A/N: Last vignette! 25 chapters for an October 25 birthday (even though I shamefully did not get them all up yesterday).
My Daughter
Her mind was fuzzy. She tried to remember, but all she could see when she closed her eyes was a face she'd never seen before. A social worker, he'd called himself. That's what he said when the dark skinned couple answered the door.
"Is this her?"
"Yes, her name is Melody."
"Last name?"
"Unknown."
The woman picked her up and hugged her close and Melody wanted to fight back, but the woman was too big, too strong. She wanted to scream NO but the only thing she could muster were shrieking sobs.
"It's okay, Melody," the dark skinned man told her. "Soon you'll adjust just fine."
Melody wailed. Where was Mom? Where was Anthony?
"I'll put her down," the woman said, bouncing Melody as she carried her upstairs to a lavender painted room.
Minutes later the woman's companion returned. "She's a lively one, isn't she?"
"She'll adjust, won't you, Melody Zucker?"
But Melody wasn't looking at the Zuckers, she was looking at the creatures behind them with faces like The Scream. Oh, she knew them, she remembered everything! And then she heard a sound, a whirring, groaning sound that hurt her ears, and she knew that too, somehow, so she rolled over in its direction, The Scream creatures forgotten. But the sound didn't last long and soon she was alone in the room. Melody closed her eyes, but she didn't sleep.