Beth lies on the couch in Slate's lap, his gently brushing her hair with his fingers. "It's going to look so beatiful when you grow it out."166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoPGkOoRrOS
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"You think?"166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ3eMYyQYnx
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"Uh, yeah? Well, I mean, I don't want it to matter what I think. This is your hair and your life, Beth. 166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR5lfwnFJHO
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The problem was none of us we're in control."166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlAhRluPD2v
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"But you still remember more than I do. All of you and I actually hate that. They cut your head open to bring back what they could of the old you. And the others, it wasn't surgery, but they gave them an overdose which released some supressed memories. Not as straight to the core as surgery, but it worked. 166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡenaS0SAu0q
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And me? I never got to have a cure, Slate." She whispers, her voice now lower.166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpHH46vuHVF
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"Overdosing them on Merge wasn't a cure, Beth. It was just to-" Lips right beside her ear so the others, not their friends don't hear their conversation.166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv6lPmVgAdd
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"It feels like the means to an end though!" She yells, sitting up. "And it will be all yours! It will never get to be mine too!"166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcwaePJnSwG
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She's panting, voice raised and shaking with anger. Lyla who is beside them reading a book, Zekey snoozing in her lap, but is now awake and Gideon playing a board game with Paisley all look at Bethany, eyes wide and their mouths dropping open. "Hey, what is going on back there? I don't mean to pry, but.." Noah trails off, calling out from up the front. His driving the RV and Evelyn is in the passenger seat beside him, reading a map.166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQfbD9LSsBU
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On her map is a X in the middle of nowhere. No cities around, no towns, just vast land. It's a long distance away from where they are now, the X.166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWI6WkRJ3pz
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"I don't want to be stuck like this forever, Slate! Numb and depressed, I feel like I'm worthless-"166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb8iHHAPqgK
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She's just getting angrier and swipes the board game off the table, sending the pieces flying. Paisley bursts into tears and runs down to the front of the RV right into Evelyn's arms who hoists her right onto her lap despite being pregnant cause the girl weighs next to nothing. Despite them feeding them, the most they have put on in a month is 1-2kg. 166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡImavGNT3Y7
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The group are hungry, but struggling to eat really on account of the food giving them severe stomach pain, bloating, constipation and gas.166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTr68e4Lsjj
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"Bethany, what the fuck?!" Lyla yells at her, standing up while Gideon sits their gobsmacked and looks at Slate saying with his eyes, 'Do something'166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvq0EYI8f5z
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Slate looks back at him, 'Do what? Restrain her? You seriously want me to do that to the girl who was tied to the bed hundreds of times, sometimes for no reason at all by Solayo?'166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXFiWLiRht3
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When Lidnsey comes out of nowhere, tackling Bethany to the floor. She screams obsenties and threats at her. "Okay, I need to come up there." Noah says. "Did any of you know how to drive? Evelyn can't do it."166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTK1j3SdvSl
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"Uh..." Lyla trails off. "Yeah, kinda?" Gideon says. "She's your girl, Slate. You stick with her, I'll drive." Gideon says heading up the front to take over from Noah.166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZVbJE5gfxg
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Lyla walks away, heading back the bedroom with Zekey, slamming the door.166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjE2yUt7lbn
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Paisley is crying still in Evelyn's arms. "You okay?" Gideon asks her, but she just buries her face further into Evenlyn who gives him an awkward expression saying nothing and looks away.166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUqrqiB1xDu
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"Let go of me! I said let go!" Bethany yells, Noah now helping Lindsey hold in her place. "So, how did this... fight start?" Noah asks. "It's my fault, I shouldn't have-" But Slate doesn't get to finish, Bethany kicking him in the leg. 166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO8xx68wSkg
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"Shit!" He groans, collapsing and then bites his lip to stop himself from saying anything further. "Okay, let's get her into the bedroom. This will be distracting to Evelyn and-" Lindsey doesn't get to finish Bethany insulting him more. 166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtfe0ohLicR
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They drag her into the bedroom, followed by Slate. "Seriously?!" Lyla says annoyed. "Then you get the fuck out. Go help your boyfriend drive the RV." Slate hisses back annoyed, Lyla leaping up and leaving.166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeEqOQylNwz
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Zekey runs to the corner off the room, curling up in a ball under a small table, whimpering. "Sorry, boy." Noah says, as him and Lindsey hoist a still fighting Bethany up onto the bed. "Get off me!" She yells. "Not till you calm down!" Lindsey yells back. 166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSloHg6pVD5
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"Lidnsey! Yelling at her won't make her come down any faster." Noah tells him.166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkYDq5xiffy
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"Oh, like you know!"166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtilyizCgKB
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"I do! I was a kindergarten teacher, I worked with kids! I've seen my fair share of rage fits."166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHWRPnxPeY9
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"And this is a 18 year old girl! I've worked in corrections!"166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT94YOVjVU5
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"I'm 28!" Bethany yells, spitting at Lindsey.166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9IgIlGrWjh
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"Did you just- Yuck!" Lidnsey says, letting go of Beth and running to the bathroom to disinfect his cheek. "We're in a zombie apocalypse! Keep your germs to yourself!"166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP9bncPm0E6
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Bethany relaxes now that one has let go of her. Noah relaxes his grip and helps Bethany to sit up on the bed. Slate takes a seat beside her and Noah hands them both a blanket. "Do you feel tired? Maybe you want to get some sleep?"166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ0IwCFq63X
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Bethany nods and Slate does as well when Evelyn enters. "Paisley's no longer crying. What happened?" 166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhtf9hu0Obw
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"I'm sorry." Bethany says. "You should tell that to your friends. Look, we've been patient with your group, Slate. But you staying here, we really need you to open up.166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKxNR5TDgkn
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We understand someone in the wider goverment did this... and you all we're held against your will, but everyone's injuries, lack of maturity, understanding and memories... What's really going on?" Evelyn challenges.166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSkdBlcsmyG
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Slate sighs and explains. The much older adults than our group are silent when Slate finishes explaining. "Merge?" Noah says confused.166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDpO22s9WEq
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"Black market drug." Lindsey tells him. "It could have some legal uses in cases, but it was rare a court ever approved it." Evelyn adds on. 166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM6c92876Mi
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"Bethany." Noah whispers, bending down to her level. "What you and your friends have been through was horrible, but, you're not worthless. Don't think you are less than them.166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmKgfCoTfa0
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While you have little to no memories at all, you still have talent for the guitar and disconjointed memories. Movie refrences, and so on."166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIh2gFAdiun
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"Using Merge to erase even the smallest things like a movie or a ad you saw is a waste of it. It's better suited to erasing core memories." Evelyn ad's on. "You still have some fragments that are a part of you. You can build off them and restablish your sense of identity."166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX0JwvWhBVO
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Bethany shakes her head and then let's out a yawn. "It's okay, you get some rest. We can continue this later." She tells Bethany.166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZBTewPkO3X
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And they leave, Slate remaining behind with Bethany. Outside the room and out of earshot of everyone Slate with Bethany. Also Lyla, Gideon and Paisley are up the front distracted still. "That girl needs a doctor. If we weren't stuck plunged in this zombie hell, she'd be housed in a facility." Lindsey says. "Admitted to hospital, cared for by a team who can help her. You should be nicer, Lidnsey." Noah lectures him. 166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLCOigpiLQM
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"She's not as well adjusted and self soothing like the others. We've seen the old cuts on her neck and wrists, her ankles. There is even some on her stomach. 166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMkxJAdUS2h
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What do we do if she tries to harm herself or even take her life? Us nor her friends are equipped to look after her. And her expolsive temperment, she could turn on one of us." Evelyn points out.166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlyfhMNwcf3
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"I don't know." Lindsey responds. "Do you want to just lock up anything sharp for now? The knives, anything breakable, medication even?" Noah says. 166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFGIzLbRgkM
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"Well-"166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWLJhYwAU8E
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"Lidnsey, also the bed sheets and so fourth. We can remove the most risky items, but she will find something. There will always be something."166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA8yPGwiqWm
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"Them what do you suggest, Noah?!"166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6jo8FKh7aJ
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"We try and teach her how to cope. That in hand with the temporary removal of knives and... yeah, that's the best shot she has.166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFs4HRu0xUT
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And you worked with at risk youth. Some of whom we're suicidal, self harming. Try and redirect her anger, teach her karatte or whatever it was."166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5Qelruc2v6
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"Okay..."166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAwzd7n90Ee
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"So, that's the plan?" Evelyn interjects. 166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6LSJCqWeuh
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"Yes."166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK1OdUo3fmI
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"Okay..."166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVBxF6AsVG0
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"I vote we find some belts, a scarf, rope though. If we have to hold her and tie her up for our and her safety one point, so be it. While the plan may work, what if it fails?"166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7P8xSsHe6F
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"I don't know, Evelyn. It would be best to bring Slate onboard. He is their leader and his the closest with Bethany. Get his input.166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3Oxry4J6ch
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We won't get consent from Bethany, but his at-least maybe..."166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuf68cPlN98
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"Fine. Whatever, Noah."166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUBm97rcUgb
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"So it's agreed upon, final." Lindsey finishes.166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZbxkhVRyrv
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