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."217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXYb2WDWwg3
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"You think?"217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpfqCzdwcie
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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. 217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlJbdFE9ZKd
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The problem was none of us we're in control."217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡucJqGiuF1d
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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. 217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3cB3lL6hKZ
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And me? I never got to have a cure, Slate." She whispers, her voice now lower.217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRWSLmM7t26
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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.217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGEguYz4MO8
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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!"217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1UdhoeseQe
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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.217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNU2Py5T3FW
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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.217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRV7DAwnwvN
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"I don't want to be stuck like this forever, Slate! Numb and depressed, I feel like I'm worthless-"217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk3b1tLgBgH
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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. 217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡezR3NMxa98
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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.217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3xb5GFoATm
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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'217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcv24iPaX18
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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?'217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWOYtoW8T1u
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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."217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTtJN3Oatbw
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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.217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgs12FA9PL0
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Lyla walks away, heading back the bedroom with Zekey, slamming the door.217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrPS8saGJBF
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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.217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmWS5xMvglJ
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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. 217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKjgO28dgch
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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. 217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQkqdefOc5T
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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.217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5Y7KXfyE8V
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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. 217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnte3sYG6Ov
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"Lidnsey! Yelling at her won't make her come down any faster." Noah tells him.217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyXZg4JC29t
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"Oh, like you know!"217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq2Td8ys9wL
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"I do! I was a kindergarten teacher, I worked with kids! I've seen my fair share of rage fits."217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDY6kfry3Hg
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"And this is a 18 year old girl! I've worked in corrections!"217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIsJpHFhGuQ
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"I'm 28!" Bethany yells, spitting at Lindsey.217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB2F6NS5mDa
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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!"217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ6YKT0tIVE
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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?"217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVRDlBiRvQ0
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Bethany nods and Slate does as well when Evelyn enters. "Paisley's no longer crying. What happened?" 217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEDDAtHv889
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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.217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0GoU2K23mu
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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.217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡATRxUhQ0yL
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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.217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEeWdUqMOSV
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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. 217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3c75RuyFqJ
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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.217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw4XPSuf2B4
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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."217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbDtzI7x5O1
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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."217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3BE3iJwtY1
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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.217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs6cRGCilvJ
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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. 217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡECkr8LV0o1
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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. 217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsU1CxlLXLa
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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.217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbdkDiALnn1
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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. 217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE7Gw4fJdHI
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"Well-"217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIPSnoX7385
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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."217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGtJj5eaGbG
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"Them what do you suggest, Noah?!"217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrHhylH823V
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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.217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPfs2Y1DDSZ
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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."217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcJQt2Fmynq
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"Okay..."217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCcQ31vdp9N
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"So, that's the plan?" Evelyn interjects. 217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU2CLNhKhPx
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"Yes."217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ88x7lqufQ1
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"Okay..."217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH2FZsIzbEO
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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?"217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiwCA6c8sur
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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.217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡumaQUOUWMD
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We won't get consent from Bethany, but his at-least maybe..."217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk4kDyfDZ8a
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"Fine. Whatever, Noah."217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8MQaTnN03B
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"So it's agreed upon, final." Lindsey finishes.217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY1que2s9Jw
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