"Go. Get her back, no matter what the cost." Master Namine ordered. "If you don't," she smiled wickedly. "You know what I'll do."

I nodded and dashed out of the room, if nothing else to get out of her presence. My job was to infiltrate the enemy base, and rescue Namine's friend and my partner, Kairi.

I put on my stealth clothes, and ran out of my room.

As I neared the building, I was still astounded that the government would succumb to machines.

In case you didn't know, the planet used to be happy, lively, and secure, but nowadays, machines have taken over, literally. Sure, the government controls them, but all of us know that that won't last forever. There isn't a spec of green in sight.

Now the whole world is in chaos, and the only order any of us has found, was Master Namine. She would take people's memories away, and plant new, better ones, and in exchange, they would have to help her make the world green again. No matter what the cost. That was our motto. I was one of the founding members, but I relinquished my command, and chose to work for Namine, but I didn't let her take my memories.

To me, memories are special. They're what make us who we are, and no one has the right to take them away, no matter how horrible they are.

I, actually, was the cause of my parents' deaths. The government has been hunting down people that they call, the Infused. The Infused were pumped full of Mako energy at birth, and were supposed to be super SOLDIERs, but most of them rebelled, and as a result, genocide ensued. I was one of them, but I escaped, but my parents' died because of it.

Then more riots broke out, and now this, machines everywhere, to try and contain the situation.

Anyway, I went into the west alleyway, and climbed to a vent. I crawled in, and noticed that they've upped their security. More guards and killer walls. Yeah. Killer walls are walls that have two rotating blades to stab your leg and your back. They never kill, but they do injure to where they have a chance at catching you.

I hopped down, and slashed down some guards, and crept to a corner, where more couldn't see me. When the others came along to investigate, I took them out too. I checked my Xwatch, and saw that I was in the detention area, which is where they keep people from our group.

I listened carefully inside each other the cells, until I heard the whimpering of Kairi.

I quickly cracked the code and opened the door. When I looked at her bloody, injured form, my only thought about her was road kill. I know that's wrong, I admit that, but when you live in a hell like this, you think about the strong and healthy, not the weak and sickly.

But I picked her up, and silently crept out. Then I heard guards. I moved to a corner, and set Kairi down. I put my body to the wall, but felt my back and leg get stabbed. I bit my lip, and pulled myself out, before painfully taking out the guards.

I once again picked up Kairi, and went out the same way I came in.

When I got back, I dumped Kairi in front of Namine, and limped off to my room. From there, I collapsed onto my bed from the pain and exhaustion.