Born to be Dauntless

Chapter 13

I put the pieces of cloth and the vial in my pocket and walked out. Liz noticed me right away but Isa and Mike were still talking to Daniel, who was still laying on his bed. I walked up to the foot of Daniels bed and I got the attention of the rest.

"Daniel can you walk?" I asked. The others obviously didn't get it. Liz was confused while the others were a bit pissed off.

"Uh I don't know."

I tried so hard not to roll my eyes.

"Okay, Liz support one side of him and Isa supports the other." 

"Why won't you do it?" Isa snapped back. I have to trust them but they make it so hard.

I lifted my shirt to show them the bruise. It was still purple and it would remain like that for at least a few more days. Liz and Daniel gasped while Isa covered her eyes and started saying things like "You didn't had to show me that!" in three octaves higher than usual.

"Okay get him and let's go."

"Were are we going?" Daniel asked.

"Dormitory."

"Why?"

I glared at them. Couldn't they just shut up? We were about to walk out of the med bay while I was carrying stolen goods.

"Act normal." I said when they got Daniel to his feet. I didn't have a backup plan for if things went to shit here. All we had to do here was walk through the door. But all the time they spend questioning me and talking so loudly had gotten the attention of the medical staff. So when we tried to leave one of the nurses stopped us. 

"Is he okay?" she said pointing at Daniel. I thought Daniel would say something about him being fine or Isa since she is always talking anyway but nobody muttered a word. I looked over my shoulder and saw Isa's panicking face. She was looking at Daniel who was also panicking. Mike was so quiet that it was noticeable and Liz was actually doing okay but not really helping either.

"Lost your tongues? How about we go to that room over there and talk for a bit."

Shit. We got caught in the first few meters. They got a lot to learn.

We followed her in a small room with a desk. Liz and Isa hopped on the desk after they put Daniel in one of the two available chairs and Mike sat in the other one. I leaned against the wall. The woman made a little speech about how irresponsible it was to try to sneak a patient out of the med bay. Every now and then one of them glanced over at me in the most unsubtle way possible. They probably didn't do it on purpose but it didn't help. When she was finished with her little speech she said she wanted to ask me a few questions.

"Was it your idea" I did not answer.

"Why did you do it?" I did not answer.

"Talk or I'll get someone to make you talk." I answered with "That wasn't a question."

After a while she went to get someone and left. As soon as she left the room all the eyes were on me. None of them were glares but they were expecting something. I walked over to the door to try to open it.

"Locked."

"Dammit." someone muttered. 

"Why did you try to smuggle us out?" Isa asked sincerely interested.

"I wasn't smuggling anyone."

"Then why did you do it?"

"I can't tell you yet."

"What? Why not?"

"Because all of you, except for Liz maybe, suck at lying."

"Well, when do we have to lie?"