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My nameless attacker sinks to the ground in front of me, lifeless. Gemma is revealed behind her, with a gun aimed at where the guards back was just a second ago. She slowly lowers arm to her side, takes her gas mask off and I pick up a gun I don't remember dropping.
"If I don't make it, make sure you get Tobias out." I say seriously.
She's too startled to respond but I have to make sure that Tobias isn't left here. I can't even imagine how haunted I would be if he had to stay here forever, all of this would be worthless. All these lives lost…
"Will you do this for me?"
"Yeah… Yes, Tris. I risked everything to do this I'm not giving up now."
"You know in another reality, we would probably be friends." I laugh thinking about how much we've progressed since I almost killed her on the train and now she's just saved my life.
"Huh, I think we would be. That's if in the other reality I was actually nice to you and didn't work for an organization where they wanted to choke everyone to death." She smiles but it doesn't reach her eyes.
"Follow me."
She opens the doors quietly and runs diagonally to a small building. Guards patrol this wide, lengthy road and they catch us running but they don't move. Why aren't they trying to kill me? I don't have time for any games.
Gemma holds the door open for me and I walk inside. This isn't Chloe's room. It's a surveillance room and it's unguarded. I scan the cameras for anything that could give me some composure. The television in front of me displays a black and white image of four Erudite's trapped in a room, dying silently. Many have smokers gassing people and instead of instead of fighting, they are evacuating.
"Tris." Gemma mumbles.
I turn to see her staring at a screen with Tobias in it.
He's sat in the corner, hands roped together with his head still raised high. His chest is unclothed, I can see large bruises and grazes covering it. He's shaking a little, he's trying not to show it but it's just making it worse
"Tobias..." I whisper as I move closer to the screen
I gently place my fingertips and stroke his bloody body. How could she do that to him? I look closer at his arms, it's has healing and new blisters on it. He's been gassed. I pull up sleeve a little, away from Gemma so she doesn't get worried and I see that my skin is really sore and bleeding. I pull it back down.
"We should go and-" I trail off. My eye catches on another screen. Alaska lay on the floor. Christina is crying and trying to lift her but she can't. She's too weak. There's blood covering the both of them. I can't leave them, but I don't want to leave Tobias either. I go back to his screen and watch him for a little, hoping this isn't the last time I see him.
"Hang in there Tobias. I'm coming back for you." I whisper to his screen.
I walk back over to Alaska's screen.
"We've got to go here first." I point at her screen.
"Now?" She asks curiously.
"Yeah."
"We've got to go back the way we came." She says with fear in her eyes but she stands with courage.
She looks at my sympathetically, nods to herself and opens the door.
I follow her and try not to look at the soldiers which have now started to chase us. I get to the door, open it, rip off the handle on the outside, wait for Gemma to get in and close it. It electronic, so they won't be able to get in this entrance, unless they smash it open. Whatever they decide to do, it will give me more time to get to Alaska and find the cure.
My heart beats faster than I thought was possible. What if I die before I get there?
A door swings open and I crash into Smoker soldier and fall onto the floor. He stares at me with startled eyes. He looks so innocent. I lower my gun and help him up. He doesn't move and he still stares at me. Why does he realise that I'm letting him go? I roll my eyes and I walk quickly to catch up with Gemma. I hear the echo of things clattering behind me. I turn around to see three containers of gas and the back of the nervous soldier life I just saved. While place the gas mask I stole from a dead soldier on my face, I kick the hissing gas containers towards him. I shoot his arm too. Hopefully that should teach him not to be spiteful. After skimming round a corner, I hear Christina sobbing. I sprint towards the noise. I spin around until I can locate where the noise is coming from. I freeze when I read the gold sign bolted on the door.
They are hiding in Chloe's office.