Chapter 20
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Melanie POV
Flashback
We walk along the dusty road, our eyes narrowing at the Seeker Station that had transformed from a spot in the distance to a large building, towering over us like a giant. The air is humid, and in our throat is a dull burning, which is developing form thirst.
I hadn't considered the necessities of my body. Never mind water. We would just have to keep going- To keep moving. If we fell, we would have to keep regaining strength, always hopping back up onto the balls of our feet. We had to contain our strength and energy. Otherwise, we might never get up again.
Wanda was furious.
Never in my whole life had I ever experienced someone so distraught, sad and angry at the same time. Merciful… She is also merciful…
How is that even possible?
When we had first started to actually hike into the desert, she had eventually awoken, taking control of my body once again. There had been no words… Only tears.
The sound of my sister sounding so heartbroken had been clawing at my ears, causing my heart to literally tear in half after each and every step I had taken. Each sighting I had encountered had stirred a memory.
Sadly, each memory had brought me one element to regret.
We had been forced to encounter the Seeker Station on our way through, to my distaste, and had unfortunately run into a seeker on the way.
The voices ring in my head like broken bells. Wanderer has lied for me- She has saved us from what had first seemed like an inescapable trap. Like a fly hopelessly entangled in a spiders web.
She has lied for me...
After all I have done for her which pretty much sums up as exactly nothing. I have only caused her frustration and stress- Thrown our body out of a window!
Still, she has saved me...
Wanderer... My sister...
I hear the voices in my head played over and over again, like a tape being fast forwarded and re-winded all in a matter of seconds.
Wanderer had done well…
I replay her thoughts over and over in my mind. The thoughts synchronised by our body transforms them into not only hers- But mine too.
'Excuse me. A word please?'
'Certainly seeker'.
A beam of light had shone into our eyes. Blinding us…
We shield our face. We step back, somewhere out of reach.
'Step into the light- Where we can see you please'.
We step into the light. Sweat beads down the Seekers forehead.
'Cut it. She's one of us', a voice calls.
Several nods of approval. Another Seeker walks forwards.
'Sorry. It's a little late. Night duty's tough! We thought we may have had a stay human on our hands'.
More sweat pours down a face.
A shake of a head- Ours for certain. One worried glance. A wild scanning of the area with wide eyes. The overwhelming scent of panic.
We have to stay calm... We have to stay calm...
'I'm sorry to startle you. May I have your name?'
We don't want to tell him. We can't.
Instead, we simply lie. We hope it's believable.
'Midnight breeze'.
Lies.
'Alright flower'.
A guess. He is partly right. Our name could have come from the Bats too…
Still, it reminds me of flowers.
'You haven't seen any sightings of humans in the area, have you?'
Another shake of our head. We take a few steps backward.
Scared. We are scared.
We are supposed to be scared of humans- Although strangely we are not.
Startled tears form in our eyes. We are only afraid of them.
Seekers… We don't like Seekers… We hate them. We need to get away…
A surrender of hands- A Seeker. He doesn't want to scare us, but we can't help it.
We are already scared... We're frightened.
'Now, now. Sorry to scare you Midnight Breeze, but we need to escort you from this area'.
A nervous twitch of our mouth- the corners hastily turn downwards- A frown. Really, we only want to cry.
We don't want to go anywhere with them. We want to go home. We want to be with Jared. We can't let them take us… If they follow, they're all dead.
'We can walk'. We insist.
We don't want him near us. He is already too close...
More pulling down of mouth edges. More unhappy faces... What next?
'If a human were to find you... Well flower... We wouldn't say that you would have much of a chance'.
A shudder. Our shoulders are supressed through vibrations. Hands reach out to guide us into a vehicle. We don't want to go. We want to be left alone.
We wrench out of the hands. We speak more loudly.
'No. I want to walk'.
A shrug.
'You're choice flower'.
We are already turning away. We hear a shout form over a shoulder.
'I would say the old "see you after", but I'm not sure that term applies no more'.
A laugh. Rude. He is rude. Only Seekers are rude. We don't like them. They make us nervous. We want to get out.
Tears stream down our face.
A cackle from behind.
We run, and don't turn back.
We enter the desert.
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It was beautiful…