Tobias'/Four's POV
My heart races and breaks at the same time while watching Tris struggle to keep her secrets her own during the trial. People gasp as she confirms that the rumors her father was abusive toward her are true.
Next, she's asked what happened during the simulation. "I wasn't aware of what was happening, the serum altered how I saw things. I thought I was shutting down the simulation, not running it." she pants and tears form in her eyes and it takes every bit of restraint I have not to run over and comfort her.
The Candor are captivated though as she continues in a low voice "After that, Four found me and I didn't know him. We tried to fight each other but he couldn't bring himself to hurt me. He helped me bring myself out of the sim, I don't know how. Together, we were then able to shut the attack simulation down."
Jack and the rest of the Candor applaud "I think you have earned the right to be called truly Dauntless. What are your biggest regrets?"
She says without emotion, without thought "Staying in Dauntless, I wanted to leave and join the factionless but I fell in love with Tobias Eaton. I couldn't leave him." She's visibly shaking as the Candor thank her and I am called to testify next.
I lock eyes with her as I'm injected with the serum and begin my testimony.
Tris' POV
I've just finished telling everyone some of my deepest secrets under truth serum. It wasn't easy to do especially in confirming my father's past abuse towards me. Four and I exchange a glance, the kind that shows how much you want to say something to the other person, as he takes my place.
Jack asks the simple things like his name and chosen faction first before asking about the attack simulation. "Tell me what happened on the day of the attack simulation." Jack says and I can see Tobias take a huge breath before he speaks.
"That day, I woke up in the transfer dorm and everyone had blank eyes, walking and following orders robotically toward the train. I met up with Tris…" his voice trails off as Jack asks whether he was ever under the simulation. Four shakes his head.
Jack goes on to further question him about how he found me and what happened afterward. We both finish finally and are acquitted of all the allegations and charges against us.
We meet Marlene, Lynn and Uriah in the Dauntless sector of the Erudite compound when a sudden gun attack begins. Everyone appears dead and before I know it, I find myself shot with a strange blue disc in my arm.
Everyone around me has one too but they are still and lifeless. Tobias reaches me but I need to know what's happening so we head upstairs together. I see a small girl and tell her to run, the rest of us are alive because we're Divergent I think.
Eric finds me as soon as I find him, we are still but lock eyes as he tries to shoot me. I stomp on his foot and he yells just long enough for Tobias to restrain him and shoot Eric in the head. I shudder as I hear the gun fire and watch the light leave Eric's eyes.
Everything seems to happen at once as the loyal Dauntless attack the traitors. We make it out okay as we return to our quarters in Erudite. I pull the disc out of my arm, it has to be a transmitter as the people we thought were dead wake.
I can't sleep so I pull transmitters out of people all night until the early morning comes and I finally tire from exhaustion of the day.
I wake later to eat breakfast, everyone knows about my father now so they taunt me and I glance in his direction. I will not be called a coward, I won't. I feel rage erupt inside me and decide that I won't stand it anymore.
I walk over towards my father, grabbing him by the shirt collar as I pin him against the wall. "This is for your own good!" I shout then begin physically beating him like he did to me for all of those years.
Tobias pulls me away from him and I am still fighting to get another blow in. I'm panting, trying to catch my breath from what I've just done. Tobias drags me out into the hall with him, asking me to explain what just happened.
"I don't know but I couldn't take it anymore. The way people were looking at me, calling me a coward because of him. I needed to do it for them and myself." I reply, as calmly as I can.
He takes my hand in his before responding "You don't ever have to do that for me. I may not know everything you've been through but I would never call you a coward. Never." he finishes as our lips meet.
The plan is for the Dauntless to return home but they need new leaders before doing so. Marlene nominates me and Tobias, Tori, Harrison and I are chosen to do so. We return and we start by shooting paintballs at the cameras before a total fight breaks out. I shoot Tobias and he shoots me back followed by Uriah and Zeke.
By the end, we're all covered in splatters of paint, laughing and happy to be home.