BEHOLD! After two weeks there is finally an update! Sorry for taking so long ;w;

Molly felt a hand against her cheek.

"David, she's so young," said a female voice. It didn't sound peppy or vivacious at all, like all the voices of the animals in Solaris. It sounded…human. "I don't want to do this…"

"Come on, honey, you know we have to. I'd rather her be in the New World than here."

"But she wont remember us!" the woman cried.

They sound so familiar…

"You don't want her to remember us, Mary," the man replied sharply. "Remember, the government was very clear on that. Anyone who remembers gets…" his voice trailed off.

Wait…thats…

"Molly," the woman said softly. "Please. Don't forget us."

Mother…Father…

"Just don't make a big stink about it," Father whispered. "Please."

"I love you."

They ran their fingers through her hair. Molly tried to respond, but of course, this was a memory, and so she couldn't. She felt a pillow under her head and a blanket in her hand. Ah. They think I'm asleep.

"Remember us!" Mother called as she left the bedroom. Molly heard her burst into tears and her heart swelled.

I didn't forget you two. I remembered, and I promise I'll never let go.

Molly jerked awake by a rapping sound on the door. For a second, Molly seethed in fury that someone woke her up from her dream, and then it melted into concern. It's three in the morning. What could be so important that someone would wake me up now?

Molly hastily got up and opened the door. She gasped in surprise when she saw who it was.

"Alfonso! What are you doing here?!"

"Shh, shh!" Alfonso hissed, grabbing her arm. "Alligators are coming to kill you and blow your house up. We have to run and hide!"

Molly looked behind Alfonso and saw Liam, shifting uncomfortably, looking around.

"Blow my house up?" Molly stammered, still blinking sleep away.

"Come on, you must run! I have to go quickly, the alligators will do…terrible things if I'm caught." he shuddered. "There are times I hate the fact that I am invincible for 5 years. They cannot kill me, but they can…" his voice faded off and then he shook his head. "Go! Now!"

"Lets go," Liam whispered, grabbing Molly's wing. "I know the perfect place to hide."

Liam lead her through the dark, silent town. Molly heard the screeching of wheels and a faint "Stop for Solaris, stop for Solaris!"

Liam finally stopped at the Town Hall and opened the door.

"Liam, how is this a good place to hi-"

"Just trust me," he whispered, then strolled to the file cabinet, pushing it with a grunt. The file cabinet moved, and to Molly's surprise, there was a staircase leading under the floor.

"Whats that?" Molly asked curiously.

"It's Isabelle's house."

She lives underground, under the town hall? Weird.

"Is it really a good idea to barge into her house at three in the morning?" Molly queried.

"Isabelle is at the island. I let her have the day off. Good planning on my part, huh?" he struck a pose, then descended down the stairs. Molly followed, then pushed the cabinet back in place. The room was now pitch black. She heard some shuffling, then a light flickered on.

It was a small, cozy room. The lamp flickered dimly, casting light on a small, simple bed, a fridge, bathroom, and some cooking appliances.

"For one of the most important jobs here, she sure doesn't have very good living conditions," Molly observed.

"Guess not."

"Are you sure it's a good idea to be in your secretary's house right now?"

"Come on! She said I was welcome at any time!"

"Liam, thats just a formality! She doesn't literally mean you can come in anytime you wan-"

There was the sound of a door slamming above them. Liam jumped for the light switch, flicked it down, and the room was bathed in icy darkness once more.

"Hide!" he hissed, and she heard him dive under the bed. Molly scrambled around and found a closet. She snuggled inside and sneezed from the dust. There was a creaking noise, shuffling, a click.

Then a voice.

"Miss Secretary? Are you there? We have to report two residents missing. Isabelle? Where the hell are you?"

A pause, some rustling, and another click.

"Where the heck are those kids?! Even the damn secretary is missing. My resources say they're not in their homes. There's no way they could've known, unless…that damn traitor Alfonso!"

There was some more crackling and static, then a fuzzier, much quieter voice replied.

"N-now, Kevin, don't jump to conclusions…"

"Terry, you idiot, you will call me Sir!"

"Ah! O-of course!"

Kevin?! Thats the alligator that threatened to shoot Liam and beat up Alfonso…and Terry was the one that got me in the first place.

"Gather all the alligators and start a town-wide search! If they find either the targets or the group of traitors, bring them to me."

"Yes, sir."

"I will kill them. Slowly. I don't care about the Operation anymore."

Molly trembled in fear.

"Ah, what about Alfonso, sir? He can't, ah, die…"

"Do you think I'll care? I'll rip his limbs off and stab him everywhere until he wishes he could die. Same with the kids. I will do everything in my power to keep them alive while I…" he began listing all the terrible ways he would mutilate Molly and Liam. Molly sank further back into the wardrobe, terrified.

"Terry, I want you to track the duck's chip. Tell me where she is."

Molly's heart practically stopped. I have a chip?! Oh god no, no, no no no…

"Yes sir!"

Silence.

"…Um…ahh…"

"What the hell is the matter?!"

"H-her chip, sir! It's…not there…I'm not getting a response from the trackers."

"WHAT?!" he roared. "It was there two days ago! What do you mean, you're not getting a response?!"

"It, ah, um…"

"SPIT IT OUT!"

"She got rid of it, sir…she destroyed it. Somehow."

"Thats impossible. It can't be! That medicine is invincible!"

The medicine! The medicine I fought yesterday…that was my chip! That was how they tracked me!

"Without it, we can't find the damn duck, you realize that?" Kevin's voice was low and menacing.

"I do! I do, sir!"

"Well, you piece of garbage, send out that town search already before I go over there and rip you to shreds!"

"Gah! Ah, uh, yes sir!"

Crackle, static, silence.

There was some frustrated muttering and shuffling. Molly waited until she was absolutely positive he was gone, then tentatively creaked open the wardrobe door. Liam was already standing in the middle of the apartment, his eyebrows furrowed.

"What just happened?" Molly murmured.

"He had a walkie-talkie and was speaking to his assistant or something."

Then there was another creak, and heavy footsteps.

"Hide!" Molly hissed and dove for the wardrobe again.

After a moment, she heard a voice calling.

"Where aaaare you? Come out, come out, wherever you are."

"Alli! That sounds really fake!"

"We're on your siiiiiiiiide!"

"ALLI!"

"Fine, you try!"

"…Hey, Molly, Liam? We're on your side. We're with Alfonso. If you're in here, you can come out, I swear."

Molly sank to the depths of the wardrobe, not falling for their tricks. Unfortunately, the back of the closet was coated with dust, and Molly inhaled some.

"Ahh…ahh…" Molly clamped her wings over her beak in an attempt to not sneeze, but it was futile.

"Aaaachooooo!" Molly sneezed, then instantly panicked. Her wings spread out instinctively, with only stirred up more dust.

"Gayle! Gayle! Did you hear that?"

"I think so."

"Was it coming from the wardrobe?"

"Think so!"

Oh no no no no dangit dangit dangit…

"OOMPF!"

There was a heavy thud and a curse.

"What the heck?!"

"Look, there's someone under the bed! He tripped you!"

"Oh, you little brat."

There was an awful dragging noise.

"Now tell us where your friend is."

"Never!" There was Liam's voice.

They both snickered and their footsteps got closer.

Please, please don't find me!

The door swung open, and Molly was face-to-face with a blue polka-dotted, make-up covered alligator.

"There you are!" she said in delight.

"Let go of me!" Molly wailed, the alligator dragging her out.

"Alli, you could've been more gentle," another voice said. Molly looked up and there was a pink alligator covered in hearts.

"Hello, Molly. I'm Gayle, and thats Alli," the said pink alligator introduced. "We're on your side. Alfonso has a team of alligators that are for Corruptions. We had to be rough, because if Kevin finds you first, then…" Gayle's voice trailed off. "…Well, we just can't let Kevin find you, okay? We're going to run."

"But this hiding place is fine!" Liam objected.

"There's about fifty alligators running around town, looking everywhere for you. You thought this was the safest place? You thought this was hidden? Don't forget we have trackers, and we know everywhere." Alli growled.

Gayle winced. "Alli is just being a little rough. But yeah, this place is about as safe as a pool of lava. We have to run to a whole different town."

"Will Porter let us on the train?" Liam asked nervously.

Alli shrugged. "We're alligators. He can't say no."

"We mustn't keep our train waiting," Gayle interrupted. "Lets go."

They raced to the train and saw Porter at his station.

"Hello," he said to the group, then spotted Liam and Molly. His eyes widened and he pulled a walkie-talkie out of his pockets, then pressed a button. Alli strode forward and snatched the device out of his hands, glaring at him. Porter flinched.

"E-excuse me, eek eek! I have to report you to the big alligator if you're foun-"

"Let us on the train," Alli whispered, her voice terrifyingly icy. "And if you tell anyone we got on-" she crushed the walkie-talkie in her hands, and raised an eyebrow. A couple moments later, they were on a train.

"Um, tell me again, how will going on a train help? Porter will probably tell anyway…" Liam began. Alli shrugged.

"Probably won't help. Heck, we'll probably get caught. But might as well try." Liam pursed his lips but didn't pursue the topic. The train still hadn't stopped, and Molly was getting tired. She started to nod off, when suddenly Gayle spoke.

"You know, you're the only corrupted one left."

Molly looked up. "What?"

"All the other ones have been captured," Gayle murmured.

"Even Chief? He escaped. We saw him!" Liam protested.

"He was caught. He's not dead, but…he's not coming back."

Molly felt her throat close up. Peanut isn't coming back either.

"Why do you want to be human so badly?" Molly looked up in surprise and saw that Alli had said it. She wasn't looking at either Molly or Liam, though; she was just observing her nails. Molly waited for her to go on.

"I mean…you're fighting so hard. Running off, remembering…heck, I heard you even destroyed the chip tracking you. Why? Whats the reward?"

Gayle glared at her companion, but Alli looked up and stared intently at Molly, waiting for an answer.

"I just…need it," Molly answered.

"Want?" Alli queried, eyebrow raised.

"No!" Molly insisted. "I NEED it. I can't explain it, I just-"

She felt Liam stiffen beside her.

"It's not her," he rasped. "She didn't start it. I'm the one who told her, I'm the one who forced her to remember, it's my fault this is happening!" his voice cracked and he let out a hiss of frustration. "I could've left her alone, I could've…you wouldn't have to worry, you would've been happy, Molly. But I ruined it, I came in and trampled it all because of me. Because I'm selfish. I'm sorry, i'm…"

Alli burst out laughing. Molly stared at her in surprise.

"Really? Do you think it would've been a good idea to let Molly wander around, oblivious? Kid, you would've been killed eventually, or operated on. Your idea is to save the human race, right? How would you do that without Molly? Thats not selfish, trying to save the human ra-"

"No," Liam replied softly. "I didn't do it for the human race. I did it so I could see her again."

Everyone fell silent.

"She could've been happy, and I took it, because I want to see her again. Do you understand?!" he shouted. "Everyone I know is dead! Everyone I've ever heard of in my entire life, they're all dead! And if they're not dead, they're trapped in the bodies of animals! There is nobody here that I know, there is nobody here that remembers what I remember, and I needed someone! And now she's being chased, she's getting BOMBED! She-"

"You think I can't handle it?" Molly snapped. Liam stared at her in surprise, as if he forgot she was there. "I'm not some fragile flower, Liam. I can handle being chased, being attacked! Did you think I was totally oblivious before? No. Before I still had the dreams, the memories, and I didn't know what they were. I couldn't live peacefully because I still had the dreams of my parents begging for me not to forget them before they were killed and I was-" her voice suddenly trailed off. She paused, and whispered, "But when you came, and told me, I knew why they were there, and I wanted to get out. Out of this body, stuck as a duck. I want to be human again!"

Liam looked at her and merely nodded, then looked down at his lap.

"Stop for Sunville, stop for Sunville!"

Gayle looked at Alli, and Alli nodded.

"We're getting off here," she said. They silently got up and left the bus.