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Table of Contents Prologue Chapter 1 - Savior Chapter 2 - Au Courant Chapter 3 - Nothing's Ever Easy Chapter 4 - Castles in the Air (Part 1 ) Chapter 4 - Castles in the Air (Part 2) Chapter 5 - The Old Frontier Chapter 6 - Over the Horizon Chapter 7 - The End Justifies the Means Chapter 8 - Cauterize (Part 1) Chapter 8 - Cauterize (Part 2) Chapter 9 - Dead Man Walking Chapter 10 - The Brink Chapter 11 - Points of Contention Chapter 12 - Popping the Heatsink Chapter 13 - Like Attracts Like (Part 1) Chapter 13 - Like Attracts Like (Part 2) Chapter 14 - Just Like Old Times Chapter 15 - You Never Forget Your First Chapter 16 - Do

We've learned to run from Anything uncomfortable We've tied our pain below And no one ever has to know That inside we're broken Paramore- "Miracle" Chapter 2 - Au Courant My body was screaming. It was a level of agony that trumped even the Mexta battles of basic. I had to be dreaming, though, because I could have sworn I heard the very distinctive voice of Dr. Chakwas. That only reiterated the sense of disorientation, of unreality, that remained from the darkness of my dreamworld. As I opened my eyes, however, the pleasant cocoon of my dream-world was completely shattered by the face of yet another woman I had thought I'd never see again. "F

Now, I'm not a hero... no But the weight of the world's on my soul These images burn in my eyes They're burning me up inside Full Blown Rose - "Somebody Help Me" Chapter 1 - Savior It seemed like only a breath later that she pulled away from our embrace, once again the business-like soldier I remembered so well. There was a reluctance to her retreat, though, as if it was only the reality of the current situation intruding on the reunion that prompted the action. Looking at her as she backed up, however, allowed me to notice the slight tracery of scars across her face. Scars that didn't fully hide cybernetic enhancements. What happene