So this is my second alternate ending to Allegiant, so tell me which one you like better. Thanks and leave me more suggestions on what else to write!
Tris
I know that David won't buy my stalling any longer so I bolt across the room towards the keypad. Just as I'm about to reach it, I hear a loud bang come from his direction, then all I feel is pain. My hand shoots to my lower back and all I feel is a sticky, warm liquid. I fall to the ground, but I drag myself forward. If I don't activate the memory serum, then all of this will have been for nothing. If I die, who's going to save Chicago? Caleb? Tobias? I can't let anyone else die because of my failures, so I grit my teeth and raise my hand to the keypad.
As soon as I click the code into place, I hear another gunshot. For a moment, all I feel is numbness. Then, the pain sweeps through me as I feel my blood dripping from my neck. I try to focus on what's important, locating the green button, but I can barely see. A black border starts to skirt my vision and I stumble back.
"You're just like your mother," David sneers from behind me, "too stubborn to see what needs to be done."
He shouldn't have said that. A rush of adrenaline surges through me as I turn around to glare at him. "My mother sacrificed to save me." I push myself up and lean against the wall to help support my weight. "It was you who was the stubborn one." The words spill out of my mouth. If I'm going to die, I'm not letting this bastard talk trash about my family. "Maybe if you listened to her, she's still be here with us." With that, I quickly lift my hand and press the green button. As soon as I feel the convex surface click into place, I hear the final bang.
I fall to the ground, my hand covering my left eyebrow. As I remove it, I see my hand full of blood. I look up, hoping to get one more snide comment into David, but instead of seeing that filthy monster, I see my mother. She starts to walk towards me. Scratch that, glide towards me. Her feet hover above the ground, and her gaze never strays from my face. When she meets me, she kneels down and presses her warm, soft hand against my head wound.
"Look what he did to you," she coos, tears forming in her eyes. I can't do anything except stare at her. "It's okay. You're safe now." She hugs me and I'm able to stifle a sob.
"Am I done? Can I come with you now?" I ask, and this time I mean it. I'm tired, cold, and in too much pain to think. I open my mouth to say more, but a cry comes out instead.
"Shhh," she places her finger over my lips and I look back up at her. "You can come with me, but not yet. Look over there, someone needs you." I follow her finger and I see Tobias burst through the doors. I look back at my mom to ask what's going on, but she vanished.
"Tris!"