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“Yes, yes, I promise, Les,” he said, grinning at her. “Like I always do.”793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV2n7VUc7A9
“It’s just that I’m sc-” She paused, then hugged him tightly. “Just be careful. You’ll come back, right?”793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXNXMOA5rNN
“Of course I’ll come back.”793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2DsVoRSLe0
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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!”793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡda1hgHkkEV
“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.”793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6enBWVkJic
“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.”793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWdLJeiVCnt
“And you can’t teach me?” she asked, taking a step forward.793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5Vw3nfzgJz
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.”793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzWN2GQMCRF
“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?”793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ72ppybjssP
For a second, she thought the girl looked pained. “I’m sorry, Les. I just want you to be safe.”793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoaQ7WyUauz
“Let me go!”793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmsWnI8WXf3
“Take her away.”793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVOJVlXk8ca
She felt tears slipping down her face. “I hate you.”793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX22n5ttnMI
The girl’s face morphed into a sneer. “Wake up.”793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfWVThfxbrI
“I hate you so much.” She screamed.793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6JYCWzSsy6
Ana turned away. “Wake up.”793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb61IU4HURV
“You-”
“WAKE UP!”793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR1cwfhyfyf
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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.793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBxj127WcCl
The Capitol. The lights were dim, but she could make out the face of the guard, a look of pure disgust etched onto it.793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeYhyaPbj9O
"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.”793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0jrZYySxyE
“Oh well, I’m sorry,” she sneered. “What time is it?”793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY3r92teNfl
“Three o’clock in the morning.” He rolled his eyes. “I was supposed to meet my girlfriend a few hours ago.”793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZS2RDs0FzR
“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.793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaoP2CQT3De
“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.”793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnh8C5kqhi5
“Fine,” she said, and laid back down. “I’m going back to sleep, so get out.”793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcouWSrflE8
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.793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvgtjY0Kc9V
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.793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfr6JhVl4fg
She closed her eyes again and, this time, the darkness welcomed her.793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡip6ZafmhTG
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"Fuck it. Nothing again? You've got to be kidding me." 793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡip5MBIWXcc
"The programs don't seem to be working. It looks like she was trained to resist it."793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaa6NehVErd
"She won't answer any of our questions, either."793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgmduQUKrXW
"It could be, for some reason, her memory was wiped?"793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkQEb9ShLOI
"How, exactly? You know that the government oversees every medical procedure related to memory tampering."793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY3nNGKWF0e
"I-I'm not sure, Sir."793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGno1ZXRqu3
"Well, you better be fucking sure soon, Hex. I'm fed up with your shit already."793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4XMN69jYcg
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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.793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRqrHYRCq1m
"Do I know you?" she suddenly asked, squinting. His face seemed familiar to her.793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡporNybTfuL
"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.”793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTF0SjtkZrf
She blinked. "How do you know?"793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUEvpxGXkSm
"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."793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6NVxAqghge
“Why did you have to come tell me now? I assume you’re not here under another's orders.”793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1LpspJTGTU
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.”793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFJCstNd7nl
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.793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0MVUp7ktsX
“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."793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ64oqZK0jaX
The door closed silently behind him.793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqliX7AnV9r
