I swallow. What do I say to him that won't get me in trouble.

"It was a mistake on my part entirely...You see, I kept trying to scroll through different video feeds but when I got to yours, it was time for me to go welcome in the initiates, so I put on a loop by mistake." It is the only lie I can come up with in this short amount of time. I pray it is enough.

Max stops pacing and looks at me. I almost shudder. The look he gives me reminds me of how Marcus used to look at me when I got in trouble with him.

"That is a quite...ah...flamboyant...explanation. But since I have no evidence that you would do otherwise, I'm forced to believe you. But I'm keeping my eye on you Four, make sure you are clear on that." He gives me one last frown and him and Eric gesture that I am free to go.

I walk in quick strides the second I am out of the room. I've never liked being locked up in placed.

As I am on my way back to my apartment, I run into the Stiff, Tris.

"Hi Four, I wasn't expecting to see you." She looks at me and smiles. I almost smile back. Her face brightens up my mood immediately. It's just something about her...

"I wasn't expecting to see you, either. Where are you coming from?" My tone didn't exactly sound friendly, but I couldn't have her thinking I was going soft or anything. She might tell her friend, the Candor girl Christina, and I'm fed up with her mouth right about now.

"I was just on my way to the bathroom." She says, but the way she says it is like she's trying to sound innocent on purpose. I get the slightest feeling that she is lying to me. She is in her initiate jacket too...Who puts on a jacket to go to the bathroom?

She sees me looking and immediatly tries to cover her tracks. "It's cold in the dormitory, and I can't sleep."

"Oh," Is all I say. I then give her a slight smile and walk the other way. She distracts me too much.

When I am halfway down the hallway, I hear a muffled sound, followed by a thud and shuffling feet. I don't hesitate. I run back in the direction of Tris, praying that she's okay.

I follow the noises to the chasm, where I see three figures attempting to throw Tris over the edge. Before I can contemplate what is happening, they chuck her over the edge and she is simply dangling there.

I let my Stiffness and whatever I might feel for her take over my body and I rush to where they are. I take down someone without a mask first - she probably took it off of him in the struggle - but don't get a look at his face, because another one of them is trying to wrestle with me. I grab him by his head and smash it into the wall. He'll definitely have a concussion. I am breathing heavily in rage. I can't imagine how she feels right now.

How she feels!

I turn toward her and help her back onto the chasm. She is groaning the whole time, and I try not to grab her too tightly, in fear of crushing her.

"Are you alright?" I say, letting my senses take over my body once again. My mode of rage is over.

"I think so." She says, her breath, raspy. I want to carry her, but think that it will be a little too much.

"Come on, I'll fix up whatever injuries you have."

"