Author's Note: To any readers out there, I just wanna say that there's going to be two more chapters after this. The next chapter contains the conclusion, then the chapter after that is a Bonus Chapter.

And I apologize that this is such a short chapter. I'll give you a longer one tomorrow (or, possibly tonight, if I'm really bored).

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Dani winced as the slam of the bars drove a shiver up her spine.

She had been in the brig for over two hours, locked in a cell. She had spent the most of that time resting, thinking, and planning an escape.

To her surprise, the guard took her out of her cell and told her that she had a visitor. There was no way that Heller would let Face off the hook for anything (especially now that he was going to kill him), and that only left Hannibal.

True to her guess, Hannibal was there, sitting on a bench. He looked royally ticked off, and even now, he was glaring at Dani.

The guard led Hawthorne to a bench that sat across from Hannibal, and she sat, not in the least bothered by his heated glare.

Once the guard left, Hannibal started to speak. "What were you thinking? You never attack your CO!"

Dani squeezed her eyes shut and rubbed her face. "Hannibal."

"Yeah?"

"Promise me, that if anything happens to me, that you'll take Peck into your Unit," she said. "Please."

Hannibal frowned, confused. "What do you mean?"

"I can't tell you anything, because I can't pull you into it," Dani said. "Just... I don't know. Keep Peck safe for me. Promise me that you will."

Hannibal paused, then nodded. "Ok. I will."

Dani nodded, and her composure softened. "You know that I wouldn't kill anyone unless I absolutely had to, right?"

"Yeah," Hannibal said softly. "But what are you getting at?"

"I have to do what I have to do," Dani said. "And I'm sorry that I have to do this to you."

Before Hannibal had figured out what was going on, he was out cold.

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Face marched forward, unsure of what was going on.

He was supposedly going on a five mile hike, but he sensed something bad was going on. And he was scared.

"Hold up, Peck," Heller said, and Face slowed down, turning around to face Heller, who was... smiling? "It was a pleasure, Peck," Heller said, walking towards Face. "You're a strong kid. But not nearly strong enough."

He felt the prick of a needle in his arm, then fell unconscious.

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Dani chambered a bullet into her rifle, then looked down the scope at Heller, who had knocked Peck unconscious with something from a needle.

Heller pulled on some latex gloves, then took a handgun from the holster at his side. He placed it in Peck's hand, putting Peck's finger over the trigger, then placing his finger over Peck's. Heller moved the gun next to Peck's head, then began to squeeze the trigger.

Dani fired, and Heller's neck broke as the bullet sliced through the vertebrae, killing him.

Dani left the gun where it was, then ran back to her barracks.