Lori tugged on her handcuffs. She looked away from the handcuffs and looked around her. The roads were wide and clear of vehicles. The abundance of trees reminded her of Royal Woods. She saw a steel gate in the entrance a hundred feet right of her. Near the entrance, a house stood with the only tree in the street.

George found the lack of buildings strange, until he saw the towers in the distance. Though, it technically isn't a building, George felt relieved to see something that can stand higher than 30 feet from the ground.

Jason could see some rogues looking over some dead body, he looked closely and realized that they were the corpses of some of the rogues he killed at the school. He quickly looked away not want to draw attention to himself.

The mesh fence door between the town and military zone was opened by Lukeman. Dr. White led Lori, Jason, and George through the mesh fences and into the military zone.

Lori saw helicopters sitting still in the runway in the distance. There were many armored cars near the former airport. She noticed that this whole area transformed into a military base. However, she didn't walk towards the runway.

After walking for a few minutes along the fence and the barbed wire that stood above it, she found the prisons, or the Units. On top of a tower stood a rogue guard with a scoped M4.

George noticed that the color of the grass around the prison faded from the emerald color he saw in the town to a walnut brown color.

As the three prisoners approached the prison, they spotted a large 'A' on the wall above the metal door guarded by a steel cage. A few windows with steel bars stood next to the door, though it was too high up to look through.

Lukeman opened the caged door, then the metal door. He held the latter open and allowed Dr. White to lead the prisoners inside the Unit.

The air smelled damp and musty with traces of mildew on the brick wall. A small light bulb flickered softly every five feet apart. Noisy sounds echoed throughout the dark halls, such as when Lukeman shut the metal door to enter the prison.

A woman sobbed as a rogue soldier returned with her from across the hall. Her stomach had many cuts and a bandage was wrapped around her neck. The rogue opened a cell and shoved the woman inside, shutting the cell gate while she lied flat on the ground, letting her tears fall to the dusty, concrete floor.

Lori's goosebumps scattered around her body, as she looked at the prisoners in the cells. The hallway seemed to go on forever, until Dr. White told her to turn left. She, Jason, and George walked on another hallway, though the cells were larger.

"To your right," said Dr. White. "Lukeman, open the cell."

Lori faced the cell to her right and covered her mouth as she muffled her gasp. Tears formed in her eyes and her heart leaped all over the place.

Rita and Lynn Sr. looked at their daughter, astounded and speechless. Both of them couldn't believe it. Even though their ragged clothes held blood stains and their faces were bruised, Lynn and Rita felt a sense of good luck surging through them.

Before Lori and her parents said anything, Dr. White hushed both of them without making a noise as Lukeman turned around and returned his keys.

"What'd you need them for anyway?" asked Lukeman.

"Special experiment," said Dr. White as he uncuffed Lori, Jason, and George. "Might need them again later. Might need you later."

"So, we cool now?"

Dr. White lightly shoved Lori, Jason, and George into the cell. He closed and locked the cell and nodded. Lukeman and Dr. White walked away from the cell and out of the prison.

George looked out of the cell while he rubbed his wrists.

"They're gone now," he whispered.

Lori wiped a tear from her face as her lips trembled softly.

"Mom. Dad."

Rita and Lynn looked at her, both of them tearing up on as well. Lori broke into a soft smile as she walked closer to them. She then hugged both of them, leading them to hug her back with tears running down their cheeks.

"Oh, my beautiful daughter," sniffled Lynn.

"I knew it," sniffled Rita. "I knew we would be together again."

"I missed you guys so much," whimpered Lori.

"We did too," said Lynn.

"Are you alright?" asked Rita. "Did they hurt you? What'd they do to you?"

"Nothing. Nothing, I'm fine. The others and I… we came here for you guys…"

"Awe, this is so sweet," said one of the other prisoners in the same cell. "I'm Ted. This dude above me is Kotaro. We're buddies with your father."

"You've seen my children?" asked Kotaro. "Perhaps my wife at least?"

"No, I'm sorry," replied Lori. "I… uh–"

"Guys, let her have a moment," said George.

"Oops. My bad," apologized Ted.

Lori looked at her parents again. She couldn't believe it. She finally reunited with them. Now, it was time to reunite them with the other Louds.

"Are your sisters and Lincoln okay?" asked Lynn Sr.

Lori felt a sting in her heart that melted the moment of happiness. She struggled to come up with a response.

"Yeah… they're alright. Even Bobby, Ronnie Anne, and Clyde are fine."

Rita and Lynn looked at Lori's worried expression.

"What's wrong?" asked Rita.

"Our journey… it wasn't so easy. We lost people. People that my group and I cared about."

"Oh, I'm so sorry, come here, Lori," whispered Rita, holding her daughter tightly.

"You shouldn't be here," said Lynn. "Sorry to ruin this JOYFUL moment, but this isn't exactly a place you would wanna be in."

"Don't worry about it, Dad. We have a plan. Mom, Dad, meet George Cane and Jason Wilson."

"Former FBI agent. I came here from New York with the group your daughter's in."

"And I was with the Lori's group before we met George in New York and joined after a helped deal with four idiot's trying to rob her group."

"H-How'd you find us?" Rita asked both George, Jason, and Lori. "How'd you get here?"

"Well… it's a long story," said Lori. "But first… I want to admit something. In order to protect the people closest to us… I had to k-kill others. I'm sorry for not being the same daughter three months ago."

"Lori, it's okay," reassured Lynn.

"I saw you in Royal Woods. You tried to liberate us– I think– and I saw what you did to these evil army men. I knew that your Pop-Pop's gun training was going to come useful one day."

"Oh, Mom, you have no idea. It all began after the bombing in Detroit…"

Luna munched on an apple while watching the sunset with Sam. Chunk was leaning against a tree with his sniper rifle beside him while munching on a Apple. Leni approached both girls and Chunk with a bucket of apples.

"You guys want some apples? Presty found some more," exclaimed Leni.

"Presty? Dude," snickered Luna. "Don't you think you're getting a little too close with this Christian Boy Scout?"

"He's not Christian! He's Mormon!" exclaimed Leni.

Sam almost choked on a bite of her apple while Luna looked at Leni with raised eyebrows.

"Oh geez," sighed Luna. "We're good. Our little bro might need some apples."

Leni smiled and walked to the RV. Sam looked at Luna.

"Oh my– did she really–!"

"Yeah, I know, I know. She can be a tad… ditzy. But I still love her!"

"You think Preston and his uncle like us? I mean… what do they think about us?" wondered Sam.

"I don't know and I don't care. I love you regardless of what anyone thinks."

"You… love me?" whispered Sam.

Luna blushed after realizing she used THAT L-word. Her mind went blank and all she could do was nod slowly.

"I love you too!" exclaimed Sam.

Sam moved closer to Luna and kissed her, while placing her right elbow in the grass. The sun set, and Leni came out with her bucket, still containing apples. Since she adored the couple, she held her hands over her heart while her eyes glowed at the couple. Chunk who was still leaning against the tree grab another apple from the basket. Luna looked back and saw Leni smile at her. And Chunk giving her a thumbs up while smiling. She blushed and smiled back.

The truck stood outside of the house where the weapon crates were kept. Darkness fell upon the truck and the soldiers had not returned yet. Richard looked out the window and grumbled to himself.

"Oh that's great, isn't it?" said Richard. "Think the soldiers didn't come back because they had to deal with Lori, Jason, and George? This plan of yours, David, it ain't gonna work."

"If you had anything better, why didn't you share it with us?" argued David.

"I did. Yesterday. I wanted us to stay in Medway to come up with a better plan. Time matters."

"These people, those people in the Units don't have time!"

"Haven't you heard? The two most powerful warriors are patience and time."

David chuckled softly. Carol stood up from the dark stairs and inched closer to both men while still being a few feet away.

"Where'd you hear that bullshit from?"

"Some Russian dude. Point is… every time you plan something, things go to shit! Every time you trust a stranger, things go to shit! No offense, Haley."

Haley looked at both men while rubbing her thumb and index finger.

"What are you suggesting?" asked David.

"Stop. Blindly. Trusting. Strangers! Everyone in the group knows this won't end well for us! We don't even know what this Dr. White guy is like."

"He's not a bad dude!" blurted out Haley.

"He conducts experiments on these people. Doesn't he?"

"You don't understand! He's forced to! You think he would actually enjoy inflicting pain on these poor prisoners?"

"It don't seem like he shies away from the words 'test subject'!"

"Why are you telling us now–?" asked David.

"Because it's not too late to pull out now, David. We can wait until General Black and the others leave. Haley, you said that would occur tonight, right?"

"Yeah. Just for two days, though. But Colonel Ash is taking charge in those–"

"We can take 'em on tomorrow. We can formulate a better plan."

"What happened to you?" whispered David. "You used to take on these kinds of risks. And now you're scared for your life?"

"Aren't we all? This is dangerous territory. We're going against people as strong as me, even stronger. These people are well trained."

"What, we're just going to leave Lori, Jason, and George in their cells, awaiting whatever pain will be inflicted on them?"

"That's if White's a coward enough to do it, just to protect his own sack. He's a stranger. And most importantly, we can't trust him. He could be a threat."

"If anyone threatens our group… I'll kill them. Stranger or not, they're not getting away with it."

Luan and Benny leaned on each other uncomfortably. Bobby and Dana gave each other worrying looks. Lynn raised her eyebrows at David.

Richard stormed away while Carol stayed with the group. David looked at his watch.

"It's time. You're driving the truck, right?"

Haley nodded. She opened the door, went outside, and looked around. She looked back at the group and nodded.

"I'll stay and secure this place," said Becky.

"I'll stay with her," added Benny, kissing Luan before she left the house.Bobby, Wavehead, Dana, Luan, Lynn, Vonda, and Carol jumped inside the truck.

"I'll be there in a minute!" exclaimed David.

He ran upstairs with his flashlight, searching for Richard.

"...and that's how I ended up inside the prison," explained Lori. "See, it's part of the plan–"

The squeak of the metal door and the scraping noise that followed it indicated that some rogues entered Unit A. However, it was the sound of three boots after three boots pressing against the floor that alarmed Lori.

"Donovan? Which one of these lucky fellows seem the most physically able?"

Lori knew that voice. After all, she just heard it yesterday.

"General Black," she whispered.

"What does he want now?" whispered Lynn Sr.

The sound of the boots came closer to their cell, causing the parents to tremble and hide behind Lori. George saw their shadow in the corner of the hallway and moved back. He rubbed his hand on the floor and placed it on his face. He then rubbed it again on the floor and lightly dabbed it on Lori's face. And Jason did the same to his own face.

"Come on, Bree, we don't have all day," said Lead.

"Sorry, sir."

"Don't be sorry, Donovan," said General Black. "Lieutenant, patience is key to getting perfect results. Remember that."

"Yes, sir."

The boots tapped on the floor until it came to a pause. General Black, his lieutenant, and his medic were next to Rita and Lynn's cell. Lori looked at Black and felt her skin crawl.

Black's left eye socket was like an abyss since no light touched its edges. He was scarred between his empty left eye and his left ear, and all around his eye socket. His left eyebrow were missing.

The medic looked around and into their cell, carefully inspecting each person with his eyes. He then squinted at George.

"Say… this one doesn't look tired. Though, I can't find his TS-tag…"

Suddenly, Black's walkie-talkie crackled.

"Sir! This is Guard Alpha-Alpha! We spot what appears to be three people outside of the fences from at least a hundred yards away!"

"Stay put," ordered Black. "I'm going to see what the situation is. Tonight's too important to mess anything up."

Black, Lead, and Bree left the prison, leaving the prisoners alone, a rare occurrence among them.

Rita and Lynn whispered Lori's name. She turned away from the cell and looked at her parents again.

"What's this plan of yours?" Lynn whispered.

Black walked towards the guard tower to the left of Unit A. He looked up and turned on his walkie-talkie.

"Corporal, I need you to pinpoint to me where the targets are."

"Look ahead sir. It's at your two o'clock."

Lead handed Black his thermal binoculars. He turned slightly to his right and looked into the right scope. At the hill, there were two hot targets adjacent to each other and one next to them.

"I see them. Corporal, stay put. Lieutenant, I want three men to get in a vehicle and check out the situation. Don't fire unless they fire first. Go!"

"Yes, sir! Private, I need you on…!"

Lieutenant Lead walked away to complete his order. Black's walkie-talkie crackled again.

"Sir, this is Private Sturgess. The rope in the upper west gate appears to be cut!"

"I'll be there, Private! Oh, boy. Donovan, go to the base. It seems we have unwanted rats in our home."

David walked inside the truck and hid behind the weapon crates with the other group members. Benny closed the rear door and tapped it on it, letting Haley know she can drive to the Units.

"I guess you didn't find him," said Wavehead.

"Nah. I don't know if he's still on this mission. That's what worries me," admitted David.

Haley looked ahead as she drove. Many flashlights streaked across the town and in the military zone. She gulped as she continued to drive as calmly as she could.