TOBIAS:
Tris.
The thought swirled around in my mind. She'll be okay. I constantly repeated, it gave me the courage to run faster. I took a sharp right turn. I heard Tris faintly moan behind me. I wanted to say something but I wasn't sure what.
"I know" I said softly.
I halted. What was that? Before me stood the same plain Abnegation wall... But it wasn't. There was a spinning spiral going inwards in the wall. It wasn't leading to the Abnegation kitchen, but it went somewhere it lit up green ever so slightly. I bit my lip.
Green doesn't belong to any faction color. Abnegation wear grey, Erudite wear blue, the Candor wear black and white while the Amity kept to red and yellow and myself, the Dauntless were.. Black. The green reminded me of the stereotypical radiation colour. In fact, as any Erudite would lecture, if you said that. Radiation wasn't green.
Behind me I heard synchronized footsteps, the brain-dead Dauntless were coming. Tris also heard this and her left hand placed extra pressure on to my chest where it had been at rest.
I carefully positioned my hand on hers and whispered. " I love you, Tris."
I placed my hand back under her leg keeping her balanced and placed my foot in the spiral. It was pulling me in. To where? Unknown but I joined my head and my body, along with Tris followed.
The setting had changed.
Just like that, no drop, no infinite falling spiral. It was literally walking through a door. However, this was far too self-indulgent for the Abnegation, yes the walls were still grey but they had changed. They were no longer the dull cube, it was a dome. Outside but not because from the eye I had assumed we were sealed, obviously there is a way in though.
We were taken to a cliff, it was strange we would have been expected to climb it, but that never happened. I set Tris down beside me, again holding her by her waist. "Don't worry, we're safe now. I assume" I assured Tris.
"This isn't Abnegation like" Tris muttered.
"I know. Can you walk?" Her holding on to me, and I was keeping her steady.
I took off my Dauntless jacket and applied pressure slightly on to Tris's shoulder desperately trying to stop the blood loss. Tris winced in pain.
"Sorry" I said.
Tris attempted a smile.
"We need to get you help,fast, if it helps. I think we're free from Jeanine here."
Tris's face was going much paler. Her walking had slowed right down and became weaker.
"Here" I placed my jacket over her shoulders and my left arm under her legs letting the healthy shoulder relax around my neck. "Save your strength, Tris " I say.
We came across a house standing all alone. Strange. It looked deserted, but in good condition. That could be from the person because they respected the house and people respect the owner, or it's deserted. Why would someone build a house like this to desert it?
I tapped my foot against the wood door in exchange of knocking.
"Who is it!?" Asked a frustrated female voice. She sounded younger than Tris and I. This was difficult. Do I give my real name or my nickname? I don't trust people with that information. But then time for questions with "Why is your name Four?" I looked at Tris. There was only one choice.
"My name is Tobias Eaton. Do you hold any medication?"
The girl answered the door. She couldn't be anymore than 15, she had brown hair held back in a messy pony-tail, she was annoyed. At me or in general was unknown. She looked at me to Tris something confusing her.
"She was shot." I said. "Please.. Tell me you have a first aid kit" I tried to hide the fact that my voice was close to cracking.
"I think you best come in then." The girl answered. She held the door open as I walked in carrying Tris.
I went to lie her on the couch.
The girl spoke."The floor, there isn't enough water to wash the blood stains off."
I did as she said and took my jacket away from Tris's shoulders. Not liking her attitude but now was not the time to snap. I gave her my full name, she was obviously unaware.
"What's your name?" I asked as she went in the other room, presumably to get the first aid kit.
She came in looking even more ratty. "What's your problem? I said I'd help your friend, trust me to do that with out the ID please?"
I bit my lip. What on earth did I do wrong? The unnamed girl cuts away the fabric around her wounded shoulder. Tris finds my hand and squeezes it. I squeeze gently back letting her know she's safe. The fabric had fallen to the ground, the girl does nothing more than rest her hands on top of the wound.
I look at her worried. How was this going to heal Tris? Okay, the Dauntless were brave but to test how much more blood she can lose before dying is a game only the stupid play.
"My name is Lana Arwen Lazar. Known to the kids as "The Healer" I'm one of the Moofs. You've gathered that already though." She announces.
A black Labrador came through and ran up to Lana. "Hey boy" Lana laughed.
This was crazy.
"Moof?" I asked for clarification.
Lana looked at me sceptically. "Mutant freak." She said slowly. "Have you been hidden away? How did your friend get shot and you not know what a Moof is?!"
"I've never come across that phrase before. My friend got shot by a Dauntless traitor."
"Who?"
"You can't yell at me for asking your name then expect to know which traitor working with the Erudite shot the bullet." I said slightly annoyed.
"What's Dauntless and Erudite?" She asked.
"Are you Factionless or something?"
"I don't know what you're talking about. I mean how old are you anyway? You look like..." she pauses to study me "...17?"
"18, but that's really not important. I mean I performed an act of cowardice, there is a war and somehow, I escaped."
Lana interjected. "How did you not poof? Say what? War? Who Caine and Sam? Human crew and Moofs?" Her voice went soft, " The Gaiaphage?"
"Tobias?" Tris stirred.
"You're okay Tris, how are you feeling?"
Lana interrupted "Finished." She moved her hand and shuffled into the other room to wash them. Tris sat up, Surprisingly fully healed. "Where are we?" She asked.
I put my arm around her allowing her to lean against me. "Not there" I said.
