Chapter Eighteen
Sorry I couldn't update yesterday, I had Track and I got a haircut! So happy!
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Tris P.O.V.
I head down the hall, now knowing my destination. The room where they're keeping my friends. My feet hit the floor and slap with every step. I'm not wearing any shoes, they didn't provide me any. I slide the card into its' place, and the door opens. My friends are laying on beds, behind glass. They all look up at me, their eyes widening when they see me. Last time I saw them, they were all asleep, or in a coma, I don't know.
I see Will's eyes, and I am full of regret, happiness, and sorrow. What if he knows I chose me over him, I valued my life over his. I hope he doesn't
The room is empty, besides them, and the lab table full of equipment. I wonder if they're testing on them too. I walk over to the glass, and insert the card into its' place. Instead of making a ding, and flashing green, it beeps and flashes red. I need a different card.
I put my hands on the glass in front of Christina. I can see her eyes pleading, but her body staying still. They must be strapped down.
For some reason, this feels familiar, my hand on the glass, the feeling to want to break it apart, to be free. The same feeling that was in my simulation.
This is a simulation.
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My eyes open and I'm in the testing chair. They're doing the same thing Jeanine did to me: making me believe in something, be happy about something, that's not even there.
"How did you do that! Tell me now!" Jacob yells from across the room. This happened with Jeanine, but I can't do what I did to Jeanine. If I do what I did to Jeanine, they might decide to kill me, and I won't get away this time. He yells again, walking over to me, "How did you do that!"
"I don't know." I reply, weakly. If I make myself small, he might pity me, but I doubt it.
"Don't you say that, you know how, and you're going to tell me now!" He yells, his finger pointed at me.
"I don't know." I say, a little too fiercely, because he seems shocked. I can't take it any longer, I can't hold back the truth. "You tell everyone I'm dead." I start out soft, but my voice grows louder as I continue. "You hide me away from the world, you barely feed me, you took my daughter away from me, you torture me every day, you make me believe in things that aren't true, you rip away all that I have left, you leave me with nothing, you don't give me any hope, you send soldiers after me with guns, you treat me like some animal that you think you can control, but you can't!" I'm screaming now. "I will not be your little pet, I won't do everything you say! You make my life difficult, I make yours worse! I am through with all of this, all of it!" I breathe in and out rapidly, my heart rate picking up.
Jacob's face is pale now, instead of red. His body is frozen. I feel like time has stopped. I do all I think I can do, I race out of the room.
The two soldiers beside the door block my way out, but my body is full of enough adrenaline that I could take out anyone. The hold their weapons to their side, pointing at the floor. They're real guns, and they don't have permission to shoot me, I don't think. I grab both the guns by the barrel, and twist them. The sudden movement causes them to both let go, their wrists can't move enough to hold on.
I hold both the guns out, and shoot both of them in the chest. They slump to the floor, their body still. I don't feel any guilt, and I'm not scared that I don't, all I feel is...
freedom.
And I run.
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Shout Out time! I want to shout out to Blueflamegirl02 for being my best friend :) I also want to shout out to thedivergent128 I know I've shouted you before, but I want to thank you for being so supportive. You have commented on many of my chapters, and voted on all of them, and that means a lot to me. And finally, to EmmaMartens. You have voted on every chapter on mine, and I want to thank you for that!
Question Time!
1.) Do you think Tris is in another simulation?
2.) Do you think Tris will find her way out?
3.) What do you think will happen to Four and Allaya?
4.) What do you think will happen to the rest of the gang, who are in the hospital beds, behind the door?
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