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"So let me get this straight, Max took Gabby so she could open a box. A box that only her or Bella can open, but you don't know where the box is or what's in it?" Jacob asked from the backseat of the truck.

Eric tightened his hand on the steering wheel before looking at Jacob through the rearview mirror. "Yes, that's exactly what I'm saying. But the box is not priority right now. Gabriella is and the sooner we rescue her the better. Once we get her maybe we can find out where this box is and why it's so important."

They were 4 hours away from Dauntless and Bella could hardly sit still in the passenger seat as she waited impatiently. It'd been 2 years since she'd seen her home and all the people that lived there, she wondered what they would say to her when she got there. How would her older sisters react to her coming home? Did they even know about Gabby?

Bella turned towards Eric, "Do my older sisters know?"

Eric shook his head, "They were transporting some new weapons from outside the wall. I didn't want them distracted. I figured bringing you home was more important seeing as how they'd be on my ass to bring you home after telling them anyway."

"And Mason and Tyler?" Jacob asked

"They're all together, so once they see you both they'll know you're safe and we can all focus on saving Gabby."

Bella looked out the window before asking in a quiet voice, "And Jason? Does he know?" She didn't dear look in Eric's direction for fear of his reaction.

"He's on a special assignment with the Hemsworths, figured we should wait. Wouldn't want anything happening to him out there, now would we?" Eric answered

From the tone in voice, Bella wasn't sure if his answer was sincere or not.

"What do you think it'll be like there? Dauntless?" Alice asked as they drove behind Bella.

"I don't know, but I know things are going to be way different. Bella's whole demeanor changed after she said they were getting Jacob. It's like she's a whole different person. I don't even know who she is now." Edward said looking straight ahead.

Everyone was silent for a minute. "Maybe not." Emmett said looking out the window, "Maybe the Bella we think we know isn't the real Bella. These people that came to get her, they know the real Bella." No one said anything after that, taking in what Emmett said. Edward just hoped that he didn't lose Bella.

Eric drove up to a gate that had a man sitting inside a booth. "Mr. Coulter, happy to see you made it back in one piece." Eric smiled.

"We've got company." He said throwing his head back in the direction of the Cullens.

"Yes sir!", he said

They drove through the gates and inside the basement of the compound. Bella slowly stepped out of the car before looking around. Aside from it looking a lot cleaner and there being more windows, things didn't look that much different. Eric, Four and Tris stood back as she and Jacob made their way further inside, allowing them to take in their old home.

Bella and Jacob looked at each other before they took each others' hands and walked up the stairs with everyone else in tow behind them. "Nothing's changed." Jacob said looking around, "It's like we never left." He said looking over at Bella who remained silent as she looked at the home she once loved so much.

"It seems like a forever ago. This isn't how I pictured coming home, being hunted for what we are. My parents warned us that this would happen one day, that's why they pushed us so hard before…" She trailed off unable to finish her sentence.

"We're gonna use the elevator to go to the conference room on the 6th floor. We've got all the information and footage we have been able to capture on Max and Jeannine up there. Tori will show your friends where they are staying." Eric said as he walked past the, with Four and Tris in tow.

Tris stopped next to Bella, "I know we never got the chance to properly get to know each other, but your sister is one of the strongest Dauntless I know. We will find her Bella."

Too overcome with her emotions, Bella could only nod. Her sister was strong and that was the problem, just how much abuse would she take before giving Max what he wanted, or worse, before he killed her?

They walked into a large room filled with computers, scanners, and boards filled with maps and writing all over them numerous faces, including Gabby, Max and Jeannine's. "This is what we've got so far on them. Last sighting we have of the target is when they were driving past one of our camo homes." A girl sitting a monitor said.

"How long ago?" Bella asked walking over to get a better look.

"48 hours ago Miss Hale."

She looked closer at the screen and saw her sister's bruised face, "What are they doing to you?" she asked softly, "When we find them, Max is mine. I will be the one to kill him. Understood?"

Eric shook his head, "Bella I don't think you want that on your conscious. Trust me, knowing you're the reason someone is dead will-"

"I said I will be the one to kill him! I wasn't asking you, I was telling you." No one had ever spoke to Eric that way before, but Eric had known these girls since before their initiation. They were stubborn, when their minds were made up there was no way they could change it.

"You heard her" he said walking to the other side of the room, "Max is hers."

They'd spent all day in the conference room going over all the information they had, but still weren't any closer to finding Gabriella. Bella was looking over all the security footage of the compound seeing if anyone might lead her to Max, but she had no such luck.

Jacob got up and walked over to her, "Bells come on, we've been at this since we got here. lets go to bed and start fresh tomorrow with a new pair of eyes." As he said that the doors to the compound were opening on the security camera.

"Wait!" Bella said looking as the people on the other side walked in. she recognized her sisters right away. "Cat, Jenny" she whispered before getting up and running out the room. Jacob looked at the camera too and saw his brothers walking behind them and took off right behind Bella.

She ran as if her life depended on it. Her sisters, the only family she had left were home and she had to see them. She burst through the doors of the training room and slowed to a stop as she stood in front of her sisters. They stared at each other for what seemed like forever before Jennifer ran towards her and pulled her into a bone-crushing hug. Catherine slowly walked towards them before she embraced her younger sisters, letting the tears spill over her cheeks.

Jacob wasn't far behind and Tyler saw him first as Mason looked on at the scene in front of him. they couldn't believe it. Their little brother, was standing in front of them as a man. Tyler pulled him into him and just held him. Mason put his forehead against Jacob's from behind Tyler and just stared into his youngest brother's eyes.

The Hale and Lockwood families were finally reunited.