A/N: One review posed a question and so I just want to clarify it. Just because Emily was able to take control of the body doesn't mean she is stronger than Mel, it just means Wanda is stronger than the Healer. Wanda had Mel in her head for months before listening to her as a friend. The Healer had Emily in his head for merely a day and he gave in to an escape out of the body. Even Wanda wasn't willing to do that until she felt she loved Mel. If you need further proof, the Seeker was able to suppress Emily immediately.

Ch 25

The Soul Wanda stopped and turned to me. "What's the matter?"

"I can't move!" I exclaimed.

"Why not?"

"She won't let me."

"Tell her I don't want to be removed. I'm safe in here when we will be outside. I'm the one in control," my host claimed.

"No."

"Tell her!"

"She said she likes being in my head. She said she is safe. Wanda you have to help. She is taking control of me. I need my head to be my own. No other Soul complained about this to me. I don't think I can handle it," I pleaded.

"Don't tell her that! You are weak and pathetic. This body was mine first — is mine."

With that my host took control. She made a run for it through the tunnels. The Soul Wanda ran too, but a different way. She wasn't pursuing. We ran till the main garden and then my host Emily paused.

"Which way?" she asked me.

"I don't know. I know what you know and you know what I do."

"Where do you think Wanda went?"

"She's a Soul. We are peaceful – usually. If I was her, I would be calling the Seekers. But I don't think that is possible down here, so what would be the next best thing?"

She took off and head for the river room.

As we heard the sounds of water flowing she began to think speak again.

"There has to be a way out of here. If the water can get out, so can we." She walked over to the edge of the cliff. The floor made a crumbling sound and the feeling of panic overcame me. I took control of my host's torso and leaned it back so that we feel backward to the ground.

"Are you nuts? Don't you remember that water is hot? I don't want to die," I informed her.

"It's just a little scalding!" she yelled out loud as she stood again. "You're a Healer. You will just heal me when we get to the hospital."

"I don't think so," a voice said from behind the steam.

The human that went with the voice walked into view. "Ah Melanie, I congratulate you on your ability to overcome your parasite. I, too, have your ability."

"Emily?" the Human Melanie asked. "What happened to the Healer?"

"Oh it's still in here."

"Emily, what are you trying to do? You can't leave. The Healer will use you to tell the Seekers about us."

"Don't worry. I'm the one in control."

I stretched my tentacles for a tighter grip. "Not if I could help it."

I took control of her voice box. "She's crazy. You got to get me out of her. Please. Set me free."

"Jared, Jamie! Do it now!" the Human Melanie screamed. Suddenly, silver mist was engulfing me from both sides.

Fade to black

Jamie's POV

I felt so bad attacking her like that. "She was Emily," I whispered. She was really messed up. "I guess her wounds ran deeper than even I knew."

Wanda came through the steam from her hiding place. "We need to help the Healer. It must have been awful for him losing control like that."

"I'm sorry Wanda," Mel uttered.

"For what?" Wanda smiled.

"For anytime I made you do something you didn't want to do, or feel something you shouldn't have felt."

Wanda's smile broadened. "You don't need to apologize to me. Better off giving it to Jared."

"She has. Repeatedly," Jared stated and winked. Ew! I was starting to get pictures. It didn't used to bother me. Mel and Jared together was always a comfort. Like when a young child has both their parents caring for them. But now things are different, I'm older and …well, not much of a child anymore.

"And for the feelings I felt, it helped me feel more like part of this community," Wanda finished.

Jared lifted Emily with little effort to the hospital wing where Doc and Wanda preformed the separation.

"What's going to happen to Emily?" I voiced.

"We don't know," Doc answered. "She may wake up now that she was in use of her body."

"Yeah, but what's going to happen?" I repeated with a slight edge.

"She's dangerous. That's for sure," Jared injected.

"We can't even send her out. She might get captured again. What if she retained the location of Nate's cave hideaway? We'll be risking all of their lives."

"Well, something's got to be done," Doc announced. I just sat there listening to what the fate of my ex girlfriend will be. I no longer felt the need to protect her. She does fine by herself. I didn't even know what Emily was really like. She may have shown me a piece, but now I can see she was a real puzzle.

A/N: How was that chapter? It was slightly shorter. Let me know what you guys think. R&R.