A/N- I do not own Divergent or any of its characters. All rights go to Veronica Roth.
I walk through the main hallway that leads to the lobby of the Bureau. I haven't really thought of what to say to Tobias, I just know that I need to see him. Need to speak with him, in order to set things straight.
I eventually reach the lobby when I see Tobias crashing through the main doorways. Uriah is outside, also running towards the lobby doors.
"Tris! Run!" Tobias yells with a panic riddled voice.
He is running at me with full speed, I turn around to start running in the direction that I came. I don't know what I'm running from but I know that it is some kind of danger. I have only been running for a few seconds when I feel Tobias crash against my back, nocking me to the floor. I scream in pain when he lands on top of my stab wound, and my chin and nose slam against the marble floor. My nose is bleeding but Tobias is still lying on top of me, his body weight crushing me. My entire body is covered by his, and his arms are wrapped around my head, leaving it difficult to breathe. That's when I hear it. Calling it a bang would be a ridiculous understatement. It sounds like the whole world is exploding and shattering around us. I scream at the top of my lungs but I can't even hear my own voice. Shrapnel and pieces of glass fly through the air and skid past my face on the ground. Dust contaminates my eyes and the ground shudders beneath us. I cough and choke whilst Tobias buries his face next to mine, our skin touching. I feel his eyelashes move against my cheek, and his breathing is heavy like mine. I'm too shocked for tears to fall, but I have figured out that there has been some kind of explosion. Throughout this entire scene, one name comes into my head. Nita.
"Tris, are you okay?" Tobias is shaking me but I can't move. He starts to cough.
The atmosphere is silent except for the sounds of coughing and spluttering. I can hear the crunching and shattering sound of glass hitting the floor. Cries of pain start to fill the room, and my body is shaking. My eyes are peeled wide open, but I can't look anywhere, can't shift my gaze.
"Tris, can you hear me?" Tobias' voice sounds soft, but I know that he is worried.
I'm not even crying, I'm just very confused. Where am I? Did that just really happen? Tobias rolls off me and turns me over so that I'm lying on my back. He's covered in grey dust and tiny little cuts. Apart from my bleeding nose and bruised chin, I look unscathed. He continues to search my eyes before deciding to pick me up and carry me out of the lobby. I see Amar and George running out of the Bureau. I finally find my voice when we're walking through the hallways.
"Where's Uriah?" I ask.
Tobias frowns, "Amar and George are going to get him."
I nod my head but can't shake off the feeling of dread. When thinking the explosion over in my head, I know that it must have come from outside. Outside is where Uriah was.
Tobias walks me to the infirmary, where many more people are starting to gather. He lays me down on a bed and sits next to me, Christina and Marlene rush in carrying worried expressions on their faces.
"Are you both okay? We were in the Cafeteria when we felt the explosion." Christina asks.
"We're fine. Just a bit shocked." Tobias answers, looking at me. I still feel dazed. "Marlene, Uriah was outside when it happened."
Tears start to fall from Marlene's eyes and she takes in a shaky breath. Christina grabs her hand, tears also filling her eyes.
"It was a bomb?" Marlene whispers.
"Yes, we spotted it in time and managed to run away. If we hadn't of seen it, we would have both been killed instantly."
My head snaps around to look at Tobias. I almost lost him. The argument that we shared could have been the last words that we gave each other. A sick feeling grows in my stomach when I think about the situation that I could be in right now. Just as we're contemplating what has happened, we see George and Amar carry an unconscious and badly burned Uriah into the infirmiry.
"He needs urgent medical attention!" Amar shouts. "Now!"
A couple of nurses and doctors run to Uriah's aid. There are many injured people crammed in here, but no one is as seriously injured as Uriah. His clothes are burnt black. On the back of his body, I can't tell the difference between cloth and skin. Blisters are already forming all over his arms, and blood is smeared across his face. It pains me to see Uriah like this. He doesn't deserve it. He is one of the kindest people I know. I couldn't imagine a world without him.
"Oh my God!" Marlene cries when she sees Uriah, and rushes up to him. "Uri, can you hear me? Hold on, it's going to be okay." She holds his hand whilst they place him on the hospital bed. A crowd of nurses gather around him, one of them is telling Marlene that she needs to leave. "No, I need to stay with him!" She cries. The nurse is politely telling her that Uriah needs medical attention, and only doctors and nurses can be in the surgery room. They wheel Uriah through to one of the private rooms, hooking him up to various machines whilst the main surgeon asks the nurses a bunch of questions about Uriah's condition.
"Marlene, he's going to be okay." Christina holds Marlene in her arms, who has broken down. I hope all the others are okay. We're lucky that it was just a small bomb, and Tobias and Uriah were the only ones who were close to it. Everyone else seems to be suffering from impact or glass wounds. I turn to Tobias and give him a knowing, concerned look. I suspect that he too has figured out that Nita was obviously behind the bombing. I don't talk to him about it now though, we can't risk being overheard.
A nurse walks over to me and Tobias. She's holding a clip board, and has a stethoscope around her neck.
"What is your name?" She asks me.
"Tris Prior," I reply.
"Do you feel dizzy, nauseous? Do you have a headache?"
"A bit of all of them." I can tell that I'm going to have an even bigger headache once she's finished asking me all these questions.
"Can you look here for me please," she holds up a finger whilst shining a light into my eyes. "And here," she moves her finger in the other direction. "Alright, can you just blow really hard on this for me please." She holds out a tubular object with scale of some sort printed on the front. When I blow down onto the tube, the little hand on the scale moves upwards. "Good." She pulls the stethoscope from around her neck and places it in her ears. "Can you please lift your shirt up for me." I reluctantly apply, lifting my top up so that she can place the cold stethoscope onto my skin. "Okay, and turn around please." I turn around and she places the stethoscope onto my back. "Breathe in, and breathe out." I do as she says without argument. I know that I am fine, but it's better to be checked over, just incase. Now she pulls my top down and I turn back around to face her. She starts to press lightly on the bone of my nose and I wince. She then moves down to examine my chin, pressing along my jaw line. "Okay , your vitals are good and there are no signs of any breathing problems. Your nose isn't broken, just badly bruised like your chin. I suggest using an ice compress to take down the swelling. You are experiencing a bit of dizziness and nausea however, so I suggest that you stay here and lie down for a few hours." I nod my head and swallow the pain pills that she gives me. She moves on to Tobias and does pretty much the same thing, telling him that he is fine and only suffered minor grazes. She gives him pain pills and instructs him to stay with me for a few hours.
"Lie down," he says to me. I lie at the edge of the hospital bed, and Tobias lies next to me. I really want to talk to him about what happened, but now is not the place. There are many people cramped into the infirmary, and we can't risk them overhearing us. I also want to talk about the argument, but that feels to personal to discuss here. I think about how he protected me with his own body. He was prepared to let himself get hurt in order to avoid it happening to me. My feelings of anger have completely washed away. I decide to lie here and close my eyes. I'll wait until we're back at the dorms to speak to him properly.
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Sleep must have found me, because before I know it, I'm being shaken awake by Will.
"Four, Tris, wake up." He whispers.
We both groggily open our eyes, whatever those tablets that the nurse gave us must have nocked us out. I feel sluggish.
"What's going on?" Tobias asks.
"Uriah's still unconscious, they're working on his back, trying to heal his burn marks. The technology here is pretty advanced, so they're doing a good job in quick time."
I'm thankful that he is being mended. I don't know what we would have all done if we had lost Uriah.
"What about the rest of the Bureau?" I ask.
"People only suffered minor wounds. A few people have already been arrested. They're men who we have never met before. I heard that they were some kind of rebellious group working against the Bureau. I don't know what they were trying to achieve by blowing up a fountain, but they were caught in time before any more bombs could be set off. They also arrested a woman with dark hair who worked in the lab. They've been thrown in the cells, and it doesn't look like they'll be allowed out any time soon. David is calling an emergency meeting with the heads of the Bureau. Until then, we just all have to sit tight. A clean up operation has already commenced." Will pauses. "Anyway, I better get back to Christina and Marlene. They're still pretty upset about Uriah."
He pats my shoulder and nods at Tobias, leaving to find the others. I look at Tobias, even though deep down we knew who was behind all this, our suspicions have been confirmed. Nita was involved with the bombing, and we knew about it.