Fionraella

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Liwei quickly undid the restraints, careful not to be too rough when it touched Ambrose's skin. "Are you hurt?" he asked softly. "Did they do anything to you?" He glanced over the boy, then back at the door. "We really have to get away from here."

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Ambrose sits up, watching Liwei warily. "I'm alright. Just...where's Misha!?" He jumps off the gurney and stumbles a bit. He puts his hand on the wall to steady himself. He shakes his head to clear the fogginess. "We need to get her. I don't..." He whimpers. "Please, we have to go get her!"

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Mona was there. She gasps quietly and runs over. "Hey kid!" She whispers in relief. She then frowns at the way he was restrained. "Liwei, can we untie him please?" She asks, setting a hand gently on Ambrose's. She bites her lip. This boy looked so scared and there wasn't much she could do to help him.

Ambrose sighs, recognizing Mona. "Good, a familiar face. I was worried." He then looks at Liwei warily. "He's with you?" His heart rate was slowing down. He didn't notice his hands were clenched into fists until he unclenched them. Blood cakes his palms from where his nails dug into them. He lays his head back down and watches the two adults warily.

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Ambrose pulls at his restraints, not really hearing the man, his ears ringing. He sees Liwei grab the edge of his gurney and he growls. "Get away from me!" He shouts, panicking. "I want that man and woman! They were trying to help me! Where are they? Where's Misha!?" He kicks his legs, trying to get them free. He whimpers a bit. "Please don't hurt me.."

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Ambrose's eyes shoot open as the adrenaline entered his bloodstream. He gasps, his heart racing. He tries to raise a hand to his chest, finding him unable to move it. He then notices the sheet with thin light flickering onto his face. He whimpers and begins thrashing frantically. "Help! Someone help me!" He cries out, trying to kick, punch...something, anything to get out of this.

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Liwei released Mona's hand and pushed through the door with a soft grunt. He squeezed her shoulder from the point obscured by the door. He gave The Boss an apologetic look. "Sorry, sir. I just wanted to see how the experiments were going. It seems that a lot of details were.. left out of the reports." He tried to draw his voice away from an accusatory tone, instead opting to don an air of professionalism.

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Mona tries to take a step forward, but then stops, still out of sight. She hesitates and stays where she is, deciding to let Liwei do the talking.. She clenches her hands into fists and waits for the old man to respond. She grits her teeth, wanting to scream and shout and kick and barge in there, but she held her tongue. Liwei could handle the old man.

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Liwei pursed his lips and squeezed her hand. "I know the way." He turned the corner, then continued through a long, sterile hallway. The whitewash of the walls fed into his growing sense of unease. It was as if they were slowly caving in around him, despite their clean, white stasis on each side of the two. At last they approached a heavy door, marked with warning labels and a keypad. Liwei glanced at the pad for a moment and then to the door itself. It was cracked open.

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Mona presses closer to Liwei as a chilly wind leaks past him through the cracked door. Her heart begins to race. She whimpers and tightens her grip on Liwei's hand, unable to will herself to let go. He didn't seem like he'd hurt her. She peers past him, hoping to get a glance at whatever horrors lay in the open room beyond..

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Liwei stumbled a bit as she pulled his arm but quickly fell into pace behind her. She's so passionate, he thought. She cares so much. He still struggled to push his doubts to the back of his mind but found himself accepting - slowly - that they had been lied to and that the lies were putting literal children in danger.

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"Fuck. I have no idea where Boss Man's office is." Mona huffs, stopping at a fork in the hallway. She looks at Liwei for help, a little surprised that he was still so willing to go with her. Shouldn't he be convincing Boss to kill me or something forwhat I know? Maybe he's going to lead me the wrong way...

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@Fionraella Liwei crossed his arms in contemplation. "I want to say he doesn't but.. he must." He thought back to the redacted documents. "I couldn't access the full versions of the plans for this experiment. Only someone high up could mark them up like that." He sighed, his face taking on a look of dejection.

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Mona whimpers. "He must know..." She then begins crying. "What are we subjecting these poor, sweet innocent children to??" She grabs Liwei's arm and begins running down the hall, determined to save at least one, but hopefully both, of the children that she and Benjamin had brought in...Where was Benjamin anyway?

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'We go get Boss. He can't know about this right??" Mona looks at him pleadingly. "You've worked alongside Boss for so many years. You know most everything going on here...You'd know if Boss arranged for this right?" She nods firmly and sets off down the hall. "Oh, and we have to figure out where that boy disappeared to."

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Mona watches Misha for another moment before heading after Liwei. Her heart pounds in her chest, and she finds breathing difficult. She covers her mouth with a hand, trembling as she tries not to cry. They had to get help. Or stop Brianna and Arther themselves...but how?? More people have to be in this torture...