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Chapter XXIX. Accused

TRIS

The guards surround us, but they don't handcuff us, and I am thankful for that. I always freeze up when I see handcuffs. I shake the bad memories out of my head. They walk us to the elevator bank. I know that I need to stay quiet, but Tobias obviously doesn't get the message.

"Where are you taking us?" he growls. No response. I know he is just trying to protect us, but the guards have the authority here, and in my nature I am supposed to respect them. And it's my gut feeling. He continues to ask questions until we get in the elevator car. "Why are you arresting us?" Still no response.

We go to the third level, where they usher us into a small room with a white marble floor. They lock us in the room, and Tobias takes a seat on the wooden bench. I pace back and forth, the silence only being broken by my footsteps.

"Can you please calm down?" Tobias snaps. Then his voice softens. "You're making me nervous."

"This is me calming down," I say matter-of-factly.

He leans forward. "The wound in your lip begs to differ," He says, using the same tone as me. I touch my lip, small bits of red staining my finger. I sigh, I've always had a habit of biting my lip. I sit down next to him, hugging herself smaller and smaller into a ball. Tobias bites his lip and looks down, a small look of guilt in his eyes. Something stirs in my chest; his first reaction would be to wrap me in his arms.

I try to ignore the fact that this room feels like it's getting smaller and smaller, and the pounding of my heart echoes through my ears. I know something is bothering me, and it isn't just the room.

Tobias is hiding something from me.

"Sometimes," I say as calmly as I can, "I worry that you don't trust me."

"I trust you," he says, a little too fast.

"Just seems like there's something you're not telling me. I told you things…" I shake my head. "I would never have told anyone else. Something's been going on with you, though, and you haven't told me."

"There's been a lot going on," he says evasively. "You know that. And anyway," he says, changing the subject, "What about you? I could say the same thing to you."

I run my fingers softly over his arm, scooching myself closer to him.

"If it's about your parents," I say softly, staring deep into his eyes, wanting him to feel safe and trust me again, "tell me and I'll believe you."

I see fear spark in his eyes as he responds, "That's all it is."

I don't let the disappointment show. "Okay," I say, a small, fake smile pressed on my lips. He looks into my eyes, and I notice something different in the blacks of his eyes, and presses his lips to mine desperately. Then, and only then do I let the pain flood in my eyes.

I can't believe that Tobias Prior would lie to me.

We pull apart when the door opens and five people file in. Two Candor with guns, an older Candor man, a young Dauntless woman, and Jack Kang, representative of Candor.

His eyes assess the situation and soften slightly, and I hope he will admit that this is all a misunderstanding.

"They told me you seemed confused about why you were arrested," he says, his voice flat. "To me that means either you're falsely accused or good at pretending. The only—"

Tobias cuts Jack Kang off. "What are we accused of?" I am just as curious, what could we have possibly done besides abandon the city during the simulation?

Jack Kang smiles. "She," he says, jutting a thumb in my direction, "is accused of crimes against humanity. You are accused of being her accomplice."

"Crimes against humanity?" I snap, finally letting the anger flood through my voice. "What?" I'd never hurt an innocent person on purpose.

Never.

"We saw the footage of the attack," he says. "You were running the attack simulation." He gives me a glare. My stomach drops, I know what they saw, what it must have looked like. Unlike the other people who were obviously put under the simulation, it looked like I was acting freely and not under. I was under the simulation, I want to say.

"How could you have seen footage? We took the data," I say.

"You took one copy of the data. All the footage of the Dauntless compound recorded during the attack was also sent to other computers throughout the city. All we saw was you running the simulation and him not wanting to hurt you, so he gave up." I frown, looking down at my fists, which I remember once hit Tobias.

"Then you stopped, and had a rather abrupt lovers' reconciliation, and stole the hard drive together. One possible reason is because the simulation was over and you didn't want us to get our hands on it."

"The simulation didn't end," Tobias says, almost laughing. "We stopped it, you—"

Kang holds up a hand, cutting him off. "I am not interested in what you have to say right now. The truth will come out when you are both interrogated under the influence of truth serum."

I tense slightly, but I'm nowhere close to as nervous as Tobias is. Even if I have secrets, way too many. I hold back a frown.

"Truth serum?" He shakes his head. "No. No way."

"There's something you have to hide? Hmm?" Kang asks, and I turn slightly to look at Tobias. He takes a deep breath and shakes his head.

"All right, then. It is now noon. The interrogation will be at seven. Don't bother preparing for it. You can't withhold information while under the influence of the truth serum."

He turns and leaves.

"What a pleasant man," Tobias says, and I snort.

And then we sit in silence.

At around four, we are taken and allowed to shower. I cut my hair and put on black Dauntless clothes. Many people find the color black as a symbol of death, and as if it was gothic and evil. I don't.

I find the color almost…comforting. Neutral black, it reminds me of Dauntless. Finally, they take me into a room and leave me with some food. I sit there alone for a moment until Tobias comes in.

Seeing him, dressed all in black like he used to be, sparks old memories for me.

He grins. I smile back. His chopped-off hair makes him much older, as if he doesn't already. Memories flood back to me, good memories. The first thing I saw when I jumped, the pair of dark blue eyes.

The small amount of inches between us on the Ferris wheel. The first kiss we shared in the chasm, and the hours spent talking and kissing in his room before the final scores, which I love, as we truly got to know each other. I long for how things were before all this and wonder if we will ever be able to get back to that point.

Suddenly, I realize he is staring at me and I wonder if he is also thinking of the good times of us together in his mind. I open my mouth. "Hungry?" I ask, before I realize what I am saying. I hand him a sandwich and we both sit down and eat. We eat everything on the plate, and Tobias pulls me down with him on the bed. I lie next to him, staring at the white ceiling.

"What are you afraid of saying?" He whispers, turning to me.

"Any of it," I respond. And then I look into his eyes. "All of it. I don't want to relive anything."

All he does is nod.

We lie there for a while until I doze off. All I can think of before drifting asleep is that Tobias is hiding something from me.

I wake up to a bang and sit up, seeing a few Dauntless members burst into the room, and a large grin makes its way on my face.

"Christina, Gabe, Zalia!"

"Four!" They all say, embracing me in a group hug. I release.

"Oh, hey Tobias." Gabe says, and Tobias responds by waving a hand.

"I'm so glad that all of you are okay," I whisper.

"Well…" Zalia says, holding onto Gabe's shoulder. Tears well up in Gabe's eyes but he holds them back. "Joey… Joey's dead."

I frown, holding back tears. "Oh my god…Gabe…" It must be hardest on him; Joey and him were best friends.

"Christina, any news about the others?" I ask.

I see pain in Christina's eyes and I turn to see something in Tobias's.

Guilt.

"You okay?" Christina asks Tobias. He may be her tough former instructor, but Christina still cares. "I heard you were here so I asked to escort you. Same with Zalia and Gabe," She gestures to the couple, who nod. "I know you guys didn't do it. You're not the traitor."

"I'm fine," Tobias says politely. "And thank you. How are you?"

"Oh, I'm…" Christina's voice trails off. Tears well up in her dark brown eyes. "…Fine." Then she turns to me, holding back tears. "Did anyone tell you…I mean, maybe now isn't the time, but…"

"What? What is it?" I ask frantically.

Christina looks down at her feet. "Um… Will died in the attack," she says softly, letting a few tears stream down her face.

The look of guilt on Tobias's face is apparent, and it only grows. I close my eyes softly, trying to think back to the monitors.

And then I remember it. I remember watching Tobias run down the walkways and shooting Will.

Oh.

Oh God.

This explains everything. Why he doesn't want to use truth serum, what he isn't telling me, why he's been acting so different. Oh God.

Tobias shot Will.

"Chris," I say, holding back tears. "I'm so sorry." Will was one of my only friends in initiation, heck, I considered him as my best friend.

Christina nods. I embrace her in a sisterly hug.

We continue walking down the hallway and Gabe, Zalia, and Christina make some aimless chatter that I don't listen to.

Tobias shot Will.

He shot my best friend.

I shake my head.

"Is everyone else all right?" I say, trying to change the topic. "Uriah, Lynn, Marlene?" I hold in my breath, praying for her to have good response.

"All here," Christina responds. I sigh in relief. "Except Uriah's brother, Zeke, who is with the other Dauntless."

If I thought that I couldn't possibly be more shocked, I was wrong. I was so, so wrong.

Zeke?

I guess today is 'Throw a Surprise Secret on Four' day and I just didn't get the memo.

"What?" Tobias asks, shocked as I am. His best friend is with the traitor Dauntless. I frown.

"I know," she says with a frown. "No one saw it coming."

We are lead down a black marble hallway and through a set of double doors, and Tobias takes my hand. We are lead to the center of the room.

"My name is Niles," an old man says. "I will be your questioner. You—" he points towards me. "You will be going first. So if you will please step forward…"

I squeeze Tobias's hand and then release it, and I step in his direction.

"The injection site is in your neck," Niles says matter-of-factly, and he hands me and antiseptic wipe, which I use, and then he presses the plunger into my vein. I frown, the last time I was injected, I almost killed Tobias. My fists hit him, stained with his blood. And he didn't want to hurt me, so he gave up.

For me.

I connect eyes with him, a frown plastered on his face.

I slowly feel my body being taken over by the serum, a sluggish feeling spreading throughout my body.

The only thing I have on my mind before the questioning begins, is one single thought.

Don't reveal it all.


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