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."182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdVtLH54wZZ
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"You think?"182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWYEidj8Dcn
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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. 182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEsD2puZwYP
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The problem was none of us we're in control."182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhAJUqSqHgK
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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. 182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7ItJvigrF1
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And me? I never got to have a cure, Slate." She whispers, her voice now lower.182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf27mZPCcY2
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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.182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa322xSiU2v
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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!"182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7JoK2e7WJE
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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.182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8d6VZhb6vb
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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.182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN3FChWsp5L
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"I don't want to be stuck like this forever, Slate! Numb and depressed, I feel like I'm worthless-"182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ6FXZuL6pH
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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. 182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVcvUlwjAwM
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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.182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAh0iMNaXvW
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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'182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIBETrB4DMm
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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?'182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJA7B9gleed
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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."182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwRKOffJyaY
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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.182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEOSJDnSWu1
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Lyla walks away, heading back the bedroom with Zekey, slamming the door.182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFgxF8y9vOr
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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.182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu2XGH6wKcB
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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. 182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ45ZgzfWz0n
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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. 182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡitmQpfsb5E
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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.182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcrxOpMDVry
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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. 182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2HucKlgyem
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"Lidnsey! Yelling at her won't make her come down any faster." Noah tells him.182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN037EDgXJk
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"Oh, like you know!"182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjvoSH5aVj9
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"I do! I was a kindergarten teacher, I worked with kids! I've seen my fair share of rage fits."182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCsWPhKxbvD
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"And this is a 18 year old girl! I've worked in corrections!"182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgsZedmud3n
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"I'm 28!" Bethany yells, spitting at Lindsey.182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4BkS4EGj06
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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!"182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvSsNvqWDmC
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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?"182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ08rzaYMfo
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Bethany nods and Slate does as well when Evelyn enters. "Paisley's no longer crying. What happened?" 182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHL9IuATscR
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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.182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnpUBzcoavW
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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.182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlKtFkYJPbt
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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.182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT5DOfjT8I3
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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. 182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvhOGyCjB49
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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.182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6XxiLwNd9p
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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."182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy5ixg79VAS
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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."182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡelgPkwV53D
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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.182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡESlu9KJRX9
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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. 182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡygcXscMA8P
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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. 182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5TThotd7SI
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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.182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1ebI2hUlua
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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. 182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaRomRDquZn
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"Well-"182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwnY3WuEzAK
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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."182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSql8mcAwmc
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"Them what do you suggest, Noah?!"182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqGYRzaRnGy
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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.182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMbV5H3DfDj
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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."182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3q3wcx32Y8
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"Okay..."182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb3OfNmc0uS
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"So, that's the plan?" Evelyn interjects. 182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgQ0FaeNoaA
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"Yes."182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7oEra5nF2h
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"Okay..."182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7PQlOkhsUk
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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?"182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkN0VHCo5Fu
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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.182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1l5PZKrNwL
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We won't get consent from Bethany, but his at-least maybe..."182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcxUSIuCSpw
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"Fine. Whatever, Noah."182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL4T6XRzFXU
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"So it's agreed upon, final." Lindsey finishes.182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1Z7A7oYcWr
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