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“Yes, yes, I promise, Les,” he said, grinning at her. “Like I always do.”873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡADyHqrAyud
“It’s just that I’m sc-” She paused, then hugged him tightly. “Just be careful. You’ll come back, right?”873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqnO1tKh9LT
“Of course I’ll come back.”873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtAIzNjwmhQ
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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!”873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcJqgxeQRtO
“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.”873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsYLHDyVzh7
“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.”873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwUFb2DX4OG
“And you can’t teach me?” she asked, taking a step forward.873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBQcNySbnNa
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.”873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvzzLEMybot
“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?”873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQjxEiHjz8a
For a second, she thought the girl looked pained. “I’m sorry, Les. I just want you to be safe.”873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzhbOcNtXe6
“Let me go!”873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfTB0YFEz5D
“Take her away.”873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1BMXSy1y5v
She felt tears slipping down her face. “I hate you.”873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcqiSmI29fd
The girl’s face morphed into a sneer. “Wake up.”873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmhaaf0b7yQ
“I hate you so much.” She screamed.873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy2c5HYML00
Ana turned away. “Wake up.”873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDIUHRYm1UP
“You-”
“WAKE UP!”873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxdSwr0g0sz
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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.873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoVCXcC7LYB
The Capitol. The lights were dim, but she could make out the face of the guard, a look of pure disgust etched onto it.873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN1qEzjJPmn
"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.”873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzdejDEC2UJ
“Oh well, I’m sorry,” she sneered. “What time is it?”873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMtFa20SASg
“Three o’clock in the morning.” He rolled his eyes. “I was supposed to meet my girlfriend a few hours ago.”873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsv0G1PKbAL
“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.873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtJRV48ouyw
“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.”873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpWGwGoFEcN
“Fine,” she said, and laid back down. “I’m going back to sleep, so get out.”873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtrh8LS9V5W
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.873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu0V1tZZhHt
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.873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX7pZyCT95U
She closed her eyes again and, this time, the darkness welcomed her.873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWuELvynZpb
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"Fuck it. Nothing again? You've got to be kidding me." 873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5MGkEcywnP
"The programs don't seem to be working. It looks like she was trained to resist it."873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcUlKUr1k8H
"She won't answer any of our questions, either."873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnOE8jS3ydu
"It could be, for some reason, her memory was wiped?"873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRhBcBa9wAc
"How, exactly? You know that the government oversees every medical procedure related to memory tampering."873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoJmk2oXIcs
"I-I'm not sure, Sir."873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYZu4X1Vbw9
"Well, you better be fucking sure soon, Hex. I'm fed up with your shit already."873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYRcdGHYXix
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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.873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkG6NUGv4Sj
"Do I know you?" she suddenly asked, squinting. His face seemed familiar to her.873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxnkcWnPJZq
"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.”873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ53Y1lziWsn
She blinked. "How do you know?"873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCeFSM71WdS
"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."873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhgi44tK9OT
“Why did you have to come tell me now? I assume you’re not here under another's orders.”873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGidZGtTRzo
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.”873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAid6daQNIG
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.873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSonGLsARI8
“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."873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkD4ODug6Db
The door closed silently behind him.873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSxQGfcNUGE
