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“Yes, yes, I promise, Les,” he said, grinning at her. “Like I always do.”799Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVnTmuk4ueP
“It’s just that I’m sc-” She paused, then hugged him tightly. “Just be careful. You’ll come back, right?”799Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD3RvdcKiSM
“Of course I’ll come back.”799Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUnEqosQ7Rt
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“What do you mean you won’t send a team out?” She screeched, “They haven’t contacted us in three days! Three days!”799Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj0Nxhaodew
“We can’t lose more people. We’ve already lost Mercedes, Jace; and now Az and Caspian! Leslie, don’t you see? This is not about us. There is a limit to how many lives we can sacrifice for a futile cause before it’s unreasonable.”799Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeH5h4QIgfr
“Fine.” She whispered, “I’ll go out there alone.”
Anastasiya shook her head. “The others are trained, but nothing will stop them from tearing all of our secrets from your mind. Jace would have taught you how if he’d been here.”799Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZpoNqlOxyT
“And you can’t teach me?” she asked, taking a step forward.799Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6QVQoFDzFZ
In response, Ana only shook her head. “I’m sorry, Les.” Agents rushed into the room, grabbing her. “We can’t have you leaving. It’s for your own good.”799Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNuDjQXhkX7
“Ana!” She screamed as they started dragging her away, and dug her feet into the ground. “Don’t you remember Jace? Mer? Did you forget all those times that we went out together? Did you forget those times when you used to laugh with Cas? How you teased Az about his stories?”799Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBKWHifNJwJ
For a second, she thought the girl looked pained. “I’m sorry, Les. I just want you to be safe.”799Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWV92AdCDpZ
“Let me go!”799Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVjfzmfFYWm
“Take her away.”799Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlQ0fKJrlz4
She felt tears slipping down her face. “I hate you.”799Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwOtba0D0bR
The girl’s face morphed into a sneer. “Wake up.”799Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsJufsmtVjk
“I hate you so much.” She screamed.799Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkHJLK1Mimc
Ana turned away. “Wake up.”799Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqghAkZiaNO
“You-”
“WAKE UP!”799Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlLsic1pWt6
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“WAKE UP!” A hand shook her shoulder and she bolted upright, hands instinctively shooting towards her belt where weapons would have been. But there were none.799Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZVDuMrYNFx
The Capitol. The lights were dim, but she could make out the face of the guard, a look of pure disgust etched onto it.799Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGFKeOqNOGc
"Shit Girl, you’ve been writhing in your sleep for thirty minutes now,” he said, retracting his hand and wiping it on his pants. “I was getting annoyed.”799Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjf4QGYC6IR
“Oh well, I’m sorry,” she sneered. “What time is it?”799Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡagOTkueXYv
“Three o’clock in the morning.” He rolled his eyes. “I was supposed to meet my girlfriend a few hours ago.”799Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6GYXXdAnYe
“Then why are you still here?” she asked, trying to act dignified by straightening the scraps of what had once been a dark leather jacket, a black camisole, and jeans.799Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡADbcV0BMuE
“You think Akira would leave you here, unguarded, for the whole night?” He scoffed. “You’re crazy. And we agents know better than to disobey him.”799Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmSM2gis8CJ
“Fine,” she said, and laid back down. “I’m going back to sleep, so get out.”799Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKaROBiMoS0
He shook his head and left out of a section in the bullet-proof glass walls, fortified by iron bars and multiple deadbolts. She grinned to herself.799Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT5bl0hiUgx
They must assume that I’m extremely good. She thought with satisfaction, I don’t even have the strength to walk more than a few steps right now, let alone break down a door.799Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNDz4R64wo6
She closed her eyes again and, this time, the darkness welcomed her.799Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkpFZrtjUed
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"Fuck it. Nothing again? You've got to be kidding me." 799Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsHrnFb9PWv
"The programs don't seem to be working. It looks like she was trained to resist it."799Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjoHq0UT9zx
"She won't answer any of our questions, either."799Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnoYchtMrC3
"It could be, for some reason, her memory was wiped?"799Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDLCLnW0KnA
"How, exactly? You know that the government oversees every medical procedure related to memory tampering."799Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt8Mve5uHaj
"I-I'm not sure, Sir."799Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQFTvueIheM
"Well, you better be fucking sure soon, Hex. I'm fed up with your shit already."799Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSinMq7whOq
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Leslie woke up to the door closing with a loud slam. Her eyes fluttered open and she glanced at the figure that had entered the room. A Leader. She sat up. They usually didn't come into the cell. But the boy didn't seem to be under orders. The top button of his fleecy shirt was unbuttoned and his hair was tousled like he had just rolled out of bed.799Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQU2UYWmtBG
"Do I know you?" she suddenly asked, squinting. His face seemed familiar to her.799Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkb2YFfhz38
"Ah, so your memory has been wiped, after all." He ran a hand through his hair, sweeping it to the side. “Not a surprise, though.”799Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMHU7Hkc0od
She blinked. "How do you know?"799Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ051G731f2u
"Never mind that. I won’t tell anyone, if that’s what you’re worried about. I came here to tell you that tomorrow, you will be given some freedom. You have been classified as an unthreatening prisoner. You will be permitted to join the others at the common room through that door-" He gestured to a door that hadn't been there the night before. "-during meals. But if they find that you are collaborating with them to plot an escape, your permission will be terminated."799Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzpwffUT5qG
“Why did you have to come tell me now? I assume you’re not here under another's orders.”799Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR2nJE8XbAa
The boy paused for a second and just stared at her with a sort of… sadness. He finally sighed and his face immediately relaxed. “You’re right, I shouldn’t be here. I just don’t want you to make a fool of yourself tomorrow. I captured you, after all, and it's already embarrassing for me that you were classified as unthreatening.”799Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoTcryps1pb
There was a certain air of viciousness around this boyish man. He looked around her age, seventeen, but his eyes looked older than twice his age. “All right,” she said after a second of silence. “What’s your name?” she asked.799Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbehCT42ulD
“If I told you, where would the fun be in it?” He slowly turned around and started to do the three-layered unlocking system. The boy scanned his fingertips, then entered his passcode behind his hand. Finally, he let out a breathy laugh. "You asked me before how I knew that your memory had been wiped." A scanner scanned his retinas and the screen in front of him flashed green. "It's because if you remembered anything..." The door clicked open. "... you would have remembered me."799Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3S9DzXLrfU
The door closed silently behind him.799Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzU4r58rVF2
