Chapter 8
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The woman was back again. This time though she didn't talk. She just sat with her, holding her hand. Every now and then she would hum something, but the humming never lasted long. But, it felt good to be in contact with another human, she had forgotten what it felt like to actually touch something, and she relished in what she knew wouldn't happen again for a long time. She just wished she could say something to the woman, but every time she tried to talk it only made things worse. Whatever they had done to her mouth had yet to fully heal, and with the thing keeping it stretched open it was hard to form words in the first place.
So, she did the only thing she could do, when ever the woman would take her hand into hers she would squeeze it. Very faintly, she was still very weak, but the woman understood. And although Alicia could not see her face she presumed there was a sad smile on it.
Strangely, it was then that she realized she did not know this woman's name. She had only seen her face once, it was a sad face, the three scars on either cheek, and there were large bags under her eyes, but Alicia could tell that if those had not been there she would be very beautiful.
The woman then said that they were coming back, she had to go, and it was then Alicia grasped the idea that this woman was not aloud to be there and console her, she was somehow sneaking out, and then going back. But how did she know that they were coming?
When the woman was gone she heard them coming, and she knew what that meant.
The experiments would once again start.
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2 days later
They were leaving, and Brittany when they left Brittany would be alone. Her parents had yet to try and understand what exactly she remembered, and they never would. She had accepted that, and for the most part she stayed in her room, only coming out when she had to shower, use the bathroom, or eat. And even then she only got what she was going to eat and brought it either outside or into her room. She hadn't said a word to her parents in over 36 hours.
At night, when everybody else was asleep, she would sneak outside and stare at the sky, trying to make sense of what she remembered, maybe see a sign that they were actually out there. She would stare at the stars until her vision grew blurry. Needless to say, she never saw anything.
She was sitting on the front porch when they pulled up, fingering the gold cross around her neck, and wondering to herself how God would allow something so horrible to happen to her sister, but at the same time praying that he would bring her home soon and safe.
Scully was the first to get out of the car, seeing as she wasn't the one driving. She stood in front of her on the porch, fingering her own cross. They looked at each other for awhile before Brittany threw her arms around her neck. Scully was a bit taken aback, but nevertheless she hugged her back. Brittany let go, silent tears running down her face. "We'll find her right?"
"We're going to do all that we can Brittany. I promise you that."
Brittany wiped the tears away and walked over to Mulder. "I want to thank you again Mulder. I don't think I could have made it these past few days if it hadn't been for you. Hell, if it hadn't been for you I'd still believe that my sister had was kidnapped. You'll keep in touch with me right? Let me know if you find anything out. Hey, you can even tell me about some of your cases, Lord knows besides school it'll be my only means of communication. Not that I'll really have that at school anymore, those who haven't yet heard about my little escapade with aliens will think Alicia was kidnapped, and they'll feel sorry for me. And the last thing I want is sympathy. I'd rather have them think I'm crazy than them feel sorry for me." She looks away, "promise me you won't stop looking."
"I wouldn't even dream of stopping Brittany. It would be like if I stopped looking for Sam. And that's definitely never going to happen. I promise."
She hugs him as well, the hug is quick and when she lets go she has more tears streaming down her face, she curses herself for crying so much, "you guys better get going. I don't want to be the reason you miss your flight."
He nods, "I'll let you know if we find anything, no matter how significant."
"I'll hold you to that." She said as she watched them getting into the car.
Then they were gone.
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4 months later
Things at home had not gotten better, in fact they had only gotten worse. Her mother barley said a word to her, and the only times she did was when she asked if Brittany needed money for lunch. Her father though, seemed to be coming closer to the truth everyday, although he was moving at a rate slower than a snail. There had been no sign of Alicia, and a piece of Brittany was dying everyday she was gone. If emotional states had anything to do with a person life span she'd already be dead.
Things at school had not been good either. She was already on her summer vacation, but she had had to go back to school a few days after the agents left. Some knew of what she had remembered, how, the only way could've been Brandy told one of her friends and that friend told a sister or brother. But, whenever she passed in the hallway they would snicker, or make remarks under their breath. Her favorite was 'that spooky chick', she liked it so much because when she had told Mulder in an e-mail about this he laughed and said that that was his nickname, minus the 'chick'. This brought the first smile to her face in over a month.
She had very few friends left, 4 actually, and only one of them really made an effort to defend her from the assholes at school. The other three would idly stand by and let them make their comments, although they themselves never joined in on them. Those three were Lauren, Meagan, and Andrea. The only one who would tell the people off was Shauna. She spent every weekend at Shauna's house. And sometimes even weekdays, they would lie and say they had a project for Biology due, and needed to work on it. Her parents never did buy this, but they let her go anyway.
It was the beginning of July, the 2nd to be exact. And the day she was leaving for a school trip to New York City. She would have not been able to go save for the fact she turned 15 in May and therefore was able to get a summer job. She worked as long as they would allow her and saved up enough for the trip, just enough for the trip. Shauna--who was also going--was more fortunate than her in the sense her parents were rich, she had promised Brittany that she would help her with all extra money she needed. Brittany only accepted when Shauna agreed for Brittany to pay her back.
Shauna picked her up around 7:30am, their bus would be leaving at 9am and traveling to New York where they would arrive around 9pm, then they would check into their hotels. The next 4 days included a Yankees game, going to the Met, seeing Phantom of the Opera, seeing the Statue of Liberty and many other things. So, for 5 days she would no longer be that spooky chick, but just another face in the crowd. And she couldn't be happier.
No, that was a lie, she could be happier. Her sister could be going with her.
The sound of a car door slamming took her out of her thoughts and she stood up from her seat on the porch. She grabbed her bags and put them into the back of Shauna's mom's SUV. Then they took off for the high school where there bus would be leaving from.
"You ready?" Shauna said from the front seat.
"You have no idea." Brittany sighed watching her house fade into the distance, "no idea."
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a/n: ok, I don't hate my parents! I know that in this story Brittany is very bitter towards them, but she's got to be! They don't believe her. Anyway, the whole New York trip is actually going to happen, except I'm going over Spring Break, not during summer. Which is much better if I do say so myself. Anywho, I just wanted to say that I love my parents, and if this story was actually a reality it would be my mom to be the one that would be more accepting.
~**~**~**~
The woman was back again. This time though she didn't talk. She just sat with her, holding her hand. Every now and then she would hum something, but the humming never lasted long. But, it felt good to be in contact with another human, she had forgotten what it felt like to actually touch something, and she relished in what she knew wouldn't happen again for a long time. She just wished she could say something to the woman, but every time she tried to talk it only made things worse. Whatever they had done to her mouth had yet to fully heal, and with the thing keeping it stretched open it was hard to form words in the first place.
So, she did the only thing she could do, when ever the woman would take her hand into hers she would squeeze it. Very faintly, she was still very weak, but the woman understood. And although Alicia could not see her face she presumed there was a sad smile on it.
Strangely, it was then that she realized she did not know this woman's name. She had only seen her face once, it was a sad face, the three scars on either cheek, and there were large bags under her eyes, but Alicia could tell that if those had not been there she would be very beautiful.
The woman then said that they were coming back, she had to go, and it was then Alicia grasped the idea that this woman was not aloud to be there and console her, she was somehow sneaking out, and then going back. But how did she know that they were coming?
When the woman was gone she heard them coming, and she knew what that meant.
The experiments would once again start.
~**~**~**~
2 days later
They were leaving, and Brittany when they left Brittany would be alone. Her parents had yet to try and understand what exactly she remembered, and they never would. She had accepted that, and for the most part she stayed in her room, only coming out when she had to shower, use the bathroom, or eat. And even then she only got what she was going to eat and brought it either outside or into her room. She hadn't said a word to her parents in over 36 hours.
At night, when everybody else was asleep, she would sneak outside and stare at the sky, trying to make sense of what she remembered, maybe see a sign that they were actually out there. She would stare at the stars until her vision grew blurry. Needless to say, she never saw anything.
She was sitting on the front porch when they pulled up, fingering the gold cross around her neck, and wondering to herself how God would allow something so horrible to happen to her sister, but at the same time praying that he would bring her home soon and safe.
Scully was the first to get out of the car, seeing as she wasn't the one driving. She stood in front of her on the porch, fingering her own cross. They looked at each other for awhile before Brittany threw her arms around her neck. Scully was a bit taken aback, but nevertheless she hugged her back. Brittany let go, silent tears running down her face. "We'll find her right?"
"We're going to do all that we can Brittany. I promise you that."
Brittany wiped the tears away and walked over to Mulder. "I want to thank you again Mulder. I don't think I could have made it these past few days if it hadn't been for you. Hell, if it hadn't been for you I'd still believe that my sister had was kidnapped. You'll keep in touch with me right? Let me know if you find anything out. Hey, you can even tell me about some of your cases, Lord knows besides school it'll be my only means of communication. Not that I'll really have that at school anymore, those who haven't yet heard about my little escapade with aliens will think Alicia was kidnapped, and they'll feel sorry for me. And the last thing I want is sympathy. I'd rather have them think I'm crazy than them feel sorry for me." She looks away, "promise me you won't stop looking."
"I wouldn't even dream of stopping Brittany. It would be like if I stopped looking for Sam. And that's definitely never going to happen. I promise."
She hugs him as well, the hug is quick and when she lets go she has more tears streaming down her face, she curses herself for crying so much, "you guys better get going. I don't want to be the reason you miss your flight."
He nods, "I'll let you know if we find anything, no matter how significant."
"I'll hold you to that." She said as she watched them getting into the car.
Then they were gone.
~**~**~**~
4 months later
Things at home had not gotten better, in fact they had only gotten worse. Her mother barley said a word to her, and the only times she did was when she asked if Brittany needed money for lunch. Her father though, seemed to be coming closer to the truth everyday, although he was moving at a rate slower than a snail. There had been no sign of Alicia, and a piece of Brittany was dying everyday she was gone. If emotional states had anything to do with a person life span she'd already be dead.
Things at school had not been good either. She was already on her summer vacation, but she had had to go back to school a few days after the agents left. Some knew of what she had remembered, how, the only way could've been Brandy told one of her friends and that friend told a sister or brother. But, whenever she passed in the hallway they would snicker, or make remarks under their breath. Her favorite was 'that spooky chick', she liked it so much because when she had told Mulder in an e-mail about this he laughed and said that that was his nickname, minus the 'chick'. This brought the first smile to her face in over a month.
She had very few friends left, 4 actually, and only one of them really made an effort to defend her from the assholes at school. The other three would idly stand by and let them make their comments, although they themselves never joined in on them. Those three were Lauren, Meagan, and Andrea. The only one who would tell the people off was Shauna. She spent every weekend at Shauna's house. And sometimes even weekdays, they would lie and say they had a project for Biology due, and needed to work on it. Her parents never did buy this, but they let her go anyway.
It was the beginning of July, the 2nd to be exact. And the day she was leaving for a school trip to New York City. She would have not been able to go save for the fact she turned 15 in May and therefore was able to get a summer job. She worked as long as they would allow her and saved up enough for the trip, just enough for the trip. Shauna--who was also going--was more fortunate than her in the sense her parents were rich, she had promised Brittany that she would help her with all extra money she needed. Brittany only accepted when Shauna agreed for Brittany to pay her back.
Shauna picked her up around 7:30am, their bus would be leaving at 9am and traveling to New York where they would arrive around 9pm, then they would check into their hotels. The next 4 days included a Yankees game, going to the Met, seeing Phantom of the Opera, seeing the Statue of Liberty and many other things. So, for 5 days she would no longer be that spooky chick, but just another face in the crowd. And she couldn't be happier.
No, that was a lie, she could be happier. Her sister could be going with her.
The sound of a car door slamming took her out of her thoughts and she stood up from her seat on the porch. She grabbed her bags and put them into the back of Shauna's mom's SUV. Then they took off for the high school where there bus would be leaving from.
"You ready?" Shauna said from the front seat.
"You have no idea." Brittany sighed watching her house fade into the distance, "no idea."
~**~**~**~
a/n: ok, I don't hate my parents! I know that in this story Brittany is very bitter towards them, but she's got to be! They don't believe her. Anyway, the whole New York trip is actually going to happen, except I'm going over Spring Break, not during summer. Which is much better if I do say so myself. Anywho, I just wanted to say that I love my parents, and if this story was actually a reality it would be my mom to be the one that would be more accepting.