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Tris's POV:

I stare at the rushing currents of the river, leaning on the barrier of the Chasm. Tobias forbade me from joining the search team that went out to find Andrew who escaped the clutches of Candor.

"'I don't want you hurting him', my ass," I scoff, chugging down the rest of the beer I stole from Uriah's apartment. I toss the bottle into the river, watching its green form being thrown against the rocks before disappearing into the tunnel at the far end.

"You know, I always wondered why you never bothered to keep me under your surveillance. Them people are too easy to fool." I growl and spin to face Andrew who's smiling at me. I fumble for my phone but as Andrew twists his body to the side, the black glint of the gun in pocket is hard to miss. I gulp and release it but not before speed-dialling Tobias.

"Why do you keep on escaping?"

"You."

"What do I have to do with it? You were sent down for your crimes, I am not the only leader of Dauntless."

"I want you to love me."

"You're sick."

"No. Not like that. Where's the daughterly love?"

"It died with Beatrice at 4 years old and 16 years old." He keeps silent, letting the roar of the Chasm consume his being and I pray to God Tobias recognises the sound.

"It's a good thing you're at this Chasm."

"Why's that?"

"So I can kill the both of us." My eyes widen and I barely register him barrelling towards me but at the last second, I step to the side, only receiving a nudge.

"What the actual f*ck? Why?"

"So you can love me."

"Me dying will have no hand in loving you!" I scream and Andrew punches me on the nose since I did not realise he was advancing towards me.

I grunt in pain and do a high kick, snapping his head upwards and I hear a crack in his neck. He hisses and before I bring my leg down, he grabs my foot and I try to yank it out of his grip. He grins maliciously as he runs the other hand towards my inner thigh and I summon all my strength to jump on my left leg, raising it to wrap it around his neck and he falls to the ground as I straddle his neck and he is still clutching my foot. He bucks his torso upwards, flipping me forwards and leaps up, dragging me by my foot. I spin on the floor, kick at his hand and scramble up. We face each other and I scoff at him.

"You could have just tried better to be a good father," I stall, wondering where Tobias was.

"Pff, that's no fun."

"Actually, it is," I retort and he slaps my face, swivelling me so my hands are behind my back and his face is in my hair.

"You know, I wanted your daughterly love but this tough side of yours is a turn on." I gag and shudder as his wet kisses are placed in the crook of my neck.

I would do a behind kick into his groin but he has trapped my legs and is somehow walking backwards towards the gap between the barriers of the Chasm. My breathing becomes erratic and Andrew takes this the wrong way, gathering my hands in his left and uses his right to clamp onto my bum then trails upwards to latch onto my breast.

I squirm and whimper. His hand wanders over my torso and slithers to my abdomen. I am momentarily ashamed for not being able to fight back but decide to push that thought to the corners of my mind. He manages to touch my area before Tobias appears. With Nikolai and Zeke.

"Stop!" Nikolai shouts and Andrew lifts his head. I feel a smirk and he shuffles to the edge of the Chasm. His hand returns to my area and I shriek, increasing the force in my struggle. Tobias gags and the three boys walk forwards. I cry, begging Andrew to release me.

"Sayonara boys," Andrew whispers before falling backwards. I screech and manage to free my hands, thrusting them outwards to grab onto to something. I grasp at thin air and sob, before a familiar hand finds mine. I hold onto it.

"No!" Andrew yells, clutching my leg. I feel like a rope in tug of war when Tobias gets my other hand and starts to pull me up. I fling my legs, trying to shake Andrew off and feel the cold metal of the gun.

"He has a gun!" I shout. I catch sight of a knife in my periphery and a manly cry drifts to me as my leg is let go, earning a sharp sting which I ignore. I hear the splash and the thud as Andrew lands on the rocks before fully submerging into the waves. The boys collect me and I collapse into a soft form, hyperventilating.

"Tris! Tris!" I try to find the brown eyes belonging to Zeke's voice but my vision is hazy with a combination of rapid tears and swirling images. I feel lightheaded. My leg throbs and I touch it, being greeted by my blood.

"Take deep breaths!" Nikolai instruct. I obey him but find it hard and my vision goes black as blue eyes pop up, staring deep into my grey eyes reassuringly.

Tobias's POV: (bit of a rewind.)

I hear punches and grunts, pushing me forwards as I sprint from the Ferris Wheel with Nikolai and Zeke behind me. The train is all the way in Erudite so we are running through the woods.

"You know, I wanted your daughterly love but this tough side of yours is a turn on."

"That's just disgusting," Zeke grits out from between his teeth. Due to our speed, we reach the compound, almost as fast as the train and I dart towards the Chasm. I spot Andrew touching Tris and Tris looks terrified. Andrew smirks at us when he hears Nikolai. The rest is a blur, all I remember is being warned about a gun, Zeke throwing a knife, and the gunshot boosted my adrenaline.

Andrew descends at top speed to the bottom and Tris does not realise she has a gun wound. She collapses in my arms and I let go of her, moving round to see her grey eyes. She attempts to take deep breaths but the impact of almost dying takes a toll on her as she goes out cold.

Nikolai rips his shirt and ties it around Tris's calf before I cradle her bridal style and I exhale heavily before shooting towards the infirmary. I focus on Tris and the slapping of my feet against the marble floor. I hardly hear the pounding of Zeke and Nik's feet due to the pulsing of my adrenaline and the infirmary finally comes into view.

"Marlene!" I bellow and she is running towards me with a bed.

"What happened?" I glare at her and she shuts up, calling her fellow colleagues as she rolls Tris into the infirmary. I follow them to the room and stand outside, not fighting against Nik's and Zeke's hold on me. I huff and wiggle out of their grips, and sit on the uncomfortable chairs. I whip out my phone and click on Facetime.

"Dude, this isn't the time to take a selfie." Zeke reaches out for my phone.

"Tobias?" Sarah's voice pulls me out of my staring competition that only had me as a contender and sighs, seeing my distressed face.

"Sarah."

"What's wrong?"

"Tris. She got shot in the leg."

"What? No?"

"How?" Lynn comes into view with a concerned Chris, Hector, who has his phone, frantically typing and Shauna, who is 10 weeks and four days along. Celeste skids into the waiting room with a panicked look and is in her tattoo uniform.

"Marlene just called me," Celeste breathes as she hunches over.

"Dude! Hector just messaged me and Amber," Peter explains as he walks in quickly with Amber who's biting her lip and Marlene trails out of Tris's room with a clipboard. I sigh deeply.

"Is that everyone?"

"No!" Uriah declares, falling into the waiting room.

"Wait!" Will stumbles, holding his phone up.

Third's POV:

"What about Tori and Bud or Medward?" Chris inquires. Tobias glares at her and she raises her hands in surrender.

"Andrew decided to come here."

"What?" Everyone's voices blend together.

"Where is he?" Sarah demands.

"At the bottom of the Chasm," Nikolai says monotonously.

"Why?" Will tilts his head. Tobias shudders and Zeke takes over.

"He had this twisted idea of how to get his daughter to love him again. However, during the fight, the love he had for her became sick."

"Oh my god," the girls whisper as the boys gag.

"He touched her," Tobias says forcefully.

"Then decided to fall backwards but Tobias caught her. Only, Tris warned us about the gun a little too late, meaning she has a wound in her calf and was bleeding excessively," Nikolai concluded.

"Poor her," Shauna mumbles over the phone. Everyone stays silent.

"We're coming over."

"Okay. Where are you guys anyways?" Tobias asks.

"Your apartment." Tobias nods.

"Bring the Sphere," Uriah instructs.

"David has some explaining to do."

"Erm, no I don't?" David's voice floats from the Sphere behind Sarah.

"Yes, you do," Uriah mutters as the Sphere is picked up and the call is ended.

Tris's POV:

My head pounds. I feel as if the 'dinosaurs' travelled to the future, shrunk and took refuge in my brain, stomping along to whatever music they have found. I groan and try to open my eyes, failing. My hand twitches and I groan again, the pounding not ceasing.

"Tris?" I hiss at the loudness of the voice and immediately the person backs away from my face. I finally get my eyes open and flinch on instinct when really, the room's dim.

"Whoever turned down the lights, God bless you."

"And y'all told me there was no point," Sarah scoffs. I smile weakly and focus on my little sister's relieved face.

"C'mere baby." She grins and strides over to me, falling into my wide arms.

"You had me worried."

"I'm a Prior. Death can't hold me down."

"But it can with Andrew." I snicker at her comment, but falter when the events of the afternoon come back to me. She notices this and pulls away, with a sad smile.

I eventually scan the room and make eye contact with many pairs of eyes, seeking out the one I love. I realise he was the one who spoke in my ear and face him. He holds a concerned smile and I smile back.

"So. Why is everyone all quiet? I expected Uriah and Zeke to be cracking jokes, Chris sucking Will's face off, Celynn cuddling, Sector signing, Tori and Bud discussing business, Pamber holding hands -oh wait, they are-, Marlene rolling her eyes at Uriah, Shauna rubbing her belly -wait, she's doing that- and Medward to be calm as usual, -yep they are- so..."

"Wow," Chris laughs.

"What about Tobias?" Nikolai speaks up and I remember he rescued me too.

"We aaaaaall know he would be holding my hands and watching me as I sleep 'peacefully' or caressing my cheek." Everyone says 'yeah' in unison and Tobias's tips of his ears go red.

"You scared us, Tris," he whispers.

"I know." I look over to Marlene, gesturing to my head.

"You do know there's water and painkillers, right next to you?" she says in amusement. I glare at her and sit up, hissing as my leg bumps on the cast elevating it. I grab the painkillers and down them, face contorting in disgust as I get over the bitter taste of them.

"Sphere." I hold my hand out, as Sarah places it into my hand.

"You know, since you're watching over us, I don't think it would have been that hard to inform the people looking for Andrew that he was headed for me," I say, knowing David was listening.

"Tris-"

"Ah, not finished. Now that I have this leg wound, I am wondering if it pushes our schedule back for coming out of the fence?" He stutters and I smirk, knowing I got him.

"So really, you were stupid enough to let Andrew roam the compound."

"Okay, I got it!" David puffs.

"I didn't hear that?" I smile innocently.

"I'm very sorry for not warning you."

"Oh dear David, you're too kind," I say sarcastically. He breathes out and I give the Sphere to Tobias.

"I wanna sleep," I yawn as I become drowsy.

"You gave her pills that has drowsiness as a side effect," Will murmurs, looking at Marlene.

"Knowing her, she'd be stubborn to sleep."

"Good point," Celeste agrees. I scowl and scoot back down, motioning for my bandaged leg to be released from the cast upholding it. It's placed onto the bed and I sigh in content, facing Tobias who took up his previous position on the chair, leaning on my bed, with his elbows propping him up.

"I love you, Four," I mumble as my vision starts to darken. I see the corners of his mouth curl up and I do not hear him but read his lips as he says 'I love you too, Six.' before letting the fatigue succumb me.

10 weeks and 5 days for Shauna.

"Trissy...," a rumbling voice sings while placing feather kisses on my face, causing my nose to twitch. I let out a breathy giggle and open my eyes to the sight of a smiley Tobias, leaning on his elbows.

"I should get hurt more often if you are going to wake me up like this." His face begins to contort in humour laced with sorrow. I bite my lip and reach out to caress his cheek.

"I was joking," I whisper and he nods hesitantly.

"I know. But the sight of you yesterday," he mutters, pain in each word. I smile sadly and bring his face closer to mine, kissing him tenderly. He moves his lips in sync with mine eagerly and I run my hand through his hair, beaming as he pecks my lips repeatedly.

"You know, I never thought I'd live to see the days two Stiffs make out." I let out a chuckle and present my middle finger to Christina before pulling away from Tobias and sit up.

"Hello to you too(!)" Tobias says sarcastically. Chris smiles, raising her shoulders, like the b*itchy girls in movies and strolls over to me from the doorway with my clothes.

"Have I ever told you how much I love you?"

"No, but you can start." We laugh and with the help of Tobias, I get off the bed.

"When you are discharged, we aren't leaving straight away. Your leg has to heal so we're leaving in two days."

"Okay," I sigh, before hobbling into the bathroom. I reminisce about my years in Dauntless and blush as I go over the memory of my birthday. I frown as I recall David saying they watch everything and groan as I realise mine and Tobias's intimate moment wasn't that secret. Or the other occasional love moments since we've returned.

"Tris. You okay?" Chris's concerned voice wafts through the door.

"Yeah..."

"Why you always lying?" I chortle at her song reference and unlock the door to let her in. I hold up the leggings and she grins, pulling out a pair of scissors from the cupboard. She cuts off the calf bit of the leggings and I pull them on slowly. I exhale in relief and yank on my black sweatshirt.

"So. What's up?"

"It was the leggings."

"Mm."

"Fine, I realised that since David and them other people watch us, the times in the bedroom probably aren't secret."

"Who cares? They could be learning a thing or two." I burst out laughing and she grins cockily.

"I swear girls take a long time, man," Tobias grumbles as we emerge.

"Excuse me?" I huff playfully. Tobias smirks and the three of us stride out. Well, they do but I use my crutches.

"Damn these crutches." I let out a yelp as the world goes sideways and I giggle when I see Tobias has carried me while Chris holds my crutch.

"Much love, guys."

"Obviously." Chris snaps her fingers then fans herself. I laugh and shake my head, snuggling closer to Tobias. He kisses my forehead and I smile, falling asleep.

Time skip. Shauna is 11 weeks...

Third's POV:

The gang threw all their stuff into the back of the Jeeps the guards brought and said their farewells to those who came out of the compound to see them off.

"Make sure-"

"Tris! They'll be fine!" Tobias chuckles at Tris's nervousness.

"See! Someone has faith in us!" Nathan says in an exasperated tone. Tris rolls her eyes.

"Three boys, being left in charge? With no females to balance out the testosterone?"

"It probably won't end well," Shauna interjects. Tris throw her hand behind her, gesturing to Shauna's location.

"Exactly!"

"We have Allison?" Benjamin points out.

"And Nikolai. 4 boys, 1 girl? Is that balanced enough?" Tris retorts sarcastically and Michael chuckles.

"Six. At lease have some faith in us."

"Oh, I do."

"Then what's all the worrying for?" Nathan asks incredulously.

"Boys. In charge. Someone please back me up!"

"What she means is you might make Dauntless into a rave. Or go crazy with the power left in your hands."

"Thank you, Christina!" Tris scoffs before hugging the boys and smiles at Nikolai.

"I love you, be careful out there," he says. Tris beams.

"I'll try. But I am a Prior."

"Touché." Nikolai laughs and the two share a hug.

"Let's go!" Tobias barks out and the gang scramble into separate Jeeps. The whole Compound has emerged and their cheers could be heard still as the Jeeps travelled away from them.

"America, here we comeeeee!" Uriah sings out of the window.

"Already," Marlene deadpans and everyone chortles over the radio or through the windows.

Last time skip.

"Ma'am, we have arrived at the fence," Ezra says in a mock accent. Tris whacks his head and the gang trail out.

"Right behind the oak tree, there's a little opening. We've programmed it to accept your thumbprint."

"How do you even? You know what, never mind," Tris whispers the last bit and strolls to the mini touch pad obscured by the trunk. That part of the fence collapse into itself and everyone's met with the three vehicles required to finish off the journey.

"Whoa," Tris mumbles.

"Epic!" Uriah holler before dashing to one of the big cars.

"How is he so hyped?" Sarah mutters, following on with Hector and Tobias in tow. Everyone jumps into their assigned cars after packing away their bags.

"Bye Ezra."

"Stay safe out there. I want my sassy Tris to return to this spot, right here."

"I love you, E."

"I love you too." The two share a tight hug and Tris grins before stepping into the unknown land and faces Ezra. The other two guards were waiting for Ezra.

"Bye." Tris smiles, waving and presses her thumb on the other pad. Ezra flashes a peace sign before the gap is replaced by the fence.

"Okay. Let's do this," Tris shouts before slipping into the car and all three cars rumble to life.

"Woo!" Eric hollers before leading the way with Bud's car at the back so Tobias was in the middle.

They are free.

They're out! If you haven't already, go and check out my new story. Till later, BooksLover2000... I am now on my halfterm, yes!