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The patrol slowed down as it approached the house, but drove past it without stopping. The soldiers disarmed Mara and Ayren and took all their devices, after which they led them inside the cave. The door behind them closed. [Zutter could have tried to sneak inside with them or stay on the other side]. Inside, there was a heater, and some food was cooking in a pot. Both girls were injected with a bluish liquid, and they first experienced intense pain in their heads, as if they had been injected directly into their brains, followed by a burning pain in the area where the microchip was located. Mara's ocular implant also stopped working. When this small procedure was completed, they were thrown into a cell, where there were already about ten local girls. They were all young, each between 14 and 20 years old, and all had attractive appearances, except for their tear-stained faces and bruises.