TOBIAS
We found her limp on the ground. She had disabled the serum but there was blood covering her neck and shoulder. I remember feeling numb all over, as if all the life had drained out of me. The paramedics rushed past me but for me it was as if time itself had slowed down, my world looked like it was going in slow motion. Then reality hit me like a truck. Tris was dying. Tris was dying and there was nothing I could do about it. Energy came back to my limbs as the paramedics tried to move her, "I'll take her."
She felt lighter than a feather in my arms as I ran in the direction of the medical bay, following the doctor. I will never forget how for the first time since I joined past Dauntless initiation, I prayed to God for her life, that she'd be safe with me again.
My prayers were answered.
Tris holds my hand, her fingers getting warmer with every moment that she was conscious, "What happened?"
I point to her neck, "Bullet through the neck."
"David?"
"Lucky bastard doesn't remember a thing."
She sighs, "How am I alive?"
I shrug, "The bullet missed just missed your spin, You've had a lot of surgery to make sure everything's in order. Or you just have a guardian angel."
"A crappy guardian angel who isn't good at their job."
"You could say that." I laugh, brushing her hair out of her face.