I clutch the ring hanging around my neck to calm my racing heart. After assuring that Warner would do nothing drastic, Kenji surrendered Kane's location. Warner is leading us there now. I have never been to this part of the base. The hall we're walking down is long, narrow, and poorly lit, a large contrast from the floors above. As if sensing my confusion Kenji turns his head to elaborate.

"This hallway leads to our bomb shelter. In the event of an air raid we would haul ass down here. It's in such shitty condition because it's been closed off for years." I nod my head in understanding.

As we approach the end of the hallway I notice two armed soldiers guarding a heavy door. As we draw closer Aaron nods his head once and they open it for us. Once we enter the guards quickly seal us in. The bunker isn't much to write home about, the lighting is dim and the air smells stale. One wall is lined with shelves full of canned food, bottled water, and blankets, the other houses a line of cots, in the center is a row of long benches. I spy Kane sitting on one that's the furthest away from the entrance. Aaron and I walk over and sit across from him; Kenji opts to stand behind us.

"Ah there you are," Kane says without even looking up, "I was wondering when you were going to pay me a visit."

"Well after nearly having my shoulder blown off I needed a bit of rest," I respond.

Kane silently chuckles, "If it's any consolation it was supposed to have been your head." I peer over at Aaron, to the untrained eye his expression would be unreadable, but I know better. His tensed jaw and hard eyes are indications of his pent up rage.

"Why are you doing this Kane?" I question.

"You shouldn't be asking me that question," he casually responds. I stare at him confused.

"You really don't get it do you?" he asks. I look over at both Aaron and Kenji, neither seem to understand.

"No," I answer.

"Oh this is priceless!" he says laughing as if it's the funniest thing he's ever heard, "you're going to have to give me a minute to compose myself," he says before he desolves into another fit of giggles. When he finally recovers he wipes a stray tear from his eye and looks right at me.

"Oh my dear I had no idea you were this naive," he says.

"What do you mean by that?" I retort. He throws his head back and laughs at the clear agitation in my voice.

Aaron slams his fist on the table startling both Kane and I, "Enough games," he barks, "If you continue to prove no use to me then I have no qualms with coating the walls with your blood for wasting my time."

Kane holds his hands up in front of him, "I'm just trying to tell you, you have the wrong guy."

"Elaborate!" Kenji demands from his position behind me.

"I'm not the leader in all of this, just a piece in a much larger puzzle. The person you should be after is Stanton, not me. He's the one behind the scenes pulling all the strings, I'm just here to act as a figure head."

"You purposely tripped tonight to allow Stanton to get away because you knew you were the first person we'd go after," Aaron murmurs, the realization suddenly dawning on him.

"Now you understand," Kane responds.

"What else does he have planned?" I demand.

"I'm afraid I don't know the specifics, but I can say that the ultimate goal is to overthrow you."

Aaron pulls out his gun and aims it at Kane's forehead, "I'm sure you can think of something," he whispers, his voice dangerously soft.

"Go ahead. Shoot me," Kane says with a noncommittal shrug, "I've done my part."

Aaron stares at him for a moment longer and narrows his eyes, "We'll be back," he states lowering his gun. All of a sudden he's up out of his seat dragging me with him.

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We've just entered the room and sealed the door behind us when Aaron finally speaks.

"He knows something," he says as he paces the room running his fingers through his hair, "I could sense that he was lying."

"What do we do about it then?" I ask flopping down on the bed in frustration. I feel the mattress shift as he sits beside me. He sighs and begins rubbing soothing circles into my back.

"Well love, there's a few ways this could go. We could torture him to get the information out, but being the changed man I am I'd like to avoid that option unless it proves to be a necessity," he takes his hand off my back to run it down his face, "Or we hope to God we figure out what it is before it's too late."

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After a night of tossing and turning Aaron and I are awoken by someone banging on our door, "Miss Ferrars! Miss Ferrars please I have urgent news!" I quickly tie on my robe and stumble to the door on the other side stands a very worried looking Delalieu.

"What's wrong?" I ask suddenly panicked.

"Kane has escaped," I hear Aaron swear behind me upon hearing this, "and the compounds have been attacked."

Dun dun dun! Yeah I hate cliffhangers too so I'll try to update again as soon as possible. Once again thanks for the support, and I'll see you guys next chapter!