Beth lies on the couch in Slate's lap, his gently brushing her hair with his fingers. "It's going to look so beatiful when you grow it out."209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeCIMPikKDf
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"You think?"209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFs6SyQcV6n
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"Uh, yeah? Well, I mean, I don't want it to matter what I think. This is your hair and your life, Beth. 209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdv7CSSggRk
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The problem was none of us we're in control."209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL6ZqHlcFvZ
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"But you still remember more than I do. All of you and I actually hate that. They cut your head open to bring back what they could of the old you. And the others, it wasn't surgery, but they gave them an overdose which released some supressed memories. Not as straight to the core as surgery, but it worked. 209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrANQ5yKbhL
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And me? I never got to have a cure, Slate." She whispers, her voice now lower.209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGdm1cPn6DR
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"Overdosing them on Merge wasn't a cure, Beth. It was just to-" Lips right beside her ear so the others, not their friends don't hear their conversation.209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcbFi5cUgsf
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"It feels like the means to an end though!" She yells, sitting up. "And it will be all yours! It will never get to be mine too!"209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuZyA9YFUTe
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She's panting, voice raised and shaking with anger. Lyla who is beside them reading a book, Zekey snoozing in her lap, but is now awake and Gideon playing a board game with Paisley all look at Bethany, eyes wide and their mouths dropping open. "Hey, what is going on back there? I don't mean to pry, but.." Noah trails off, calling out from up the front. His driving the RV and Evelyn is in the passenger seat beside him, reading a map.209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ656G0cOnA
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On her map is a X in the middle of nowhere. No cities around, no towns, just vast land. It's a long distance away from where they are now, the X.209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeJy8zCVW8l
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"I don't want to be stuck like this forever, Slate! Numb and depressed, I feel like I'm worthless-"209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpUIjP4upxR
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She's just getting angrier and swipes the board game off the table, sending the pieces flying. Paisley bursts into tears and runs down to the front of the RV right into Evelyn's arms who hoists her right onto her lap despite being pregnant cause the girl weighs next to nothing. Despite them feeding them, the most they have put on in a month is 1-2kg. 209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdNpEmuTrt3
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The group are hungry, but struggling to eat really on account of the food giving them severe stomach pain, bloating, constipation and gas.209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSby7xJrvCC
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"Bethany, what the fuck?!" Lyla yells at her, standing up while Gideon sits their gobsmacked and looks at Slate saying with his eyes, 'Do something'209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmpk0mUpGXJ
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Slate looks back at him, 'Do what? Restrain her? You seriously want me to do that to the girl who was tied to the bed hundreds of times, sometimes for no reason at all by Solayo?'209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ8Dw3fPinL
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When Lidnsey comes out of nowhere, tackling Bethany to the floor. She screams obsenties and threats at her. "Okay, I need to come up there." Noah says. "Did any of you know how to drive? Evelyn can't do it."209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJH8usbO8ur
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"Uh..." Lyla trails off. "Yeah, kinda?" Gideon says. "She's your girl, Slate. You stick with her, I'll drive." Gideon says heading up the front to take over from Noah.209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8EHGfe5DZL
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Lyla walks away, heading back the bedroom with Zekey, slamming the door.209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj1Vg1lh1Lf
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Paisley is crying still in Evelyn's arms. "You okay?" Gideon asks her, but she just buries her face further into Evenlyn who gives him an awkward expression saying nothing and looks away.209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQvlTrTcZsX
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"Let go of me! I said let go!" Bethany yells, Noah now helping Lindsey hold in her place. "So, how did this... fight start?" Noah asks. "It's my fault, I shouldn't have-" But Slate doesn't get to finish, Bethany kicking him in the leg. 209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdhbPFGR7cX
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"Shit!" He groans, collapsing and then bites his lip to stop himself from saying anything further. "Okay, let's get her into the bedroom. This will be distracting to Evelyn and-" Lindsey doesn't get to finish Bethany insulting him more. 209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡomotEV5wGp
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They drag her into the bedroom, followed by Slate. "Seriously?!" Lyla says annoyed. "Then you get the fuck out. Go help your boyfriend drive the RV." Slate hisses back annoyed, Lyla leaping up and leaving.209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJXhsEDJKrD
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Zekey runs to the corner off the room, curling up in a ball under a small table, whimpering. "Sorry, boy." Noah says, as him and Lindsey hoist a still fighting Bethany up onto the bed. "Get off me!" She yells. "Not till you calm down!" Lindsey yells back. 209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6VJtYXWnYR
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"Lidnsey! Yelling at her won't make her come down any faster." Noah tells him.209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWPSyx4jINf
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"Oh, like you know!"209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTxKwQIdpTa
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"I do! I was a kindergarten teacher, I worked with kids! I've seen my fair share of rage fits."209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQcTakuzo9r
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"And this is a 18 year old girl! I've worked in corrections!"209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkT4zLhNIJb
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"I'm 28!" Bethany yells, spitting at Lindsey.209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA5tRO4h4Fy
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"Did you just- Yuck!" Lidnsey says, letting go of Beth and running to the bathroom to disinfect his cheek. "We're in a zombie apocalypse! Keep your germs to yourself!"209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqcBVMCo1rq
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Bethany relaxes now that one has let go of her. Noah relaxes his grip and helps Bethany to sit up on the bed. Slate takes a seat beside her and Noah hands them both a blanket. "Do you feel tired? Maybe you want to get some sleep?"209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOFVrmmVldB
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Bethany nods and Slate does as well when Evelyn enters. "Paisley's no longer crying. What happened?" 209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuA46p95rhP
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"I'm sorry." Bethany says. "You should tell that to your friends. Look, we've been patient with your group, Slate. But you staying here, we really need you to open up.209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwCX4kyVaDI
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We understand someone in the wider goverment did this... and you all we're held against your will, but everyone's injuries, lack of maturity, understanding and memories... What's really going on?" Evelyn challenges.209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡymb8L5EujM
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Slate sighs and explains. The much older adults than our group are silent when Slate finishes explaining. "Merge?" Noah says confused.209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj9Qw2oRdtV
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"Black market drug." Lindsey tells him. "It could have some legal uses in cases, but it was rare a court ever approved it." Evelyn adds on. 209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCVz87ZkzpF
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"Bethany." Noah whispers, bending down to her level. "What you and your friends have been through was horrible, but, you're not worthless. Don't think you are less than them.209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3PZEvrKX4F
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While you have little to no memories at all, you still have talent for the guitar and disconjointed memories. Movie refrences, and so on."209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4MqxurYxvh
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"Using Merge to erase even the smallest things like a movie or a ad you saw is a waste of it. It's better suited to erasing core memories." Evelyn ad's on. "You still have some fragments that are a part of you. You can build off them and restablish your sense of identity."209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkT0K3bIg58
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Bethany shakes her head and then let's out a yawn. "It's okay, you get some rest. We can continue this later." She tells Bethany.209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRYahEN7oY8
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And they leave, Slate remaining behind with Bethany. Outside the room and out of earshot of everyone Slate with Bethany. Also Lyla, Gideon and Paisley are up the front distracted still. "That girl needs a doctor. If we weren't stuck plunged in this zombie hell, she'd be housed in a facility." Lindsey says. "Admitted to hospital, cared for by a team who can help her. You should be nicer, Lidnsey." Noah lectures him. 209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVgbUAvVGpS
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"She's not as well adjusted and self soothing like the others. We've seen the old cuts on her neck and wrists, her ankles. There is even some on her stomach. 209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkWWONNJfLF
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What do we do if she tries to harm herself or even take her life? Us nor her friends are equipped to look after her. And her expolsive temperment, she could turn on one of us." Evelyn points out.209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG78NMIkD4U
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"I don't know." Lindsey responds. "Do you want to just lock up anything sharp for now? The knives, anything breakable, medication even?" Noah says. 209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9PrhmiigvR
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"Well-"209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlK3ZfdoIaf
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"Lidnsey, also the bed sheets and so fourth. We can remove the most risky items, but she will find something. There will always be something."209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIBZADPUARs
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"Them what do you suggest, Noah?!"209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3VobTCztkN
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"We try and teach her how to cope. That in hand with the temporary removal of knives and... yeah, that's the best shot she has.209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAfZB2t07ul
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And you worked with at risk youth. Some of whom we're suicidal, self harming. Try and redirect her anger, teach her karatte or whatever it was."209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSgRPF7soKf
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"Okay..."209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡubuQPvqJt8
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"So, that's the plan?" Evelyn interjects. 209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCdZodkadIf
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"Yes."209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyoriCnLH5T
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"Okay..."209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLg1cSY53QV
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"I vote we find some belts, a scarf, rope though. If we have to hold her and tie her up for our and her safety one point, so be it. While the plan may work, what if it fails?"209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgPJ5ssZ7pl
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"I don't know, Evelyn. It would be best to bring Slate onboard. He is their leader and his the closest with Bethany. Get his input.209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4KiW18j3lS
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We won't get consent from Bethany, but his at-least maybe..."209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡleqMIf2SdX
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"Fine. Whatever, Noah."209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqQUSIumwBs
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"So it's agreed upon, final." Lindsey finishes.209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8NFfTa0dwa
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