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‘Wait! Agent Walker!’ I shout after her

‘Walker? Are you kidding me?’ Nine asks, incredulously ‘The chick soldier who tried to capture us?’ The others just look on, confused for a beat, before Eight speaks up

‘I’ll get her for you,’ he says, and then disappears When he ot her, ar I do is rip off the gold badge on the front of her shirt

Nine plucks the badge out ofit carefully ‘Well, well, well Who do we have here? Special Agent Walker?’ Nine laughs ‘Lady, you look awful!’ He hands the badge back to me as if it suddenly has cooties

‘Do you kno pathetic you are?’ I yell ‘Cutting deals with the Mogs, doing their dirty work, for what? They are going to destroy you!’

‘I’rip on her ‘We are doing what’s best for this country’ She stares back at me defiantly, but I knoill h

Sarah points at her ‘I’ve seen you before John, she was there when Six was taken away’

Nine grabs Agent Walker by her shirt’s lapels like sorip on her arht into her face ‘I want this one, I get to kill her’

Walker is now frantically struggling to back away froht ‘Wait! I knohere your ship is!’ Special Agent Walker pleads ‘I know you want it and you’ll never find it without me’

‘Our ship is here?’ Marina asks, clearly uncertain if she can trust what Agent Walker says

The agent narrows her eyes ‘I’ll show you if you let o’

‘What do you think, Four?’ Nine asks

‘John? What happens when you find your ship?’ asks Sarah, grabbing my arm

‘We don’t have time for this!’ Marina says ‘I know Six is inside this roo to keep us froet about her! Who cares if or where our ship is, until we have Six!’

Nine says, ‘I’ll handle her’ Walker floats up into the air and hangs by her belt hook on the light fixture high above us, red-faced with fury Nine looks at us, winks and flicks the fingers of one hand behind his back, blowing the door open ‘Marina’s right Six and Setrákus Ra come first Shall we?’

He smiles at Sarah ‘You’re pretty badass fro her Walker’s Mog cannon ‘Think you can handle her?’

Sarah takes the cannon ‘If she ht, I’ll blast her Gladly’

I look at the rest of the Garde ‘It’s tiure out who’s doing what We just know It’s quiet and dark and an awful stench permeates the air All I can think of is the arena that kept appearing into see if I can tell The center of the large rooht and yells, ‘Time to come and play, Setrákus, you piece of shit!’

‘Where’s Six?’ Marina says She joins Nine in the center of the rooht They quickly drop their Chests and start to look around

‘You guys! There’s so around the roo fro

I shine low, it alht I don’t knohy, but there’s so here,’ I say in a low voice

While atch the shadows for any sign of acy to run up onto the ceiling and look at the rock foret close I hear a familiar voice yell, ‘Stop!’

I whip around to see Six standing alone in the doorway A loop of thick rope hangs froed blue sword She looks unhar Did she do it? Is it possible that Six has already killed Setrákus Ra?

‘Six! Oh, my God, it’s you!’ Marina cries ‘You’re okay!’