. "Evelyn and..." i stop myself before I reveal more of me. "What is your fathers name?" Frederick asks again. With more pressure now. The serum feels like venom now and it feels like it burns me from within. I grit my teeth and groan a bit because of the pain. "What is your fathers name?" Frederick asks again and then I can't hold it back anymore. "Marcus Eaton." I blurt out and feel my tense shoulders sack forward. "My parents are Evelyn johnson and Marcus eaton."
I see how the leaders exchange glances but they all remain quiet.
Frederick starts talking again. "Okay four, now lets move to Beatrice Prior. As far as we know she is your fiancée. Is that right?" "Yes." I immediately say. That was an easy one.
Frederick nods. "Okay so do you two have a good relationship?" I nod. "Yes. I think we do." Frederick nods and scribbles something down. "Is that a crime?" I snap. Frederick shakes his head. "No. Of course not." I roll my shoulders. "So do you two have secrets in front of eachother." I shake my head no. "Normally we don't." "What do you mean by normally." I clench my jaw. I don't want to tell this man everything about me. "What do you mean four?" He asks again. I shake my head but then start talking. "I had the feeling that she kept something from me." Frederick nods. "And did she eventually told you the secret?" I have this feeling that I shouldn't tell this right now. Like it's a bad thing but I don't remember why. "Yes." I then press out when I feel like I don't have any energy to struggle left. "What exactly did she tell you?" I shake my head. "She told me..." the pain of the serum gets worse and it feels like venom in my blood. I groan and shake my head again. "She told me what is outside of the wall. She told me what the leaders discussed in their meetings. She also said that it wouldn't matter because I'd be a part of the team that goes anyway." I blurt out and feel horrible. I don't even know why. "Thank you for your honesty." Frederick says loudly and the leaders repeat it mumbling. Like the serum just vanished through their words I feel how it slowly stops working.
The dauntless guards come in again and forcefully pull me from the chair. They more drag me than that I walk over tot he door. One puts handcuffs on me and with one guard on my left, one on my right, on in front and one behind me I get guided out of the building.