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“Yes, yes, I promise, Les,” he said, grinning at her. “Like I always do.”875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡey9fob2SG9
“It’s just that I’m sc-” She paused, then hugged him tightly. “Just be careful. You’ll come back, right?”875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQeAEkFJlza
“Of course I’ll come back.”875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXzmfk4WII5
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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!”875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqcTBqBcFsc
“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.”875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaPUa9pQ4vR
“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.”875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgppaj7XE8i
“And you can’t teach me?” she asked, taking a step forward.875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4f3Mawleux
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.”875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0ehu3hzla4
“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?”875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡspQFyZ8flZ
For a second, she thought the girl looked pained. “I’m sorry, Les. I just want you to be safe.”875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJB2jIVwiEh
“Let me go!”875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl30vp6voUn
“Take her away.”875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzVnW7wAfp5
She felt tears slipping down her face. “I hate you.”875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQL6ANlgLn0
The girl’s face morphed into a sneer. “Wake up.”875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkSepbQualZ
“I hate you so much.” She screamed.875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIxSmKmzhtG
Ana turned away. “Wake up.”875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSvKemzEnpi
“You-”
“WAKE UP!”875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLeBUG8UTJR
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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.875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVIy1xdJr8Z
The Capitol. The lights were dim, but she could make out the face of the guard, a look of pure disgust etched onto it.875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq4X3TnZJIr
"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.”875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡArdyWmCWmq
“Oh well, I’m sorry,” she sneered. “What time is it?”875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9xoV38priw
“Three o’clock in the morning.” He rolled his eyes. “I was supposed to meet my girlfriend a few hours ago.”875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1do5F8yv9n
“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.875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuuajICxtLH
“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.”875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKU4EqbvKil
“Fine,” she said, and laid back down. “I’m going back to sleep, so get out.”875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKPUGPz93h8
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.875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9BfomsMLGr
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.875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp8UcNtrUEi
She closed her eyes again and, this time, the darkness welcomed her.875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbyIsGZsQn4
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"Fuck it. Nothing again? You've got to be kidding me." 875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1cM9oysGxG
"The programs don't seem to be working. It looks like she was trained to resist it."875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkRaxH2qmxN
"She won't answer any of our questions, either."875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXZqpTatvOr
"It could be, for some reason, her memory was wiped?"875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXkdq1sJc8t
"How, exactly? You know that the government oversees every medical procedure related to memory tampering."875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs4ZYcVPXb9
"I-I'm not sure, Sir."875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2Hg6yzQoOX
"Well, you better be fucking sure soon, Hex. I'm fed up with your shit already."875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYEskRw4C1S
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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.875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRyIBYhKv0r
"Do I know you?" she suddenly asked, squinting. His face seemed familiar to her.875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI0ETLSHtGH
"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.”875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvDSMO8FwTA
She blinked. "How do you know?"875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTZOWtMVVsd
"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."875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpVnUFzrGrx
“Why did you have to come tell me now? I assume you’re not here under another's orders.”875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXwRBDhgWwh
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.”875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcPuZkd5CKJ
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.875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHNVCquymUt
“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."875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIUOyW6KO3p
The door closed silently behind him.875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV8oez8ku98
