Triss P O V
I wake to find to myself on a cold hard bed, cold metal seeps into my bones and makes them hurt. I tried to open my eyes but they will not move, I tried to raise my hand but it stays glued to my side my heart starts to race but I can't feel it properly. I hear the door squeak as it opens and footsteps moving across the floor I'm not sure how many and whose they are I try to open my mouth and scream for help and still nothing moves I hear voices Cara Christina a hand takes mine and I know the touch immediately. Fingers interlaced with mine circles drawn on the back of my hand something I felt so many times something that has always bought me comfort and security begs me to open my eyes and I feels arms reaching under my back and around my legs he is holding me to his chest with my eyes closed I can picture the snake around his neck going up to his earlobe I remember the first time be saved me at the Chasm why can't I tell him I'm here. He is sobbing begging me to open my eyes one last time, to smile and I hear Christina's voice trying to console him
"We all knew she'd never let Caleb do that she would never let him die. She never thought she wasn't good enough for Abnegation but it was one of her strongest traits to save those not thinking of herself."
I feel Tobias lift me back onto the bed his arms they leave me the back on the cold metal alone. I realise they think I am dead I feel his lips touch my forehead he rests his cheek on mine he whispers in my ear
"I'm sorry I can't remember, I can't let myself remember I will use serum to forget it all."
I can feel water landing on my cheek and it breaks my heart as I realise it must be tears from Tobias.
Slow shuffling footsteps move away from me the door opens and closes once more.
I don't know how long I lie on the bed in the pretence of my death what feels like days is properly just hours the door opens once again this time two people walking quickly talking to each other
"We have to swap the bodies now they are cremating her in 3 hours we will get her to Boston we can carry out work to continue we must make everyone genetically pure."
I recognise Matthews's voice he must have been working with David the whole time. Just protected himself from the memory serum by pretending to be with us.
Caleb P O V
She was all I had left, he wouldn't even let me say good bye. I know he blames me but what was I supposed to do how I was I meant to stop her she locked me in and even with all my intelligence I couldn't open the door I couldn't stop her. I don't even know who I am trying to convince any more me or him. I see Four Christina and Cara leave her room. I wait I need to see her to say goodbye but I can bring myself to enter I walk away around the corner and slump to my knees. Sobs wrack through my chest I want her to be with me selfishly telling me it ok she is still here. How could I have been so wrong why did it take so long for me to realise that she was the purest soul. I allowed Jannine to warp my brain to make me turn against my own sister. Time I will never get back.
I hear footsteps coming close and I hide myself ashamed of the tears but more scared that it will be four and he will take some of the pain he is feeling out on me he will never forgive me. It's not its Matthew he is with one of David's Lackeys they are carrying a body wrapped in cloth and tied with Rope. They enter the Room where Triss lying. I cower back I have never been brave. They quickly come out of the room again and this time they are carrying Triss's body. I want to challenge them to know what is going on ask them why and where they are taking her. So many have died because of this and I am too scared to confront them. I follow behind them trying to stay hidden trying to be more like Triss than Ever before. I can hear them talking saying that they need to get her body away tonight to Boston. That they need the experiments to continue the work was too important and no one has come from the experiment with their DNA as pure as hers. David asks if the meds are prepared they can't keep her like this for much longer as her brain will begin to degrade and then it really will be for nothing. Chicago is lost they can do what they want But This one she will save the rest of the world and with that done we will then take Chicago down.
I can't quite understand what he is talking about how Triss can be brought back how she can still save the world they want to have. Then I remember the veils that David didn't want me to see in his office when he was trying to turn me the way Jannine had. I know one was the Death serum but I couldn't see the other one. What if it was a paralytic what if Triss was still alive? I race to David's offices as fast as I can fling open the door not caring who hears me. There is paper everywhere from where the allegiant have searched for information into the bureau of Genetic welfare. I remember that the button to open the safe is in his draw I press it down remember the code I had seen him enter. It opens but everything is gone damn that is the only thing I could have shown to Four to make him listen to me. I grab a map that shows Chicago and Boston it is a long way but they have to listen they have to understand that we can save her before it's too late.
I race around the Airport I can Four sitting on the Fount in the atrium. I have to tell him. I know he didn't want to listen to me yesterday when I told him what Triss had said but I have to tell him now it's to important. They will be gone soon and if we don't follow we really will Lose Triss for ever.
I race up to him and as soon as I see him his face starts to change. I can see the anger in his eyes before I manage to speak he shouts at me
"NO I told you I don't want to hear it"
His fists connects with my Jaw and I am on the Ground Fours stand and walks off. I don't have time for this if he won't listen to me I will have to do this myself.
I go back to where I saw Matthew take Triss. He was moving her out to a car. There was a van following and the back door left open. I climbed in side. Hid myself under a sack and then I heard the door slam shut.
I don't know where we are going but it's cold in the back of the truck but there is an earthy smell that reminds me of when we were staying at Amity. The Rhythm of the truck makes me tired and I soon find myself falling asleep.
Triss POV
The Door opens once again. This time Mathew walks in they have a body with them. I'm lifted off of the Table and Matthew says to me.
"Don't worry Triss let's get you in the car and then I will explain everything. You really are going to save the world you know, whether you like it or not"
With that I am carried out of the Room. No one is around it's not like I can scream or fight back. Ideas flow through me Brian but every single one of the means I have to be able to shout to move to fight in some way. I trusted Matthew he wanted the same as us. He even helped us to stop David from wiping everyone's memories he helped us to get rid of him and know he is doing this.
I feel sun light on my skin for first time in what feels like days. It warms me and I am placed in the back of a car. My hands are pulled tightly behind my back and tied a gag is put in my mouth then I feel a sharp prick as a needle enters the side of my neck. Matthew sits in the car next to me and then says that he will explain everything just as soon as we are on the move.
I start to feel pins and needles all over my body breathing becomes easier and the band around my chest eases. My muscles are coming back to life and I now that soon I will be able to move again.
Matthew is holding a gun at me side.
"Look I know that you don't agree with what we are doing you don't believe that people are damaged but they are. When you live in those factions you are only able to process thoughts emotion and feeling that are connected to the factions you are in. That's why they keep having wars. But you, you are pure you are perfect you process everything. You don't lie not because your faction tells you to tell the truth but because you can't, you put everyone before yourself to the point where you would willing die before you lying Brother. You are fearless with your self-sacrifices and the Erudite in you let you plan strategies and see what others don't. Do you not think it is fair that there should be a new generation pure like you?"
"I know that you are trying to work out a way that you can get back to them. Look out the window do you see that smoke it is a funeral pyre. It's yours they are giving you a Dauntless send off and I believe the one person who could be a danger to our plan is going to go back to Dauntless and wipe his memory to scare to live with the memory of you and what you had. You now you have broken promises to him no secrets never to leave him ne wont forgive you. "
I could feel tears slide down my face. I had promised Tobias that I would leave that there would be no secrets. The last one I swapped places with my brother this meant that I left him. A last secret that looks like it will be the end to everything I hold dear or what's left of it any way. I know I've broken the promises I made the guilt makes me just sit in silence with no will to fight.
I can see the smoke billowing in the air. I can only imagine Tobias's face the pain and grief I have caused him. For the first time I start to think back over the choices I had made. The times when I hadn't been honest when I had put my life on the line for others not thinking of the pain he felt with the fear of losing me. To have finally done it. For him to believe that I was dead I was gone. I knew Matthew was right he had made the promise himself he had promised to forget to forget me and to live without the pain of my loss.
I turned my face away from Matthew not wanting to let him see me cry see the scared child that I really was. For the first time ever I allowed myself to be selfish and ask myself why was I allowed to be with him for such a short time why after I found him we have we had to fight everyday just to survive to save others who couldn't save themselves. For the first time I saw myself through others eyes the abnegation part of me telling me that I had to let them go die if I could but Erudite and Dauntless already planning how I would one day get home. If I ever really truly deserved to. I had given up everything being selfless but had caused the most pain whilst doing it.
I sat in Silence. Matthew poked me once more with the gun before leaving me to my thoughts.
"I might as well tell you what is going to happen. It will take about 14 hours to drive to Boston. Once you are there I am going to give you a chance to see the lives you are going to save and also to see the world before the genetic engineering you will see what we are going to bring back and hopefully when you seeing that it will mean that you will want to help. But I will let you rest and then you can see what we are really fighting for."
I eventually fall asleep in the car. As close my eyes vivid pictures of Tobias meet me. I dream about our time together.
