Matt screamed in agony as one of the surgeons popped out his right eye. Blood spewed everywhere and Edd looked away. A scientist handed one of the surgeons a robotic eye. Winn chuckled. "Jævla, Rød Leder går ut." he commented. When placing the new eye in, Matt screamed louder. A surgeon held out their hand and a knife was placed in it. He quickly cut off Matt's chin. Edd gasped slightly. Matt kicked his legs as far as they could go. Blood sprinkled out of Matt's severed body part. They replaced his chin with a robotic one and stepped back to watch Matt. "MY EYE!" Matt screamed. "MY FUCKING EYE! YOU SON OF A BITCH! ALL OF YOU!" Edd looked away in horror. He sighed quietly. "I'm getting you out today." he thought, turning back to look at Matt, "I'm getting you out today.."
When the surgery was over, Matt returned to his cell. Soldiers dragged him by his arms while Matt kicked and screamed. He was thrown into his cell and crawled back to the corner. Edd and Winn had to leave, and Edd started to plot how he was going to get Matt and get out of there. Edd never liked giving up on people but sometimes, they've already gone in too deep. He had to leave Tom behind.

Soon, night rolled around. This was Edd's chance. He knew the guards did a routinely check to make sure everyone was asleep, so he decided he could do it instead. "Hey Winn?" he called. "Hmm?" Winn hummed.
"Can I do the check in the lab?"
"Why?"
"Because it's my first day here and I haven't done anything. I want to do something."
"Hm. I don't know."
"I just want to feel the wonders of being a Red Army soldier feels like."
"Well if you put it that way.. I guess so."
Edd smiled. "Thanks." he said, walking past Winn. He made his was to the lab region of the base and looked for any cameras. Looking up, he saw one and threw his boot at it, causing it fall down. He grabbed his boot and the camera. Putting his boot back on, he proceeded down the hall. He searched for Matt's cell and when he found it, he knocked on the glass softly. Matt looked around and pretended to fall asleep. Edd looked down at the different buttons on the control pad. "Who the hell would need so much buttons?" he whispered to himself. He sighed. "Matt." he whispered, "Matt." Matt slowly liftled his head up. His robotic eye shifting to the right slightly. "Matt!" Edd whisper shouted. Matt turned around. He backed up into the corner. He was weak and tired. "What do you fucking want?" He asked, "Here to torture me again?" Edd shook his head rapidly. "What? Hell no! I'm here to get you out." he whispered. Matt scoffed.
"Yeah sure."
"Matt listen to me-"
"-Hey, you were there at the experiment thing weren't you?" He chuckled and shook his head. Edd sighed. "I was undercover-"-he was cut off by Matt-"You could've helped me."
"Matt!"
"What!"
Edd looked around and took off his hat and glasses. "It's me." he spoke. "Edd." Matt gasped quietly. What was he doing here? He didn't need him. He needed the voices. He smiled. "Edd?" He asked. Edd nodded. "Since when could you grow facial hair?" Matt asked. Edd felt his chin. "Oh." he muttered, not realizing he had grown a small stubble. Matt nodded. "I like it." he complimented. "Really?" Edd asked. Matt nodded again.
"It looks nice."
"Why thank you."
"You're welcome."
Edd shook his head. He felt blood rushing to his face. He looked away and cleared his throat. "A-Anyway, I need you to tell me which one opens the door." he said. Matt tried to look over at the control pad. "Um, I think it's the orange one." he replied "You sure?" Edd asked. Matt nodded. He then chuckled. "Why are you laughing?" Edd asked.
"I don't know which button it is."
"What?"
"Buttons. They're fun."
"Ah, Matt don't."
Matt let out a small laugh. "Okay.." Edd mumbled. He pressed the button and squeezed his eyes shut, preparing for something to happen. The door opened slowly and Matt smiled and laughed. Edd nodded. "C'mon we gotta go." he said. Matt gave him a thumbs up. "I know a place we can run." Edd said, sneaking him through the halls. "Where?" Matt asked. "You don't need to ask anything." Edd answered, putting his hat and glasses back on.

"Just play dead."

Edd dragged Matt's body down the complicated halls of the Red Army base. A soldier looked at Edd. "Hey stop!" he exclaimed. Edd stopped. "Yes?" he asked. The soldier inspected Matt. "Where are you going?" The soldier asked. "Disposal. This one died in his sleep." Edd lied. The soldier nodded slowly.
"Proof?"
"Well, I was doing patrol in the lab to see if everyone was asleep, when I found this guy lying down in his cell. He looked dead so I opened the cell and went in there. He wasn't movin' and he sure as hell wasn't breathin'."
The soldier nodded and let Edd pass. Edd smiled to himself. He walked out of the base and saw some of the prisoners asleep on the ground. Some had little to no clothing and they were all hungry. Edd sighed and dragged Matt to the fence. "You can stop now." Edd whispered. Matt got up and smiled widely at Edd. Edd sucked in some air. He didn't like Matt like that. He looked..weird. Especially with his new robotic features. "Hop the fence." Edd instructed, "I've gotta get these people out of here." Matt nodded and climbed over the fence. Edd walked over to the prisoners and woke them up. "Don't worry, I'm not here to hurt you." he assured, "Come on." The prisoners slowly followed Edd to the fence, where he helped them get over it. The people laughed and smiled. Thanking Edd for what he did. Edd smiled, remembering what Liam had told him.
Once everyone was over the fence, including Edd, they ran. No one knew where they were going, but they were just happy to be free. Edd took Matt's wrist. "We're going somewhere else." he told him. Matt nodded and followed Edd. Edd lead them both into the woods. They ran as far as they could, in the deep part of the woods. They stopped once they were out of breath. Edd panted and looked at Matt. "Let's build a new base here." he panted. Matt nodded. "Okay." he replied. Matt sighed sadly. "What is it?" Edd asked. Matt whimpered.
"The voices."
"Voices?"
"Mhm. They're gone. They're gone, gone, gone! Dammit! They're gone!"
"Matt, what do you mean?"
Matt balled up and held his head. His robotic eye moved around in different directions. Edd placed his hands on Matt's shoulders. He looked into his eye. "Look at me." he ordered. Matt whimpered. Edd slapped Matt across the face. "Look at me!" he exclaimed. Matt looked at Edd. "You're gonna be okay, alright? You're okay." Edd assured. Matt shook his head. Edd nodded. "You're gonna be okay. You're okay." he continued. Matt exhaled and took a deep breath. Edd smiled. "Are you okay?" he asked. Matt nodded. Edd smiled. He blushed and looked away. "A-Anyways, let's try and get some sleep first." he mumbled. Matt nodded. He sat next to Edd and Edd leaned his head on Matt's shoulder.

They stayed there, falling asleep next to each other.