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Tobias POV

It's darker tonight as we jump on the train headed towards the fence. The clouds obscure any light that may have broken through and the blackness of the night only adds to the foreboding feeling that's been building in my gut since this afternoon. After I left Tris in the infirmary I met with the others to decide who would be going to Amity tonight and what the plan of attack would be. We finally were able to decide on having three groups. The first led by Dee, would head straight to the Amity compound and try to find Johanna, the "leader" of Amity. That group would be the smallest with only Dee, Uriah, Marlene, myself and surprisingly a representative from Candor named Anthony. Neither Candor nor Dauntless has a great report with Amity, but the idea is that if we can show them we are working together for peace they will side with us.

Our other two groups consist of a slightly larger "security" group, who will stealthily follow us into Amity and another slightly larger group who will guard the fence and hopefully provide advance warning if Erudite is coming. Tori demanded that she hasn't been playing an active enough role and that she should lead one of the groups. It took us almost a whole hour to figure that situation out.

Flashback

"Okay, we know what our groups will be, but I think each group should have a leader. Any nominations?" I state.

"I would like to lead the group going into Amity." Dee speaks up. I am surprised, I don't know Dee very well, but this is the first time she has really voiced any opinion at all or wanted a larger role in anything.

"Okay. Any objections?" I question the group.

"Shouldn't leaders be leading the groups?" Tori pipes up.

I give her my best death glare, after what happened with Alec and Tris, I don't trust Tori.

"I volunteer to be in that group, but I think Dee should lead." Uriah offers. Most of us nod in agreement.

"Fine. But then I want to lead the security group following them into Amity." Tori demands.

"Absolutely not." I answer firmly.

"And why not, Four?"

"Because I don't trust you watching my back. Zeke you will lead the security group."

"Zeke refused his leadership offer, I rank above him. I will lead that group." Tori says as she stands up. "Any of you who dares to say otherwise will have to deal with me."

"Stop!" Shauna shouts. I turn to look at her astonished by the tone in her voice. I don't think I've heard Shauna yell more than a couple times. "You two are acting like children and seem to have forgotten that the rest of us are here for a reason. I say let's put it to a vote."

"Okay, all in favor of Tori not being a group leader?" I say sarcastically.

"Wait Four. I say our options are for Tori leading one of the two groups. All in favor?"

I scowl at everyone around the table as I see all their hands go up. That is everyone except for Christina's who looks as pissed as I feel.

End Flashback

I lean back against the cool wall of the train, remembering the chastisement I received from Shauna after that meeting and the betrayal I felt for myself and Tris when all of our friends sided with Tori. Everyone except Christina. I make my way across the train to where she stands at the opening.

"Why didn't you vote for Tori to lead one of the groups?" I ask her quietly, I am not usually curious, but I am still trying to figure out Christina and Tris' relationship.

She shrugs in response and then adds, "I don't trust her."

"Me neither. Stay close to her tonight at the fence."

Christina looks up at me with a curious look on her face. I know she is reading me like only a true Candor could, but I maintain eye contact with her until she nods once and turns to look back at the passing buildings. Soon we make it to the fence and we all jump off; no one says a word as we gather into our groups. Dee immediately starts jogging towards Amity and I follow. I notice as we run that our Candor team member doesn't have much trouble keeping pace and I feel hopeful for the first time that maybe these people can be a real asset.

We quickly make our way into Amity and Dee slows down to a crouched walked. She seems to know exactly where she is going and I conclude she must have transferred from Amity. It makes more sense now why she would want to lead this group. We approach a long building with lots of windows that I assume is the housing complex for Amity. Dee motions for us to hide at the side of the building while she crawls up to a window and taps four times then three then five more.

I can't see the window from the angle we are at, but moments later Dee approaches us and whispers, "They will meet us by the apple orchard in ten minutes with Johanna."

"Who's they?" Anthony asks.

"Friends." Is the only reply Dee gives before leading us towards a copse of trees a little to the right of the building.

Ten minutes feels like hours as the night seems to become darker and the silence of the orchard is broken by the wind howling through the branches. It is a cold night and being inactive for so long isn't something I particularly enjoy. Finally, Uriah whistles from his post up in a tree, the signal that our friends are approaching. Dee greets a man who looks like her with a tight hug and a warm smile, confirming my suspicions that she was an Amity transfer.

"Everyone, this is my brother Daniel." Dee introduces us. We nod in greeting, but nothing further can be said before another woman begins to speak, who I recognize from when I used to attend government meetings with my father in Abnegation.

"Hello, I am Johanna Reyes. I must warn you we don't have much time. Erudite has been here since this afternoon warning us that you would be coming and demanding we inform them when you did."

I quickly look around me, immediately ready for an attack and I notice Uriah doing the same. Dee however appears relaxed.

"Please, I do not mean to alarm you unduly, we have not informed them of your presence. Quite the opposite we are attempting to keep it a secret. We do not agree with Erudite's plans for this war, but we need them, so outwardly we will be sided with them. –"

"I think we should be going then." I state grimly.

"Please, wait. We want to extend an offer to Dauntless and to Candor." She turns towards Anthony as she speaks. "We want to provide you with food and water secretly. It's the best we can offer at this time."

"How will this take place?" I ask skeptically.

"Dee can explain all of that once you return to Dauntless. There isn't enough time for –" BANG, BANG.

Two shots ring out loudly through the night air, punctuating her words about there not being enough time. I have my gun in my hand a second later as I crouch down trying to find the attackers. I hear a muffled scream come from close behind me and I whip around in time to see Tori, with a knife in the back of a traitor Dauntless. Her eyes are fierce and I know instantly that she just saved my life. I jump slightly as Marlene lands next to me from her perch in the tree.

"There is a larger group headed this way we need to leave now." She says urgently.

"Go." Johanna shouts.

"Let's head back to the fence." Uriah says.

"No, it's been completely overrun by Erudite. We won't make it back through." Tori tells us.

I round on her, grabbing her arm roughly. "And you just left your team there, to what, die!" I growl.

She shakes me off with anger equal to mine. "Of course not Four! They are waiting for us at the edge of the orchard."

There isn't time for me to feel the guilt that I want to feel at accusing Tori of leaving her team behind. She just saved my life and proved that she is capable of leading a group of people when things go wrong. I shake off the uneasy feelings and we quickly make our way through the orchard.

It seems like fate is against us tonight, for the moon has escaped from its hiding place behind the clouds, illuminating the orchard. We no longer have the darkness to our advantage. As we run, I hear more shots ring out. I slow my pace and move to the back of the group searching for the source of the shots. I spot a man ten yards away, gun raised, taking aim, but I am quicker than him and before he can shoot I put a bullet through my target. I don't look twice at the man I know I just killed, I know it was self-defense, but I can't stop the bile that rises in my throat. It feels like I am in my fear landscape, only there is no waking up from this, and these are not innocent lives.

We reach the end of the orchard and meet up with both the fence group and our security group, who are taking heavy fire from Erudite near the fence line. I didn't even think twice until now, as to why Zeke and his group hadn't appeared to help us after the first shots rang out. I take cover behind a large tree, looking around the group, quickly taking note than our numbers are smaller than when we left Dauntless.

"Where do we go from here?" Someone shouts. More shots continue to bite the silence. I fire my own weapon at the Erudite. I don't pay attention to where my bullets land, I know how good of a shot I am and I know I am killing more people.

"There's a hole in the fence about a mile from here. It's near the tracks; if we can make it there in 10 minutes, we'll make the next train." Dee explains quickly.

"Let's go!" I yell to the group.

Dee leads us in a sprint to the west. It doesn't take the Erudite long to figure out they are no longer being shot at and are soon in pursuit. I hear rather than see another of our group fall and I cautiously look back to see Christina, struggling to help Anthony stand up. Before I can react Tori is at Anthony's other side helping him along with Christina. Before long, we make it to the opening in the fence and hastily shuffle through, just in time to see the train approaching. We don't have time to waste. Erudite is advancing on us from the other side of the fence. Taking cover behind some old trashcans we open fire at the opening in the fence, deterring any of them from coming through.

The train speeds towards us as I count the seconds of its approach. It's too long, I don't know how much longer we will be able to hold them off. On cue I run out of bullets, I reach for my spare clip in by boot, only to realize I have already ran through that one too. I notice several others have stopped firing and Erudite is starting to come through the fence. The train is still ten seconds away at best. Bullets fly by as I crouch behind the trashcan. I feel cowardly hiding here; not fighting back, but I have nothing to fight their bullets with, certainly my bare hands wouldn't be much use.

Thankfully, the train is finally here, rushing by, whipping a chilling wind through me. We all start to jump on the train, but I wait for most of the others, before joining Christina, Tori and Anthony. I grab Anthony by the arm and haul him in with me, I quickly turn to extend a hand to Christina, who is clutching the railing next to me, and in that split second, an Erudite running along the tracks manages to get off one more shot. It hits Christina, and I see her grip falter. I grab for her, falling back into the train car carrying her with me. We land forcefully and I feel something wet soaking into the front of my shirt. Belatedly, I wish I hadn't looked down. I don't want to see the red blood of my girlfriend's best friend on me. Christina whimpers quietly in my embrace. I roll over and gently place her on the ground. Dee and her brother come over and he quickly goes to work, assessing and treating her wound. All I can do is hold her hand and hope that she can make it. I don't know what Tris would do if she lost Christina.

"Tell Tris and Will…" Christina sputters and I have to lean down to hear her. "tell them that I love them." And then her eyes drift closed.