(Tris's Point of View)
My eyes flutter open and I look at the room around me. Wood, creamy sofas and rustic furnishings, it must be Evelyn's place. I sit up slowly and feel my head ache, I must have knocked it pretty hard. I remember being flung out of the taxi but after that all I remember is the gentle sway of Tobias's arms and a familiar voice until I must have passed out completely. I hear voices from the kitchen and ease myself of the bed before tip-toeing through the living room until I'm pressed up against the door, trying hear the conversation on the side.
"She's going to be fine, Tobias. It's the city I'm worried about!" Evelyn's voice resonates through the wood.
"I know, I know. But what if she hurt her wound as well?" His voice is full of worry and I push the door open to see Evelyn making some sort of drink while Tobias is perched on the edge of the work surfaces. As soon as he sees me he jumps down and hugs me tightly, when he finally releases me I reassure them all.
"I'm fine, I've just got a head ache. Have you told the police about what happened?"
"Yes." Evelyn answers, "And you'll be glad to know that the police have put Opal firmly behind bars for a while." I nod, smiling.
"They think that the plan was for her to get arrested because she knew we would go to the police station where the man in the taxi would be waiting for us, the only problem was that we survived. However, it confirms our suspicions: There are people who are not happy with the destruction of the factions and they blame us for it." Tobias gestures to the people in the room.
"Okay, and what do we do now?" I ask, waiting for someone to take me one a mission or offer me a surveillance target to follow but all I get is sharp reply from Evelyn.
"You need to rest, Tris. We're going let the police deal with this, okay?" I shake my head.
"I'm fine! I just knocked my head, calm down!" I say. I want the action again, if only someone could take away the risk.
"In the meantime..." She continues, blocking me out. "I have organized a date for you two, I figured that after all of your ups and downs recently you would need some time alone so I've booked you in at The Rivo Lounge in the high street later, then after that you can go and see Amar about what he needed to talk to you about at midnight." I grin and run to hug Evelyn who is busy hugging a slightly blushing Tobias in her arms, I laugh at the sight but still feel angry about how underestimated I have been.
I come out of the bathroom with my hair, makeup and dress done and ready to see Tobias staring at me from the spare bedroom we are sharing. He is wearing a normal suit and tie and looks very handsome, I am wearing a dress Evelyn gave me. She said I wear too many red and black clothes and that now there are no factions I should be wearing different colour and styles of things, not just Dauntless. She decided to go for a pale pink flowing dress which shows of my tattoo on my collar bone and is made of a soft, light material. On my feet I'm wearing a light pink pair of sandals with a small cork heel, I'm barely wearing any make up and I have my old dauntless rucksack slung over my shoulder, adding a hint of my reluctance to be seen as a little girl.
Tobias takes my arm and walks me down the street leading to the The Rivo Lounge, the sun is setting and not many people are about which just makes me nervous as past every side alleyway or street, worried someone will jump out and put an end to us. Tobias clearly senses this because he starts to stoke my back in relaxing circles.
"So… a pink dress?" He asks, looking at my attire with curiosity.
"Evelyn's choice." I answer, he nods. "She says I wear too much black or red, too much dauntless still."
"That makes sense, I've tried wearing more green stuff since working for Johanna like everyone else there. But it takes some getting used to I'll admit." We reach the restaurant and find our seats. Once we've sat down, Tobias continues talking. "I think you look very abnegation tonight, Tris. The colour suits you." I feel myself blush slightly and curse myself for it.
"You look very…" I glace at his black suit and dark blue tie. "Erudite, I think." He nods and smiles.
"Speaking of which, have you heard from Celeb recently?" I shake my head.
"I have his number but I don't know... I think is happy and so am I and I don't want our problems to ruin that. I just want ignore him until he realizes what he did and apologizes."
"Like that'll be anytime soon." Tobias speaks of Celeb with so much hatred I think it affects my view of him too, maybe that's a good thing though. Maybe I need to hate him more for what he did, sibling love and forgiveness should only go so far. I decide to voice my thoughts.
"Sometimes I feel like I don't hate him enough…" Tobias looks at me with a puzzled look and I give up. "Never mind."
"Okay." He holds my hand which is lying on the table and starts to stoke my knuckles, we order our food and he continues to swirl his fingers over my small hand. Then he glance up at me and his eyes are full of worry and concern. "Are you still mad at me? Because of Opal and that…" I consider this before deciding.
"You are forgiven for your stupidity, but make sure there not a next time and if there is… pull away." He nods again and our food arrives looking delicious. Evelyn picked a good place. Suddenly there is a crash from the back of the restaurant where I assume the kitchens are, my eyes lock with Tobias's as a woman's screams are cut short by a gun shot. My hands fly straight to my rucksack and I pull out my small pistol that I used on the man in the taxi earlier, some of the other couples in the room gasp and scream but Tobias quickly herds them out onto the street while I creep towards the door of the kitchen. I pause by the door and glance behind me to see Tobias carrying an elderly woman outside on his shoulders, I guess I'm on my own.
With I bang I shove the door open and my eyes skim around the room, a window is broken. I man lies on the floor, his heading badly bleeding probably from the brick on the floor next to him that must have been used to break the window. Another body is strew over a counter, a woman. That must have been the scream, she's been shot. I scan the room for anyone else, but most of the staff were in the main dining area when the attack took place and I can't see any intruders. Did they just take what they needed and left? I run to the window and look out: nothing unusual in the dingy side street apart from a car, maybe a getaway car? I quickly check the two people's pulses and conclude they are both deceased before hooking my leg over the window sill and dropping about a meter to the dirty ground below. The trail of my dress is briefly caught on the broken glass by I tug it free and sprint down the street towards the mystery car. It is a dark red colour and looks like any ordinary car, I press my face up against the glass and then hear a twig snap behind me. I twist and side kick the mystery person, they yelp and I pin them against the wall.
"Tris, it's me!" I glance at the man's face. It's Tobias. Blushing, I let him go and dust myself off before turning back to look at the car. "I got everyone outside and sent them to the police station, what about you?"
"Two staff dead in the kitchen, I assume the rest were with you?" He nods and I continue. "One dead from gunshot wound, one was hit by the brick that broke the window."
"Any idea where the intruders are then?" I shake my head.
"Maybe they were just here to scare us? Or warn us? Was there anyone they could have been targeting?"
"The two dead staff?" He asks, I shake my head again.
"I think they were just in the way… maybe it us. To see how we reacted, to see if we were there, if their sources were right?"
"That would make sense. They come in kill any witnesses, cause a bit of chaos and then run away." I nod. "Opal and the taxi driver could have been part of them, whoever they were."
"And they're after us." I say with confidence and authority in my voice, I start down the street towards somewhere the police station for the second time today.
"We don't know that, Tris." Tobias's voice echoes behind me but I am long gone. This war can never be over! How was I so stupid to let myself relax and settle in such a turbulent place? I've been so blind.