-Alternative ending to Allegiant: the third book in the Divergent series by Veronica Roth

This takes place on chapter 49. Most of the dialogue is written by Veronica Roth until "chapter 50" the narration was also written by Roth but has a personal touch. The ending of this chapter is not the same as the book. *spoilers* this story is all in tris' point of view. I do not own anything (credit to: Veronica Roth) ~H

The death serum smells like smoke and spice, and my lungs reject it the first breath I take. It burns to breathe but I try to walk. My feet can no longer carry me and they collapse beneath me.

My body feels heavy and I want to fall asleep. My eyes burn with exhaustion and I feel the death serum working.

I want to close my eyes and wake up to the dauntless compound. I want to wake up and realize this whole thing was just a dream. But it's not a dream, and I have to stay awake.

I chant the names in my head of those who I need to do this for. Tobias. Caleb. Christina. Mathew. Cara. Zeke. Uriah. Mom. Dad.

My body gets heavier as I think of my parents. I don't want it to end like this in a pity of death. I want my parents to be proud. I want my life to end protecting the lives of others as they did for me.

I pick my self up from the ground. My sight is blurry and my hearing is not clear, but I could tell I wasn't alone. I could tell who the man was, sitting in front of me in his wheel chair.

David.

"Don't move." David says raising his gun. "Hello Tris."

"How did you inoculate yourself against the death serum?" he asks me. He holds the gun steadily but I could tell he never used one.

I'm still dazed and I feel like I could pass out at any moment but I force myself to answer.

"I didn't," I say.

"Don't be stupid." David says. "You can't survive the death serum without an inoculation, and I'm the only person in the entire compound who possesses the substance."

I try to think. How am I still standing? Is it just a delayed effect? The fact that I am still standing is impossible. I'm speechless.

"I suppose it no longer matters," he says. "We're here now."

"What are you doing here?" I mumble I try to sound steady but my voice shakes, I don't want him to see me weak but I don't think it works,.

I realize my gun is in the hallway, I thought if I made it this far I wouldn't need it. I am aware now that I was wrong.

"W-what are you doing here?"I managed to say without fainting.

"I was suspicious that something like this would happen. Especially after the first attack. Then when we found your friend playing with the lights I knew what was going on so I came here."

I could only manage to stare blankly at him. How would he know? Is he going to kill me now? Is he going to put me in prison? Or am I just going to die right here right now from a delayed effect of the serum?

I'm afraid to find out the answer so I continue to talk to him slowly inching my way near the black box that I heard Mathew describe to Caleb in depth.

"I know what you did" I say taking a few steps back so I'm closer to the black box. "I know your responsible for my parents death, my MOTHER'S death" I say shifting even close to the box.

"I am not responsible for her death!" He spits out the words like venom, but it sounds like he's trying to convince himself more than me of that statement. "I told her it was coming, I gave her an escape for her and her loved ones. But she refused." I felt a little speck of pity for him. But then I see all of the dead abnegation in my head and it's gone. Replaced with even more hatred.

"Maybe not my mother but what about all of the innocent abnegation?" What about them?!" I scream. I am more furious than I have been in a while. I haven't thought about it much but I probably lost people I didn't even realize were dead. Neighbors, classmates, friends. They are all gone and because of what? Some ludicrous belief that the genetically damaged are a nuisance? I yell in frustration and anger.

I dive for the keyboard and type in the numbers exactly how Mathew told Caleb. 080713. I type in the password. I hear a gunshot.

Two.

Three.

I hit the button and everything goes green. I did it, I actually did it. I slouch down against the wall. Then I see David hunched over in his chair. Is he dead? Who shot him? Then I see Caleb running down the hallway shouting my name carrying a gun. Caleb shot David to save me. I am numb. I can barely hear him when he shouts my name. I look down at the dark pool of blood surrounding me. David must of shot me before Caleb got to him. I begin to drift, Caleb frantically trying to get my attention, I close my eyes. Then everything goes black.

I didn't wake up in a grave. I didn't wake up in a white room with my parents.

I woke up in a hospital bed. I am relieved that I am alive, but I am disappointed because now I can't be with my parents. I can see everything around me but I can't move. Why can't I move? I start to panic trying to move my fingers,then hands, then arms. Nothing. I search the plain empty room that I am in. There is a viewing widow at the far wall facing the foot of the bed. I am prompted up on enough pillows to see Tobias is standing outside of it. I try calling out to him but my mouth doesn't move when my brain tells it to. I focus on Tobias, hoping something familiar would calm me down.

He starts to yell at a man in a blue uniform and a white lab-coat. The doctor? He has dark brown hair like Tobias' and also tall like him but that's where the similarities end.

The doctor is thin with no visible muscle, he has a pointy triangular nose that moves when he talks. He also cowers when Tobias talks like he's afraid of what Tobias is capable of. I stop focussing on on what the doctor looks like and try to focus on the conversation. I can barely hear them but I can identify a few sentences.

"What do you mean pull the plug? You can't, she's still alive!" Tobias exclaims with anger and sadness in his voice. "You said last week you found brain waves! She's going to wake up I know it!"

I can't hear what the doctor says because he is calmer and more quiet but I make out the last sentence Tobias pleads.

"Give us a day please, to say goodbye. There are people in the city that would want to see her, let me get them first."

The doctor must say okay because I see a spark of achievement on Tobias' face but it is gone within an instant.

He turns to look at me, at first I think he knows I'm alive but then he starts running, not toward me but in the other direction. How can he not see I am awake? Is it because I'm not moving? I wish I could move to wave at him, to kiss him like I so want to do. I want to scream, then everyone would know I'm alive and I could escape this nightmare. Before I was afraid of how small I was and how big the world is. I was afraid that I was nothing, now nobody even thinks I'm alive. I try to but I can't scream, I barely have enough energy to keep my eyes open. I decide I will let the exhaustion swallow me, even if it's just for a little bit.

I hope you guys liked it. I plan on updating soon but I appreciate if I can receive some comments first. I appreciate constructive criticism and if you have any suggestions I am very open to ideas. This is my first story so I hope you enjoyed it. Don't forget to please review. :) ~H