Divergent: Come Back to Me

Chapter 4

Chapter 4

TRIS POV:

Pain. Agony. That's all I can register. My eyelids feel as though they weigh a ton, and it takes every muscle I have to be able to move my fingers to form a fist. Once I do, however, I can't stop the excessive clenching as another wave of pain takes over. Every nerve in my body is on fire, and I can feel every vein as if poison was rushing through them. I can hear my heartbeat in my ears loud and clear, as well as feel the throbbing of it throughout my body. It only takes a second for me to realize I'm not getting any air in my lungs, and I gasp for anything to satisfy my need for oxygen.

Once they finally inflate, no satisfaction is granted as some type of liquid fills them causing me to choke, my gasping becoming harsh weezing. Not too soon after I begin convulsing as I try again and again to rid the water that occupies my lungs. I can feel the slimy liquid trail down my cheeks as it exits out of my mouth with every cough, the taste burning my tongue. I attempt to breath back in, but the feeling of water taking over my lungs floods me again.

"Good...only a few more minutes now," I hear a voice off to my left speak, saying something more that I miss due to the attention grabbing torture.

I try to listen as they continue to speak, but I cough up more liquid, and I can feel it beginning to fall out of my nose as well.

"Matthew, it's coming out of her nose and ears now too!" The same voice yells from beside me, now causing me to feel the liquid running from my ears down my neck.

"That's a good sign, the serum is finding its way out of her body." I hear a voice I recognize state from my right.

Then, in an instant, it's as if a vacuum has sucked all the water out of my lungs, then taken the weight off of me, and I become free of all the agony, my body finally resting in place, the sound of my heartbeat slowing in my ears. I crack my eyes open, using most of my strength, then immediately close them again when I'm meet with a bright light.

I attempt, again, to peer out of the blackness that swallows me, slower this time, and I'm meet with extremely blurry surroundings.

"Welcome back." He says, smiling warmly while placing a white towel in my still clenched fist.

I glance at the towel then back at Matthew, What the hell is going on?

"Oh, I'm sorry, you are probably really confused. Don't worry, my assistant is going to get you some water, that will help with your throat, and as for everything else....it's going to take a while to explain, so for now let's wait for your water." He explains, taking the towel from my non-moving hand and wiping my face off for me.

After about three minutes, a guy with bright blue eyes and blonde hair rushes back into the room carrying a bottle of water. He holds the straw in front of my mouth, allowing for me to sit up slightly and take big gulps of the refreshing liquid. I finish the bottle in what seems like a matter of seconds, my throat crying out to me for more.

The man pulls out another bottle from his large lab coat pockets, twisting the cap off and placing the staw in the new one, holding it up to my lips again. I only leave about an inch left of water in that bottle before I plop my head back down onto the pillow.

"W-what...happened?" I ask, my voice rough and scratchy, the syllables barely escaping my mouth. 

Matthew looks at the blonde man, telling him something silently with his eyes, then looks back at me. Blondy walks away right afterward, leaving Matthew and I alone in a room with many different types of equipment. It's only now that I realize I sit in what looks like a hospital room, my arms connected to many different types of IV's, and wires run underneath the white gown I wear, stuck to my chest. I can hear the sound of my heartbeat on a monitor to my left, while Matthew stares at me from the right.