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"You know you can't stay asleep forever, Elizabeth."
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"Pretty soon you're going to have to wake up long enough to talk to me."
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"Even if you ignore me for the rest of my life, just wake up. Please."
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Jonah sings somewhere only we know
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"Amy, love, any change?"
"No, I still can't see a thing. What do you think they used on me?"
"I don't know. I've sent it to be analyzed at Lucian headquarters but I won't know for another hour or so."
Amy considered bringing up the phone call, but decided not to. It wasn't the time, she knew that much, but when would it be time?
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"Ned, make sure you're right."
"I know that I'm right, Sinead."
"Just…make sure."
"Fine."
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Bee-BEEPEPEPEPEPEPEPEPEPEPEPEPEP !
The phone next to her interrupted the steady beep of whatever machine Elizabeth was hooked up to. Jonah didn't hesitate before he grabbed the phone. It was from Vesper 1.
Tsk Tsk, Elizabeth. Your disobedience has cost your brother's life. Return what you took from us and we might consider sparing you and the other's. Otherwise it's certain you will die, and your little pop star friend.
"Bastard." Was all Jonah could say. But what did Elizabeth take from them?
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A man heavily armored came in to the small concrete room and grabbed Alistair. Ted tried to fight to protect him, but Alistair simply shook his head and closed his eyes.
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"Sinead?"
"Yeah, Hamilton?"
"What if the Vesper's win?"
"That won't happen."
"How can you be so sure?" Hamilton responded bitterly. They were in Cahill Command, Sinead taking notes on different possible locations as he read them out. Sinead frowned. Usually he wasn't like this, but usually they weren't fighting Vespers.
"Because…because I just know."
"You're an Ekat, I'd thought you'd have some actual evidence." He was practically snarling by now, and Sinead held her clipboard close to her in a defensive gesture.
"Calm down, Hamilton. We're all worried about them, but we have to keep going."
"I have more to worry about then you!"
"What?!"
"I have two sisters held hostage, and you only have one brother and the other is the reason one of them was kidnapped!"
They were yelling now and if it wasn't for the soundproofing the whole state would have heard them.
"Don't you dare blame that on Ned! He has been beating himself up over it for weeks and working on finding them!"
"And we don't know where they are yet, he's probably more concerned with studying physics or something!"
"Or something?! He's more concerned about your sister than you are! You haven't done anything!"
"I've done more than you!"
SLAP!
Before Hamilton had even realized what had happened Sinead was gone.
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"Jonah?"