Divergent-Survive

Chapter 5

TRIS PRIOR'S POV

I wake up as the sunlight begins to rise. I sit up yawning and Four was sitting up.

"Four, why didn't you call me to wake up?" I ask. He doesn't respond. "Four??" I ask louder. I grip his shoulder and when I turn him around I, scream out of pure terror. His face is torn off, tears fill my eyes and then I feel something soaking through my shirt, I look down and there a hole in my stomach.

There's a cord ( Authors note: when a baby is born, there is a cord attached to the infant. That's what this is. I forgot the name. Opps. 😂) I'm crying now and I look where it leads to and it's a dead one.

Eating my baby. I scream as I cry harder.

My eyes open as my face is full of tears. I check my stomach as I sit up and I realize I'm fine. I'll never have a dreamless night.

But where's Four? The early sun peaks through as I stand up and grab my machete. I pack as quick as I can and I realize his pack is still on the floor. I pick it up and swing it over my shoulder.

I run, searching for Four, then I bump into him after my two minutes of searching.

"Where were you?" I demand.

"What? A guy doesn't want to go pee in front of his girlfriend. Plus, I took like 2 minutes. And I wasn't too far, there's not a lot of dead ones today." He says. I keep my serious expression.

"I thought you were dead." I state. "I had another dream," I say, he frowns.

"I'm sorry." He tells me, I don't respond.

Just as he is about to say something, a gunshot booms. Twice. Tobias and I give each other a glance. With our own facial expressions, we decide to leave it alone. You can't trust anyone anymore. Except people you know really close. But isn't there still good people? I just don't know anymore.

~~~~~FLASHBACK~~~~~

I pick up the little girl, Rose, from the floor. Four is with George, a man we met at a highway, and Lucas, who is Rose's cousin, they are both around the age 30. I run faster as the dead ones chase me.

After a long time of running, I see Four. He's running to me, yelling something.

"They have tricked us Tris! Rose, she's infected!" he yells, I stop suddenly as the girl turns her small auburn head and tries to bite my neck. Four grabs her and closes his eyes as he stabs her head. And then I saw the bite. I just never noticed, it was on her leg. Her small 5 year old leg. My tears get watery, but I start to run with Four by my side.

When we reach safety, we rest.

"What do you mean that they tricked us?" I ask, panting.

"I mean, Lucas was never Rose's cousin. They knew Rose and knew she was infected. They sent you to get the girl because they underestimated you. George believed you would die with the girl in your hands. And that I will stay with them, because they thought 'keep the strong ones and get rid of the week ones' He explains.

I acknowledge what he says and nod. Four was with them because Lucas told him that I will be fine. That there was barely any dead ones.

So from that day on. Four trust no one. He can't anymore.

Life has changed.

Yet I believe there's a few good people out there.

~~~~~~~~~Flashback end~~~~

So, we leave the sound. Walking to the clear road, as Four steps on the road, there's a piercing scream. I jump and Four does too.

"Help me! Please!" A woman screams. Out of my selflessness and stupidity and a smudge of hope that there is still good people on this shitty planet, I run to the sound.

"Tris!" Four yells, I turn around and he gives me a 'leave it' look.

"We have to help her." I argue, he puffs out a breath and together we sprint to the girl's screams.

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Why is it in bold and italics?! Ughhh... I'm frustrated.

I'll update ASAP. 😊