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Chapter 49
Tris
I'm getting married. I can't believe that I'm getting married. The euphoria is followed by a suddenly a wave of grief at the realization that my parents are gone and can't be part of my happiness. I have no idea where Caleb is or even if he is still alive. I try to push the sadness away. My parents were happy about me being with Tobias and my father gave his blessing. He called Tobias family. He had already considered Tobias to be his family. That thought brings my spirits up. They will be with me in spirit, I know they will.
These feelings flash by one after another as we lie in bed and talk about everything. When it is ten-thirty in the morning, I decide that I need to get up and get a shower. I move over to the clothes that Christina and Marlene bought on their shopping spree yesterday and find a shirt that will show off all of my tattoos. I love the beautiful art work that I have on my skin and want to show it off for everyone. I also grab jeans and take everything into the bathroom for me to change into after my shower.
I emerge from the bathroom and Tobias is waiting patiently so he can get in there next. He sees me and smiles, "I love the clothes that Christina buys for you."
"You only like them because they are tight," I smirk at him.
"Um… Yeah well can you blame me?" he says grabbing me by my waist and pulling me to him.
He kisses me and goes into the bathroom while I finish getting ready. I dry my hair and pull it into a ponytail. Then I apply the makeup that Christina made me get yesterday. I do it exactly the way she taught me. I look and see that my eyes aren't as dull as they usually are. They are much bolder.
I sit on the bed and wait for him to come out. When he does he looks at me, his eyes get bigger and he smiles but doesn't say a word.
Once we are ready, we head out the door for lunch. I wish we could have just stayed in bed for the rest of the day. But the war is still looming and we have things to do.
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"Oh my goodness, Tris you look gorgeous!" Christina says. "I'm going to do all of your shopping from now on!"
Zeke looks at me then at Tobias, "Dude, I really do think you are going to have to do something, because if she keeps walking around like that…" his voice trails off.
I lift my hand and show off the beautiful ring that marks me as taken.
"Is that what I think it is?" Marlene asks.
"Tris, are you and Four engaged?" Susan asks.
I nod happily. Christina grabs my hand and inspects the ring. "This is gorgeous. Four you have really good taste."
Tori, Evelyn, Edward, and Harrison enter the cafeteria as everyone starts saying their congratulations.
"Who are we congratulating and what for?" Tori asks.
"Four proposed to Tris this morning," Marlene says.
Tori grab my hand and looks at the ring. "This is beautiful. Congratulations you two," she says smiling.
Harrison and Edward chime in with congratulations also. Evelyn just glares between Tobias and me.
"Tobias, I can't believe you," she starts but he cuts her off.
"That is enough! This has nothing to do with you. If you say another word I will personally throw you in the chasm," he growls at her.
He looks angrily at Evelyn and I can't help but wonder what would have happened to him if she had chosen to stay in Abnegation or if she would have taken him with her when she left. I know it upsets him that she did that to him but I can't help but selfishly want to thank her. If she had taken him, I may never have met him.
"Well, it's nice to see we are all getting along," Tori says sarcastically. "Anyway, it is time for our meeting."
Tobias and everyone else involved get up and get ready to leave. Harrison stops and looks at me, "Tris, we would appreciate it if you would accompany us for this meeting."
"Okay," I say and shrug my shoulders. I'm not sure why they would want me there, but I'd rather be with Tobias anyway.
XXX
We all sit around the conference table in silence. I sit next to Tobias and he takes my hand under the table. He plays with the ring on my finger and smirks at me before giving his attention back to Evelyn and Edward who are sitting right across from us.
"We are here to discuss our plans for eliminating Erudite's threat on our lives. We need to discuss how to accomplish that," Tori says.
"Why don't we just crash in there and take them out?" Zeke says. Normal Dauntless answer, offense without thought of the consequences.
"We can't just go in there guns blazing, we have to have a plan," Tobias says.
They all start talking at the same time. Soon the noise level rises to the point of yelling. I sit and take it all in. How would I handle this situation if I were in charge?
I look to Tobias and he stands and raises his deep voice above the others to get their attention.
"Arguing over nothing is not going to accomplish anything," he says quietly but loud enough to get everyone's attention.
Everyone sits back down. They all look like they are silently fuming.
"We have to launch an attack from the inside if we want any chance of defeating Jeanine," I say. "Will was successful because he got in undetected."
"I don't know if that is possible again. My sister was in there, that is why I was able to get away with so much," Will says.
"Now wait a minute. No one says that we have to be quite as sneaky, with this attack. We could probably pose as Dauntless traitors. Saying we somehow escaped the Dauntless prison," Zeke says.
"I don't know if that would work," Tobias says. "How many of the regular Dauntless that are there actually have access to Jeanine?"
He turns to Will, "Do you know where Jeanine's office or her computers are?"
"I know where her office is, but there isn't anything special in there. My sister told me that there is a secret lab behind her office and that is where she keeps her personal computer with all of her experiments."
"I think I know how to get close to her, but you aren't going to like it," I say looking directly at Tobias.
"How?" Evelyn asks.
"One of the Divergent is going to have to turn themselves into her. She wants Divergent to study and test, right? If one of us turns ourselves in, she will have what she wants and it might lower her guard a bit for the ones that are posed as Dauntless traitors."
"No. No way Tris. There is no way that I'm going to let you do that. I'll do it myself," Tobias says.
"You can't, you need to be here to get me out. It has to be me."
"There has to be another way," Tori says.
"We could just storm the place," Edward says.
"We can't for all we know they could have triggered the simulation on the Candor. They could be helping to guard Erudite," Harrison says.
"I hate to say this, but Tris' plan is most logical," Will says. "Most of the Dauntless traitors that are there now won't know me, Zeke, or Four. The ones that would have known us are dead or captured. We should be able to get in undetected. But Tris, it may take time to get to you. What if they experiment on you?"
"I'm quite sure they will, but I've been able to fight every simulation that they have tried on me so far. I can fight some more."
Tobias shakes his head and puts it in his hands. He says without looking up, "I don't like this. I'm not willing to risk your life for this. What if I can't get to you?"
I take one of his hands in mine. I place my other hand on his cheek and turn his head to look at me. He gazes into my eyes, "You will get me out. I'm counting on you to do this. We have a wedding to plan."
He shakes his head again and whispers, "No Tris. Not this way."
"Tobias, she's right. This is the only way to do this without a huge loss of life," Evelyn says. I'm not surprised she is agreeing with me. She wasn't happy about our relationship anyway. This is an easy way to get rid of me.
Tobias looks at her and scowls, "Of course you would say that. You have been trying to separate us since you came into the picture."
"I'm sorry for that. I never realized how strong and brave this girl is. I thought you deserved better than a weak little Abnegation girl, this girl is not who I thought she was," Evelyn says. "She is right. She will be fine because you won't let anything happen to her."
"What happens once Tris is in there?" Tori asks.
"We get as many Dauntless as we can to pose as traitors and the rest of the Dauntless and the factionless surround the building. Once we are in position they storm the building. But I'm going to have to go in first, a couple days before the actual attack. Tobias, Will, and Zeke can go in around the same time and attempt to infiltrate Jeanine's lab. Once they have discovered how to get in, then the rest of you attack. Hopefully this will be enough of a distraction to destroy Jeanine's computer and to save me."
Everyone nods. I know this plan is dangerous. But it is our best bet.
"It's agreed then," Tori says. She turns to Evelyn, "How long before you can rally the factionless and get them here so we can arm them properly?"
"I'll need two or three days. Edward and I can leave today. We can be back here with all of the factionless by Thursday or Friday."
"What about the Dauntless traitor uniforms?" Will asks.
"We have lots of them in the prison. We are set to have a couple trials and executions anyway. Let's get them done now," Zeke says.
"Okay Evelyn, be back here by Friday with the factionless. We will have our moles in place by that point," Harrison tells her.
She and Edward get up and leave the room.
"Tris, can you be ready to go for tomorrow?" Tori asks.
"Yes, I can."
Tobias refuses to look up, he keeps his head down. "If we are going to have a trial, I want Peter's to go first," he says. "He needs to be punished for what he did to Uriah and Tris."
"Fine, Zeke can you go get him now?" Harrison asks.
Zeke gets up without saying a word and leaves the room. He is going to be happy to see Peter punished for his actions.
XXX
We meet in the Pit where the Dauntless have their trials. This way the entire faction can bear witness if they choose.
Tori, Harrison, and Zeke stand in the middle of the Pit while Peter sits in a chair. His arms and legs tied down so he can't escape. They decided to bring a few more of the traitors up from the prison and have their trials now also. They all sit side by side tied to chairs.
"You are all accused of crimes against humanity. How do you plead?" Harrison asks.
"Not guilty," Peter says.
The rest of them agree and plead not guilty also.
"Do you have any words in your defense?" Tori asks.
"We was under a simulation."
"We have proof that you were never under the simulation. We have the disk from the original attack," Harrison looks to Tobias. "Play the video of Dauntless when You, Tris, and Uriah infiltrated the compound and stopped the simulation."
The video shows Peter walking around the compound and talking to Dauntless leaders about the others that are under the simulation and why he didn't need to be. It also shows he and these other four men talking about how weak minded the rest of the faction was since they were all under the simulation. Then it fast forwards to us talking to Peter and him saying that he will help but only if we take him because the others would kill him. Then Tobias shooting him. It shows the other four running away at the obvious uprising that Tobias, Uriah, and I were causing.
"This video clearly shows that none of you were ever under the simulation and that you were proud of that. Do you wish to change your plea?"
"No."
"For the charge of crimes against humanity, we find you guilty. You are sentenced to immediate death," Tori says.
The entire compound pumps their fists and hollers in agreement. Each of the leaders takes a gun and fires at Peter. He slumps in his seat. He is dead. They do this same thing for each of the others. All five of them are dead.
