{"sf1_id":1353577,"sf2_id":"zeRaZ6Y1","title":"Alcatraz Ch. XXVIII-Divulgence","author":"Djynnerate","words":5541,"posted_at":"2018-07-23T12:39:00.000Z","tags":["Bicurious","Bisexual","Cat","Dystopia","Gay","Gay Relationships","Hyena","Jackal","Lynx","Military","Otter","Panther","Post-Apocalyptic","Sci-Fi","Teenagers","Tiger","War","Wolf","Young Romance"],"url":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/1353577-alcatraz-ch-xxviii-divulgence","original_url":"https://sofurry.com/s/zeRaZ6Y1","image_url":"https://cdn.sofurryfiles.com/submissions/thumbnails/a1/79/a17937d4-a3d9-4c51-b91c-9ba81ae85521","description":"#36 of Alcatraz\n\nfuck its actually been 2 months since I last uploaded hasn't it\nwhat happened to being productive this summer lol we've gotten like 3 chapters out\nanyways this chapter I had ONE THING i wanted to happen and when you're done with it you can probably tell what lol\nthe last scene was prewritten as i was writing chapter 12 to my memory. Lots of it was just me trying to advance side plots for filler\nalso i feel this should go without saying but the reason jabari and garcia won't tell tai anything but cryptic bs is because that plotline literally takes place years in the future so no spoilers lol","content":"///\u0026nbsp;\n\nThe door opened again, a hand on his shoulder rousing him from sleep.\u0026nbsp;\n\nTai gave a groan... He felt like shit. Between the last 48\u0026nbsp;or so\u0026nbsp;hours he'd been tortured, rescued, captured right after, imprisoned, and now...\u0026nbsp;\n\nWorst fucking week of his life.\u0026nbsp;\n\n...\u0026nbsp;\n\nProbably not, honestly...\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"You may resume recording.\"\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"W- the list, you were going to give me another name!\"\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"We never agreed on that.\u0026nbsp;We never even discussed\"-\u0026nbsp;\n\nAs Tai's fist reflexively banged on the table it stopped not an inch from it, Jabari's eyes glowing green as it did.\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"You are in no position to make demands. Speaker or not.\"\u0026nbsp;\n\nAs she let him go he almost collapsed forward, not realizing the full-body hold she'd just had on him.\u0026nbsp;\n\nIt wasn't enough to make him breathe as heavy as was, but it felt like the damn air got sucked out of him. She watched on, he could feel her\u0026nbsp;disappointment.\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"How... How long are you keeping me in here?\"\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"You will stay until I am content.\"\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"And how fucking long is\"-\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"Alsamt! Continue the recording, cat.\"\u0026nbsp;\n\nHe closed his eyes for a moment, breathing still heavy.\u0026nbsp;\n\nAfter a minute he grabbed the recording device, eyes still closed in sheer exhaustion.\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"Tai, before you begin, one question.\"\u0026nbsp;\n\nOh, fuck...\u0026nbsp;\n\nSomething cryptic that would just open up another void to chase, to throw himself down in until it finally killed-\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"Do you believe in demons?\"\u0026nbsp;\n\nHe hadn't expected...\u0026nbsp;\n\nFor a moment he reopened his eyes, looking into hers curiously. What was perhaps malevolent before had become\u0026nbsp;understanding.\u0026nbsp;\n\nThese others, the other afflicts here, they were like the\u0026nbsp;Jinnrai. Not real afflicts, but not clones like they were.\u0026nbsp;\n\nJabari was real though, he could tell that much.\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"...I believe in what I see.\"\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"But you believe in Operation Alcatraz?\"\u0026nbsp;\n\nThe connection changed, reverting to as before. And the malevolence came back.\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"Continue the recording, cat.\"\u0026nbsp;\n\nHe did so.\u0026nbsp;\n\n///\u0026nbsp;\n\nWhen we came back from the movies, I forgot to mention, Lio and Mari were heading out. On mission in Peru.\u0026nbsp;\n\nOh, and we were also losing Reyna, Alvin, and Isaac.\u0026nbsp;\n\nNot for good, of course, they were just going to be off for a good week or so doing something in the middle east. Hunting down a rogue squadron or something, from what I heard.\u0026nbsp;\n\nOne thing I hadn't caught onto was G201 had been upgraded to a Tier 4\u0026nbsp;squadron.\u0026nbsp; It didn't really mean all that much besides we'd been around long enough to individually\u0026nbsp;send off\u0026nbsp;members and split the group when needed.\u0026nbsp;\n\nTier 3 meant Marshall would leave us, so I wasn't too eager to\u0026nbsp;get to\u0026nbsp;that but Isaac was already slating us to meet the qualifications.\u0026nbsp;\n\nIt wasn't Jake-\u0026nbsp;Isaac's\u0026nbsp;decision\u0026nbsp;to send them off, though. I learned that Lio and Mari were just around for a short amount of time here, a sort of buffer for our squad while it grew.\u0026nbsp;They'd probably leave when Marshall did.\u0026nbsp;\n\nUltimately\u0026nbsp;they answered to Tomas Vasquez, Brasilia\u0026nbsp;Esquadrao's\u0026nbsp;lead. But that comes later.\u0026nbsp;\n\nI'd been waking up to fight the AI thing every morning. It wasn't really\u0026nbsp;that\u0026nbsp;obsession\u0026nbsp;I'd felt with Reyna, that was just going through it to be close to her,\u0026nbsp;but every time it beat me, I couldn't understand why. It should be evenly matched, I was fighting a mirror.\u0026nbsp;\n\nIt was fucking terrifying though, once you actually started it up. I'd found most of the simulated combatants gave you a moment to get back from the console to the ring, but there had been a running joke between my peers ever since mine tried to hit Jake outside of it.\u0026nbsp;\n\nEvidently it wasn't that bad in comparison to the others; most people would beat on Alvin for a warmup and then get to me, I wasn't the only one trying to overcome myself.\u0026nbsp;\n\nBut it was about 8 and I was still in bed. Isaac had gone to\u0026nbsp;Vervous\u0026nbsp;to do something with the police there early in the morning\u0026nbsp;before they left, so everyone was getting as much shuteye as possible.\u0026nbsp;\n\nI couldn't take my mind off of what happened yesterday, though... Especially that one thought about Lynx I'd had.\u0026nbsp;\n\nNever thought I'd somehow grow\u0026nbsp;attached, but I hadn't seen\u0026nbsp;the faceless assassin\u0026nbsp;since before Thailand. I still had pills from the ones I hadn't taken but I assumed she'd be in\u0026nbsp;again\u0026nbsp;soon.\u0026nbsp;\n\nIt was just the 11th, though. She\u0026nbsp;wouldn't come in this soon after last time.\u0026nbsp;\n\nI'd even got to thinking about\u0026nbsp;Ariya, how much I'd been neglecting training myself. Nowadays my focus was on just being a normal soldier, not whatever she wanted out of me.\u0026nbsp;\n\nThen again, if I was normal I wouldn't have even gotten onto G201...\u0026nbsp;\n\nI was getting better at it, though.\u0026nbsp;\n\nAfter a while my thoughts got too heavy and I decided to go make myself breakfast.\u0026nbsp;\n\nBy make myself breakfast I mean eat a\u0026nbsp;poptart. I wasn't doing jack shit after Alvin made toast one morning and I saw what it actually looked like.\u0026nbsp;\n\nWithout the ice... And ketchup... and...\u0026nbsp;\n\nI got dressed and went downstairs, no one was up but I heard far off noises from the weight room. Someone was down there.\u0026nbsp;\n\nMy fists clenched somewhat; just about the only place I felt safe in\u0026nbsp;alone\u0026nbsp;was my room. I'd never shake that habit.\u0026nbsp;\n\nMight as well go get a work out, not like I had anything else to do.\u0026nbsp;\n\n///\u0026nbsp;\n\nRiddick\u0026nbsp;\n\nDecember\u0026nbsp;13th, 1400 Hours\u0026nbsp;\n\nG201 House, Norway\u0026nbsp;\n\nUsually it was the\u0026nbsp;drunkenness\u0026nbsp;or lack thereof that caused the sharp throbbing in his head but this time around it was like something else.\u0026nbsp;\n\nThe hyena was used to\u0026nbsp;something\u0026nbsp;either burning or throbbing or bleeding but this wasn't some alcohol induced headache.\u0026nbsp;\n\nHe gave a groan as he nearly ran into\u0026nbsp;Jake, the\u0026nbsp;wolf\u0026nbsp;asking him something but he shook his hands off.\u0026nbsp;\n\nRiddick slammed his bedroom door behind him, immediately fumbling for his smokes.\u0026nbsp;\n\nA cry of rage nearly escaped him as his clumsy hands battered them across the room, his phone caught by the return.\u0026nbsp;\n\nHis ears were ringing, he felt dizzy, he lurched...\u0026nbsp;\n\nFuck, was he dying? Was this what it felt like? Maybe he'd stopped with all the pills and shit but somehow managed to... To OD?\u0026nbsp;\n\nNo, that wasn't how it worked, so... What the hell?\u0026nbsp;\n\nBefore he even knew it, even\u0026nbsp;felt\u0026nbsp;it, his muzzle banged off the dresser and onto the ground, the bedpost generously scraping an ear as he went down.\u0026nbsp;\n\nFuck, the door was open too... Maybe that was a good thing? Seeing the strung-out fuck no one liked laying on the floor?\u0026nbsp;\n\nGod above, it was-\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"Glasglow.\"\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"What?\"\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"He was involved in the siege of Glasglow.\"\u0026nbsp;\n\nHe was going to fucking die here, wasn't he?\u0026nbsp;\n\nShould he scream?\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"Glasglow was a massacre. I recall reading there were no survivors.\"\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"I'd think your Russian is a bit outdated, Kyle.\"\u0026nbsp;\n\nThat... Was from the day he went into the database with Kyle, looking for Isaac...\u0026nbsp;\n\nThat day wasn't real. That day never... Never happened...?\u0026nbsp;\n\nIt was ramming into his head like a hammer to a nail, boring in all that was already there to make room.\u0026nbsp;\n\nAnd it fucking felt like that too...\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"Thank you. I'll look more into Isaac if I can.\"\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"What more is there to see? It's top access, we can't get into that.\"\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"If I can get to his dossier\"-\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"I wouldn't try. And that's coming from me.\"\u0026nbsp;\n\nHe was on the verge of\u0026nbsp;unconsciousness\u0026nbsp;now. Fear of death was about the only thing keeping him from.\u0026nbsp;\n\nAnd he thought he'd thrown that out when... When Roger died...\u0026nbsp;\n\nHeh, you can think you're all that... But... When it happens...\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"I just wanted to know... Why is it you were trained by Jinn for two years?\"\u0026nbsp;\n\nKyle didn't tell anyone. He didn't even tell Tai. That was false, it was borne of a... A dream, an illness... What the hell was happening to him?\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"...I lost my brother to your kind. Mercenaries. With no respect for locals, the customs of things, the goings on. They just want more for themselves. Money. Turf. Women.\"\u0026nbsp;\n\nRoger... Mercs... All incoherent now...\u0026nbsp;\n\nBut it was coming back, the conversation, turning an empty gun on the wolf, he'd never wanted to do anything but intimidate him...\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"...So\u0026nbsp;don't ask me to like a Jinn\u0026nbsp;merc\u0026nbsp;with ASPD.\"\u0026nbsp;\n\nThe database, he'd searched up Kyle... He remembered that too now. The only way he'd known Kyle was like that. What erased all that? And why did everyone else go along with it...?\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"You get that fucking dossier. And watch your ass, Marshall won't appreciate anything we've done.\"\u0026nbsp;\n\nIt was gone.\u0026nbsp;\n\nAs it stopped the hyena's eyes snapped open, taking in his bedpost and the feel of fluid dripping down his muzzle.\u0026nbsp;\n\nEverything was silent, not even the usual chatter outside.\u0026nbsp;\n\nHe didn't groan standing up for once, he didn't feel any pain. That... Was something else.\u0026nbsp;\n\nAnd he'd been in about every state you could be.\u0026nbsp;\n\nWiping the blood off his muzzle, he took a few breaths.\u0026nbsp;\n\nBloody hell, that was what happened, wasn't it? Everything was different until... After Thailand.\u0026nbsp;\n\nReyna. And Kyle... And Isaac! Bloody\u0026nbsp;hell,\u0026nbsp;they were being experimented on.\u0026nbsp;\n\nBloody-\u0026nbsp;\n\nThe door slammed open and Kyle stood there, gasping.\u0026nbsp;\n\nThey stared at each other, something too tacit for\u0026nbsp;tacitness' sake passing.\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"...Hey, you... You having headaches?\"\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"Da...\"\u0026nbsp;\n\nThey paused for a moment, both catching their breath.\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"Tomorrow.... We tell them. Isaac will be gone.\"\u0026nbsp;\n\n///\u0026nbsp;\n\nTai\u0026nbsp;\n\nDecember 14th, 1700 Hours\u0026nbsp;\n\nWoods behind G201 House\u0026nbsp;\n\nI'd never been back here much before, except shooting guns with Kyle.\u0026nbsp;\n\nSometimes we would play American football, but I sucked at that. I was an alright kicker though.\u0026nbsp;\n\nI liked when we did things like that, seeing everyone's faces happy instead of serious and...\u0026nbsp;\n\nGSS.\u0026nbsp;\n\nThere wasn't much wildlife around, it was a pretty deserted area apart from a few birds. They mostly hung out around the house though.\u0026nbsp;\n\nAs for what we were doing out here, Kyle and Riddick had an 'announcement'.\u0026nbsp;\n\nThe first thing I thought was\u0026nbsp;dear god, Kyle's gay.\u0026nbsp;\n\nRochelle wouldn't stop laughing while they were trying to get some stuff together.\u0026nbsp;\n\nThe fact they said it's best to do it while Isaac's not there put a dampener on everything.\u0026nbsp;\n\nAnd the fact they took us into the woods...\u0026nbsp;\n\n...\u0026nbsp;\n\nWe'd been walking, me, Rochelle, Jake, and of course Kyle and Riddick.\u0026nbsp;\n\nThey wanted the whole squad without Isaac but that couldn't happen until everyone else was back.\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"Anyone given any thought to our traitor?\"\u0026nbsp;\n\nRochelle said, with a grin.\u0026nbsp;\n\nI'd actually forgotten about that. The\u0026nbsp;message...\u0026nbsp;All I focused on was I'd woken up outside\u0026nbsp;facedown\u0026nbsp;in the snow that morning.\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"Don't joke about that, Rochelle. It's serious.\"\u0026nbsp;\n\nShe gave a dry laugh.\u0026nbsp;\n\nAnd then turned into someone I didn't know.\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"You know,\u0026nbsp;it's fucking eating me up.\u0026nbsp;No one says anything because they're afraid to, because they're so afraid to get stabbed in the fucking back that they deny it. But me? I know what it's like. And I've seen it, I know who it is. I know which one of you is the traitor.\"\u0026nbsp;\n\nThe five\u0026nbsp;of us stopped, woods ever so quiet.\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"What do you mean?\" Jake's voice was dead serious.\u0026nbsp;\n\nKyle and Riddick shared a look.\u0026nbsp;\n\nRochelle wouldn't joke about this.\u0026nbsp;\n\nI had no idea what happened to Rochelle to... At least for a minute or two make her this way but it must have eaten her up. Worse.\u0026nbsp;\n\nHer hand twitched, and balled into a fist.\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"None of you saw him?\"\u0026nbsp;\n\nKyle was my first thought, and we turned on him.\u0026nbsp;\n\nI was too much of an idiot to suspect myself.\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"Who, Rochelle?\"\u0026nbsp;He asked.\u0026nbsp;\n\nShe turned, storm and fury on her\u0026nbsp;face, teeth bared.\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"The fucking cat.\"\u0026nbsp;\n\nShe was staring straight at me and Jake and Riddick were too now.\u0026nbsp;\n\nAnd so was the timber.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"W-what do you mean?\" This was the worst time to stutter.\u0026nbsp;\n\nShe'd seen Lynx. She'd had to have fucking seen Lynx, god...\u0026nbsp;\n\nIt was over... It was all fucking over...\u0026nbsp;\n\nI was dead.\u0026nbsp;\n\nI could plead.\u0026nbsp;\n\nI was dead one way or another.\u0026nbsp;\n\nJake put a hand on my shoulder. \"Elaborate.\"\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"I WATCHED him go outside the night that shit was\u0026nbsp;spraypainted. None of you saw him?\"\u0026nbsp;\n\nJake's hand was off my shoulder now.\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"...Tai?\"\u0026nbsp;\n\nI looked between the three, remembering how I'd just warmed up to Rochelle.\u0026nbsp;\n\nHow me and Riddick hung out\u0026nbsp;when we had time to kill.\u0026nbsp;\n\nHow\u0026nbsp;Jacques-\u0026nbsp;Jake was protective of me.\u0026nbsp;\n\nHow Kyle was my\u0026nbsp;bratja.\u0026nbsp;\n\nThey looked betrayed.\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"I...\"\u0026nbsp;\n\nThink.\u0026nbsp;\n\nThink, or your life is over.\u0026nbsp;You will\u0026nbsp;fucking\u0026nbsp;die, understand?\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"It's... It's kind of embarrassing...\"\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"DAMN RIGHT IT IS!\" Rochelle raised her voice now, and I was reminded I wasn't the only one from a rough background.\u0026nbsp;\n\nI was the only one who couldn't weaponize it, though.\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"Tai...\" Riddick was\u0026nbsp;staring at me, now further away.\u0026nbsp;\n\nI was shocked, and reached a hand out for him.\u0026nbsp;He moved away from it, shocked.\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"Tai. Where did you go?\"\u0026nbsp;\n\nJake sounded interrogative, no shield here.\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"I...\"\u0026nbsp;\n\nMy brain went overdrive and I felt Janus take over.\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"I... I get homesick.\" My face turned red as if to convince them, and I had no clue how I was doing what I was doing, or voluntarily making myself flushed.\u0026nbsp;\n\nI wasn't even really speaking, things\u0026nbsp;were\u0026nbsp;just coming out of my mouth.\u0026nbsp;\n\nMy mind was preserving my own life.\u0026nbsp;\n\nTheir expressions were as expected...\u0026nbsp;\n\nHow do you get homesick of hell?\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"I\u0026nbsp;just start walking...\u0026nbsp;I\u0026nbsp;was always\u0026nbsp;moving\u0026nbsp;in Gibraltar...\u0026nbsp;And you have to move, constantly... I can't sit still for too long, especially at night. It's torture. It's why I wake up between 4 and 6...\"\u0026nbsp;\n\nI was appealing to Rochelle who grazed this life.\u0026nbsp;\n\nAnd knew the truths.\u0026nbsp;\n\nLooking over to Riddick, he was pitiful now, of me, coming back.\u0026nbsp;\n\nJake was still a wall of steel.\u0026nbsp;I had to break him.\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"I\u0026nbsp;had friends back in Gibraltar, you know... I miss them... I can't...\" Tears started falling.\u0026nbsp;\n\nI was doing nothing.\u0026nbsp;\n\nAbsolutely\u0026nbsp;nothing.\u0026nbsp;\n\nI felt my mouth move.\u0026nbsp;\n\nI didn't speak. I didn't think.\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"I don't know if they're still alive or not...\"\u0026nbsp;\n\nJake's wall melted, Kyle was openmouthed, Riddick's hand was on my shoulder.\u0026nbsp;\n\nRochelle was unchanged.\u0026nbsp;\n\nI looked up at her, pleadingly, Janus receding but I knew it was my ticket to freedom, so I picked up where it left off.\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"Bullshit...\"\u0026nbsp;\n\nI heard it ever so slightly, a breeze on the wind.\u0026nbsp;\n\nA flake in the mass surrounding us.\u0026nbsp;\n\nA voice on earth in its entirety.\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"BULLSHIT!\"\u0026nbsp;\n\nA solid fist connected with my face, and I fell back into the snow, my cold nose weakened and blood spurting from it.\u0026nbsp;\n\nJake held Rochelle back, Riddick falling to my side, Kyle not sure of what to do.\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"I'm not going to get killed on account of\u0026nbsp;you fucking idiots!\u0026nbsp;You're a fucking Jinn rat!\u0026nbsp;I\u0026nbsp;hope\u0026nbsp;you try to kill me, you're going to be a fucking sponge of\u0026nbsp;bulletholes!\"\u0026nbsp;\n\nShe broke free from Jake and the wolf raised his hands to seize her, but Rochelle made no move, just stood still.\u0026nbsp;\n\nWiping the blood from my nose with the back of my hand, the snow and the snow fur turned red.\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"You can all pretend otherwise... You can all act ignorant...\" She said, looking around at us.\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"But I won't. I'm going to let Marshall know about this... And he's going to do something about it.\"\u0026nbsp;\n\nRiddick closed his eyes in frustration,\u0026nbsp;knowing\u0026nbsp;something he would probably regret\u0026nbsp;was\u0026nbsp;coming out of his mouth.\u0026nbsp;\n\nI realized whatever him and Kyle were trying to tell us had been lost.\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"You know, it's usually the accuser that starts things that's the traitor,\u0026nbsp;Roch.\"\u0026nbsp;\n\nThe\u0026nbsp;mutt's\u0026nbsp;eyes widened and she snarled.\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"ANZU's had\u0026nbsp;its\u0026nbsp;fair share of criminals through their own ranks,\u0026nbsp;I'm sorry, it might just be\u0026nbsp;you.\"\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"Preposterous.\" Kyle spoke up, finally. \"There's\u0026nbsp;no\u0026nbsp;spy\u0026nbsp;among\u0026nbsp;us.\u0026nbsp;There\u0026nbsp;is only unrest and those weak of mind enough to carry it.\"\u0026nbsp;\n\nAs much as we respected Kyle for saying something, we wished he hadn't... After all, we knew about his Jinn training now...\u0026nbsp;\n\nRochelle let out her fury on him, the new guy, the\u0026nbsp;Ruskie, the\u0026nbsp;merc, the one who spent two years with Jinn...\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"Rochelle, that's enough. Go back inside.\"\u0026nbsp;\n\nShe turned on Jake.\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"I wouldn't put\u0026nbsp;you\u0026nbsp;above anything either. In fact, I'll be watching all of you.\"\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"Fuck you, Rochelle!\" The argument was over but Riddick wasn't done.\u0026nbsp;\n\nHe stood up\u0026nbsp;from down\u0026nbsp;at my side,\u0026nbsp;fists curled.\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"How many times has Tai and Kyle busted their asses trying to help you?\"\u0026nbsp;\n\nHe pointed at me. \"He took a fucking bullet for Trojan! You think he's a spy? What have\u0026nbsp;you\u0026nbsp;done? When have\u0026nbsp;you\u0026nbsp;taken a bullet for anyone?\"\u0026nbsp;\n\nRochelle slowly turned around.\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"Trojan might be his accomplice. Maybe... Maybe\u0026nbsp;you\u0026nbsp;are.\"\u0026nbsp;\n\nJake approached her once more, but she shook him off when he got close.\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"You know what, Riddick? You're an absolute fucking twat! You've done\u0026nbsp;nothing\u0026nbsp;for anyone on this squad but yell at us, and I can't\u0026nbsp;count\u0026nbsp;the amount of times you've left for\u0026nbsp;Vervous\u0026nbsp;without even logging out!\"\u0026nbsp;\n\nIf Riddick could get any worse...\u0026nbsp;\n\nJake approached the hyena now, steadying him, making sure he wasn't going to pull anything...\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"And in addition to that, all you do is bitch about things! You never help out, you never\u0026nbsp;join in, all you want to do is those damn simulations!\"\u0026nbsp;\n\nRiddick softened somehow, kneeling down beside me again, and I'd been on the ground watching dumbly. I got to one knee, and he stood back up.\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"That is off topic. We were discussing the supposed traitor, not your personal contempt for anyone, Welsh.\u0026nbsp;And I would like to get around to what we were saying.\"\u0026nbsp;Kyle stood beside Riddick now.\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"Shut up, Kyle...\" Rochelle looked away for a moment, as if she knew she was going to regret something later.\u0026nbsp;\n\nMaybe she already was.\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"Tai's rooted himself in you deep enough. You'll believe anything he tells you, you're all gone...\"\u0026nbsp;\n\nShe gritted her teeth and any regret that was there was gone.\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"But\u0026nbsp;you,\u0026nbsp;Roland White, you're worse than anyone.\"\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"Rochelle...\"\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"All you do is hang out with him, you're on some sort of high when you do, you buy into his bullshit, you isolate yourself from everyone else, you're a\u0026nbsp;twat\u0026nbsp;to everyone else...\"\u0026nbsp;\n\nRiddick stared at her, openmouthed.\u0026nbsp;\n\nI remembered they were friends.\u0026nbsp;\n\nWere.\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"In fact, all you want to do is talk about him. And you follow him around and do what he does like some sort of...\u0026nbsp;sick puppy.\u0026nbsp;And we all know you\u0026nbsp;and Tai\"-\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"SHUT UP!\"\u0026nbsp;\n\nHe broke free from Jake, and the wolf pulled him back.\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"YOU'RE GOING TOO FAR!\"\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"I can go further.\u0026nbsp;You're some faggot that would be better off to the world\u0026nbsp;dead\u0026nbsp;than anywhere else because he gives nothing and wants everything... And Tai isn't. And you can't get that through your fucking\"-\u0026nbsp;\n\nRiddick turned around and stormed off into the woods, punching a tree on his way out, the snow falling just where he had been.\u0026nbsp;\n\nWe watched him go, us remaining four, wondering what the world had come to.\u0026nbsp;\n\nI shouldn't have said anything.\u0026nbsp;\n\nI didn't meet eyes, with Rochelle.\u0026nbsp;\n\nWith anyone.\u0026nbsp;\n\nDid the team just fracture?\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"You didn't mean that...\" Jake started.\u0026nbsp;\n\nShe said nothing, just turned and walked away, Jake and Kyle following her, the first beginning to go off on her, shouting.\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"Didn't you have something to tell us?\"\u0026nbsp;\n\nKyle turned around and for a moment I thought I saw suspicion run through his eyes.\u0026nbsp;\n\nNo, it couldn't have been. If I trusted anyone it was him.\u0026nbsp;\n\nI was...\u0026nbsp;sure\u0026nbsp;that was returned.\u0026nbsp;\n\nI hoped.\u0026nbsp;\n\nJake hadn't heard, he was still yelling.\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"Riddick needs his space right now... We'll have to tell everyone later. It's somewhat upsetting news.\"\u0026nbsp;\n\nWe both cast a look at the set of footprints leading further into the woods.\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"I am sure the Welsh didn't mean that. But you have a better judge of her character.\"\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"She can be worse than Riddick when she gets angry. Things just... Happen.\"\u0026nbsp;\n\nKyle nodded and walked back towards the house, nowhere else to really go.\u0026nbsp;\n\nI supposed I should go back too but something was keeping me rooted.\u0026nbsp;\n\nRochelle didn't mean that, but she and Riddick would never be friends again.\u0026nbsp;\n\nShe was a good person, I was sure.\u0026nbsp;\n\nI hoped.\u0026nbsp;\n\nI heard Riddick do worse but never in front of other...\u0026nbsp;\n\nCutting myself off, I gave a sigh.\u0026nbsp;\n\nIt was quiet once Jake was out of range.\u0026nbsp;\n\nI was left standing there, and it was kind of peaceful. I'd stay there longer but I had the back of my hand pressed to my nose and even\u0026nbsp;then\u0026nbsp;the snow and fur alike were bloodied.\u0026nbsp;\n\nRochelle could punch like a... a female dog, I guess.\u0026nbsp;\n\nTurning around, I followed the hyena into the woods, watching his\u0026nbsp;snowprints.\u0026nbsp;\n\n///\u0026nbsp;\n\nI could have sworn I'd trekked a mile into the woods before I found him.\u0026nbsp;\n\nIt had given time for my nose to stop bleeding and I supposed I needed to clear my head anyways.\u0026nbsp;\n\nYour nose really doesn't stop when it's cold or anything, blood just doesn't work like that.\u0026nbsp;\n\nUnless... You're like me.\u0026nbsp;\n\nSomething deep inside of me said if they thought I was the traitor...\u0026nbsp;\n\nI'd kill them all.\u0026nbsp;\n\nI knew I wasn't.\u0026nbsp;Ariya\u0026nbsp;wouldn't have tried to tell\u0026nbsp;me\u0026nbsp;that\u0026nbsp;I\u0026nbsp;was a traitor.\u0026nbsp;\n\nEven though I...\u0026nbsp;\n\nKind of was.\u0026nbsp;\n\nWas I even doing anything wrong? I hadn't given Lynx anything, not at all. I'd just been taking the life-saving\u0026nbsp;supplements\u0026nbsp;she'd been giving me. Who could fault me for that?\u0026nbsp;\n\nAriya\u0026nbsp;didn't know anyways,\u0026nbsp;nothing she\u0026nbsp;tried to\u0026nbsp;pull out of\u0026nbsp;me\u0026nbsp;ever\u0026nbsp;seemed to come out. I could keep the important parts in.\u0026nbsp;\n\nAnd when we'd first met, she couldn't do it then either.\u0026nbsp;\n\nRiddick was sitting on a pile of snow by a frozen over pond I hadn't seen before, tucked away in the middle of the woods.\u0026nbsp;\n\nI didn't think a pond would be here, but I didn't know how snow or Norway worked.\u0026nbsp;\n\nI didn't immediately approach him, knowing he wanted time to himself.\u0026nbsp;\n\nMaybe I\u0026nbsp;was\u0026nbsp;violating his personal time... But it was the...\u0026nbsp;\n\nWas it the right thing to do? He just wanted to be alone.\u0026nbsp;\n\nRiddick didn't look for attention, he was literal, unless he was speaking and then being sarcastic.\u0026nbsp;\n\nI watched him throw stones at the ice, cracking it, and contemplated my approach.\u0026nbsp;\n\nI had no clue what Rochelle meant by him following me around, and talking about me, or anything, but\u0026nbsp;the mutt and I\u0026nbsp;rarely hung out together.\u0026nbsp;\n\nIn fact, I was clueless in that entire area.\u0026nbsp;\n\nI still am, damn it.\u0026nbsp;\n\nIt was a good five minutes before I worked up the courage to walk over to Riddick.\u0026nbsp;\n\nI watched the frustration and annoyance form on his visage as he turned to face me.\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"What?\"\u0026nbsp;\n\nI stood, unsure of what to say.\u0026nbsp;\n\nRemembering that\u0026nbsp;conversation,\u0026nbsp;a long time ago...\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"Are you... ok?\"\u0026nbsp;\n\nHe bit his lip for a moment.\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"If you want to start a\u0026nbsp;conversation about what's happening right now, don't ask me the obvious.\u0026nbsp;No, I'm not fine, and we both know that.\"\u0026nbsp;\n\nI wiped my nose and a bit of red came off this time.\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"I'm... sorry, Riddick.\"\u0026nbsp;\n\nHe gave a quiet sigh.\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"You're fine, Tai. Just... I hate it when people ask me that.\"\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"You find yourself in this situation a lot?\"\u0026nbsp;\n\nHe finally looked up to me, in my\u0026nbsp;consciousness\u0026nbsp;I was finally acknowledged.\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"More than I'll admit to.\"\u0026nbsp;\n\nI contemplated what to say next, Riddick was unstable as the frozen over pond.\u0026nbsp;\n\nLooking back out, a double take... No, it wasn't just a pond.\u0026nbsp;\n\nIt was a lake.\u0026nbsp;\n\nThere was a huge clearing in the woods, and everything was shades of white, the ice, the trees, the sky...\u0026nbsp;\n\nI was captivated, moved.\u0026nbsp;How I hadn't noticed it was amazing to me.\u0026nbsp;\n\nWhat I was looking for in the snow was finally here. The sun was at our backs\u0026nbsp;going down, casting everything in an illuminated blue glow.\u0026nbsp;\n\nI imagined telling my past self that I'd be here someday. He'd laugh at me.\u0026nbsp;Probably tell me to grab my things because I'd been in that same alleyway for a few months.\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"You know Rochelle didn't mean any of that.\"\u0026nbsp;\n\nHe\u0026nbsp;harshly\u0026nbsp;laughed.\u0026nbsp;\n\nIt caught me off guard, but then again, this was Riddick.\u0026nbsp;\n\nIf I could describe him, maybe in just two words...\u0026nbsp;\n\nScar tissue.\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"I know. But it doesn't make it any less...\"\u0026nbsp;\n\nHe stopped, and his grin faded.\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"Painful?\"\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"...Among other things.\"\u0026nbsp;\n\nI sighed and sat down on the pile beside him, barely enough room.\u0026nbsp;\n\nHe shifted uncomfortably, but it was too late, I was already here.\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"Tai?\"\u0026nbsp;\n\nI looked over to him and he stared at me, leaning back as we were too close to really look at each other.\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"Yes?\"\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"You aren't... Uncomfortable, are you?\"\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"We've been over this, I don't care if\"-\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"No, Tai... No.\"\u0026nbsp;\n\nHe stared back down at the snow.\u0026nbsp;\n\nI waited for him to speak but he didn't.\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"Riddick, we can still be friends. I told you this so many times...\"\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"Weren't you listening to Rochelle?\"\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"No, what she says wasn't true\"-\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"Before that.\"\u0026nbsp;\n\nHe looked back up, some sort of fear in him.\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"She was talking about our friendship. How we aren't alike.\"\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"No, Tai.\"\u0026nbsp;\n\nHe closed his eyes and winced, though the rest of his face didn't move.\u0026nbsp;\n\nHe wasn't in any real pain\u0026nbsp;but I knew just about everything was coursing through him.\u0026nbsp;\n\nPutting his face in his hands, muzzle sticking out.\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"No, it's...\"\u0026nbsp;\n\nA sigh.\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"I\u0026nbsp;think you're a good person... But...\"\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"Riddick, I won't hurt you.\"\u0026nbsp;\n\nA cackle.\u0026nbsp;\n\nRiddick only laughed when he was frustrated, but he wasn't even smiling now.\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"Can I tell you something?\"\u0026nbsp;\n\nHe looked up at me.\u0026nbsp;\n\nIt sounded childish in a way I hadn't heard from Riddick before, innocent.\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"Anything.\"\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"...You'll hate me.\"\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"No\u0026nbsp;I\"-\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"Yeah, Tai. Trust me.\"\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"Well, go ahead. Get it off your chest, or you'll regret it until you do.\"\u0026nbsp;\n\nYou couldn't be in a bad mood if you were talking to Riddick\u0026nbsp;or you'd get\u0026nbsp;worse\u0026nbsp;than nowhere.\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"Alright, Tai. You know what? Rochelle wasn't talking about friends.\"\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"...What?\"\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"She was talking about me and you.\"\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"...I already know\"-\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"No, Tai.\"\u0026nbsp;\n\nAgain, the same words repeated. As if I was a child not understanding.\u0026nbsp;\n\nI wasn't childish in the end, it was always him...\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"Whenever I see Reyna, I... I get mad.\"\u0026nbsp;He began shakily.\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"Of course.\"\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"Not because she's arrogant and disrespectful... And\u0026nbsp;narcissistic\u0026nbsp;and...\"\u0026nbsp;\n\nStopping before he started.\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"Or because she beats you up. I mean, that's a part of it, but like...\"\u0026nbsp;\n\nA wince, again.\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"It's because I... I...\"\u0026nbsp;\n\nHe looked back at me to see my face, then looked away again,\u0026nbsp;hurriedly.\u0026nbsp;\n\nI hoped he'd seen what he wanted to.\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"I'm jealous.\"\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"Of her talents?\"\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"Of her.\"\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"...There's really so much more you can do than her, you can hack, you can\"-\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"No, Tai!\"\u0026nbsp;\n\nHe interrupted me loudly, shouting in my face, and he was looking at me again.\u0026nbsp;\n\nThis time I was leaning away.\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"This is torture...\"\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"Please, go on.\"\u0026nbsp;\n\nHe thought for a moment and the breath sort of left him, as if he knew\u0026nbsp;this\u0026nbsp;was the time I was going to get it.\u0026nbsp;\n\nHe didn't want me to get it.\u0026nbsp;\n\nHe didn't even want to speak to me now.\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"...I'm jealous of her...\u0026nbsp;position in your eyes.\"\u0026nbsp;\n\nIt was vague and took me a moment, but realization flooded me and chills went down my spine.\u0026nbsp;\n\nThe music stopped.\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"You want to know the truth?\"\u0026nbsp;\n\nWe locked eyes and it was a battle, who would give up first.\u0026nbsp;\n\nWho\u0026nbsp;dared\u0026nbsp;to look\u0026nbsp;away?\u0026nbsp;\n\nAll I saw was that bit of scar tissue, peeking out of his collar.\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"I'm in\u0026nbsp;love\u0026nbsp;with\u0026nbsp;you, Tai. There's your fucking answer.\"\u0026nbsp;\n\nI closed my eyes.\u0026nbsp;\n\nFor the hundredth time my life became more complicated than anyone would dare approach.\u0026nbsp;\n\n///\u0026nbsp;\n\nDamien\u0026nbsp;\n\nSomewhere in the Scandinavian Union\u0026nbsp;\n\nDecember 17th, 0300 Hours\u0026nbsp;\n\nHe felt something hot, wet pressed to his forehead, and withdrawn.\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"Thought I'd lost you for good then.\"\u0026nbsp;\n\nWho was that? That voice?\u0026nbsp;\n\nOne from his childhood... He'd trained with this one. Grew to hate him, but it wasn't his main trainer, it was...\u0026nbsp;\n\nHe opened his eyes, the white tiger with one eye looking down at him.\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"Well\u0026nbsp;well. Damien... Choi. That's\u0026nbsp;Gyn's\u0026nbsp;last name, right?\"\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"...His only real name.\"\u0026nbsp;\n\nDamien rubbed his eyes, sitting up. \"Where... What... Alright, pick up where I left off.\"\u0026nbsp;\n\nAjax went to the other side of a fire, stoking it a moment.\u0026nbsp;\n\nHe took a look around... Looked like they were on some...\u0026nbsp;cliff\u0026nbsp;or something.\u0026nbsp;\n\n...\u0026nbsp;\n\nHe wasn't bound or anything so that was always a plus...\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"Well, after you pissed off the\u0026nbsp;Jinnrai\u0026nbsp;I finished them off and carried you out. All the way to Norway, I was going there\u0026nbsp;initially.\"\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"...Ajax.\"\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"What?\"\u0026nbsp;\n\nDamien blinked a few times.\u0026nbsp;\n\nThe one that trained Lynx, that was where he knew him from. And the one that gave him the biggest scar he had in their one training session.\u0026nbsp;\n\nHe was... Maybe 14 or 13 when that happened.\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"Drink some of this, I know your\u0026nbsp;head's\u0026nbsp;got to be throbbing about now.\"\u0026nbsp;\n\nTruth was, he couldn't feel anything at all.\u0026nbsp;\n\nIt was a bottle of unmarked liquid, Damien couldn't take a guess at it. It was a pale green so alcohol was out the window.\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"This\u0026nbsp;gonna\u0026nbsp;kill me?\"\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"If I wanted to kill you, considering it's been just about two days since you went down, I would have done it.\"\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"Fair.\"\u0026nbsp;\n\nDamien\u0026nbsp;lurched\u0026nbsp;as soon as a drop touched his lip, it burned like hell...\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"Liquid wasabi. No, I'm kidding. The same guy sold me that was the one who fixed my brain.\"\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"Did what, now?\"\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"That's how the\u0026nbsp;Jinnrai\u0026nbsp;couldn't get in my head. Go ahead and try.\"\u0026nbsp;\n\nDamien gave a look to his right arm. The glassy pattern was much more prominent, he traced it with one finger.\u0026nbsp;\n\nIt'd turn to bone if he kept doing too much like that.\u0026nbsp;\n\nHe weakly prodded Ajax's psyche- no, went right through him.\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"You can't touch it, can you?\"\u0026nbsp;\n\nA weak smile couldn't help but stretch Damien's tired face.\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"It's like as soon as I get there it boosts me forward to the other side behind your head.\"\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"Aye. Cost me a fortune but it's worth it.\"\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"What's the side effects?\"\u0026nbsp;\n\nAjax shrugged. \"I'll find out soon enough.\"\u0026nbsp;\n\nDamien tried again, Ajax giving a laugh at the tingling sensation of the panther grazing around his psyche. \"It's possible to get in but... Might as well be impossible.\"\u0026nbsp;\n\nDamien gave a sigh, leaning back and trying another swig of the liquid.\u0026nbsp;\n\nAgain, the same result... But it was actually kind of clearing him up somehow.\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"So... Why'd you rescue me? Why not just leave me for dead?\"\u0026nbsp;\n\nAjax looked off into the woods nearby a moment before answering.\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"Well, you're the son of\u0026nbsp;Gynezis\u0026nbsp;so there's got to be some sort of bounty I can claim on you. That's what I was thinking, but...\" The tiger checked a bracer. \"Nope, nothing. And then I figured I might get some sort of reward for pulling you out of there from the big man himself.\"\u0026nbsp;\n\nDamien shook his head. \"That's not how he works. He'd probably give you a bit for offing me though.\"\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"Don't tempt me, kid.\"\u0026nbsp;\n\nDamien gave another sigh. How many times was it now, he'd gotten in too deep, and some random stranger saved him?\u0026nbsp;\n\nThis wasn't a total stranger albeit, but...\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"So, Damien, what are you doing in the Scandinavian Union?\"\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"Heard they got good meatballs here.\"\u0026nbsp;\n\nAjax didn't laugh.\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"I was... Looking for a certain person.\"\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"To kill?\"\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"To just... See. Speak to.\"\u0026nbsp;\n\nAjax thought for a moment, looking off into the woods again. This time with a hand on his sword.\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"This doesn't have anything to do with Lynx being here, does it?\"\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"It's the same person we're after.\"\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"Tai from Gibraltar, right?\"\u0026nbsp;\n\nDamien winced, saying nothing.\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"What's so great about him? You know how many fuckin' assassins are snooping around\u0026nbsp;Vervous?\"\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"He's a very strong afflict.\"\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"So's\u0026nbsp;Avital's\u0026nbsp;little sister, but no one cares about her.\"\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"That's because\u0026nbsp;Avital's\u0026nbsp;little sister is on ice in the GRA's Coast City facility. And that's a\u0026nbsp;deathwish\u0026nbsp;trying to get to her.\"\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"Fair.\"\u0026nbsp;\n\nNo, those were far from his reasons.\u0026nbsp;\n\n...\u0026nbsp;\n\nHe knew Ajax had some idea of what was really going on. After all he knew about...\u0026nbsp;\n\nAjax popped his knuckles, interrupting Damien's thoughts.\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"I saw him in Thailand, took a bullet. An incendiary one. Spouted fire, locals started calling him dragon's breath but after that I didn't see him.\"\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"He's kicking. Fire's actually good for him, he can't really be damaged while he's burning up.\"\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"You know a lot about him.\"\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"...I've done my research.\"\u0026nbsp;\n\nAjax leaned forward over the fire, his face lit up shades of orange.\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"Kid, I've worked with\u0026nbsp;Gynezis\u0026nbsp;before. I was forced to for almost a decade before I dug the bomb out of my stomach... And if this is the same Tai that I'm thinking about then I hope you're going to kill\"-\u0026nbsp;\n\nGunfire from the woods, snow kicking up next to Damien.\u0026nbsp;\n\nAjax's armor expanded onto him, the plate metal deflecting them, sword coming to hand. He stepped in front of Damien.\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"I picked up your other sword! We\u0026nbsp;gonna\u0026nbsp;fight them or run?\"\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"I'm tired of all this running.\"\u0026nbsp;\n\nDamien grabbed his swords and they sprinted towards Berg's men.\u0026nbsp;\n\n///\u0026nbsp;\n\nI CAN SPAM THE GAY TAGS NOW FUCK YES\u0026nbsp;\n\nVIEWS\u0026nbsp;\n\nI've been teasing this forever, wrote this scene\u0026nbsp;waaaaay\u0026nbsp;in advance.\u0026nbsp;\n\nThis marks around the true halfway point of Alcatraz, I meant for this moment to literally be over 10 chapters ago when I started off.\u0026nbsp;\n\nThen\u0026nbsp;again\u0026nbsp;I meant for something I have slated in Alcatraz 2 to be set around chapter 19 here lmao\u0026nbsp;\n\nAnyways I'm not going to get my wordcount much further jabbering on like this. Hope you enjoyed\u0026nbsp;\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\n  \n  \n\n","series":{"name":"Alcatraz","previous":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/1336778-alcatraz-ch-xxvii-solus.json"}}