The Comeback

chapter 24

*TOBIAS POV*
She finally settles in my arms, her stained cheeks almost look dry. She's been so brave after everything that we've been through. 'fourtris where you at?' Christina shouts from outside the room. 'Shhhh. .. she's asleep' I half whisper, half shout. 
Christina walks in with a sympathetic look and sits in front of us. 'I guess she told you ',  I nod.. staying silent focusing on Tris. She gently touches Tris's hand and looks at me, 'I'm sorry, I know sympathetic words won't bring her back, but you both never knew and.. and he needs to pay, he did this to her and to you'. I nod, anger begins to boil in my mind.
This is David's fault. And he will pay.

*TRIS POV*
The sun breaks through the cracks of the door. I'm alone, but a note is placed by my head.
         'Tris,
Zeke and I have gone with Amar to search the grounds to make sure it's safe before we move out. Christina and Cara is with Peter in the staff room.
Love you
     Tobias'

I place the note to my heart and sigh. I hear two voices coming closer and closer towards the room I'm in. I panic and lay down, squeezing my eyes shut.
'You're such a snotty brat you know that; you may have been from candor but jeez you don't need to snitch on me like that' an arrogant voice says - cara. 'I'm not candor anymore, or dauntless, so you can't put that against me' I hear christina argue back. 'Come on sleeping beauty wake up, stop being sappy and get moving' a cold voice says while giving me a sharp kick in my stomach, reminding me of being in the bureau.
'Hey, what's your problem; you didn't have to kick her, Tris are you alright' Christina worries. I open my eyes, pain soaring through my abdomen. 'It's alright, I've had worse, literally' and Cara smiles.
'You see the note?' Christina asks while she helps me up, 'yeah, so we're really doing this then?' She nods. 'How are you... really?', 'I'm fine honest' I reply.
We walk into the staff room and there's peter and George talking quietly,  one laughs and the other pulls a jokey face. I notice the vibe in peter is different, I actually need to start getting used to this new, pansy peter, not the one who nearly threw me off the chasm.
'They should be back soon, then we'll go over the plans and off we go' cara blatantly speaks. I nod and sit in the corner holding my stomach, bringing the memories of knowing something was there inside me. I hold the tears back to avoid the sympathy.

I've gotta get over this.

*TOBIAS POV*
We walk through the rubble of Ohio. There's nothing much here, just discarded bullets in different places on the ground. Carcases amongst the rubble also, but with that... one thing strikes me... what happened to Caleb's body?
'Amar, what happened to Caleb's body? I mean who moved it.. We didn't and we can't have him rotting' I ask. He looks down, showing a bad sign. 'That is one thing I wanted to tell you, but not in front of Tris. He isn't actually dead.. they have him... in the bureau, for what I don't know' he speaks. I look at Zeke and he looks back unaccordingly. 'so you're meaning to say they are doing to Caleb to what happened to Tris?' He nods, 'well not exactly, they needed someone to test on to bring back to life, yes with Tris but they used the deep sleep serum on her which only puts you asleep until someone wakes you through the alarm serum which is pink. They're researching a new serum, one janine couldn't even master in chicago. It's powerful, deadly and uncontrollable, like a virus.. they were going to use Tris,  but from what I remember, when you two escaped... they need to find someone under the name of prior to test on, if they couldn't find Tris,  he was their next target' he explains, I nod at every word, taking everything in. 'And this serum is called?...', he replies 'the immortal serum, it's a pinky green liquid, only one has been created and that was what caused the purity war. They'll most probably use it to put him against us' he explains. This is bad, very bad.
We make our way back to the supermarket and find the group sitting in a circle, except I find Tris in a corner playing with the hem of her top. Her eyes reach mine and glisten with happiness.
I being to walk over to her...

That's when a loud noise comes from outside.