The fire is slowly going out, Lex notices and sits up. He looks beside him at Leigha and Pride. Leigha is cuddled against him and Pride has his arm around her. Lex smiles and gets up, looking for more firewood. He hopes they awake soon; he wants to get to the building to find Tai-san, if she's even there.

Leigha stirs. She has had the strangest dream.

'She is back at the Lab, with the wires woven around her. She has metal beams around her to support her body. She sees Jack beside her, his eyes are open, but he is just staring into space. She tries to move her arms but she can't, they won't move. Masked Technos surround them. There are about five or six altogether. They all poke and prod them, recording things on a clipboard. They readjust the wires and leave, all except two.

Two are left unmasked; they look like each other, blonde hair and brown eyes. One is taller than the other and has more confidence. The smaller one cowers beside him. They look at each other and nod; the small one leaves the room. The tall one looks her in the eyes and she sees something soften within his own. It puzzles her, but her numb face shows no thought, just a blank stare. He quickly looks around; he is alone, besides the unmoving bodies around him. The blonde man in front of her starts to loosen the wires and takes them off of her. She slowly slides to the floor. She tries to get herself up, but her limbs remain unmoving. The man picks her up in his arms, moving quickly. He opens the door and looks down the hall. No one is there.

He carries her down the hall and then outside into the valley and woods. He continues to walk for a long time, and then finally, setting her down next to a tree with a bundle of food beside her'

It was Jay! She realizes this now. It was Jay who had let her go. Shock hits her when she realizes that she was with Pride and Lex, on their way to the Lab. She knows she has to go back there, but she's not sure if she wants to know why Jay had let her go. She slowly sits up, moving Pride's arm off her. She stands up and takes in deep breaths, one at a time: in and out.

Lex is back; he's putting more wood on the fire. Lex sees that she is pale and asks, "Are you alright?", untypical of his nature. She takes a few seconds to respond. She nods, breathing heavily. She doesn't want to tell Lex, or Pride, for that matter, she doesn't want to bother them even more.

Leigha sees Lex's agitation. He wants to leave soon; the sooner they leave, the sooner he can possibly find Tai-san, the only one on his mind at the moment. Leigha knows that they have to get moving quickly. She goes over to the blanket and bats Pride on the shoulder. He bolts up, as if he wasn't sleeping, but she knows better.

She goes over to the bundle of food and gets out enough for the three of them. They eat silently, contemplating what the others are thinking. Leigha gets up and closes her eyes for just a second. But it was a second too long for Pride. "What's wrong?" he asks.

She feels different, changed somehow, not herself. Again, she shakes her head, not too sure about what's going on.

In only half an hour after waking up, they are ready to move on. As the day before, Leigha was guiding the way. She hears Lex grumbling about how bad his back was from sleeping on the hard earth. Trees, trees, and guess what? More trees! Leigha thought to herself. The same scenery was getting a little, what was the word? BORING!

She sighs and continues to look around her. She sees something white in the distance, between a few trees. She doesn't say anything; she doesn't want to get their hopes up for what ever it was. She knows that Lex is considering a game plan for when, or if, they find the Techno Camp. She hopes it's a good plan.

The white in the trees is growing closer and closer by every lingering second Leigha breathes. She decides to wait just a little longer, knowing announcing its presence will cause an unknown reaction within all of them. She's about four or five feet in front of them, no one is talking. She can see a black figure moving around the white building.

Leigha drops to the ground, trying to be seen. The others wait till they are beside her and plunge down beside her, one on either side. "That's it," Leigha says, her voice weaker than a mere whisper. If they hadn't been alongside her, they wouldn't have heard her at all. Pride lets out a shaky breath, she doesn't react. She can see Lex staring at her out of the corner of her eye. Leigha turns her attention to Lex. "So, what's the game plan?" he asks with raised eyebrows.

She looks at him, sarcastically shocked. "You're the sheriff!" she returns smiling, trying to ease the tension between them. "Okay," Pride says, trying to get the full idea of everything and work backwards, "How'd you get out?" Leigha swallows. She's not sure if she wants to tell them. "Let's go," she says when she sees the black figure move. She gets up and cautiously steps toward the building.

"Can you see anything?" Pride asks as they get closer, now crouching behind a bush. Neither Lex nor Leigha say anything. They all note that the guarding Techno has gone. Lex and Pride are keeping a lookout while Leigha is looking for a way in. She sees a door on the side of the square-like building. No doubt that the place was swarming with Technos. Leigha can see that the door is propped open a tiny bit. Yes!

Leigha sprints to the door. "Leigha!" Pride whispers nervously, he knows that this could be a dangerous mistake. He gets up and quickly goes to her. Lex mutters something under his breath, annoyed. She opens the heavy metal door and slips in with Pride and Lex right behind her.

It's dark and the area is scarcely lit. It's a back door to a room full of boxes and crates; it's a storage room. They carefully duck behind the containers, endeavoring not to be witnessed. There is another door in front of them; Leigha starts to move past them, making an effort to go to it. Pride grabs her arm and pulls her back. She is starting to get more annoyed.

"You're not going out there alone!" Pride shrieks. "Shhhhhhh!!" Lex says louder than necessary. Leigha rolls her eyes and starts to move. Pride won't let her budge. "Pride, I can do this, just trust me!" she says, trying to convince him. "No! I'm not going to lose you again," he says, his voice tender and soft. His tone doesn't seem to take its effect on her. "Pride just let me do this!" she says.

Lex puts his hand on Pride's shoulder. "Let the girl try," Lex says, being unusually helpful. Pride lets go of her. She goes around the boxes and to the door. Lex knows if she needs help, she'll come get them. Or she finds Tai-san, or the others; he hopes she'll get them, too. "Besides," says Lex, "We can always go after her if she's gone too long". Pride nods

Leigha looks around outside the door. A long hallway greets her. Nowhere to hide if anyone comes. Perfect, she thinks sarcastically. Leigha tiptoes down the corridor to the corner, passing a few doors on the left and right. She tilts her head around the corner. Three masked Technos are coming down the hall. Don't panic! She tells herself. She turns around quickly and silently. She hesitates. The storeroom is too far away now, but yet the Technos won't be stopping to inspect the cracks in the walls.

Leigha rushes down the hall and slides her hand over the closest doorknob. Luckily, the door is unlocked, this seemed strange to her in a top secret Techno Camp, but it doesn't stop her. She pushes open the door and slips inside the room. She quietly pushes the door closed, facing the door. She vacillates to turn around.

The bright lights are on and are almost blinding. Leigha starts to turn to her right but a hand on her upper left arm. She starts to turn faster, despite the prevention. Her first instinct is to scream but she knows that screaming is not an option; it would only bring more technos. Anyhow, a spare hand flies to her mouth, covering it, silencing her. She takes deep breaths through her nose, gulping.

A body is pressing against her back. The hand on her arm has moved and the arm attached to it is wrapped around her waist, pinning her against the body behind her. She bites her lower lip. Warms breaths linger around her neck and ears, and against her will, she trembled.