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Dark World 7: Fading Back

Chapter 1:

Ingrid's POV

Taken….again, that's what I was, Taken. Things just happen too quickly and too soon. I felt as if I had just escaped the Dharma Initiative in the Matrix and then they had got me again in real life. I hoped they never figured out who we were. They could find the ship and kill everyone on it. In fact, I'm surprised they hadn't figured it out already. It was just floating up there in front of Earth like a beacon. It would be hard to miss it.

"Are you okay mom?" Derek asked.

"I'm…pissed off but fine." I smiled.

He seemed to relax at that but only for a moment. As soon as the words came out of my mouth our cell door opened.

"Ingrid Nilson, You're wanted in questioning." The man said.

"Fine," I stood up and walked out into the hallway with him.

I looked back as he shut the door. Derek and Allison were on their feet and walking towards me. The door shut and I looked down. The man was over six feet tall and had a burly bearded face. He had considerable amounts of muscles though. He reminded me of a mature Finn Hudson, Rachel's ex boyfriend. He led me past bright chemical lights and used cells. People were screaming inside of several. I wondered if people had any clue about what happened inside of this place.

"Have a seat," the man opened a door and left me alone.

I sat down and looked around the room. A large beige wall with the DHARMA TREE Symbol stared at me. I knew there had to be a camera hidden inside of the symbol somewhere.

"Hello, Ingrid is it? My name is Nathan Norman," A man said entering my room.

My eyes crew wide as I heard the name. I looked up casually and smiled as if I'd never met him before.

"Yes, Ingrid Nilson."

"Is that German?" he asked.

"I think so, yes." I nodded.

"Are you from West Germany, East Germany or Rylian?" He asked.

"I'm from here," I said.

"Your File says your from District 1?"

"Uh yes, the southern coast of it actually. Near the sea."

"So Los Angeles?" he asked.

"Uh what?" I asked.

"Los Angeles Boulevard? Is that what you are referring to?"

"Oh yes, sorry. It's been a long day." I said.

He wrote something down in his notebook. It was difficult to know how to take this. We'd been in lockup for almost a full day, which meant we'd been back on earth for nearly two days. God, this was all getting rather scary. Then there was the problem of trying to get my places right. Derek had whispered to Allison and I that they'd been finding ruined towns and rebuilding them. Oklahoma City was the first, then Los Angeles, Portland, D.C., Denver and a few others scattered around the districts of Panem. It was like multiple nations all thrown into one.

"So why were you talking of destroying the Dharma?" he asked.

"I wasn't, we're taking my son Derek home and I don't know where he lives so I asked my friend Allison how we are taking Derek home. Then this guard comes in and accuses us of saying something else." I laughed. "I mean who would want to destroy the Dharma?"

"Members of the Everdeen Revolution, but we've almost wiped them out." Nathan said. "You all are free to go, I see no reason to hold you."

I nodded and followed him out into the hallway. We walked back to my cell and he let Allison and Derek out. Allison immediately hugged me.

"Are you okay? What happened?" She asked.

"I'm fine? This is all just a misunderstanding." I said.

"Well go scurry along, get Derek home safely." Nathan said.

Derek nodded and Nathan winked at us.

Derek Conard's POV

I led mom and Allison outside the police station. The sky cracked with lightning. Hover Cars zoomed by over head. The Dharma City Police Station was positioned above the city. It was basically floating on air, but poles connected it with the ground. It was created this way so prisoners couldn't escape from it.

"Hey Taxi!" I yelled.

Allison and mom looked up into the sky as a yellow taxi landed softly on the ground in front of us.

"Amazing," Allison shook her head.

"Makes our time look primitive," Mom added.

"Come on guys, that was seven hundred years ago," I laughed.

They frowned and got into the car. Maybe I should have kept my mouth shut about the past. They had a time. I was thrown in several ones and born from a Matrix Machine. If it weren't for Beverly I would have died. She took me, Nathan, Alyssa, Ian and Matt into her care and raised us. When we were teenagers she plugged us and herself in. Then we were sent down to Earth while it was still America and looked around. After a year we returned and went back in. When Panem took over we joined in that race for around three years and then as Dharma came in we belnded into society. At first we lived in the old Panem Capitol, which was now a city smaller than anywhere else, Even District 12 and 14 were bigger. I still can't believe we haven't renamed the districts though. I thought they would have been named more properly like New Hampshire or Nevada. They did name sections of the towns after fallen cities however. All they knew was a place called North America had fallen. The Germanys, England, Chinas, and Itaila all kept America a secret though. Dharma commanded it. I feared Dharma would soon take over the Eurasian continent. It was so peaceful inside the matrix, I couldn't imagine anyone destroying it.

"Where to?" The taxi driver asked.

"Concord Street off of West Norman," I told him.

The taxi lifted up and flew into the bustling city of Dharma. Mom and Allison looked at the streets below. The taxi driver made eye contact with me and nodded to them.

"They're from District 12, they haven't been into a big city like this." I told him.

"Country folk," he shook his head.

I smiled at that. My technical brother Clay, also Nathan's father, told me that Oklahoma was a country place. Tons of people wore boots and cowboy outfits. They listened to country music and rode horses with cowboy hats. That was when I was little and I knew that it wasn't that way anymore. At first it was partially District 9 and then it became the most futuristic city in Northern Karma, which was what the Dharma Government had renamed North America.

"Here we are," He landed on the street.

I paid the man and walked out with mom and Allison. They stretched and looked around. This part of the city was just as populated and busy, but down an ally way there was an entrance to the old part of the City. A place they had rebuilt and planned on opening as a museum, but soon it was forbidden and quarantined. That's where we'd been living.

"Where to?" mom asked.

"A place I think you know," I smiled.

Clay's POV

"What are you doing?" I walked up to Beverly.

She was sitting at the computer looking at screens and adding something to them. I saw Global Dynamics and Luke and Annie. Annie almost got her head chomped off by a wolf and Jo shot it.

"I'm making it look as though Ingrid was kidnapped and taken out of Global after it was taken down." She said.

"So…"

"I'm hacking into their recordings from that night and programming a scene where the man who attacked her dragged her outside and into a car." Beverly said. "It'll keep them busy until Ingrid gets back inside. Oh, I also erased their minds of the computer glitch that happened. They think a storm was raging and yeah."

"That's good," I said.

"How's Quinn?" She looked up from it to look at me.

"She's a little shaken up, but you know how it is." I said.

"You know what I mean…" Beverly looked back.

I did know exactly what she meant…I didn't know If I could handle it though. I mean we could take care of it if we had to, but I didn't want to in this world. We needed to stop the Dharma Crew first.

"She's scared." I looked down.

"I would be too," Beverly said.

"It just all happened so fast, How did you know anyway?" I asked.

"I saw you too sneak off and then her take the test later." Beverly said. "back at the police station before you got back to the old timeline."

I nodded remembering. I just couldn't believe it. Quinn was pregnant again…

Luke's POV

"Good morning, Lucas." Annie knocked on my door. "Zane and Jack are waiting for us in the dining room."

"Be right there," I yawned throwing the covers off.

Annie left the door and walked into the kitchen. She was wearing her black leather boots, white blouse, and dark jeans. I knew she was ready to go looking for our friends again.

I put on a fresh pair of clothes and felt my heart pain when I saw Ingrid's side of the closet. Her shoes and outfits all perfectly organized. They weren't of course when I first got here. The house did seem to be in a bit of a mess as if someone had been looking through things. Then Jack and Zane told reminded me that they'd been kidnapped and drugged. Taken from their own homes in the middle of the night.

"So what are we doing today?" I sat down next to Annie and Jack.

"Well we traced the car down to a name in Northern Scotland, his name is Ernest Till, I don't know if he's our guy but I bet he's got some information." Zane said.

I sighed. We'd been at this for nearly two months, looking for our friends. The security feed of Global showed three hooded people putting Ingrid and the others into a car. They all looked drugged. I spent every waking moment looking for them. Plus we'd been after Elaina, Stefan, Rachel and Damon. We hadn't heard from them in years apparently. The last thing we knew was that they were in Rome. We'd go looking there soon enough.

Annie looked over at me. Our moment a few weeks ago had me stirred up. What would I do if Ingrid was alive and I still had feelings for Annie?

….What would I do if she wasn't?

I guess I'd have to trace this man down at first.