Cold

Tables turn

Surprisingly I made it out without anyone seeing me or catching me. But I knew that didn't really matter. I needed a plan.
Dealing with Eric was the easiest part of this sort of scheme because of his lust for me. He was clever though and he would figure out where I'd plan to go.
I had to go somewhere he wouldn't thought to look.
I thought of Dauntless. It was my best choice because I knew the place and where to hide and it wasn't the obvious choice.
I made a run for the train that was across the street.
But what about Tris and Tobias.. I couldn't just leave them. But I couldn't save them right now either...
I jumped on the train just in time and looked around.
It was empty besides some bags of floor.
This I supposed went to Dauntless. From the color of the sky I supposed it was almost dawn.
It was the first time I felt the exhaustion. I just wanted to close my eyes and sleep. My hands felt sticky still with Eric's blood. I looked down at my red stained dress and the dirt around my black boots.
How did my life end up like this?
How the hell did I manage to ruin everything I got myself into. I ignored Tobias and everyone else who warned me about Eric and now everyone is in danger because of my recklessness.
This is all my fault. I need to fix this.

I almost missed the jump for Dauntless because I fell asleep but I made it just in time.

"Now what. " I thought to myself. If I wanted to take down everyone I needed allies,I needed weapons and I had none of those things.What I needed more right now were allies.
I jumped down the net.It felt like I was back to my first day here.
I layed on the net for a second and sighed bearing what was about to come.

3rd pov

Eric pulled the knife out his stomach and threw it across the room with force.
His right hand found the drawer next to the bed and opened it, grabbed a pair of boxers and pressed them on his wound since he didn't have a cloth near.
Slowly he got to his feet, grunting and walked over to his door not really bothering to dress himself.
He needed to get to the ER. The wound wasn't that bad but it needed treatment.

Walking down the hallway, completely naked he growled trying to contain his pain, resembling a lot what you would think a wound wolf would look like.
He cursed Adelane and her way of always getting what she wanted. But he had to admit she had heart.
It was super early in the mourning and no one in the faction was up.But the truth was that Eric did not know where the infirmary was in Candor.
Just when he turned to an exit at his right he bumped into a young woman in her early 20s.
Her eyes widened when she saw him but quickly recognized who he was.

She opened her mouth to speak but he stopped her.

" I need you to get me to the ER fast and call the rest of the leaders. " He said quickly.
When the woman didn't respond right away Eric punched the wall behind her.
"NOW! " he barked.
The girl stumbled upon her feet and started walking towards the infirmary, that thankfully wasn't too far away.
Eric groaned with every step he took, the wound starting to really affect him.

Once they were inside, the girl made him sit in a small bed, or it seemed too small for Eric.
She started checking his wound.
Seeing his confusion she looked up scared.
"I am a nurse. " She explained.

He didn't respond anything, instead let her do her job.

"It's not that deep but whoever did it must have put it with much force because it's not a clean cut. Rather messy." She said as she started closing the wound.

Eric chuckled
"Yeah you could say she hates me. "

The nurse looked up again
"She? I want to meet the woman who managed to stab you. " She said.

Then thought again and realized this might have enraged him.
"I mean you-"

"It's fine.Just go get me the leaders. " He said quickly.

She looked up again, nodded and left.

Eric stayed alone in the room, with his thoughts.. and they were a lot.He should've never let her out of the cell. It was stupid.
Looking around he found a towel and put it over him to cover his lower part.
He did not know what it was with Adele but he couldn't continue ignoring the fact that she had gotten under his skin, it was driving him crazy.

Just then Max and the rest of the leaders walked in, as they were all been hosted at Candor.
Jeanine walked and looked furious, to say the least.

"What happened? " She hissed every word.
Her hair was loose from sleep and she was wearing bed time clothes, which felt weird to Eric since he was used to seeing her put together.

Eric looked straight into her eyes and then he took a quick glance at Max.
He felt like a little kid being scolded. It wasn't that far from the truth. He was the youngest among them, in his early twenties.

"She... got away. " He said quietly.

Jeanine was in front of him in minutes and slapped him across the face, surprising him by how strong she was.

"You had one job Eric and you keep repeating the same mistakes when it comes to this girl. " She yelled in his face.

Eric stared at the ground and for the first time since he was a kid he felt afraid.

"It makes me think I should have never asked you to join this." She said more calmly.
Picking his jaw with her nails digging into his skin so hard that blood started tickling down his neck "Do you still believe in our purpose Eric? " She asked.

He stared at her. Did he? Had he ever believed in this stupid cause? Didn't matter. He would be dead before he could finish the word "no".

"I do." He said.

"Then stop messing around with her, find another girl to stick your dick in and kill her the moment you see her... If you don't I will have to use some serum on you again and you wouldn't want me to do it. " She said.

He pressed his lips together to prevent himself from screaming in her face.

She let go of his chin, wiping some of the blood she had in her fingertips on her blouse.

"We both know that the process of elimination from the body is painful Eric." She said and walked out of the room.

The rest of the leaders walked out too, looking at Eric disgusted.
Max was the only one who stayed looking at Eric confused.

"What serum Eric? " He whispered.

Eric looked at Max.
"She.. Had to use the serum on me, occasionally. It's a controlling serum, it affects the way you act, my father had created before he died and he used to test it on me when I was still in Erudite.
When Jeanine told me about the plan with the Divergents I for the most part didn't care but then she asked me to do things that I did not want to do and she started using the serum again." He explained.

Max seemed too shocked to speak.
"Why did you not tell me? " He said at last.

Eric chuckled "You can't do anything Max."

He got up grunting, tossing the towel away.
"I am going to do what I have to do. "

Eric said and left too leaving Max thinking he may have been the leader but he had no control all this time.