Another chapter! :)

Note: I don't own the world/novels created by Veronica Roth.

I could feel the burn in my legs. Tobias took his hand in mine, soft and warm. His fingers curled around mine, holding on to me for dear life. I squeezed his hand as we rose. To be able to jump to the next roof we had to take a running start. Keeping low made it harder, our bodies needed to be tall to make the jump. The next roof top isn't too far, we could make the jump successfully.

Sprinting toward the roofs edge, my feet were cut by the grit under foot. Forcing my body off of the edge, my legs suspended in air momentarily, the adrenaline was finally kicking in. My heart crashed in the encasing of my chest as I landed. I took the landing blow in to my ankles, shooting up to my knees. I grunt, breaking my contact with Tobias. I keep as low to the roof as I can, holding my body up by resting my body on my thighs.

"We have to go," Tobias urges me on.

I just have to fight through it. If I can get away to safety, be able to see my family I will be better off. I start to feel the developing pang inside my chest of leaving here behind. It didn't matter what Eric did to me, how much he hurt me, betrayed me - possibly even loved me, my feelings were evident. They were hard to shy away from and a guilty uneasiness took hold of the situation. Hadn't I wanted for Tobias to wake up and take me away from here? I didn't want to die.

There was a lot of rooftops until the train. The distances ranged from just a hop, to a leap that was so far we possibly couldn't make it. It was hard work on the both of us. From the third rooftop down, we could hear the noises start to rise from soldiers below us. Tobias had to give me another encouraging speech to be able to get me going. It was more physically exerting that the initiation training I recently went through. I could see the red flush in Tobias' face, the sweat that formed on his brow.

The train would soon be commandeered by the Erudite soldiers is we weren't quicker. It started to turn from a gentle crossing against the roof, that then developed in to a sprint to jump to a constant sprint. Our free hands were pumping against our sides, legs striding forward. I tried to ignore the pain forming the best I could. Thankfully the adrenaline was turning the dial down enough to keep me going.

We were near the outer edge of Erudite, able to see the landscape in the distance. It had started to become dark, entering in to a dark blue. Tobias pulled me to a stop, his arm throwing out in front of my chest. My ribcage slammed in to the muscle of his arm, winding me.

"The fire escape, over there," he points. A rusted ladder attached to the side of the roof is in view. It doesn't look very sturdy. I press it with my boot making it rattle. My eyebrow raises as I turn to look at Tobias.

"Are you serious?"

"There isn't any other way, unless you like a thirteen floor jump to death," he snaps back at me. Pursing my lips at him, trying to not let him get to me.

He takes the first step on to it, looking concerned himself. I can see where his knuckles have become white against the ladder railing where he is gripping it so hard.

"I'll be below you in case anything happens. It'll be okay, Tris," he tries to reassure.

To be able to climb off the side of it, you grab on to these support handles, stepping backwards off the roof. My feet very tentively touch to the metal. I can feel the roughness of it under my bare feet. I was starting to wish I had somehow found some shoes, the railing dug right in to the arch of my foot.

It was a long way down. I had to wait to hear Tobias release the rung beneath me before I could move my feet. We soon got in to the pattern of it. The sound of Tobias' feet hitting against the ground is blissful to my ears. His hands touch against my waist to help me with the final step. I land with a plop and no sooner have my feet touched the grass I'm sprinting again.

It's easier when it's on flat, level ground. The noise of the train is close, unless we quicken our pace we won't make it to the train in time. The burn intensifies, the wind whipping around our faces violently. The smell of the air is musty, wood burning in the distance. Our chests are rising and falling deeply.

"Faster!" he screams at me.

We make it. Just in time. My arm is nearly yanked off as I throw myself in to train car. Tobias and I land in a heap on the floor together, my arm wrapped around his torso. He's watching me with steady eyes, not moving a muscle. I take my arm away slowly, backing away against the side of the train car. I prop myself up.

"How bad is it in Abnegation?" I ask in a distant voice, watching the world go by just outside the open cart door.

"There are thousands that lay dead in the streets. It smells of death."

"Do you remember anything that happened while you were under the simulation?"

"Bits of it. It's still a little foggy."

"I wish it was like that for me."

"Will?" He asks tentatively.

I nod in response.

"I remember... hurting you." He says, pausing. "I remember how Eric reacted in that alleyway."

"I don't want to talk about Eric," I mutter.

"You're seriously not going to discuss this with me? You're carrying his child."

I turn to him in a furious state, my eyes flaring. "Yes, yes I am. What you're really avoiding is asking me how I feel about him, so go ahead, Four - go ahead!"

"Well do you?"

My hand hides my eyes. I breathe in a deep breath. "I have no idea."

"Seems it is mutual between the both of you, that," he mumbles under his breath.

"Just get me out of here and then we can talk," I say. I let his voice wander, not paying attention. I tip my head back against the wall of the train car, closing my eyes giving my body a much needed rest.

We are safe, out of Erudite.

Till next time!