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“Yes, yes, I promise, Les,” he said, grinning at her. “Like I always do.”1001Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLehokZgMzz
“It’s just that I’m sc-” She paused, then hugged him tightly. “Just be careful. You’ll come back, right?”1001Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjAwWJJboRz
“Of course I’ll come back.”1001Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1R9iJM1fcs
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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!”1001Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu3QeMoIt18
“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.”1001Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB704A3bwlb
“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.”1001Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqy99QwHjKp
“And you can’t teach me?” she asked, taking a step forward.1001Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9jMvaBX4C5
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.”1001Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwXQIMCndTs
“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?”1001Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc4w8rRQc13
For a second, she thought the girl looked pained. “I’m sorry, Les. I just want you to be safe.”1001Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJo9xLiUTSv
“Let me go!”1001Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0JEIdaQOjz
“Take her away.”1001Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEncMIO7rm8
She felt tears slipping down her face. “I hate you.”1001Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfgKpHKvraq
The girl’s face morphed into a sneer. “Wake up.”1001Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyVBVl3RWPH
“I hate you so much.” She screamed.1001Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpbGpdyQHNB
Ana turned away. “Wake up.”1001Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4UdgUaiCRJ
“You-”
“WAKE UP!”1001Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEqumdUCGle
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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.1001Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaZ24U2EifI
The Capitol. The lights were dim, but she could make out the face of the guard, a look of pure disgust etched onto it.1001Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXyQocYRWqb
"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.”1001Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ7YZKoUbgn
“Oh well, I’m sorry,” she sneered. “What time is it?”1001Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHfc0g1stuT
“Three o’clock in the morning.” He rolled his eyes. “I was supposed to meet my girlfriend a few hours ago.”1001Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYg2BNYjMqt
“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.1001Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQEWlJxgrZN
“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.”1001Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡubuuHdmkoH
“Fine,” she said, and laid back down. “I’m going back to sleep, so get out.”1001Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR35gHfNMc6
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.1001Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmmXU7XCp0j
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.1001Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyKvSY4HHSM
She closed her eyes again and, this time, the darkness welcomed her.1001Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJo0JIlJDwk
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"Fuck it. Nothing again? You've got to be kidding me." 1001Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCRPw0Hl7nO
"The programs don't seem to be working. It looks like she was trained to resist it."1001Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzyl1Spvf0I
"She won't answer any of our questions, either."1001Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDMjF5zlNJq
"It could be, for some reason, her memory was wiped?"1001Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡganjSE5gWt
"How, exactly? You know that the government oversees every medical procedure related to memory tampering."1001Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcsNqp0cXma
"I-I'm not sure, Sir."1001Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeN7Eph4JiU
"Well, you better be fucking sure soon, Hex. I'm fed up with your shit already."1001Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx1IxNczpdd
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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.1001Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXo5mJ4xs6a
"Do I know you?" she suddenly asked, squinting. His face seemed familiar to her.1001Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVx1bDrPwgw
"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.”1001Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkpnT1ZCb7T
She blinked. "How do you know?"1001Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpw8rBwSERo
"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."1001Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyMHpF4b57B
“Why did you have to come tell me now? I assume you’re not here under another's orders.”1001Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVHu9pmPDiN
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.”1001Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡayfabh43ur
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.1001Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKFN7LNYveI
“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."1001Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRbcxil5VZu
The door closed silently behind him.1001Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC2xbQq50qL
