A Different Divergent: A Better Tomorrow

~seventy-one~

Chapter 71

"Oh my God!" I say, gripping Tessa tightly to my chest. She's the only thing keeping me grounded in place at the moment but my legs feel like they will no longer hold me up, and I sink into the club chair. This can't be happening. Not again. "Is he?" I can't even bring myself to finish the sensitive question.

"He's alive but in critical condition," Will says. "Simon, Tony, and a couple others found him and took him to the infirmary when they realized he was still alive."

"Dr. Parrish and his staff were still working on him when we left to go find Will," Purple-Hair says. "He's in bad shape. The doctor didn't want to speculate but he did find an injection site on his neck, and he thinks he was administered the same serum that killed Sam and Harrison. Obviously if he was, he's not going to make it." I notice Tobias pull his phone out of his pocket and send a quick text. I imagine it's to Zander.

"What else do we know?" Tobias asks after slipping his phone in his pocket, morphing into Four right before my eyes. "Shauna?"

"I've had extra patrol members searching for Tori around the compound both inside and out since I was told she was missing," she says. "But without a clue as to exactly when and where she went missing, I don't know where to have them keep looking."

"What did Mike, Nick, Josh, and Matt say Molly, Drew, and Olivia's statuses were at their last check in?" Tobias asks.

"Mike and Nick have not made direct contact with Molly, Drew, Edward, Myra, or Olivia as per orders. They've been observing their activities within the factionless sector. They don't think that Edward or Myra have any involvement with the other three."

"They don't think," Tobias says, obviously irritated.

"They have observed zero interaction between them," she says. "As for Josh and Matt, last night they reported that they think the trio are aware of the surveillance. I'm going to assign two more teams to trade off shifts, mix up the partners, and tag-team-surveil so they aren't so conspicuous, I just haven't had time to do so yet."

"We have Molly on video yesterday morning on the outskirts of the factionless sector," Tobias says. "Where were the teams that were supposed to be keeping tabs on her?"

"They both temporarily lost sight of her at approximately 7 a.m. yesterday when Drew and Olivia caused a diversion. She slipped away unseen," she says. "That's when Josh and Matt decided that the trio were on to them but Mike and Nick think their cover is intact."

"That's unfortunate," Tobias says with a sigh. "Zeke, what have you learned?"

"I found out where the hack that sabotaged the security cameras originated from but I don't exactly know what to make of it," he says. "It came from the computer in Tori's office. As of right now it seems like she's the one who turned them off." I furrow my brows and slowly shake my head.

"She wouldn't do that," I say.

"Kind of like Kirsten wouldn't be helping Molly even though we have her on camera," Zeke scoffs. Tobias starts to say something but I jump to my feet and get in Zeke's face.

"Don't speak to me that way. We may be friends but I'm still a leader of this faction and your boss. I deserve respect, Zeke," I firmly say and he backs down, taken aback by my forcefulness. "I won't have any member of Dauntless accused of a serious crime based on evidence that may have been altered or at the very least is skewed. There will be a thorough investigation into what we saw on that video last night. How do we know that the person who was talking to Molly didn't quickly change, stuff those pants into Kirsten's bag, then slip out of the training room when the camera wasn't working."