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 10

DEMI

I held my breath as I hear their confessions from the other side of the closed door. If I had been in there with them, it's funny how their facades would be so different than they are now. So they have been lying to me this whole time? Even Jamie and Wanda, the ones I was closest too. I felt the tears spring to my eyes and I heard them all slowly shuffling towards the door. I took a deep breath and walked back out to the watching post on top of the volcano. It wasn't my turn but I decided to be kind and give the lad out there a break. He looked really tired and it would help me to keep my mind off everything I had just heard.

I was still in partial shock. Why were they hiding how they all really felt when they were around me? I wasn't so bothered about Jared or Ian, but Kyle, Jamie and Wanda really broke me. I was Jamie's sister for goodness sake but he still agreed with them all? Wanda had agreed and even input a few comments here and again. Kyle though, he seemed to almost be the joint chairman with Jared on the subject, which was me.

I mumbled a good night to the man who was on look out, it was about to start getting light in a few hours as it was almost morning. Maybe Ian hadn't really cared when he had left me with the seekers. Maybe they had all decided that giving me to them was a great plan and I spent a good few hours thinking all of the thoughts I thought I would never have. My trust issues came back again.

I had always had trust issues up until Mel and I were twelve, before I just decided to relax and just not tell people things unless it felt right. I had never really had to think about how wrong an idea that was until now.

I guess the part that really hurt was the words they used. It was the way they worded the whole topic, like I was some kind of animal that they all had to deal with. I sighed as I stared out through the binoculars. It was already starting to get light and I hadn't really been paying much attention to anything other than my thoughts.

I should probably stop doing that. Make a mental note and stick it up in plain view so that I can remember that the male seeker or the female one could be sneaking up on me and I wouldn't know because my mind was elsewhere.

Although I didn't want to see them right now, it would be horrible if I slipped up and killed the last of the human race. Not like I was in the mood to care right now but it was for the best.

One of the other guys came up, and although he offered to take offer, I suggested we just watched together. He agreed because he realised I needed to have space to think out in the open. We sat in silence the whole time, our eyes peering out through the binoculars as we scanned the roads. I was about to head back inside to get some sleep when the familiar flash caught my eye.

I felt my blood start to pump faster as I saw the silver gleam of the motorbike the male seeker seemed to be using. He stopped about a mile away but I knew his eyesight was immaculate. The guy beside me went to stand up. I held on to his arm lightly and whispered to him.

"Look, it's a dodgy idea, but the seeker is after me. I'll run over in that way so he follows me and you go warn everyone to hide." He gave me a panicked look and I shook my head.

"I'll be fine. I'm always fine." He nodded and I put down my binoculars before taking a deep breath and slowly standing up. The seeker's eyes latched onto mine and I knew he had seen me.

I took a deep breath and ignoring the slight dulled pain from my shoulder in where the bullet had been, I sprinted away from the volcano. Just like I had hoped, when I turned my head back, he was behind me and I felt my heart beat quicken as I realised he was quicker than me.

I quickly glanced back up at the volcano as I pushed myself further and I could just make out the brown hair of Wanda. I sighed and urged myself to go just a bit faster, so that Jamie wouldn't lose his other sister.

I had definitely caused everyone too much trouble. Maybe it was for the best that I was doing this right now. I don't know wither it was the memories from earlier, the pain I had brought, the sadness I had caused or the thought of keeping my family safe that made me start to slow down. If they caught me, I would be used to find them all, but if I managed to kill myself now, the memories would be gone and everyone would be safe again.

I tripped as I started to slow, and I fell over and rolled onto my back. I heard a light chuckle and looked up into the blue eyes of the seeker. He must have only been a few years older than me and I only just realised it. I saw the gun hung from the belt he wore.

So this was it. I had thought I was going to die before but this was much more painful because I knew I was definitely going to die. It was for the best. Even though they may not have actually loved me like I had loved them, I would die for them.

And that was exactly what I was doing here. I swung my leg around and knocked the seeker to the ground. I lunged at him and we wrestled for the gun before I heard the shot. I looked down and I saw the blood pool growing. I gulped, that was a lot of blood.