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  "Terminal, it was all a lie, wasn't it?"

  "Damn right, it was, Rex," replied Hud.

  The energy and anger began to replace the feeling of loss and despair for them all as they contemplated that thought.

  "Yeah, and the only evidence we've got of that just got left behind," said Luna.

  "This is what you were here for? Not to fight?" Rex asked.

  She shook her head.

  "No, but to show the world what this really is. It's a lie. A scam, it’s horrid."

  "Not like we can do anything about that now," Dia murmured.

  "You kidding me?"

  "This isn't a movie, kid. This is real," replied Hud.

  "Yeah, it's real, and you all just saw it."

  Everyone was silent again. It was a lot to take in, but not for Rex. For him, it was simple.

  "Ms Lee?" he asked, standing before her.

  "Yeah?"

  "I thought Mic Zenner was something special, but...he's a bully, isn't he?"

  It took her a while to process it, but she finally she answered him.

  "Yeah, kid, I guess he is."

  "Well, are you going to let him be a bully, or are you going to do something about it?"

  She was brought to tears as his words resounded with her.

  "No, we aren't," said Nui firmly.

  "We don't leave our friends behind. That was his message," Luna said, thinking about Axel.

  "This war, it hasn't ended. It's just begun," said Nui.

  "Right, and how are we're gonna fight it?" Hud asked.

  Everyone looked to Rex. He seemed the only one with faith in anything that they were doing. It seemed bizarre, because he knew the least about it all, but that didn't matter anymore. Then they looked to Luna.

  "I am not a leader," she said with concern, but nobody responded. For they all knew her position and waited for her to speak, "We left friends behind, in a war zone. I'm no soldier, but I know that's wrong. And I know this is a war now. I'm going to fight. Will you help me?"

  Rex saluted without hesitation. The others didn't have half his confidence, and yet his support was wearing off on them. It was Nui who stepped up.

  "We do this together. This is all our fight now. We don't leave friends behind. We are going to see this through to the end!"

  THE END

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