Hello guys! Chapter two is up! I hope you enjoy, should have another chapter up soon! Would love feedback on this! Love you all lots, have fun reading!
Elly xx
I whined a little at the pain that radiated throughout my left arm, and I felt arms underneath my body. I was picked up and thrown into the back of the truck with force, making me whimper again. "Tie it up" I heard a muffled voice say, and my arms were pulled behind my back and tied tightly.
"It looked like her" I heard Melanie say, and I listened to the conversation as the truck moved off from the car park. "It isn't her. You know once they get someone, that person is lost forever." a male voice said, and I shuffled closer to the voices to hear them better. "We can't take her back" Melanie said, and the man, who sounded like Jared, sighed. "He'll deal with it" he said.
There was silence for a while, and I let out a whine as we turned the corner and I hit my head sharply on a hard box. "We can't hurt her. He'll want to look after her if we take her in there" Melanie said, and Jared interrupted. "It's not a 'her' anymore. It was the girl we all loved but now, it is a thieving Parasite that should be killed" Jared said, and everything went silent again.
We drove down a bumpy road, one I didn't remember even with the help of the memories. I heard the hum of the other truck behind me, and the engine suddenly turned off. I clung to Ian's hoodie - I had begged Echo to let me wear it, even after all this time. It still made me feel comforted and safe, like it did before.
"Get it out" Jared said darkly, and hands roughly grabbed at me, pulling me out the back of the truck. I stumbled on the floor, now crooked and lumpy under my feet, and the hands yanked me forward. My eyes were covered, I couldn't see where I was going, who I was with or what I was walking on.
"What's this?" I heard a voice ask, a familiar voice, and my heart rate quickened. "A Parasite" Jared said quickly, and another set of hands, much gentler hands, pulled at the binding on my wrists. "We said no more. Does Ian know?" the voice asked. "Jeb, we can't tell him" Jared said, and I searched through my memories for a face to put with the name.
"Jeb..." I whispered, and I felt the hands pull at the binding over my eyes. "What are you doing?" Jared asked, presumably stepping forwards as something crunched underneath his feet. "She needs to see where she is going" Jeb said, and his hands fiddled with the knot again. "What's going on?" I heard a voice say, and my insides sung. "Ian" I whispered, and Jeb's hands stopped moving.
"Ian, we will meet you back inside" Jeb said sternly, and I heard footsteps crunching towards me. "What was all this for?" Ian asked, standing in front of me. I could sense his question was aimed behind me, and my head dropped a little as it did when I was nervous. I knew what was going to happen next, and I didn't think my heart could take it. I rubbed at my wrists where the binding was, and felt Ian's hands touch my forehead.
His fingers gripped the binding and pulled it down. I kept my head down so he couldn't see my eyes, but his finger gently tucked under my chin. Please, see that it's still me. See that I haven't changed I begged in my head, and my eyes closed as my head was pulled up higher. "Open" Ian said softly, and I sniffed and sighed shakily.
I opened my eyes, and grief washed over me as his face sunk. His hand gently touched my cheek, and for a moment I thought he saw through the illusion. I was jolted out of my thought as a sharp slap sent me toppling, and I looked up at Ian with desperation. "That's enough" Jeb said, and hooked a hand underneath my arm. "We'll keep her inside" he said, and pulled me towards the path, wrapping the bindings back over my eyes.
"Please know, I'm still in here" I whispered softly, so no one could hear me. I breathed in a musky smell, damp but comforting. My bindings were taken off and I looked ahead of me, gripping on to Jeb's arm as my eyes fell on the people who had escaped the Souls. Kyle was standing ahead of me, and his eyes caught with mine in anger and fury.
I gripped harder onto Jeb's arm as he came storming up to me, and the back of his fist came into painful contact with the side of my face. I fell to the floor again, not bothering to get up, and my eyes fell on Jamie's. He was such a sweet boy, so young but so mature, and I looked at him happily. He walked over to me, pulling away from Jared's hand which tried to pull him back, and he held one hand out in front of me.
I took it and stood up gently, brushing myself down. "Thank you" I said softly, reaching out and fiddling with his ear lobe. It was something I did sub-consciously, and I heard a few gasps around me as I did so. Jamie looked on at me puzzled, and I stopped and buried my hand back in Ian's hoodie. "Kyle" Jeb said in a warning tone, and I looked next to me as Kyle was held back by Jeb's arm. "We get rid of it" Kyle said, and Jeb sighed.
"It's up to Ian what happens to her" Jeb said, and everyone looked at Ian. I could see on his face he didn't want anything to happen to me, and it settled my stomach a little. "We keep it in a cell. Until everyone can decide what to do" Ian said, and I looked down at the floor, twiddling my hair in my fingers.
"Okay then" Jeb said, and pushed his hand on the small of my back, leading me away from the group. My eyes caught Ian's as he watched me walk past, and he followed behind us. "If you need anything let me know" Jeb said, and I smiled lightly. "Thank you" I whispered, and sighed as I looked around the dark concrete room that would be my cell.