Life during a war
Chapter 17: Control
An hour after the video was released is when the door opens and Tobias, Christina, Will, Uriah, Marlene, Zeke, Shauna, Tori, Bud and Harrison walk into the apartment. None of them are injured, thank God. Tobias rushes over to where I am on the sofa and embraces me.
"I'm so glad you're okay." I say to him.
"I wouldn't leave you Tris, ever." He says before kissing me sweetly on the lips.
They all sit down, Tobias sits next to me, obviously.
"So, what went on down in Erudite?" I ask.
"I killed Jeanine." Tori says.
"We released the video. Do you know her, Tris, her last name is Prior?" Christina asks.
"No, I don't know her. Maybe she's a relative from a long time ago. What's happening now?" I ask.
"Well, Evelyn and the factionless are taking over the whole city. They think they have the right to control everything now. They're running trials on various people that they think are traitors, including Marcus and Caleb." Tobias says.
"When will we hear the verdicts?" I ask.
"In four weeks. There are a lot of people they want to trial, so in four weeks we will find out who is to live, who is to die, and who is to go outside the fence because they're banished." Uriah says.
"What are we going to do?" I ask.
"We don't know. They're taking over everything. They're getting rid of the faction system, they're making new laws and rules. They're controlling everything." Tori says.
"I think we should go outside the fence, like the lady in the video wants us to." Uriah says.
"But we might not have enough Divergents. And Tris is nineteen weeks pregnant, we can't go out there, it could be dangerous." Shauna says.
"But it might not be, we won't know unless we go out there." Uriah retorts.
"Yeah, and say we do go out there, what if we're out there when Tris goes into labour and there's nowhere comfortable for her. She could give birth in the middle of nowhere, where there's no water or anything and that is dangerous for her and the baby." Hana says.
"We have to find the place Edith was talking about." Uriah says.
"But what if they don't let us stay. It's not safe for Tris or the baby to be out in the wild, in the unknown." Hana says.
"But, would it really be safe for them here when Evelyn and the factionless are taking over everything, there's bound to be fights and everything between the faction members and the factionless. The war is still going on and I think the only way to stop it is to go out there, to wherever the place that Edith Prior is from and get them to sort things out." Uriah says.
"What if they don't sort things out?" Hana asks her youngest son.
"Then nowhere is safe." Uriah says.
"I think Tris should decide. She's the one who's going to be most affected by whatever we do." Christina says.
"Well, I'd rather not be here when Evelyn is trying to take over everything. Especially when she doesn't like me or the baby. And I do want to go outside the fence, but then there's the possibility of me giving birth when we're still out there and there not being anywhere safe for me to have the baby. I don't know. Maybe we could wait to find out the verdicts of the trials, and to see what it's like here, with Evelyn taking over, then we decide what to do." I say.
"I agree with Tris. If things aren't any better here, then we'll go. We can wait until the verdicts are out, so four weeks, if this place doesn't seem safe, we'll leave the city." Tobias says.
They all nod.
"But, who's going to go?" Zeke asks.
"All of us, Hana is a midwife so she can help out with Tris and the baby. The rest of us can fight so we can protect them. Also, we all need each other, we can't leave Tris here because she needs us, especially Tobias, so we'll all have to go." Christina says.
"Okay, we'll all go." Hana says. "We just have to make sure we pack plenty of stuff. Like food, water, clothes, blankets, towels, baby stuff, etcetera."
"So, it's sorted then, wait four weeks and if this place isn't safe, we'll go." I say.
They all nod in understanding.
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Later that night Tobias and I are in bed, awake, facing each other, everyone else is sleeping in various places in the living room, we decided they should stay just in case something happens, in other words, just in case Evelyn tries something.
"You want to wait four weeks to see if your brother is going to live or die, don't you?" Tobias asks me, sweetly.
"Yeah, I just want to know. What he did was horrible, but he's still my brother, I want to know what the verdict is." I tell him.
"I understand." He says, rubbing my arm gently.
"Tobias, I'm scared." I tell him.
"Why are you scared?" He asks, worried.
"It's just, I don't want our baby to be born in a dangerous place. This place is bad, especially with Evelyn trying to control everything, but what if something happens when we're gone? What if something goes wrong? I don't want anything to happen to you, or our friends, or our baby. But, I'm terrified that something is going to go wrong, and that I'm going to lose one or more of you, and that something's going to happen to the baby." I say.
"It's going to be okay. Everything is going to be okay. I promise. I love you, Tris." He says.
"I love you too." I say before kissing him.
"Get some sleep." He says.
"Okay, goodnight Tobias." I reply.
"Goodnight Tris." He says, kissing my forehead.
I fall to sleep, wrapped in my true love's arms.
Hey Ravens, sorry again for the wait. So we are in the Allegiant part of the story now. Don't worry, no one is going to die. I promise.
In the next chapter you will find out the gender of the baby, just so you know.
I will update again as soon as I can.
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