My Divergent Life (Completely Fan-Fiction) Wattys2015

Chapter 24: Big Decisions

        We take rests often as we walk so I don't faint. The past few stops have been quite brief. I don't know where Lamar is taking us, but I'm sure he knows what he's doing.

        "Lamar." I say quietly. I feel dizzy again, but this time I feel like I'll fall to the ground any second.

        He looks at me. "You okay?" I shake my head, I don't feel okay. I look at my shoulder, dark red blobs cover the fabric of my shirt and the strip of Lamar's jacket. I start to fall, my legs feel like they're crumbling beneath me. I feel hands under my shoulders, holding me up. "I've got you." Lamar whispers. I feel my heart-beat speed increase, not much, but quite noticeable.

        Lamar lays me down on the ground. "Lamar," I say. "Where are we going?"

        He looks at me, his eyes lock with mine. "Back to Dauntless." He says. "The train isn't supposed to pass by here for a few hours, so I thought it would be smarter to walk instead of waiting."

        I nod. "What do we need from Dauntless?"

        "We need to get to the control room and get the simulation data." He says. "As long as the system is still running, the war will continue."

        "Okay." I say. "Let's go."

        *        *        *

        The walk to Dauntless headquarters was long, it was practically dusk before Lamar and had decided to rest for a while.

        The area around our stopping place is dark, shadows stretching across the ground. I look up, the sun is peeking through a few trees, shinning brightly in my eyes. I stare at it for a moment, letting my eyes feel the same pain as my feet, head, and shoulder feels. The bleeding in my shoulder stopped not long ago, my arm is still wet with blood, but it isn't escaping anymore.

        "How's your shoulder?" Lamar asks me, his voice deep and calm.

        "The bleeding stopped." I say. I look at him, his expression peaceful. "How are you so calm right now? How can you train yourself to do that?" I say.

        "Anyone that didn't know you would think that you were calm right now, by looking at you. I know your not." He says. "And I'm calm because I know what we need to do."

        He pushes himself to his feet and walks over to me and sits down.

        "Makes sense." I say. "I have no idea where the control room is or how to get things out of a computer."

        He smirks. "And I do. You're relying on me aren't you?"

        "Pretty much." I say jokingly. "Do you really think just getting the simulation system data out of the computer will stop this war?"

        "No." He says flatly. "It'll take much more than that to end it. Erudite will likely just restart the system over and over again until they get what they want."

        "I don't see why they have to do all of this. Killing innocent people just to rule the remainder. I thought they wanted power over as much as they could rule, not what they leave behind from war."

        "It seems to me like they don't care about all the lives they end. Just the fact that they'll rule everything left, and that they'll get their way every day and no-one can stop them."

        "It isn't right for them to do this, even killing the Divergents was too much. Killing anyone that defies them could end all life." I pause. "What about whatever is outside the fence?"

        Lamar's eyebrows flick to his fore-head. "Outside the fence? No-one knows what's out there. As far as I've been told there's nothing out there, just burned dirt and bullets in the trees, everywhere. Just land that people were too lazy move out there and rebuild everything." He says. "You should get some sleep, we're still a few miles from Dauntless, I'll wake you up in a few hours."

        I nod and lay down. I listen to the distant gunshots and screaming for a while. Until I see Lamar in front of me, his arms sliding around me, holding me close.

        "Lamar." I whisper, the sound that escapes my mouth should have sounded like me. In the few moments before he replies, I feel a big decision has been made, a decision that will undoubtedly affect the rest of my life. And I don't regret it.