TRIS
"What phase?" Tobias demanded from a girl, I think her name was Lana.
"F.A.Y.Z" She said each letter very slowly, like she was the queen of Erudite and we were not even Factionless.
"Um what?"I asked.
Lana looked at us like we were a dying puppy who couldn't recognize his name. "Fallout Alley Youth Zone. Back to the main point. You're both 18!?"
"No, I'm 16." I said.
"Why is our age a big deal to you?" Tobias wondered.
Lana's eyes widened. "You're from the outside?"
Hallelujah!
"Yes!" Tobias replied.
Lana stood up. "We're going to Sam." She announced.
"We are?" Tobias asked.
"Yes. Come on"
I stood up but Tobias grabbed my wrist.
"You can relax, Mr. Alien, I'm not going to hurt you after saving your girlfriend's life, it's called not being the enemy." Lana was on the verge of snapping.
"You're right, I'm sorry." Tobias put his hands up in surrender.
Though she was correct, I couldn't help but think how ironic 'Mr. Alien' was.
Tobias and I followed Lana down the cliff, the area was extremely factionless like.
"So... Sam is in charge?" Tobias asked.
"Against his will. Yes." Lana replied.
"How did you guys get here?" Lana was looking at me.
"I don't know, we were escaping from Dauntless traitors -" Tobias squeezed my hand suggesting to me to stop.
"I don't know who they are. I'm kind of under an illusion that help is on its way from you guys."
We had got to the town. It was ghostly. Cars crashed into trees, a huge graveyard in the centre. It was an eerie place. I'd choose the factionless any day compared to this. Lana knocked on the door of what looked like a makeshift town center. A young blonde girl opened it. She was tall with dirty shoulder length blonde hair. She stared suspiciously at Tobias.
"Hello, Lana. Who are you guys?" She asked.
"This is Tobias and Tris" Lana introduced.
We stood in the doorway.
"How long have you been here?" She looked at Tobias.
"About a half hour." Tobias answered. Behind the girl a boy followed, he was just taller than the blonde girl and had a surfer look to him.
"Astrid? Lana?" He asked.
Astrid looked at the boy like he was speaking another language.
"I don't know " she said.
"How'd you get in here." He was looking directly at me.
"I..I...don't remember."
He looked at me concerned. Raising an eyebrow. "You don't remember?" He repeated softly.
Tobias coughed. "Tris had been shot. We were running... And then we were here.."
"Don't ask too much about their lives, they don't make a lot of sense" Lana interrupted. "You know Dauntless?" She was looking at Astrid.
"It's a connotation for... Bravery... Daunting means scary..." She deduced. "Are you soldiers?" The boy looked relieved.
".. In a way" Tobias replied.
"Have you come to bring an end to the Fayz? Now would be a good time." The boy explained.