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The Boss is in his room. Not the room of comfort and rest that lies by the poolside where he can hear the joy of his Family, but the room in the cavernous depths of the facility with eerie distinction between office and laboratory like a visible representation of the Jekyll and Hyde story. He is typing.

The Boss types all manner of things. Notes to foreign correspondents and long distant friends. Birthday cards to his family, for his skill with a pen is long gone. Glowing reports to Servals who went elsewhere to continue the search for their answers. Papers for the academic community. He liked to think that every sentence to escape his fingers was carefully articulated, well thought out and given with a calm and passive voice. That was no truth this day. Even with his hands shaking, he types with utter ferocity and speed. The white glare of the computer screen filters onto his face and the objects of the room. The photo album is open. The little boy with the peacock and flamingo is smiling.

The instructions are to all leaders of the Servals in close range to the target. He's already examined the forest from a map. He's read the reports. He's found the camps. He knows how this will go. The instructions dictate the plans clearly - the forest area is too thick and unfamiliar to the Servals to directly attack the camps. Burning down the woods would provide the shifters with too much of a clue as to their presence. Too much time to escape. No, they would have to drive the shifters of both camps to the only clear location that was still hidden away from the nearby town.

It would begin with Servals shooting both of the camps to scare the shifters out simultaneously. Next, Servals would be scattered throughout the forest, subliminally affecting their retreat to head in the direction of the river. The attack was timed so that both camps would which the river together. Running into their enemies whilst escaping gunfire... The result would be catastrophic for any formation either of the groups were keeping. Servals would push in from the sides. Some shifters might fall into the river. The location in mind was of swift current. The weak would drown. The strong would fight back. Some might need to be shot down. Necessary sacrifices. These shifters would be it.

"No more death, mother. No more killing, father. My family will be free. We will be like you." The Boss didn't know if his parents could hear the whispered words. Nor did he really care. Everything was about to be as it should. His future was about to begin.
The guard (Tomithy) places a hand on Ptelea's head to soothe her. "Mate, you're scaring the little girl," he says to Ambrose. His words were not supposed to come across as cruel. His concern for the moment simply lay with Ptelea over the boy. "I don't think she's really ready for this, you know? Why don't you two try again a little while later?" He pulls some handcuffs out from his jacket pocket.
The guard relaxes, but is still visibly shaken. He'd remained focus to save the girl, but with the adrenaline leaving his system the reality that a life had been in his hands began to sink in. He remembers that the two of them would probably want some time together and decides to focus on that rather than the horror of what was happening. "Ah, alright. Hurry up and say hello you two. We're going to be off a real doctor, but both of you will be in cuffs. So, uh, hug now or whatever."
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Ambrose just listens to the guard and moves out of the way when he lays her on the ground. He sighs and sits on the ground nearby, watching sadly. He closes his eyes, hoping that everything would turn out okay. He opens his eyes at the jolt of electricity and waits to see if his sister would wake up.

She didn't.


The guard pales at the lack of reaction from Ptelea. Although he was trained in emergency aid, he was nothing close to a real doctor. If the typical tactics he knew would bring her back to life, he would be lost. No. He wouldn't panic. Not yet, anyway. He gives Ambrose a shaky smile. "Don't worry kid, sometimes it just takes a couple of tries, you know?" He sends another pulse of electricity through Ptelea.
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Ambrose trembles, feeling disgusted at himself. When the Boss takes his hand, he feels like he's going to throw up. He looks away and whimpers quietly. He then looks at the guard sadly. "He may as well have just killed her...my friends are all dead now..." He whispers softly, thinking briefly about Dione and his other groupmates. He knew he cohld never go back t the forest, at least thats how it seemed. He just gave crucial information to an evil man...how could anyone, even himself, forgive this?? Shaking his head sadly, he turns his attention back to Ptelea. He begins gently unclipping the alligator clips from his sister's hands, kissing her forehead lightly. He winces, seeing the scalpel sticking out of her hand. He clenches his hand into a fist, before relaxing it. "I am so sorry baby sister.." He sets his hand gently on her cheek. "I missed you so much." He gently gives her a hug, the first one in four years, even if she wasn't conscious to realize it. His heart beats, beginning to panic a bit. "Chain me up...what does he think? That I'm going to run off and..." He shakes his head. "I'm never leaving my sister again..." He says softly, before beginning to unwrap the wire on her legs. That, at least would be something...even if he couldn't make her completely fine again, he could try to help a little. He looks at the guard. "Still think I did the right thing?" He asks, feeling defeated and lost.


The guard knew that time was of the essence to save Ptelea's life but yet he still stands back and watches as Ambrose gently tends to his little sister. When the wire is removed from her ankles he checks the trolley to find a small portable defribillator. He supposed that The Boss had suspected this outcome. He hadn't even seemed surprised when Ambrose broke into the room. Had the lack of batteries in the radio been planned as well? Oh well. All was done now and it did not matter. He removes Ptelea from the chair and lies her on the floor as Ambrose asks his question and answers with a sigh. "What are you asking me for, mate? You already know my answer. I'd never even have let it get this far for a member of my family." He lifts up her shirt to stick the electrodes to her chest. "But you're not me, are you? You and I... we're very different people. I don't have friends outside my family but I've watched television shows where friends become family. That concept is alien to me, something out of a fairytale, but maybe not for you. Either way, you're the one who's going to have to live with the decisions you made today. Not me." He sends a jolt of electricity through the defribillator.
The Boss snaps his fingers for the guard and then points to the girl. "Resuscitate her, then ensure that Ambrose is chained up." He takes Ambrose's hand and shakes it. "Pleasure doing business with you, my son." He leaves the room.
The Boss tidies his sleeves a little bit. "Last chance, Ambrose. The guard who brought you here actually knows CPR. He can save your little sister." His hands grip the back of Ptelea's chair and he leans over her unconscious body to glare at Ambrose. "But we'll have no more of this indecisiveness, will we? Surely you've seen how delicate a little girl can be."
The Boss's face falls. "Oh, Ambrose!" He looks at Ptelea, "Oh, Ptelea! Your brother has dearly forsaken you! Forgive me!" He spins around and his hand falls strongly on the button. Electricity flies through the wires to its goal; a nine year old girl who waited four years for her brother to return to her, knowing in her heart that he must love her so. He never came.
The Boss's eyes shine with greed, although he knows the job is not yet done. He steps back so that Ambrose can see Ptelea in her pitiful state. "I want everything, Ambrose. I want the location. I want base locations for the Broms and your group. I want names. I want tactics, escape routes they take in case of emergencies. I want details. If you lie for even one of these, do not think that I won't know. In my time, I've taken to picking up on when a person is lying. So, give it all up."
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Ptelea's face was wet with tears as she listened to the old man. She shivers slightly, whimpering. "M...maybe Rosey doesn't love me...he loves his friends more.." She squeezes her eyes shut, lip trembling. "He never came back for me....he never wrote me letters..." Another tear rolls down her cheeks as she exhales, giving up.

Ambrose rushes past the guard into the room. He pales. "Ptelea..." He whispers.


"Oh, look! Someone finally decided to show up!" The Boss removes his finger from the button and walks over to Ambrose. "Look, Ptelea! The guilt ended up getting to him after all! Shame it wasn't any earlier, hmm?" He stands so that he blocks Ptelea's view of her brother. "No talking to her now!" He begins to whisper harshly to him. "You best follow my every word, because right now dear Ptelly is hooked up and ready to be shocked to oblivion. If she doesn't transform, her tiny little heart will stop. If she shift, she'll never be the same again. Do you understand me?"

The guard waits outside, holding the door open. A little bit of light streams into the room.
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