A/N: Just a heads up, this chapter gets a little more adult near the end. I wasn't fond of writing this part, but I eventually decided to go with it because it'll add to some of the conflict you'll see later in the story, so don't take it like I'm writing this for the sake of having a sex scene (that's the last thing I want to do) and it's only as descriptive as it is because I feel that it tells the situation better, not because I like writing lemons. This will be the only time such a scene is shown, so feel free to skim over this chapter if it bothers you.
In the factory ruins in South Paris, Olivia was wandering around looking for Caleb, wanting to give him a few choice words.
"Alright, where are you?" She asked.
"Oh, Olivia." Caleb said walking from the other side of the factory. "What brings you here."
"Don't give me that, I saw that stunt you pulled." Olivia said angrily.
"Oh that." Caleb said. "Did you enjoy it?"
"No, I didn't enjoy it!" Olivia shouted. "How can I enjoy watching the deaths of hundreds of my own people?"
"They had it coming." Caleb said nonchalantly.
"Had it coming?" Olivia asked. "They were innocent civilians. They did nothing wrong!"
"That's your word for it: Innocent." Caleb said. "I would've picked a word more like 'Liars' or 'Thieves' or even "Murderers'."
"Is this still about your parents?" Olivia asked. "The citizens of North Paris didn't kill them, Will IV killed them."
"And you're willing to take a chance with the rest of the city?" Caleb asked.
"Because they did nothing wrong." Olivia said.
"Open your eyes!" Caleb said. "Look around you! All the destruction caused throughout the past century: War, disease, inflation, and genocide. All of that was fueled by man's lust for power and prestige. As long as humans exist, there is no hope for our world. Human nature has been the cause of all the atrocities of the world since the beginning of time and it will continue to be unless we do something."
"So you think because of a few mistakes people made over the years, that means humanity as a whole deserves to die?" Olivia asked.
"Given what has happened, of course."
"People are different, Caleb!"
"Every human on the face of the planet is the same!" Caleb exclaimed. "They all lie to benefit themselves, they look out only for themselves, they take and they take and they take and they take but never give more than they have taken. They keep more than they need just to satisfy their lust for luxury and fame at the expense of the less fortunate."
"Okay, let's say you're right and that humans are nothing but self-centered liars." Olivia said. "But does that necessarily mean that they'll stay that way? Don't you believe in redemption?"
"Nobody chooses their path, Olivia." Caleb said. "Everyone is bound by their nature to be as self-centered as they can."
"People can change, Caleb!" Olivia said. "We all have a choice. Every one of us."
"You can't change human nature."
"Change is human nature." Olivia said. "We can choose to change our ways if we really feel that we're hurting others. That's what makes every living creature so special."
"You name me one person who has done nothing but bad, but has changed his ways for the better, and I will take everything I've said back." Caleb said.
"How about Will Dunbar V?" Olivia said.
"He's part of the government and he's soon to be the next leader in only a matter of days." Caleb said.
"Doesn't make him a bad person." Olivia said.
"You saw what he did and what his soldiers have done." Caleb said. "You told me yourself that all he does is fuck whores and pays no attention to you."
"So?"
"So how can you say he's changed when he's still just as evil as he was before?"
Olivia said nothing.
"How?" Caleb asked again.
"Let me start from the beginning." Olivia said. "When I was a little girl, around five or six years old, I lived with two parents and a three year old sister."
"Okay." Caleb said.
"My sister and I were the best of friends and my mom was there for the both of us." Olivia said. She felt herself begin to cry. "She was such a nice woman, she did no harm to us or anyone."
"What about your father?" Caleb asked. Olivia just sighed.
"My father really loved me." Olivia said holding back tears. "I mean really, really, loved me. He loved me so much that he never left me out of his sight. He even wanted to sleep with me. The things he did, he…"
Olivia just paused as she took a deep breath.
"Three years later, when my mom saw what he had been doing, well…" Olivia said trying her best not to cry. "He stabbed her in the chest and threw her in the river."
She could take it no longer; she just broke down in tears.
"My sister and I ran away and we landed ourselves in an orphanage in the city." Olivia said.
"Wait, but you said your parents were the ones forcing you to get married." Caleb said. "How can that be possible if…"
"My foster parents." Olivia said. "We were adopted a few months later by a loving family. They were aristocrats and were looking for a daughter to wed the Grand Leader's son, who they arranged our marriage with."
"Go on."
"I didn't like him at first, but then he told me that he could get my father arrested for his crimes, even if it meant forging new evidence." Olivia said. "True to his word, he did just that; my sister and I have never been happier."
"Whatever happened to your sister?" Caleb asked.
"She…She…" Olivia said feeling herself about to cry again. "She was taken to the camps after our foster parents caught her praying to God only a year ago. By then I had moved in with Will and there was nothing I could do to save her, or even stop her."
Caleb said nothing.
"Will told me he would do whatever it takes to bring her back, even if it took forever." Olivia said. "It's one year later and he has yet to do it."
Olivia just kept crying. Caleb went over and hugged her.
"You were right, Caleb." She said crying in his shoulder. "Will is nothing but a liar and a killer. And I'm nothing but…"
"Let me stop you right there." Caleb said. "I'm sorry about what happened, but please understand this: It wasn't your fault. It was never your fault. You had no one to turn to except him, and I don't blame you for doing so: This man put away the person who caused you the most pain and placed you under his wing when your foster parents had sent you away."
Olivia just kept crying.
"You had nothing to do with it." Caleb said. "He just managed to take advantage of your situation and use it to gain your trust. But over the years, you saw him for what he really was and you no longer loved him, even though you had already made a commitment. But despite the fact that you have every reason to hate him, you still see him as a good person simply because of the few good things he's done for you, but now you understand that a few good actions don't make a good person, especially when taking into consideration the actions he has done to his city and even yourself."
"I know." Olivia said.
"You know, when you first came to South Paris at that bar, I really felt like we were meant for each other." He said. "I had feelings for you like I never had with another person. Heck, I even saved you from being raped when if it were any other girl, I would've let it happen. Don't forget that."
"You're right." Olivia said as she stopped crying.
"Will wouldn't do that for you." Caleb said. "He only wants to marry to make a good image for himself."
"Yeah." She said. "Hey Caleb?"
"Hmm?"
"Would you be willing to let me sleep with you? Just for tonight, I mean."
"Absolutely." Caleb said as they both sat on the mattress on the floor. As they sat down, Olivia began removing her top.
"What are you doing?" Caleb asked.
"You ever have sex with another woman?" Olivia asked.
"Never consensual." Caleb said. Olivia then stood up and faced him.
"Consider this your first." She said.
Olivia then finished unbuttoning her top and tossed it aside, showing her large breasts. She then removed her skirt and panties, exposing her untrimmed labia. Caleb was taken back as the fully naked woman, standing only inches from him, crawled next to him and removed his clothes. When the both of them were fully unclothed, Olivia positioned herself on top of Caleb. The two kissed with their tongues entering each other's mouths and caressing each other's fully naked bodies.
Unknown to the both of them, they were being monitored by one of the Grand Army soldiers perched on top of The Wall. Once it finished filming the whole thing with its visor, the video was then sent through the web and made its way onto a laptop sitting on a desk in an empty room.
Meanwhile, in that very room, the door opened and a figure sat down in front of the computer and turned it on. He then noticed the video that was sent only now and clicked on it.
"Let's see here…" The figure said. Before the video played, a dialogue box popped up asking for his username and password. He began typing.
USERNAME: WILLIAM DUNBAR V
PASSWORD: ********
He then hit the enter key and the video began playing.
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