Dear God, Love Tris (story snippet)

     Dear God, Love Tris

~Krystal Annaliese Walsh

        Sitting at the desk was a tall, pleasant looking dark haired man. He stood up and greeted the kids as they walked in.

“Welcome! I’m Mr. Rose, Jace’s father. Please sit down!”

Josh and Louie quickly sat down in the big comfy chairs, leaving Cam, Jace and Tris standing.

“Hey! Boys…give your sister a chair!”  Cam said teasingly to Josh and Louie.

“No its fine, they can sit there, I don’t mind standing.”  Tris reassured him, smiling shyly. 

Captain Rose chuckled softly, then was about to speak, when a walkie-talkie on his desk beeped.

“Pardon me one minute while I answer this.” He said turning and picking it up. He pressed a button and suddenly Tom’s voice came on.

“Captain Rose! It’s Tom—you’ll have to leave without us! There’s people everywhere! Guards and police! There’s no way you can pick us up now without us all being caught!”

Captain Rose’s face grew very serious as he answered.

“We’ll have to leave now, Tris, Josh and Louie are here and safe, we’ll take them to Italy. Tom, make sure you all stay together, don’t let them catch you.  Get out of the city as soon as you can and hide somewhere. I’ll send Mark to find you, and we will come back to get you guys.”

“Ok, will do” Tom answered. “Is Tris there?”

“Yes she is.” Captian Rose beckoned for Tris to come closer.

Tris did, her face rather pale.

The room fell silent as a different voice came on.

“Tris—it’s Remi.”

Tris’s heart practically stopped.

“I know you aren’t going to want to leave without us, but you have to. We’ll get there soon—“

The speech stopped for a moment, and became static. Then it returned.

“—it’ll be okay Tris. Be strong. I love you.”

“Remi..no..no..no!”  Tris could barely speak with the tears running down her face.

“Oh Trissy…don’t cry please…it’ll be alright, I promise!” Karl answered her, his voice hoarse.

“…….I love you…stay safe!” Tris whispered back.

“Tris!”  Abigail’s voice now came through, also sounding tearful and scared.

“Abi darling! I love you too! Be brave! I’ll see you soon!”  Tris answered trying to sound a little more optimistic for her friend’s sake.

“We have to go now, they’re coming closer.” Tom now said his voice hushed.

The walkie-talkie beeped, signaling end of the call.

More like the end of the world.

Jason’s father was busy discussing things with Mark in hushed tones. Everyone else was silent. Josh, and Louie just stared at each other in disbelief.

Tris stood still in shock, she couldn’t believe this was happening…She couldn’t breath, choking back heartbroken sobs. Suddenly everything swirled around her and went black.

Cameron who had been watching Tris and wondering how to comfort her, saw her faint.

“Jace!”

Jason who was standing next to Tris, staring at his dad, turned at Cam’s voice and barely managed to catch the girl before she fell to the ground.