From Tobias' point of view when he comes back from the Chicago experiment as if Tris didn't die. I do not own any of the characters they are all Veronica Roth's (Updated as left a few mistakes sorry)
Sitting in the truck breathing easy we did it, we saved everyone and I gained my mother back that sweet smile that I only have when I'm with Tris creeps on to my face, things can get back to normal now me and Tris can lead a life of peace in which we both deserve. Suddenly I remember Tris has lost her brother today my sweet smile slides of my face and the cold revere returns, she's going to need me more than ever. She tells herself that Caleb is dead to her that when he betrayed her he was no longer her brother but I know deep inside she yearns for that brother that she once new and now she will never have him again for her I'm going to be strong, I'm going to be the one who tells her everything is alright, I feel almost selfish having my mother back when Tris has no family left at all, These thoughts consume me and i slowly drift of in to the darkness of sleep with the soft tires beneath me humming me a lullaby.
I awake to Christina nudging me 'Tobias we're here' my eyes slowly open I'm groggy from sleep but the thought of seeing Tris gives me the jolt to get completely awake. The compound looks eerily quiet without the array of guards surrounding the front, Amar pulls to a holt and we all jump out. 'damn it's cold' is all Zeke manages to say with a slight slap to his arm by his mother with a distasteful look. But he's right the air here is colder than Chicago the crisp snow on the ground aches under my feet as I stride willingly to the compound entrance. Suddenly I get a wave of worry I don't know why but it feels like something's wrong and my gut says Tris!
I pick my pace up into a run and can hear Christina asking what's wrong but I ignore her pleas I need to find Tris. I almost ram right into Cara. 'Hey watch it, I'm not a battering ram' she says bitterly with a face of blue and black. 'Where's Tris? where is she?' I all but scream. Cara's face smooths and I prepare myself for the worst. 'Four calm down, she's ok... Well for now she is, she took Caleb's place...' Anger rages within me 'She did what for that lying...' Cara stops me in my tracks 'Hey calm down she knew Caleb wouldn't survive the death serum so took her chances and she did great ok, so shut up and listen' I never did like Candors but I know she just wants the best for all of us. 'She got through the death serum and managed to turn on the memory serum but not before David made and appearance and um shot her' Cara says in the sincerest of ways. My heart stops Tris shot I knows she has been before but she fights through it she's always here to see me, how stupid am I, of course she wouldn't let Caleb die for her, the abnegation in her won't let her. Why am I so damn stupid.
Once the others have made me calm down they take me to see Tris. She looks just as she did when she landed in that net: frail, weak but brave. She looks so young, dainty, beautiful even when covered in bruises and bandages. I take her hand that is swamped in the large paw that is my hand. She took two bullets one to her shoulder and the other to her abdomen the doctor told me, the latter was causing her the most trouble and the death serum has sent her into a coma, yet they've ensured me she'll be ok... In time.
I stay with her for what feels like an eternity whispering again and again how sorry I am for not being there and being stupid enough to leave her, suddenly Christina taps me on the shoulder and a jerk back to reality 'Sorry I didn't mean to startle you it's just they've decided to turn Uriahs machine off now I thought you might want to be there' she says softly. I rise on. to my stiff legs and kiss Tris's hand 'I'll be back soon, I promise' I say strongly so Tris knows I have hope in her.
We walk in silence Christina and I over to where I see a small gathering I recognise the angst on Zeke's face the tears silently falling down his face and it's all my fault. I push through the rest of the group to speak to him and his mom, they are silently watching Uriah's pale form the young boy I was sworn to protect 'Zeke, Hana I...I I'm so sorry, I know you must hate me to the depths of your soul, I was foolish and I know I can't even begin to ask for your forgiveness' I say, yet I know it will never be enough. 'Dear boy things happen I do not blame you for my son's injuries, i do not wish you to carry this burden, we are born and we die, If this is my Uriah's time then let it be' her words hit me like a bullet, the way she forgives me so easily. I glance at Zeke and I know the same thoughts are not in his head, that for Zeke it will take a long while.
We all watch as Zeke and Hana walk slowly and solemnly into Uriah's room and all hold hands, I believe they are saying a prayer I didn't even know they were religious. My head hangs low eyes feeling heavy as I watch the machine be turned off, I can't take any more and run back to my bunk. The cowards way out...
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