Allegiant rewritten

Tris POV

The truck jerked over the uneven road that leads further away from the fence. I grabbed Four, the only familiar thing left. He wrapped his arm around me and scanned the bleak landscape for any threats. I smiled, he was always a soldier. We passed ruined buildings that have been completely covered by colourful pieces of paper showing clothing and bottles of liquids. The colours were dimmed by the grime that had accumulated after years of neglect.

Finally after hours of driving, Zoe turned and pointed at a wall that was emerging from the mist. The wall was almost as high as the fence but didn't seem as prison-like. It was more modern than any building I had seen out here.

"That is the Bureau of Genetic Welfare." Zoe explained, "From here, we have been monitoring your lives since the day you were born."

"Monitoring our lives," Peter said, narrowing his eyes, "That's not creepy at all."

Amar smiled. "That's what I thought too at first. And actually, I still do but you'll find out why soon enough."

I noticed Tobias and Amar looking at each other and I knew there was something I didn't know.

We slowed outside the large gates. I stuck my head out of the truck but a soldier quickly pulled me back, earning himself an evil glare from Tobias . I elbowed Tobias reminding him that these people were in charge here, not us. Tobias continued to glare.

The gates slowly swung open when Amar flashed a card at the scanner. Then he jumped out of the truck and walked into the building. Zoe smiled and it seemed like her smile never fully left her face. "Welcome the Bureau of Genetic welfare. This is where you will be staying. Everyone here knows who you are, so don't feel weirded out. I'll show you your room and you have about an hour to rest before I take you to see David.

"David?" Caleb asks.

I'd forgotten that Caleb was here. It was easy to ignore him when he wasn't talking.

"He's the Head of the Bureau"

"So he's responsible for everybody spying on us?" Peter raised his eyebrows.

"Technically, yes." Zoe smiled again.

Zoe herded us towards the main building. The inside was brightly lit and completely white with a stone fountain that dripped water drop by drop into a tiny depression in the stone. The fountain was the only thing that wasn't white. She lead us through a corridor which brought us to a large room with rows of beds.

"The showers are through the door on your right. The supply closet on the left. It contains new clothes and shoes. If there's anything else you need, just ask!" Zoe exclaimed.

As soon as Zoe left the room, Christina jumped onto the nearest bed and shouted that it was hers. The rest quickly claimed their own beds and left to have showers.

I collapsed onto the bed nearest to me and turned towards Tobias. He sat on the opposite bed and stared out of the large windows that lined all the walls. The view was disappointing, for someone who was from inside the fence. The land was bare past the wall of the Bureau of Genetic Welfare. There were no trees, plants or vegetation of any kind. The hard soil continued for miles until the ruined city we came through. I was hoping for forests and oceans, the kind of places that we were told about in school.

"What do you think?" I asked him.

Tobias didn't answer. He continued to stare outside. I hadn't gotten a chance to speak to him alone since we broke out of the fence with the help of the Allegiant. Tobias looked so much like Evelyn when he was worried. I climbed out of my bed and sat next to him. I knew he must be worrying about what was going to happen to us. I was sure that he didn't trust anyone here, except Amar. That was weird. Tobias never seemed to trust anyone before he knew them well. And at the same time, he looked at Amar like he was a ghost.

"Why do you keep looking at Amar like he came back from the dead?" I elbowed him in the ribs without any force.

"Because it feels like he did," Tobias said, "I thought he was dead all these years. I was sure he was dead. Now suddenly I find out that he's here."

"You knew him before? He was part of our city?" I gasped in astonishment.

"He was my instructor in Dauntless. He was the person who figured out I was Divergent, and he didn't tell anyone. He's Divergent too. That's why I thought he was dead. I thought he was murdered and it was made to look like an accident because he was Divergent." Tobias sighed and wrapped his arms around me. I instantly felt safe. I rested my head against his shoulder.

"What do you think? Of the Bureau I mean." I asked him again, my words muffled because of his shirt. His muscles tightened before he answered.

"I don't think they're as friendly as they seem. And I'm not sure what they are doing, watching us our whole lives... that's not something normal people do. Why are they so interested in us anyways? Why take in a bunch of random people without a reason? I don't like this at all." he paused and then said, "I hope we'll get some answers when we go to see the leader of this place."

"What if they actually want to help us? What if they don't have some secret, evil reason behind everything that they do? And maybe they know who our creators are. Don't be so suspicious Tobias," I snuggled against him and he kissed me. I didn't want to move ever again. I was comfortable, safe, with Tobias and just a little happy for the first time after a long, long time. And I suddenly remembered, "We have only 20 minutes before meeting David, and I really need to talk a bath."

Tobias smirked at me, "You do."

After a quick shower with steaming hot water, I changed into the fresh clothes provided for me. To my surprise, they fit me perfectly. As I came out of the bathroom, rubbing my hair dry, Zoe walked in again, this time with another girl behind her.