Chapter 2: Awaken
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Fallon's POV
I awoke, covered in a soft blanket and dressed in a midnight blue nightgown. I laid in my bed for a couple of seconds and then slowly raised myself from the bed. I walked over to the mirror and looked at my new body. Then I heard a voice in my head...Natalie's voice inside my head.
"Stop it! Let me have my body back NOW!" Her voice screamed.
I held my head, trying to get her out of my head.
"I WANT MY BODY BACK NOW!" She screamed again.
"This is my body now, Natalie, might as well get out.," I said.
"Technically, it was mine first. I was living in it for years before you came along and had to ruin everything," Natalie shouted.
All of a sudden a face flashed through my mind; A man with brunette hair and blue eyes.
"I didn't mean to show you that!" Natalie hissed.
"Who is that?" I asked.
"None of your business!" Natalie exclaimed.
"I'll find out anyhow from your memories when I go to sleep," I said.
"I'll make sure that I put a wall to block my memories," Natalie said.
"I need to get some sleep the Seeker will be questioning me in the morning," I said.
"Whatever," Natalie said.
The Next Morning
I wake up and get dressed. Then I walked to the room where the Seeker was waiting for me. Pictures and memories of Natalie's flashed through my mind like lightning.
"Her name is Natalie Mallory. She is 19. The only family she has is her mom and dad. Her dad is a soul and her mom died human. She was born in Seattle on December 5, 1993," I said.
"Good, are there anymore humans?" The Seeker asked.
"There is Ian O'Shea, her boyfriend, Kyle O'Shea his brother, and Melissa O'Shea, their sister," I said.
"No!" Natalie screamed.
"Fallon? Is she resisting?" The Seeker asked.
"No," I replied.
"Once we find the rebels, this will be all over. We have won," The Seeker said astonished.
And with those words I was dismissed.
I leave the room and go to my Comforter. On my way to the Comforter I see a girl with brunette hair and deep blue eyes. She looks so familiar but I don't know why.
"No! They got Melissa! But how I made sure the Seekers were all gone," Natalie said.
Another memory flashed across my mind.
"I'll distract them and you run away to Ian and Kyle," Natalie whispered.
"But-," Melissa started.
"You heard Ian, listen to me," Natalie whispered.
"I love you Natalie," Melissa said and hugged me.
"Love you too," Natalie whispered and kissed her head.
"Oh no my memories they're slipping!" Natalie exclaimed.
"Excuse me, do you know where the Comforter is?" I asked.
"Actually I'm just learning the place too. I can't really tell you but I can show you," She said.
"Thank you. What's your name?" I asked.
"It's Genesis," Genesis said.
Genesis leads me to the Comforter in a short amount time.
I tell Kathy my Comforter that Natalie grieves for Ian, and therefore I do too. I tell her that memory dreams come every night. I don't why but I start to cry, and as Kathy comforts me. Kathy is appalled that I haven't told her this before, and tells me should go to a Healer. I don't want to 'skip' leave the planet early and because Natalie is still being strong. Again, Kathy tries to comfort me, tries to persuade me to change to a different body, and says that Natalie's body would not be given to another Host. Both Natalie and I are horrified by this idea, and I resolve in my mind to stick it out.
"Make some new friends to try and lessen Natalie's presence in your mind," Kathy said.
"I think I made a friend, a soul named Genesis but Natalie knows the host. What do I do?" I asked.
"How about we talk about this more in our next session someone else is coming. Curt, my husband, told me your Calling is to be Healer. Go take your lessons maybe that will distract you," Kathy said.
"Okay," I said and get up and leave.
I open the door and bump into a girl and fall.
"I'm so sorry," The girl said.
"It's alright," I said.
"I'm Wanderer," Wanderer said.
"Oh I'm Fallon," I said while getting up and leaving.
"Nice to meet you Fallon," Wanderer said before closing the door.
I leave the building and head to the Healer for my lessons. I was placed under Healer Sunshine she would teach me what the difference sprays were used for and what kind of wounds they were placed on. All healing items were labeled like No Pain or Heal. Cleanse, like its name stated, cleaned the wound so infection wouldn't spread. Smooth got rid of scars. Cool made fever's disappear. I found that there were many medicines than I previously thought there were.
I learned Cure removed diseases from a person's system. Mend brings feeling back to destroyed nerves. Grow helps bones grow back. Sleep sedates a patient if they are not compliant. Work heals torn muscles. Sick Leaver gets rid of mild colds.
The main job of a Healer is to make sure the patient is not traumatized. If needed we use Calm to dull their senses. This allows us to work on the person without them causing damage to themselves or others.
Genesis's POV
I strode down the aisle of a Walmart looking for my meal tonight. Grocery shopping always filled the soul with pleasant thoughts.
"Sixteen year old girls aren't supposed to be shopping for groceries. This is a mother's job, we should be relaxing, causing mischief, or playing a nice game of soccer." Melissa said.
I stiffened as she spoke. "Well, since you won't tell me where your family it's this or starve. Or do you know where your family is? Please, tell me," I pleaded for the millionth time.
"My family hadn't had a game plan when we were on the run, even if I did I still wouldn't tell you," Melissa hissed.
After shopping I went out of the Walmart and put my shades on. The sun was low in the sky, only just lighting up the California land. The Walmart was slightly out of town, so the store was almost empty at that hour, except for a large truck and a car parked across the lot from my red Prius. I slowed up when I caught sight of the group. There were two shady looking men hanging around the van, whispering almost angrily to each other, but souls don't get angry. I was suspicious.
"I hope that they aren't humans, for the sake of their freedom," Melissa said.
I thrust my groceries into my car then marched over to the men, flashlight in hand. As I approached the men looked up with the light dancing in their eyes. There was no silver ring. I looked at them I recognized them almost instantly. They were Melissa brothers, Kyle and Ian, stood before me.
"They don't know it's me. Take your shades off! Melissa shouted.
"Shut up!" I shouted.
"Boys, please come with me. You won't evading insertion any longer," I said.
"Like hell we are," Kyle snarled.
Ian came at me faster than I could react and put a rag that smelled oddly like chloroform over my face and I blacked out.
AN: Probably a boring chapter but it had to be written. Reviews please!
