I hear a pained groan.
"I came all this way and managed to get shot breaking into here." He moans roughly.
My eyes take a while to focus, they are sore from the whiteness of this lab. Everything is white and perfect. It makes the blood smudges on the floor look even more prominent and out of place.
I cough again, the sound echoes and spots of blood stain the white floor. I finally look at him.
"I can't get it, Tris. I can't walk." Dale says while pressing his stained jacket onto his leg wound.
"Do what?"
"Get the cure." He says angrily.
I'm not suprised he's angry. He wanted to save Alaska and make her better and now he can't and she dying
"How do I get it?" I saw looking away from him and scanning the room for somewhere that the cure would be. I follow the trail of blood around the room. There's a door on the other side of the room with thick wires dangling from the white ceiling, the ends decorated with a small metal tubes.
"Tris I don't think you can get it either."
My heart sinks.
"Why the hell not?" I say angrily.
"I don't think you will be able to make it. You see on the other side of that room, you will get sprayed with so much gas that you won't be able to see meter in front of you. Even if by some miracle you can, you might not even be able to snap out of the simulation long enough to get the cure. Your head will feel worse than it ever has before."
"I can-" I begin to speak but he cuts me off.
"Tris, listen to me. You're already coughing up blood. This could kill you." He says seriously.
"I will take my chances."
"You're going to do this no matter what I say, aren't you?" He says through gritted teeth.
"Pretty much."
I stand up and feel the rush of adrenaline consume my body and I take a deep breath.
"Look, when… if you come back, pass me the cure and I will make sure you don't die. How does that sound?"
"It sounds like your making false promises." I share a weak smile.
Suddenly, I have a brain wave.
"Wait, what about my gas mask, can't I just wear that?"
"It won't work, you'll suffocate."
I shouldn't have believed it would be that easy. Nonetheless, I still have to do it.
I suddenly feel a pang of sadness and guilt overwhelm me as I take a step forward, I'm leaving him here, severely injured. What if he dies before I can find someone to stitch his wound together? What if I don't make it out… he and Alaska will be left, slowly bleeding to death. Tobias will be trapped here forever.
I have to do this. I have no other option.
"I believe in you, Tris." He groans as I reach the door.
They slowly start to open. I turn around to look at him, the last real person I might see.
"Don't die before I get back, Dale." I demand.
I step in the other room with my back against it. I can't can hear his response because the door close just as his mouth starts to open. I turn around and quickly examine my surroundings. It's a large room, lit with light blue cases. There's a door, identical to the one I just walked through, directly opposite to me with a clear window placed in the middle of it.
AN: I know it's a short chapter but i can't think what to write next. I'm sure i'll figure it out.