Dauntless High

Chapter 36: The Baby

"I bet you think your brave for coming here." Eric says.
"I'm doing it only to protect my child." I say with a shaky voice. He starts to circle me like a shark would do to its pray.

"Well you're not very good at protecting people. Especially Al." he says stopping.
"Al did it to himself." I say quietly at the memory of it.

"Oh no, he didn't. And I'm sorry to say, he didn't love you either. He loves Lynn." He says.
"What are you talking about!?" I gasp.
"He was under a simulation when he kissed you. When he woke up he realized he could never be forgiven for what he'd done and you wouldn't believe him. I should say, Four wouldn't believe him. He tried explaining it to Four while you were unconscious, and Four didn't believe him."

I'm shocked. Why didn't Four tell me.
"So technically it's Fours fault."
"It's not Fours fault it's yours. And your killed my mother!" I scream.
"My mothers DEAD!" He shouts right in my face, his breathe is foul, like he drank blood or ate something raw.
"And so is yours." That does it for me, I jump on Eric but he punches me and I fall to the ground.

"Have you ever thought of what Four would be as a father!" He says circling me again while I'm on the ground."If he didn't tell you about Al what do you think he'd do to the child. Who knows maybe he will become just like Marcus."
"He is nothing like Marcus." I snap, but suddenly I start to second guess myself.

"The sad thing is." Eric says and pulls something from his pocket,"We'll never know." He says pointing the gun at my head. I close my eyes.
"I'm sorry Tobias." I whisper.

Then BAM. But instead of being dead or even feeling pain I hear wrestling.
"TOBIAS!" I yell. Tobias toppled Eric and is punching him as hard as he can and Eric is spitting up blood.

Fours POV

"If he didn't tell you about Al what do you think he'd do to the child. Who knows maybe he will become just like Marcus."
"He is nothing like Marcus." She snaps, but I can tell she's rethinking it. What if I am like Marcus. What if I hurt the baby.

Then I see Eric pull out a gun.
"It's a shame we'll never know." I don't wait another second. I sprint to where he is and BAM. I tackle him and he misses.

I hear Tris say something but I can't focus. I just punch him. I don't know how long I do it. Or what I really do, but I don't stop till I know he's unconscious.

I stand up and turn to Tris.
"Tobias." she says and runs to me. She jumps and wraps her arms around me and we kiss.
"Tris I'm so sorry." I say. "For everything with Al, I didn't want to tell you about it until a little after then he committed suicide and..."
"I'm sorry to." she says interrupting me.
"For going back on my promise of not coming here. But it's a good thing I have you." she says.

I smile and kiss her again. Then I carry her to the car giving her a piggyback ride.

We're going home.

Time Lapse to Eight Months Later

Tris POV

I lay in the hospital bed at Dauntless headquarters with my new son. I hand him to Tobias and the baby smiles. I look at Tobias' face and he's smiling so wide and his eyes are filled with love and hope.

We agreed on a name for him today. Tobias Andrew Eaton. Except we'll be calling him Toby. He has most of Tobias features. He has his eyes and hair and you can tell his build is similar to Tobias'. But he has my nose and smile.

"He's beautiful." Tobias says. I scoot over in the hospital bed and Tobias lays next to me. I feel his warm body against mine. We hold our newly born baby and hear footsteps.

"HEY!!" Uriah barges though the door.
"SHHH!" Everyone says. And then in comes 6 month pregnant Shauna eating ice cream.
"Really Shauna? We're in a HOSPITAL!" Lynn says.

"Hey I'm hungry." She says eating more ice cream.
"So what did you guys name him?" Marlene asks.
"Tobias or Toby for short." Four says then kisses my forehead.

I snuggle into his chest and breathe in his shirt. He has a distinct smell to him that makes me feel safe. He wraps his arms around me and I drift off to sleep.

Time Lapse

I wake up in the hospital bed alone. I look around and see Shauna cradling Toby.
"Shauna where's Tobias?" I ask
"I'm holding him."
"No big Tobias." I say laughing a little, this could get a little bit confusing.

"Oh he went to get a surprise for you." she says.
"Oh." I say,"How long was I asleep?"
"About three hours."
"When did he leave?" I ask.

"The second you fell asleep. All the boys followed him."
"Well we're are the girls?" I say even more confused than normal.

"They went looking for them an hour ago. I said I would stay and watch Toby, I haven't heard from the guys or girls yet." she says. I get worried, where would they be? What surprise would Tobias be getting me? Could it be a bad surprise? Is he going to come back now that we have a son?

Time Lapse

Toby is safe at the hospital and the doctors said I could go home for a little bit. I change into my normal clothes and head out the door with Shauna.

We make small talk about her pregnancy. She's been pregnant for 6 months and you can has a huge bump. When we arrive at my apartment (Apartment 4610) the sign that says our names on it is gone.

Shauna and I stare for a moment then slowly open the door. Everything is gone. My first thought is that we'd been robbed. But what is there to rob and who would rob us? And if it was Eric he would've destroyed everything then left a note.

Instead everything is just gone.
"Tris?" Shauna says,"What the hell."

Then we hear s loud crash and things breaking in my bedroom. We run over and pull out our guns just to see the one and only Uriah.

"Uriah what the hell?" I shout.
He just stands there and stares at us half bent over from dropping a box.
"Aren't you suppose to be in a hospital?" He asks me.
"Uriah hurry up with the last boxes!" Will shouts from the front door.

"WILL!?" Me and Shauna shout. He slowly walks in the room.
"Oh ah hey guys, Tris shouldn't you be in the hospital?" He says.

"Will what the hell is going on?" I ask.
"That's something Four can tell you." he says then both Will and Uriah bolt out of the room.

To be continued...