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Vera approached Fabine and looked him in the eye politely. "Fabine, I want to talk to you about something," she began calmly, masking her nervousness well. She tried her best to skip the small talk, knowing it would only bore him. She watched him carefuly, trying to interpret his reaction.

After Ambrose had been knocked out, Brianna had the guards place him in a thick steel cage where they kept most of the shifters who survived the first day and chain up his hands into handcuffs. That night as she lay in bed she fantasised about all the experiments they would perform on it. It was unusual of her to get so riled up about a subject, particularly one that she had to call by name. Not to mention she had to keep him alive. All she had originally wanted was a few short experiments out of the girl - the one who had vanished with no explanation - followed by a dissection. Now she had to deal with this character. She still felt violated by the touching of their lips. He was a wretch of disrespect.
Early in the morning The Boss had called her. Perhaps he had sensed her rage, for he had ensured her that she may do anything she like as long as he be kept alive for certain. His words were soft and dripping with some other plan that she couldn't explain. After his call she slipped her labcoat on and took the short walk from her apartment to the scientific facility. She tried to hurry as she knew that at the boy's cage a lab partner would be waiting for her.

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Fabine rolls his eyes. "It's always something with you people." He says, walking past her. "I'm eating, if you have a problem with that, it will have to wait." He says firmly, heading over to the pile of food and rummaging through it. He finds a squirrel and sits at a fire to skin it. He glances at her with a raised eyebrow. "Well?"

"You're going to learn." Jayden says simply, shifting and standing up. He stretches momentarily and then turns his attention back to her. "You know basics, right? Destin always showed you little tips and stuff. You can start from that."

A fellow scientist was waiting for Brianna in the room with the cage. His expression was guarded, but he was excited about the next round of expieriments. It wasn't necessarily torture per se, but some might see it as cruel. He eyed Ambrose silently and smirked to himself. "Ready for today?"

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Vera sat down opposite him and met his gaze seriously. "I don't care if you eat, so long as you listen." Her gaze had a glint of ferocity, demanding an ounce of his respect. "I know that if there's one thing you hate, it's weakness. So I think it's a mistake to leave the Broms without a second-in-command."

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Fabine finishes skinning his squirrel and then sticks it on a stick, placing it over the fire to cook. He meets her gaze and nods. "I agree. Weakness is something that I hate." He then tilts his head. "So what you're saying is that I'm making a mistake. As leader." He raises an eyebrow. "You're not off to a very good start here."

"Very well. I'm sure we cab arrange that." Hunter straightened his back as she entered the room and addressed him. He glances over to Ambrose. "Nothing to be excited about on your end. You're going to miss those shackles by the end of it." He replies shortly, turning his attention back to Brianna. "First steps is to get him ready for the ordeal."

Jayden shrugs. "If I must, in order for you to taks the job seriously. You'll learn quick if you're as good with herbs as a bow. You can do it." He follows her after a moment and waits for her reply. "This is for the best."

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"Yes," Vera defends stubbornly. "That is what I'm saying. And I'm not here to accuse you or anything, because I get that taking an unqualified second-in-command would be almost as bad as none at all." She paused. "But I think that taking me into that position would make us stronger."

"Yes, I agree." Brianna nods to Hunter and removes the key to the cage from her pocket. "An area such as this is certainly no place to be experimenting on a subject. We'll take him across the hall and hook him up to the brain wave monitoring machine. When I saw the results of the last shifter we did this with," she sighed happily, "it was like a symphony on the page! Shifters really do have incredible brain patterns. She leans in to Hunter again. "The Boss has insisted that we call the subject by his real name Ambrose rather than Subject 10. I'm sure you of all people will know how to make good use of that, yes?" She stepped away and clicked the key into the lock. "Ambrose! Oh my, I am excited about the adventures the three of us are about to have." She spoke venomously to him.

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Fabine turns his squirrel slowly. "I see. So you came here with a huge speech about how weak we are without a second-in-command, then ask for the job yourself. Did you intend to make me angry? Is that the idea? Push my buttons until I cave to letting you be the second?" He scoffs and pulls his squirrel off the fire, checking it for any uncooked portions. "I'd only make you my second if you could prove to me that you deserve the job."

"The best costume." He snorts, having no part in Ambrose's sarcasm. "We'll need to get you nice and prepared, Ambrose." Hunter then nods to Brianna's comments and readies himself for the next group of acivities. "You're going to have a wonderful time!"

Jayden shrugs. "I don't see this as unreasonable. I'm not cutting your hands off or making you do nasty things." He could feel her frustration as they walked back to camp. "You can be as irritated with me as you want. I don't care anymore. But you don't hold any power over me, and you're going to do this." Jayden looks down at her.

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Vera narrows her eyes. "I'm not trying to irritate you here, Fabine. That wouldn't do me any good, now would it?" she pointed out with a sigh. Her eyes narrowed even further at the challenge, and she smirked. "A second would need to be ready for anything." Her smile disappeared. "I really want this, Fabine. So, try me."

Ambrose's words itched under Brianna's skin and for a moment she was tempted to slap him but she resisted. She would not have a subject make a mockery of her in front of a fellow scientist. "I'd be careful with those lips. Plenty of cells we can get from them, and you really don't need them on your face to continue living. Oh, but you'll play nice for us, won't you?" Her voice was low and dangerous. She took hold of the connection part of Ambrose's handcuffs and used it to direct him out of the cage by pulling him along.