Have you wondered how they found Tris's body? I though it would be fun (or as much fun as it could be) to write this scene.

DO NOT READ if you have just finished Allegiant and you were very emotional. Read this at a very emotionally stable time a couple days, or even weeks after you've finished. When you have stopped cursing at Veronica Roth, you know it is OK to read.

Cara

I walk through the doors to the weapons lab with Caleb behind me. My heart is heavy with apprehension and my head is pounding where I knocked myself out to stop them from getting information. Why hasn't Tris come out by now? I know the answer but I refuse to acknowledge it, not when it will damage me and everyone I care for. There is also no evidence, yet. The death serum has worn off now, though I can still see the purple tint in the air. Her body is nowhere to be seen. How did she die then?

I glance at Caleb, who is biting his lip, I am pretty sure that he knows the answer too, but like me, he won't acknowledge it without proof. There is no proof here though.

We continue on through to weapons lab and my heart sinks as my theory is proved correct. I see David, wide-eyed, and prodding a body with his finger.

"What happened here?" He asks innocently, like he doesn't know. Tris succeeded though, so he doesn't.

I walk forward and touch her forehead. It is stone cold. I see the two bullet wounds in her torso, the cause of her death. She is slumped against the wall, right underneath the green button with the keypad.

She risked everything to save the city, and her brother from certain death, one way or another. She had enough will, or superhuman stubbornness to survive the death serum, without even a clean suit, only to get shot by a selfish man who believed he was doing good. She truly was remarkable.

"I. am. dead." Caleb whispers, staring with wide eyes, in an expression much like David's except his is filled with tears.

"No. You are not." I say firmly, holding back my own tears. "It would defeat the purpose of this..." I gesture to Tris's body, "...if you were."

"Tobias, he is going to kill me."

"No he is not. If he did it would be even more of a waste of her life." I am disgusted, Caleb's sister just died and he is still worried about his own comfort and safety.

Without another word, I walk out of the room, trying to figure out what I will say to Four and Christina when they get back. Poor Christina, she is still coping with Uriah's brain malfunction. Poor Four. He will feel guilty, and depressed, not to mention hollow and empty.

It is up to me to figure out how to ease their pain with specially chosen words, and soft voices. I must think this through logically, using my own experience as a guide. I must solve this problem like an Erudite.

Please tell me how I did...

Like I always say... BE CANDOR!

Tell me straight up to my face if this was a waste of your precious time, and please provide helpful criticism.

Also, tell me if you did in fact like this.

Thanks.

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