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“Yes, yes, I promise, Les,” he said, grinning at her. “Like I always do.”909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa8ska9js4c
“It’s just that I’m sc-” She paused, then hugged him tightly. “Just be careful. You’ll come back, right?”909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcH09EoNoc1
“Of course I’ll come back.”909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrPp1CUoLuR
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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!”909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡigFgdNIlUq
“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.”909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVs0GliMcVx
“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.”909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTe8EzZRtth
“And you can’t teach me?” she asked, taking a step forward.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7SzUBIpr8U
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.”909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNi9NUtFyn7
“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?”909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuPHjN6RB2s
For a second, she thought the girl looked pained. “I’m sorry, Les. I just want you to be safe.”909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTDQlkWsnqv
“Let me go!”909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8QW3ZFsY4g
“Take her away.”909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXth3ofnSjN
She felt tears slipping down her face. “I hate you.”909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡovnlKVaroH
The girl’s face morphed into a sneer. “Wake up.”909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgFlYDDTh5L
“I hate you so much.” She screamed.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHtyiisDsFb
Ana turned away. “Wake up.”909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx921Wtv8P6
“You-”
“WAKE UP!”909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEHmew5y3ul
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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.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeD28xPIVa1
The Capitol. The lights were dim, but she could make out the face of the guard, a look of pure disgust etched onto it.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgNwgqQHb93
"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.”909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhsOd9ZBi9F
“Oh well, I’m sorry,” she sneered. “What time is it?”909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy4AKpTHrJ3
“Three o’clock in the morning.” He rolled his eyes. “I was supposed to meet my girlfriend a few hours ago.”909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkTgIokkuua
“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.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEgq5AbgafG
“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.”909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0Khfnw250J
“Fine,” she said, and laid back down. “I’m going back to sleep, so get out.”909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBwBpY83Rgu
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.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4Ro2BEiSRY
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.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL9EdyFBohh
She closed her eyes again and, this time, the darkness welcomed her.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡewMvrvsO3j
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"Fuck it. Nothing again? You've got to be kidding me." 909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWFGE3WcVGl
"The programs don't seem to be working. It looks like she was trained to resist it."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe90bZTExrD
"She won't answer any of our questions, either."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVh1uYtj5Ke
"It could be, for some reason, her memory was wiped?"909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcaDpbWKR6a
"How, exactly? You know that the government oversees every medical procedure related to memory tampering."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvdPUasoTFc
"I-I'm not sure, Sir."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8qom0XrmXQ
"Well, you better be fucking sure soon, Hex. I'm fed up with your shit already."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy4n1smoNGj
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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.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnuqi6aIO5U
"Do I know you?" she suddenly asked, squinting. His face seemed familiar to her.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ083AMCqecQ
"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.”909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkbuH4EBPvq
She blinked. "How do you know?"909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2eNWRtbbhI
"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."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwn6inhdbrc
“Why did you have to come tell me now? I assume you’re not here under another's orders.”909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXABeOMcuF5
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.”909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLt74e8U5IY
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.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡviASmoNJrh
“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."909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqMevXDgy8k
The door closed silently behind him.909Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8JD3xyp6RV
