Chapter Thirty Eight - The One Where Tobias Is Going To Kill Tris

So... Tobias is now brainwashed by the simulation serum. Now he has Tris as his target. Tris tries to fight back, but Tobias is far stronger than she is and the serum makes him a merciless hitman. She breaks down into tears. She tries to snap him out of the simulation, but cannot. She hopes that she can find a way to not be killed by Tobias. I bet the "horizontal tango" doesn't sound so bad right now.

She realizes what she must do. He isn't leaving the simulation anytime soon. She has the gun in her hands. If it was anyone else, the bullet would have gone through their skull a long time ago, but this is different. It's Tobias. She can't kill him. She's running out of loved ones. She decides that she can't kill him because she knows that he wouldn't kill her if he were in her position.

"I can't kill him. I am not sure if I love him; not sure if that's why. But I am sure of what he would do if our positions were reversed. I am sure that nothing is worth killing him for."

She hands over the gun to Tobias. Thinking back to the fear landscape, she has conquered her fear of choosing to shoot a loved one or be shot. This should bring good results, but it doesn't look good right now. She feels his heartbeat for the last time. This is it. Tobias slides the bullet into the barrel...