It is pretty late at night now. She’s in a black hoodie and jeans walking down the sidewalk. She holds herself tight thinking about what she just saw. 

Amber ‘What am I doing? How did I end up in this situation? How did I let myself get involved with them?’

She starts rubbing the sides of her head realizing the severity of her situation. As she comes across this alley shadowed in darkness she hears frantic footsteps. She then sees a man come from around the corner who then turns and pulls out a gun, firing at something behind and above him. Amber freaks out and dives behind the wall as the man tries to run out of the alley in her direction. He gets out by a step before long black, almost goop-like things grab onto him all over from his head to his legs. Amber covers her head seeing this as he is pulled back into the alley. Amber lets go and slowly looks back into the alley to see a person covered in shadows standing on the man. Large black wings out of her back and a silver eye glowing in the darkness. 

Man “I’m sorry! I’m sorry! I wasn’t going to kill them, I promise!”

Fullsky “I believe you. Don’t worry.”

She breaks the man’s arm that was holding the gun. The man screams as she presses on his head with her hand.

Fullsky “I will know if you try anything like that again. And if you do, I will kill you.”

She steps off of him as he holds his arm in pain. Fullsky then quickly snaps her head towards Amber who ducks behind the wall covering her mouth. She slowly looks back into the alley only for Fullsky nowhere to be found. She gets a confused look on her face.

Fullsky “Hey, it’s you again.”

Amber “AHH!”

She screams and jumps back to find Fullsky standing on the wall like she’s standing on the ground. Fullsky crosses her arms.

Fullsky “What are you doing here? Don’t you have criminal activities to attend to?”

Amber “N-no! I’m… just on my way home…”

Fullsky “You sure? Cause last time we met, you took that truck off somewhere I couldn’t track.”

Amber looks down, sweating.

Fullsky “What was in that truck?”

Amber “I already told you, I don’t know! They don’t tell me these things. There was that machine you were hit by then some crates full of guns maybe? I don’t know… It was shipped off later that night, I couldn’t-”

She suddenly remembers what she saw earlier. The men being turned to ash and Spark warning her to never betray them. She gets a terrified looks on her face. Fullsky notices.

Fullsky “What’s your name?”

Amber snaps out of it a bit.

Amber “Amber…”

Fullsky smiles at her.

Fullsky “Nice to meet you Amber. Some advice: get out. You don’t want to be involved with these guys.”

Amber “I… can’t…”

Fullsky looks confused.

Amber “They don’t let anyone go… Once you’re in, you stay there. Or else they’ll…”

She begins hyperventilating, getting freaked out as everything starts to flood her at once. Fullsky steps down and lands in front of her. She places her hands on Amber’s shoulders. This brings her in a bit.

Fullsky “What happened? Why did you join them in the first place? Let me help you.”

She smiles a bit at Amber who exhales softly and looks down.

Amber “I don’t know… I just left home for college, just out of town. It was going well. Then my roommate told me one night that they heard some other students talking about this huge get together. It was going to be under the Rivera Bridge. They said we should totally go and I agreed. I didn’t realize that… it was going to be an initiation. Everyone who came there, the Syndicate came with a few soldiers. They offered the students a place to belong, unimaginable wealth and fantastical power. Anyone who stepped forward was given a gun. Once no one else came forward, they were told to open fire onto the crowd. There was… so much screaming… so much blood… my roommate, they… I… I was so scared… I just didn’t move. Even when a bullet grazed my cheek, I didn’t flinch.”

She pulls her hair aside revealing a scar under her left eye going across her cheek. Something Fullsky hadn’t noticed before. 

Amber “When the screaming stopped… He approached me. He wiped the blood from my face. He said, ‘You’re quite the interesting one, aren’t you? Is it disconnect or pure fear that keeps you standing here?’ He then took my hand and began walking away pulling me with him. ‘We will find a place for you here with us. Just like the rest.’ Then he smiled at me. That twisted smile… I can’t… get it out!..”

Amber begins holding her head remembering the events and falls to her knees. Fullsky is shocked at her description. 

Fullsky ‘There’s nothing they won’t do…’ “Hey, look at me. It’s going to be alright. Watchdog and I will protect you. We are going to bring them down and set you free.”

She crouches down in front of Amber and takes her hand. Amber calms down once again feeling Fullsky’s presence. 

Amber “Thank you…”

Fullsky “But I am going to need your help. I need you to just do as they say for now. I want you to meet with me and inform me of anything you think might help us in stopping them for good.”

She pulls out a small device from her pocket and hands it to Amber.

Fullsky “If you ever feel that you are in deep trouble and need saving, just hit the button there. Watchdog or I will come save you immediately, okay?”

Amber’s eyes begin to tear up as she sniffles and nods. They stand and Fullsky hugs her.

Fullsky “I promise, I will get you out.”