a dauntless love

chapter 13 (part 1)

Tobias POV:

I have been pacing all day, staring at the clock, checkin the time every 5 minutes. It's finally time for me to leave for the midnight train, 11:35. I leave for the train, I practically run out of the dauntless compound.

I get to the train tracks and wait for the train, within the minute I hear the ominous honk of the train, and I see the startling orange glow of the lights in the distance, I take a few steps back, preparing for the jump. The train comes into view and slower down, I run, and pull myself into the first carriage. My body stumbles as I glide in, misjudging the force of the wind swearing through the cart. I say at the door though, my senes on high alert.

As I gaze over the city sky line, the Erudite section comes into view. I feel the train start to slow under my feet. I jump off. I know were I have to go, I have to go to Erudite Head Quarters. I don't know were Jeanines office it though, I guess I'll just have to ask.

I run all the way, the warm summer night air blowing on my skin, listening to the rhythm of my shoes slap agains the cool tarmac. I reach the Erudite HQ, the streets in this part of the city are spotless, the tiles and metal on the buildings shine like stars and there isn't a pice of rubbish in site. I stop just outside huge doors leading into the huge sky scraper at Jeanine most certainly is in; torturing Tris. Don't worry Tris, Im coming, be brave. I think to myself, I don't dare speak out loud. I push the heavy glass doors open, the huge room is filed with shelves of books, computers, desks and quiet erudite studying, as I walk to the front desk that is at the other end of the lobby hall. The boy sitting there behind it has his head in a book, which looks to be something about biology, I clear my throughout. His head shoots up, he weirs a bright blue blazer with a dull vivid baby blue, almost wight, coloured shirt underneath. He has a name tag pined to the colour of his blazer that reads, "Caleb", he has grey-blue eyes and blond heir, his nose his the same as Tris', in fact, he looks a lot like her. She mentioned having a brother that transferred to Erudite. If he is here, does he know we're Tris is? "Can I help you" Caleb asks, and I'm brought out of my daze. "Yes, I have a meeting with Jeanine, do you know we're her office is?" I ask. This cant be Tris' brother, he doesn't have the same flare in his eyes and his voice is like a robot's, reciting things is has been programmed to do, and besides, the chance of me running into her brother out of the hole of Erudite is like finding a needle in a haystack. "Yes, would you like me to show you to weir you need to go?" He asks, "No, that wont be necessary." I say in a cold voice. "Oh, well to get there you need to go to the 99th floor, room 250" he says, dejectedly "thank you." I say and leave, not looking back. I find it odd though that he didn't ask why a random dauntless had a meeting with the head of his faction. Somethings off, but I can't place it.

I get in the elevator and press the number '99'. I walk though the wight hallways, all the lights are mostly off, except for some labs, with windows looking out. I pick up the pace, Tris needs me, and I don't even what to imagine what kind of experiments they are doing on her, what if she's already... I trail off, not wanting to finish the thought. No! You cant think like that! I silently scold myself for thinking the worst, even though the thought keeps swirling around my head like a storm, ready to explode at any moment. I look from door to door, checking all the numbers, making shore I don't miss it. 247, 248, 249, then I see it. I don't know why I hesitate. This is strange... why aren't there any bodyguards outside her office door? Jeanine never goes anywhere without protection. Coward, I think. I grab the handle to the door, and slowly open it. My free hand slowly gores to my jeans, were I normally keep my gun, but then I remember I didn't bring it. Why didn't I bring it! I silently yell at myself. Because in the note she said if you didn't follow her instructions she would hurt Tris! I silently ague with myself, That was a terrible idea! What If Jeanine was lying?! Did you ever think if that stupid! My conscious keeps fitting with it's self until I see her desk dimly light, only by the light of her computer. She is franticly typing away at something. I don't know what, but it must be important because she is so engrossed in it she doesn't notice me for a second. Maybe its a science report on Tris?! I think franticly. And then she looks up from her computer and her eyes land on me. She smirks. "I'm so glad to see you came." She looks me up and down with judging eyes, like they are critiquing, and observing every part of me. "And that you followed my ... suggestions" she pauses before the word suggestions, like she's trying to place the correct wording for her sentence. I take a step into the room. "Where's Tris" I say, not letting any emotion through. "Well, you see. There as been a slight ... change, to my partner's and my negotiation arrangements, so, as a result, I do not have Tris." She states this like its fact. I take another step into the room "where. Is. Tris" I say sternly, letting my anger show through. "Well, that is confidential, but I am still so glad you came. I have so many things a I want to learn from you..." what does she mean 'partners' and 'negotiations' and what does she want to 'learn' from me?! "Who is she with!" I say loosing my patients "you said that if I came here, followed you "suggestions" as you called them, you would hand Tris back. UNHARMED!" I raise my voice. "Well, actually I never said anything about releasing her or anything about being unharmed." whAT! I cant BELIVE her! But I suppose it was stupid of me to trust anything this woman says or does. "But if you really want to know I can show you" and at that a screen, or more like hologram appears behind her, and then a clip is brought up on it, showing...

OH MY GOD! Is all I can think. The video that is playing behind jeanine, is Tris. He sits on a char in a dark room with only a single light on her, she is unconscious, I see feet dancing along the rim of the cone light that surrounds her. This is just like my fear simulation, but wears. Tris's eyes start to flutter open, and when they do the squint at something and then they go wide with fear. I cant see what she's staring at, its out of the shot. But I notice the feet I sore just a second ago have disappeared. And then I see it. I see him.

He walks towards her and starts to undo his belt. No. This cant be happening. Not to her.

Then I hear the sound of leather flying though the air and the terrible rip of it hitting flesh. Tris's flesh. She stays silent, and closes her eyes shut to stop tears from falling. He hits again. Marcus. How is he involved in this? And what does he want with Tris. Then I think back to the meeting I sore. I hear a blood curdling scream, He hits her on the back and she wreathes ford in pain.

No. This has to stop.

I think back to the meeting. "

"we had a deal"

He couldn't possibly be-

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