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“Yes, yes, I promise, Les,” he said, grinning at her. “Like I always do.”868Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkpcbWqzyC0
“It’s just that I’m sc-” She paused, then hugged him tightly. “Just be careful. You’ll come back, right?”868Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdypESgAjtt
“Of course I’ll come back.”868Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh9YkSHxzwY
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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!”868Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSuhFdBkrXp
“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.”868Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR9tZM93nCP
“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.”868Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVXFNc5NqTS
“And you can’t teach me?” she asked, taking a step forward.868Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbahC2vlP43
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.”868Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG6nJOsStNc
“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?”868Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBCsl0Dwqni
For a second, she thought the girl looked pained. “I’m sorry, Les. I just want you to be safe.”868Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZb7ssVsltH
“Let me go!”868Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjN3ZubHfDd
“Take her away.”868Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvslWsyht1K
She felt tears slipping down her face. “I hate you.”868Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6d3fAga9PN
The girl’s face morphed into a sneer. “Wake up.”868Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdFxe3of40i
“I hate you so much.” She screamed.868Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8rwgGYfIcp
Ana turned away. “Wake up.”868Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdN1QdHHakD
“You-”
“WAKE UP!”868Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOCHLYTgd8h
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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.868Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLP5CVGfGFK
The Capitol. The lights were dim, but she could make out the face of the guard, a look of pure disgust etched onto it.868Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLLX8WSxa4W
"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.”868Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ716ubOAehR
“Oh well, I’m sorry,” she sneered. “What time is it?”868Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUby96NfjnB
“Three o’clock in the morning.” He rolled his eyes. “I was supposed to meet my girlfriend a few hours ago.”868Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxyyVjkj6Lw
“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.868Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmYkeR0uUEZ
“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.”868Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNSpN0yd8b5
“Fine,” she said, and laid back down. “I’m going back to sleep, so get out.”868Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfyHoDY3GSF
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.868Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwGgvm6tPaz
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.868Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwSS8JP6MuL
She closed her eyes again and, this time, the darkness welcomed her.868Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0qi1lRl58w
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"Fuck it. Nothing again? You've got to be kidding me." 868Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKkPdQh967K
"The programs don't seem to be working. It looks like she was trained to resist it."868Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN8RvVGbbij
"She won't answer any of our questions, either."868Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPhoMVP9vRE
"It could be, for some reason, her memory was wiped?"868Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8YAAW0ElDi
"How, exactly? You know that the government oversees every medical procedure related to memory tampering."868Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr6ngK53KjH
"I-I'm not sure, Sir."868Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQw4beJznv3
"Well, you better be fucking sure soon, Hex. I'm fed up with your shit already."868Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuJ4jyUffFF
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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.868Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvk9G7sm80N
"Do I know you?" she suddenly asked, squinting. His face seemed familiar to her.868Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl29s32gh2p
"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.”868Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAzM7T9BPl3
She blinked. "How do you know?"868Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb2BJTSbCPq
"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."868Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqHPwUzFlOV
“Why did you have to come tell me now? I assume you’re not here under another's orders.”868Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbR1DsxkiPt
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.”868Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxZCJeyt6r6
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.868Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw0EpRNxRdh
“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."868Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYIQeFStcDs
The door closed silently behind him.868Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpRM5tdU5pU
