Slate, Lyla, Gideon, Paisley and Bethany at each of their own respective tables are packing tinned food into crates, aprons and hair nets donned. 177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ04s6ZfNRSI
177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ952mizUP8p
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.177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxVrDDQKLJ1
177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4UHtGVcuaA
"Can we talk outside?"177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoQwLb8jRyf
177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTx4X0dDAha
"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?"177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF8FLfphP5r
177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ16VN6eJVKf
And she leaves, no one answering her. 177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6aFAITEQcA
177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZockdRRIVh
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...177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2DbYZqHTpz
177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡniR0hlN09Z
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.177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1qFwT9N5CB
177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjHqmvDomwU
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."177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5QSdLEX6Ux
177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBvftaHNUao
"You want to finish what Slate started?"177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDjrW8jNEWx
177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs8iGFfLMK1
"Why not? Break them out. We're all in the position to help them."177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6tbgtlTNkd
177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCnImohRQkb
"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.177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpkppHAf8WH
177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡImyE1iqVtd
"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. 177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE7FlDUDa8b
177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOJjM1e6iCL
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."177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwxUgIomHBk
177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ291cll7xcm
"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."177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm01TYMempH
177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2WkrddGQz1
"What?"177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmkIq6rkdwA
177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpBtt40CB0n
"Crashback."177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7NdeU9brxE
177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡanAoKvOgvH
"But that won't undo the last few years of-"177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxl3w5YZ8qk
177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEDgnGftIt5
"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.177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡycNcQOxHeG
177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNVpOhSLBuu
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.177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡieTnLBDcKQ
177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtLcIOnuFqL
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."177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEYfIx4T21a
177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrfluqZ733E
"Like his leadership skills?"177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXFye7f1l1X
177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT41qSugIDo
"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."177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKlylJMwBIW
177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3Y4mNgfrhy
"So how do we do that? His skills are still something that would be a spot target."177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBr35vmY3nB
177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs3W04Vk8DS
"Well, it's going to leave two holes in his head. They'll heal, but-"177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBHYo3jiJMr
177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrwwCgk5tsV
"Shit."177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV1ex09yBVE
177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPR98jgyGlw
"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."177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2vmwv85zxo
177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUV9wSfFXfv
"And what about the rest?"177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡML6t1VPX0L
177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡePHgoHxE6W
"They're fine, they can just keep doing their sorting task."177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK4ScfoP3bV
177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY65WXrCsrA
"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.177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYBXcmbH1z9
177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYQFR8dkQg4
---177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3yoT94tnyl
177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyiZXjJ7ddu
Slate covers his face, the light shining brightly in his face. "That hurts." He complains from the sugical chair his on.177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4JGW8p6XXx
177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1Tz00qBZdJ
"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.177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb0SkJyRjdF
177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMTeIoAZM5o
"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.177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIIpvi6MxtU
177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZcOabBLBpN
"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. 177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPGpJTlePyl
177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj4EVY8VvOf
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. 177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXKJORoqqtl
177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEmrRmyA1K4
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.177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9AoKRPvg0i
177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtt4ND1Nsds
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. 177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIeGZNc0rM9
177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCt8SzyY94q
"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.177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7zLtrORp9u
177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOwbvY1rx79
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.177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDsh5tcISB6
177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcVYAwVAfQZ
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.177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmLQURs4SWl
177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiD4SkT6Y5W
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.177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcT5OEUZ0dW
177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1yqjMzcsYU
"I wouldn't play with that if I were you. The last person who did was severed from me."177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ22dlAMKBbw
177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrt2HHqdR9Z
Says a voice, female. "Hello?" He calls out. No reply is heard.177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡywWRbjh1bz
177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOlgqZuj7iJ
"Why am I here? What am I supposed to do?!" He yells out fustrated. "Who am I?"177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡko1TtL98Jd
177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUyjrNWAB7u
"Your heart knows who you are and you know what you are supposed to do."177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzIimtMN40u
177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH032YKoPwz
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.177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡACRZufGvI7
177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡECBtOnBsvG
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.177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDu9oPTE6Rv
177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRmNBtfmxlz
He was a coward before, and his never going to go back to being one again, he won't let them hurt them anymore.177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAwiH1Fro6Z
177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrQRFZ5AA0X
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-177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHNZHzOMtJL
177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjz2YCMgO0F
And then his eyes widen, he sits up straight and looks them both in the eyes. 177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6Jk1MPGN9Y
177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD2n80rFw8c
"Do you know who you are? Who we are?"177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeGomaJQVkS
177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0MSKCrWoSo
"Slate. You both are the leaders, Ester and Mikey. What have you both done? You're monsters."177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfgg2lcDrcV
177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6TvaFrrPEI
"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. 177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIOUO5rF4EL
177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxXjvWqMohE
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. 177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE2dZsF7tif
177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOZWbQVHtbS
We'll meet up with ya'll later outside. We'll run you a distraction."177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkwOuS8s4IT
177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLLqz6EYtkJ
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.177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTYmeo9TV75
177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRg3UTzCkUl
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. 177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwy1bCzKyMx
177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD95DomBggD
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.177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7J0rrCSWL8
177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5hQXH7ERei
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. 177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHcOJSycnQ0
177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQZPMjuQvWu
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.177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdkJ9ZErqLU
177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiz9S6JZfJS
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.177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTNMw8b3M7H
177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAQJuBjNoyQ
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.177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsLFc3XtnuM
177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmZ3YWN0GZE
We ran outside for help and the guards took her away, proably to triage."177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOXqFz04LGA
177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6EJr5YoFx1
"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.177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgqSTYG19BL
177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSlQGw5emnP
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."177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnzsvq0rZiU
177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡozyb9QV06Z
"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.177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ45bjIXE0bO
177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgRM9Rs3fso
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.177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRHPsO1f2Xi
177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgQpSCkioiZ
"Why are we doing this?" Gideon asks. 177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8KPbK75rbW
177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFBLgDFjJCl
"You might understand once you've taken it."177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSnURQWYWik
177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE5rC9GaKr9
Lyla and Gideon shrug, downing them. Paisley just looks at them. "Paisley."177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLXotWQFc99
177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTeZYv4e3Nf
"I don't need them, I'm not stupid like you all are."177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJEhpyKnfUd
177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHHhWTduPvJ
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."177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2KPL2wk7m4
177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLsA8plKG0T
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.177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7zOT4a5e9u
177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKFLuNMTvf8
Then he hears panic and screaming, it's hard to get past a crowd. He sees his ex-friend up ahead, Murphy.177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAMCI1lm2Dz
He roughly grips Murphy's arms pulling him back. "Woah, look at you." Murphy says, eyeing Slate up and down. 177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyBxklNh4a8
177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKqr2uTKIbM
"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."177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtQALOPNONp
177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmfZ4ZNuLLg
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. 177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMRJXZxJjyB
177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzBCfB7wcja
So fly away, Slate."177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9QU6y6sBDy
177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCjUWW0JDZk
"I can't, I need to find, Beth."177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFG3Q49xmKn
177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH8c4iMxuMh
"Uh, Infirmary I think. She was dragged out of the sorting room."177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9W5YnWfe9Q
177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrmUsjPIYeM
"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."177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEtep58JuVR
177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhZP3nCulAm
"Fucking psychotic bitches."177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGyYgwa7oaQ
177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5GL8MXUEnj
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." 177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnB82PF34Es
177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr9iN0KKAmZ
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.177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdst5X9NN9D
177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCKUVhkJu8k
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.177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCxPz5Rsxst
177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrElRXZTo2t
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.177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdaJQg0BMkn
177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiQuYhpmh4E
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.177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2OV9gm0LnR
177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjM6VDxQr6h
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."177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxERJq93IBP
177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡye1z4mltBV
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.177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJphQC4fmq1
177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJL4M3VmaJ4
"Uh, did Bethany come through here?" He asks a nurse hoping she won't realize isn't security.177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLRi7NSaAf0
177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgbtSFv2D3c
"Bethany?"177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiUHu7EOuMB
177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6QPyCPN4Dd
"Short blonde hair, blue eyes, she... cut heself."177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpb75gFeAKn
"Uh, yep. She's in with a doctor now. Solayo's personal office I think."177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡleW96nMQHL
177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCgDfnippdE
"Shit."177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2tRhp0DYan
177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIKVA3SO4uY
"Are you okay? You don't look so good. The bandage on your head, is it bleeding?"177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMWy4fMhcfc
177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMn7Djf9DLp
"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.177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFZHbDzcZBY
"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.177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVBvE7glnVP
177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTZ2h5T327C
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. 177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiQPbRQDJlp
177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOwLAY3i8kT
"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-177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0dexouQk9W
177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3jwhWd9RAP
"Solayo! Come in!" Solayo's walkie talkie picks up. Solayo sighs and answers while he preps a needle for Bethany. 177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX05hTfAjvz
177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4QzmRlZmmX
"What is it Grayson? I'm kind of busy right now playing doctor."177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLluD1qxf1S
177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUXmsPim9vP
"You won't believe what I and Mikey just saw-"177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVLdpfquEJA
177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡABLou12O0T
"What?"177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm43huhyQI5
177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBqb0srzaNQ
"There is a bomb! Cloud NO joke rigged up a bomb."177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZDXaVRY13D
177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHhHTTILGzY
"Come on-"177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIIv2tLhhii
177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4Bb9owBt7i
"We're going to evacuate everyone."177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAEPbSd6bBe
177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNsfKJnaY4v
"Grayson, we can't. This place is too large for that and there are to many people for that."177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxd1z3DFrVi
177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPtEz0QHORB
"But-"177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtelfa0XFhw
177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFIo0MMkWns
"Grayson, just evacuate everyone we actually need. Useful or... the ones that are valuable or we have an emotional connection too..."177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoMXfrWJvEN
177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2ceT1NEyVY
"You can't be serious-"177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsOYCfYHk95
177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEXMVB6wGBa
"It's that or everyone dies."177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBO0OIsJCoh
177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSMRTNcOpeF
"Okay, we'll try." And Grayson clicks off the channel.177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiQhAKecwwf
177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNqKgZQ7czY
"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. 177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ38CnQFzhjw
177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkn1x4WidzF
"Slate, are you there?"177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd0Zx1iTGeg
177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkR7tClez6S
"Cloud's rigged a bomb."177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7dAO9fPWo1
177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf5h6xHun24
"How'd you know?!"177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsX3XMEeUn1
177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD2SMF0oSbX
"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."177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyzphznSKp8
177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0VquxszXax
"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."177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMwAigMp5Sd
177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZWsL5HbG4H
"Whatever, you'll handle it. I have to face off with Solayo right now, Bethany's with him!"177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoUNS20iuab
177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQEaRXdKQ88
"Shit. Why?"177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCpI0VCQdPb
177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZPBtrw7HC9
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. 177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjedx1NmmIh
177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBUNa01uO2b
"What the hell are you doing here? How did you get that?!"177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0XJWCkEWZp
177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP92OYlzqFO
"What did you to her?! Beth!" He calls out, seeing she's not moving, drugged out. He must have sticked her. 177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZtZAkXOZMm
177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnsLeOBZzLy
"You're diffrent. What happened to you?"177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKjXHwemcSq
177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE7XmnLdWMR
"Solayo, leave while you still can. There is a bomb."177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXl8IpCTerA
177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvcds7gTXGz
"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. 177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEONJLNQRGN
177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJA63rUzXle
"Dip shit!" He yells, pulling on it. "Solayo! Solayo, come back!" 177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnWvllE2osS
177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWBRFqYd5J1
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. 177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv12dNNkwPa
177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSY4iN6RG8X
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."177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEHmNPu2G2Q
177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDthAViY7lP
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-"177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡepQxOO1l74
177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPpgR9AmjwX
And he gags, feeling blood pour out his nose. He clutches the desk trying to steady himself, a few images hitting him. 177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9n6astgDqX
177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkfsgw6GLb5
Everything he gave up, everything he did for him, the long term manipulation Solayo subjected him to, the drugs. It hurts.177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXQIIOCfkcG
177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwVf0uTgyoc
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. 177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrCLmMCS8vl
177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0DzZ3yWPJj
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.177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1qOVxkpis8
177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡamobEJKbjM
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. 177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhjCHTaBEQC
177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7eflkPEu67
---177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYNOkLxKDxm
177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhjYDagItgS
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.177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn5BAhzjqMN
177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1f0lFpz0J2
"Shit, we'll have to go back and go around another way if we can." Gideon curses. 177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGTOGuILPXt
177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ61ahE4RKC1
"No!" Yells out a voice and they see Ester running towards them, waving her pass. She stops just before crashing into them.177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuRA67dlx5q
177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCxt8pYJkia
"I'm sorry, I don't want to alarm you. But we located Cloud, he rigged a bomb." 177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlPqEFfsCUx
177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡluQPdPFBTu
She hands them her pass. "No! What about you? You can't leave us, Mum!" Lyla cries.177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX8C1Xoz0xP
177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRCKJv7g03G
"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?"177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfwkb1ECHo4
177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ88fbnNWPz0
"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.177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZQkYwM4Xtt
177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUgeB4rFhtT
"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.177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK8sdAiw8Gu
177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP8DiVLOAET
"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.177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSPTXJ5c0ru
177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR1UwHVjCkc
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.177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4FcXYYFdgM
"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!"177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoX6BJ0Ef0A
177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEgWFwvTbkI
"And maybe that's why you're not dead. Consider yourself lucky." Cloud speaks up and turns around leaving.177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzQMhifNamW
177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ89qZbQWBDl
"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.177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF216iOsoZZ
177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBEgZhrlHfg
As they jump into the backseat, they see trucks everywhere driving around madly.177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaLdGeWEuNc
177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7hMMbKZAJf
"Come on, Slate." Gideon breathes as he tries to comfort Lyla while Paisley sits there neutral, just holding Zekey's cage in her lap.177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7NssWgbcs1
177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLebNkH3SIV
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.177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt3lF9iqcH3
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.177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtwqwZVheBH
177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡijjBuS8f74
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. 177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd8BEPXkrnX
177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1TGJ5QCaWq
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.177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5l7xbdteHS
"How we feeling everybody?" He asks as he starts up the helicopter, blades rotating.177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgQGAtco0jG
"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.177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMiheM3olFm
177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡojbRQPpZMQ
"Three years."177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYN0IzW76kb
177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNdt6eChHsF
"What?!" Gideon yells while Paisley just looks disinterested, daydreaming out the window. The helicopter slowly takes off, ascending to the sky.177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWRzzd3jRwN
177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwNj1XUKVG0
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.177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOCC8DdLDPn
"Slate! What are you doing?! There are easier ways, we have a truck-" Mikey calls out.177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1dvyVVmeRC
177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw5lfBddVpE
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.177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtAIaDLU6Rv
177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgUcgyp7Cs7
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.177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUcDSIEY8jU
177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡthEtqgG4jT
"Where are we goanna go?" Lyla asks. 177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRELOqTgimH
177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKGLx0di9Uf
"Anywhere WE want." Slate responds, pushing the helicopter forward and they fly off into the sun. 177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIXAOFEi5rJ
177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoBdkTswVN9
Down below, several trucks park outside far away enough from The Compound which is located inside an old mine.177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtJsHputXOb
177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsRhjbjpB3U
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.177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNCL03MhqG5
177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrypGbYlTvn
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-"177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv0x86te10f
177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVCAhBnZcO3
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. 177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6ALTRjakko
177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzJzYDFLOpG
Before Solayo can say a word, it's a headshot and his knocked down. "Better now, buddy?" Mikey asks.177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSevI1Tqiqf
177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwOG7Lbv81J
"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."177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWueyMQQGy1
177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhDLIBhkfdL
"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.177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGa9INOYX3Z
177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡszoxSqWSRA
Grayson and Mikey compose themselves, standing up now that Cloud is gone. 177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3maO5Ldzld
177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHZv4YZT2hx
"Where you think he goanna go?"177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi7PvZk2Pgg
177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAicNwmxTa8
"Don't know. Sarah's dead, but his ex-wife still might be out there alive. Maybe to find her?" Mikey responds.177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVRMS78kVrd
177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs0c5sTxP2C
---177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhll0eTHDUk
177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbau9VdZPd7
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?"177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXdfjRuRF4W
177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx8Uj6ZsALK
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. 177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNjgtm0Qmvq
177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoRfYhTBaet
Gideon takes the map from her when she gasps for air, panicking and sitting upright, clutching her neck and arms.177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz6fjo6zBrh
"You're okay, I bandaged them for you." He tells her and she relaxes, looking around confused where they are. 177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4g2LawZdrT
177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlegrF2QA6A
"You might want to give her one of the pills, Slate." Gideon tells him.177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp65quTWeuc
177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQjOmjEBRZZ
"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.177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKxqlkIJOnP
177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzLqBB6X7sO
"Bad news, they're gone, Gid."177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1psf7mbcy0
177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBlslRgju6P
"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. 177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfBQOyfGDRa
177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVGTaAMssou
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. 177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFvTQWkwaNR
177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4l8zL2RZ4u
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.177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbSBVmGbjB9
