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When Faith didn't get a response Faith opened the door and watched Lucy pack hurriedly. "You're not going alone. I'm not losing you like we lost Maddy." When Lucy didn't look up Faith caught Lucy's arm, forcing her to stop. "Lucy please, you need help, if he gets ahold of you-" she trailed off. "I couldn't forgive myself. Please let me go with you."

Agent 8 looked Ripley up and down, she seemed okay, she didn't have a weapon that she could see. "You sound like him." She said the last part with slight venom.

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*Lucy aggressively zipped up her pack before snapping at Faith* Your not going to lose me Faith! The less of us there are, the better odds we can get in as quick as we get out! And besides, you have a family Faith! You have children and a husband who count on your survival!

*Ripley looked at the inkling* Who?

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"And you're apart of my family Lucy! You and Maddy both!" Faith countered in exasperation. "Either I go with you, or you're not going at all."

The Octoling's green eyes flickered up at the speaker. "The scarred man."

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*Lucy walked towards the door but Faith blocked her path. Lucy angrily looked at Faith* Let me through Faith... Now.. *When Faith didn't waver, Lucy whistled at her, blasting her backwards and allowing Lucy to walk out of the room and leave the building*

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Faith scrambled up to follow Lucy, only to curse herself out when she couldn't find Lucy. She disappeared back into the building and managed to gather a small party to help her find Lucy as well as take out Benton and rescue Ripley. . .with Noel's permission of course.

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*One week later, Lucy layed sleeping in an abandoned town, somewhere near the border of Wyoming and Utah. Since leaving, she would travel for hours on end, rarely stopping for anything except food and rest. From outside of where she was, she could hear the faintest sound of rushing water but other than that, silence. All of a sudden, Lucy began to toss and turn, muttering as she moved* No... no, Maddy.... MADDY NO!!! *Lucy woke up in a stir with her gun in her hand, waving it around frantically as if she was trying to kill multiple people. Upon realizing there was no danger ahead lower her gun and rubbed her eyes. But then she paused for a second and looked at her bag. Before she left, she packed Maddy's tapes in her bag but had yet to start watching more of them. She reached over to the bag and took out the CD labeled "2" and plugged it into the DVD player. She saw Maddy's face once again on the screen and Lucy felt warm with joy*

*Maddy violently coughed into her hand as the video started. After about 7 seconds of heavy breathing however, she began speaking* So... where to begin with- *Maddy paused and took some more deep breaths* The story of me.. well, first off, my real name is Madison Grace Dakotas. I was born on March 18th, 2002 in Maine and- *Maddy chuckled slightly and began to ramble* Jesus, that seems so long ago. And with all of the chaos that's been happening I forgot. Today's my birthday.. *Maddy paused and coughed a couple of times before continuing* Ya, I'm umm... I'm 28 years old today and *Maddy picked up a cup of water and raised it up before sarcastically quipping* Still healthy as ever *As Maddy chuckled at her own joke, Lucy chuckled as well. Maddy took a sip of the water before continuing* 28 years old and *Maddy looked at her watch before then shrugging and holding her arm up* Broken watch *Maddy shook her head and coughed a few more times before continuing with a harsh voice* But I'm 24 years old and, maybe less than an hour sober so.. ya *Maddy opened her mouth as if she was about to continue but the video suddenly ended.

*Lucy lowered the DVD player and looked forward into nothing. She angrily shook her head and spoke to herself* I'm going to find him Maddy... dont you worry, I'll find him.

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Faith continued to lead the small party to Seattle, Faith was terrible with directions but thankfully Sal knew exactly where to go, the pair of them led the way, as they shared worried glances with each other. Sometimes they'd find a small scrap of something that Lucy had left behind from an old campsite of hers, assuring them they were headed the right way.

Agent 8, or better known as Lucky, which Ripley now knew was sleeping in a large pile of green ink in her ocotpus form. Through the week Ripley and Lucky had slowly and somewhat grudgingly shared info on each other and gleaned as much information as they could about what was going on. All they knew was they were moving, they didn't know how far or where to.

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*Within minutes, Lucy's bags were fully packed and she began to leave the home she slept in and walked into the abandoned town, with a hunting rifle in her hands. She looked around at the various homes and shops that were abandoned. All of them were overgrown with plants, some had broken windows and others didn't. She saw a small convinance store at the corner of the street that she walked on, along with the town jail and what looked to be a collapsed part of the highway. As she came up on the collapsed highway, she could see the cars and pipelines that were destroyed as well. As she made her way across, she then began to notice tire marks of a recent vehicle staining the ground. As she crouched down to get a better look, something caught her eye. It was a wolf. A wolf with white fur and bright green eyes. Lucy had seen this wolf, or at least one similar to it, before.* Are you following me?

*The wolf began to walk towards her, prompting Lucy to ready her gun just in case. However as it got closer, it continued going forward until it reached the jail, where it stopped and looked at Lucy. Lucy slowly stood up and walked towards the jail. Once she was a few feet away from the door of the jail, and thus the wolf, she slowly walked past it and went into the jail. And finally, after a week of searching, she found a clue. On the ground, there was some dried mud that spelled out "Ripley was here". Lucy smiled and whirled around to look at the wolf but it had vanished. She ran out the door and surveyed the area, but saw nothing. The wolf vanished. But Lucy's hopes had been revived as she set out back on her way to find Ripley.*

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Faith and her party had reached a different abandoned town not far from the one Lucy was in. As her group rested Faith swore she caught the sight of a white wolf, and it was looking at her with bright green eyes. Faltih blinked but when she looked again it was gone. Sal put a hand on her and Faith looked at him then back in the general direction of the wolf. "I think we need to go that way." Faith didn't wait for Sal to respond, she started the walk in the direction the wolf had been in.

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Raelyn had been travelling with Faith and Sal for what seemed like ages. Her life had been pretty boring, and she was pretty much sick of it. She wasn’t ungrateful, having heard of the threat called Benton, and how dangerous he was, but she was grumpy and tired. She began cartwheeling, and upon seeing Faith walk off, followed her, doing backflips and front flips purely out of amusement. Kyra was bounding around her, weaving in and out through the gaps, trying to cheer the girl up.

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Brushing the dirt off of his jeans, Xaiver stood up to follow. He was glad to be out in the open, his head so much clearer. Moving around calmed him down, despite the fact that the dark thoughts didn't even come as easily out here. It was mostly the weight of what they were doing. Xaiver couldn't pretend it didn't scare him. But he knew that what they were doing was right either way, so it kept him stable, at least.

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Faith kept going, pushing onward, following the direction even as she left the current town's outskirts. Slowly, another town came into view and she saw someone dart by. Lucy! Faith ran after her. "Lucy!"

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Lucky was given a weapon "E-liter 4K scope" it was called. Once she had exited the gate she was staring at a large stack of crates in a 6X10 fashion, as she carefully examined the box tower Benton's voice blipped on the speaker overhead. "You need to break all of these crates to pass the test. However, you only get one shot. Make your own luck out there Agent 8." The intercom cut off and Lucky watched as the three large balloons lazily drifted from side to side, one balloon was near the top, the second in the middle, and the last near the bottom. Okay. . .so she just had to line these up then. . .right?

Lucky shifted her footing and looked down the scope, taking careful aim and-

She pulled the trigger and hit the balloon in the middle, causing it to inflate and explode, triggering the other two balloons as well. Then they exploded destroying all the boxes aside from three in the lower left-hand corner. Lucky's eyes widened when she spotted them, just as the ink sac on her back inflated. "You didn't bust all the crates. Test failed." Then the sac of ink on Lucky's back exploded into purple ink, effectively taking the Octoling out. She however responded shortly after, and so had the boxes. "Four tries left Agent 8."

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Xaiver had been staring at the ground, mindlessly following the group. But when he heard Faith's shout, he looked up. He could see someone moving, but it was too quick. Not wanting to do the wrong thing, he quickly began jogging after her. "Do you want me to go after her?" He said quickly, trying to keep pace. Gah, trying to know exactly the right thing to do was hard.

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*In the middle of testing, Benton left the room to walk around the base. He had demanded that each cell be provided with a screen to watch Agent 8 fire their weapon, for reasons that for now were unclear. Inside her cell, Ripley sat in the corner and coughed heavily. Since arriving, she hadn't received treatment for her broken wings, causing them to discolor. As Benton walked by she began to speak out in a weak voice* Please, I need medical attention.. please, help me. *After a few moments, she heard Bentons footsteps stop. She heard his shoes scrape on the ground as he turned and walked back to her cell, where he looked into her cell and saw her and her wings. And after a few seconds he left once again, causing Ripley to plead again l* Please sir, help me.... please....

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It had taken Lucky three of four her remaining tries to finally figure the best way. Once the top balloon had stopped in the upper right corner and the bottom balloon in the lower-left she pulled the trigger. The balloons went off and exploded, destroying all the crates except one. Lucky stared in shock, barely hearing Benton's voice declaring Lucky failing the test.

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*A few minutes later, Benton walked into the room with 2 guards flanking him on both sides. He looked at the last crate that she didn't destroy, along with the boxes she did destroy* Agent 8. *Lucky looked at Benton as he turned towards her* How come you were able to hit every box but this one? *Lucky hesitated as Benton began walking towards her* Every box was hit dead center but now, here I am, standing before you with one box remaining on that wall. *Benton stood over Agent 8, who looked towards the ground in disappointment. Benton crouched down and lifted her face with his fingers* Are your siblings lives not a good enough insensitive for you?

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Lucky gripped her arm as she looked at the ground, her brain still whirling on how that one box managed to evade being destroyed. She had gotten it last time, why not this time!? "No, it's not that." Lucky fought for a valid response despite knowing possibly nothing she could say wouldn't be enough. "This test was all down to timing, mine was a bit off I suppose. I'll do what you want, just don't hurt them. I'm begging you, they're all I have left. . ."

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*Benton spoke sternly to her* We are at war, Agent 8. And during war, ever shot counts. *He put his hands on her shoulders* But I will not lay a finger on them, Agent 8. So long as you do your job. Understood? *Agent 8 quickly and subtly nodded her head and Benton pat her face before standing up and moving to her side* Now take out that last box and head back to your cell. *Benton turned around and began walking with his guards until he was outside once again. Then one of the guards spoke to him* Sir, I thought the test subject vanished weeks ago. Did you recapture them? *Benton didn't look at him* Just do your job, Captain.

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Taking a moment to gather herself she picked up the E-liter 4K scope and after taking a breath to calm her pounding heart, pulled the trigger and destroyed the last box. Once it was gone, the door within the wall opened leading to her cell. Gently laying the weapon on the ground she walked in without complaint and the door shut behind her. Lucky leaned against the wall farthest to Ripley with a hard to read expression before slowly sliding down the wall until she was sitting with her knees up to her chest.

Faith had left her group behind in an attempt to follow Lucy, only to lose sight of her and stumbled upon something that made her lose interest in Lucy for a few moments. It was a smallish building of sorts that looked incredibly run down and abandoned, as Faith slowly got closer she realized that this was an outpost. Was this Benton's? And if it was, did that mean he was nearby? Faith carefully examined the base with uttermost care, fearing one misstep would cause her discovery.

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*From inside part of the outpost, 2 men sat watching Faith. One held a military scope and the other held a sniper rifle aimed towards Faith. The man with the scope began to speak* Sighted in? *The other one spoke* Yep... See anyone else? *The first one spoke* Nope... Take the- wait a minute *The man with the scope looked around. He thought he saw something move in the tree's. As he looked around, he saw the glare of something. But before he could directly see it, the man with the sniper caught a bullet to the throat, causing him to fall backwards. The man with the sight ducked down and waited to hear something, particularly footsteps, but he heard nothing. He moved his head up to see if the thing that caused the glare moved and was I'm turn shot in the head by Lucy and her rifle. She then looked towards Faith's direction* Come on out!

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