The airship was crumbling, but it could still fly. After Octavia had gotten the girl she had left, along with her little crew. I had various cuts and wounds, including a nasty one on my face, but other wise I was fine. I couldn't say that for the boy though.

He was standing in a corner looking blankly out into space. I felt sorry for him, but I didn't work well with humans. I knew the girl that was taken was his friend, and I knew how it felt.

I walk over to him. He stares at me blankly.

"What are they going to do to her?" he asks shakily.

"Probably kill her slowly while making us watch," I reply.

He nods. "I'm sick of it," he says. "Sick of watching my family, friends, and home get destroyed or taken. Why can't they just leave us alone? Do they want me to give up?"

His face hardens. "I'm not going to give up though. I am going to get that girl, Alexandria, and make Poe Allen pay. I have a plan." 

Poe Allen, I am here for a job.

Poe, I have the information you wanted. Are you ready to collect it?

You. Little. TRAITOR!

Okay, here we go.:

I feel the burning liquid seeping in my arm while the pain spreads throughout my body. I yelp a couple of times when it feels like it bursts, and my head throbs. But what hurts the worst is my bullet hole. The pain just seems to overflow in my shoulder area to the point where it is an extremeley sore numbness.

I see a small video camera in the corner. The live feed.

I have to look like I'm okay so they won't come for me. If they do, then everyone is jeprodized.

I do my best to give a flashy smile at the camera while grimacing because of the fire that I call pain. 

"Looking at records of the Resistence leaders," I reply calmly.

He buys it, nodding.

I nod back and slide past him, walking down the hallway.

"Oh, and Alexandria?" I hear him ask.

I freeze, and turn around. "Yes?" 

"We have a newer person coming in today to inspect the base, one by the name of Oswald, I believe. I just wanted to let you know."

I nod my head. "Okay."

I turn and walk off, and a few seconds later, while I'm inspecting my radio, I bump into someone.

"Excuse me," I mutter, looking down at the radio and continue walking.

But the person doesn't move.

I move to the side and inspect them, slightly scowling. 

A boy with dark hair and eyes stands there, looking at me.

"Are you Oswald, the new person?" I ask. I haven't seen him before. 

He nods. "Yes. And you must be Alexandria?"

I nod. "How do you know?"

"Er, some people in the base talk about you," he reponds, a little rushed.

I nod.

"And, I needed to talk to you aabout something. Could we take it somwhere else?"

I'm about to agree and ask why when I see the shape of a gun in his coat.

Now normally, all base members have one, so I wouldn't worry about it, but there's something weird. It's not the same Aether pistol that all base members have. And since he's new, all new base members are handed the basic modified Aether Pistol 1, but this is an advanced weapon. Not even the kind captains have. 

Then I look at him. He looks uncomfortable, and his eyes sometimes dart around, and he looks at his watch often.

"I think I'll pass," I reply cautiously, slowly starting to walk away.

"Wait," he says. "It's important."

I'm reporting him.

"I have somewhere to be," I reply, walking a little faster now, turning away.

I hear a click.

I lunge for the cover of the wall, right as a weapon fires.

I mutter insults under my breath while I get my gun ready.

I dart around the wall, fire, and dart back.

I have to get somewhere safe, somewhere with more people with more guns. I only have three bullets loaded in for some reason.

Darn, where is Poe Allen and everyone else when I need them?!

I hear footsteps walking towards me.

I inhale sharply, dart, shoot, and go behind the cover of the wall.

Right as I do, another gunshot from Oswald is fired.

One bullet left. I look at my gun in hope, and get myself ready, peering over the small wall.

Man, someone's going through a lot of trouble to kill an eleven year old. But I guess that's what Poe Allen has to go through all of the time then.

The footsetps draw nearer.

I then take a deep breath, jump to look over the wall, aim my gun, and shoot.

I get his leg.

He yelps and shoots his gun back. 

I dart back down, and right as I do, Poe Allen and some soldiers run up from the hallway I am facing.

I go up to join them, but notice they aren't shooting.

I turn and see that some of Oswald's friends made it. 

Actually, please ignore that last post. I realized that most Reistance leaders weren't together, and other stuff.

So, PLEASE IGNORE!!

Thanks, and I'm sorry. 

I turn the corner to head into Poe Allen's office right as someone heads out, staring at me oddly. I stare back before entering in.

"Oh, Alexandria," Poe Allen says, standing up. "I was meaning to talk to you about something."

"Me too," I reply, sitting down on the chair across from him as he sits down.

"You can go first," he says.

"No, you can. I think this news should be shared last," I reply.

He nods. "Okay. So, the cloning for Shadow has been going well. They have been able to pull up enough samples to create enough clones so that they are there when they are needed and there when they are not. Also...."

He continues to talk, but my attention is reverted to the screen next to him. It's small, but big enough so I can see it.

It's a recording being played.

I watch it, and I'm in it, along with Poe Allen and some of the other generals and captains.

But I don't remember a camera being in that conference room from that angle.

From the angle of the shot, following the window, I can see black metal, kind of like a pole, pointing towards me. Wait a second. That's a gun.

I look back at Poe Allen.

"....And of course after the clones are complete, short training sessions will be needed, and you can help me with that-"

But he stops when he sees the expression on my face.

"What?" he asks, confused.

I burst up and walk next to the screen, pointing at it.

"What is this?" I exclaim.

He looks startled and looks for the remote, finds it, and turns the screen off.

"Nothing."

"It obviously is," I say, quite frustrated. Why do I feel as though everyone is lying to me? Oh, maybe because they are. "What is it?"

"I-I-"

"RIDDLE ME THIS, POE ALLEN, WHY IS THERE A GUN POINTED TO MY HEAD?"

Silence.

I roll my eyes and storm out of the room, Poe Allen following.

"Wait, where are you going?" he asks.

Now the entire base is watching. Good. Now they can see the trust level he has with all of us. Or maybe just me.

I whip around. "I'm going to find evidence that this has been happening."

More silence follows as I walk down the hallway.

"Wait!" he calls.

I turn around.

He looks at me guiltily. "Look, I can explain." 

hi Sprocket, so sorry that I haven't posted. Let's just say that Trillian disappeared after escaping from Elliot.

Trillian~

I can see a smoking blimp in the distance, flicking a switch on my wings I soar in closer and land on the deck.

"Hi sprocket, sorry for the delay."

She looks up, startled, then slaps me.

"How could you just leave like that!" She yelled. "After escaping Elliot you just disappeared! No one knew where you were! You could have been dead for all I knew!"

I grimaced, "it's complicated. I headed over to the ruins of SailHaven to find Sasha. Long story short, I took away her power and stored it in these gauntlets" I say, holding out my wrists.

The repurposed gauntlets now glowed faintly, spiraling patterns swirling over them

"the AEther compound that made these up keeps the power stable so I can use it." 

So sorry again again for not posting XP