MORNING

The girl felt something sticky beneath her head. She heard the sounds of birds chirping. It seemed slow. She balled her hand into a fist and groaned attempting to get up but more pain shot threw her body. A lot of pain actually aiming directly towards her head making her feel woozy.

This time it made her get up or at least lift her head and turn it to the side. She felt as though she were about to hurl. She spat on the ground and kept her mouth open awaiting the dribble to come out. 'OW' She mimed as she pushed herself backwards and fell onto something hard.

What was she lying on.

She half opened her eyes and noticed a forest. Her eyes widened. What was she doing in a forest better yet how'd she end up in a forest. She held her head. Her eyes widened. "I cant remember anything" she felt like screaming but it came out in a hoarse whisper.

Ben awoke to find a whole amount of sleeping bags containing aliens in them except Julie, Alan, Cooper and Grandpa Max of course. They were normal. He was happy. The morning smelt of morning dew. He loved that smell and turned to the sleeping bag beside him. His eyes widened.

"Gwen?" He called out. "Gwen?" He began to get worried. The sleeping bag was empty. He got up and ran over to his grandpa and Kevin. "wake up, wake up, wake up" Ben shook them.

"Ben," Max groaned.

"go back to bed" Max slurred.

"Gwen's still not back yet and it's already 7" Ben told her.

Max sighed.

"Give her another hour she probably just fell asleep" Max turned away. Ben sighed and looked out to the forest.

'how far could she have gone'

"oh my gosh what my name?" She winced her eyes closed trying to remember. "My name is….arrr ahh" She groaned gripping onto the ground. It was no use.

She looked around hoping for a sign of where she was. Nothing. She looked down to the bloodied ground. 'No wonder I cant remember anything, I've lost so much blood' she thought to herself getting up drowsily. "Which way?" She thought to herself.

"I'll try... that way" She looked ahead and began walking.

she felt as though she had been walking for hours but heard the sounds of a bango playing slowly. Her ears perked up as she tried figuring out what direction it was in.

She turned left no right. She couldn't decipher it. She felt like her eardrum had burst she continued to walk straight until she noticed a cabin. She grabbed onto a nearby tree and noticed a middle aged man sitting there picking at the strings.

"Hel-" She tried to grab his attention.

She picked herself up and began walking to him forgetting the slope and the root next to her foot. "Woah" She came tumbling down the slope and landing in an awkward position. She felt a warm liquid run down her head before everything went black.

"Now hold still now" Gwen winced her eyes and whimpered as a stinging cloth came down around her hurt ear. She hissed as it landed on her forehead. "Alright try to relax or you'll just agitate the wound. MARY" He called out. It hurt Gwen's eardrums. "I'm coming, I'm coming" She heard thunderous footsteps.

"How is she doing?" a woman asked. "She doing alright, just need to get those darn wounds sewed up," a man stated. "Hope you don't mind needles kid" She felt her head being grabbed and forced back. She groaned in pain as she felt a needle pierce her skin. She tried grabbing at the man's arm but it just caused her hands to be forced down. "It'll only hurt for minute, sugar" The woman told her. The redhead didn't believe her. Her whole body ached. "There we go all done" She heard metal clash with metal. The girl opened her eyes to find a wooden cabin.

"Welcome to my little home" the man behind her said though she couldn't really see him. "Now who do I have the honour of helping today?" He asked her with a hicked accent. She didn't answer just looked around the room still freaking out. Mary looked over to the scared girl in the chair and looked over to Cletus. He sighed. "I'll getcha a drink" He told her. "What's you name sweety?" Mary asked. Gwen gulped and shook her head. "I-I-I don't-" Gwen told her looking at the decade old furniture and log like walls.

"Here ya go. It's on the house" the man came over to her with a quarter glass of a dark brown liquid. Gwen looked up at it in disgust. "Now don't frown away from it" He took her chin gently.

"it'll help with the pain" He poured it into her mouth. She gulped it down and wiped her mouth only in time for the foul taste to proceed into her mouth. She tried regurgitating it back up anything to get it out of her mouth. "guess you're not a fan of whisky?" He put the bottle to his lips and gulped it down. "Ah" he smiled. The woman came over with a glass of water and passed it to the girl. She then went over to her husband and smacked his over the head with a tea towel. "You don't offer kids whisky. Its just a waste" The woman whispered the last part. Gwen gulped down what looked like stale water. She winced. It tasted like a lake.

"I think you could use a bath" he helped her up. She wobbled lightly as he kept a tight hold of her and led her towards the bathroom. He held her down onto the toilet seat before bending over and turning the taps on warm for the bath. "Thanks" She told him. He smiled. "I'll get Mary to bring you some clothes," he told her walking out of the room. Gwen looked over to a cracked window to see her for the first time or what felt like the first time.

She had bright green eyes with red hair. There was blood around her grey blouse and red mucky sweater from her head and nose. She felt water nearby her foot and instantly turned to see the bath overflowing. "Oh no" She dashed towards the taps switching them off. She breathed out happily and grabbed one of the towels off the rack and chucked it down on the floor trying to clean the mess up.

'knock, knock'

"Come in" Gwen called out as she mopped the floor up. "You okay there, sugar?" Mary asked. Gwen stood up with the towel clasped in her hands. She didn't realise how tall she was compared to the woman. She was a half the size of Gwen. "Yeah, fine. Just a bit of an overspill but I'll clean it up for you" Gwen told her. Mary smiled. She placed a pair of boots on the floor and looked over to the red headed girl. "You never told me your name, you know" Mary asked untying the laces of the shoes. "I cant remember" Gwen told her slumping back down onto the toilet seat. "Cant remember what?" Mary asked a little concerned. "anything. I lost my memory, I cant remember my name, where I live, what I like or who I even am" Gwen cupped her face on the verge of tears. "Oh, Sweetheart no one forgets who they really are" Gwen raised her head as Mary wiped away the tears as for your name or where you live well that's a different story" Mary lifted herself up. Mary placed her hand up to her chin and stared down at Gwen thinking. "You look like a…Red to me" Mary stated. "Red?" Gwen asked concerned.

"Yeah, for a name" Mary smiled. "We'll call you, Red, at least til you get your memory back. Now I've left Cletus's old jacket and boots out for you" Mary said about to walk out until Gwen grabbed her. "Wait why?" Gwen asked. "Well number one, you cant go walking around with out proper shoes on or any shoes for that matter" Gwen stared down at her feet. She had stockings on but they were all torn up from the walk and her feet had deep red cuts and small bruises on them. She gulped. 'why wasn't she wearing shoes. "Secondly, you need to keep warm and wearing some preppy upper class outfit ain't gonna make you no friends out here, let me tell you that" She pointed her index finger towards Gwen but it felt more like a lecture finger. "O-Okay" Gwen nodded and turned towards what looked like a three-generation hand me down. "I'll see if I can find some pants to go along with it. Your alright with wearing that shirt?" She asked.

Gwen nodded. "Good now do you need any help undressing?" She asked. Gwen kept her jaw shut and shook her head. "I should be fine, thanks for the clothes though" Gwen stood up. "Alright then, Hun but if you need any help I'll be right outside that door now" Mary told her as she walked out.

"Cletus, how many times have I told you; no smoking in the house"

"I'll do what I want woman"

Gwen smiled and rolled her eyes before turning round and staring at herself in the mirror. She unbuttoned her sweater and blouse and looked up. Her eyes widened. She was covered in a lot of scaring especially on her shoulder. She did the only thing she could. She screamed her head off as she held her mouth. Mary instantly ran in and stared down at the scaring on the shocked girl. She wrapped a towel round her before Cletus barged in with a shotgun. "What on Earth is going on?" Cletus asked. "She's covered in scars, what do you think's going on?" Mary yelled at him. "Well why didn't you say somethin'" He turned towards Gwen.

"Common now, lets have a look at choo" Mary slapped his arm away. "you idiot don't choo know it's illegal for old men to touch little girls" Mary nagged him. "I'm not old I'm middle aged" Gwen just stared at them with wide eyes. "Hey, What's that?" The woman pointed to her skirt. Gwen tried to look where she was pointing but found it difficult. The woman grabbed it. It was a pink phone. A smile came onto Gwen's face. "Darn" The woman chucked it away. "Broken" She muttered under he breath before turning back to Gwen.

"What else ya got, Red?" She asked extending a hand awaiting Gwen to place items on it. Gwen shuffled in her seat before giving her her wallet and a necklace with a golden pendent attached to it. Mary took them and placed them next to the sink before shooing her husband out. "Alright, now. The bath water's gettin' cold. You getting in or not?" Mary asked her helping Gwen up. Gwen removed her skirt and stockings before getting into the water slowly. She relaxed and back as Mary went through her personal belongings. The dark haired middle aged woman started with the pendent. She smiled which caught Gwen's attention.

"Wow you've got a hotty of a boyfriend here" Gwen sat up as Mary turned it to see herself and a dark haired brown eyed boy who looked a couple years older than her. Gwen smiled and relaxed back. "you know he looks like a Curtis to me" Mary told her making Gwen giggle. Mary next picked up her wallet. The first thing she noticed was the credit cards and was of cash in Gwen's wallet. Her eyes widened.

"wowy" Mary grinned.

"What?" Gwen asked. "Err…nothing" Mary pulled out a picture of another boy in her wallet. "You sure make your way around a lot don't you, Hun?" giving Gwen a toothless grin. "What are you talking about?" Gwen asked. "Too men, Red. Really" She told her but more asked. Gwen's eyes widened. "Hey, I think I know this guy" Mary stared down at the picture. "really?" Gwen's eyes lit up. "Yeah, yeah. He's uh… oh he's uh… Ken 10. Yeah that's it, Ken 10" She passed Gwen the picture Gwen took it and stared down at him. Why would she have a picture of two boys. "You know I think I can piece together what happened to you" Mary crossed her arms. "Really?" Gwen asked straightening up. "Yeah, I bet you were one of those, you know, orphans and a rich family adopted you"

"Go on" Gwen wanted her to continue. "Yeah, but they treated you badly and beat you so you stole their money and ran away" Mary told her. "Okay, but that doesn't explain the two guys" Gwen told her. "Well maybe you had an affair with one of them" Mary told her. Gwen nodded. "Maybe" Would she really do that though. "Anyway we better get you cleaned up. It's gettin' late and you gotta hit the hay for work tomorrow" Mary told her walking over to her. "Work?" Gwen asked. "Yeah, that's right. Cletus could use some help and you're perfect for the job" Mary told her taking a sponge and scrubbing the girls cheek trying to get some of the muck off her face.

"Common, Common; pick up"

Ben sighed. It was no use. "Any luck?" Max asked coming over to him. Ben shook his head staring down at his phone clasped in his hands. Max placed a hand on his back. "I'm sure she couldn't of gone far Ben. I sent Helen, Manny and Pierce to go look for her in the forest. Cooper, Alan and Julie are checking the streets and her friends houses so don't worry. We'll find her in no time" Max messed his hair up before walking away. Ben followed his gaze only to land on a pair of glaring eyes. Kevin. Ben stood up and walked over to him. "Any answer?" He asked. Kevin shook his head still frowning. "Okay," Ben crossed his arms.

"What's your problem?" Ben began. Kevin leaned over him about to yell his head off until Helen, Manny and Pierce ran out of the forest with something in their hands. "Guys, WE FOUND SOMETHING" Manny yelled to them. Ben and Kevin's eyes widened as they came over to them. They were breathing harshly. They must've been running for a while. "What is it?" Max asked coming out of the Rustbucket. Pierce passed it to them. "Gwen's Plumber badge" He passed it to Ben. He felt something sticky on it. "It was laying in a whole pile of-" Ben cut pierce off.

"Blood" Ben gulped freaking out. He dropped the broken device and stared at the forest. "I'll call the police" Max said about to step into the RV but Helen grabbed him. "we are the police" Helen stated. "I know but we can widen the search if they broadcast it" Max stated. "is that really a good idea?" Pierce asked. "I mean what if she's been taken and the person-"

"The person will just have to live with it. It's Gwen who I'm worried about" Max stepped inside the RV and dialled 911.

Ben sighed and sat down he was exhausted and needed some rest. "we should camp out here tonight" Helen spoke up. Ben and Kevin turned to her. "Just in case she comes back," Helen elaborated. "I don't think she's coming back" Manny stated sitting down next to Ben. "What do you mean?" Helen asked concerned. "It means that I think she's been taken" Manny continue. "By who?" Helen asked leaning over the campfire feeling cold chills running down her back. "I don't know maybe by an enemy or arch nemesis of our or something. You know someone that would wanna hurt her or us"

Silence filled the air. The list of people ran through everyone's heads. Both Ben and Kevin gulped scratching the back of their necks. They both had very long lists.

Guess Gwen's not in the best environment right now and Ben's worried sick. This'll be updated tomorrow so please review.