Chapter 36
I wake up in a chaotic room of fire, yelling, and fear. I instantly try to jump up, but I can't. I'm tied to the ground. It's like the force of gravity just got multiplied by 1000, but only to me. I can't get up, I'm dying. My inertia is too great for my feet to move me anywhere. The world of Dauntless lies right in front of my eyes with the people Dauntless lighting cigars, strip teasing, getting tattoos, and drinking coffee.
"C'mon, stiff, move it," Peter says, obviously annoyed, or trying to taunt me.
What a jerk...
"I can't!" I yell.
"Just try, Kat." Kristen says, obviously annoyed as well.
Kristen gives Peter a peck on the lips. THEY'RE TOGETHER?!
Zeke and Uriah are nonchalant, Nathan is going crazy with Matt trying to calm him down.
The wall forms around me and Sage carries me out and places me in front of the train. No, I can't die. I can't die. I am too lazy to stop anything.
I wake up on top of a tightrope wire. Jesus, I can't do this. Gravity is going to push me down, and I'll fall, and I'll fail. My thoughts are competing with each other as I see the ground. The ground is an already deepened chest that became an abyss that no one would ever find the bottom of. This isn't logical. This doesn't make logical sense. This isn't real. I have to get through this.
"What would a Dauntless do?" I ask myself.
I slowly tremble my way over to the other side of the tightrope, briskly jumping into the other building. Curling my hands into wrecking balls, I walk over to see what my next fear is.
I'm in a room. The walls are slowly enclosing in on me. I can barely see. I'm pounding on the boxes, trying to make it stop. Next, I use nails to make dents in the box. The box slowly makes my body curl into a tiny ball. As soon as I do, the room is gone.
I know Marcus is going to show up. Please not now, please not now. I'm begging.
I see Tobias walking to me.
"Tobias?" I ask.
"Yes, loser," he mutters.
Tobias walks towards me, taking off his belt. His appearance suddenly changes into one of Marcus Eaton. I see the old man wrinkles carving into Tobias's 16 year old face.
"This is for your own good."
I punch him in the face.
I walk into the room in Marcus's house. Oh god. I see my old, nasty looking father walking down the stairs.
"I tried to teach you better," Marcus says.
He suddenly clones himself and surrounds me. This is worse than Tobias.
"Don't go crying for your brother. He's dead. I killed him," he says proudly.
This can't be real. I just saw him five minutes ago. I can't take it anymore. I just give a sour facial expression to Marcus.
"This is for your own good."
I feel the belt rushing across my fragile skin, cutting me with marks. I block the second strike, And with all my might, I run to the window and jump.
......
I instantly wake up. I walk out of the room. Tobias grabs my shoulder.
"Catherine!" he yells, "What the heck was that?"
"What?" I ask calmly.
"Dauntless don't find windows in an Abnegation house like that," he says.
I feel like killing him right now.
"Can I use your pistol?" I ask.
"To kill me? Definitely not," Tobias scolds.
I roll my eyes. "Since when are you so rude?"
"I'm protective of my little sister," Tobias says softly, trying to calm himself down, "Is that a problem?"
"I guess not. Sorry, Tobias," I mutter truthfully.
"You didn't do anything wrong," he reassures, patting my shoulder repeatedly.
I smile. "Thanks."
I walk out the door. Nathan isn't here. Where is he? He waited for me before, or the past couple times. I run outside. No Nathan. I run to the boys' dorm. No Nathan. My inner self starts to panic. I run towards the chasm. No Nathan! I rush towards the train, using all my energy, and I jump onto it. I see Nathan huddling in the back of the train car.
I walk up to Nathan calmly.
"Nathan?" I ask, "Are you okay?"
"I have to go searching for Nathaniel soon, would you join me?" Nathan whispers.
I nod slightly. "Are you okay?"
"Yes," Nathan replies.
"Are you 100% positive?" I ask.
"If not, am I negative?" Nathan tries to joke.
I laugh to make Nathan happy. "Yea, sure."
"I'm positive, Kat," Nathan says.
I see Marcus jumping into the train car ahead of me. I huddle in the corner. I can't face him. I can't face my father.
"Kat?!" Nathan yells, tapping my shoulder, "Are you okay?!"
"Nathan, I need to tell you something," I mutter reluctantly.
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