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ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE
Ian…MY Ian was gone. I sat in the back of the jeep and sobbed. Mel came to sit by my side. She wrapped her arms around my shoulders and whispered "sshhh…it's going to be okay." But I knew that it wasn't. The scene that had just happened flashed behind my closed eyelids. NO, I thought fiercely I WILL GET HIM BACK! I was sure I would.
Six months later, I was sitting in our room. I looked at lans empty bed thinking that he should be the one sitting here, SAFE. And that I should be the one captive with THEM. I wonder if he had the same healer as me, fords deep waters. Because he of course would be a host. But I had a faint hope that he hadn't been taken. That he was still HIM. Because if he was, he would find a way out. He had to. Someone moved the door open and stepped in. IAN! I thought seeing his looks in a flash but no, it was KYLE, I reminded myself. IAN IS NOT HERE. "uh, hey." he said "hey," I said and stood up bushing dirt and dust of my pants. "I, uh, came here to tell you why I've been so protective of you lately." "yeah, i've wondered that myself." "well, when the seekers took Ian," I flinched when he said that. "he said one thing to me."I looked up from where i'd been staring at my shoes and a sudden hope flared through me. "which is…" "he said he wanted me to protect you." "so you were keeping your promise." "ya." I nodded. we didn't talk much after that although he was always protecting me per-Ians wishes. once, when we passed some seekers on a raid he yanked me behind a rock so fast and hard he almost broke my arm. sunny was still very close to him. even after she had been removed from jodi. I couldn't help but think she looked kinda like a super model now. with that chin length red hair of hers, also with the perfect teeth and freckles. she was just so close to kyle and jodi. except when we went on raids. she still hated them. after two and a half years I almost gave upend finding Ian. Until one day.
I was in the cornfields when I heard them come back from the raid. I saw him and thought KYLE, after force of habit nowadays. but no, there were TWO Kyle's. And one of them was Ian.
IAN! IAN! IAN! I shrieked through my head. and the shrieking slipped from my head out through my mouth before I could stop them. "Ian," I exclaimed and dropped whatever it was I was holding. I had forgotten any train of thought exempt IAN! HE'S HERE! ALIVE! I ran toward him and whispered "Ian," and someone i didn't care to notice who said: "its not him. look at its eyes." and I did. they were rimmed with silver. clear signs he was a host. I started sobbing right then and there. how embarrassing. until my head found mels shoulder when she pulled me into a tight hug. I pulled away after sometime and went across the room to trudy. "Trudy wheres…" I trailed off as a searing bolt of pain shot through my head. my eyes rolled back in my head. and then everything went black.
I woke up to blackness. just as I had lost consciousness a burst of light beamed at me when mel moved the door to our room aside and she stepped in. I sat bolt upright I my bed. "oh! you're awake. good. doc said you were probably just in shock." I nodded. That seamed a good explanation. "And, speaking of doc he wants to see you." I frowned wondering why doc would need me. "ok." I said and got to my feet. but Melanie steeped in front of it. "are you sure you're ok?" "yes." she sighed and moved away from the doorway. "I'll deal." I said to try convince her or maybe, myself. "is…" "yeah. she's okay. they found her." instant relief washed through me. with a smile I left the room.
I steeped into docs office and knocked against the cave wall which only resulted in making my hand hurt rather than making any noise. "melanie said you needed me?" I said and docs head popped up. "yes, yes. would you come over here" I nodded and crossed the room to the X-ray table. It was a scan of bending leaves. but something was wrong. "doc, whats that?" I said pointing to one of ben's tethers. "ah, yes. thats actually what I called you in for. you see, something must have happened when ben was inserted." I raised my eyebrows. he continued on without noticing. "one of ben's erm, tethers is twisted. it goes through lans ribcage and connects on his heart. but ben is for some reason trying to disconnect this specific tether and possibly connect it to the correct position." that was not good. at all. why had the healer not noticed this? or, maybe he had but for some reason had not fixed it."so, can we remove ben and save Ian at the same time?" "that is precisely why we have not done it yet. we can't. if we did, ben could die and/or Ian could go into cardiac arrest also and die. that much abuse could affect his heart tremendously and cause it to fail." I was horrified. I put my hand offer my my mouth to keep from gasping. "oh my god." "yes, it is terrible." doc said grimly. "is there any way to fix?" it he asked me "sadly, I don't know of any way." I replied.