CHAPTER 73
TRIS POV

Marcus drags me down a series of hallways turning so many times, I've lost count.

Finally, we apparently reach our destination because Marcus begins fiddling with his keys. When he finally finds the right one, he unlocks the metal door and pushes me through it roughly. I fall to the floor, muttering obscenities under my breath.

Suddenly, Marcus's foot kicks me right in the gut and I let out a groan. "You do not call me that, Beatrice!" He screams at me, spitting my name out like venom.

"Sorry sir," I manage to say and he pulls me up by my shirt.

"I should've killed you. I could've too. It would have been so easy. But I didn't. Now, you owe me a favor. You will do as I say and if you don't... I hurt your friends. One by one," he says slowly and I shudder.

"What do you want with me," I say, cutting to the chase.

"You see," Marcus begins, walking around the room. "Ever since I knew you, you have been very.... Unique. All those beatings and you never gave up. You would've thought I would've been able to break you mentally by now. But no. See, you fascinate me Beatrice. I want to see into your mind. My great friend has just developed a wonderful thing. A thing that will allow me to see your thoughts in your head and your visions. You may even know of my dear friend. Oh Jeanine!" Marcus calls out.

I hear the sound of her heels clicking against the concrete even before I see her. She finally comes into view and sends a fake smile my way. "It's so good to see you, Beatrice. I'm glad you're here."

I roll my eyes and Marcus slaps me upside the head. "You would think you would remember your manners. After all these years," Marcus says quietly to me.

"Now Beatrice, come with us. You get to be very comfortable during this quick procedure," Jeanine says and her and Marcus lead me to a metal table.

"This is comfortable?" I ask staring up at them.

"Get on the table. Now," Marcus growls.

I obediently climb up and Marcus forces me onto my back, so I am in a laying position. Jeanine quickly straps me to the table and I stare at the ceiling trying to resist the urge to cry. I just want to go home.

"Beatrice, you are going to feel nothing. It's just a simple serum and you will wake up back with your friends soon enough. There is nothing to worry about. I am just thanking you for your cooperation," Jeanine says and I scoff.

"You strapped me to a table. That's cooperation alright," I mutter and she purses her lips.

"Just do it already. I don't need to hear her talk," Marcus says.

I watch as Jeanine picks up a blue serum and then slams it into the left side of my neck. I let out a slight scream. Yeah, she's right. I don't feel a think at all. I never feel pain. What a lying, manipulative moron this lady is. I always hated her anyways. Jeanine watches me intently and I being to convulse uncontrollably on the table. A scream escapes my lips and tears slide down my face. It's as if my brain is enlarging inside of my head. Everything is being squeezed.

Suddenly, I'm at the adoption center again. The one I was at when I was a kid. Except Marcus is there too. In the corner of the room staring at the little me with intensity. Then, the scene transforms and I am at school with the entire gang. We're at lunch hanging out and once again I see Marcus sitting at the table in front of us staring at me. I don't get it, these are all happy memories, but all I feel is pain and sadness and invasiveness. The scene transforms itself again and this time I'm alone with Tobias at his house and we are cuddling with one another watching TV. Marcus is sitting in the chair, once again staring at me. I just want it to stop. I just want these memories to stop and go away. I want Marcus to leave me alone. The scene alters itself and I am now with the girls at the mall. Marcus is once again there in the next aisle looking at us.

"Leave me alone!" I scream as loudly as I can. The place swirls and I am now hugging Colby at Tobias' house. Marcus is standing next to me and I try to reach out to him, but I can't. I feel so helpless.

"Get out!" I yell and force my eyes open. I look around, trying to see through the tears and watch as Marcus shakes his head and gives me an evil smile. "That was too short. Normally, it would've lasted hours," Jeanine says frantically, spazzing out.

"Well what do we do?" Marcus yells angrily.

"Get her out of here. I need to think and I can't think with her in here," Jeanine spits, running around the room.

"Eric!" Marcus screams and I hear heavy footsteps approaching. "Lock her back up. We're done. For now."

The restraints holding me down are ripped away from my body and Eric grabs me by the shirt and drags me through the doorway. My body feels weak. Whatever they injected me with is sure having some terrible side-effects. My vision slants and I fall to the ground.

"Get up," Eric growls and squeezes my arm, pulling me with him. I trudge along, eyes practically closed when we get back to the cell that everybody is in.

Eric unlocks the door and shoves me in, quickly closing and locking the door behind him. I collapse to the ground and I hear shouts, but they all seem too far away. I let the serum win and I am soon pulled underneath to the unknown.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

I head murmurs and whispers around me and I stretch uncontrollably. All my joints feel stiff. I snuggle closer to the warmth and ignore the strange gut feeling I have that something is wrong.

"Oh Trissy, what did they do to you?" I hear someone whisper and I force my eyes open.

My vision takes a moment to focus and when it finally does, I realize that the big, blue eyes staring down at me are Tobias'. A very small, faint smile plays on his lips and I let my eyes close, knowing I am safe. My brain begins to lag until I remember. Jeanine and Marcus and Eric and the kidnappings. We are locked up. The serum they injectors me with.

My eyes shoot open and Tobias stares down at me, pitifully. I frantically look around to see the same dingy room we were in a few hours ago. Everyone is still locked up, their feet chained to the wall and their hands tied together. Wait.... How am I laying on Tobias' lap, unchained?

I try to sit up, but the pain in my head gets to extravagant and I end up laying back down, hands covering my face.

"What'd they do to you Tris?" Tobias asks softly. I shake my head not even knowing how to explain. What did they even do? Marcus was able to what? See my memories? I don't understand at all.

I begin to try and sit up again and this time, the pain isn't as intense. I have to wait a moment for everything to stop swaying, but that's easy to handle.

"How are you feeling Tris?" Christina asks and everyone turns to me.

"Fine," I grunt and everyone looks as one another and nods.

"So we know you aren't really up to it, but since Eric forgot to tie you back up, we were hoping that you could do a little investigating around here. To see if there's a way out," Marlene says looking uncomfortable.

I shrug and nod. I'll do it. I mean, it is my fault that we got here in the first place. I unsteadily stand up and Tobias does too. I stare at him quizzically. "I can stand, I just can't walk around," he says answering my silent questions. He places his cuffed wrists on my lower back in an attempt to help me steady myself.

"You good?" He breathes in my ear and I shakily nod, yes.

"If someone's coming Tris, I'll let out a signal and you're going to have to like pretend to still be passed out. We can't have them finding out that we are searching. They may move us into separate rooms," Will says.

"Okay, don't make it too obvious though," I say with a small smile. I hope he doesn't do a bird call.

I begin poking around the room, trying to find any secret doorways or trapdoors, or anything remotely different to possibly see if there is someway to leave this place. I'm feeling around the lower side of the walls when something moves under my hand. I quickly jump back and notice that this stone color is a bit darker then the rest. I slowly begin to tap it again and it seems to shift under my fingers. Just as I am about to say something to everybody, Will lets out a huge cough. I stare at him in confusion and his eyes are wide. They're coming. I instantly drop to the ground and close my eyes, pretending to still or passed out.

I hear the door unlock and footsteps walking around our cell. They seem to advance and I feel a boot kick me right in the rib cage. It takes everything in my power to not let out a groan. I hear Marcus grunt and of course Tobias starts yelling at him.

"What did she ever do to you! You do not have the right to kick people! You adopted her! She is your daughter and you treat her like dirt! Stop abusing her!" Tobias yells angrily.

"I'm glad you think that. I guess it's your turn now," Marcus says with a laugh and I hear the metal cuffs being taken off of Tobias' wrists and ankles.

They're going to test him. Just like what they did to me. I can't let that happen. I am about to get up and scream at Marcus, possibly even run at him when someone's leg presses onto my back so I can't move. I hear the door close, meaning Marcus and Tobias are gone and I struggle against whoever's leg is on top of me. I open my eyes and see that it was Lynn. She slowly lifts her leg up and I jump up off the ground.

"Why would you hold me down! I could've stopped him!" I scream.

"Tris, Four knew what you were going to do. He made me. He doesn't want to see you suffer again," Lynn says softly.

"You... You don't understand. They're going to torture him. For his memories. And then they're going to hurt him physically even more, just to get to me," I cry.

I ignore everyone's attempts to calm me down and I go back to the stone that seems out of place. I push it and it moves completely out of the way, revealing a passageway. It's a small area. You would probably have to crawl through to fit. Everyone stares at me and the small hole in the wall in wonder. Before anyone can protest, I begin crawling through the area, determined to find wherever this leads too.

After about two minutes of crawling, I finally see a bright light up ahead. I quickly crawl to it and peer through the window. What I see, makes my stomach drop.

HOW WAS THAT! SORRY IT TOOK A LITTLE WHILE TO UPDATE, IVE BEEN REALLY BUSY!

AS ALWAYS VOTE, COMMENT, AND BE AMAZING!