For You Chapter 7
Tobias POV
I am starting to have second thoughts about telling our group we should be friends with Tris. I mean, she almost killed three of us. I hop into bed, still confused.
{12:46}
I wake up to three screams. But they aren't any screams from this house, they are bloodcurdling screams from next door. Any doubt about being Tris' friend is gone, I grab a crowbar that I had from a previous T or D game, and run to the door that connects our houses. I am met with Zeke, Will, and Uri, who all have some sort of weapon in their hands. The girls are hiding in the corner, fear written all over their faces.
I kick the door down, and run up the stairs. I hear a cry of pain from the room on my right. I knock the door down, and see Tris unconscious on the bed. I look to my right and see Ana and Percy, mouths taped shut, being carried away by three figures dressed in black.
I take the crowbar, and slam behind one of the figures heads, causing him to cry out, and drop Ana. I hear another cry, and see the two other figures fall to the floor. Uri gently takes the tape of the kids' mouths, they mutter a thanks and run to Tris. They shake her body, tears streaming down their faces.
I walk up to her body, and lightly poke her stomach. She jolts up. How that worked? No idea. She whips her head around, probably looking for the attackers. She grabs Percy and Ana, and pulls them into her arms. She starts to cry into their shoulders, as they cry into hers, she wipes her eyes, and pulls away, but she doesn't let go of them. She turns to us, then her face fills with fear. When she sees our weapons, her face pales.
"Please hurt me, not them. Please" she pleads, her eyes filled with worry. I laugh, her face becomes fearful again. "We saved your life, we won't hurt you anymore, and we won't let anyone hurt you." I say, with a chuckle. She furrows her eyebrows, then the girls walk in, they see they bruise on Tris' face, and the unconscious bodies on the floor, along with the broken window. They all start to cry, I don't know why. "Tris, Zeke is going to take them to the Police Station, you will stay with us." Zeke nods, and starts to drag the bodies away. "No, I couldn't burden you with that, we will stay down stairs." "Yeah, you have done so much for us." Percy says. "So we will stay here." Ana finishes. "NO, the window is broken, it is not safe, so you will stay with us." I say, with a 'my way or no way' tone.
She nods, and she pulls Ana and Percy up with her. They walk into our house, and Uri locks the door. She makes her way to living room, and lays down some blankets, I watch her work, and I swear I see white marks on her back, as well as white marks on Percy's and Ana's arms. But these aren't the marks of self-harm I saw on tris before, these are whip marks, they are the marks of abuse.
I don't talk to her about it, because I know from personal experience, that it is private, and you never want to talk about it. I turn off the lights and head to my room. I am about to go to bed, when I hear the sound of shattering glass, the screams of Tris, Percy, and Ana. I run down stairs, followed by the rest of the gang. A pale Tris, is holding a note, while she is pressed against the wall, with a cowering Percy and Ana. Her hand is covered in blood, I look down, and see another dark figure, holding a gun, dead on the floor, a knife lodged in his chest. It's Tris' knife. They tried to murder her.