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“Yes, yes, I promise, Les,” he said, grinning at her. “Like I always do.”751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRJYmZZJySg
“It’s just that I’m sc-” She paused, then hugged him tightly. “Just be careful. You’ll come back, right?”751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiMbp5svllb
“Of course I’ll come back.”751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz6DYaCCusw
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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!”751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUGhLcuqb7K
“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.”751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVzNWRU2S0l
“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.”751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI8ah1sbMvQ
“And you can’t teach me?” she asked, taking a step forward.751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5zSBq9evwZ
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.”751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW6kfYwAGK4
“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?”751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvf1UqlAzFb
For a second, she thought the girl looked pained. “I’m sorry, Les. I just want you to be safe.”751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJgnqLnqBpW
“Let me go!”751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbOE58pVChv
“Take her away.”751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6MKHjwI2AZ
She felt tears slipping down her face. “I hate you.”751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj8SXGarQjP
The girl’s face morphed into a sneer. “Wake up.”751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIus9i2zkLB
“I hate you so much.” She screamed.751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT6svmSN37o
Ana turned away. “Wake up.”751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIRfn8kqnSv
“You-”
“WAKE UP!”751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq6JMNAYVjs
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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.751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1y6lCrXJoa
The Capitol. The lights were dim, but she could make out the face of the guard, a look of pure disgust etched onto it.751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGIkhc5VSQi
"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.”751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzdjmgXBUlv
“Oh well, I’m sorry,” she sneered. “What time is it?”751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfRHl9q4V4W
“Three o’clock in the morning.” He rolled his eyes. “I was supposed to meet my girlfriend a few hours ago.”751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYloXS6VJD5
“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.751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwUY8YWtLZ0
“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.”751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYZqqcsgIwj
“Fine,” she said, and laid back down. “I’m going back to sleep, so get out.”751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1yAJ4eHcgW
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.751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6A1IRsDy9r
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.751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1OMZMI1CLp
She closed her eyes again and, this time, the darkness welcomed her.751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcqf7Tj09eO
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"Fuck it. Nothing again? You've got to be kidding me." 751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm4wQdsHtMb
"The programs don't seem to be working. It looks like she was trained to resist it."751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv5gYaxpYTL
"She won't answer any of our questions, either."751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXOkQMI2J31
"It could be, for some reason, her memory was wiped?"751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH2gArMSd9X
"How, exactly? You know that the government oversees every medical procedure related to memory tampering."751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1XFf90iBb2
"I-I'm not sure, Sir."751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIETUoVynfU
"Well, you better be fucking sure soon, Hex. I'm fed up with your shit already."751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCYZ6UFh0AS
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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.751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnJkpoCZ7ZX
"Do I know you?" she suddenly asked, squinting. His face seemed familiar to her.751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiSaOdKufTA
"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.”751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmwYuC4dYOF
She blinked. "How do you know?"751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyVRs1b28b3
"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."751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr0KCxJ5fZc
“Why did you have to come tell me now? I assume you’re not here under another's orders.”751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0APQyK3yfY
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.”751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwsD0K8nwL9
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.751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGgVqAvv2Rl
“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."751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS5mgZ5e8M8
The door closed silently behind him.751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjw4GM8fCDe
