Seraphine hadn't been icy like this for a while, not since she'd gone undercover as a Smokie and almost gotten killed trying to get away. Cable had gotten mad at her because her tracking device hadn't worked and the Smoke hadn't been discovered. Frankly, she was furious with herself, too.

But this was different type of thrill. In the Smoke, she could feel the adrenaline pumping through her veins, moving her onward. Now, the air was pushed out of her lungs and the cold wind blew through her as the ground spiraled towards them.

She barely heard Tally scream the whole way down, she was too busy worrying whether the bungee jacket would work or not, then reminding herself what a stupid worry that was.

The fall ended with a lurch a meter from the ground. Sera held on as gravity threatened to rip Tally from her arms. The hover bounce didn't last as long as it would have if Seraphine had been alone, but it lasted long enough for her to be gasping for air by the time it ended.

Sera landed on the cool grass with a thud and found herself giggling uncontrollably. Tally rolled on the grass next to her, took a quiet breath and bounced up angrily. "What was that?" She shouted. "Are you trying to get us killed?"

Seraphine got to her feet slowly and said, "I don't want to hurt you," she smiled prettily, "but I will if I have to."

Tally looked at Sera in confusion, as if she didn't remember, but she had to remember, how couldn't she? Had Sera made a mistake? But she didn't make mistakes, she was a Special. And even though she didn't want to admit to Cable that she was wrong, Sera couldn't leave Tally, whether she knew anything or not.

"Do I know you?" Tally asked.

"You don't know me. But we have a… mutual friend." Though Dr. Cable wasn't exactly a friend to either of them, it was close enough.

"Wh-who?" She asked.

"Dr. Cable." Seraphine replied flashing the Pretty a smile. Tally just shook her head, knowing it was true, but not wanting to believe it.

"But you're not a Special," she whispered.

"Ah, Tally-wa, that's where you're wrong." Sera chuckled, "you know, Cable loves her toys."

Tally shook her head. "What do you want from me?"

"You're a threat, Tally, you're a threat to everything we've made." Sera was shouting now. "I can't let you destroy everything that humanity has built itself to be."

"I won't…" Tally trailed off. It was a lie, Sera knew it was a lie.

"No. You'll try, and you'll ruin everything. Why can't you people just leave everything be? Finally, the world is right and you have to go ruin everything!" She was shaking, trying to control herself. Sera didn't have a lot of the lesions that normal Specials had, it would blow her cover if she did, but she had a bit of a temper problem.

Tally was remembering things now, it was coming back to her, Seraphine could see the memories flooding over her. "Is it really better?" She asked, "Is it so much better that people can't think for themselves? That you can't think for yourself?"

"You're wrong." Sera growled, "I can think for myself. I'm the only one who can think for myself!" She stared at Tally, a few feet away from her. "You don't know what it's like, being me, knowing that you're better than everyone else, because you know what they don't."

There was silence. Sera glared at Tally, who looked away. "If you hate your life so much, then why do you go on living?" Tally whispered and looked up.

Seraphine shook her head. "Because I still have a purpose here."

"Oh yeah? What's that?" Tally smirked.

"To save the world."