Just so you know, this is set roughly two years after The Host, so everyone is two years older (Obviously), i.e. Jamie's now 16.
The girl, won't give away her name, she is like Lacy, she had the soul removed from her and now she is back to being human.
Just thought I'd add that, so make sure there was no confusion!
TheBlackRosette
The girl slowly opened her eyes; she blinked in the harsh sunlight. She vaguely noticed that the light was flowing into the room through cracks in the ceiling. The air was stale and dry, it made her throat burn. There were people around her. A tall, skinny man, no older than forty, was looking down at her. He had kind eyes that gazed down at her.
A pretty blonde girl smiled at her. The girl had beautiful curls that spilled over her shoulders, her eyes were pale grey, and very pretty. A man had his arm around her waist, he was tall but skinny. He had black hair, the colour of ink, and beautiful eyes, the colour of sapphires. Next to him was another man with very tan skin, his eyes and his hair were almost the same colour too. He had a strong jaw, but a kind face. A girl with long, mahogany hair clung to his side, she also held a boy with dark brown hair's hand. The last person was an old man with a bushy beard. He had a friendly smile, despite his rugged look.
All the people smiled at the girl, she was so confused who were they? The girl blinked, but the people were still there. They were all so dirty, why were they so dirty? And this bed was so uncomfortable, where was her nice soft pillow, and her favourite teddy, she wanted her teddy.
"Hello, I'm Doc; do you know your name?" The man with kind eyes asked.
"Where am I?" The girl whispered. "Who are you?"
"Well as I said, I'm Doc; this is Wanda, Ian, Jared, Melanie, Jamie and Jeb. This is a cave, in the middle of the Arizonian desert. Do you remember the planet has been invaded?"
"Arizonian desert? Invaded?" The girl whispered; it was coming back to her now. Those things, those silver things. They'd stolen the planet, our planet, Earth.
"Here let me try Doc," the girl with the curls, Wanda, told Doc. The man beside her, Ian was it? He dropped his arm from Wanda's waist. Wanda bent down to be level with the girl.
"Hello, what's your name?" Wanda asked kindly.
"I don't know," the girl whispered. The girl smiled, her eyes caught in the light. Silver flashed across the girls face, and bounced off the walls. The girl's hand flew to her mouth, she gasped.
"You're one of them! Get away from me! Don't put another one of those… those… things in my head!" The girl screeched. Wanda's face grew sad, she stood up, the man, Ian, put his arm around her again.
"How can you touch her?" The girl screeched.
"Mel?" Doc whispered. The girl with the dark brown hair came and leant down to the girl, just as Wanda had. The girl whimpered, was she a thing too? Mel noticed the girl's reaction.
"Hey, it's okay, Wanda's our friend. She doesn't want to hurt us," Mel soothed. "What's your name sweetie? How old are you?"
"I'm not sure? How do I know one of those things isn't in me?" The girl whimpered. Doc handed Mel something. Mel held it up to the girl's face, it was a mirror.
The girl examined her face in the mirror. She still had the same coppery brown curls she'd always had, and the same emerald eyes, but no silver in them now. Her skin was still pale; she'd lived in New York her whole life. She still had full, red lips and a little dimple on her chin. Last time she'd seen herself in a mirror she had been only eight. How old was she now?
"How long since they invaded?" The girl whispered.
"Eight years now, why?" Mel asked curiously.
"I'm sixteen!" The girl gasped. She'd been eight when they planet was invaded, so long ago. Eight years of her life she'd never get back.
"Me too!" The boy who'd been holding Mel's hand grinned.
"That's Jamie, my little brother," Mel smiled.
"Hello Jamie," the girl smiled. He smiled back, he had a nice smile.
"Do you remember your name?" Jamie asked.
"The silver thing, she called herself Flying Song," the girl whispered.
"She was from the Singing World," Wanda smiled. The girl frowned.
"That's where the Bats are from, right Wanda?" Jamie asked.
"Yes, it's the planet of the Bats," Wanda smiled at him. The girl frowned even more.
"So you can remember your soul's name, but can you remember yours?" Mel asked. The girl shook her head.
"I had a brother, Tom, and my Mum's name was Denise. I didn't have Dad; we lived in New York, in an apartment. I remember Mum packing some stuff and telling us we had to go, she said it was too dangerous in the city. We hid in these woods, Mum would go raiding and leave me and Tom in the woods, and then…" The girl stopped, what had happened then?
"Did your Mum get caught?" Mel asked gently.
"Yes, but I was only eight, I didn't understand," the girl whispered. She searched desperately for more memories; they were coming, but slowly.
"Our Dad brought tried to bring the Seekers to us," Jamie told her.
"Yes, that's what happened, they came for us. They sounded so kind, we went with them. We were only little kids, we didn't know what was happening, and then…" The girl's voice trailed off.
"You were gone," the man, Ian, whispered.
"Yes, I was gone," she confirmed.
"So you can remember all that but not your name?" Jamie asked.
"It seems silly, but yes, I can't remember my name," the girl grimaced.
"Maybe some of you should go, it might make it easier if there are less people here," Doc decided. Everyone but Doc, Mel and Jamie left. After the other people left, the three remaining people got to work helping the girl to remember her name.
"What did it start with?" Jamie asked.
"A C maybe, or maybe a K, or maybe an M," the girl told Jamie.
"Chelsea, Kelsey, Caitlin, Kelly, Mikaela?" Mel suggested. The girl shook her head.
"Cara, Kate, Molly, Chloe, Christine?" Jamie asked, but still not right.
"Madeline, Katherine, Millie, Charlie?" Doc suggested, still not right though.
"Caroline, Kirstin, Mandy, Cherry, Kristy?" Jamie tried again.
"Callie, Corinna, Macy, Kristen, Kayla…" Mel was cut off by the girl.
"What was the third one?" She asked.
"Macy, is that your name, Macy?" Mel asked.
"I don't think it's quite right, but it sounds similar," the girl told Mel.
"Don't say Lacy, we don't need another one!" Jamie groaned. Both Doc and Mel giggled.
"No, it's not Lacy."
"How about Jaycee?" Mel asked. The girl shook her head.
"Stacey?" Still not right.
"Tracey?" Not yet, keep trying.
"Casey?" Jamie asked.
"That's it, Casey. My name's Casey!" Casey beamed. "Casey Eliza Queens."
"Well then Casey Eliza Queens, welcome to your new home. You are now, yet again human," Jamie grinned. Casey smiled back; it was nice to know she was human.
Good, bad, shit, amazing? What do you think? R&R greatly appreciated.
TheBlackRosette