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Van

Melanie's POV:

I sat there chewing my nails with worry. Ugh! I thought I had gotten rid of that habit years ago, but the stress was wearing me down. Where in the name of God, were they?!? A few minutes later I heard someones urgent footsteps slapping against the asphalt. I looked up and saw Jared jogging towards the van.

"Mel, open the door!" he said and I opened it. He jumped in the driver's side and started the engine.

"Want wha-" I started, but was cut off

"-Sorry Mel," Jared said before starting. "Well, we both ran over to where we heard the scream and it led us to an alley, but when we looked we saw nothing there. So, we walked farther in and saw Wanda and some other guy. He was holding her against the wall and there was a knife pressed to her arm. Her neck and arm were bleeding. Ian got all mad, of course, and punched the guy out. So, now he's unconscious."

"Is she okay?" I asked.

"Yeah, I think so," he paused. "There wasn't much harm done, but it might have damaged her more mentally then physically now that I think about it."

"Okay..." I started, but we were already there. Jared and I jumped out and ran over to where Ian and Wanda were. Wanda was curled up on Ian's lap and there were tears streaming down her face. I could see the large cut on her arm and when she looked up I could see a couple of cuts on her neck. Both were bleeding down her body and with the tears on her face it looked pretty bad.

"Ian, get her in the van," I said and he stood up with her wrapped in his arms and carried her in.

"Now what?" I asked Jared and he shrugged, not quite sure what to do just yet.

"Well, there's 2 options. One, we could take him with us and use the Sleep on him to keep him unconscious, until we get back to the caves and then Jeb can decide. Or, two, we could leave him here and hope the Seekers nab him or something. The thing is if we take him with us he could wake up even with the sleep doses or hurt someone or Jeb might get all mad at us and kill him anyways. If we leave him here, no one might catch him and he'll go back to trying to kill Souls, or he could get nabbed and inserted and...well you know, he won't be human anymore."

"I think...we should probably take him with us." Jared nodded and scooped the body up, not bothering to be gentle. I agreed with that. He hurt Wanda and deserved whatever he got.

We opened the back up and wrapped him in a sheet, I grabbed the Sleep and sprayed a large dose in his face watching him inhale and exhale it. I nodded, pleased with the results. Then, me and Jared climbed into the van and drove off.

"Should we head back to the caves?" I asked Jared.

"Probably wise," he said. "And, I think we got enough supplies anyways. We left on the raid early enough that there's still probably some left."

I peeked into the back where Ian and Wanda were. She was sitting on his lap with her head tucked under his chin. Her eyes were closed, but I didn't think she was asleep. Ian was whispering comforting things into her ear and they both looked so cute and peaceful I almost cried (not really, but I wanted something to put in there). Then, I noticed Wanda's wounds were still open and bleeding.

"Jared, can you pull over for a couple of minutes?" I asked.

"Why?" he looked at me, a worried look on his face.

"Don't worry, I just have to clean Wanda up, her wounds are still open and bleeding."

"Oh.." he said and pulled over. I jumped out and grabbed the first aid kit and jogged over to the back. I opened the door and was met with Ian's confused face.

"What?" he asked.

"I have to fix Wanda's wounds," I said and he nodded, sheepishly.

"I forgot..."

I opened the first aid kit.

"Crap!"

"What is it, Mel?" Ian asked, worried.

"There's not enough stuff in here for both her wounds. There's just half of this little bottle of Heal, A little bit of Seal, Clean, and Inside Clean left."

"..." Ian stared at me, wordlessly.

"Which do you think we should do?" I asked.

"Probably her arm," he said. "It's bleeding the most and the cut is larger and deeper." I nodded and began to fix up her arm. I also grabbed a piece of cloth and told Ian to use it as a bandage for her throat. If the bleeding stopped she should be fine because the Clean would prevent infection for the open wound.

When I was done her arm it looked good as new, and she was still fast asleep. Ian shifted her back into his arms and I jumped back into the front seat with Jared.

He started the engine and I peeked into the back again. Ian was cradling Wanda in his arms and he leaned down and whispered something in her er. I could just make out the words.

"I love you."

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Love,

IanplusWanda, xxx