9: Tobias

I fumbled through what had happened while listening to the bickering of people over how to create more sustainable living for the gross amount of people moving into the city since it was open to everyone in the Country that could get here. Within the past few months, the amount of people seeking to move into Chicago had tripled for some reason. We had a lot of people that were considered GDs moving in. WIth the fast rise of the population, we needed something to help balance us. The topic of factions got brought up again, but with a few changes. The changes included that the people that couldn't fit a faction could live just as nicely as those with faction, pretty much making the Factionless the most accepting Faction, where they get all the odd ball jobs. I started grinding my teeth as I sat in the council room while listening to the bickering.

I felt a tap on my shoulder, I looked up to see Zeke standing there with a table in his hand. He leaned down, "Hey, got a few to spare? Have something to show you."

I shrugged and stood up to follow Zeke into the hallway away from voices. Zeke looked in the hallway, then kept moving till we found an office that we could hide in. After shutting the door, Zeke played with this tablet a bit, then handed it off to me. On the screen stood a woman with long hair that looked silver. She was standing outside my apartment building looking into the camera, as if knowing someone was looking back. A small smile spread across her face, her eyes where a light blue and she looked to be about 5'-10". I looked a bit closer at her hair, it was brown with blond mixed in, and it also looked like it was fluttered with silver, making it seem that her hair was silver. She wore a low cut dress that fit her curves, but left enough to the imagination. The more I stared at it, the more if felt like she was looking at me through a piece of glass.

"Who is this?" I looked up at Zeke, hoping this feeling would fade.

"We don't know, this feed is from the Morning of Choosing Day, about a two hours after you walked in, and an hour after your mother walked out. The reason for the concern is shown a bit later," he tapped the screen and it played the footage.

It showed this woman blinking then walking into the building. Seems they pulled the other pieces of footage to follow her through her walk into the building, and into the elevator. The camera switched floors to watch her walk out and down the hallway. My heart skipped a bit faster at the look of the hallway. She walk up to my door, and opened it like it was unlocked. She walked in and left the door open. I looked up at Zeke, wondering what was going on.

Zeke swallowed a bit, "Sorry man, there is no sound."

I looked back down to watch her come back out with someone else. My hands let go of the tablet when I saw that face. I stepped back till I was against the wall. My head stung and my eyes watered. Zeke walked up to me and wrapped his arms around me. I stopped caring and let my body react to the emotions. Tears streamed down my face and Zeke's shirt soaked with my tears. I took the time to find my center again, then stepped back from Zeke a bit. I smiled at him and gave my thanks.

"I never thought I would see her again," I took a deep breath. "I make peace with her being gone and I can't stop seeing her…" I felt panic spread over me like wild fire.

Zeke placed his hand on my shoulder, trying to steady me, "Four, stop, please."

I felt the tears and a rush that wouldn't let the tears stop. "Tris…"

"I can't see you like this…" It sounded a long way off, like someone was yelling across fields to talk to me. "Four?"

I felt like I was laying in a grass field. I slowly lifted myself up to see around me. The outside fence was there, the one that was taken down a few months ago. When I tried to move more, it felt like I was being held down by a great weight.

"Four? ... Is he alright?"

I turned my head to the side to look around. In the distance I saw a raven flying, free. I followed it as it slowly passed over head. My eyes stayed with it till I could no longer see it. I looked closer to the ground to see Tris laying next to me, staring into my soul, smiling.

"They are free, like they have always been," She smiled like the day where she smiled into the sun, the last time I saw her alive.

"I love you," the words seemed slow and ease out of my throat. Her eyes sparkled with wonder and love.

"I know…" I smiled at her words. "Because I love you too…"

I reached for her, because this life hadn't take her away from me. She reached out to me, I felt like she was trying to let me know that she was still here for me, even if I can't touch her.

'I will find you...'

I sat up in my bed, with the feeling I should be looking for something… I rubbed my eyes, feeling confused at where I was. Nothing seemed to be adding up. I was at… I closed my eyes, and tried to remember what last happened. There was the normal fighting of what to do next. Zeke showed up, showed me his tablet. Tris… He showed me a picture of Tris. I took a deep breath.

'She is alive,' I believed my own words, but remember seeing her dead. I understood more now, she was who I dreamed of and who I will find. I pushed back the sheets, now determined to move and find her.