The Comeback

Chapter 6 (Tris)

*TRIS POV*

'Tobias'. Is this real? 'Tris' his breath is shaky, he is real, he found me.

All at once we collided. It healed me, his touch helped me regain consciousness. My Vision is still a blur and my head kills.

'We have to leave, they'll be wanting you, come on'. I start to feel weightless and warm. I feel the wind flow through my hair. I wince a little; the bruises, I forgot.

Tobias starts to get out of breath. I feel his glance on me every 2 seconds, checking if I'm ok. I turn my head to view out destination. The emergency exit door.

Tobias crashes through the door, making sure I am not harmed. I'm out, free. The air smells different, like car and plane engines.

We come to a halt, in sight is a truck. Tobias jams the door open and gently places me down on the back seat. I hear the engine rumble. I lie down, not knowing where were going.

'Tobias... whe..re we goi..ng?' the words stumble out of my mouth. He turns around and gives me a long, sympathetic look then sighs. 'A place that they won't find us, we'll be safe... You'll be safe' he seems confident about this. What if we get caught? I can't imagine myself being within 2 inches near David, ever again.

'Do you want to talk about what they did to you? or you can just go to sleep, I will tell you when we get there' he shouts over, keeping his eyes on the bumpy road. 'No I'm fine, how will we be safe? We are never safe!' my body aches, I can't deal with the fact that I am a human target on the run.

'A place called Ohio. It's not that far from Chicago, no one has ever gone there, I know that because I went there, it's my safe place.. because Christina and Caleb would always interfere with me about you, I was starting to hate it'. My face drops. Caleb. I died for him and I have that slightest feeling that he doesn't know I'm alive.

Ohio, however, seems unspoken of, isolated. I hope we can start fresh. A new beginning with Tobias.

*TOBIAS POV*

We are nearly there. Tris feel asleep half an hour ago. I still can't believe she's alive.

I hate these roads, they are all bumpy, full of dirt and rubble.

< SCREAM >

I turn around and notice Tris sits up cuddling her legs, her body curved in a shape of a ball. Tears stain her face.

I stop the truck in the middle of nowhere and climbed over the seat to be by her side. 'Tris, what happened' I beg her for an answer, she's just had a nightmare. It reminds me of when I was back at abnegation with Marcus.

'it..t.. was hor.rr.ible' she sobs, I cradle her into my chest, rubbing my thumbs on the tip of her spine.

'David was there, a..nd Janine, she..s bac..k, they were te..sti..ing on me. Someone, a man cal..led Michael a..abused me be..cau..se I refused. It happened again, I was just back at the Bureau, I can't go back' she looks up at me. I notice a black ring around her left eye. How could they do this to her?

'Janine is back? How, Tori killed her, stabbed her even. Evelyn showed the broken fractions her body, I don't understand this' How can this happen? She died, I saw her limp body, Tris tried to stop her from dying and she saw Tori stab her. What would Tori think of this?

'I heard her, when I faked being awake, she saw him beat me, they both laughed' her tears roll out of her eyes like a fountain.

'Shhhh, it's going to be fine, they will never, ever find us. I'm your safe place to land and I always will' she looks up at me then smiles, oh I have missed that smile.

'I love you Tobias', 'I love you too Tris, always' we kiss, passionately, this moment feels so powerful.

'Let's go to Ohio, our new life together awaits' I smile, trying to keep a positive vibe.

'I'm coming in the front sear, I don't want to miss this adventure!' she laughs.

We climb in the front of the truck and I start the engine.

'Ohio, here we come!'