A Different Divergent: A Better Tomorrow

~ninety~

Chapter 90

Tobias drags me across the hall to the empty examination room that's becoming more and more familiar to me to wait for news on Tori. I hurry to the back of the room and park the double stroller beside the hospital bed then lower myself into the black metal folding chair beside it. I check on my girls, making sure they're alright and find them both still sound asleep. I collapse back in the chair and rest my head against the wall, wondering what's going on in the examination room across the hall. Did she succumb to her injuries or did something illicit happen? Where's her guard? Did Molly or one of her cohorts somehow sneak in to finish what they started? The suspense is killing me.

"She's dead," Tobias mutters. "They killed her." I watch as he restlessly paces, not taking his eyes off Tori's door. I imagine he's wearing a groove into the floor as he walks back and forth at a clipped pace.

"You don't know that," I say even though that's exactly what's running through my mind at the moment. "Do you think you could stop pacing please? You're making me dizzy." He stops in his tracks and looks up at the ceiling and groans. These deaths are really taking their toll on him. I pat the bed beside me, needing him close. "Sit." He mopes over and takes a seat on the mattress. He pulls his phone out of his pocket, glances at it, then sighs.

"I wonder what's taking so long?" he says.

"She has a lot of injuries," I say, taking his hand in mine. "I'm sure Zander is doing his best for her." A tall, large Dauntless guard walks by our door and Tobias hollers at him.

"Yes, Four?" he says when he sticks his head though the door.

"What are you doing?"

"I'm relieving Tori's guard, Sir," he says. Tobias and I look at each other with the same confused expression.

"Tori's room is right there," he says, pointing across the hallway at the ominously quiet room. "Where were you going?" The guard pulls his phone out of his pocket and scrolls through his messages.

"That's strange," he says. "It's gone."

"What's gone?" I ask.

"The message from Simon telling me to go to room 109 to relieve Tori's guard for lunch," he says. "I don't remember deleting it but I must have."

"May I?" Tobias asks, holding out his hand. The guard sets his phone in it, and Tobias double checks his messages. "I need to keep this, um..."

"Charlie," he says. "Charlie Brand."

"Charlie, do me a favor. Go to room 109 and bring the guard back here ... if there is one. I need to speak to him right away. Also check and see if there's a guard on Will's room, which is 102."

"Yes, Sir," he says. "Do you want me to bring him back here, too?"

"That isn't necessary," Tobias says. "Oh and don't call me Sir. Four is fine."

"Yes, Si ... um, sorry, Four," Charlie stutters. He turns and hurries out of the room as Tobias gets his phone out and makes a call.

"Hey, Zeke, it's me. I have a question. Is there a way for me to text you but make you think it came from Tris ... It's hypothetical you idiot ... Okay, you're only a partial idiot ... I'm sorry. That was uncalled for. I'm more than a little stressed right now. Tris and I are waiting on news from Zander about Tori. Her heart monitor flatlined. I don't think she's going to make it ... We don't know what happened yet but there was no guard posted outside her room when we got here like Tris requested, and the supposed replacement guard said he received a message from Simon to go to room 109 and relieve Tori's guard ... Actually, there are two problems with that. One, Tori is in exam room 2 not patient room 109 and there is no message from Simon on Charlie's phone ... I confiscated it. Can you run diagnostics on it ... I don't think he's lying. I don't get that kind of vibe off him. He seems very eager to please ... Charlie Something. Um, Brand I think ... I have no idea. I don't recall seeing him before now ... No, you're right. I'm totally off today. Anyway, can you answer my original question?" He sighs dramatically and rolls his eyes. "Is it possible for me to text you but when you read the text, you think it came from Tris ... I see ... Actually, that's not a bad idea ... Okay. If I find anything out, I'll let you know. Oh and can you keep this quit for now ... Thanks, Zeke."