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“Yes, yes, I promise, Les,” he said, grinning at her. “Like I always do.”749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8y3QwN4V2U
“It’s just that I’m sc-” She paused, then hugged him tightly. “Just be careful. You’ll come back, right?”749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtOK7sHPIVc
“Of course I’ll come back.”749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡls8PeJQ4B0
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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!”749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIqGkprF3j9
“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.”749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgReRaH5YpC
“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.”749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ49RlWJZSh1
“And you can’t teach me?” she asked, taking a step forward.749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj9qMxyzwSj
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.”749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTKnboq56uE
“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?”749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHkJyjzwPix
For a second, she thought the girl looked pained. “I’m sorry, Les. I just want you to be safe.”749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡimbZcxI3rQ
“Let me go!”749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnMAv3XPMM3
“Take her away.”749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVFlTlaRl5L
She felt tears slipping down her face. “I hate you.”749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnKKLxghFLd
The girl’s face morphed into a sneer. “Wake up.”749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA3RR172JD2
“I hate you so much.” She screamed.749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDNf8wFgh7s
Ana turned away. “Wake up.”749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF3VsLUtDiX
“You-”
“WAKE UP!”749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHSQWbadFNg
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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.749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcChwC4gwgB
The Capitol. The lights were dim, but she could make out the face of the guard, a look of pure disgust etched onto it.749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3n4OGE320M
"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.”749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrx7B9PbSaL
“Oh well, I’m sorry,” she sneered. “What time is it?”749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyxmpZQLyVv
“Three o’clock in the morning.” He rolled his eyes. “I was supposed to meet my girlfriend a few hours ago.”749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv2FgF3tK5t
“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.749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDqo9EJ6tCc
“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.”749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡViIXg6y5sF
“Fine,” she said, and laid back down. “I’m going back to sleep, so get out.”749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE7BdHHF2Rf
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.749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG5UplIRy6H
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.749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqXBnfwQFy9
She closed her eyes again and, this time, the darkness welcomed her.749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNoHBNiKAgS
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"Fuck it. Nothing again? You've got to be kidding me." 749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWr9SOEqFXz
"The programs don't seem to be working. It looks like she was trained to resist it."749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoDAxrtmjAf
"She won't answer any of our questions, either."749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm0LvKpNIt5
"It could be, for some reason, her memory was wiped?"749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0Ru0mcvzhu
"How, exactly? You know that the government oversees every medical procedure related to memory tampering."749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIg4KALJKIH
"I-I'm not sure, Sir."749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWBiAVesZhM
"Well, you better be fucking sure soon, Hex. I'm fed up with your shit already."749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe7bN7wmpGc
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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.749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBsTifTTZyv
"Do I know you?" she suddenly asked, squinting. His face seemed familiar to her.749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMMrcVHEy4d
"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.”749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3nHueZkC9q
She blinked. "How do you know?"749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFyGAEnQJAp
"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."749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5lLFDX131K
“Why did you have to come tell me now? I assume you’re not here under another's orders.”749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAMKiSl8N1N
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.”749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRSZIbbdQfE
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.749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtukLKREIdD
“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."749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpYH5Cer7WL
The door closed silently behind him.749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡomdWI6M2xN
