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I am a lucky bastard. I know that. Catching onto a rope as I was falling down to what was a certain death…I shouldn't have this much luck. I shouldn't even be alive! And yet here I am. In Unanimity's Enforcement Facility, where she is being held.

Seen Boardman Mephi walk by; most likely had a talk with her. Not good.

A lone Enforcer appears from one of the halls, heading my way. Now that is good. With a quick shot, he's on the floor. I just hope nobody heard the gun. I put on his clothes and helmet; they are even my size! Will my luck stick with me even when I will really need it? Guess I'll have to find out.

I continue down the hallway, into another one, than another. Finally see more Enforcers, so I follow them. I eavesdrop on their chit-chat and soon learn where they are keeping her. 25th floor. I rush to the nearest elevator. Inside are three Enforcers. Upon seeing me, one of them xclaims: "There you are! We've been looking all over for you! The Fabricant has to be escorted to the Archivist before her xcisement, did you forget?"

"No, of course not, I was just-" Another one of the Enforcers hands me a pair of magnetic shackles. "-looking for these," I finish. They laugh like a pack of wild animals. Finally the elevator stops at the 25th floor. My three companions immediately switch into soldier mode, not uttering a word as we walk down the hallway to her cell.

Inside, she is slouched on the floor, her back against the cold wall. She is alive, but looks as if she had no will to live. Why? What did Mephi tell her?

I approach her. She doesn't even look at me - the one who is to bind her, or the other Enforcers. She stares in front of her, her eyes blank, her face devoid of any emotion. The urge to touch her, hug her, comfort her, is strong. I have to be stronger.

She stands up and lets me bind her wrists with the magnetic shackles. I fight my desires to grab her and run, as I know it isn't the rite time.

We lead her out of her cell and down the hallway. Now is the rite time.

With a swift motion, I grab my gun and blast off the head of the Enforcer next to me. The other two only manage to turn around when another one takes a blow to his head. But that gives enough time for the third Enforcer to aim his gun at me. Xcept she is rite between us. I shoot him, he shoots her. Or me. Not good.

So I pull her down and quickly spin around while a bullet passes by my head. I grab his arm, but he won't give up. I twist the arm and another shot goes out. My head slams into his, but that only gives us both a headache. My opponent tries to get a hold of me, and is even succeeding. Another blast to the wall. A kick to my knee and I'm down on the ground, trying to push his gun away from my head. I manage to steer it at the wall and as he fires, the impact throws him back and I quickly aim and shoot. Rite thru his heart.

I turn around to see her, fritened, watching me. She still doesn't know it's me. I put the gun back and release her shackles. She watches as they drop to the floor with a loud clang. Her eyes then find me again, but there is no horror in them anymore. She realizes I'm here to help her. I take off my helmet.

The second she recognizes me, she smiles the most joyous smile I've ever seen on her and leaps into my arms. I hold her as tightly as I dare and she clings to me as if all her xistence depended on it. I have not felt better in my life. "I won't let you go again," I promise. And not just to her, but also to myself. Because there is nothing in this world that would make me leave her again. I'd rather die than let anything happen to her. I'm not even kidding.

We run from one hallway to another. Why does this place have so many hallways anyway? Finally I spot the door. "In here," I tell her. The Facility's alarm begins wailing. "Hurry."

We're at the loading dock where our transporter is waiting. Unfortunately, we're not alone here. Three Enforcers have their guns trained at us.

"It's all rite," I say as we hold our hands up. "I work for Boardman Mephi." The alarm in the background distracts them for a moment and my hand is on my gun in an instant. The Enforcers fall down one by one. Did nobody tell them how lethal a distraction can be?

Our transport is close; I lead Sonmi inside. She hides behind a rack full of plumbing tools. I quickly take off the Enforcer clothes. Underneath is a Sanitary Engineer uniform. Should make a good cover, rite? I climb into the driver's seat and float the Plumbing Service transporter out of the dock. Before the gate to the drivetube opens, the transporter is scanned by floating automatons.

"Clearance granted."

The gate opens and I drive the transporter out. I shoot a quick glance at Sonmi. She seems to be less nervous than I am. Good for her.

Once the transporter is on the drivetube, I pick up speed. But before we get any further, Enforcer vehicles and aeros surround us. I curse. My luck just left me. Great.

"Unanimity requires compliance," one of the Enforces says. "We have a security code Red, prepare to be boarded."

I smile and nod like an idiot.

"What are we going to do?" whispers Sonmi from behind me.

"Stay calm, stay calm," I say thru gritted teeth. I am anything but calm at this moment. I wave at the Enforcers, a smile plastered on my face.

The transporter is lifted from the drivetube and descended onto a small platform between buildings. The Enforcers get out of their vehicles and aim their guns at me.

"Hands in the air."

"Now!"

I blurt out some subspeak: "Mok-tang non sungh!"

"Move it!"

"Step off the vehicle!"

"Sungh nar-bar, bar-sungh!"

"Get down!"

Hands in air. "Nong-ire! Nong-ire!"

"Down, now!"

"Ja-yah, ja-yah!"

It seems they had enough of my blabbering since they smack me against the transporter and pin me there. I start with the hysterics, yammering in more subspeak.

"Fuckin' migrant monkey-talk."

"Why do they hire these greasy subs?"

Apparently they scanned me now because one of them says: "Negative, sir. Definite illegal."

"Detain him for now."

One of them grabs my wrists and holds them behind my back. My mouth won't shut up. I feel a gun pressed to my back. Then suddenly…

"I'm reading a second life form!"

"Where?"

"In the truck."

"Check it out."

"Yes, sir."

I watch two of them walk over to the transporter's back door. My hands go back to the transporter's side. I turn my head slightly to see behind me. The Enforcer still has his gun trained on me. The aero is also nearby.

I hear the back door being rolled up. Only a matter of time now.

"Forcecom 1, entering the truck."

"I turn in visual."

My hysterics begin again.

"It's her!"

So they found her at last. "Everything okay, huh?" I yell at her, and get ready.

At litening speed, I turn around, grab the Enforcer's gun and shoot a second Enforcer behind him, the blast sending the first one flying too.

"What?!"

The other Enforcers rush to me. The first one to get here misses me; I leap onto his shoulders and point his own gun at him. He shoots. The other one also misses me as I jump into the transporter, quickly check on Sonmi, grab a bomb on the way and then climb onto the roof. Once there, I swing the bomb's chain and throw it at the aero. It lands on the windshield. I hear the pilot panicking.

There's one more enforcer down there, tho, so I quickly roll down from the roof, landing between Sonmi and the last Enforcer. He shoots but misses too. Are you kidding me? I roll over one of their vehicles and turn it on in the process. The vehicle takes off and the Enforcer just happens to be in its way. As he falls down, the aero xplodes as well.

I stand up and watch the aero's remains fall. Then I turn around and see Sonmi, staring at me in awe.

"Who are you?"

She's ready for the truth now. "Commander Hae-Joo Chang. First Science Officer of the Union Rebellion."

"Why are you doing this?"

"Because I believe you have the power to change this world." And because I love you. Oh, stop it, Chang. This isn't over yet.

The stolen Enforcer vehicle falls from the platform onto the nearest drivetube. Unfortunately, this tube flows in the opposite direction. Other vehicles fly by us, some almost hitting us, but somehow we evade any crash. Sonmi's holding tightly onto my back while I concentrate on the driving. But we're not the only ones going the opposite direction. Two Enforcer vehicles follow us, and another aero shows up, opening fire. I let the vehicle fall onto a lower-level tube to dodge the bullets. But the Enforcers follow us into whichever tube we fall. Finally I get rid of them, but that's when the aero shows up, rite in front of us. A moment of hesitation, then I pull out a gun and shoot into the windshield repeatedly. The aero flies off and our vehicle falls thru another drivetube. And then another and another until we land on the lowest level.

This drivetube is prohibited and therefore completely empty. Unfortunately, that makes us a very easy target for the three aeros that appear behind us.

But since the pilots are even worse shots than the Enforcers, the buildings around the tube are the ones getting hit. These aeros are equipped with missiles, tho, and some even get dangerously close. As we speed down the tube, I notice the dam approaching. We are close.

Another missile-shooting aero joins the group. Few more missiles swish by and hit the dam as we enter the damway tube.

I stop the vehicle shortly after we arrive into the damway – a tunnel leading thruout the sunken Old Seoul. We're still alone here. I dismount and help Sonmi get off too. Soon the Enforcer vehicles enter the damway. I draw another bomb out of my bag.

"What are you doing?" She probably realizes what I'm about to do.

There is no time for xplanation, I just look at her and hope she will trust me. Then I swing the bomb and thrust it at the Enforcers closing on us. They all evade the bomb, but it doesn't matter. It turns upwards and attaches itself to the damway wall.

And then it detonates.

Waves of water start flooding in, disabling the drivetube. I open one of the manholes in the tunnel. Our pursuers fall to the ground, a humongous wave rite behind them.

"Come on! Come on, hurry!" I help Sonmi get into the manhole.

The wave hits the Enforcers. It's almost here. I jump into the manhole too and close it just in time.

Huamndonggil is most active at nite. When the proper people sleep during their curfew, the less proper ones wander the streets. The Enforces gave up on trying to get them to beds long ago; now all they care about is keeping order. Or find fugitives like us.

Trip thru the sewage wasn't pleasant, and after getting out of there, we needed a change of clothes. Sonmi was surprised to see I had brought her fresh clothes. We quickly washed ourselves, trying to rid our bodies of the stench, and changed into the new clothes. Then we entered the crowded streets.

Stalls with various merchandises are everywhere our eyes can see. People, Purebloods mostly, flow like a river all around us. We have to push our way thru the crowd. I hold tightly onto Sonmi's arm, in case someone decides to take her. It wouldn't be the first time in these parts.

As the Enforcers get close, we both turn our back to them, pretending to admire the goods in the stalls. They don't notice us.

"Come on," I lead her further down the street. "Stay close. Fabricants get snatched here." I figured she needs the warning.

She silently walks beside me, looking around, a bit scared now. Then again, maybe it wasn't the best idea.

Her eyes keep looking everywhere, and when she notices a stall with dead rats, she probably can't help but ask: "This is where you live?"

Sort of. "This…is where Union was born."

She processes the information. Then she notices a Sonmi prostitute. For a while, she can't look away from her. I wonder what she's thinking. On second thought, I mite not want to know.

Finally we reach our destination; I knock at a wall of a building. A small hole appears.

"It's Chang."

The hole vanishes and a hidden door opens in front of us. We enter.

Xi-Li leads us down the stairs to Gil-Su, who motions for us to stop. Two men xit from a nearby hallway and pass us. The first one looks me in the eye. It's not a friendly look. I glare at him as he walks by.

"Bring them thru."

I nod to Gil-Su while Xi-Li leads us into the hallway, then to a small room. Inside is the man who ordered me to bring Sonmi here – the General.

Upon seeing us, he smiles broadly. "Sonmi~451, I am most honored to meet you."

I stay in the back while she approaches him. He's not interested in me, anyway.

"I am General An-kor Apis, leader of Union." He bows his head slightly and she returns the gesture.

The General doesn't waste any more time and reveals the true reason why she was ascended and brought here. Even tho I knew the whole plan all along, it isn't pleasant to listen to it again. After meeting Sonmi…I fear what the future will bring.

As soon as he's finished, Sonmi objects. "General Apis…"

"You, my dear," he cuts her off, "are proof our efforts were not in vain."

"But…I'm just a dinery server. I was not genomed to alter reality."

"No revolutionary ever was."

She ponders this for a moment, then hangs her head. "I'm sorry. I cannot do what you're asking."

I feared it would come to this. General Apis doesn't take no for an answer, and he has everything he needs to make her change her mind.

He smiles sadly. "It would be a difficult choice for anyone." He turns away from her. "But, before you call your decision final," he faces her again, "there is one last thing I would like you to see. In order to fully understand what we are fighting for."

She turns to me, uncertain.

I look at the General, my eyes pleading. Does she really have to? His stern xpression is more than enough of an answer, but he nods too, just to be sure I understand.

Some of the additional scenes were borrowed from the script (they didn't make it to the final cut, unfortunately). Also, all the Korean (I think?) subspeak is from there. I hope it's not offensive, I really have no idea what it means or what he actually said in the movie xD