"Oh my gosh... CICI!"

I go into a hyperactive state realizing I've just left my friend.. scratch that my BEST friend inside Erudite HQ.

She was the one girl I felt I could trust anything with. I was hoping to share divergence with her, but I fear it may be too late.

She made me into the person I have become, and now I've left her to die.

I'm just about to run back inside when Cici (of all places) drops from the sky.

The literal sky.

Before I can comprehend the reality of someone jumping out a window, I see her on the ground.

She's covered in shattered glass and has little cuts along her skin. She looks like she's fallen a few stories, but luckily she landed on a soft, but disgusting, pile of garbage.

I run to her, terrified that she might be dead.

I check her pulse... barely there. I need to wake her up. I shake her body, I slap her face, I even form my hand into a fist and I'm about to punch her into the stomach until a soft voice says "Are you about to punch me in the gut?"

Relieved and partly ashamed I say "Yes..." And we join each other into a hug.

Knowing that we won't have too much time, Cici and I quickly catch each other up to speed.

It comes out that we are both Divergent. Something I sort of suspected of Cici, but never actually believed.

But it feels like 1000 lbs have been lifted from my shoulders. I no longer wear the burden of that secret.

She also told me that while Erudite was keeping her prisoner, she caught up with her brother and a guy named Xaver (who if you ask me he sounded really hot).

The end of her story was her jumping out a window and waking up to see my frantic face.

Right when I'm about to share my story we hear the screams of the Erudite "Divergents STOP!"

We don't think, we run.
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We ran all the way to Amity HQ and managed to find a hiding spot in a storage unit. We know that Amity can't hide us for long, but it was the only place that we could stop to catch our breath.

"Come out right now... we have you surrounded" says an Erudite solider. His gruff tone tells us that he isn't lying.

I felt my heart thumping in my chest. We couldn't stay forever. One of us had to go, and I wasn't going to let it be Cici.

Between gulps of air and tears, I tell my friend what needs to be said. "Cici... you are... my best friend.. and.. and" she stops me cause she knows what I'm about to say.

In one look I understood.

In the short amount of time that I've known her, she knows that I won't let her die when she has a brother to get back to.

She knows for the safety of our faction, a divergent has to go.

She understands my choice, my sacrifice, to go with the guards.

And it is her choice to finish what has been started.

I leap out of our hiding spot, raise my hands above my head in surrender, and let the guards take me where they will.
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"Where are you taking me," I say when I realize the guards aren't marching me back to Erudite HQ.

"The fence," one guard replies.

That was odd. I really wasn't expecting a response.

"Well what are we doing there?" I ask, hoping for another easy response.

This time around I wasn't so lucky.

When we get to the fence, I realize their is no escape. I have no weapon, no back up, and no one knows I'm here expect for Cici, who is probably on the way to meet her brother.

As I await certain death I notice a control panel on the fence with 5 individual buttons.

The solider speaks automatically, as if he was reading from a manuscript he says "While you were under the simulation at Erudite, our scientists inserted a device into your heart. This device will burn you from the inside out and is activated when you choose a faction at this control panel."

I follow along, a sickening adrenaline rushing through my bloodstream.

"When you choose a button on the control panel,whichever one you choose will determine what faction would never exist. This means if you choose a Faction with direct ancestry to you, it would be as if you and your family never existed."

"Choose wisely." Then he pushes me toward the control panel.
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Each of the 5 buttons are the color of a faction. Blue, Gray, Black, Red and Yellow, and finally Black and White.

I ponder over what button to choose.

I hear angry yells from the soldiers, telling me to hurry up. I know I have to act quick. Which faction do I get rid of?

I begin to rationalize.

Dauntless- bravery is such a unique part of all of us, I can't get myself to rid our society of this.

Erudite- although they are the ones responsible for putting me in this mess, their values are essential to keep a society running.

Candor- the faction I stepped away from. Although it pains me to admit, a society can not function without the truth. Lies will only lead to our downfall.

Amity- My new home. I could never. Their peacefulness balances all the factions

Which only leaves Abnegation. How important is selflessness? It keeps us from focusing on ourselves. It allows us to help those in need. But in a world without this faction, couldn't the Amity take upon this role?

The Amity could take care of the factionless. Without the Abnegation, society could still balance out. Right?

Before I get second thoughts, I feel a gun held to the back of my neck.

"Choose" the voice echoes in my head.

I slam down the gray button and instantly feel a pain in my chest.

I crumble over in pain. This pain that literally feels like I'm dying from that he inside out.

The same solider comes up to me and gives me a cruel and pitiful look.

"Looks like you chose the wrong faction"

I spit on his face.

As I lay their dying, the word "choose" replays over and over in my head.

I flashback to my choosing ceremony. I flashback to my Aptitude test. I flashback to every choice I made to get to this moment.

As I lay here burning out, I know that Cici has the ability to finish what I have started. She can take down the Erudite and restore the peace to our society.

Every look, every word, every choice I ever made landed me to this point.

I can only hope, for the sake of our city, Cici will make the right choices.