Tris's POV:
My fists clench, and I release a sigh, an attempt to calm myself down. "Amar, where the hell is everyone else?!" I frantically ask him.
"I don't know," he states calmly, not bothering to look away from the floor.
"What do you mean you don't know?!" I ask him, blood surging through my veins faster, my selflessness showing.
"Well," Amar turns to look at Tobias and I, "I woke up, and they were gone."
"Do you know where they went?" Tobias inquires his voice very soothing.
"No I don't. Can we just stop arguing, and find them?" he says, his head in his hands.
"Okay. We can do that. Let's just find them quickly, yes?" Tobias infers, peacefulness radiating from his voice. Amar nods, and stands up.
Tobias grabs my wrist, and pulls me upstairs with him. "What were you doing in there?" he asks me, the peace gone.
"I was concerned, Tobias. Let's just get ready, and find them." I turn away from him, and grab my clothes off the dresser. Before I can make it across the room to the door, Tobias stops me, and kisses me quickly, but passionately.
"I'm sorry," is all he says.
I smile, and answer, "You're forgiven," and walk out of the room, and into the bathroom. After changing out of my pajamas, and into my wrinkled clothes from the Bureau, I untangle the knots from my mess of hair with a stray comb that was resting inside the vanity drawer.
Once I'm finished, Tobias passes me, and I leave him to eat something in the kitchen. Momentarily, Tobias joins us and grabs a can of peaches from the slightly smaller stack of cans, and opens them, and offers me the first bite. I accept graciously, and point out, "Did you notice the smaller stack of cans? Who would've taken them?"
Amar, with peaches in his mouth, answers, "Maybe they took them. You know, Cara, Caleb, and Christiana."
"Why would they take food? Why would they even leave?" I ask, pondering on each question with deep thought after I ask it.
"Maybe they didn't," Tobias states, confusion in his tone, along with peaches in his mouth.
Amar and I both look at him, our brows furrowed. "Understand? Maybe they were captured," Tobias explains.
"By whom?" Amar asks.
"I don't know. Maybe Marcus, Evelyn, Joanna? Who do you think?" Tobias asks, smiling from ear to ear at his discovery.
"I suppose that does make sense. So? Shall we go looking for them?" I inquire, already standing up. They nod in agreement, and we scatter, packing our things as rapidly as we can without forgetting anything. The cans are distributed equally between the three of us, and we pack our clothes and possibly a few possessions from Tobias's house. In my pack, I have one can of apricots, one can of green beans, and one can of peas, my pajamas, and the comb from his bathroom. Strapping the pack onto my back, I lace my fingers with Tobias's, and we set off.
Tobias clutches my fingers tighter, and I let him, for I need the comfort myself. The city streets are packed with disorganization; from people of all likes roaming the same streets, to everyone wearing distorted clothes. I try to block out everyone, and focus on finding Christiana, Cara, and Caleb. Amar stays close behind us, but with his hood pulled up over his head; he's trying to be as discreet as possible.
I can see Tobias's nerves radiating from within him, for he is peering around every stray corner of this city. It's strange to stop and think that there's a myriad amount of other cities, and we're just a billionth of the world.
We keep walking for a few minutes before Tobias leans over his shoulder and whispers, "Any idea on where they are?"
"No. Are you positive that we should be doing this?"
Then, he breaks out his half smile and replies, "Too late now."
I smile back at him, and keep walking.
We pass places and people that bring back so many retentions from years past. Tobias's expression is blank most of the time, because he does very well hiding his emotions; if he is mad about something, his face will express the same thing as if he was sad. Although, I am completely the opposite. As they say, opposites attract.
I also try not to glance back at Amar too often, for I don't want to attract too much attention his way. He seems to be following us very willingly, until he turns a corner very quickly. Tobias glimpses at me, and leads me on to the next turnoff, so we can catch up with Amar.
We walk for about twenty feet until we discover Amar waiting for us by a dumpster, his black hooded sweatshirt pulled on very tightly. He lifts up his gaze, and nods his head forward, signaling that there's someone behind us. Tobias carefully turns his neck around and releases a breath. I do the same, but I don't let out a sigh of relief. I rather inhale deeply, for the person facing us is very powerful. It's Evelyn.
Her sharp eyes pierce into mine as she says, "Welcome, but might I ask what you're doing here?"
Tobias answers her almost immediately with, "There was a…problem at the place we were lodging. Just please let us keep moving, and we won't disturb you one bit."
"Oh, you won't will you? Well, by the looks of it, you already have," she remarks, the evil and trickery spilling out of her voice.
Both our brows furrow. I ask, "What do you mean?"
"Oh don't play dumb with me, Beatrice Prior. Both you and I know that you are the ones behind the recent attacks here in the city." Attacks? Now, I'm completely convinced that Evelyn is just plain crazy.
Tobias and I don't answer her, for we both know that we can't convince her that we're telling the truth. She'll stand by her accusation of us "attacking" the city. But, the real question is, who is terrorizing the city?
Evelyn interrupts my train of thought with, "Just for safety measures, why don't you two come with me?" And with that, her bony hand grabs me and Tobias's shoulders and she leads us away. At least now we might be able to find Christiana, Cara, and Caleb.
A/N: AH! I'm so excited because I have really cool ideas planned for this fanfic. Oh and please review and check out my other fanfic It's All for the Better? Thank you sm. Love you guys!
