Ever since the war, the whole of Earth had been getting cured of the plague. Cress was quite happy to volunteer to pass out some of the vaccines. She was giving one to a little boy with shaggy black hair who looked like he was about six years old.

Suddenly a woman pushed herself to the front of the line. “I need all of your vaccines. Now!”

“Excuse me?” Cress asked. Thorne had been telling her to not be a pushover, and she was trying her best not to give into this woman.

“I said,” the woman exclaimed as if Cress was stupid, “I need all of your vaccines now.”

Cress raised her eyebrows, “Why?”

The woman looked annoyed. “It’s not your job to ask why. It’s your job to hand them over.”

The woman made a move for the box of vaccines but Cress blocked her. “I can’t let you take them, miss... I’m sorry, what’s your name.”

“My name? How do you not know my name, commoner? I am Lihn Adri, personal friend of Emperor Kaito.”

“Funny,” Cress said. “He’s never mentioned you.”

“And how would you know the Emperor?” Adri asked rather rudely.

Cress stood tall, “I am currently staying at the palace as a requested guest for your Emperor. I was one of the major influences in the war!” She lost her temper now.

Cress thought that might have been a stretch, but didn’t mention that. She had helped a lot with the technology, but hadn’t done any major fighting. She had done a lot more than this Adri person. Still, she couldn’t shake the idea that her name sounded familiar. 

“I’m afraid that if you don’t have a good reason for wanting the vaccines, you won’t get any of them!”

“I have an excellent reason!” Adri exclaimed. The people in line were starting to get impatient. “My daughter, Pearl, has the plague!”

“Well, why do you need all the vaccines?” Cress asked, starting to feel sympathetic. 

“I already had one, but it didn’t work! I need more just in case!”

Cress looked confused. The vaccine always worked. “Can I see the bottle of your vaccine?”

Adri held it out. Cress identified the problem immediately. “You have an earlier version of the vaccine... It doesn’t work. I’ll be happy to give you a correct dose, after you wait in line.”

Cress pointed to the far end of the ever growing line. Adri glared at her. The rest of the vaccines went by without much incident and when Adri finally reached Cress, she handed out the correct vaccine. “Good timing,” Cress mumbled. “Last one.” 

The rest of the line looked nervous for themselves and their loved ones, but Cress reassured them, “Don’t worry! There’s more vaccines over at the next block. And you can get more here tomorrow.” 

Cress didn’t like the idea of leaving all those people sick, but she knew the vaccine took time to make. If they handed out a bad vaccine it could not work or cause even more harm.  

After the crowd cleared, a man walked up to Cress. Cress spoke, “I’m sorry, we really don’t have more. As I said, there’s more on the next-”

“I’m not here for the vaccine,” the man said, as another man grabbed Cress from behind. “I’m here for you.” 

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