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“Yes, yes, I promise, Les,” he said, grinning at her. “Like I always do.”801Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡltAQnb99yd
“It’s just that I’m sc-” She paused, then hugged him tightly. “Just be careful. You’ll come back, right?”801Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXSHy0ECwJb
“Of course I’ll come back.”801Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwycH9nbpQa
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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!”801Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIGNvzeKZpH
“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.”801Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvVfwDbJtRr
“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.”801Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWfm4uvbklu
“And you can’t teach me?” she asked, taking a step forward.801Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDz4zhYmMii
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.”801Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA9zKWFLAWp
“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?”801Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcOB8Zfvjla
For a second, she thought the girl looked pained. “I’m sorry, Les. I just want you to be safe.”801Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh2vARHGrCk
“Let me go!”801Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDC7oJXYkm2
“Take her away.”801Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbQHnxfZ99G
She felt tears slipping down her face. “I hate you.”801Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIVmdBNwDqf
The girl’s face morphed into a sneer. “Wake up.”801Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmV9Yf4hpUP
“I hate you so much.” She screamed.801Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzaeZSSxtCt
Ana turned away. “Wake up.”801Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6xB4GAqbQs
“You-”
“WAKE UP!”801Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtwo4sz030t
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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.801Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZiCfWdJADF
The Capitol. The lights were dim, but she could make out the face of the guard, a look of pure disgust etched onto it.801Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwGumboeqiB
"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.”801Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqHRIKDPSTv
“Oh well, I’m sorry,” she sneered. “What time is it?”801Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvopnFy4TML
“Three o’clock in the morning.” He rolled his eyes. “I was supposed to meet my girlfriend a few hours ago.”801Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEOrgE7nwuU
“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.801Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPn050CcQES
“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.”801Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwNdWKzw8kC
“Fine,” she said, and laid back down. “I’m going back to sleep, so get out.”801Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB9q1a8mP9i
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.801Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSYseUPNJQd
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.801Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMTInLNPVjY
She closed her eyes again and, this time, the darkness welcomed her.801Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb8e8cEWULT
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"Fuck it. Nothing again? You've got to be kidding me." 801Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2KUFo95yvM
"The programs don't seem to be working. It looks like she was trained to resist it."801Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMXMa9ThYfj
"She won't answer any of our questions, either."801Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkaBCQwFUEy
"It could be, for some reason, her memory was wiped?"801Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLJLiWxVbPb
"How, exactly? You know that the government oversees every medical procedure related to memory tampering."801Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8yFxAOsld2
"I-I'm not sure, Sir."801Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWbAZU6uULu
"Well, you better be fucking sure soon, Hex. I'm fed up with your shit already."801Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOJNQypgsJn
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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.801Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjiVf3DSGOt
"Do I know you?" she suddenly asked, squinting. His face seemed familiar to her.801Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbf3i5xkKuq
"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.”801Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYB0K7d6tQz
She blinked. "How do you know?"801Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ04R9Ef7Jmp
"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."801Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrwIJA400Dz
“Why did you have to come tell me now? I assume you’re not here under another's orders.”801Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnoYOwsjEl5
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.”801Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWsbLRH9Dx7
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.801Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS6nvH2sU7f
“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."801Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3QbjK1czS7
The door closed silently behind him.801Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtZPW3rXrrY
