Burning With the Fire (Eric Divergent Fanfic)

Win Some & Lose Some

***Eric's POV***

"We're getting Arielle, Uriah, and the baby, Eric. With our without you as leverage. I think your life plus the Dauntless traitors we have alive will be worth three people. You think?" Four asks me venomously. I roll my eyes, running my tongue over bloodied lip. Four said they would trade me alive, not unharmed.

"I don't think I'm worth all that much to Jeanine now. She has what she wants." I spit, and Four's eyes snap to mine. I feel more eyes on me, but I hold Four's gaze, to taunt him.

I may not like Four, or know him all that well, but he hates to not know something, especially regarding Arielle and her wellbeing. So, the fact that I am withholding information regarding the faction that holds Arielle and her baby, is killing Four. His eyes are telling me everything.

"What?" Tori, one of the leaders of the 'loyal Dauntless,' speaks up. I don't meet her eyes. I'm not going to snitch, so what's the point?

"What the fuck are you talking about?" Four spits, grabbing the bloody collar of my shirt. He raises his fist, but I don't care. Arielle and my baby are alive and safe, which is all I could ever want.

"You'll just have to wait and see." I smile smugly, and within a second, my world goes black.

***

When I finally come to my senses, my hands are bound behind my back, and I have a burlap sack over my head. I stay slouched and still, despite my discomfort, to see if I can get any information as to where I am, or where I'm going, because I know I'm in a vehicle.

"Max agreed, on Jeanine's behalf, to meet us on the Erudite border, for the exchange. He just sent confirmation." A voice speaks, but I have trouble placing it.

"The truck behind us will have to split off and hide around the meeting place. We can't trust them, and we have to make sure that Arielle, Uriah, and the baby get out of there unharmed. They're all innocents." Four's authoritative voice speaks up. Damn right they're innocents, especially my baby girl.

I don't know how I'm going to get back to Arielle and Jenevieve after this. They are trading us, which means Arielle and I, once again, will be in separate factions, but this time, my baby will be taken from me as well. As a father, I can't stand that thought. I have to do something, and that plan has to come fast.

All of a sudden, the sack is ripped off my head, and I feel all eyes on me. They must have seen me moving.

"When we get there, do not speak or do anything stupid, or I swear to God I will kill you." Four spits, and I meet his eyes. They're deadly looking, but he doesn't mean what he says, at least the part where he is going to kill me. He can't lose Arielle, which means someone else will shoot me, in front of Arielle and my baby. Sounds like I have to be on my best behaviour.

"You won't kill me. She might," I point to Tori, who looks like she is ready to shoot me right now, "but you won't." Four shakes his head and looks away, knowing I'm right.

The vehicle stops, and my stomach begins to twist. One wrong move and Arielle or my baby could die. That thought alone makes me want to puke out of fear.

I am pulled from the vehicle by Four, and there are about five or six Dauntless soldiers pulled from the same vehicle. Another four are pulled from a smaller vehicle ahead of us. We begin walking, and I can already see a group gathered at the Erudite border. As we get closer, I see three people I never thought could leave Erudite: my mother and my sisters. My father is no where in sight.

Arielle is standing closely beside them, holding Jenevieve, and Uriah is shadowing all of them, but more closely, Arielle. Her eyes meet mine, and she is absolutely terrified. The look in her eyes explains the feeling in my entire body. As soon as we are within ear shot of the group ahead of us, we stop.