Divergent: Dodging Bullets

Chapters 1-4

Chapter 1

Tris's POV

I ran into the weapons lab. I began to feel a weight forming on my shoulders, pushing me down, telling me to stop moving. I try to press on but it's overcoming me. The heavy feeling is wrapping around me and curling inside me. I drop to the floor, then suddenly, I'm calm. I tell myself I don't have to do this. That I could have let Caleb gone. I get up. I must keep going. My parents died fighting for me, and Caleb was willing to do the same. I have to.

As I painfully stand up, I start trudging through the gas filled room. I'm only a few feet away from entering the code, and saving my world. Not my world anymore, my old world. Although it's not mine anymore, it's where my memories lie. It's where I chose dauntless. It's were I met Tobias. It's where my parents died. I move on.

I'm only inches away now. And that's when I hear the gun fire.


Caleb's POV

As soon as Tris left is when the guilt engulfed me. She was willing to die for me, die for the factions. I suddenly snap back into reality as soon as the alarm goes off. The soldiers scatter, my perfect chance to save Tris. I dash to the weapons lab. Faster, I can't leave her. I'm almost there. Faster, Tris could be in trouble, and it would be my fault. No. I can't let the guilt take over me. I have to get there.

Tris's POV

David. I know it's him. I stare into his deadly, uncaring eyes. He got my mother killed. He wanted to erase the memories of innocent lives.

As soon as the first bullet pierces the air, I see Caleb. Wait... Caleb? He jumps in front of me as the bullet tears into his flesh. He falls to the ground and let's out a scream. A scream that I can tell is full of pain, fear, sorrow, and suffering. Caleb just took a bullet for me.

Caleb's POV

I surge into the weapons lab, only to see David holding a gun pointed at Tris. I can't let this happen. As soon as I see him my Abnegation instincts kick in and I plunge through the air. As the bullet punctures my flesh all I can feel is pain, and see is anger. I let out a horrifying scream and plummet to the ground. Blood is pouring out of my wound. I'm aware that this could be potentially fatal, but I have nothing to live for. I have no family except for Tris. And I hadn't gained her forgiveness until the moment she knew I was going to die. I can't live with the guilt knowing that I led my own sister to her death. Now it will all be finally over. No more pain. No more being rejected. It's all over.

I close my eyes. The pain is too much. I open them, shocked to see my mother surrounded by a soothing, serene light. And as soon as it's there, my pain recedes. My mother slowly approaches me and extends her loving hand. "Mom?" the strangled words attempt to escape my throat. " Come dear. You've done your job. It's your turn to rest." I gaze into her soft eyes and willingly stand up. The world around me disappears until all I see is a white light. Calming, beautiful light.

Tris's POV

Without thinking I open my mouth to scream. The tears flood down my cheeks. This is it. I have nobody. Nobody I care about is left, and I can't do anything about it. No, I'm wrong. I have Tobias. He cares. He loves me. I whisper it reassuringly to myself. " he loves me" . That's why I can't give in. I stand up and pull my gun. I aim towards David's head. It takes one bullet to end a life. One bullet filled with hatred and anger. My anger, my bullet. It soars through the air and pierces David's forehead, a perfect hit. But he wasn't through. Almost as his second nature, he pulls the trigger and the bullet hits my stomach. The pain overtakes me and I fall to the floor. The tiles are hard and cold. It sends a shock through my body as I hit the ground. I can't stop now. I'm too close to saving the factions. My factions. It takes all the force I have to move my body, but I stand up. Pain surges through my stomach. I grasp it in attempt to keep the blood from pouring out. That's all I can do for now. I run towards the button and enter the code. My vision starts to fade and I fall to the ground. The pain is excruciating. And everything fades. It's not my time. I can't leave. Tobias needs me. That's all I want. To feel his touch one more time. To here him whisper to me " I love you". That's all I want. Then everything blacks out

Chapter 2

Tobias's POV

through the thick snow, I finally see the labs. I expect to see Tris run out of the Bureau, but all I see is Cara. Cara seems worried. As she comes closer she's more than worried, she's crying. What's going on? Where's Tris? She softly says to me as she's running down "Tobias. It's Tris." All I can think to do is run. Run away from it all. Just fall down and die. But I can't. I have to stay focused.

I follow Cara down the halls of the complex. The only thought running through my mind is Tris. Is she ok? Where is she? Did she go instead of Caleb? Of corse she did. Please Tris, I love you. Don't leave me.

~Time Lapse~

As soon as I see Tris's lifeless body laying there. I break down. My body throws itself onto the ground and my eyes spill tears. My mind goes blank. I can't bear to think about this. Tris, the only one I've ever loved, or cared about, is gone.

Christina rushes in behind me and falls onto the hard tile. A scream escapes her lungs as she plunges to the floor. Tears flood her eyes and she loses control. Christina has seen too much, and lost too many people. Too many friends.

"Tris! Please! Wake up! I love you. Please don't leave me." Is all I manage to choke out between sobs. My world is caving in around me, my world is dying. This is it. This is it between me and Tris. All we had together is only a memory. Our love, our laughter. She was the only one that could bring those qualities out of me, and now she's gone.

Chapter 3

~5 months later~
Tris's POV

I wake up with a groggy feeling throughout my body. Where am I? Where's Tobias? I massage my temples in attempt to recall what happened. I look down only to see bandages wrapped around my stomach. That's when it all comes back. I took Caleb's place in the weapons lab. Caleb took a bullet for me. He died. I got shot in the stomach. I entered the code that released the memory serum. All the memories flood in at once. I sit up, wishing all my pain would just disappear. Both physical and mental. It's too hard to juggle all these emotions at once.

I decide to get up and go look for Tobias. I lift my legs over the side of the bed, and painfully try to stand up. I wince as I clutch my wound in pain, and I start to walk. I slowly walk down the hall, to the room where all the beds are, hoping somebody's there. I slowly open the door.

Tobias's POV

"Tobias?" I sit up, alarmed to hear my name. The voice sounds so familiar. Almost too familiar. No. It can't be. Tris has been in a coma for five months. She can't just wake up suddenly without any signs of recovery. I turn around, only to see Tris in the doorway. "Tris?" I say lightly, hoping for a response. I'm dreaming, I tell myself. none of this is real. But I still have that small part of me tugging, saying this is real, Tris is awake. I haven't gone a day since she was shot without thinking about her. This has to be real. She slowly walks up to me as she throws her arms around me and buries her face in my shoulder. I whisper to her " I love you" and gently kiss her. "I love you too". Tears are streaming down her face into my sleeve.

We stayed silent until Tris spoke " Tobias?" I softly answer " Yes?" " How long was I asleep? And how are Uriah and Christina?" It hurts to tell her, but I know I have to. " You've been out for five months. I'm sorry Tris. I don't know what else to say. I'm so sorry." I feel her tears again. It's hard to tell her that five months of her life had been wasted, thrown away, gone. " What about Uriah, and Christina?" I can't tell her. This will shatter her heart. " I'm so sorry Tris but, Uriah died. I had to tell his family about the attack, and that he was going to be in a coma forever. They made the decision to not let him suffer, so they pulled life support. They wanted to set him free. I'm so sorry Tris. This is all my fault. It wouldn't have happened if..." Tris cuts me off with a kiss. " It wasn't you Tobias. Please don't say that. Tobias, it wasn't your fault." I know Tris doesn't want me to think like that, but it's true. If I hadn't have agreed with Nina to launch the attack, Uriah would be alive. Uri is... was one of Tris's only friends left. Now she only has me and Christina. People are going to fast. Not only Tris's friends, but everybody. Marlene, Lynn, and now Uriah. They were all too young to deserve this.

It's quiet after I tell Tris. I can understand. She missed five months of her life. In those months one of her closest friends died. We just sit there holding each other until sleep takes Tris. I play the thoughts over and over in my mind: Uriah's gone, Tris is awake, The factions don't exist. I listen to them play on until I finally drift off.

Chapter 4

Tris's POV

I wake up in Tobias's arms, with my eyes swollen from crying. He's still asleep, so I lay against him, wondering what I will do next. What I will do now that Caleb got shot, now that Uriah got pulled from life support, now that I'm finally awake after months of being in a coma. I ponder the thoughts endlessly until Tobias wakes up. He pulls me into a kiss and stands up. " Good morning" he says with a sweet tone in his voice. " Good morning" I reply sleepily. "Tobias?" I say, " I need you to take me to see Christina." I haven't seen Chris in what seems like forever, obviously. I miss her. Christina's my best friend. " Of course, anything." He says whilst looking at me with slight sympathy. We stand up, entwining our fingers together, and walk off.

We walk outside into the warming sun. By the time I've woken up, the winter has already passed, and now it's the warm, summer months. I stroll beside Tobias until I see Chris, sitting beneath a tree in the yard. She looks different. Now she wears a look of concern and sorrow, instead of the bubbly, happy Christina I used to know. I slowly approach her, and suddenly I'm overwhelmed with happiness. I start to run up to Chris and she looks up at me. She seems confused, like she doesn't even recognize me. I come closer still, but she has an odd look on her face. I'm standing right I front of Chris, when she finally snaps out of it. " Tris?" She stutters through a shaky voice. " Oh my god. It's You!!!!!!" She screams of excitement while bawling at the same time. As soon as she sees me, her natural look seems to be restored. Is that what grieving can do to a person?

She pulls me into a strong embrace, in which I struggle to move. " Christina?" I say lightly. "I've missed you." She says, only sobbing more than before. Her flowing tears dampen my T-shirt. Both of us are to shocked to say anything, so we just stand there. Chris finally seems to calm down, and she releases me. " Tris, I haven't seen you in five months." She says. " I know" I say in reply " it's been a while. I've missed you. How is everybody." " Tris, I'm sorry but, Uriah and Caleb died." I can tell how much it hurts her to tell me. Uriah was one of the only people she had left. And Caleb was that last of my family. " I know." That's all I can say. Two simple words. I can't express what I feel inside. So all I can do is say two words with no connotations. Unreadable, inexpressible. This way she can't react to my emotions.

We stay silent for the remainder of the time I see her. I need to get back to my room to think and sort out my thoughts. Tobias walks in and wraps his arms around me from behind. " how are you feeling?" he says to me. I don't respond. It stays silent for a while. "Tris?" He repeats seemingly confused. "Tobias, I want to go back to the factions."