Chapter 15 The Outsider

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The Outsider POV (all seeing)

Hal’s started therapy with the doctors in Charleston. He is walking a little bit better but is still slowly gaining mobility. Tom is supporting Hal as much as he could, but he’s spreading thin. He’s trying to be a good dad and look after Matt, Ben and Hal. Anne had her baby, little Alexis. She is freaking out because she’s acting unusual. Tom just thinks that she’s got postpartum depression. There is a Mole with in Charleston regime and Arthur Manchester was tasked to find the mole. But someone, assumed the Mole kills the president: Arthur; that’s how Tom got into office.

When Dr. Kadar tells Anne of his finding about Lexi, that she’s half alien, Anne panics. Anne runs off with Lexi, but is stopped in the process. Hal, being controlled by Karen, stops Anne from leaving. He gives them up to a Skitter and a harnessed girl.

Maggie has noticed the changes within Hal but she hasn’t brought it up because of being afraid of losing Hal. No matter how much she doesn’t want to admit it, she needs him. Maggie has realized that he’s been having nightmares and he wont let her in. Unknowing to Maggie and himself, Hal has been going and meeting Karen in the woods.

 

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When Tom leaves Charleston and doesn’t tell anyone Hal has a “break down”. He goes to his and Maggie's room and gets taunted by his own reflection. Hal is trying to be strong but the evil Hal takes over. Hal tries to act like nothings happened or wrong, but Maggie still notices. When Anne runs from Charleston with Alexis, Hal stops them from running. He delivers them to Karen unknowingly. When Marina Peralta talks Tom out of goes off half cocked tries to find Anne and Lexi, Hal takes matters into his own hands. Hal knocks Marina to the ground and forces his Dad into the humvee.

Marina Peralta gets to Maggie and yells for her to stop Hal. Maggie fires the DShK machine gun and the humbvie flips and lands on it’s top. The Charleston detail approaches and sees Hal pulling Tom out of the humbvie. Hal pulls Tom out at gun point saying that he’ll shoot Tom. He fires off two warning shots and pulls Tom away and around the corner. Hal takes cover in a near by building with Weaver and his team surrounding the building. The team includes Ben, Matt, Maggie, Tector, Pope and his Berserkers.

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