A/N: Hey guys! Sorry for the wait. Earlier this week I decided to watch The Hunger Games, Catching Fire, and Divergent, all back to back to back, all while starting one of my 2000+ piece lego (don't judge me, I enjoy building them.).
I would have updated sooner, but I didn't quite know what I wanted to do with this next chapter. It took several days of just thinking of what I wanted to do. Several ideas flooded my head this week, but it took some time to piece them together. This was the result. It started out as a filler, but I don't see as a filler any more. I think this chapter is a bit different from what I usually write, but I do like it. It is interesting.
I starting writing this chapter at about 2:15 in the morning, and it is now about 3:10 A.M. so actually writing this chapter didn't take very long, and I didn't mind writing this late, as I'm all cuddled up in my Divergent Four Blanket that I got from preordering my Divergent DVD from Target.
I also keep forgetting to do a shout out to bankhead56, due to all of the long and kind reviews he or she (sorry I don't know what gender you are, as you haven't indicated that, no offense) has been writing. I really appreciate them, a lot. It really does mean a lot to me. Anyway, enough jibber jabber. Here is chapter 25:
TRIS'S POV
After the reception ended, and like typical newly weds, we return to our apartment and make love for the first time as husband and wife. And of course, I'm now lovingly encased in Tobias's arms. It has been a great night, but my mind is starting drift away. Suddenly, I feel something strange in my stomach, and I sit up straight. "What is it?" Tobias asks as he sits up with me. "I felt something strange, and it just startled me." "Can you at least describe it?" "It felt like some kind of movement." At this, we both look at each other, and realization hits us. I place my hand on my stomach, waiting for that movement again. Sure enough, I feel it; the tiny kick of my growing baby. "Tobias, you have to feel this!" I say as I place his hand on my stomach. Not even a second later, we feel the baby's third kick. "Do you feel that Tobias?" I say,"that's our kid right there." "Oh, I feel it, but I don't believe it. Is this real?" "It is Tobias, it is. This is real." "So this is really happening then?" "No shit sherlock." "What does it feel like for you, Tris? Like on the inside?" "Its hard to say, but it just makes me feel….. excited. It also makes me feel really connected with this little one. It feels like this is our way of bonding. Its a really warm and fuzzy feeling that I really like. I guess that's how I can explain it." "I want to bond with the kid too!" Tobias groans, jealously playfully filling his voice. "You know, Tobias, I once read that one way a father bonds with his unborn child is by talking or reading to it, that way the child can hear the father's voice." "Here, I'm going to try it out." With that, Tobias maneuvers himself so that he is face level with my belly, one of hands tenderly caressing it. "Hey there little one. This is your daddy speaking to you. I'm looking forward to meeting you soon. I bet you'll be just like your mommy, except you hopefully won't be as feisty." I playfully smack him, but he continues,"Please try not to give your mommy too much trouble while you're in there, because I'm the one that hasdeal with her. So be a good boy or girl and be nice to her. I love you." He then sits up and places a soft kiss on my lips. "And I love you," he whispers. "I know." We sit there a moment before one of us decides to speak. "Hey, Tris, we ought to find out if we're having a boy or a girl, that way we can be prepared and we can find the right books to read to him or her." "Ok. I'll set up an appointment for us so we can go find out our baby's gender. Do you know what you want it to be?" "Honestly, Tris, I don't care what gender it is, because I'll love it no matter what." "Me too. Now come on, lets get some sleep. The more well rested we are, the more 'fun' we can have tomorrow."
We decided not to have a honeymoon because there really isn't any place that we really wanted to go, so we decided to just have a week to ourselves in the apartment, and it is pretty obvious what we were doing the whole time. When we finally emerged from our apartment, everyone at our table was smirking, knowing why we've been gone so long. "Hey Tris," Christina beams,"did you have fun multiplying with Four?" "Shut up Christina!" I groan as I blush bright red. "I'll take that as a yes then." We eat in an awkward silence for a while until someone finally speaks up, that someone being Christina of course,"So, have you guys found out the gender of your baby yet?" "No not yet, but after breakfast I'm calling to make an appointment to find out," I tell her. "Do you know what you want it to be?" "Four and I are going to be happy with what ever gender it is." "Hey, will you tell us when you find out?" "I don't see what not? What do you think, Four?" "Eh, sure why not?" "That reminds me, Chris, do you want to help me paint our extra room into a nursery after we find out?"
She doesn't get to answer because gun shots begin to ring through out the cafeteria. Everyone dives for cover under the table. I pull out the emergency radio us police officers are required to carry and begin to speak into it,"all units, we are under attack in the cafeteria. I repeat, we are under attack in the cafeteria. Prepare to fight back." With that, Four, Zeke, Uriah, and Will begin to turn some tables on their sides, forming some sort of barricades around myself, Christina, Shauna, and Marlene. I then peek over the edge of one table and see everyone scattering. Several Dauntless are already on the floor, none dead yet, but bleeding. Just then a bullet whizzes by me, grazing my already scarred ear. I pull out my gun and direct my eyes towards the masked figures shooting around randomly. I target one man and take aim, shooting him right between his eyes. He slumps tofloor, his blood pooling around him. I take out a few more guys before I realize that they aren't shooting at random; they aren't trying to kill anyone. Their bullets are designed to knock people out. I suddenly hear an air horn and they all cease fire. Then another masked man steps up onto a table and begins to speak,"Alright everybody. Now that I have your attention, or at least most of your guys' attention, listen very carefully. Anyone that was shot was not killed. I promise you that. They are now under a simulation. They think that this was all a dream right now, but you'll have to explain that to them later. The reason we were shooting was to get your attention, because next time, it will be real bullets flying. What I want is very simple. Tris Prior and Four, I know you're out there. Please make yourselves known or else real bullets will fly." Tobias and I don't want to risk any lives of our fellow Dauntless members, so we stand up and wave our hands. "Ah good, there you are. You probably have noticed that the file 'corn starch' is now missing from your computer system. We have it, but we need that password. We know that you guys know it. If you don't want any bullets flying around, please come up here and give us the password."
Tobias and I begin to weave our way to the masked figures. As I get closer, I notice two things: the man that was speaking has the same tattoo as the guy who raped and killed Malia, so it must be him, and that some of the other officers are behind him and his gang, ready to attack. "Ok,mystery man," I start,"the password is…. NOW!" He is startled, but he instantly dives for cover as the officers' bullets hit their targets, but he gets away, unharmed. I chase after him, following him toward the chasm. When we get there, I start shooting at him, but I only graze his arm, and I start to realize I can't run as much as I used to because I'm so heavily pregnant. I start to slow down. I shoot one last time, hitting his pocket, and out falls a flash drive. As he gets away, I decide that I can't catch him right now, but I think I will be able to soon. I walk over to the flash drive and pick it up, thinking it is probably 'corn starch.' "Hey, wait up!" Tobias says as he runs up from behind me. "What, you can't keep up with a pregnant woman?" "Oh, I can, no problem, but I was dealing with some of the people who have just woken up from their simulations. Anyway, what is that in your hand?" "I think it's 'corn starch.'" "Lets take it to the control room now and find out." "Okay."
When we get to the control room, he puts the flash drive into its slot and the screen immediately opens up asking for a password to open 'corn starch.' "Yep, you're right Tris. This is it. We got it back." "That's good, but, I'm a bit too tired to go through it with you right now. All the running made me super tired." "Okay, lets take it back to the apartment with us for safe keeping and you can rest." "Okay, that sounds like a plan," I tell him. When we get there I instantly lie myself down onto the bed, covering myself with the blanket. Tobias then sneaks underneath the blanket and curls himself around me, spooning me. When I lay down a thought comes to my mind, so I decide to tell Tobias about it before I rest,"Tobias." "Yeah, Tris?" "That man who was speaking, he had the same tattoo as the man who raped and killed Malia." "Ok, go on." "Tori obviously knows that guy, since she gave him the tattoo, like we discussed before. Now that he's attacked people at Dauntless, I bet she wouldn't mind giving us info about him so we can catch him. Now we got the proof we need to get her to talk to us." "You're one smart cookie, Tris." "Nah, I'm just observant." "And Erudite." "Only partially." He sighs, sending a shiver down my spine, but I'm starting to drift off, so I'm too tired to give in to my desires. Soon enough, we both slip into our own dream worlds for a while.
