Another little rewind in this chapter. I hope it makes sense. Let me know what y'all think! Also, I really need some critiques as far as the direction of the story is concerned. Happy Reading! :)

Miles & Rachel carried Charlie up to her bedroom, and laid her down.

Gene followed with a tray of food. "Before you go back to sleep try to eat something."

She nodded. As they made their way out the room, Charlie's thoughts took over.

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Gene, Miles, Rachel, Bass, Connor, & Duncan headed down to the basement to begin questioning the Neville's. When they arrived downstairs, they saw that both gentlemen were now awake, still completely restrained in their chairs.

Miles began, "So which one of you is going to tell me what you're actually doing here?"

"Oh, just getting rid of that cockroach that won't seem to die," Tom spat back.

Bass lunged forward and grabbed him by the neck. "You're lucky Charlie's ok, or you'd be dead already, you son of a bitch."

"Bass!" Miles pulled him off Tom. Bass was still fuming, totally ready to put a bullet through Tom's head. Miles continued, "He's right though, Tom. You either start talking now, or you're dead."

"It's not my fault the girl got in the way," Tom insisted.

"That isn't what I asked you." Miles stared him down. Tom only stared back. Refusing to say another word.

Duncan jumped in, "Okay, I don't have time for this." She pulled out her gun, walked up to Jason, and placed it flush against his forehead. "One of you, start talking now!"

Jason finally spoke up, "Will someone please control her. I'll tell you everything."

"Duncan, put down the gun. There's a long list of those who want to kill these two, so get in line. Besides, Tom here has no problem sacrificing his own son if it means getting ahead," Bass interjected.

Duncan lowered the gun and backed up.

"Ok, then Jason. Get talking," Miles said.

Tom quickly started before Jason could get a word out, "Son, think long and hard before you say anything else."

"Dad, she's probably already dead. And if she isn't, they'll kill us as soon as they finish with us. We don't stand a chance on our own."

"That's the spirit, Jason," Bass said with a sarcastic smirk. "Now keep talking. Who's probably dead?"

Jason continued, "After we realized my mom was dead because of the bombs the Patriots dropped, my dad wanted us to climb the ranks of the US, get close to the President, and take him out. Problem is, they figured us out. They sent me to a re-education camp, and dad got sent elsewhere."

Before he could continue, Gene jumped in, "Re-education camp?"

"Yea, that'll be something y'all will want to keep in mind. They're looking for young people like me, Charlie, and Connor. They're using some sort of behavioral drug to alter the minds of the soldiers. I was basically a zombie, killing anything in my way. They're bad…real bad."

"How do we know you're still not drugged up," Connor asked.

"Because if I were, you'd all be dead already."

"That's an awfully confident statement," Duncan replied.

"Trust me. When you see these guys, you'll see you can't do this on your own….by the way, who the hell are you," Jason asked.

Tom interrupted, "Other than being Monroe's little girlfriend, who are you? And who were those men with you earlier?"

Miles jumped back in, "We're the ones asking questions Tom. Not you. We'll talk more about those re-education camps later, but Jason, get to the point. Why'd your father try to kill Bass?"

"Well, he somehow managed to find me. He flushed the drugs out of my system, and we worked our way up the ranks quickly."

Bass cut in, "Why does that not surprise me?"

Jason rolled his eyes and continued, "We were moving to our new base, and we spotted my mom. She was alive, well, and married to the man next in line to the chief of staff. She said she thought we were dead, that's why she got re-married. She said she wanted to be with us, but still wanted the status of being an elite member of society. I love my mother, but my father is too blind to see that my mother will use whoever she has too to get what she wants. So we stuck around to try and take out the President. We got re-stationed at the White House. Her husband, the new chief of staff, figured out everything. Then the President took my mom and said he'd kill her if we didn't kill Monroe and bring back his body. He seems to think that we have more knowledge on Monroe than anyone, so he wanted to use us."

"And you idiots believed that he wouldn't kill her the second you left and kill the two of you the second you returned," Bass said furiously.

"I weaseled my way in once, I could do it again," Tom replied.

Rachel finally spoke up, "You were stationed in the White House, and Julia was married to the chief of staff?" Everyone turned to look at her, confused as to why out of everything Jason said, she was interested in that. She continued. "Honestly, I'm impressed." Everyone was shocked.

Jason went on, "Look, I'm really sorry that Charlie got hurt. You all know that's the last thing I wanted. I'm sorry we lied when we got here. I knew it was stupid to think we'd be okay after all of this, but if you guys let us, we could help each other. I know what their plans our. That's how we were caught. I snuck into the Chief of Staff's office and read most of his files. If we could get enough men together, we could really take them down. The only thing we'd need to worry about are their programed soldiers. They won't be easy to take on."

Miles & Bass sent each other questioning glances, not wanting to speak in front of Tom & Jason. Tom had been surprisingly silent throughout most of this, and Miles was curious. "Well, Tom. Anything? Anything at all?"

"I don't expect you to help us, but my wife doesn't deserve what's happening to her. Despite what I tried to accomplish, Jason & I both knew that we didn't really have a chance. But Jason's right, we can help you. We know the ins and outs of what goes down at the White House, and Jason knows some of their plans. We could take them down if we had enough help."

"Well, I think we've heard enough for one night. Connor will bring you two some food in a bit, and we'll talk again tomorrow," Miles said.

The gang walked back up to the living room.

"I don't trust them one bit," Bass insisted.

"Me either," Gene agreed.

Duncan & Connor nodded in agreement.

Rachel had a different opinion. "They were in the White House! Do you realize how valuable that could be? If we have enough men, this whole resistance doesn't seem so outlandish anymore."

Miles agreed, "Rachel's right. I still don't trust them, but they know a lot more than we do. And Duncan, if you're in, we may just have enough men."

They were all silent for a minute, trying to process what was being proposed.

"I'm not ready to make a decision tonight, but I'll think about it," Duncan replied. She wanted to speak with her men first, plus she wasn't sure if she had even brought enough of them with her.

"That's all I'm asking for…Bass?"

"I'll think about it," he replied sternly.

With that, the group dispersed to settle in for the night and think about the day's events.

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Charlie was still trying to process the morning's events. She had heard everything Bass & Duncan said.

She replayed the conversation in her head, "She tried to kill me. She slept with my son. She doesn't want me." "She doesn't want you…but you want her." "I don't know what I want, Duncan. I just know that THAT is something that is unattainable."

He didn't deny what Duncan was suggesting. What exactly was Duncan suggesting? Duncan first thought there was something between them back in New Vegas, and maybe she was right. She saw it before either Charlie or Bass saw it, but now she might just be right.

Charlie had begun to question her own actions. She took a bullet for Monroe. She saved his life. He meant enough to her for her to risk her life to protect him. She reflected back on what he said to her earlier in the week. Find someone to live for. Living for someone meant fighting for them, protecting them…loving them. Could she love Sebastian Monroe? That was such a strong word, but it could be possible. She took a bullet for him. She appreciated his kindness in helping her sort through her feelings for hopelessness. He had protected her in the past. She was hurt knowing he may be with Duncan….the idea of Duncan and Bass just upset her so much. She had heard what they said to one another earlier in the day, but she wanted to speak to Bass herself. She had promised herself a few days before that she'd talk to him, but the crazy events that occurred had prevented that from happening. And now, her family would be watching her like a hawk. Plus, she knew they would surely question her endlessly about what she had done, conversations she was definitely not looking forward too.