"Get- away-from- me" Laura said painfully.
"What did I do?" He asked innocently.
"What did you do? You did every terrible thing! You tricked us, about 3 or 4 times. You've kidnapped us multiple times! You've-you already know, why am I telling you?"
Jace frowned and said, "I think that you were simply having a nightmare. It certainly looked like it." He got off of the bed that Laura had just realized that she was in. It was huge! And completely luxurious!
"Where am I?"
Jace smiled. "This is your home! Don't you remember your real life?"
"My real life?"
"Yes, your real life. Maybe it'll come back to you later. But please, tell me more about your dream. It seems most interesting!" Laura stared at him suspiciously, but then started her "dream" at where she had transferred to the boring public school. When she was done, Jace asked her what the combination in the dream was.
"I-don't remember." Laura said.
"Are you sure you're ok?"
"I'm fine."
"You might have slight amnesia." He gently pressed his hand to her forehead. "Don't you remember me? The real me, not the evil dream me." As he was pressing his hand to her head, memories started to flood in. Memories of Jace and Laura playing on a hill, memories of their first day of school. Laura found as these memories started to grow roots in her head, the dreams were beginning to leave.
"Do you remember me now?" Jace asked. Laura smiled and sprang on him, giving him a bear hug.
"Yes! That silly dream is long gone!"
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The trip to Pec was quite unnerving for Rebecca. She didn’t know where her best friend was, or if she was still okay. She could remember all the times Laura had saved her life. The thing that concerned her most was not being able to do the same this time.
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Enver sat in his house, staring intently at the face of his computer. He could tell that the HIA had tapped into his personal files. He could see the route they had taken, and what they had looked at. Whoever needed this information was extremely smart, for they had been able to take down his Firewall with complex codes and maneuvers. He recognized many of those codes. They were ones that the HIA used all of the time. Ones that took years of practicing and remembering. Whoever was after him must have been the real deal, and he had to be prepared. He closed his laptop.
“What’s going on?” Valdete asked.
“I’m needed,” Enver said, and walked outside.
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