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“Yes, yes, I promise, Les,” he said, grinning at her. “Like I always do.”983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXlg5J3vwMp
“It’s just that I’m sc-” She paused, then hugged him tightly. “Just be careful. You’ll come back, right?”983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4BPeiM6oaj
“Of course I’ll come back.”983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0dbJr49Ah3
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“What do you mean you won’t send a team out?” She screeched, “They haven’t contacted us in three days! Three days!”983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOAJdmxNFqM
“We can’t lose more people. We’ve already lost Mercedes, Jace; and now Az and Caspian! Leslie, don’t you see? This is not about us. There is a limit to how many lives we can sacrifice for a futile cause before it’s unreasonable.”983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUdKYnjaT2e
“Fine.” She whispered, “I’ll go out there alone.”
Anastasiya shook her head. “The others are trained, but nothing will stop them from tearing all of our secrets from your mind. Jace would have taught you how if he’d been here.”983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvDcXFCjawr
“And you can’t teach me?” she asked, taking a step forward.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8fQFSDvhor
In response, Ana only shook her head. “I’m sorry, Les.” Agents rushed into the room, grabbing her. “We can’t have you leaving. It’s for your own good.”983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuwPG7yov0c
“Ana!” She screamed as they started dragging her away, and dug her feet into the ground. “Don’t you remember Jace? Mer? Did you forget all those times that we went out together? Did you forget those times when you used to laugh with Cas? How you teased Az about his stories?”983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlVo3Ok5qqw
For a second, she thought the girl looked pained. “I’m sorry, Les. I just want you to be safe.”983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0HqAqKVuWt
“Let me go!”983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvu2FPn1TM3
“Take her away.”983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaTuUUGdShF
She felt tears slipping down her face. “I hate you.”983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJhbgvqFbBv
The girl’s face morphed into a sneer. “Wake up.”983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYP0Xjbse66
“I hate you so much.” She screamed.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjUU6H0A6jC
Ana turned away. “Wake up.”983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5ygzUF12v7
“You-”
“WAKE UP!”983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKUPIIoL227
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“WAKE UP!” A hand shook her shoulder and she bolted upright, hands instinctively shooting towards her belt where weapons would have been. But there were none.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh3Dqe1B4UA
The Capitol. The lights were dim, but she could make out the face of the guard, a look of pure disgust etched onto it.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWYiBhKGDJz
"Shit Girl, you’ve been writhing in your sleep for thirty minutes now,” he said, retracting his hand and wiping it on his pants. “I was getting annoyed.”983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡShfVXtYX4A
“Oh well, I’m sorry,” she sneered. “What time is it?”983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRV2tfdv78h
“Three o’clock in the morning.” He rolled his eyes. “I was supposed to meet my girlfriend a few hours ago.”983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqgLiNhza0H
“Then why are you still here?” she asked, trying to act dignified by straightening the scraps of what had once been a dark leather jacket, a black camisole, and jeans.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTL215SUj6e
“You think Akira would leave you here, unguarded, for the whole night?” He scoffed. “You’re crazy. And we agents know better than to disobey him.”983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ52Zwd1pjmQ
“Fine,” she said, and laid back down. “I’m going back to sleep, so get out.”983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpVYWOkDWwi
He shook his head and left out of a section in the bullet-proof glass walls, fortified by iron bars and multiple deadbolts. She grinned to herself.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9WJYqzIJRM
They must assume that I’m extremely good. She thought with satisfaction, I don’t even have the strength to walk more than a few steps right now, let alone break down a door.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf9XnJtJxRT
She closed her eyes again and, this time, the darkness welcomed her.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZwyM0cjzgG
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"Fuck it. Nothing again? You've got to be kidding me." 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡizgaW9SWNd
"The programs don't seem to be working. It looks like she was trained to resist it."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3WRm82gcOx
"She won't answer any of our questions, either."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhEDkApJ1qI
"It could be, for some reason, her memory was wiped?"983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHaEuHXQmtY
"How, exactly? You know that the government oversees every medical procedure related to memory tampering."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpB53517NQp
"I-I'm not sure, Sir."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt7UoCbWH7j
"Well, you better be fucking sure soon, Hex. I'm fed up with your shit already."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr1GsDaVbU6
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Leslie woke up to the door closing with a loud slam. Her eyes fluttered open and she glanced at the figure that had entered the room. A Leader. She sat up. They usually didn't come into the cell. But the boy didn't seem to be under orders. The top button of his fleecy shirt was unbuttoned and his hair was tousled like he had just rolled out of bed.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKZLgassefN
"Do I know you?" she suddenly asked, squinting. His face seemed familiar to her.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBtPVFwUH4x
"Ah, so your memory has been wiped, after all." He ran a hand through his hair, sweeping it to the side. “Not a surprise, though.”983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ6NYucUuSe
She blinked. "How do you know?"983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaFWEqhy4gr
"Never mind that. I won’t tell anyone, if that’s what you’re worried about. I came here to tell you that tomorrow, you will be given some freedom. You have been classified as an unthreatening prisoner. You will be permitted to join the others at the common room through that door-" He gestured to a door that hadn't been there the night before. "-during meals. But if they find that you are collaborating with them to plot an escape, your permission will be terminated."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWzXtPQcnkl
“Why did you have to come tell me now? I assume you’re not here under another's orders.”983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLnsiRosXK5
The boy paused for a second and just stared at her with a sort of… sadness. He finally sighed and his face immediately relaxed. “You’re right, I shouldn’t be here. I just don’t want you to make a fool of yourself tomorrow. I captured you, after all, and it's already embarrassing for me that you were classified as unthreatening.”983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhImfpcpaot
There was a certain air of viciousness around this boyish man. He looked around her age, seventeen, but his eyes looked older than twice his age. “All right,” she said after a second of silence. “What’s your name?” she asked.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMYxWFx9MAU
“If I told you, where would the fun be in it?” He slowly turned around and started to do the three-layered unlocking system. The boy scanned his fingertips, then entered his passcode behind his hand. Finally, he let out a breathy laugh. "You asked me before how I knew that your memory had been wiped." A scanner scanned his retinas and the screen in front of him flashed green. "It's because if you remembered anything..." The door clicked open. "... you would have remembered me."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ06KOMJOMGS
The door closed silently behind him.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwUfZm7MbYc
