Borosk -

Static to an open room, dark and in the corner a figure sits until the scream of a wounded animal echoes.

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Borosk -

Bringing her knees towards her chest, Allyson screamed into her knees hoping that it would be muffled. She was silent for a moment and then the heavy sobs started again.

They -- I I don’t know. Am I the enemy Bait? I just wanted to be a good soldier. But everything that they told me, everything was true. My friends...Ryv and Loske they attacked me - I-I had to protect my cover, I had to protect her Bait. If Loske - if she would have killed her, I don’t know what I would have done.

I need her too much, please understand that...

It scared me. The look in Ryv’s eyes, I’ve never seen that from him before. He wanted to kill her - but I need her. I would be -- I need her Bait.

They were my friends, they’re supposed to be my friends. I raised a weapon against them, I-I attacked Loske, I hurt Ryv…

Realization crossed her face once more as she fell forward clutching her chest tightly as the sound of utter despair echoed the nondescript room.

Who am I? Everything I was - I can’t be anymore. I can’t go back to the Alliance - there’s nothing there for me. I can’t - I can’t stop seeing their faces, the look of what I’ve done, who I’ve chosen, Bait what am I going to do?

My heart, I-It belongs to her, I can’t deny it anymore. I don’t want to deny it anymore, but I’m scared.

She’s going to leave me after all of this. I’m going to be alone again, I can’t be alone again...

Bait - don’t leave me too…

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Borosk -

Bait? You haven’t left me? I don’t know what happened - everything, it's over. All of it.

Static and then the same room appears. Allyson sits with bloody wound dressing across her midsection. She hiccups between sobs and never looks to the screen. Soft beeps and trills echo as the droid attempts to comfort the girl.

Nothing matters anymore. Everything I’ve done to this point, all of it was a waste. I did everything I could, I gave up so much, I gave up so much for this forsaken galaxy. All everyone spoke of was how what we were doing was going to make a difference, where is it Bait?! Where is the difference we were making?

The first day, I remember my briefing. You’re disposable, you’re deniable. Don’t get caught. Blend in and forget who you are. Bait I don’t even know who I am supposed to be now. What I’m supposed to do. They all left me, they weren’t here to find me - they were sent to silence the deniable asset.

You know, I just wanted to make a difference. I wanted to make my parents proud, show them that I was someone. I know that’s what worried them when I ran away. I remember the last thing I said to mom,

Allyson’s attention from Bait as she looks towards the ceiling remembering her mother, tears continue to roll down her cheeks as she sighs heavily.

I told her not to worry, I told her that I belonged to the stars, not in a laboratory.

I remember her face when I told her that - she cried. It was as if she knew something terrible was coming. She told me not to look back - not to regret, but I do. I regret leaving them - I regret not walking away from all of this for Kaili, I regret dragging Ryv down this path with me.

Right now, the only regret I don’t have - is her, but even then - I’m not real, Rae’s not real. I’m just a lie, a shadow, an enigma. Why do I keep hurting the people I love? Is it my punishment for not playing by the damn rules set before me?

I want to be real, I want to exist for someone - is that so wrong?

I want the look she gives to Rae, to be the one she gives me. I want her to see Allyson, what a mess I’ve gotten myself into. Where did I go wrong? What did I do to deserve this?

When am I going to wake up from this nightmare?

Static and the recording continues as Allyson sits there not moving until it finally cuts out a few hours of time later and Allyson had finally cried herself to sleep.

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