FOUR POV

When I wake up, it's to find that Tris isn't beside me.

I rub at my sleepy eyes and glance at my phone. 4:27 am.

She probably just went to the bathroom.

I rake a hand through my hair and close my eyes again.

I just had a horrible dream.

Though I don't want to remember it again, flashes of it come before me.

Tris standing beside me.

Punching.

Strangling.

Guns.

Fire.

Blood.

Death.

I can't control my actions, I want to kill, and I don't care.

And when my vision clears, I find myself holding a gun, and Tris is lying on the floor, dead.

And I did it.

I shoot up. from the bed and into a sitting position.

I don't think Tris is in the bathroom.

I slowly slip out of the bed and shove on a T-shirt. I quickly grab my phone and stuff it into my pocket.

"Tris?" I whisper quietly as I begin to walk through the hallway.

I glance at the bathroom door, the lights are closed.

"Tris?" I whisper again as I begin walking to the living room where I can suddenly see a light.

As I finally arrive at the living room, I can see that it's dark outside, the lamp is on, and sitting on the couch with her head in her hands, is Tris.

"Whoa, Tris, what happened?" I ask while quickly making my way over to her.

She doesn't look up, so I look to see why she's so upset.

All I see is that the black bag with the bottles of purple substance is open.

"Tris, why did you open the bag? What happened?" I ask again while crouching in front of her and slowly pulling her hands from her face.

Her eyes are closed, but around her eyes is smudged mascara.

"Tris?" I ask a bit louder while giving her a little shake. "What's up?"

Tris jolts a bit, and when she opens her eyes, they are a blood shot red.

"Hmmm?" She moans while using the back of one of her hands to rub at her eyes.

"Why are you here? Did you just fall asleep?"

Tris shakes her head a bit, and suddenly seems to realize that she's on the couch and I'm freaking out in front of her.

"Oh, what? Huh? What happened? Why are you looking at me like that?" She asks with a genuinely confused look.

I get up and sit next to her. "Why did you open the bag, and why were you sleeping here?"

Tris slowly looks at the bag, and then back at me. "Oh. Um. Well. I was just... Curious?"

"Oh my god, don't tell me you drank it!" I suddenly guess loudly.

Tris motions for me to be quiet, then shakes her head. "I didn't drink it, I was studying it!"

"Then why are your eyes so blood shot?"

"Th-They are? Seriously?" She asks while rubbing at them.

I sigh and flop back on the couch. "Tris, just spill."

"Spill?"

"Spill."

"Spill?!"

"Spill! I know you know something, Tris. Just spill already!" I yell exasperated.

"Oh my god okay! Sheez! I just couldn't sleep without knowing what this stupid purple shit was so I came over here and studied this for 3 hours. And-"

"Wait," I interrupt "You sat here for 3 hours, and you didn't think of waking me up?"

"No! I mean, I was, but then you looked so cute that I didn't want to!"

I stare at her, expressionless. "I looked cute."

"Yeah, cute."

"So you didn't wake me up."

"And peaceful!" She adds.

"So you didn't wake me up?"

"You were tired! I didn't want to!"

"But so were-"

"BOIIIII LEMME FINISH!" She yells loudly.

I raise my hands in defense since she looks like she'll murder me with those red eyes.

"Okay! Okay."

"So as. I. was. saying. I couldn't sleep and so I came here because something was fricking off about this substance. And so that got me thinking about, what if this was a substance that had an actual purpose for people instead of being some stupid chemical?"

I nod because she looks up at me to see if I'm still listening.

"Okay, and so I think about how maybe it could be for medicine, or a secret ingredient, or I don't know, something like that."

I nod again, waiting for her to continue.

"And, well, I thought back to when I was on one of my earlier missions with Caleb, Zeke, and Uriah, about finding about my dad's murderer. And then I remembered the clues."

"Clues?"

"Yeah. Each of us had a dream about my dad giving us a clue to our mission."

"And wait," I interrupt. "Isn't Jeanine your dad's murderer?"

Tris nods and stares at me intently, as if she's excited that I've caught on.

And then I realize, I have.

"Oh. God. Jeanine and Kyle have been...?" I can't finish.

Tris suddenly nods like crazy and stands up. "YES! EXACTLY! They're working together!"

"But what is the substance then?" I ask.

Tris slows down from her pacing and comes to sit next to me again, though she now looks frightened.

I wrap my arms around her and she leans into me.

"This is the problem though. The hugest fucking problem."

"Yeah?" I whisper into her hair.

"Well, Uriah got a clue... From my dad. It was about... Something really bad."

I pull back a bit. "What's in the bottle, Tris?"

She shuts her eyes tightly and blows out a deep breath.

"It's... It's a mind controlling serum."

It takes a second for me to process that.

"-And I think Jeanine is going to use it on every agent. I mean, obviously, normal citizens will not know about this... But."

"We're going on a big war mission?" I finish.

"Yes." She whispers quietly. "And this is why I haven't been able to sleep, until like, a few minutes ago."

I close my eyes as well and lean into her. "Did you tell anyone?"

I feel Tris nod. "Yeah, I told Uriah, actually, since he was the one who saw the dream."

"Do you remember the exact words?" I ask.

Tris closes her yes as though searching through her head, then nods. "Um, yeah. 'Serums of all kinds, some made to control our minds'."

I pause for a second, then speak,"Tris, now that we know what this is, there's going to be a lot to do today, and the next coming weeks."

Tris nods.

"Yeah, and so, maybe it'd be a good idea if we slept?" I offer.

Tris pulls back from me and shakes her head. "But Tobias! This is serious! We need to get this serum to Max and-"

"But you need to sleep and get refreshed! You're appearance tells us otherwise, and if you don't sleep, you're not going to be able to think properly! Either way, there's a lot of talking to do today, starting from explaining to your mom about why you came to this mission to finding a plan about the serum."

Tris suddenly freezes as she listens to me, and then guiltily sinks into me. "Okay, we'll sleep, I'm sorry, it's just so much to carry around." she whispers quietly.

Now the way she's acting is making me feel guilty for yelling at her.

I just get up, pull at her hand, and lead her to the room again. "You know, you're amazing Tris. Not just to me, to everyone."

She gives me a tired, confused look and pulls me with her onto the bed. "What do you mean?"

I just chuckle as I pull her close and lay the blanket on us both. "Well, you're the best girlfriend, I can say that for sure. And you're such a help to everyone."

"Yeah, I like to help people." She answers with a yawn.

"Yeah? You do? Well, so do I actually."

"Really?" She asks.

"Really. So maybe you could let me do some helping too, I don't want you to be carrying a burden." I answer

I watch as her eyes begin to droop, and she starts to cuddle into me. "It's not a burden to me. But, I guess I can let you help me also, since you like to help people."

I nod, "Yeah. That'd be nice, now sleep, Tris." I tell her quietly.

Tris slowly nods and I watch as the beautiful figure in front of me slows her breathing into an even pace.

It's not long before I sleep again as well.

A/N- Okay guys, here's your chapter! So now we know that Kyle has been working for Jeanine, and everything from the beginning of the story has now linked till here.

We also know that the purple substance is actually a mind controlling serum, and there's going to be a ton of preparing to do.

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And if you already haven't checked it out, I've recently published a new Divergent story called, Survival of the Fittest, so definitely check that out if ya haven't please!

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