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Chapter 51

Tris P.O.V

The moment the door closes behind Tobias and Zeke, silence overtakes the unfamiliar apartment, no one dares to speak or move. I stand between Shauna and Uriah, all of us staring at the door, wishing it would reopen and bring back two very important members of our family.

Right now the danger seems to be at a bare minimum according to Tobias, but we are all aware that at any minute a Dauntless traitors could realize Tobias' knowledge of the upcoming war. If that were to happen... a safe house would be the least of our worries. But I can't allow my thoughts to take that route right now.

The sound of little footsteps brings us back to reality. We finally unthaw, dragging our eyes away from the door, and giving our full attention to a gleeful Sara. She jumps, smiles, and coos at us, wanting the attention she so desperately deserves. Shauna laughs at the silly toddler before us, as Uriah bends down to catch Sara in his strong arms. He tickles my girl as her feet leave the floor, and her giggles echo throughout the apartment, distracting us from the situation at hand. I think it's a distraction that's needed for all of us right now.

I suddenly hear the sounds of cabinets opening, pots and pans banging, so I look towards the kitchen, to find Hana already starting dinner. I walk into the kitchen to help her.

"There was nothing in the fridge, but I did find spaghetti noodles and a jar of marinara sauce in the pantry. Actually, the pantry is well stocked... there are many meals I can make from there." Hana says, as she fills a big pot of water. I nod, as I begin to open the jar of sauce, and pour it into another pan to heat up. Even in an unfamiliar kitchen, Hana moves gracefully from one place to another, finding the spices and utensils she needs. I can see how my mother and Hana were such good friends growing up. In addition to the wisdom they both embody, and share with those they love, they both innately know how to make everything feel comfortable and seem okay even when things are at their worst.

No matter how much I try to think about anything else, my mind keeps going back to the situation at hand. I try to remain calm, and keep my breathing steady, as I continuously tell myself that every minute that they are gone is a good thing. It means that they got away and made it to Candor. I hope.

"There is no use in dwelling on the unknown..." Hana says, sincerity evident in her voice. I nod, knowing she is right, but I can't help the runaway thoughts that are plaguing my mind, not without knowing if the love of my life is alright. I should have just gone with them, no matter what Tobias said.

We continue to work in silence, Hana slaving over the stove, while I set the table, trying to find all the items that we will need. It's a bit confusing when no one knows where anything is, or if that one item you are looking for is even there. The only good thing about it is that it keeps my mind distracted for the moment.

Dinner is finished cooking in no time. We sit at the table, with Sara perched on a few pillows, so she can reach her food. Although I anticipate the mess to come Shauna and I sit on either side of her, in case she loses her balance. I take her bowl, cutting her spaghetti into smaller pieces for her to eat. Like most nights at dinner, she doesn't disappoint. She hates letting anyone help her eat, but because of that, most of it misses her mouth. Eventually she gets frustrated, letting the spoon fall to the floor, as she begins to grab handfuls of spaghetti, shoving it into her mouth instead. "Well I guess that works." I say, laughing at my girl. She smiles, proud of herself for solving a problem on her own. We all laugh, as her cheeks begin to fill with food. I think we're all grateful for the silly little girl sitting with us right now.

"Did you get any of that food in your tummy little one, I think it all ended up in your beautiful hair instead." I say giggling, as I wash pasta and tomatoes sauce out of her hair. I give up trying to clean the mess in her hair with just my hands, and use a discarded comb that I found in one of the drawers instead. It seems to work a little better getting all the smashed up food from her hair.

I sit down on the edge of the bed, pulling Sara's favorite goodnight book from her baby bag. "Dadda?" Sara says, pointing at her book. Damn, she is asking for Tobias to read to her tonight. Although I have had the pleasure of reading to my daughter her bedtime stories a few times since I have arrived at Dauntless, she has always preferred that her daddy read to her at bedtime, over anyone else. "A daddy's girl" till the end, I say, and smile at myself.

When Sara was first born, I carried around so many fears and concerns. Tobias didn't even know I was pregnant with Sara before he left to join Dauntless, much less that I had given birth to her. One of my many fears at the time, was that Tobias would reject her once he found out that I had his daughter. A crazy fear. I see now that it was baseless, and crazy, because Tobias and Sara are closer than any daddy and daughter duo I know. Looking at them now, you would never know that Tobias missed six months of her life. No doubt, they share a special bond together, that I'm so pleased to see, but truth be told, sometimes I feel a little jealous of their closeness.

"Daddy is working late, but wanted me to give you a big kiss goodnight." I say softly, doing just that, then I bring the covers up to her waist, making sure she's warm and cozy in this massive king sized bed. I open the book, and begin to read, showing her all of the pretty pictures on the pages, as I continue reading her favorite bedtime story to her. As I turn the second to the last page, I notice that my sweet baby girl no longer has her eyes open. In fact, her eyes are closed, and her breathing is nice and steady. I would say, she is sleeping like a baby should... no problems, no worries, everything is right in her innocent, little world. If only I had her innocence tonight, but unfortunately that's not the case, I will be getting no sleep, not until I know my Tobias is safe.

I stand up from the bed, careful not to wake my sleeping angel. I give her sleeping form a last glance, while making sure all pillows are securely around her. I leave the door cracked open, in case she wakes up in this unfamiliar place, and calls out for us.

I hear whispering coming from the living room, I figure that Shauna and Uriah are filling Hana in on what exactly is going on. I can see the blood has drained from her face, and she is left pale with concern written all over it. No doubt, I'm sure I am right. I take a seat next to them on one of the couches, as I fill in the blanks of this unbelievable situation we have found ourselves in. Now Hana knows the threat that we are facing, the slaughter that awaits so many innocent lives, including the lives of my parents. She turns towards me, taking the hand that is closest to her, and places it on her own.

"We'll find a way..." I can see she's struggling to say more, as her emotions are threatening to escape from her usual calm demeanor. She stands, wiping the runaway tears from under her eyes. "How about I see if I can find us some tea?" She suggests, and heads towards the kitchen. We sit quietly waiting, because there's nothing more to say. I glance at Uriah, who is bouncing his right knee impatiently, while Shauna fidgets with her fingers in her lap, and looks to be thousands of miles away. I can guess where her thoughts are, the same place mine seem to be tonight, with the men we love.

All the lights in the apartment begin to flicker, distracting us from the problem at hand. What the? Not sure if this should be a cause for alarm. we all stand up, readying ourselves for any sort of danger. The lights flash one last time, before leaving us completely in the dark. The four of us remain quiet, not daring to say a word. But that's when I hear it, fabric rustling, I know from the direction it comes from, tells me that we are not alone in this apartment like we thought..

As I begin to fight with all my strength, my mind runs a mile a minute, while my heart beats so fast it threatens to jump out of my chest. I take a deep breath. As I think to myself, I will fight to the death, if I have to. I then raise my balled fist close to my face, while keeping my elbows in. All of a sudden I heard a loud pop, screams breaking the silence, and a struggle breaking out. My body crumples to the floor paralyzed, as I feel a searing pain in my shoulder. I reach over with my other hand, as I discovered a warm, sticky wet substance coming from what appears to be a wound. I realize, the popping noise that I heard was the sound of gunshot. Loud footsteps begin to approach me, it's then that I realize that whoever is attacking us, isn't working alone. I can still hear the struggling going on where Shauna and Uriah were standing.

"You think I don't know what you stiffs have been up to!" The voice of our attacker says. Only this voice is familiar, I've heard it everyday since I arrived in Dauntless, the voice belongs to Eric. "You think you outsmarted me, well, guess again." I feel something hit the back of my head hard, the little vision I do have left, begins to darken and blur. The last thing I remember before the darkness takes over, is the chilling last words of Eric ordering the other attacker, "to get the kid."

Tobias P.O.V

We've been at this for several hours now, arresting traitors. As Jack and I previously discussed, we secured the doors to the dinning hall, when we first arrived at Dauntless. We planned the event perfectly, to a T. We agreed the best thing to do was to corner Dauntless traitors the best way we could. After all, we can't ask for the traitors to turn themselves in, and expect it to be done in a civilized manner. If they were agreeing to go to such great lengths to slaughter an entire faction... who knows what they would be capable of, once they knew they were going to be arrested. Jack and I agreed, dinner time was the best option in the end. It's a weekday, most Dauntless members come to the dining hall for dinner during the week. We thought this idea would make finding the people on the list much easier.

One by one, we checked off the names as we arrested them. For a group of this size, we needed to use hand ties to restrain them, because we didn't have enough handcuffs to go around. We sat them at one of the longest tables near the wall that has no windows, and isn't near any doors, with their hands tied behind their backs. At this point, we were only missing 5 more from our list, Max happened to be one of them. No doubt, they were probably at their homes eating their dinner, or getting ready for bed, instead of coming down to the dining room to eat. We will have to start a search party for those that are missing. Fuck.. I take a look at who else hasn't been arrested yet.

Eric, Max, Mrs. Wheeler, Jade, and then the last name that I see... I'm not sure if I should be surprised or not, Lauren.

"Did we get them all?" Zeke asks, as he approaches me. I know he wants this over and done with as much as I do. To both our surprise, we lost many friends tonight, friends that we worked with side by side, and friends that we had come to trust over the years... I turn to look at him, shaking my head, no. "Who are we missing?" He asks, without saying a word, I hand him the sheet of paper that list all the traitors. The ones that have been arrested have a check mark next to their names, I watch his eyes look down the long list of traitors. "Fuck, Lauren?I guess that makes a lot of sense." He says with amusement. He is probably just as eager to catch her as I am. I'm sure he is thankful that we both don't have to deal with her again after tonight.

"Alright, please load the prisoners on the truck, and escort them back to Candor. Three guards are to keep watch at all times," I command. I turn towards the guards, "You three stay behind,'' I say gesturing, "we have five more traitors to arrest." They nod their heads, while squaring their shoulders. Jack gave them clear instructions before we left Candor, that they are to follow my lead and every command that I give them. Jack decided to stay behind in Candor and make a few phone calls to the leaders of the other factions. Although we have everything under control, and don't need their assistance, they still need to know what has been happening right under their noses. After all, we still have to deal with Erudite, and have them arrested, and escorted to Candor.

"So where do you think they are?" Zeke asks, handing the list back to me.

"I don't know, maybe at home." I answer, shrugging my shoulders.

"Alright, that's where we start looking then, but..." Zeke stops talking for a minute, as his smile widens with excitement. "I'm there when we arrest Lauren." I can't help but roll my eyes at him, of course he wants to be there for that, who doesn't, after her constantly trying to get me in the sack everyday since I stepped foot into Dauntless. The doors open to the dining room, as the guards begin to order the prisoners out of the dining hall. Zeke and I stay back, making sure all the prisoners comply with the guard's orders. Movement from the corner of my eye catches my attention, as I see a head of blonde hair coming towards us. I then turn, giving the figure my full attention, but to my surprised horror, it isn't just some random figure, it happens to be Tris. I watch her stumbling towards Zeke and I, as I take in her appearance, it's then that I realize she isn't well. She's also holding her left arm up, while cradling it in her other hand. I realize that my girl is hurt, but what the fuck happened to her. Her color is drained, and pale. As she holds her left arm bent up, cradling it with her other hand. What happened to her? I nearly trip over my feet, as I begin to move towards Tris, catching her right as she begins to lose her balance, and starts to fall to the floor. I cradle her trembling body in my arms, and hold her tight against my chest, knowing that I would never survive, if she's not okay. Oh my god, what in the world happened to her?

"Tobias." She says weakly, it's then that I take a better look at her. Her hair isn't just blonde right now, there happens to be a hint of red liquid staining one side of her hair. No doubt, Tris has been hit over the head with something to cause this. I then pull back further to take in all her injuries, my blood immediately runs cold. I see the wound on her left shoulder, a bullet wound to be exact, and it happens to be fresh.

"Tris, what happened? Who did this to you?" I ask, panicking. I will kill whoever dared to hurt her.

"Eric... attacked us. Sara is.. she's gone." Tris sobs, as she begins to explain to me what has happened. But I can see from experience, that she is quickly losing the battle, just by looking at her face. She has become white as a ghost from blood loss, no doubt. And her breathing is uneven, and extremely weak. I know that she needs help as soon as possible, so I scoop her up, just as she loses consciousness. No doubt from the blood loss, her breathing is uneven and extremely weak. She needs help as soon as possible. I look over my shoulder at Zeke. I can tell by the expression on his face that he is already thinking about the same thing I am. He nods silently, while running out the door to go check on the rest of the family, as I run as fast as I can towards the infirmary. With every step I take, I pray that Tris will be alright. I can't lose her, not after everything we have been through.

I rush into the double doors, the nurse on duty is startled at the scene before her. It's now I notice there is a trail of blood all over the floor. The sight sickens me, she is losing way too much blood, this isn't good. Not good. The unfamiliar nurse tells me to Tris through the double doors, into one of the examination rooms. She orders me to lay Tris down on the examination table, then hands me a handful of gauze, and telling me to apply pressure to the bullet wound. It seems to be where all the blood is coming from. She turns, rushing out of the room to find the Doctor on call. I give my full attention to Tris, applying pressure to her shoulder. I lean in careful not to hurt her, as my empty hand caresses her blood stained cheek.

"You listen to me, Tris... I need you to fight. You can't leave me. Not now. Not ever. I can't do this without you." I whisper gently to her, praying that she can hear me. "I love you so much, baby." I don't bother to wipe the tear that falls down my cheek.

"What happened?" A male voice asks, as he rushes to Tris' side. He begins checking her vitals, and feeling the side of her head where the blood stain is.

"I'm not sure... She collapsed in my arms before she could tell me." I say.

"Are you family?" The Doctor asks.

"Yes." I answer. She's my only family, her and Sara.

"Husband?" The Doctor probs.

"Not yet, but we share a daughter." I try to explain our relationship. "Is she.. is she going to be alright?" I ask. " You have to save her, I can't... I can't lose her." For the first time since I was nine, I feel like I might break at the thought of losing Tris.

"We'll do everything we can, but you'll have to wait outside." The Doctor orders. But I can't move, I can't seem to bring myself to leave my girl's side. "Now." He yells, as I hear a long, loud beep echoes through the room. All of a sudden, I can feel a nurse pushing my frozen body out of the room, closing the door behind me.

My heart sinks to my stomach, as I walk down the hall, and into the waiting room. I can't lose her, I won't have it. I can not let that happen. She dies, I die.

The doors to the infirmary suddenly open, I looked up to see a very distracted Zeke storming into the lobby, carrying an unconscious Shauna in his arms. I take in her battered form. I can see she has bruises on her face. There is no question about it, whoever did this to her, went all out. Behind Zeke, I see Uriah trailing behind, he is walking slowly, while dragging his hurt mother with him. Oh my god, not Hana too, I run taking her out of Uriah's arms, she is barely conscious herself.

"What the hell happened?" I demand, waiting for anyone at this point to answer me.

"I found them at the apartment, just as Uriah was coming to." Zeke says, while calling out for someone to help. Another nurse, different than before, comes running out of the double doors, her jaw nearly hit the floor, when she sees more patients needing their help. She gestures for us to come through the double doors, bringing each new patient into a different room, one after the other. My eyes fly to the room, that I know Tris is in right now, I so badly want to go through the door to see what is happening.

"We were attacked." Uriah finally gets out, as he lays flat on his back with some help from Zeke. We're both really eager to hear what the hell happened there tonight. "One minute we were talking, the next minute the lights went out, and we weren't alone anymore. I tried to fight as long as I could Four, but we were out numbered. Then I heard a shot... Four, I'm sorry they took Sara," Uriah explain. Absolute horror, and anger overwhelms me... Whoever did this took my daughter, which means they want to fight. My thoughts go back to Max's warning, that they wouldn't hesitate to go after my family. My blood begins to boil, I will kill them. I begin to think of the list... who else hasn't been caught? Who out of the five people left, would most likely do this to us, Eric.

"Stay here." I demand.

"Where the hell are you going?" Zeke screams out after me.

"To finish this once and for all." I say, as I run out of the infirmary.

A/N

The next chapter will be released Dec 30th

This chapter was brain stormed with FDFobsessed

This chapter was beta approved by Dimpls742

Take care and like always Happy reading everyone

Trini