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Bonnie's lying in a hospital bed, secured to it and semi drugged out, a tube down her nose hooked up to a machine.171Please respect copyright.PENANAI89EOz9DsK
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The sun is up, but she doesn't know what time it is. There are no clocks. The door to the small, cramped, dull room opens. 171Please respect copyright.PENANAWFH4BrRVhN
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General Peterson followed by Clara. They bring over a chair from the corner of the room, inching closer to Bonnie. 171Please respect copyright.PENANAm8qbP4Njgw
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"Morning, Bonnie." General Peterson says.171Please respect copyright.PENANA2JAlL7ZrSJ
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She looks at him, saying nothing. 171Please respect copyright.PENANARkUDLa60O8
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"Do you know why you're here?"171Please respect copyright.PENANAVmrwZR7ET3
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She nods slowly. 171Please respect copyright.PENANAxhVTTTAFxq
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"Do you want a lawyer?"171Please respect copyright.PENANA5MQRx1G5Vk
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"I don't want one."171Please respect copyright.PENANAiDeNpkAk1I
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"Okay, we'll talk then."171Please respect copyright.PENANAmoAu22Fjcp
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Clara looks nervous, but ultimatly says nothing. Is this what the term dirty cop means? General peterson isn't a cop, but you get the point.171Please respect copyright.PENANAMtGYSy4wB4
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"Your blood tests indicated you had Merge in your system, and a variety of other drugs to."171Please respect copyright.PENANAVormEKHVOs
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"You pumped my stomach."171Please respect copyright.PENANATu4ZTahlXZ
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"We did. How do you feel?"171Please respect copyright.PENANAtAOL6YmdmY
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"Clear-headed, but also kinda nauseous still."171Please respect copyright.PENANAFeTE5sUOBF
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"Did RING hurt you, Bonnie? Your ID is a fake. We don't know who you are. Your photo has been circulated so maybe so family come forward, but if you could give us your name or a family member's at-least-"171Please respect copyright.PENANA4Cru2MIdRo
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"Bonnie Desmond."171Please respect copyright.PENANAy7U5pki3Pm
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He sighs, she's stone walling him from the get go. "What are you going to do to me?" She asks.171Please respect copyright.PENANAFHom6xfQ61
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"Uh, Canada's extriditing all non-canadian citzens to the U.S so you will be transported sometime in the coming days.171Please respect copyright.PENANAFxaGHJymg1
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You said RING didn't hurt you. Who did? I can recognize the signs of abuse. Most of your injuries are old, longterm. Dating back years."171Please respect copyright.PENANAWvJj6pfN01
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"He was raping me."171Please respect copyright.PENANAXLVH34Lbt3
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"I'm sorry-"171Please respect copyright.PENANAmwntxMo7p7
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"He played with us girls alot, but also others, even some from the collection."171Please respect copyright.PENANAqo9Uw7KGnr
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"Who are you, Bonnie? And where did you come from?"171Please respect copyright.PENANArrPDbXJBXS
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"I don't know, they just took us. I left later and I didn't know where to go. This life is all I know."171Please respect copyright.PENANAu3IZnEmVCc
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"They? RING?"171Please respect copyright.PENANAuyzb3OxLAm
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"No! Not RING! They're not the only ones out there!" She yells, coughing from the pain of the tube down her throat.171Please respect copyright.PENANAXX7lXksO8y
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"Okay, take it easy. You're okay, but you have a tube down-"171Please respect copyright.PENANA2SwWRsrZIC
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"I'm not stupid, I'm a surgeon!"171Please respect copyright.PENANAUb1aNOgkQ3
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"Credientals, we can't verify."171Please respect copyright.PENANAUFWY8szBYQ
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"Explaining anything to you is pointless."171Please respect copyright.PENANAZ2Da9nEi0H
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"Try me. I've heard and seen some really fucked up, dark shit over the years.171Please respect copyright.PENANAwoyHapRdlS
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Did you ask RING for continued Merge? To forget stuff you'd rather not remember?"171Please respect copyright.PENANAax5xBVE3SN
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"Yeah..."171Please respect copyright.PENANAu7jiPm6P6J
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"Bonnie. You also had an eye test yesterday. Do you remember that? The glasses you wear, you don't actually need them. The lenses in it is fake. Why do you wear it?"171Please respect copyright.PENANAjqKDk5HMsL
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"I can see?"171Please respect copyright.PENANAexfMyLRDFS
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She looks at him confused. 171Please respect copyright.PENANAaiKyWaWeiA
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"Yes."171Please respect copyright.PENANAzIrFwgXNDz
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He leans over removing her glasses. She blinks heavily and looks around the room, biting her lip.171Please respect copyright.PENANAQ4r8gbeTs7
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"How does the world look?"171Please respect copyright.PENANAfYGJav3HaW
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"Normal?"171Please respect copyright.PENANADCQ05VUWHf
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"Can you tell me the truth, Bonnie."171Please respect copyright.PENANAwyakmZH1M5
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"I don't know who I am."171Please respect copyright.PENANAp5iGup1jH9
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"If you don't know that, at-least tell me what happened. They took you, but it wasn't RING?"171Please respect copyright.PENANA1RW5vwJWQu
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"....He thought he was a God."171Please respect copyright.PENANAm9zCwjKMvb
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"Okay."171Please respect copyright.PENANAr0434rUWlD
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"No, he was one. He actually had powers-"171Please respect copyright.PENANAvBOczKNuNP
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Clara cuts her off. "That's enough. She needs a psychatrist. I'm not going to let you go any further!" Clara shooting to her feet.171Please respect copyright.PENANAERDgZSHqpS
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"One moment, Bonnie."171Please respect copyright.PENANA0fpHx0VXfY
General Peterson dragging a protesting Clara out the room.171Please respect copyright.PENANAHeFJiWzjdK
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"Don't hurt her!" Yells Bobby outside who Vincent is walking through the corridors. He sees General Peterson scolding Clara.171Please respect copyright.PENANAhUFxc8zkhG
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"Shut up." Vincent snarls, socking Bobby in the jaw one. He coughs, few rose petals escaping. White covered in blood which splat to the floor.171Please respect copyright.PENANAyp0LY7upJJ
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Clara looks horrified, taking a snap back. The Genereal lets go of her arm, she backs into someone turning around to see a young female with blonde hair.171Please respect copyright.PENANALMImjGmlH3
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She immediatly gives Clara a hug. "It's okay, I'm right here. Things can get intense alot... I'm Allie."171Please respect copyright.PENANApOrZHNWfuF
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"Clara."171Please respect copyright.PENANA6LcvUYqjQ6
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"You're the police officer."171Please respect copyright.PENANAQ10zTMSq1S
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"You...?"171Please respect copyright.PENANAs60VlTQRIg
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"U.S Military."171Please respect copyright.PENANAO8O7vxWgTH
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"Allie..." Interjects another voice. Clara who's hugging Allie looks up to see another female. Short brown hair, brown eyes, pale skin with few freckles dressed in a pink sweatshirt, grey track pants and white joggers. 171Please respect copyright.PENANAo1sJv2WEsc
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"Oh, shit." Bobby says. 171Please respect copyright.PENANA6Ij4AYrUKX
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"Kiera-" Allie speaking up. 171Please respect copyright.PENANAsU095YZXCy
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"Where's Maxis?"171Please respect copyright.PENANA2tc5Nfvy9U
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"Kiera, you need to go back to your room, okay? Everything is a little chaotic right now."171Please respect copyright.PENANADvLwMjzKhI
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"Then why you'd bring me?!"171Please respect copyright.PENANAYaySXjyfRY
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"We couldn't exactly leave you. You would have never stayed while we weren't present. It would have put you and other staff on edge with eachother. It's easier to just bring you with us."171Please respect copyright.PENANAO2H7Hai7fJ
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"Kiera Bailey. Return to your room, that's an order. Maxis will be back soon." General Peterson speaks up.171Please respect copyright.PENANAZcwtNLqQ6o
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"Do you want me to go with her?" Clara asks unsure. "If you could that would be great. Just be nice and gentle with her. If she gives you any trouble, ask for help from someone around here." Allie thanks her.171Please respect copyright.PENANAx7aphpLrpZ
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Clara takes a step forward holding her hand out to Kiera. Kiera reaches forward and they walk off together.171Please respect copyright.PENANAhgDJURwa49
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"I'm still confused. Her and Maxis get out of the hospital for Hanahaki. Is Kiera a prisoner or is she discharged and free to go after us finding out her real identity as well?" Vincent begins.171Please respect copyright.PENANA63Y4cwZOqd
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"Vincent, it's not that easy to sort out. Just drop it for now, there's alot of work to be done. Take Bobby where he needs to go."171Please respect copyright.PENANA7Ih7Ru50hB
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"Yes, Genereal."171Please respect copyright.PENANArJc6JNiU5O
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"Woah." Elliot says looking up at their surroundings as Nadine pushes open the door. "This is yours?!"171Please respect copyright.PENANAg3mxieLiBC
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"It is, a safe house of mine. I rarely use it." Kaylee responds. It's a two story holiday villa overlooking the beach.171Please respect copyright.PENANAFvc0FHeEGV
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"Just don't touch any big bright red buttons on remotes."171Please respect copyright.PENANAIjbgh4gSpd
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"So, touch big bright red buttons. Got it." Elliot laughs, Levi breaking into laughter and Elliot wrapping his arm around Levi's shoulders. "Ugh, boys never learn!" Nadine complains.171Please respect copyright.PENANA5ADjzqp2EC
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"No, they don't. Once a boy, always a boy. They don't grow up. Ever." Kaylee smiles, laughing a little. "Come on, let's settle in, make some lunch and then we talk about what we're going to do. We can't run from the U.S and Canadian law enforcement forever."171Please respect copyright.PENANArlh58zi6SV
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"I... I actually kinda miss my older sister right now. But boy, would she have some choice words for me..." Nadine trails off.171Please respect copyright.PENANAVDOkVd2FZL
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Our group head upstairs, Nadine actually choosing to room with Elliot. Levi and Kaylee choosing seperate, individual rooms. "Uh, so..." Elliot begins when Nadine makes a beeline for the ensuite, running in and slamming the door, locking it. Elliot stands at it, just looking.171Please respect copyright.PENANADcIqvdvwfX
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He takes a deep breath in and heads for the bed, sitting down, looking at his hands.171Please respect copyright.PENANAtOgceHBK6N
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They aren't physically blood stained, but he just took a life. He ran over one of his own. 171Please respect copyright.PENANAilRmZMdqHE
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Actually, his proably off the team at this point. His for sure going to jail. He sees a mirror sitting on a bedside table and reaches for it, tumbling off the bed. He holds his neck as far back as he can, tongue out looking in his mouth. 171Please respect copyright.PENANArT0zxeajTl
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He doesn't see any roses of any color. Maybe his offically overcome it after bouncing around time?171Please respect copyright.PENANA8YPO1cNtf2
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"Are you okay?" Says a small voice. "Sorry, I should have knocked!"171Please respect copyright.PENANAO4gW3UkwfZ
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It's Levi. "Levi-"171Please respect copyright.PENANAFBZMjipmL5
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Levi looks anxious. "Levi, we're not going to hurt you. RING has fallen. You're free to leave if you want to go."171Please respect copyright.PENANA0lOW1ARhIy
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"Where would I go? This is... Nadine said it's Canada."171Please respect copyright.PENANAYUUyp3GON9
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"Oh, right. Uh, you used to work for a delivery company in the U.S. Vicent was your partner, I know him...
Alot has changed... since RING took you..."171Please respect copyright.PENANAhDGGeQmlqz
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Levi cups a hand over his own mouth and nose, looking very anxious. RING messed him up. Was he still on the harvest list? This timeline is a few months earlier. He'll have to ask Nadine, if she will even tell him...171Please respect copyright.PENANAZMJeLWmpHt
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"Levi." He says taking both his hands. Levi's now on the verge of tears. 171Please respect copyright.PENANAWKTApgFpwY
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"I promise everything will be okay. I'll do everything I can to get you back to the U.S. To Vincent even. Would you like that?"171Please respect copyright.PENANAEokpHqkBH2
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He nods tearfully.171Please respect copyright.PENANAwxkj5I5By4
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"Do you want to get some sleep? When was the last time you had a good nights rest?"171Please respect copyright.PENANAEEVHhtQbt9
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"Lunch won't be for a little while."171Please respect copyright.PENANAg81tqgOxc7
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"Can you stand outside the room?"171Please respect copyright.PENANACRx03GksON
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"Sure, bud!"171Please respect copyright.PENANACjAaoy6p9T
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And he follows Levi who's clinging to him and is stuck standing outside Levi's room. 171Please respect copyright.PENANArR6fnGMGSW
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Nadine's showering, and Kaylee hasn't come out of her room. The door is locked. Is she thinking? Decompressing?171Please respect copyright.PENANAaf4IgCbEGM
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Kiera is laying in bed in their temporary home base. Maxis is opposite to her in another bed and across from them in other individual beds, Allie, Vincent, Thea and Adam. She can't sleep. 171Please respect copyright.PENANABbgojbNhxM
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She sits up, everyone fast asleep. She stands, taking steps towards the door and pulls it up, a slight noisy click. Stepping out and pulling the door shut behind her, the corridor is sterile, bright, but empty. 171Please respect copyright.PENANAGqM0zF4tkJ
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She looks at the watch on her wrist. 1 a.m to be exact. So much for expericing the hour between 12 and 1 a.m where time stands still. Guess it isn't real.171Please respect copyright.PENANAvyUpSbEScU
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She wanders along the corridor. Just door after door. Canada's HQ is identical and like a maze. How long before they can go back home to the U.S?171Please respect copyright.PENANALNMWcEXYoS
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She eventually takes a seat on a plastic bench, shoulders slumped over again.171Please respect copyright.PENANAw77n0k5IQD
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"Hello there again."171Please respect copyright.PENANANYFbY6rJ8s
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It's Clara and she takes a seat beside Kiera. "Can't sleep?"171Please respect copyright.PENANAMtZCRKO6Sx
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Kiera shakes her head. 171Please respect copyright.PENANAGosMXYyjtN
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"Neither can I."171Please respect copyright.PENANAWcmVWNGZ8X
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Kiera gives her a look. 171Please respect copyright.PENANAahCa6eHLyA
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"Uh, yeah, um, Bobby is actually my fiance. Well, ex. I can't marry him after everything that has happened..."171Please respect copyright.PENANAX6FkjCRcid
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"Kiera. When RING held your prisoner. What was Bobby like? How did he treat you?"171Please respect copyright.PENANAA2qj3yLsmf
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"I could tell you how Nadine May treated me, Bonnie too. I don't think Bobby worked there when I was there."171Please respect copyright.PENANAmbq68XxzxL
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"Really?"171Please respect copyright.PENANAkwMui2M7i6
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"Clara. I blocked alot of what happened there out and I don't know want it to come back. My life is over. A part of me died the day they snatched me off the streets and now I'm just a empty husk. 171Please respect copyright.PENANAaUp7WRCCFj
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I'm as good as dead now. My career in the U.S Military is over. They're going to medically discharge me, but I'm not free to go at the same time.171Please respect copyright.PENANAtMZi8vvrXf
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My life isn't mine anymore." 171Please respect copyright.PENANApiWMKbJQN6
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And she bends over crying. 171Please respect copyright.PENANAkpgaje4ktg
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"Aw, Kiera. That's not true. You can still make something of it, your friends aren't going to ditch you. Things will be complicated for a while, sure, but-"171Please respect copyright.PENANAlLhJvhN2s7
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"At the momemt, I just want to go back to the U.S. Did you know I had a younger brother?171Please respect copyright.PENANAfeWoWGvH86
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Turns out I do."171Please respect copyright.PENANA3IPJFBYRop
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"Do you want to see him?"171Please respect copyright.PENANAmLpLk5yz06
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"I've already met him once. It was to much at the time. He has parents and a older sister. He got adopted in the U.S while I aged out the foster care system here in Canada. There's no room for me. I don't know anything about him and I couldn't have a relationship."171Please respect copyright.PENANARwXqBXnf9Y
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"Maybe it's less about trying to insert yourself and a relationship, it's that you have never felt like you have belonged anywhere before, Kiera."171Please respect copyright.PENANAGOtTTgrRwe
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"I don't know."171Please respect copyright.PENANA9TSSuYzzmv
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"There you are, Kiera!"171Please respect copyright.PENANAbHAjdUJyTC
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They look up to see Maxis, General Peterson standing behind him. He runs up to Kiera and guides her back to their dormitory. "What happened?" Peterson asks.171Please respect copyright.PENANATI7g4iLj49
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"Uh, I think she is now thinking about her biological younger brother and if she has a place anywhere as her life has never really been her own nor a place to call home."171Please respect copyright.PENANAOYJqjn1DtJ
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"I see, I could arrange a meeting, a 2nd one. But Kade would need to agree to it. He might decide he doesn't want to see her after the ordeal he went through. Though telling him their Dad, Johnthan Bailey is in custody and we're tracking down Kaylee might persuade him so he feels safe enough to leave his house after the ordeal he went through."
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"Elliot."171Please respect copyright.PENANAVt3IOeym6v
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He wakes up, Nadine in his face, awake. He sits up. "Yeah?"171Please respect copyright.PENANAruUjYeh4LK
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She is sitting up in bed. He sits up, looking at the clock on the wall. 1 a.m171Please respect copyright.PENANAJyMcjdDIh4
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"Can't sleep?" He asks.171Please respect copyright.PENANAv7ocmgxW7j
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"Yeah, I feel sick."171Please respect copyright.PENANAoE23Alr4Bk
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"Me too, Nadine."171Please respect copyright.PENANAlbzQhTAVDy
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"Where are we supposed to go from here, Elliot? Do you know what the last stand protocol is?"171Please respect copyright.PENANA9vOgRiwASj
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"No?"171Please respect copyright.PENANAAFjf0JAbyi
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"If RING ran the risk of being exposed, we we're supposed to kill ourselves rather than be taken alive."171Please respect copyright.PENANAhRiLxrsbUQ
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A shaky breath passes Elliot's lips. Last time, Nadine did try to take her life. 171Please respect copyright.PENANAIclmVGDP12
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"Please promise you won't!" He begs, taking her hands in his and lowers his head into her chest, tears streaming down his face. 171Please respect copyright.PENANATprEsNay72
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He may not be able to be with her, but it won't stop him loving her. His feelings are real. 171Please respect copyright.PENANADjBkH90aSX
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"Elliot- I-I won't. I promise! And the Police we're on our heads anyway, RING is no more now."171Please respect copyright.PENANAZQWBLufGKx
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"Will you hate me if I say I'm glad?"171Please respect copyright.PENANAz500wKan0T
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"No. I and my friends have hurt so many people over the years. It's unforgiveable and it was actually getting to the point, I wasn't going to be able to live with myself much longer. 171Please respect copyright.PENANA5LtGyaY6Na
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We're our own worst enemy."171Please respect copyright.PENANAjwYl7NnRPu
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"You can say that again."171Please respect copyright.PENANAbDpqqP58Zm
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"I just don't understand why you're out here, Elliot. Why come all this way? I don't believe it was to take us down."171Please respect copyright.PENANA7n3o8ZKpaV
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"You wouldn't believe me if I told you."171Please respect copyright.PENANAP4nRpPtMFg
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"Try me. I've heard plenty of batshit stuff over the years. You know something Bonnie once told me?"171Please respect copyright.PENANAIouvuWs7R7
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"What did she tell you?"171Please respect copyright.PENANANdr2TtIK6W
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"God, Angels and fallen angels, demons exist." She laughs a little, but it's a more nervous one. 171Please respect copyright.PENANAB7TIoVV6Xd
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"Do you believe her?"171Please respect copyright.PENANALkFjoqX1ZZ
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"Uh, I wouldn't say that I don't believe her, but believing it... I'm not quite there yet. 171Please respect copyright.PENANA7AWBZ4M2bt
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There's alot of places I'm not quite at yet."171Please respect copyright.PENANAkcRG0nKsbK
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"Such as?"171Please respect copyright.PENANAYFpzUQWvIX
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"Who am I. My old sister raised me, we're here illegally. Our visas ran out years ago, I'm from Russia, but I barely remember it. I know everything about it while my sister rejected it, our parents are in hospital dying here. We're in debt.171Please respect copyright.PENANAxCJpmW27mt
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It's only a matter of time before the goverment catches us and sends us back to Russia. Working for RING, they we're going to create me a whole new identity. 171Please respect copyright.PENANAbQXAlHR7xi
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There was a girl, her name was Kiera Bailey. I was meant to watch her and I lost her and my opportunity to no longer have to hide from the goverment."171Please respect copyright.PENANAeYkB2FCqhU
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"Kiera is actually back home in the U.S. She travelled miles and ended up on our base a few miles out on some beach."171Please respect copyright.PENANAvZ5m3MfGvP
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She looks up at him. "What?"171Please respect copyright.PENANAWSCnWrhtmt
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"She's on the team I'm on."171Please respect copyright.PENANAE99i8F7Kya
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"......"171Please respect copyright.PENANAgOXZ7TYY28
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"You're disgusted, angry at me."171Please respect copyright.PENANAOdEQbr50yf
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"I'm sleep deprived, stressed, Elliot and don't know how to get out of this mess I'm in. Good luck to her for ending up there I guess. 171Please respect copyright.PENANAFGewdcSv5Q
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Like I said, RING is no more now. I never wanted to hurt her or anyone anyway."171Please respect copyright.PENANAwItRMzJAgL
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"What can I do to make it better for you?"171Please respect copyright.PENANAupVL15q2ql
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"There's nothing."171Please respect copyright.PENANAIdRAYVLHZo
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"How about I take you to see your parents?"171Please respect copyright.PENANAmnnoJdAHWE
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"Goodnight, Elliot." And she lay's back down to sleep, back to him. 171Please respect copyright.PENANAN66Vf1VKWg
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"Your sister."171Please respect copyright.PENANAvpegRhzVdu
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"......"171Please respect copyright.PENANAp16RPmKfSv
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He lays back down to, staring up at the ceiling. How are Kiera and Maxis? Soon enough he falls back to sleep. The house is quiet, Kaylee fast asleep in her bed except for one, Levi. 171Please respect copyright.PENANA59YNz7tfLw
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He gently opens his door, peering out. Dressed for the cold weather outside, backpack on his back and holding his shoes in his hands so walking down the hallway doesn't make to much noise. He slips out of the house, and it's early morning. The sun only just coming up. 171Please respect copyright.PENANA6G6GxAhWJZ
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Snow covers the place, and it's cold, but he can still see the beach, even if it is semi-covered in snow. When was the last time he was outside, breathing in the fresh air?171Please respect copyright.PENANAsBNFF4AiYM
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He can't remember, he was trapped inside for years, all he saw was four walls and cemement floor, steel staircases every single day. He drops his shoes, slipping his feet in, clumbsily tying them up and then he runs.171Please respect copyright.PENANADszJmZdCD3
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He makes it to a phone booth, few blocks away near a gas station. Hopefully he hasn't changed his number.... he stole a few coins from Nadine and Kaylee during the day when they weren't looking. He inserts a coin and dials, a mobile number. 171Please respect copyright.PENANAegCad6Z2Ju
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"Hello?" Says a sleepy sounding voice. 171Please respect copyright.PENANALYXivUeOmR
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Levi takes a deep breath in, struggling to find the words. 171Please respect copyright.PENANAijWin5OpH3
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"Hello?" The sleepy voice repeats.171Please respect copyright.PENANALXfeEU8JUc
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"V-Vincent..." Levi whispers. 171Please respect copyright.PENANADAlbuB6xNB
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"Who's asking?" Vincent snaps back, now a little more away, his attention now captured.171Please respect copyright.PENANAEJJOTTE0k2
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"It's me."171Please respect copyright.PENANAySlla911eX
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"Who's me?"171Please respect copyright.PENANAPwqbJmWafE
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"Levi. You we're my partner a long time ago. We worked at courier delivery company together."171Please respect copyright.PENANAJYEKkpszrA
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".....It's been a long time, bud. What's up? I tried to call you a few times, but you never answered. You know how I quit the job? I have a diffrent job now, I'm uh, law enforcement I guess you could say in a way..."171Please respect copyright.PENANAKBWhCifHQQ
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"You have to help me, Vince. I need you."171Please respect copyright.PENANAnJyGjxPgVY
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"Levi, you're scaring me. What's wrong? The number you're calling from is a payphone."171Please respect copyright.PENANAXaYSMe0RPD
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"I'm in Canada..."171Please respect copyright.PENANADkCJraDmYm
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"What. No, wait, this is a canadian number. The fuck you doing in Canada, Levi?"171Please respect copyright.PENANA1OAl75eETd
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"Can you come pick me up, please? A guy, Elliot, said you we're-"171Please respect copyright.PENANAizXpZK3QD9
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"Hold on, you know I'm in Canada and you talked to a guy named Elliot. Levi, what happened?"171Please respect copyright.PENANAoOkj09QVQP
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"It's hard to explain."171Please respect copyright.PENANAf8JfSWQnfn
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"I'll come pick you up, but I need to you to tell us."171Please respect copyright.PENANA8M4EyoD0T1
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"Us?"171Please respect copyright.PENANAWB241uxXBW
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"What exactly did Elliot Coleman tell you? Where is that asshole? Why we're you with him?"171Please respect copyright.PENANAr79fqIuIZi
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"Like I said, it's hard to explain, Vince."171Please respect copyright.PENANAh1C37Cyyom
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"Levi, where are you?"171Please respect copyright.PENANAdZOBANepmA
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"Near a gas station?"171Please respect copyright.PENANApuYdKhjydy
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"What's it's name?"171Please respect copyright.PENANA3jYUeWuf4G
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"Pump & Gulp."171Please respect copyright.PENANAX1LZfA1T8S
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"Go inside there and talk to the attendant. Do not leave that building for any reason. Go now. Don't hang up the phone. 171Please respect copyright.PENANAWYK99iLQLM
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Just drop it and RUN."171Please respect copyright.PENANAUlKgQcmLKt
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Vincent hears the phone drop and the sound of squelching snow. He climbs out of bed and is shaking Allie away.171Please respect copyright.PENANAgBiE2vNNdC
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She sits up annoyed. "Get up, wake the others. I'm going to get General Peterson, there is a solid lead on Elliot."171Please respect copyright.PENANAqrWU88ROzY
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Levi is lying on a table at a booth inside the gas station, backpack beside him, watching the fan above him circulate when he hears footsteps on the tile floor.171Please respect copyright.PENANA3vsNbqsQJX
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"Levi Preston?"171Please respect copyright.PENANAn4OCPLR7dZ
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He looks up to see standing at the head of the table is a group of people. An older man with grey hair and a beard, a female with short blonde hair, another girl with short brown hair, a guy with sleaked back brown hair on the light brown caramel color spectrumn and Vincent. 171Please respect copyright.PENANArIDf7oax2R
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"Do you have I.D to confirm your identity?" The older grey haired man asks. Levi shakes his head, saying nothing. 171Please respect copyright.PENANAvKxoBMd6Ac
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"Can you get up off the table, please?"171Please respect copyright.PENANATQVCxCJe6N
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Levi sits up and Vincent helps him down, he weights practically nothing, skinny while Vicent is taller than he remembers and beefed up. 171Please respect copyright.PENANAwHaYuzvQjV
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"It's you, bud." Vincent finally speaks. 171Please respect copyright.PENANAlJnBK9gIbF
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"My understanding is you're a former friend and colleague of Vincent here. Why are you here and where is Elliot Coleman?" The grey haired man demands.171Please respect copyright.PENANAcT2M1LKebd
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"That's my... boss. Genereal Peterson." Vincent whispers and then Levi realizes, everyone is wearing camo, they're military.171Please respect copyright.PENANAam8fnWLeQE
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"It's complicated."171Please respect copyright.PENANA2W5fxczOw6
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"Well, I need an explanation. It's that or we arrest you and bring you in for questioning." General Peterson snaps.171Please respect copyright.PENANA2xyS2FIqK3
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"What time is it?" Levi whispers.171Please respect copyright.PENANAxvnUjqSeQB
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"5 a.m." The caramel haired man speaks up, and the brown haired female starts to cling to him. He holds her close and the blonde female rubs the brunette's back.171Please respect copyright.PENANAoZ3Y3x6mkq
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"Fine, have it your way." General Peterson snaps, pulling out handcuffs. "Wait, wait, wait!" Vincent begs, Levi on the brink of tears. 171Please respect copyright.PENANABXV9qhHsTW
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He places his hands on Levi's shoulders. "Yes or no. We're you kidnapped off the street by a human trafficking company called RING. The employees would have worn blue and had rings that we're a snake eating it's own tail."171Please respect copyright.PENANA93RFyPxqqD
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"My expiration date was next week, Wednesday morning."171Please respect copyright.PENANATA8C9G7tF6
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"Expiration date?" Vincent asks. 171Please respect copyright.PENANATuTJXoAGJE
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"The people they take downstairs, they don't come back up. We never seem then again."171Please respect copyright.PENANAnSENHtLDjh
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He can't say the words so he dances around it saying others. "The doctor in charge, they took me down there and drew my blood and ran some other tests. 171Please respect copyright.PENANAlk9BnLLqMk
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They sent me back upstairs, the supervisor with blonde hair, she told me next week, Wednesday. I came back up, I don't know why. 171Please respect copyright.PENANAWNshAd7G2Y
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I was going to beg them not to send me down there again, but I didn't get around to grovelling. I knew some dirt where someone was hiding my food, I was going to report that if it helped in not having to go back downstairs-"171Please respect copyright.PENANAbKzQfhVN3c
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General Peterson cuts him off, holding out a photo from the police department. "Is this the Supervisor?"171Please respect copyright.PENANAykTcmIWWRV
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"Yeah, that's her. N-Nadine M-May."171Please respect copyright.PENANAsgY2WUscE3
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"Levi, where is she and Elliot Coleman right now? Is a older woman with them, Kaylee V?"171Please respect copyright.PENANAac9raHIemV
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"Do you have a map?"171Please respect copyright.PENANAsqQ0jQZ0pA
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His given a map and circles a house. "Yeah. Nadine said we had to be on our best behavior as some benifactor's we're present. It was that older woman and Elliot."171Please respect copyright.PENANA1gYNLK43IO
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"Okay. Maxis, take Levi and Kiera back to the van. Allie, Vicent with me. We're re-grouping with Thea, Adam and the others. 171Please respect copyright.PENANA8WDQImhYhr
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I'll call Clara and ask for additional backup. We're going in before any of them wake up and realize Levi is missing. At the moment, we have the element of suprise.171Please respect copyright.PENANAbln2ZO6xNa
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