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Al-Pal
"Evelyn isn't dead."
"What? Of course she is. She died when the Dauntless traitors burnt one of the factionless safehouses down. She was in it. No one got out." Four responds quickly.
"Chris, how would she even be alive? Where would she be hiding?" I comment.
"You can see for yourself." Christina responds. She stands up, and readies herself to jump out of the train. We are not far away for the factionless slums. I pull a shocked Four up from the ground and stand by the edge. The wind whips across my face and blows my hair wildly around. Four grips my waist from behind. If I fell here, I would probably die. The train is not yet retreating from its heightened rails above the city. He is acting as a life line. Anchoring me to safety. Not to the train, but to him.
The rails dip slowly and evenly to the dusty ground, and the whistle blows loudly over the roaring wind. Christina jumps, and Four and I soon follow suit. She begins walking to the end of a street with an old sign labeled, 'Edgewood Drive.' She counts down the houses until she reaches the fourth one, then walks around to the back of it. There is an unlocked door. She knocks. I squeeze Four's hand. The sun is just begining to come back up, and I watch the color bleed over the skyline. It is beautiful.
I hear a clanking of metal as I turn back to the door. It creaks open slightly, and a young girl, looking to be about nine, peeks out. "Who are you? Are you Beatrice? Beatrice and To-"
I cut her off, before she can say his real name. "Yes. Tris and Four." How does she know us? Most people know us from the war, but not children. Not this young. And especially not by name and face.
"Four?" She asks. She looks confused.
"Yes. And you are?" He says.
"Reagan. Reagan Atlas Ea-"
"Who is it?" A littler girl pops out from behind Reagan's legs. The two girls look interestingly like Tobias, but they have darker hair, darker skin, and dark coal colored eyes.
"None of you business Alice! Go away!" Reagan snaps at Alice.
"Tris. And Four." I say. She scrunches her eyebrows `together in curiousness and confusion.
"And Christina!" She squeeks from behind us, annoyed.
"Christina!" Alice pushes Reagan aside and dashes between Four and me, grabbing Christina in a tight hug. This is confusing. Not who the kids really are, and how Christina knows them, and they know Tobias, by his real name, the part about why they exist, and why Christina has been seeing them. My brain has already put the pieces together, but I believe I am going though what they like to call, denial. It only takes a quick glance at Four to see that he is feeling just what I am, maybe a little more.
"Reagan, where's Evelyn?" He is straining to keep calm, so I grab his hand. He squeezes it. Reagan takes a short skeptical look at us, grabs Alice by the hand, and pulls her inside.
"Mom?" She shouts. Evelyn comes over after a minute.
Mom. It's true.
"What? I'm busy! You know that! What do you need?" Reagan just stares at us, and Evelyn follows her gaze. Evelyn draws a sharp breath.
"Tob-"
"Four." Reagan corrects, looking up at her.
"Right. ..Four.. come in.." She steps aside "And Tris. I see you're... recovering.. well." She stares at me, a trace of a smug smile on her face.
I shudder, and involuntarily squeeze Tobias's hand. His eyes harden at her.
"Is there something you might feel the need to tell me?" She blinks at him, pretending she has no idea what he is talking about. He just waits.
"Oh. Yes. Four. I wanted to tell you sooner but, I just, I don't know, felt that it was the wrong time. Come with me." She places her hands on the backs of Reagan and Alice and slowly guides them to her office, Four and I following behind her. When we reach the door, the two girls go in, but when Tobias and I are about to follow, she puts a hand to my chest, stopping me. I instinctively swat it away.
"Don't touch her." Four growls. She ignores him, and places the hand on my shoulder.
"Beatrice,"
"Tris." Four corrects, before I can open my mouth,
"..Tris, you wouldn't mind waiting outside here for a moment, would you?" She squeezes my shoulder far to hard to be friendly. I shake her hand off me.
"Actually, yes. I do mind. I grip Fours hand tightly, and he squeezes back.
"She's not leaving my sight." Tobias adds. Evelyn continues looking at me, for a moment, scilently. Then she swallows, glances down, and flashes a smile back up at her deserted son.
"Right." She says. We step into her office, and she leans on the edge of her desk. Tobias shuts the door. "Well Four, Reagan and Alice, they're your sisters. Well, Alice is a half-sister." Someone knocks on the door.
"Hello?" Christina.
"Just a minute Chris." I shout, my eyes still large on Evelyn's. Christina groans.
"I may need you two to take care of them. I hate to say it, but they need to grow up in a faction. They need to grow up in Dauntless. I've talked to your friend, Christina. She agreed to have them stay with her, at least most of the time. Christina, you can come in." She says the last part loudly. Christina turns the handle and quietly steps in.
"It will be better for them Tris." She says. I nod and look to Tobias. He looks at me a moment, then nod with confidence.
"Okay." I say. "They'll be safe with us."
A/N: So what did you guys think of the plot twist? I know it's a bit overused, but I am trying to make it original. I do not mind if you use my ideas, as long as you CREDIT ME for them! Thank you for being the beautiful honest people that you are. Also, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE review! I will love you soooooooooooooooo much forever! It only takes a few seconds to tell me what you think so that I can improve! I really appreciate it! I will try to upload chapter 14 soon! Bye! Thanks for reading!
