a dauntless love

chapter 13 (part 3)

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Tris POV:

When I open my eyes I see Im in a dark room, with a cone of wight blinding light surrounding me. I sit there in confusion for a few seconds. Why would my captors bring me here? I think, confused. Then I notice plain grey shoes circling the rim of light. I watch them for what seems like hours and then they vanish. I look around the pitch black room, searching for the owner of the feet. Then I see who it was and my eyes widen. Marcus. I saw what he did to Tobias, in his fear landscape during initiation. "How could he do that to his own son, Tobias? My Tobias!" I feel rage boil up inside me. "What do you want" I spit coldly at him. "Revenge" he says with a cruel smile, with that we walks towards me slowly, unlooping his belt. I know whats about to happen, my eyes widen and I feel the feverishly hot slash of leather agains my skin. I will not be Brocken by this monster! I think to myself. Then the belt comes down again, I feel tears in my eyes. It's like it's in slow motion, all sounds drown out except for the cold blood boiling sound of hard leather hitting down on flesh. I squeeze my eyes shut to stop the tears from flowing freely down my face. It comes down on me again, and this time I can't help it, I let out an ear piercing scream that rattles in my chest. He hits me again,

and again,

and again.

I count 4... 5... 8... 10

I loose track.

I feel a warm liquid running down my arms and back. It drips slowly to the floor. I look down and see a small puddle forming, a deep radish brown substance. My head feels fuzzy, and the world starts to spin. I know whats happening, I'm loosing a lot of blood. My survival instincts kick in. "Stop thrashing!" a voice in my head screams at me. "You need to stop the bleeding!" It screeches more frantic this time. I stop. My body starts to go numb, so this time when he hits I don't feel anything. My head droops, and black dots cloud my vision. Then everything goes black.

I open my eyes, but Im not in the place I was before. Everything it wight, and I see no end to it. I squint, still not shore of were I am or my surroundings. I look dead ahead and see a women start to appear from the haze in the distance. She comes walling towards me with her arms outstretched.

"Mum..."

"Yes, sweetie, it's me!" She replies affectionately. She embraces me in a warm, soft hug. It feels so good to see her again. Wait ... how is she here? She died! The day of I finished initiation, I found out. I hadn't wanted to believe it. I didn't allow it to sink in. I immersed myself in everything around me, knowing full well that if I were to simply stop and actually take it in, I would never get back up, and that it something you can't do in dauntless. Im now looking at her and all different questions pop into my head

"Mum? How are you- ... how am I?!" I try to say

"Am... am I dead?" I question.

"No." she states flatly. "Not yet. You have to choose. But you cant leave him. He needs you"

Instantly I know she's referring to Tobias. But Im so tiered, the world would do fine without me, I'm not special. Yet I know that my time isn't up. I will not lay down and die! I have people to fight for, and as long as I do. I wont give up.

"How to I get back. Im not ready to go!" I say franticly.

I can feel the invisible rope around my wait dragging me towards the peaceful fog, but it doesn't look pleasant anymore, it looks menacing, challenging to swallow me hole.

"It's ok. I'll help, think of something that connects you to life, something that holed you steady in times of crises." She says soothingly, and my head goes strait to Tobias.

"Tobias..." it almost comes out as a whisper. Bealey auditable, but she must hear because she nods and smiles.

"Now, picture him. Try and see were he is now"

I do, I think about his smile, his arms around my, embracing me in a warm hug, his deep blue ocean eyes. I try to picture were he is now. I close my eyes, and think of him. Then I see him. Like it's happening right in front of me. I see him tied to a metal table in the erudite labs, trays of needles surround him. His eyes are closed, but he stiffens when a hand sets down on his shoulder, pushing his head back. Calebs hand. He presses a needle into his neck, and Tobiases eyes Snape open, his eyes have a look of utter fear in them, if you didn't know him well, you would miss in. I gasp realising he is under a fear simulation... but somethings off. It seems worse then a fear simulation, and when you in a sim, your eyes are closed. What have they done to him! I silently shout in my head. I open my eyes, not wanting to see any more. I look up at my mother, but it's like she's half transparent.

"You did it!, my brave, smart, beautiful brave girl. I love you with all my hart. Be brave!" She says, then disappear and the wight surrounding me starts to fade into blackness. My eyes Snape open and I see the black room and cone of light surrounding me.

"Glad to see you'r finally awake." A chilly voice creeps over me from behind, and sends a shiver down my spin. I try to cover it up by thrashing. "LET ME GO YOU BASTARD!" I yell at him. "I'm sorry. No can do. My most sincere apologies for what I'm about to do to you." He mocks sarcastically. I yell at the top of my lugs, even though I know no one it come to the rescue.

He hits me with his belt, over and over, on my already bruised, bleeding and slashed skin. But my body Is numb with pain, I don't feel a thing. My eyes are glassy. And I can feel the hot tears streaming down my face. I only come out of my daze when another man walks in the room. He is piercings all over the face, to many I loose count. But I know that face, it's Erics, WHAT THE HELL IS HE DOING HERE! I shout mentally, I'm furious. I glare in his direction. Im not mad that he's here, I already got the feeling he was involved in this. I'm mad at myself, for not seeing it sooner. "Oh goody! You got the stiff!" He says excitedly. "Thats it! Im done with this shit!" I need a plan, so thats what I'll make. I need a hero, so thats what I'll be. I need to get out of this hell joint, so thats what I'll do.

I silently think of faze one of my plan. "I will pretend to go unconscious, Marcuse will have no interest in being me will there are no screams of terror to enjoy. Sick bastard. Then when they are asleep I can get seek out. Theres ropes don't seem to be very well tied" thinking as I feel around to get an understanding of how stuck I am. "Then I need to work out were I am. I get the feeling we're in abnegation, if Marcuse is here. He barely ever leaves except for meeting and the choosing ceremony. And by the looks of this room, it only confirms my suspicions, but I'll need to make shore." My plan is coming together. Only for my mind wonder back Tobias and what I saw when I was half dead. The idea of me being 'half dead' still freaks me out, since it was only a few hours ago.

Tobias was at Erudite, which means Jeanine has him. Then I think of Caleb. How could he do this. To Tobias of all people! Let alone a human being!" He is not the same person as he was when we both left out house for the choosing ceremony that morning, so long ago, but I guess neither am I. I need to find Tobias. He's in erudite, which means he has to be in the top floor" I remember Caleb telling me he had to go to the top floor for research when I when't to visit him in the middle of initiation. "Ok I will pretend to go unconscious, sneak out when they're asleep, work out my location, and then locate and save Tobias. But how do I get out and IN off Erudite? I cant just waltz in and say, 'hay, im looking for my boyfriend your testing on, could you please show me were he is so we can get out of here?' No that wont work... or would it..." I start to formulate faze 2 of my plan. I am going to save Tobias and I am going to get out of here.