A Different Divergent: A Better Tomorrow

~seventy~

Chapter 70

"I'm going downstairs with you to talk to Zeke," I say as I follow Tobias out of bed. He looks like he wants to argue but after our disagreement this afternoon, he says nothing. I slip my robe on then gently pick up Peanut. She'll want nursed again sooner than later. "Will you grab the baby monitor?" He takes the wireless receiver off my nightstand, and we head downstairs. Just as I'm putting Peanut in the bassinet, which is tucked away in a quiet corner of the living room, there's a soft rap on the front door. Tobias opens it up and ushers Zeke and James inside, which we are both surprised to see. They look agitated.

"Come in, guys," Tobias says.

"Would either of you like some coffee?" I ask. "It's decaffeinated."

"I'd love a cup, Tris," James says.

"I'll take one, too," Zeke says then my eyes slip to Tobias'.

"That would be great, love," he says. I go into the kitchen and start a fresh pot. Since he had it ready to go for in the morning, all I have to do is hit the start button. I retrieve a tray and four mugs from the cupboards while the coffee brews. When it finishes, I pour us each a steaming cup then carry the tray into the living room.

"Thanks," James, Zeke, and Tobias each say after I give them a mug. I set the empty tray on the coffee table then sit in the club chair with my legs folded under my body and the steaming cup in my hands. Zeke takes a sip of his coffee, sets it on a coaster on the end table next to him, then gets up off the couch. He takes a flash drive out of his pocket and turns it over and over nervously between his fingers.

"James brought a few things to my attention earlier," he finally says.

"I transferred a copy to a removable disc drive and immediately gave it to Zeke," James says. Zeke plugs it into the port on the side of our television set and picks up our remote. After hitting a couple buttons a black and white picture comes up on the screen. He fast forwards the image then freezes it.

"I'm going to show you three different surveillance feeds," Zeke says. "Watch them carefully and tell me if you see anything interesting. I found this first one from around 7 a.m. this morning." He points the remote at the TV, presses play, and the frozen picture miraculously comes to life. The first video is from somewhere in the city but it's hard to tell exactly where due to the angle. The camera is focused on a pair of ramshackle brick buildings with broken, dirt-covered windows and boarded up doors restricting access to the condemned structures. I assume it's from one of the new cameras installed on the edge of the factionless sector, and my suspicions are soon confirmed when I see Molly come into view. She crosses from the lower right-hand corner of our large television to the upper left-hand section of the screen but stops before moving out of camera range. She looks around then steps into the long shadow between the buildings and disappears. I'm about to ask what's so special about this footage when the familiar-looking unknown subject comes into view. Unfortunately, his or her back is to the camera the entire time until they too disappear into the same alleyway Molly did so once again we're in the dark as to who this person is. There is one noticeable difference about the person though. Usually it's dressed head-to-toe in black shapeless clothes but today there's a thin white stripe running up the side of their pants.

"I scanned the footage forward but, unfortunately, they never reappeared," Zeke says after pausing the video once again. "The next two feeds were found by James and Nathan from inside the compound." Once again he presses play. This time I know exactly what I'm looking at. It's a wide angle shot of the hallway in front of our offices. The time and date stamp says it's from a little before 9 a.m. this morning, which is just before Tobias and Shauna were set to leave Dauntless on patrol business. Just as that thought crosses my mind, Tobias' office door opens, and they walk out into the hallway. He says something to her, and she laughs but not before hitting him on the arm. He opens the exit door and ushers her out. Almost immediately the unknown subject comes from the direction of the Pit path and stops at his office. Whoever it is keeps their head bent away from the camera so we don't see their face. They fish a key out of their pocket, open the door, and go inside after looking up and down the hallway one last time. Zeke fast forwards the footage, and I watch the time counter scroll almost two hours in a matter of seconds. The door opens an inch at a time and the intruder sticks its head out the door, checking to see if the coast is clear. When they see no one is around, they close the door, double check the lock then dash off in the direction of the Pit.