Shawn and Ronald Payne sit across from each other, their faces bathed in the warm glow of the fire crackling in the fireplace.
He took a deep breath before beginning to speak.
"Emma, you and Shawn stole that hard disc from HIVEtech years ago. It was a mission ordered by WOLVE, but something went wrong. Shawn faked his death, and the disc was lost in the chaos."
"Yes, we stole the disc from HIVEtech, it contained data on HIVE tech's plan, they were making superhumans, more like super soldiers."
"Shawn I would love to know each detail. So what if I don't remember, I want to live that again." Shawn nodded and starts again-
"We were on a mission to get concrete evidence on HIVEtech, an organization that was experimenting illegally on human babies and adults to turn them into superhumans. We were hiding in a storage room somewhere underground in the HIVEtech research facilities."
He explained everything to her.
"That night I had to shoot you twice- he pauses.
"Emma, if I didn't they might have killed you."
"How that helped?" Shawn opened his mouth to say something Emma cut him off -
"No, we complete a mission, we went to a safe house, and at night you shot me, and then hand me to the very organisation that is doing illegal work. you did all that to keep yourself safe not me! CAUSE I WAS ACCUSED OF SOMETHING I DIDN'T DO! They wiped my memory, I don't even know who I am now! People are chasing us. My parents lied to me." her voice choked with emotion.
"I couldn't bear the thought of losing you, and I did what I had to do to keep you safe. I'm sorry, Emma. I'm so sorry." Shawn said.
"I don't know what relation we possessed back then, but you are still lying to yourself, Shawn. "
"Calm down now, " Payne said trying to soothe her.
"You can stop all these, reboot everything, just need to remember where you kept the disc. It contains rogues of the WOLVEs. Once we detect the person we can and will fix everything."
Emma looks at him with tears streaming down her face, torn between anger and heartache. "I don't know if I can ever forgive you," she says, her voice barely above a whisper.
Shawn nods, "I understand," he says. "I'll do whatever it takes to make things right, Emma. I promise."
"I think-" Before Payne can finish the cabin door bursts open.
As Elliot bursts into the cabin, Emma and Payne both stand up, startled by the sudden intrusion.
His gun was raised and ready for action. He sees Emma and Ronald Payne standing together, but his eyes widen in shock when he sees Shawn, both men he thought were dead, standing next to them.
Elliot rushes forward and throws a punch at Shawn, catching him off guard. The two men start fighting, each landing blows on the other. Emma tries to intervene, but Ronald Payne stops her.
"Let them fight it out," he says. "They have some unresolved issues to work through."
"What do you mean?"
"I trained you and Elliot both. I know things you don't."
"Huh?"
"Want some beer?"
"Ron, stop them!"
Payne was startled because this is what she called her all those years ago.
"Okay, boys break it, before you two kill each other." Payne separates them.
"You son of a bitch," Elliot spits." You are alive! And you too Ron? How are you alive? And you are on his side? "
. "El, it's okay. I'm fine," she says.
"Chief Freeman has started to think that you are behind all this Emma, the killing and all. Now if he knows Ron's alive-"
"I am sorry about your brother, Elliot. Maybe, it's the HIVE, they are looking for the disc again." Ronald Payne leaned back in his chair, taking a long drag from his cigarette.
"Emma, it's you who knows how we could find out the disc. Those data will help us."
"I can't help. Recently we were chased by a man named Smith." Elliot's eyes widened upon hearing the name.
"Can't you once keep her away from danger? For once?" Elliot asked Shawn.
"As if you could? How she ended up in the neurolyzing room when you were present?"
"Cause a dumbass like you faked his death to hide his dirty game."
"You take that back."
"Why? She was with me for five years and nothing happened. And then you showed up and now she is the number two fugitive of WOLVE."
"Who is in one?" Payne asked. Liam just looked at him. Saying "YOU"
"I don't get it why are we believing him, again? " Elliot said.
"If you have a problem walk away mister."
"Both of you, JUST STOP. "
"We can go to your house. Let's just ask your mother." Ron said.
"Oh, about that, we now can't believe anyone," Elliot said.
"Why?"
"Wolves changed a lot after he killed you."
"I always thought Freeman was my friend. "
"What can you say Freeman's."
"Guys! I say we split up. Two of us back at home and two of us where our last mission was." Emma says.
"Me and Shawn to Czech and Liam and Ron-"
"I am not leaving you with him."
"We went there last time. I just started to have flashbacks and he knows the ways."
"We search for the disc," Shawn said.
"And we find a way out to gain your memories back." El said.
They all agreed. Though Elliot was a sceptic. The group comes to a truce and begins to discuss their plan of action to uncover the truth about the missing hard disk and take down HIVEtech once and for all.
And perhaps, as the scene comes to a close, Elliot steals a glance at Emma and can't help but feel a twinge of jealousy when he sees how she looks at Shawn. Despite his feelings, he resolves to put Emma's well-being above his own and do whatever it takes to help her.