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Vox was gone by the time I had gotten back. I didn't know where he was, or how he could leave me. I felt as though I had been kicked in the gut. I couldn't catch my breath, and the harder I breathed, the more it hurt. The world felt fuzzy and distant as if I was walking around in a dream. Before I knew it, I was standing outside.

"Emmary!" I turned at the sound of my name. I tried to shake myself awake as I saw Vox walking toward me. "Hey, sorry, Sweetheart. I had to make a call and couldn't get a signal down there." He noticed the expression on my face just then. "What's wrong? How did it go?" He wiped the tear that was falling down with his thumb, "Why are you crying, what happened?" I shook my head, "Emmary, you have to talk to me. What happened?"

"Just everything."

He tilted my head so I was looking into his gold eyes, "What do you mean?"

"I just, I feel so helpless. I don't know what I can do to help him. He is completely innocent, Vox, and he is going to rot in that prison for the rest of his life if we don't do something. I don't know what, but I have to do something. Please. Help me. I don't know how to help, but I have to get him out of there."

"I'll see what I can do."

It wasn't the promise that I wanted. I wanted him to put on his shining metal armor and march back in there and save Koontz. But it was a realistic answer. He was just a person, one that could pull some strings though. "Thank you."

He wrapped me up in his arms. His chest started to vibrate against my head. He sighed before letting go and pulling out his phone. He stared at it for a second, then looked back at me. "I am so sorry, Emmary. I have to take this. Go home and I'll be there in a little bit." He gave me a kiss and then tucked me into a car that was headed home.

I found myself sitting on my bed with the Search Engine propped up on my legs. I twirled my hair as I contemplated what to ask. Before I really thought about it, the words spilled out, "Addeck Bly." I realized how much I wanted to fill the gaps in. How much I wanted to know his whole story.

It didn't take it anytime to pull up multiple articles and biographies on Addeck. I clicked the first one, the general government blurb about his life. His parents, siblings, his deceased match. He was born in Sector 3 (big surprise there) on Feburary 23, 2092, making him 24 years old. The only fact that I found particularly interesting was that he was dishonorably discharged from the Guard in 2114. No other information was listed as to why.

I went back and scrolled through the links, most were articles about Yale's death. I had to make a note to come back and read those later. I was looking for information on his discharge right now. I clicked a link that read Selector's Unstable Son Dishonorably Discharged.

On the morning of November 9, 2114, Addeck Bly was stripped of his rank of Lieutenant Guard. Bly is the son of Selector Lincoln Bly and his wife Mandrine Bly. Bly was diagnosed with Psychological Trauma by the Psychological Health Association after his fiancé, Yale Plancy, committed suicide. Bly had tendencies of both verbal and physical violent outrage along with spells of depression. It has been speculated for many years that Bly has Schizophrenia and/or Borderline Personality Disorder, but his psychiatric records were never released to confirm or deny these allegations.

Bly's health issues were discovered after he joined the Guard in late February of 2112.It is speculated that the combination of Plancy's tragic death and the high demands of the Guard caused Bly's mind to become unhinged. In October of 2113, Bly was mandated by Guard Court to attend weekly psychological evaluations after his health was under speculation. It was reported that his mental health was improving with each session.

October 31, 2114, Addeck Bly was found by Lieutenant Pike, in his quarters with his blaster loaded and aimed at his head. Pike sprung into action to help Bly, after a physical altercation, Pike managed to subdue Bly and call for help. Because of his efforts in saving a fellow officer, Lieutenant Pike was awarded a Bronze Moon. Bly was immediately sent to the hospital and put under 48 hour watch. Bly now resides at Sector 3′s Mental Health Institute under psychiatric hold until he is seen fit to return to society as mandated by the discharge .