Chapter 15

Tobias

I wake in the middle of the night. I look at the clock, and it reads 1:33 AM. About two hours before I had awoken to find Tris gone to Erudite headquarters.
The thought sends a spasm of pain through my chest. Thinking about her experience there, how I saw her through a small window when she was being led to her death, rips me apart inside to this day. Even though Peter and I rescued her, I'm still traumatized by almost losing her.
That trauma is nothing compared to the pain Tris caused me when she sacrificied herself again for her brother. Caleb, who practically delivered her to Jeanine. Caleb,
who betrayed the only family he had left for his own personal gain. I still don't think she knows what she did to me, when I thought she was dead. Or when she was in a coma, and I thought she wouldn't wake up. I don't know which one was worse.
The thought of losing Tris still torments me, every second of every day. I blink, and I see her lifeless eyes staring at nothing. When I sleep, I am forced to watch the love of my life die by the hands of multiple people. Usually David, Marcus, or Jeanine.
And depsite the pain she caused, and still causes me, I love her. I haven't forgiven her yet, by any means, but I can't not love her. My love for Tris is as natural as breathing, or sleeping. I want to love her, and I do.
But, I need to talk to her. I need to really, truly tell her how I felt, and feel, about what she did to me. Both of us have been putting it off for the past month.
I sigh, and roll over to Tris. She's not there, again. She's done this too many times to me now, but despite that fact, I still panic.
I lurch out of bed, and run into the kitchen. Tris isn't here. I search the entire apartment to no avail.
I fall to the my knees, and bury my head in my hands. As the tears begin to fall, I hear the sound of the shower running. Instantly the tears dry up.
My emotions these days are like a rollercoaster. I'm beginning to think I have chronic depression. And there's nothing I can do to stop it. I walk over to the bathroom door, and knock. There's no answer, so I knock again. Still nothing. I hammer on the door, and the shower stops.
"Tobias?" I hear a muffled yell, and she sounds strained. "Yeah, it's me. Can I come in?"
"Of course. Just give me a minute. I'll tell you when to come in."
I hear the door unlock, and a minute later, Tris's voice tells me to come in.
I enter the bathroom, and Tris is sitting on the toilet. She has a black eye and a swollen lip. Tears are streaming silently down her face.
"Oh my God." I rush to her, and I pull her into my arms. She sobs into my shoulder, and I rub her back as she cries.
"Who did this to you?" I growl, and she sniffles. She attempts to rub her eye, but when she touches it she shrieks in pain. "I don't know. Some guy dressed in black. He told me that if he tells anybody, he'd kill you. Not me. You." and she breaks down again. I pick her up gently in my arms. "We're going to the infirmary. You need to get checked out." Tris nods, and I sprint to the infirmary.

After I deposit her, and leave her with promises that I'll be back soon, I make my way to the training room. I find a gun, and load it.
After checking if the gun works properly, I head to the apartment.
I stop outside the door, and put my ear to it, and I can hear someone shuffling around, humming to themselves. I hear a glass clink.
I take a deep breath, and burst through the door.
I stop in my tracks as I see the man sitting at our kitchen table. He is tall, with shoulder length, black hair. He has piercings all over his face, and icy blue eyes. Tattoos peek out the collar of his shirt, and he smirks at me.
"Tobias." He inclines his head to me.
"Eric."

A/N: Okay, so I am officially terrible at writing these kind of scenes. Which is why this chapter is the second shortest yet.

So, yeah. Eric's back. Muahahahaha.

Can someone, anyone, PLEASE give me tips on how to write action scenes? I was going to make this a fight scene between Tris and a certain character, but I couldn't write it well. I'm just good at Fourtris, and that's that.

But for you guys, I'll attempt to write a whole new plot. If it doesn't work out, I'll probably terminate this story. If that ends up happening, I'll keep everything up to this chapter, and just make it a Fourtris story. With somewhat of a plot, but it'll be a lot more drama/romance as opposed to action/adventure.

I'll keep trying to write the action stuff for a few more chapters, but I am truly sorry if it doesn't work out.

My apologies.