Fast forward four days from the last time we checked in on Tris. Honestly I found this time gap really stranger. The pacing of the book makes it seem like every day counts and it is important to know what goes on, on a daily basis. Now they are just leaving out four days. Anyhow, Erudite is still trash talking Abnegation because they are a bunch of jerks, and Tris needs to get rid of some pent up frustration. She decides to talk a walk back to the net that caught her after she jumped from the building on her first day at the Dauntless compound. She lets herself think and looks at the world around her, admiring its beauty. I think it is amazing that no matter what happens, you can always rely on nature to be astonishing if you really look at it. She replays the past in her head while enjoying the quiet and alone. This sounds a lot like me nowadays. Lately all I've been wanting to do is lay on my bench swing, stare at the stars, and think.
Tris has faced four new fears in the days that have passed, each I think relating back to her fear of losing control. Today's fear? Tris must shoot her entire family or she will be shot. She tells herself the whole "it's just a simulation, it isn't real" mantra, but it doesn't seem to be doing much if anything at all. Her and the others are going through complete hell because of the simulations. Rankings for stage two come out and guess what guys... Tris is ranked FIRST. Of course this gets Peter all fussy because he's a prick. But he isn't the only one her rating upsets. Al, who was ranked last, takes out his anger on her by blaming her. He is breaking down, so she does the only thing she can and leaves him alone.
Tris takes another adventure with Uriah and his gang to the room where Tris learned to fire a gun because he has a bet with Lynn that he could shoot a muffin off her head but she will flinch. I like how that's what they do with their time. Anyway, they get in a little trouble when Four and other members walk in because they aren't technically supposed to be there. Four stops Tris on her way out and tells her she belongs in Dauntless. It made me smile.
That night, Tris gets out of bed to get a drink of water when she hears a female's voice talking with Eric. While she is trying to figure out who it belongs to, she is kidnapped. The kidnappers who end up being Peter, Drew, and Al (this was what I was hinting about earlier.. he doesn't stay a good guy forever.) They take her to the chasm and Peter violates her. Al tells him to stop, but like Peter would listen. They nearly kill her when Four busts in like the knight in shining armor he is and beats the pulp out of Drew, scaring the other two away. I'm not saying I encourage violence, but when Drew got the snot beat out of him, I was internally screaming with victory. Once again, Peter and Drew are awful excuses for human beings and don't deserve to be classified as the same species as Tris, and Four is a god. So, that's that.
"The night sky is empty and silent, and for the first time in four days, so is my mind."
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