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Gun shots rang throughout the air. Kristie stumbled out of a nearby house and said, "Jere! Vince! Matt! You have to wrong house!! Grace was using you to get to Merlyn! He wants her because she has a secret...." She ran into Matt panting. "We have to hurry, or she's gonna get killed!"

Matt ran in after Mathius. "Mathius! Stop! If you don't, she's in trouble! And alot of it!"

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Merlyn screamed into the water. She was damning herself. She was cursing herself for burning to originall Gatlen Gun plans and replacing them with faulty ones. Only she knew the design...and now she was paying for her secret. Damn, you, Merlyn! You've cause all that you love misery! And now, in your final moments, are you now realizing it!

Matt handed him his gun. "Promise me you won't go crazy," he said.


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As Merlyn came up for a breath, she thought about...ice cream? The smooth texture came to her mouth, but as she was dunked again, she thought, What the hell was that about?! Then an image of her brother and mathius standing over a freashly dug grave haunted her.

Matt, Jeremiah, and Vincent followed him in, all with their pistols armed and ready. They took a few men down, but didn't kill them. "Check in there," whispered Jeremiah, and pointed to a room on the left hand side.

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The torture person was having lunch break, and so Merlyn was left there, hanging. She took a deep breath, and pulled on the sleeve of her uniform jacket. There was a pocket near the hem-line. She put her fingers in, and pulled out a red pill. She took another breath, knowing how she was going to decive everyone. She had stolen the pill from her brother when they were sparing. He had the same pocket in his jacket, and he had the same kind of pills that Mathius had. She then grabbed the pill, lifted her head up, and dropped the pill. It landed in her mouth. She swollowed it, and waited for the effects to take hold. It did in about two minutes. She felt the world go dark, and thought, I'm sorry, everyone.

Grace walked in a few minutes after Merlyn went out. He looked at her, didn't see her breathing, and smiled. "Well, at least that's one rebel dealt with." The torture walked in. "Soldier, take to rebel down and lay her on the table. Make sure that the others could see her."

Matt realized what Mathius was talking about. "Oh, dammit!" he said. He checked his pocket in the hem-line of his jacket sleeve. "She took the pill in my jacket..." He walked over and grabbed her pants leg. Her ankle was a blue-ish color, though the rest of her was a ghostly pale. "She did it while we were sparing. She always took stuff while we spared when we were kids..It never crossed my mind that she knew...."

Jeremiah was shooting some soldiers that had come in from the mess hall. "Well, untill she wakes from the dead, I'd say we get out of here!" he said. He then made a howling call. They heard one come back. "Axel says the cost is clear, lets move out!"

Matt stood watch outside. He had been crying when he thought that his sister, and now he whiped his eyes. He said, "Dammit, Merlyn. You've always been the trickest b*****d I knew. You knew that I didn't think that you knew where the pill was."

Jeremiah, Vincent, and Axel all waited outside the door. Kristie finally brought up her courage and said, "So he really loves her, huh Matt? I mean, and she loves him so much that she would cause him pain to keep herself alive. I think it's very...well...surprizing...I mean, it's Merlyn we're talking about. I've know that girl since I was born, and now...well..wow."

Matt nodded. "That was my first reaction when I found out also. Very surprizing. But I'm happy for her. It's good that she has someone like that. Vince and Jere have Samantha and Renee' and well, you and I are loners, Axel. I don't think we'll ever find someone..."

While unconsious, Merlyn's nightmare became all to real. She could feel the fire and smell the gunpower around her. She could see the ghosts of her subordinates, saying to her, "Why, Captin, why did you have to leave us?" She tried to say sorry, but then she was pulled into a dark abyss. She could see the Devil staring her in the face. "Well, well, Merlyn, where's your God now? You're stuck down here...FOREVER!!!"

In her dream, Merlyn heard Mathius' voice. In her delerious state of mind, she thought that he was an angel. She couldn't speak to him, the heat of Hell had made her throat like parchment. All she could do was look for him while Satan laughed at her attemps. "Don't even try, Merlyn, he's not coming. You've done to many things to be down here to be forgiven by anyone!" Then, the battle field appeared once again. "YOu're doomed to live the battle you've fought inside yourself for all eternity!"