Slate, Lyla, Gideon, Paisley and Bethany at each of their own respective tables are packing tinned food into crates, aprons and hair nets donned. 176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3FAEE52qaC
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ08YS8Xp4kP
Ester is up the front, supervising them when there is a knock at the door. "Come in." Ester calls out and the person enters, Mikey. "Hey, Mikey!" She smiles, voice elevated and bubbly.176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTfvzOiItKd
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡebmYA4q4N4
"Can we talk outside?"176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNvthezdPFr
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSvgJGk5HWT
"Sure. Hey, group. I am stepping outside for just a moment to talk to Mikey. Please continue your activities and if you need anything, I'm right outside, alright?"176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnbnFZCnqJS
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrgl9R2sY1k
And she leaves, no one answering her. 176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0Pq1H6bk2E
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAXDSBIll5S
Outside, the situation is serious. "Ester, I don't want to cause panic. But... Cloud has gone missing. Security's searching for him now as we speak and we need to talk about, you know...176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmHt3aHFArV
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKQyDkMAzvz
As unhappy as Grayson is, his on board with the plan. Should we excute it? Because with Cloud missing like he has, we're all in danger. We know what his like, yeah, we had him locked up downstairs for three years, but his always been highly resistent to any kind of medication, even Merge.176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqAfI48AGVA
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKcGIWwiEAI
It worked too well on the ones in there, likely because their on the younger side. Cloud's a threat and he wants revenge understandably."176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN7x13CSmrQ
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNbUO9kP9C4
"You want to finish what Slate started?"176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsfQK9LkeR1
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc1fRAuaSaK
"Why not? Break them out. We're all in the position to help them."176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOAHaLpKgt0
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ74lIpi2JxA
"Even we do, we've been medicating them for years. We ruined their mind and their dependent on various drugs. They'll never survive on their own.176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxx458eJ4To
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwSLjhEJGgd
"You'd be suprised when faced with reality how adaptable people can be. We're not going to leave them in the lurch. We can have them make it to a safe place, and take Solayo out. He thinks we won't ever dare to kill him, but I want to. 176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLxZzHfhUIR
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCdJAx7iq4e
We agreed to this plan, but not to hurt all the people we've hurt. We take Solayo out and then we take over. We clear the zombies out and reclaim Hope-Thorn and everyone can see the sunlight again and live as normal as reasonably possible. Plus with Cloud missing, his no doubt on the wartpath to take Solayo out. We do it first, he'll stop and just leave, we can just let him walk away from all this and we get to walk away from him."176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgG0zoNFlQR
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0Pebc9MHlL
"Okay, and I want a future with you so, okay. Where do we send the group in there though? They barely know eachother, if they weren't so damaged we could have Slate lead them- I have an idea."176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlRQvF1RO9W
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0xsx1uz8vc
"What?"176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsQExNM78Od
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2bdbahzVaZ
"Crashback."176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAYE2qWBWri
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYV3liEuy3O
"But that won't undo the last few years of-"176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjyEVDXozEq
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAYv7yprXAm
"It won't undo all the forgotten, internalized trauma. But we've stopped giving them Merge mostly. The only person in that room still on it is Beth and that's because Grayson's still making moves on her. That's the reason Solayo is still giving it to her because Grayson is romancing her. He may say he doesn't care, but he does care as Grayson romancing her is going to mess with her further and it's better if she doesn't have an obsessional attachment to him.176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbGJB2d76sn
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlfksm5VJSY
Anyway, Slate. We have two options, we can either trigger a crashback based on spot targetting specitic deep burried memories, but that is hard to do, it takes repeated attempts, months worse and there is no guarantee it will work.176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9oiryHNvi2
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡha8Hns1GWv
Or we go the invasive, quick option. It won't bring back his memories and the feelings attached, but we can bring back his personality and the morals he stood for somewhat."176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhQQbFYNqYH
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcWTiFwwv2l
"Like his leadership skills?"176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe3EiIjmnbD
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiuovkFsvSa
"Yes. He was great at dealing with people and leading them. We bring that out even though his memories and associated feelings aren't there, they stand a chance at escaping and hiding."176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw6Qylw09au
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ477L8tyyHw
"So how do we do that? His skills are still something that would be a spot target."176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJQqnXEvTcc
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡocZrrmtyBN
"Well, it's going to leave two holes in his head. They'll heal, but-"176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ76oXC8qccp
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKzTA9THlXk
"Shit."176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFOaKf94y5d
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBiidgPF91O
"Can you go get him? Bring him to my lab, I'll do the procedure. I'll meet you there, I would just need to collect the medical supplies."176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAH9jc1nbzv
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdC3riaNyLU
"And what about the rest?"176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGu3pCBKq03
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ09OzypNMS3
"They're fine, they can just keep doing their sorting task."176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzwYW5vUQux
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZqrLj5GCBE
"Okay, if you're sure." Mikey heading inside to bring Slate out while Ester heads the opposite direction to a supply cupboard, not knowing she's being watched.176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ72izlwH539
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGYlg1dy9oC
---176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMboZ6aAZEU
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr8YOrresR7
Slate covers his face, the light shining brightly in his face. "That hurts." He complains from the sugical chair his on.176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq7GYy1oUcf
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCiPl6XdLnQ
"I'm sorry." Ester appolgizes donned in full plastic masking and everything. Mikey is beside her kitted up as well. His never asisted before in the medical procedure side of things so this is a first for him.176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡecfcrKngyI
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA9EwlYp0pY
"What are you going to do to me? Why am I here? I've done nothing wrong, I've done everything you asked of me." Slate complains.176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdFW3rbzrJq
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡybw9B7fcFs
"You're right, you have done nothing wrong. It's us who did something wrong and I know you may never understand again, but we need a part of you back. There isn't the time for us to fill in the blanks you need right now. 176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6zuv1WFkoj
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeSqvZqo26J
Now, Slate. This is going to hurt, but I'll try and make it as painless as I possibly can for you. Please try and bare with me." She tells him, securing his arms to the chair, Mikey doing the same with his feet. 176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoDQh3uYc06
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpdkJhH6Vhk
She then brings a nose tube inserting it and hooks it over his ear, oxygen and attaches some leads, blood pressure cuff and more so she can monitor his vitals.176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBCmXvii9n2
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKXonrc0WTF
He looks at them, fear showing on his face. Ester preps a needle and inserts into a tube that is already in Slate's arm. 176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8uDx8jo7DP
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC5yDBrVHWF
"We'll be right here with you buddy the whole time and we'll be here when you wake up." Mikey tells him, gently brushing his hair, feeling horribly guilty.176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDh88Hz5QGg
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXpQLE298hK
Slowly Slate's eyes begin to close and everything goes dark. He looks around, his someplace, but it's not a room. It's endless.176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrxDAcVWAln
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn8kH6VZ9Qt
Slowly lights and colours come through together to form a picture. The space around him looks like, well, space. Behind him is a shivery silver line, it's attached to his body, but not one specific place and it leads all the way up to a place he can't make out.176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkrfo8rwp5L
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmqrrLqOpBf
Where is he? This can't be space, he can breathe. He reaches a hand out to feel the beam connected to him, it feels light and airy, flexible.176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcAnvHsFZmU
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuWJfmPhLoN
"I wouldn't play with that if I were you. The last person who did was severed from me."176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfOJ52jsM4T
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJF1XbjSthc
Says a voice, female. "Hello?" He calls out. No reply is heard.176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡunIoI1fWt4
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvQ5FXZ5GwW
"Why am I here? What am I supposed to do?!" He yells out fustrated. "Who am I?"176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrJGh6rcJOh
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOTsQNXGBjI
"Your heart knows who you are and you know what you are supposed to do."176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4SvKk2N1MP
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmJoXtenUk1
And then it hits him, Bethany. Beth, she needs him. He thinks back, he doesn't know how he got in this situation, but the Tomorrow Party are hurting them.176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdOEoThSptI
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrhfM5jWKyt
His other friends need him as well, he was built for this. He can help every single one of them, he can save them all.176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuKWm52PsNM
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxuYXEi8h4N
He was a coward before, and his never going to go back to being one again, he won't let them hurt them anymore.176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWBCHcCgReY
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT1rjiB7RWl
When everything comes back, everything is blurry, but he can make out colours. He feels like a computer rebooting. Wait, that doesn't make sense? He-176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7u8B94T1WU
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV9AtaNE4Pg
And then his eyes widen, he sits up straight and looks them both in the eyes. 176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTwDmc2CZ59
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ18VUzTuuyO
"Do you know who you are? Who we are?"176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLyGLIAYLks
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSGyOE2LGUm
"Slate. You both are the leaders, Ester and Mikey. What have you both done? You're monsters."176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCTST1TV522
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡupZsD2fjjH
"Bought as much of you as possible, back." Ester answers, pulling the quick release knot on his restraints lettting Slate stand on his own two feet. He touches his head, feeling a bandage. 176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX9sTdRZmgF
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMTqpaxQ4bG
Mikey holds out a walkie talkie, and a gun to him with spare bullets to him. "I reprogrammed it to mine, Grayson and Ester's only. Go, round up your friends and get your stuff, Zekey and leave. 176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVnnq7DW6Qh
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0CCQA8JTFL
We'll meet up with ya'll later outside. We'll run you a distraction."176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcIgBcPJCwj
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLMihHgKsAb
Slate breezes right past them leaving them behind, this is the last time his ever going to see them again. He makes it to his room, pulling on his old fighter jacket, red sunglasses and boots. Packing a bag for him and Gideon with clothes quickly, Zekey's needs, bundle of pencils and small sketchbook and high tails it out of his room, breaking the card readers on the girls room and take their bags to, their stuff packed and Beth's guitar. He can't take Zekey yet.176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyxC6ALcJgx
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVoqRtBiZJe
It's alot to carry, but he can handle it and just needs to hide their stuff because the longer it's on him the more inconspicious he'll look to Security. Change of plans, Mikey. They're escaping, not going with them. 176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwow54mw7Kx
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp81w2rpCPq
He dumps their stuff outside in the wheat field through the main door that leads to the outside area he doesn't need a pass for and makes a beeline heading straight back inside to collect his friends.176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0Yars7Aw40
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxpyuabNohn
As he heads back towards the sorting room, Grayson passes him, sliding something into Slate's hand. A pill jar of pills. He looks at the label, it's Merge. 176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡacdL75YP99
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtPPXwqXzaJ
Take to much in a short amount of time and it makes you really sick. It can trigger a crashback as well, but who knows what memories, feelings or skills come out. The results are alot more unpredictable and dangerous.176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXuxWJe0qOD
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmnartkPSrj
He heads into the sorting room, seeing a crate on it's side, tins spilling out and blood on the floor. His friends trying to clear it up.176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3XJDiyyEoP
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡotvKKc8pNz
Bethany's not present. "What happened?" He asks. "I don't know. She- the blonde one pulled the lid of a can and sliced her wrists and tried to cut her neck. She did it out of nowhere!" Lyla tells him.176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡke9su5D4dC
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5HzxT4P3Q4
We ran outside for help and the guards took her away, proably to triage."176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp7qbfsHDqY
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUXknbejpli
"Her name is Bethany. I know this is messed up right now, but mine and your stuff right now is dumped outside in the field.176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4f8h9VM38a
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcKaiuavky7
Take these and go collect it, then run for the furthest helicopter away. This will be painful, but it's going to be worth it. I'm getting us out of here."176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuTx4OgU4Ad
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnTpWbnCNxA
"What are they? You're acting weird-" Lyla begins. "Here, I'll help you do it. But I don't have much time." He responds, opening the jar and handing her a handful.176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOm4XI1e7wR
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGOAtamgyzx
Enough to overdose on and trigger a crash, but not to kill them or inpair their ability to think and run. He holds the same amount out to Gideon and Paisley.176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI0BMXQfvZL
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYSVya8yM0K
"Why are we doing this?" Gideon asks. 176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcWxvJGQucG
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcLj5Wpauu5
"You might understand once you've taken it."176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTXzBvph6jE
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8Djn4oqSdb
Lyla and Gideon shrug, downing them. Paisley just looks at them. "Paisley."176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHTTgSSrC82
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSpwkVAEGMl
"I don't need them, I'm not stupid like you all are."176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt5VUKkwB4G
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbMZaAkXhvh
Slate is speechless. "Okay, your stuff is outside. Go with Gideon and Lyla to fetch Zekey and then get the bags. I'll meet you all outside, you need to head for the furthest away helictopter."176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBtxF8JYaef
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDrhuEINJlw
She nods and takes Lyla and Gideon's hand, dragging them outside. It's going to take a little while for it to work. He runs in the direction of the infirmary, he needs to find Bethany before it's to late.176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB74egSBYpL
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkkZvgcxajM
Then he hears panic and screaming, it's hard to get past a crowd. He sees his ex-friend up ahead, Murphy.176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEQ7SXJCEVd
He roughly grips Murphy's arms pulling him back. "Woah, look at you." Murphy says, eyeing Slate up and down. 176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi1S77eyXyz
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmIy5ZFiUOs
"Don't think I don't know you fucking touched, Beth. And you also murdered Hazel and Elijah. They we're alive and then you go on a mission and they don't come back alive. You we're pissed off at me and Bethany."176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡysssjIbUXR
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiqtWICRWNR
Murphy laughs. "I don't have time for this crap and I don't know what you are playing dress up for, but someone the leaders say is a threat to us have gone missing. 176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC656YupGUF
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVkLf5TmNLp
So fly away, Slate."176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBrbe85lbTK
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP5shGT5708
"I can't, I need to find, Beth."176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEttnmI0Eoy
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡab3o9dFqHn
"Uh, Infirmary I think. She was dragged out of the sorting room."176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3CSGUDgdUq
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMs7cS9hwte
"No shit. So, how can I get down there? I need to get to Beth, I need to know she's okay. She cut herself."176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXufTqvDlt1
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfnFoRfnpCB
"Fucking psychotic bitches."176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHnciGEBcBC
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRyXmQisPAf
And Slate punches Murphy to the ground, knocking a tooth out. "You piece of shit." Murphy coughs. "You're a fucking piece of shit." Slate says back annoyed. "If you won't help me, I'll find another way there." 176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSHJsUrvHoS
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFQ95pDjUJX
And he leaves, heading away from the mass of people when something or someone catches him out the corner of his eye. A young woman passes by going down a corridor that is reserved for security, her clothing non standard.176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIIfdfJDhK5
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3zMw7iTscp
Slate follows behind heading down there and sees the young womam open the door and head in. He arrives in a open common room, tables and lockers. He grabbed the door last minute so it didn't close.176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrXLa6F816F
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz0qvRjQ8e7
With access now, he has a way around the crowd to get to the medical part of the building. Looking around cautious, he doesn't see the young woman anywhere.176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3HIcyik4FF
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt4G2rL8Tdv
How could she dissapear this fast? When he hears footsteps behind him. Spinning around quickly he sees nothing, but a pass lying on the ground.176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3RaXNcSGvk
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBn57XHtsMJ
It's a high level one and has Cloud written on it. He picks it up, turning it over finding a sticker saying, "Not In Active Use."176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfzn9OVogit
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYKdYVu4F0Y
Cloud hates the Tomorrow Party, he doesn't want to join them. This must have been a pass for incase he did. But how did it end up here? And where did that young woman go? She looked- he can't remember what she looks like or what she was wearing. He takes the pass, using back corridors and finds his way to triage.176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUmbSYx7Ruo
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRAapJkMKo0
"Uh, did Bethany come through here?" He asks a nurse hoping she won't realize isn't security.176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbA6IWeYgqT
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡchtGnmVYpm
"Bethany?"176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7Y7wIxplwA
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbyZSPzOisC
"Short blonde hair, blue eyes, she... cut heself."176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡetBMkiFZSR
"Uh, yep. She's in with a doctor now. Solayo's personal office I think."176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡero8a7L4RH
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL2J5eCmQkN
"Shit."176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJQSbGkNdJO
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcyos80IMMM
"Are you okay? You don't look so good. The bandage on your head, is it bleeding?"176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrlbX6qoMhg
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKpCiWxFPiV
"I hit it, that's all. I'm fine." Slate says annoyed, pushing past her to find Solayo. He has to take the elevator down a few floors and arrives at Solayo. He peaks in the door, his friend tied down obviously, Solayo examing her injuries.176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFv8A1tJcDF
"You cut not that deeply on your wrists or your neck. You'll live thankfully. Why'd you do it?" He asks, taking a seat on a chair near her.176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpgerqBGFNb
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhTeTNSPNjq
She squirms, not saying anything. "Uh, okay. Um, your meds don't really seem to be working for you any more." He says, checking her chart. 176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7tmZ2h8ez6
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWD4UeBq2P8
"We could up them, but they're already a high dose. You are just settling in again to the routine, three years downstairs was a long time... so I could just patch you up and we monitor you the next few hours, I get you a bed in psych or at-least on the main medical floor. As long as you don't do this regularly, it won't be an issue-176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡibRIWyJX6D
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLYeWpNnAWL
"Solayo! Come in!" Solayo's walkie talkie picks up. Solayo sighs and answers while he preps a needle for Bethany. 176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmeTXD9YZBC
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlirCJh8xzo
"What is it Grayson? I'm kind of busy right now playing doctor."176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjb1LCug9SD
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP4Exh7DZWR
"You won't believe what I and Mikey just saw-"176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡikaQ0jNkCf
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOXkhJAR1iL
"What?"176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF9KnlgGaG4
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3PAGAxKxG7
"There is a bomb! Cloud NO joke rigged up a bomb."176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzsDihjoTFN
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡML5kotb9n1
"Come on-"176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUis9AtNQsJ
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw0ke2kTpFm
"We're going to evacuate everyone."176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqvJ0fb9sbW
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdRkORjVib5
"Grayson, we can't. This place is too large for that and there are to many people for that."176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPPQ784h511
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpU21Kpb5Cl
"But-"176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkZX7ySshGP
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrIiFkp9mTf
"Grayson, just evacuate everyone we actually need. Useful or... the ones that are valuable or we have an emotional connection too..."176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQMT55kBReu
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVQNn6EqJu7
"You can't be serious-"176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzOdZRztxG3
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIoP7USymPb
"It's that or everyone dies."176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIQdnCjeKyr
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2J0woe7A3W
"Okay, we'll try." And Grayson clicks off the channel.176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgJ27HL0iRc
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvqUbYxkqw4
"Just my day." Solayo mutters finishing prepping the needle and approaches Bethany. Slate's ready to run it and has to stop because Mikey radios him. He turns it down as low as he can and quickly answers, ducking down so Solayo doesn't see or hear him. 176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ16OkqJLI8N
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVzWrad3GIo
"Slate, are you there?"176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhnn1HhuWj4
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEKDBa9QAWv
"Cloud's rigged a bomb."176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2X2QsPwy9U
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkkmBIAnK33
"How'd you know?!"176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsbw0a7fZbq
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGWmeJVSv4k
"Don't worry about it, just get whoever you can outside. Lyla, Gideon, Paisley and Zekey are already outside. I'm trying to get to Bethany right now."176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3tVWDEzkXG
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqJpz7cpBjj
"That's the problem! They're not. People are everywhere I saw them take a detour, Ester's on her way to them now to let them out a side staff door and Grayson and me are going to pick up em. We're trying to get some of the trucks started right now, not all of Security wants to help us."176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaYR1MsV3mi
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMftHIW4Vll
"Whatever, you'll handle it. I have to face off with Solayo right now, Bethany's with him!"176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBbzHhocSZo
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtqK95kI8no
"Shit. Why?"176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRYrpEHIL5D
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrVJugNSHBE
But Slate turns off his radio, done. He kicks open the door, aiming the gun he was given. Solayo grasps his from the table and turns around aiming it at him. 176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVPRqnKJMUR
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk1rx6i2ER1
"What the hell are you doing here? How did you get that?!"176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZfP9uXRD1H
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUIzb7E0fE4
"What did you to her?! Beth!" He calls out, seeing she's not moving, drugged out. He must have sticked her. 176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLAeGiUDi8G
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtW23sslgT9
"You're diffrent. What happened to you?"176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpVBCQGaBVB
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkcXQEODKG7
"Solayo, leave while you still can. There is a bomb."176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD9iSbRRyAz
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr8Pn4veMqf
"I know. Fine, you want Beth, you can have her." Solayo says annoyed and hurriedly breezing past Slate, leaving him. "That was easy." Slate breathes and then he hears the door lock behind him. 176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNprERPQua6
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRbNGBeWhwY
"Dip shit!" He yells, pulling on it. "Solayo! Solayo, come back!" 176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAvfNO0mlin
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvFcmGF2wTW
Solayo smirks from the other side of the door through the window. "You sit nice and tight while I bring Security. I'm not leaving without Beth and her Hybridacy. 176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaCLmKVx6Od
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw0haIGHtDa
You on the other hand, enjoy this room. It'll be the last thing you see. You and me? We're done, I'm cutting you lose."176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgZYYBOj1IY
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMB8opQo83J
And he walks away. Slate punches a hand against the door. "I hate you!" And he breaks down a bit crying. "I trusted you- I trusted you. I did everything you asked and wanted of me-"176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPtE5b1WyRf
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOGk7elYGn0
And he gags, feeling blood pour out his nose. He clutches the desk trying to steady himself, a few images hitting him. 176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLfJgD0J8uD
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8uzN4wh14h
Everything he gave up, everything he did for him, the long term manipulation Solayo subjected him to, the drugs. It hurts.176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGKvCqEMUgo
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs3WC47MzDm
And then he looks to his right seeing Beth. No, no, he can't breakdown now. He can't, she needs him. His real friends need him, they're waiting. He runs up to her, "I'm going to get you out of here, okay? If it's the last thing I do, I promise." He cries, struggling to undo the leather restraints. 176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyKmaQzv4ho
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG696auYgor
They're not complex, but it's difficult. He manages to undo them. He looks to her scarred wrist and neck, they'll scare everyone. He reaches for a nearby roll out of bandages and wraps them, gently securing them with medical tape, pocketing the clean bandages and tape as they'll need replacing later.176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1XtSBt9Vf7
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtQ3ZLSme6c
He lifts her up into his arms and heads to the door, Solayo's an idiot. He pulls out Cloud's pass from his pocket, tapping it and the door beeps, unlocking. 176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxAEXct9I0k
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYO0NM5poWK
---176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ57vTS7p6Ad
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGJ4XzWiJrK
Lyla, Gideon and Paisley with Zekey are fleeing down a corrridor that is connected to another, two doors and get stuck unable to open the door, seeing the world it just outside.176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuJDnW7XJgu
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3d2cZhvREZ
"Shit, we'll have to go back and go around another way if we can." Gideon curses. 176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyY1QLNoH0D
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX6GKw9lO9b
"No!" Yells out a voice and they see Ester running towards them, waving her pass. She stops just before crashing into them.176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKR4kVObWuv
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsrccBZp8dW
"I'm sorry, I don't want to alarm you. But we located Cloud, he rigged a bomb." 176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQgcSeBrrgG
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOcdneeGnpR
She hands them her pass. "No! What about you? You can't leave us, Mum!" Lyla cries.176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD3GinaQCGf
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmCQTrzKuWT
"Lyla, it'll be okay. I promise, take my pass and get outside. I'll meet with Mikey and I'll see you all outside, okay?"176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRDwhAdDr2U
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP0h8dIFdRv
"No, just come with us now." Gideon begs, pulling on her arm. She bites her lip and looks at them all. "Please." Is the only and few words out of Paisley's mouth as she rarely speaks.176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU7wRmJyMAm
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ71ENIyaZv
"Okay." Ester tells them. "But rug up first, please. It's really cold outside, Lyla." She says, pulling off her coat and beanie, handing them to Lyla, making sure they fit and are done up.176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8YxUnhjLiG
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYYmHD6JkTB
"Okay, let's go-" She smiles heading to the door when there is a blood splatter spraying out of Ester's forehead, her expression going blank and she falls to the floor, a metal bullet casing hitting the floor.176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡis3mCHzj37
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6bGk3LWx1s
Lyla lets out a scream and has to cup her own mouth. Standing there behind Ester just down the hall, holding a gun is Cloud, expression cold. He doesn't anything.176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUF5wN9A8Qx
"You monster!" Gideon yells at him. "We we're nice to you and you do this to a good person?! Ester was a good doctor! She was one of the good ones!"176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjNNSVtAqjD
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMlgrXMMLhG
"And maybe that's why you're not dead. Consider yourself lucky." Cloud speaks up and turns around leaving.176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ90aefYjC1W
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtDcZRj4QtS
"Mum." Lyla cries, hugging Ester's dead body. "Lyla, I'm sorry. But we have to go. His going to pick of each of the leaders one by one. We have to get out now, there is still a bomb." Gideon tells her, picking up his blood splattered friend, carrying her outside despite her protests as Paisley is given the pass swiping which sets off an alarm as this is a fire exit, she's carrying Zekey's cage. They all run for the furtherest helictopter, snagging their stuff and Slate and Beth's on the way with great difficulty.176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFakQnYenjZ
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5XhbjXjK2W
As they jump into the backseat, they see trucks everywhere driving around madly.176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs0urs5yhv7
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMsnRDB8vy3
"Come on, Slate." Gideon breathes as he tries to comfort Lyla while Paisley sits there neutral, just holding Zekey's cage in her lap.176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0lt7wroOmj
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSN7frwohNC
Slate makes it a corridor and stumbles tripping over Ester's body as he doesn't mean to, dropping himself and Beth to the floor. He gasps, looking over his shoulder. "Ester?" He whispers seeing her lying there, shocked expression and bleeding out even though she's already dead.176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsE6AJMvYoF
He has no choice, but to pull himself together and get up, picking a sedated Beth back up. He does so and runs, not noticing the bottle of pills that fell out of his pocket and his left behind.176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfI4k2tAak8
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBQ3e9UqPMc
He swipes the pass and runs out the door, the alarm triggering. It's a long run, but he pushes himself after seeing their stuff isn't in the field. 176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw56mgMC5gt
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUGpFawQwfS
He makes it to the furthest helicopter seeing his friends are inside. He pulls open the pilot door and jumps inside, placing Beth down quickily in the passengar seat, securing her seatbelt and then his own. He grabs the keys from where all keys are kept in each helicopter and pulls his door shut.176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhplGb8DRMr
"How we feeling everybody?" He asks as he starts up the helicopter, blades rotating.176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvm4mT9iY2u
"Really foggy and weird. Our noses bled, the pills you gave us... we remember certain stuff. Not all of it... Slate, what'd they do to us? How long has it been?" Lyla asks, voice shaking.176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrKv9oyv7jb
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqhXyonXovi
"Three years."176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2C9oJhDytN
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXV6xYpg3wM
"What?!" Gideon yells while Paisley just looks disinterested, daydreaming out the window. The helicopter slowly takes off, ascending to the sky.176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKT4oBZlp5D
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYe27xQSDOH
This is going to be difficult, he hasn't done this in a long time. They are just before the neck of this place going up when Slate's radio comes to life.176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpHhi3fVR0z
"Slate! What are you doing?! There are easier ways, we have a truck-" Mikey calls out.176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd49rWFoLA6
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0ffcVJ56u9
Slate quickly grasps it, switching it off and opens a window as they aren't to high up yet, tossing it and then slams it closed.176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDwH6xdItL7
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHSyMcqBUvV
He looks to his friends smiling and they smile back, except Paisley. He then continues their ascent and their eyes all light up seeing the beautiful world they forgot and the sunlight. Though it looks very empty, no people and in the distance, the dead remains of Hope-Thorn.176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYzTArqO2Aw
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGjbmxKReWM
"Where are we goanna go?" Lyla asks. 176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz9KXF11cKU
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVEbSWMMIA5
"Anywhere WE want." Slate responds, pushing the helicopter forward and they fly off into the sun. 176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA4Q2xYCx3k
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxAlJWxMsRy
Down below, several trucks park outside far away enough from The Compound which is located inside an old mine.176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXjQbOl4nqe
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnGSRuqJnIs
Grayson and Mikey each jump out of their respective trucks, they weren't able to save many people. In Mikey's passengar seat lies Ester's dead body, a blanket over her.176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyLUgA7k6RY
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkckD6020zi
He didn't know what to do and he had been yet to tell Gray. "They're gone?" Grayson speaks up, watching Slate fly away. "Let them go, if they don't want to stay, they don't have to-"176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8JTT0TfAbd
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdrMcsmDcIy
But his cut off by hearing the place behind them explode, rocking everything. They get ready to proceed further away when someone comes stumbling out of the ruins, thankfully the others they rescued can't see as they're all gossiping and so fourth. Grayson adds a silencer quickly to his gun and aims it, standing in Solayo's road, Mikey beside him for support. "Do it." Mikey tells him. 176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHMKVXRrr0K
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡosDfwLD02o
Before Solayo can say a word, it's a headshot and his knocked down. "Better now, buddy?" Mikey asks.176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4fnyNLv2EQ
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfjM95CkVOq
"Yes. Let's get out of here, find a place to set up. We might be able to cure a section of Hope-Thorn. We don't have the numbers we need to clean the whole place out."176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnJThjLTVE3
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrLoU8E5a4b
"We'll try." And our remaining leaders still alive walk back to their trucks when they hear the sound of an engine coming towards them and they have to dive out the way, shrieks heard from the back of their trucks as bullets hit the side, the driver of an upcoming motorbike with not so good aim now. He huffs and drive onwards up the road into the distance never to be seen again.176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfbuGuHV6dN
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfHKj6EpFrm
Grayson and Mikey compose themselves, standing up now that Cloud is gone. 176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBXMgaYV3BS
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3V2HJAmk29
"Where you think he goanna go?"176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsjey3q6Hdi
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbvz5mkhEow
"Don't know. Sarah's dead, but his ex-wife still might be out there alive. Maybe to find her?" Mikey responds.176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdc7552CAw3
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaCW5ExcSBV
---176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡebIOOqGcW0
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡazIYfxoVas
The sun is setting, the world getting hazy. "We really need to find a place to land for the night." Slate speaks up. "Gideon, can you reach for the map?"176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdnDH4oSSZA
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIUseYjSEHn
Gideon reaches his hand out to grasp the map when she beats him to it, waking up and opens the map, struggling to focus on it. "It's okay, Beth. Let Gid have it." He tells her as she's stirring, waking up. 176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡERPFr10Wty
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtUSs62Fwab
Gideon takes the map from her when she gasps for air, panicking and sitting upright, clutching her neck and arms.176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCjaAQqau3j
"You're okay, I bandaged them for you." He tells her and she relaxes, looking around confused where they are. 176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyOrNO4TrC3
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJxbGnPFkvd
"You might want to give her one of the pills, Slate." Gideon tells him.176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSfnxMpjLu8
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL7lgldQo4b
"Oh, yeah." He responds, thumbling in his pocket, but the only thing there is his secret folded up note... and the clean roll of bandages he stole.176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtxebJrhkDd
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk10XxLssbS
"Bad news, they're gone, Gid."176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAV8EvWSQX4
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzp4urRwXjq
"Well, this is going to be a problem." He responds, everyone looking to a hazy confused Beth in the passengar seat who remembers nothing, not even a hint of something. 176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡam1Hf7kSNp
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnRN4Z5HuAh
They could try and trigger a crashback without reversal drugs or surgery, but it won't be easy. Beth turns over in her seat, facing the opposite direction. 176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGbffjURr6u
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsKT3FVzMKX
Oblivious as Gideon and Lyla are reading the map to him, Paisley reaches out a small hand to Beth down the other side of the seat. She reaches for it and closes her eyes, falling back to sleep.176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKeR8rMNkb4
