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Twenty Five

  Millie: “Sis, you mean the girl we were chasing?”

  Sarah: “Yeah, do you know her?”

  Camren: “You mean Katie? Wait! You guys were- oh right, you were the ones chasing her…”

  Millie: “... What? Don’t look at us like that! We weren’t even aiming for her!”

  Sarah: “Well, tried not to at least…”

  Camren: “... Anyways… I’ll tell you later, I gotta go check on Eva first!”

  Millie: “W-wait for us at least!”

  .

  .

  .

  Camren: “...”

  Millie: “...”

  Sarah: “...”

  Camren: “We’re lost…”

  Sarah: “... Millie, do you remember how you got back?”

  Millie: “Don’t look at me! Both of you should know now too!”

  Camren: “What time is it…?”

  Millie: “It’s only been 10 minutes.”

  Camren: “What if she wakes up now???”

  Sarah: “Then she can come find us!”

  Camren: “...”

  Sarah: “What?! Urgh fine, I can’t even joke around huh.”

  Millie: “We’ll be fine man~”

  Camren: “...”

  Commander Declan: “You say… you’re from the Rojo squad?”

  Royan: “That’s correct-”

  Commander Declan: “That means you must be a Gilluan.”

  Royan: “! I thought-”

  Commander Declan: “I was told you possessed tech from P.H.”

  Royan: “Oh that’s right… I stole that from one of my pursuers.”

  Commander Declan: “Hm… so they’re already being tracked down.”

  Royan: “? Aren’t you a part of the plan?”

  Commander Declan: “A part? What do you mean?”

  Royan: “Point Herrera, BBK, New Brone and Holland, aren’t they launching the attack tonight?”

  Commander Declan: “That’s Hilland, we’re on the way to provide reinforcements to Gillua.”

  Royan: “Oh… oh that’s… great to hear… Well I apologize for causing such an issue…”

  Commander Declan: “Once we were notified of the alliance being formed in secret between the nations, we knew Gillua wouldn’t have been able to win against such force.”

  Royan: “Ha… That’s good… That’s… Good…”

  Commander Declan: “We’re one of the first- you don’t look so well-”

  *Plop!

  Commander Declan: “He’s fallen unconscious…”

  Operator 1: “Sir what do we do now???”

  Commander Declan: “First lieutenant Royan, huh…? Give him treatment asap. Make sure he’s up before we reach the destination.”

  Operator 1: “Yessir!”

  Commander Declan: “He also said tonight… Our intel said the attack wasn’t until a week from today.”

  Operator 2: “Sir, we are able to cut our time by half, should we also notify the others?”

  Commander Declan: “Go ahead. Hm… Contact HQ stat! We may not have time to set up for defense! If we must, we will engage in direct combat!”

  Operator 2: “Yessir!”

  …

  …

  “Evangeline…”

  …

  “Evangeline.”

  Uh…

  Woman: “Evangeline!”

  Wuh… what? Grandma…?

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  Woman: “Did you… find the boy you had mentioned?”

  The boy? Grandma, what are you talking about?

  Woman: “Remember, no matter what others may say…”

  Wait…

  Woman: “There’s always going to be someone out there, who’ll lend you their hand.”

  You’re not my grandma…

  Woman: “... And when they do, don’t push them away.”

  That's…

  Woman: “Keep them close. I’m sure, the boy knew that as well.”

  Wait, who are you?

  Woman: “He’s waiting, Evangeline.”

  Who’s waiting?

  Woman: “Oh, what was his name… Was it, Christian?”

  Are you talking about…

  You mean… Camren… Camren?... CA-!

  .

  .

  .

  Evangeline: “CAMMY!”

  …

  Evangeline: “Cam- Ow!”

  Evangeline: (Ughhh… Where am I…? Am I alone? What happened…)

  …

  Evangeline: (! WE WERE BEING SHOT!!!!! WHERE DID THEY GO???)

  …

  Evangeline: (I-Is he safe…? AM I SAFE???)

  …

  Evangeline: (What do I do… Grandma… Whoever you were… Please give me something.)

  …

  Evangeline: (Plea-)

  *Clank!

  *Creak

  (!)

  Camren: “Like I said! I don’t have any feelings for- EVA!”

  Evangeline: “Cam- Woah!”

  *HUG

  Camren: “EVA YOU’RE ALRIGHT!?!?! I’M SO SORRY, ARE YOU OK???”

  Evangeline: “A-are you ok?!?? What happened??? What happened to the people shooting us???”

  Camren: “I don’t know! I don’t know Eva! We’re safe now! You’re safe now! I’m just glad you’re alright!!!!!”

  Millie: “Sis… Are they really not a thing?”

  Sarah: “Seems pretty close to me!”

  Evangeline: “Wait, Cammy, who are they?”

  Camren: “Oh… They’re here to um… keep us safe. They’re from…”

  Sarah: “We’re soldiers from Point Herrera, and I guess we’re stuck here with you.”

  Camren: “Apparently they were some goons out to kill Roy.”

  Evangeline: “Royan? Wait, he's here?!?”

  Millie: “Not anymore~”

  Evangeline: “YOU KILLED HIM??? CAMMY-”

  Camren: “They’re just messing with us… Roy went back to Gillua.”

  Evangeline: “What? What’s happening in Gillua?”

  Camren: “I don’t know, but apparently it’s not safe to keep sitting around like this, so he went back to-”

  Evangeline: “It’s not safe?”

  Camren: “...”

  Sarah: “... What? What are you looking at us for?”

  Camren: “You’re the ones that are a part of it!”

  Sarah: “So what?”

  Camren: “Why don’t you explain to her what’s happening?”

  Sarah: “Ugh… We were a part of the operation to eliminate Gilluan targets. We don’t know the reasoning behind this plan, however from what we know…”

  Evangeline: “...”

  Millie: “They’re launching a large-scale attack on Gillua tonight.”

  Evangeline: “... Cammy.”

  Camren: “I- I don’t know the legitimacy of their words, but…”

  Evangeline: “It’s… all that we have…?”

  Sarah: “I know I know, ‘oh why should we trust you~?’ Believe us, we don’t want to be a part of this anymore either.”

  Evangeline: “How many of us have you guys killed?”

  Millie: “Us? None, you were our first target.”

  Evangeline: “I see-”

  Sarah: “But there are others out there right now, hunting you guys down.”

  Evangeline: “How long… has this been going on for?”

  Sarah: “We were deployed yesterday. The first group was sent out…”

  Millie: “On Saturday. To keep a low profile, they deployed everyone around the same time.”

  Camren: “That’s keeping a low profile?”

  Millie: “So that word didn’t spread before they got to their targets.”

  Evangeline: “...”

  Camren: “...”

  Sarah: “I mean hey, it worked didn’t it?”

  Camren: “Yeah, minus the fact that you spilled the whole operation to Roy. Now he’s on the way to ‘spread the word.’”

  Sarah: “Ironic, isn’t it? You’d think they would have us keep our mouths shut more.”

  Evangeline: “Betraying your own home-”

  Sarah: “Hey! I don’t know about the rest, but we did not want to be a part of this! Like I said, it was just our means to make ends meet.”

  Millie: “Plus, that rat promised to get us back home.”

  Evangeline: “He did?”

  Millie: “I don’t know how he’s gonna do that, but as long as he gets us back to our mom and Alex, we’ll do anything.”

  Evangeline: “Then why not kill me? Can’t you still complete your mission?”

  Millie: “...”

  Sarah: “...”

  Camren: “Eva-”

  Millie: “He killed us. Or- I don’t know, but now there’s this thing inside me.”

  Evangeline: “Wha-”

  Sarah: “We’re done. With the mission, the whole King’s Gambit. He was right, they do use us like tools, ones they can get rid of and replace every few months.”

  Camren: “But I thought you said-”

  Sarah: “What? How I’d do anything? Yeah, that’s why I’m doing what that bastard asked. No doubt if I kill his questionable fiance, he’ll come after us again.”

  Evangeline: “Q-questionable?”

  Sarah: “Oh, didn’t you know?”

  Camren: “H-hey, if she didn’t know… plus I don’t think it’s too important for her to know.”

  Evangeline: “Cammy~”

  Camren: “!”

  Evangeline: “What are you not telling me~?”

  Katie: (His house seems… fine…)

  *Shatter!

  Katie: (His window… is busted… I wonder if his family made it out safely. I guess a good start would be his room.)

  *Knock knock knock

  …

  Katie: (I guess… they wouldn't be here.)

  …

  Katie: (Ha… I’m sorry Cammy, I’m going in!)

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