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she was a girl? Perhaps they needed her to remain unharmed or her body to remain unharmed? She did not know and did not care, but took full advantage of that fact and fought with every cell in her body.
“There’s no use fighting it,” one Enforcer warned. He stood close to Jocelyn, his eyes boring through hers, his acrid breath blowing in her face. “Why don’t you just calm down and let us take you back to the lab? All we want is to ask you a few questions.”
“You can ask your questions here,” Jocelyn said.
Pinned to the wall by four Enforcers, Matthew ceased his struggles, his loud pants expressing the difficulty of the battle he’d attempted to win.
“Vivian is the one who’ll want to talk to you. Why don’t you just make it easier on both of you and walk back with us? It’ll be a whole lot more comfortable than having us push and shove you there.”
“We’ve seen enough of how you question prisoners,” Matthew spat.
“You’re not prisoners,” the Enforcer corrected. “It’s obvious you guys are just confused kids who don’t know what they’re doing. We just want to set everything right before you head back out into Arcadia.
“Don’t believe them, Jocelyn.”
Stunned by the first words uttered by her brother, Jocelyn turned to him. “Jacob.”
“They don’t know the meaning of talking. Prisoner or not, you’ll meet the same fate as all the others in there, whether that be walking out onto that field or being transported like I have.”
“I’ll give you one last chance to come with us peacefully, Miss.”
“I’d rather die out here than go back in there,” Jocelyn said defiantly, trying to act brave.
“Fine,” he said. He gestured to the goons surrounding her. “Bring her in. Use whatever force you need to subdue her, short of killing her, but make sure she ends up at Vivian’s feet.”
“Jacob,” Jocelyn called out as the Enforcers dragged her away.
The lights on Jacobs’ panels began flashing, and he wheeled with a speed of a vehicle over to Jocelyn’s side. His movements were fluid and agile, lacking the awkwardness he’d initially shown. His robotic arms of steel lifted and became sharp like swords. Without hesitating, his arm stabbed through the chest of one of the Enforcers. He had the strength of ten, the speed beyond any human being and the instinct for combat that surely came from only within his brain, his memories, and his time spent on the outside. Jacob had lost his body, only to be replaced by a fighting machine. But why?
As Enforcers came after him one by one, Jacob used his massive steel arms to cut them down. At one point, when an Enforcers fired a shot at him, a brilliant blue light like a laser beam surrounded Jacob, creating a shield right before the bullet would hit, and disintegrated the bullet. Before long several Enforcers lay in a bloody pile, some dead, most left unable to fight any longer.
“Get away,” Jacob called to Jocelyn as he forged on, fighting the Enforcers who held Matthew captive. “Run.”
“Jacob, what about you? I came here to get you, to bring you back to Melanie.”
“Run while I fight them off, Jocelyn. I’ll be right behind you. I’ll catch up to you.”
Matthew came to Jocelyn’s side as Jacob continued the fight. “Come on, he’s right.”
“No,” Jocelyn said. “I won’t leave him. I can’t. Not after all we’ve been through.”
“You saw the speed he’s capable of. If we start running now, he’ll be at our heels in no time.”
Jocelyn hesitated. Jacob appeared to have regained all his senses. He no longer needed her to order him, to tell him what to do every step of the way. He fought valiantly, admirably. Surely Matthew and Jacob were both right. She needed to run, to save herself, to make it back home, yet her feet seemed cemented to the very spot she stood.
She’d lost him once to banishment. She thought she’d lost him again when she witnessed the horrors of the Old
“There’s no use fighting it,” one Enforcer warned. He stood close to Jocelyn, his eyes boring through hers, his acrid breath blowing in her face. “Why don’t you just calm down and let us take you back to the lab? All we want is to ask you a few questions.”
“You can ask your questions here,” Jocelyn said.
Pinned to the wall by four Enforcers, Matthew ceased his struggles, his loud pants expressing the difficulty of the battle he’d attempted to win.
“Vivian is the one who’ll want to talk to you. Why don’t you just make it easier on both of you and walk back with us? It’ll be a whole lot more comfortable than having us push and shove you there.”
“We’ve seen enough of how you question prisoners,” Matthew spat.
“You’re not prisoners,” the Enforcer corrected. “It’s obvious you guys are just confused kids who don’t know what they’re doing. We just want to set everything right before you head back out into Arcadia.
“Don’t believe them, Jocelyn.”
Stunned by the first words uttered by her brother, Jocelyn turned to him. “Jacob.”
“They don’t know the meaning of talking. Prisoner or not, you’ll meet the same fate as all the others in there, whether that be walking out onto that field or being transported like I have.”
“I’ll give you one last chance to come with us peacefully, Miss.”
“I’d rather die out here than go back in there,” Jocelyn said defiantly, trying to act brave.
“Fine,” he said. He gestured to the goons surrounding her. “Bring her in. Use whatever force you need to subdue her, short of killing her, but make sure she ends up at Vivian’s feet.”
“Jacob,” Jocelyn called out as the Enforcers dragged her away.
The lights on Jacobs’ panels began flashing, and he wheeled with a speed of a vehicle over to Jocelyn’s side. His movements were fluid and agile, lacking the awkwardness he’d initially shown. His robotic arms of steel lifted and became sharp like swords. Without hesitating, his arm stabbed through the chest of one of the Enforcers. He had the strength of ten, the speed beyond any human being and the instinct for combat that surely came from only within his brain, his memories, and his time spent on the outside. Jacob had lost his body, only to be replaced by a fighting machine. But why?
As Enforcers came after him one by one, Jacob used his massive steel arms to cut them down. At one point, when an Enforcers fired a shot at him, a brilliant blue light like a laser beam surrounded Jacob, creating a shield right before the bullet would hit, and disintegrated the bullet. Before long several Enforcers lay in a bloody pile, some dead, most left unable to fight any longer.
“Get away,” Jacob called to Jocelyn as he forged on, fighting the Enforcers who held Matthew captive. “Run.”
“Jacob, what about you? I came here to get you, to bring you back to Melanie.”
“Run while I fight them off, Jocelyn. I’ll be right behind you. I’ll catch up to you.”
Matthew came to Jocelyn’s side as Jacob continued the fight. “Come on, he’s right.”
“No,” Jocelyn said. “I won’t leave him. I can’t. Not after all we’ve been through.”
“You saw the speed he’s capable of. If we start running now, he’ll be at our heels in no time.”
Jocelyn hesitated. Jacob appeared to have regained all his senses. He no longer needed her to order him, to tell him what to do every step of the way. He fought valiantly, admirably. Surely Matthew and Jacob were both right. She needed to run, to save herself, to make it back home, yet her feet seemed cemented to the very spot she stood.
She’d lost him once to banishment. She thought she’d lost him again when she witnessed the horrors of the Old
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