Summary – What if Melanie Stryder had a twin sister? When she gets separated from Jared, Jamie and Melanie, what does she do? Maybe she'll meet them again, but for now, she's on the run. Oh and there's a seeker trying to find her and he won't stop until he does.

Chapter 1.

DEMI

I stared at her as the car skidded into the rather wide gap in between us. She and I shared identical looks of panic.

I froze. I may have been cornered but she wasn't. I quickly mouthed my plea to her.

'Take Jared and Jamie and run!' I saw a few tears drip down Melanie's face as she grabbed the two boy's hands and ran away into the night, not looking back.

The seekers all started to approach me. I tried to remain calm as I gently ran my fingers over the small pistol in my jacket pocket. I wouldn't be able to kill them, but I would be able to kill myself.

I personally, would rather die a death that meant something than live not knowing who I used to be.

I stared over at where Melanie, Jared and Jamie had disappeared. I prayed that I was being a big enough distraction and that none of the seekers had noticed my twin sister, her boyfriend and my little brother, which after a second glance I realised none had.

It was a spilt second decision; I pulled my gun out of my pocket and held it facing them. I knew I wouldn't use it on them, but they didn't necessary know that.

I wanted to live. To be able to find Mel again and Jamie. Jared too. I grinned inwardly as I made a quick plan in my head. I was fast. However these seekers weren't.
Raising the gun slightly, I pulled the trigger and the bullet roared upwards and into the sky, the loud bang echoing all around.

As they all took time to regain themselves, I grabbed my bag and sprinted away into the tall grass surrounding me. I heard their cries of protest as they chased after me. They wouldn't use their cars because they knew it would damage someone's property.

I kept running for what must have been a good hour and a half. Thank goodness I was in the athletics team back when there were no souls taking over the world. I finally stopped once I reached the end of the grass as I saw a desert. Even in the darkness, the heat was swelling and phenomenal. I managed to walk for another half hour, until my body crumpled from underneath me and I felt my eyes drooping before I saw no more.

MELANIE

Jamie stared blankly at the wall in front of us in the little house we had found abandoned. Jared was raiding the cupboards to see what food they had left before they had abandoned the house. I however was doing the same as Jamie. We were both wallowing over our sister. We knew she was either dead or one of them. The gunshot just proved it.

Jared had finally came and sat with us. He stared at me and we all sat in an uncomfortable silence. He spoke up and turned to the two of us.

"I know it will hurt to hear her name, but I'm sure Demi is in a better place now. She either has no memory or she's up there watching us. Whatever one it is, she's safe." I didn't reply burning did process what he spoke to us. It had hurt me when he had said her name. I felt my heart ping if that was even possible. Jamie just stood up and walked out of the room and into another room which I presumed was a bedroom.

I stared down from the spot I had been staring at on the wall and at my wrist instead. The familiar colourful fabric greeted me like it had for almost four years now. It was our connection band as Jamie called it. To show how much we loved each other, her and I had made multi-coloured strips of fabric and wound them together until they resembled a semi decent bracelet.

I closed my eyes as I leaned against Jared's chest. I hated this feeling, I had felt it before when dad sent us away for our safety but it was even worse now.
Mourning was definitely not my favourite.
Demi was identical to me. Well apart from her hair. She had semi lighter hair, more dirty blonde than brown.

IAN

I stared out as we rushed into the store. Grabbing all we would need, Kyle and I closed up the truck of the van before driving back.
The radio was turned on as per usual. Instead of the peaceful songs, there was a semi urgent news report.

"There has been a sighting of a dangerous, armed human last night. We can confirm she had been travelling with a younger boy, an identical twin sister and another large boy. We can also confirm she is 17. She was roughly five foot eight and had long dirty blonde hair. Her eyes were a light hazel and she was wearing a brown hoodie, black jeans and worn out trainers. If you see anything please-" Kyle turned to radio off and shifted in his seat to face me. He smiled slightly.

"If they're reporting this here then she must be close around eh? Maybe we'll find her before they do?" I shook my head at him and he slumped back down in his seat. All Kyle had been looking for was an opportunity to go on a good man hunt. He just was bored with the same routine over and over again. Although I wouldn't admit it, I was too.

Maybe we would be allowed to have a quick look for this girl. Jeb probably wouldn't mind as long as we kept low and didn't give anything away. Besides, if she was out here in the desert, she was either going to die or be found by us.

Personally, I was hoping for it to be the other. You know, Kyle could do with a friend that's not me.