My eyes fluttered open, "where am I?" I asked, trying to rub the sleep out of my eyes.
"Shhh Tris, it's alright. You're safe now, you're with us.. your Dauntless family," I closed my eyes.
I recognized that voice from somewhere. Then it clicked.
Tori.
My eyes opened again, standing above me was the face of a strong, brave woman who gave her life up for me. "Tori!" I said, "how could it be you?", I asked her. Back a while ago when the group of us were trying to escape Chicago, Tori was shot down, killed instantly.
Confusion set over me like a disease, "Tori, how could it be you?" I asked again, more firmly this time.
"Now's not a good time Tris, I'll tell you when you're feeling better." Tori soothed me.
She stood up from the chair she was sitting on and left the room. I immediately fell back asleep.
I woke up once again, what a weird dream that was.
"Tobais? Where are you?" I squinted. Everything was so bright.
I slowly sat up in my bed. The room was stark, a hospital room. There were four walls that were faded white. I could see the streak marks where they had just been cleaned. The floor was a regular, sterile, linolium floor. My bed was one of the many beds in the room, but I was the only person there. The entire room was dull, yet it was comforting.
I looked down to see I was wearing a hospital gown, this was the moment everything flooded back to me.
The Lab, Tobias, Caleb, the serum, explosions...
David, the leader of the Bureau of Genetic Welfare. The man who knew and loved my father, pretended to be my friend. The man who shot me down multiple times.
I reached down to look at the bullet wounds in my abdomen. I didn't feel any pain. I pulled my hospital gown off, exposing my bare skin to the chilly temperatures of the room. There was no marks or scars. No proof that bullets had entered my body. How?
I swung my legs off the hospital bed an crept over to the door. I looked out into the hallway that looked exactly like my room, although with no beds, and called, "Tobias! Are you here?" and nobody returned my call. My heart sunk to my stomach, where could they be? "FOUR!" I screamed out into the isolated abyss.
Down at the very end of the hall I saw a dark figure appear, a smile spread across my face. "Tobais," I whispered. I started running down the hall, closer to him.
I needed to see him. I needed to touch him. I needed to tell him that "I love him".
As I got closer to the figure, I slowed down. It wasn't Tobias, it was a little girl. She looked about 14 years old, had her blonde hair pulled into two different braids. Her skin was so fair and she looked up at me with her blue eyes and smiled at me, "Hi there, I'm Primrose. Most people call me Prim but my sister calls me Little Duck".
"Hi Prim, my name's Tris," I told her, not mentioning that my real name is Beatrice.
"I know what your name is, you're the new girl." She told me.
New girl, I thought. Where could I be?
"Prim, can you tell me where I am? I think I'm lost." I asked her.
"I'm sorry Tris, that's not something I can tell you. If you follow me, you might be able to find all of the answeres you're looking for," Prim turned on the spot and started walking.
This is the scene in all of the horror movies where you yell at the TV and tell the stupid lead blonde to not go investigate that noise, but I couldn't help but be tempted by what this little girl was telling me. So I quickly caught up to her, curiousity getting the best of me.