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“Yes, yes, I promise, Les,” he said, grinning at her. “Like I always do.”908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCpSjjaZrkO
“It’s just that I’m sc-” She paused, then hugged him tightly. “Just be careful. You’ll come back, right?”908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7ZRjSknx4z
“Of course I’ll come back.”908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAiE9HXPGlK
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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!”908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVBy2iUfd7Z
“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.”908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIPBKzGH5E7
“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.”908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBz5UbQkffP
“And you can’t teach me?” she asked, taking a step forward.908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2WoYMQTwPd
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.”908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy9j9TRMZnh
“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?”908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp3V4vgm58i
For a second, she thought the girl looked pained. “I’m sorry, Les. I just want you to be safe.”908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcq0Eq7c6xl
“Let me go!”908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEzXFh8B5T9
“Take her away.”908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCTVXtbIpyo
She felt tears slipping down her face. “I hate you.”908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjqCvgvVg5P
The girl’s face morphed into a sneer. “Wake up.”908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVZoqmdZ5Yk
“I hate you so much.” She screamed.908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbJhADnTaQT
Ana turned away. “Wake up.”908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBneGJz5FCH
“You-”
“WAKE UP!”908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKGJa5WywNp
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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.908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiZD5fdFVMc
The Capitol. The lights were dim, but she could make out the face of the guard, a look of pure disgust etched onto it.908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq6LISPn3k4
"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.”908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN131t0Gskx
“Oh well, I’m sorry,” she sneered. “What time is it?”908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzFrvu14V0D
“Three o’clock in the morning.” He rolled his eyes. “I was supposed to meet my girlfriend a few hours ago.”908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHDsAjEDQ4I
“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.908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqta4iBmcnn
“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.”908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBf2qZNfARE
“Fine,” she said, and laid back down. “I’m going back to sleep, so get out.”908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6aDhG5L0ed
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.908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFhKbChE7Kw
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.908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxFZ2WWj7fS
She closed her eyes again and, this time, the darkness welcomed her.908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeWxW54cYcW
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"Fuck it. Nothing again? You've got to be kidding me." 908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBmp0Lk9otw
"The programs don't seem to be working. It looks like she was trained to resist it."908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIznAiwPKLZ
"She won't answer any of our questions, either."908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDbdm8rguzj
"It could be, for some reason, her memory was wiped?"908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnXYlvTPN2O
"How, exactly? You know that the government oversees every medical procedure related to memory tampering."908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbgx6Ev3kpj
"I-I'm not sure, Sir."908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡosTN5IXDA6
"Well, you better be fucking sure soon, Hex. I'm fed up with your shit already."908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvCWZYUs7in
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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.908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfkdCLbud9L
"Do I know you?" she suddenly asked, squinting. His face seemed familiar to her.908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnvc3usaIsd
"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.”908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNLweSvymgr
She blinked. "How do you know?"908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW5YQ8Beuj1
"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."908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu6q3EgkUy8
“Why did you have to come tell me now? I assume you’re not here under another's orders.”908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡagADtdVF1t
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.”908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAVbovwdbl1
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.908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqhEDCxsPgY
“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."908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVA0DfiK6hV
The door closed silently behind him.908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwkBuJDPDH4
