Tris pov
As we walk to the train, Tobias and I are silent. But as soon as we get onto the train, and check that we are alone, he starts to explain.
"I know you want an explanation."He starts.
"You're damn right."
"Well, after I sent them home, I decided to look around some more on my own. I don't really like to work around so much people, and I needed to think. When I was done, I went to return home on the train, but the car I hoped into was filled with factionless. They were ready to attack me so I told them my real name-"
"What does your name have to do with this?"
"Two years ago my mom had contacted me,when I first transferred, so they were waiting for me to see her. So they took me to her. I just kind of sat back and listened to her. If anyone knows what happened, it would be the factionless, they know more than you'd think."
"What did they tell you?"
"The factionless have, numbers...they have eyes and ears all around town. And inside people in every faction. They also have several warehouses filled with people. They also have a lot of knowledge and divergent. I haven't seen the factionless as a threat until know. They aren't a problem,but they're not to be messed with. It's best if we have them as allies."
"Do you trust her?"I ask.
He looks down and is quiet for a while.
"Do you trust her?"I ask again.
"I don't know..."He says likes exhausted,"I don't trust her, but at the same time I want to trust her. It's like I'm still a little boy, and seeing her makes me want to go back to her even though she left me. But at the same time I'm mad that she found an escape from Marcus and didn't take me with her. She left me with that monster."
He puts his head in his hands, his elbows resting on his knees. I wrap my arms around his shoulders and pull him into me. My chin rests on top of his head, ans his head rests on my chest. I kiss his head and say,"no matter what you choose to do, I'll be by your side. I love you, Tobias."
"I love you too, Tris."
"I was so worried when you still weren't back. I didn't know if something happened to you. I was so afraid that you would end up like that guard. I can't lose you."I say.
He looks up at me and says,"I would never do anything that would kill me on purpose. I won't leave you alone, Tris. And promise me that you won't do anything to intentionally put yourself in danger."
"I promise."
"We're coming up on the compound."He says getting up. When we arrive, we jump out of the train and then we jump again to get to the pit. We make our way to our offices and find Tori and Harrison.
"What happened?"She demands.
"Captured by the factionless."He simply says.
"Why would they capture you? Are they trying to start another war? Because capturing a Dauntless leader is sure a hell of a way to do it!"
"Not exactly. They want to be allies. If something happens, they want us to be allies, which wouldn't be too bad of a thing because they have numbers. And they have a lot of inside knowledge."
"How?"Harrison asks.
"They have people everywhere. They've found all the cracks in the system and are worming their way back in. They want control over the factions, however, they're not ready. We don't exactly want them to be ready, but if Erudite were to start another war, it would be better to stay on the factionless side. They want to take over, but at the right time. We hold the decision."
"We hold the decision...meaning that if we're allies were to be allies and something happened, we would have a say in what happens? But if we're not, we'll be taken down too?" Tori asks.
"Exactly. They don't want to take down Dauntless, bit if we won't join at least a little, we'll be taken down too. And considering that we are all trying to rebuild our factions, we're all weak. Except factionless, because they weren't involved. They lost nothing. We lost a lot."
"Do you know if they'll be 'attacking' soon?"
"It's possible. They think Erudite is behind the death."
"Why?"I ask.
"Because the person wasn't stabbed or shot. So it's definitely not a Dauntless member, can't be Amenity, and Candor, well they would be bragging about it. And Abnegation is in an alliance with the factionless."
"But why would Marcus do that?"I ask confused. If he knew Evelyn was in charge of the factionless, there's no way in hell that he would be in an alliance with them. He's too selfish.
"He didn't make that decision. Your dad did."
"My dad?"
"Yeah, it was more of a secretive decision."
"Wait a minute, you said they think Erudite did it, but Caleb is in charge of Erudite now. So it might not be Erudite, but maybe there are still Jeanine followers out there. Like Peter."
"I don't know. We'll have to look into it more. But I think we should make an alliance with them."
"Are you sure Four? Can we trust them?"
"Honestly, I don't know who we can trust. But if another war breaks out, I don't want to be against the factionless when it comes down to it because they seem harmless, but they've been planning this for a while."
"Well, I guess I agree." Harrison says.
"I'm still not completely sure, but I guess if you think we should do it, I agree." Tori says.
"I told you I'd agree with what you decide,"I say.
"Then in that case, we should all be prepared for whatever goes down."Tobias says.
A/N so this chapter had a lot of information in it. And I'm giving you hint: you want to pay attention to every detail in this chapter because it definitely has a lot of hints in it. Tell me what you think! PLEASE REVIEW!