I can hear Tobias calling my name and slowly I wake up.
"We have to skip breakfast, I let you sleep for way too long. We have to go in fifteen minutes" Tobias says.
I try to swing my legs off my bed but they barely move a couple centimetres. I try and again and again but they only move an inch at a time. It takes a lot of effort and I can feel my face turning red.
"Tris, is there something wrong?" He asks worriedly.
"No…Yes. My legs won't move properly."
"What do you mean by move properly?" He asks.
"I mean that they won't move more than an inch at a time!" I shout without meaning too.
"Tris it will be okay, we'll figure something out. It will wear off soon."
There's a three sequenced knock at the door and we both turn our heads around. Nobody can see me like this.
Without a word, Tobias puts me in the middle of the bed, slanted towards the door.
"Come in!" I shout.
Evelyn walks in and stop a meter in front of our bed, "I heard that you've got her memory back and truly I'm happy for you both. Unfortunately, I also know about you being gassed too. I wanted to check if you are still fully functional and able to fight."
She doesn't seem happy at all, I think she doesn't want me to be healthy.
"She's fine. In fact we've never been better, the gas hasn't cause any permanent damage at all. They were just side effects." Tobias says protectively. I wish it was just side effects.
"Excellent. I didn't just drop in for a social meeting, I came here to tell you that we found The Smokers actual base, we will depart in two days. Right now I need all the skilled Dauntless to teach the Erudites hand to hand combat."
"Of course." I say.
She nods at Tobias and then leaves our apartment. Tobias rushes to his feet and gets changed, luckily I fell asleep yesterday in my normal clothes so I decide to stay in these. I'm going to have to walk somehow. Everyone will be watching and I'm supposed to be one of the leaders, if they see that even I can't fight, what chance have they got? Morale is low as it is.
I pull myself to the edge of the bed and place my feet on the stone floor. I lift my weight onto my feet and stand up straight. I walk a couple of steps, it takes a while but its progress.
"You sure you're up to this?" He asks concerned but he already knows the answer.
"Let's go." I say.
"Put your arm around my hip and put as much weight on me as you can." I do as he says and we begin to walk. Everyone that walks past doesn't seem to notice anything wrong. Tobias stops at the next corner and stop a finger on his smooth lips. I concentrate on the murmuring of voices behind the wall. It's our friends. We carry on walking towards them, my hand back on his hip.
Christina and Colin are kissing, Zoe is laughing with Tom and Dale. Zeke, Shauna and Alaska are also talking.
"So you guys are the skilled Dauntless Evelyn was talking about?" I ask.
"The one and only!" Zeke shouts.
"Let's go make some geniuses fight!" Tom yells.
We walk into the training room and it is filled with five boxing rings and hundreds of punching bags. The Erudites begin to file in, once it seems like everyone is present, Tobias starts to talk.
"We will give you an hour to train then I want you all to pick a partner, someone who isn't your friend and is about as strong as you are then you will fight. He moves to the nearest punching bag and gets everyone to crowd around and starts to demonstrate.
I stay on a bench at the side of the room and Alaska joins me.
"Let me guess, your legs have stopped working?" She asks.
"Lucky guess." I laugh. "Anything wrong with you?"
"Reactions are really slow." She mutters.
I fish out my keys from my pockets and throw them to her. They land on her lap and then her hands clasp together to catch them.
"I see what you mean."
After an hour of sitting on my bench while the others train them, we move on to the fights.
I decide to help out, I feel bad for letting them do everything. I walk a slow step at a time to Tobias. They've already got into pairs following the advice of pair with someone that is equal to your strength.
"Who wants to go first?" I ask.
"Why don't you go first? Show them how a professional does it." Evelyn says behind me.
I let out a shaky breath and then turn around, "what a great idea, I'm sure you have an opponent in mind."
Tobias looks at me, anger and worry painted on his face. I give him a small smile to try and settle nerves. How am I going to fight when I'm exhausted just walking?
"Alaska." She says.
That is the worst person she could pick, her reaction are so bad she wouldn't be able fight me even if she tried. Desperation rises up inside me but I don't let it show.
"Come on, give me a challenge." I say with vanity.
"Charles." I turn back around and step towards the ring. It really aches and by the time I get inside of the ring I want to scream out in pain.
He is stronger then Tobias, he has broad shoulder and muscular arms. Charles is definitely from Dauntless, his tattoos cover up most of his skin. I wonder why he was in here, he doesn't need training. Maybe this was all a set up by Evelyn to prove how weak I really am, I don't want to give her the satisfaction. It's now completely silent and Tobias speaks up, "remember what I taught you and you'll be fine. Begin."
That was obviously was meant for me, he used to teach me how to fight and more importantly how to defend myself. I wait for him to make the first move. He darts towards me but my legs hurt so much that I can't move them. He shoves me towards the ground and I can hear gasps from the crowd. Even though all I can see is Charles body towering above me, I know Evelyn is smirking, this is just what she imagined would happen.
He kicks me just above my hip with full power. I can't get back up and from down here there's not much I can do, so I just let him continue until I get a chance to do something. He hits me again in the same spot and I cough up some blood. I'm filled with anger right down to my core. I can't just let him hurt me. He tries to punch me in the face this time but I grab his hand before he can touch it. I bend his finger back until I hear a snapping sound.
He screams and moves his other hand to punch me. I roll out of the way. My legs don't hurt anymore, adrenaline courses through my veins. I jump up and elbow him in the face, his nose starts pouring with blood and he shields with both of his hands; letting his guard down. I kick him in the stomach, legs and back.
"Tell me when you want to stop." I whisper and I can tell by his processing eyes then he heard me.
I dive on top of him and knock him to the ground. The impact knocks the breath out of his lungs and he gasps for breath.
"Finish?" I say not wanting to hurt him anymore.
He nods and I help him into a sitting position. Once he is ready I pull him out of the ring and a few people take him off me to the infirmary. I wanted to take him, it was my fault after all but I don't argue. Weirdly, I don't feel any pain, even though I know I should do. I can walk fine now too.
"Impressive." Evelyn says sounding like she's bored.
Tobias walk towards me and takes me half way to the bench, I stop him.
"I'm fine, I don't feel any pain." I whisper.