Disclaimer: I do not own Divergent, Vera Roth does

CHAPTER SEVEN

TRIS

I wake up and notice Tobias isn't with me anymore, his place has been replaced by a stack of clothes. I immediately start to worry, but calm myself telling me that he's fine, it's just my imagination.

I get up and shower quickly. I put on the clothes he left for me: black leggings and a black blouse that shows the tatoos on my collarbone, and a pair of black combat boots. I tie my hair into a side braid, and walk out.

Without thinking about it, I'm at the training room. A bit of training won't do bad, so I start practicing my punches and kicks.

Suddenly, someone slaps me, then pulls my leg, making me fall hard on my back. I vaguely recongnize my attackers: Marcus and Eric.

Eric. Isn't he supposed to be dead? Then it hits me: he's the reason there was an eight tunnel and riddle. Somehow, he managed to come with us. Why didn't I think of that before?

I get up and punch him on the jaw, then kick his side. Or I would have, but he grabbed my foot, making me fall again. Pain shoots through my body, the gash the beast gave me is still open, making every punch hurt more. But I need to fight back. From the floor, I kick him in the stomach. I stand up once more and punch him in the face. He grabs my hair and yanks me backward. He wraps his arms around me and presses a blade against my neck. I stomp hard on his foot, but he only tightens his grip on me.

I hear footsteps and someone enters the room.

"Let her go!" I hear the boy that just came in, it's Tobias. "Now!"

"But son, we were just having some fun"

"Just let her go, fight me instead!"I

"Sorry Four, I won't fall for that again. And don't even think of attacking us, I could rip out her throat just as easily"

"What do you want from me?"

"Not much, just a place in the government" Marcus says

"We had a deal!"

"I lied"

"Give us a place in the government and we'll let the Stiff go"

"No Four! Don't give it to them, I'll be okay" I manage to say

"You sure, Stiff?" and Marcus punches me on the face, blood trickles down.

I see Tobias thinking about it, but sadly I know what he'll choose.

"Fine, you can have a place in the government, now let her go!" he says firecely

"Sorry, just your word doesn't count" Eric sneers

"What do you want me to do then?"

"Come" He throws me and Marcus catches me. Then Eric leaves with Tobias.

"Shame I can't hurt you anymore, sweetheart"

"I can" I kick him in the stomach. And him, being the weakling he is, crouches down onto the floor. I start to run to the door where my Boyfriend and Eric went. But they come in first.

Marcus and Eric leave, as if nothing had happened

Tobias gathers me in his strong arms, gives me a kiss, and says

"I'll take you to the infirmary"

"I'm just fine"

"You're bleeding"

He lifts me up carefully in bridal style.

He takes me to a large, narrow room with a row of beds on either side. Some of the beds have curtains between them. I've only been here once, when Peter beat me up during initiation.

A nurse comes in and gives me a painkiller. Then leaves muttering something about Dauntless always getting hurt.

"Why did you give them power? I could have resisted a few more punchs, now everything is going to be a nightmare"

"I just couldn't stand losing you again. And you know I saved you just in time"

I manage to smile a bit "Thanks"

I try to sit up, and kiss him, but pain shoots through my body

"Hey, take it easy, you're still hurt" He helps me down again, and presses his lips to mine. It feels wonderful, I foget about the pain, about Eric, about how everything will change, and only focus on us, on how he will always be here for me.

Just then, Christina bursts in, we quickly pull apart, blushing.

"Oh my god! Are you ok? What happened? I just heard you were in the hospital so I came as fast as I could"

"I'm fine"

"Oh yeah, I almost forgot" She turns to Tobias "Johanna wants to speak with you"

"Right now?"

"Right now"

"But I'm a bit busy"

"Just go, I'll be waiting for you" I say

He groans, but still gets up "Okay" and he leaves

"Finally, I wanted to tell you something, Trissy" Christina occupies Four's place. I'm about to argue on her calling me Trissy, but decide to let her talk.

"Remember the Allegiant?" I nod

"And have you heard about the Resurgent?" I nod again.

"Well, we're the same thing. After we came from the Bureau, and the factions dissapeared, the Allegiant admitted deafeat, a few people like Johanna or my mom left. But many of us stayed, we got stronger again, and our plan is to restore the factions to its former glory. We changed the named so no one would recognize us, but we are still alive. And we're looking for new members, to help us, people that have the same interests as us"

Wow, I wasn't expecting that. It took a few minutes to my brain to process all this. The Resurgent are the Allegiant? Too many surprises in one day. But this is amazing!

"That makes you their leader?" I ask.

"Yep. So, will you join us?"

"Um…"

"Think about it, let me know your decision later" And with that, she leaves. Leaving me lots to think about. So instead of thinking it over until my brain explodes, I drift into sleep.

a/n Hi again! Did you enjoy this chapter?

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I'm not going to include the Bureau in this story, it will all happen inside Chicago. Amar, George, Zoe and all the others are living in Chicago now.

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- Emma