Chapter 29:

Tobias' Perspective

    "I uh, I was um....." Natalie says. Uriah is still hugging Marlene. "I got um.....I was...." she says. Uriah stops, and stares wide-eyed at her. Everybody is looking at her now.

    "When ya'll were in the hospital, I was-" Natalie says, but Uriah interrupts. "Wait! I think he would like to explain." says Uri. What? He walks over to the door, and opens it. A boy who has a badly bruised face appears. Wait, is that the boy from the market?

Uriah grabs the kid by the collar, and jerks him towards me. He stands by the bedside. Uriah holds a gun to his temple. "Tell him." he says bitterly.  Natalie has a scared look on her face, but also is glaring at the boy. Everybody is still waiting for the news.

    "TELL HIM!" screams Uri. The boy looks into my eyes, and opens his mouth. "I...." he starts but then smiles maliciously. Then his face swings backwards, and a stream of blood flies from his face. I look over and see that Natalie had punched him.

The boy goes for Natalie, and Uriah yanks him back and holds onto his shoulders. "TELL HIM NOW!" Uri screams. The same smile appears on his face.

    "Your daughter has amazing lips." he slurs. My whole body burns with anger. "TELL HIM YOU LITTLE WORM!" screams Uriah. "Her skin is very soft too...." he says. HE PUT HIS HANDS ON MY DAUGHTER?!?!?!? Uriah jerks him.

The boy stumbles forward, and laughs. "Tell them, Liam." Natalie says calmly. "Why don't you?" Liam spits. "Because we brought you here to tell everybody what you did to me." Natalie snaps.

    "I like it when you talk like that." he says. WHAT? Natalie's eyes go wide, and she grits her teeth. She kicks him in the balls. He falls to the ground. "Did you like that!?" she yells. He groans.

    "Didn't think so." she says and yanks him to his feet. I am gritting my teeth, and wishing that I could get up and strangle him. "What is it you called it? Rape. Yeah. I did that to her." he says. I yell out. I reach for his neck, but Natalie jerks him away.

    "I got this." she says. Everybody clears the floor, and Natalie throws him on the ground. Everybody is shouting cuss words at him, including me. "Go ahead." she says. She steps away, and Tris, Uriah, and Christina kick him, shouting cuss words.

I am trying to get to my feet, but Zeke, Shauna, Marlene, and Will are holding me down. Mariah, Shane, and William are comforting her. I try and tear from their grasp, but I'll hurt myself if I do get up. They throw him out of the room. They stop holding me down, and I stop thrashing around.

"THAT (BLEEP)! HE PUT HIS HANDS ON MY DAUGHTER!!! I (BLEEP) HATE THAT LITTLE (BLEEP)!!!!!!!!!!! "BRING HIM BACK IN HERE, I'M GOING TO KILL HIM!!!!!!!!" I scream at the top of my lungs. Everybody leaves, except for Natalie. She walks over to me.

    "Did he.....?" I say. She shakes her head. Oh good, she's still a virgin. "I'm sorry I didn't tell you." she says. I nod. "He didn't get to kiss me. I beat him up." she says. I am gonna keep a close eye on the guys she likes. I hug her. She cries into my chest.

I never wanted her to have to go through something like this. Tris comes running in. "Natalie." she says, and hugs her. "I'm so sorry this happened." she says. "I know." says Natalie. She strokes Natalie's hair. The doctor walks in.

    "Tobias and Tris." she says. "Yes?" we say. "We have the speed healing serum." she says. I nod. She takes a metal case, and pulls out two syringes. She puts blue liquid in it, and walks over to me. She injects it in my neck, and my whole body feels like it's frozen.

I can't speak or move. My wounds seem to feel colder than anything. The feeling leaves my body, and my thighs don't hurt anymore. I sit up to rip the casts off, but the doctor stops me. "You have no pants or underwear on." she says. I sigh.

    "I'll help him take it off." says Tris. The doctor and Natalie walk out of the room. She grabs the clean clothes from the bag Natalie brought. Tris is still in her hospital gown. She unravels the bandages, and hands me some underwear. Oh wow.

My speedo Zeke got me as a joke present for my twenty first birthday. It has small red lips all over them. This has got to be the ugliest speedo I have ever seen. Tris laughs. "I swear, I wasn't the one who picked those out." she says. I stand there, naked, glaring at her. She puts her hands up.

    "I swear. Natalie was the one who went to go get the clothes." she says. I sigh, and put them on. Geez, they're so uncomfortable. I've never worn them, and this was the exact reason. It's really tiny, and annoying. Tris is laughing. "These are extremely uncomfortable." I say.

    "I bet, your junk is all gathered up." she says. She laughs even harder. "I can't wear these. Do you have any underwear?" I say. "You want to wear my underwear?" she says. I nod. Anything is better than these. She digs through the bag and pulls out a pair. They are way too small.

    "Never mind." I say. She smirks, and puts them away. I put on the pants and sigh. I hear a knock on the door. Natalie. She smiling. But not a happy smile, a devious smile. "So, do you like what I picked out?" she says. I glare at her.

    "I was quite surprised to see that in your drawer. It was in the way back." she says. I continue to glare, Tris laughs. "You are in trouble." I say. She laughs and hugs me. "I'm serious." I say. She laughs again. "I know." she says. She lets go and smiles at me.

I know I can't stay mad at her for long. "Now, it's your turn Mom." she says. Tris sighs, and walks over to the door. She opens the door, and calls the doctor. The doctor walks in and smiles at Natalie. "Tris, are you ready?" she says. Tris nods.

    "Please sit." she says. Tris walks over to the bed and sits. The doctor gets the syringe ready, and injects her. Tris stiffens, and falls over on the bed. "Tris!" I say reaching for her hand. The doctor puts her hand on my chest, and pushes slightly. I step back.

    "She's only paralyzed. That's how it heals her." she says. I nod and watch her. She doesn't move or speak. Like I did when I was under it. She shoots up, and lifts her dress up. She looks for a wound that is not there anymore. She gasps. Lucky for us, she has underwear on. She smiles. "It worked!" she says. "Why wouldn't it?" I say.

    "Remember? I'm genetically pure. Divergent!" she says. I nod. "It also makes it to where you are immune to any kind of sickness." the doctor says. "Oh! That's why it was so...." Natalie says, but stops. "Then give her some!" says Tris.

    "It costs money." the doctor says. Wait, then how did we get it? "Then, how did we get it?" I say. She opens her mouth, but stops. "Who paid for it?" says Tris. "That doesn't matter! All that matters is that you're healed!" says Natalie.

I am shocked at her outburst. She only does that when she's up to no good. I change the subject. "Are we immune to bullet wounds?" I say. She chuckles. "You aren't immortal. No, only sicknesses. Like cancer and all that stuff." she says.

    "So, if we get shot or cut we aren't immune to that?" says Tris. The doctor nods. I look at Natalie, and imagine times that she's gonna be sick one day and from this point on, I won't be able to tell her I felt the same way. Natalie smiles slightly. "Well, thank you so much! I guess we're out of here." says Tris. I nod. "Clothes, Mom." says Natalie.

She hands her the bag, and Tris runs into the bathroom. Natalie jumps up, and hugs me. "Looks like you won't have to hold Mom's hair back when she pukes anymore." Natalie says. "I heard that!" Tris' faint voice from the bathroom, says. I laugh. "But you'll have to hold my hair back." she says.

    "HA HA!" yells Tris. I scoff. I set her down. She runs out the door, her long hair floating behind her. Tris walks out in black pants, and one of my black t shirts. I laugh. "I swear, she wants to make it look like we had sex!" she says. I nod, and laugh harder.

    "What? Between your smoochie-speedo, and your shirt on me, yeah it pretty much looks like it." she says. I laugh. I nod again. She holds the bag over her shoulder, and leaves. I follow her into the waiting room where everybody waits.

    "All you gotta do is get pantsed, and then BAM full on proof." she says. I laugh. She never cracked jokes like this when the factions were still in tact. "Hey!" says Zeke. "Hey!" I say back. He turns to Natalie. "Ready for Shane's party?" he says. Natalie nods. "I can't wait!" she says. She walks over to Zeke and starts talking.

Tris starts talking to Uriah, Shauna, and Christina. Marlene and Will are talking in the chair. "We're gonna have whiskey there." he says. "Dude! It's a 12 year old's birthday party!" I say. "So what? That doesn't mean you shouldn't stop yourself from having a good time!" he says. "You could have just the same amount of fun without alcohol." I say. he scoffs.

    "Anyway, we need to get more paint balls. Shauna and I got into a fight, and that happened to be the only weapon she could pull on me." he says. I snort. "Anyways, it turned into a playful little war with all three of us, and we used up all of them." he says.

I nod. "We'll go to the store and bu some more." I say. He nods. "You owe me." I say walking away. "Dang it!" I hear him say. He may be a Dad of a twelve-almost-to-be-thirteen-year-old, but he's still old typical Zeke. Everybody stands up. "Let's go!" shouts Will.

We all leave, and I tell Zeke to come over to the apartment so we can go over to the ammo store in a couple hours. I am giving Tris a piggy back ride to the car, and Natalie is holding all of the stuff. "Run!" says Tris. I laugh, and I run. Natalie follows, and beats me to the car. I set Tris down, and feel in my pockets.

The keys are there. Geez, Natalie thinks of everything. When she was packing our clothes, she clearly thought twice about it. I unlock the car, and Natalie puts all the stuff in the trunk, and Tris calls shotgun, which means I have to drive.

    "Seriously?" I say. She nods, and gets in the car. Natalie gets in the back, and buckles her seat belt. I turn on the car, and back out. We drive out the hospital entrance, and down the road. I turn the corner, and see the parking space we usually park in.

I pull in and get out. We don't live very far from the hospital. Tris gets out and walks into the compound. I hear Natalie open the trunk, and close it. We walk in, and down the hall. "Piggy back ride!" shouts Tris and jumps on me. I grab her legs before she can fall. "You're acting like an Amity, Mom." says Natalie. I snort.

    "Hey! That was mean!" she yells. Natalie laughs. "I was only joking." she says. "You better be." Tris says. I snort again, and walk on the chasm railing. I hear a huge splash behind me, and whirl around. Natalie is standing there looking down, a worried look on her face.

    "Whoops..." she says. "What?" I say. She's not holding as much as she was before.

    "I dropped the Dauntless cake...." she says. "NOOOOOOOO!!!!!" I yell.

I'm sorry that I ended this chapter in such a tragedy. You probably hate me now.............;) Anyway, this is a pretty long chapter! Well, duh you can clearly see that! I love hearing what you have to say about my story, so don't hesitate to tell me what you think! Don't forget to vote and comment! :)