Still with Blue and the other four
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The quad standing in front of the broken down Blue were utterly confused, worried, and just out-right scared.
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Red was taken.
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Green had been the first to speak, not having a filter on what they said— being devastated by the news which came from Blue.
"The Infiltrators?? What- how?! The hell happened back there, dude!"
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Blue struggled to speak, the tone of Green's voice contributing to that. He couldn't hold back the panic in his mind, the fear of reality, and the guilt for pretty much letting the future come to be what it is.
"I-I.. 1204 must have, d-uhh... tranquillised her. Then I got scared and... ran away, because I felt outnumbered, even with having my knife back. I'm s-so damn sorry... I can't believe I just- let them take her from me. I couldn't even get a moment with her outside of that damn place..."
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"It's... alright, Blue. We managed to get you out, we can break another free of that place— guessing they took her back inside of the headquarters."
They finished saying, then having an idea pop into their head.
"We could go back and try to see if we can catch 1204 before he takes her anywhere hard to get her out of...!"
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Novu had an argument against Green's suggestion.
"What- dude, that's dangerous, considering we just broke Blue out of that place. They'll probably have more idiots after him, which means us too!"
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Green was silent, indirectly staring at Novu before they found their words again.
"Well, what else do we do, we can't just let them take her like they did Blue. Red... she could be in even more danger considering she used to be an Infiltrator, like me. We can't let her down."
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Their younger sibling looked away stubbornly, being a bit embarrassed for saying their thoughts on Green's plan and how it could be quite dangerous. They started to take their words back.
"Alrightttt... I take it back. It's probably the best, and only thing we can do right now."
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"Thanks for being okay with it, Novu. We should hurry back there. Blue, did you see any Infiltrators following you? Maybe they'll be distracted with finding us while we sneak back to HQ. Then we'll all search for Red, together."
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Slowly but surly Blue was calming down, getting his composure back.
"I can't remember... my mind was just screaming at me to get out of there, away from danger. But... I do like your thinking, 1204 would probably have them chase after me... maybe."
Then the blue haired fugitive stood up, still having a slight struggle in doing so, and declared once more.
"So you're right, we should take advantage of that."
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Green gave a smile targeted towards Blue as it seemed he wasn't in a bad state anymore— at least from what they could tell. But really, he's still breaking down on the inside. Slowly, but surely, his mind was consumed by their worry for Red, their massive guilt... his one and only, taken from him. This world unfair to anyone below the higher ups, that's all it is now. Controlling the Infiltrators like puppets — and considerably the Deceivers too, by the Dictator — although Red and Green have been finally broken free from the strings of the grand puppet master, the Dictator, for some days now. Yet that didn't stop anyone still pulled by the strings from hurting the two, both mentally and physically, with Red being sedated right in front of Blue's eyes. And what makes it worse for the man is how it was supposed to be him shot with the tranquilliser. Not Red... not her.
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Suddenly Blue was taken out of his mind by Green who began to notice the disassociated look in the man's eyes.
"You alright, man? We should really get going now."
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The damaged man looked completely worn out... by everything. Yet still, he managed to apologise and get on with finding Red.
"Oh- sorry, I got... distracted. I'm good to go now."
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Green silently nodded as everyone was now ready, the group of five running back to the Deceiver's HQ. Their mission was a very urgent one that they needed to accomplish as soon as possible.
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While on their quick trip back to the building it sounded as if they passed the Infiltrators who'd been searching for the group of five, or more so hunting them down. Upon reaching the HQ's fire exit, the one Blue and the siblings... along with Red... exited from earlier, it looked like all the Infiltrator's still alive had left in order to search for the fugitives. This allowed the group to ease up; maybe this will be an easy mission, one they can complete quickly and get over with so they can go back to existing. But... they also need to figure out just exactly how they'll destroy what the Dictator has created.
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As they reached their way down the stairwell, predicting she'd been brought to the floor Blue was locked up in, there was once again that same sound of silence. Except this time it was extremely eerier than before. Not a single person in sight other than the five standing just outside the stairwells entrance. But they all pushed their nerves to the side and quickly got back on the mindset of catching 1204 with Red, and to get her out of his grasp.
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The group went on to look in every single cell, finding them to be all empty, only making Blue worried more. Where could she possibly have been taken?
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Green remembered a different kind of cell specialised for more... intense procedures, guessing that's their next best chance at finding her.
"Yo, I think I know where that asshole could have taken her to. Just follow my lead."
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They all listened to Green's guess on Red's location, Blue becoming more anxiety stricken for all the reasons possible right now. Although this worry of his mostly came from their thoughts on what exactly they could be doing to his girl that required a different kind of cell.
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Down and down the corridors they ran, just for every room they encountered to appear completely empty with only intricate machinery inside of it that the knowledge of what it was used for exclusively known by Green currently. A problem was that they couldn't bear to reveal exactly what they know about these machines, not wanting Blue to be even more worried than he already is about Red. Then, at the farthest down room of the corridor, they found an occupied room with 1204 in it.
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Blue didn't take this lightly as he banged on the door with immense force in increments as he began to break down mentally. He wanted to tear apart 1204 for all he's done to both him and now, most likely, Red. But the door was locked shut, making them unable to swing it open.
"WHERE DID YOU FUCKING TAKE HER!?"
Yelled Blue, their voice oozing with anguish as tears began to waterfall down from his eyes. He couldn't take losing Red, or having 1204 do whatever he planned to do with her. He had to get her out...
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"Oh~ you mean this thing...?"
Slyly said the man, having an incredibly evil demeanor as he turned and positioned the machine to where Blue could now see that Red was right in the room, still alive. But worst of it all is her being strapped onto said machine... the contraption having a monstrous, futuristic look. Only if Blue knew what it did...
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And in fact Blue wasn’t sure what to say, whether he should keep his anger spilling out from him or ask just exactly why 1204 is doing this, why he still follows Hemlock order as an Infiltrator and basically the new General, and just maybe... try in succeeding to convince him to come over to the good side.
"Why- why are you doing this??"
He almost cried out, unable to hold himself back from just asking... why?
"Why do you stay on the side that kills and deceives the innocent residents unlucky enough to be living in this rotten city?!"
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1204 faltered on making an argument back, although his face of resentment hidden under the mask, only his body language communicating his thoughts to the fugitives outside the door. Then he was able to get back his confident side, making it possible for him to say a comeback at Blue.
"You killed my partner, my best friend. So I'm going to do something similar to your "friend"... I won't be killing her, as I do have my morals. Instead I'll remove her memories of you and all of the things she's done to make her a traitor to her own kind. You've plagued her mind and the others on your side far enough, so she'll be the first out of them that I'll return to their old, true self."
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"Bullshit! All you Infiltrators do is kill people who are trying to escape from this place, from confinement, from being fucking controlled by the fuck ass Dictator who, and I mean seriously, is full of shitty. fucking. lies!"
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The siblings along with Emma and Lee could only stare, frozen in some kind of fear unique to themselves due to the yelling between two people so similar but divided with each other simply from being on the other side. There was some guilt forming in the other lovers' hearts, that being Emma and Lee's, due to Red taking the tranquiliser for Blue when the two could have stopped 1204 from even shooting it in the first place.
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But the delusional Infiltrator didn't listen to the traitor's words that went against his beliefs, not wanting to think differently about the big man controlling him and his Infiltrator colleagues along with Deceivers. He clicked the button on his uniform's wrist area that allowed him to make announcements in any current building he was in, if it had the technology in place, and made yet another vicious announcement.
"Lock all the doors, everything- until Subject 1116 and its followers are confirmed as successfully captured. The procedure on Subject 0822 will commence soon, you will find the fugitives on the cell floor. Do not let any of them escape."
The man said all of this while masking a crooked smile on his face with the eyes of an insane person, piercing through Blues eyes. 1204 is an example of what happens when your mind is overtaken by the government, the Dictator, and even the people just above you—the Deceivers, yet themselves also deceived by the Dictator—all contributing to the downfall of the South that once was a part of the United States, well- if they were ever "United" in the first place.
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"Blue- we have to get out of here, now!"
Green said urgently as they placed a hand on their angered friend who was currently in a state of despair, not wanting to leave his lover behind in the grasp of evil.
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"No! We need to get her the fuck out of there! He's going to mess with her mind. We can't let that happen to her, don't you get it????"
Blue lashed out his anger at Green that luckily didn't get physical before calming himself down the best he could at this time.
"We... we can't lose her."
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This left Green speechless, unsure between getting caught from trying to save Red, or getting the hell out of here with the others before they're all trapped in Deceiver's Headquarters.
"I don't think we have a choice... we need to save ourselves, or all of us won't see the light again... then we won't be able to save this city."
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The rest of the group behind Green didn't speak but Blue could tell they were on Green's side, all watching as Blue started to break down again, standing there too as tears came from his eyes once again. He couldn't, nor wanted to, say anything- he became nonverbal for a moment.
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Green felt guilty—they've been feeling extremely guilty for everything lately—for the state Blue was in right now, sobbing and punching the door before eventually they became too exhausted to do so. Now he was laying his head against the glass, looking at the floor in despair. Suddenly they spoke up, yet still in the same position, with stutters in their breath.
"Damn i-it. Fine, let's just get out of here... and leave her behind..."
Then he turned and looked up at the other four with their red, tear-stained eyes before Green sadly nodded to Blue agreeing to escaping this facility.
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Guns and Blue's knife were in the respective hands of each person in the group, all five being well prepared for whatever it was to come at them. Well, so they thought- not suspecting leaving this place again would be more of a hassle — compared to when Emma and Lee waited outside the fire exit — but it was. It got worse; few pathways were open for them to further their progression of escaping this place. And, adding on to that, it seemed like the group never got even a millisecond to rest once they were a good distance away from Red's cell.
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Somehow they survived after all the bullets and close calls to death, reaching the outside perimeter of Deceiver HQ. The group themselves were truly shocked they made it out alive, although having taken a considerable amount of damage, some damage received from the Infiltrator's that managed to luckily hit the five in non-vital spots. Blue having his knife back helped tremendously too as they began to become more diligent with using it, making it feel like he can do, and accomplice, anything. Such as destroying the Dictator's reign over Hemlock. And with Red locked up back in the Headquarters, Blue only had more rage to take out on some pesky Infiltrators.
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Some minutes later into the city of Hemlock which surrounded Deceiver HQ, the group hiding in an alley way on a street not as busy as the others
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"Looks like we lost them— for now, at least."
Whispered Green, wanting to make sure the coast is completely clear. They can't lose anyone else... not after losing Red, their best friend. They couldn't lose Blue again, nor Emma or Lee, and... their sibling.
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On that thought, Novu spoke up annoyed yet came off as sarcastic with their honest question.
"’hell are we gonna go now?"
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Green didn’t want to say this, but they couldn’t hide anything anymore. Not in these times. They had to be honest.
“I… I-I don’t know.”
Then they glanced at Blue, wanting to see how he’s holding up yet Green couldn’t get themself to look directly at the grieving man. This is their own fault, but they couldn’t feel at ease on both sides of how this story could have gone. Save Red, or escape. What will escape bring to the group’s story? Will they all die, or what? The group, including Red, had an ending forever known to the unknown, for now…
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