I have been so busy lately so I'm sorry I haven't been updating. Softball is now over so I should be able to update faster now.

Chapter 22

Tobias P.O.V

As soon as we got Tris out of that chair, I picked her up and ran. I ran as fast as I could to the infirmary. Will was close behind me. Tris' eyes started to flutter open and relief spread through me. She was awake. It wasn't long before they closed though. I pushed my tired legs to go faster, even though they were screaming at me to stop. I could hear Will's panting from behind me.

I slammed the infirmary doors open and yelled for help. Several nurses came immediately and lead me to a bed to set her on. As they started to wheel her away I yelled, "She's pregnant! You better save that baby!"

I looked down at my shirt. It was covered in blood. Tris' blood. Without thinking, I stormed out of the infirmary, Will followed closely behind. I entered my apartment and grabbed my handgun.

"Four!" Will exclaimed. "You're not going to kill them are you?"

"Why shouldn't I?" I growled. "You saw what they did to Tris! They deserve it."

Will didn't speak again. My fear of killing someone started to creep into my mind. I immediately pushed it out. I wasn't going to give myself the chance to talk myself out of it.

I followed the blood trail to the basement and thundered down the stairs. The door Will busted through was open, hanging on one hinge. Tesa was still unconscious whereas Eric was just starting to wake up.

"Jeez Will," I said to him. "You punched them hard." He chuckled a little. I walked over to Eric, picked him up by his shirt, slammed him into the wall, and pressed the gun to his forehead.

His dark eyes were overwhelmed with fear. "It wasn't my idea! It was all Tesa! I just went along with it! I swear!"

"You stopped Tesa from shooting Tris and I that night. We both wondered why. We thought you hated us enough to let her do it. When you and her walked away, we followed you. We heard your conversation. You were planning to kill Tris later on, but not me. You wanted me to suffer. But you still wanted Tris dead. You are as much to blame as she is."

He tried to give me some bull crap excuse so I cut him off by punching him in the face.

"Don't even try Eric." I growled at him. "Dauntless will be better off without you."

I felt a tap on my shoulder, and then heard a voice.

"Four," it was Will. "Tesa's awake."

"Good," I told him. "Come here and hold him for me please." Will took Eric's throat and I then shifted my focus onto Tesa. I grabbed a handfull of her hair and lifted her up. Her shrill scream filled the room. I took the same hold on her as I had on Eric.

"Four!" she screeched. "Please don't! I'm sorry!"

"No you're not." I said angrily. "I really want you to suffer Tesa. I want you to feel the same pain that Six did. But I don't have time for that. You really don't deserve a quick death, but I guess it will have to suffice." I put the gun up to her head. Sweat started to make my grip on it become slippery. C'mon Tobias, be a man. She deserves it. Don't back out now. That's when I heard a gunshot. I don't remember pulling the trigger. But there it was. A round hole right in the center of Tesa's forehead. I let her go and she slumped to the ground.

There was shuffling behind me, a little clatter, and a small sob. I turned around to find Will cradling Christina. There was a gun on the floor at her feet. So it wasn't me. Christina shot Tesa.

Eric was on the floor. His face was a deep shade of blue. Will must've not been paying attention to him and didn't realize he was choking him. At least he was dead. And I didn't have to kill anyone either. A single thought popped into my head, and I sprinted back up to the infirmary.

When I got back to the infirmary, a nurse informed me that I could see Tris. She was in the room right next to Uriah's, who should be getting out tomorrow. As I entered the room, I felt a surge of happiness. Tris was alive. I didn't know if the baby was. And I didn't realize how much that worried me. I never wanted that thing. But the way Tris protected it; it made me want to protect it too.

Tris was covered in bandages from head to toe. Tesa had cut her everywhere. It was a gruesome sight. She was in a hospital gown and had a blanket covering her. She was asleep. She would've looked peaceful if it hadn't been under these circumstances.

I gently kissed the top of her head, away from any cut. There was a line of stiches on her arm where Tesa had cut deeper. I assumed there were also some on her thigh and her stomach. I didn't want to look, just in case I woke her.

I left the room to go find a doctor. I luckily found Doctor Hart, the man who saved Tris not too long ago.

"Hello Four," he greeted. "I didn't expect to see you back so soon. Or your wife."

"I didn't expect to be here either." I said irritably. "Someone is just always trying to kill Tris. It gets rather annoying actually."

"I assume you found me to ask about Tris?" he said, jumping to the point.

"Partly." I answered. "I want to know if our baby is still alive as well."

"Tris is a tough girl. Not many people could've taken all that pain. She's lucky to be alive."

"She's amazing." I said truthfully.

"Yes she is." Doctor Hart said. "She should be able to get out of here in a day or two. She'll just have to come back about a week later to get her stitches out."

I nodded, waiting for him to say something about the baby.

"As for the baby," My heart clenched in anticipation. "It is fine." I let out a sigh of relief. "Your wife's attacker didn't manage to get the knife deep enough to do any damage. Actually, there wasn't even any internal damage. Just a lot of blood loss."

"Thanks Doc," I told him. I went back to Tris' room to find that she was awake. And she looked like she was about to go into hysterics.

HAHA! Cliffhanger! You guys get that because I haven't gotten any suggestions for a new character. I finally came up with an idea so you guys are lucky. I need your help though. I will elaborate next chapter. It will either be up later tonight or tomorrow afternoon. See ya then.

~A