A/N:In the end, I decided to make it longer, so I wouldn't hurt your feelings. So I hope you enjoy! Oh yeah, people. You should already know that I'm not Stephenie Meyer...so do I really need to say it?
The car's sudden stop shocked me awake. I flung forward in my seat, but my seat belt yanked me back.
"Ow!" I whispered. I looked frantically around to find Rivers and Miss. Nurse still sound asleep. I looked at the wheel and stuttered, "What t-time is it, A-Acura?"
"12:51 A.M., Miss," replied the female robotic voice.
I blinked a few times. "How long have I been here!?" I shouted, but bit my lip. I quickly checked to make sure I hadn't woken up Rivers or Miss. Nurse. I hadn't.
"Only one hour, Miss," replied Acura.
"Oh," I said as I breathed a sigh of relief. "Wait, did you just say one hour!" I hissed. "I only have 30 minutes left!"
"I'm sorry, Miss, but may I ask what will happen in 30 minutes?" Acura asked.
"No time! I need to get out of here!" I shouted as I started unbuckling myself. "Wait! Rivers!" I hissed as I turned around to see him.
It would be hard enough to let Miss. Nurse inside and it might be a challenge to prove to my family that I'm still Wanda…but I know that I can't bring Rivers...I don't think I could lie to my family to keep Rivers' identity as a seeker a secret…I thought to myself.
So what!? screamed Silvers. You're just going to leave him here!?
Exactly. But not here here. I said as I started to pull on the backpack.
Then where where!? Silvers screamed.
I opened the car door and ran over to the passenger side. I swung the door open and kept turning my head left and right as I pulled Miss. Nurse out of the car. I adjusted Miss. Nurse's arm around my shoulder, when I suddenly leaned back in to the car.
"Acura," I hissed.
"Yes, Ma'am?" replied the robotic voice again.
"I need you to go forward to Tucson. Head towards a semi-empty bed and breakfast; I don't care which one it is, as long as it's half-secluded," I instructed quickly.
"Will that be all?" Acura asked politely.
"Yes; now, hurry!" I shouted as I slammed the door and began running as soon as I heard the tires squeal.
I ran and ran through the empty desert---remembering, all the while, the exact route back to the Resistance. But, I had no idea that Miss. Nurse was so heavy!
Silvers! I shouted.
Wanda, don't even ask! she shouted, clearly reading my mind.
Were you fat in your previous life!? I hissed, as I stumbled over a black boulder. Miss. Nurse fell off my shoulder and I got a face full of dirt.
And who's cruel idea was it for it to be hot at night!? I screamed as I spit out the sand. I quickly got up but tripped a bit.
I should be really thankful that I'm not going through this…I heard Silvers silently say.
Hey, if I die, then so do you! I shouted as I picked up Miss. Nurse.
Eeek! Than you'd better get going shouldn't you? Hey...isn't that the entrance, right there? Silvers asked in a voice that made me look up. I was so delighted at the sight of that purple cave, that I started running.
Wait, wait! I shouted to myself as I stopped. Instead, I started walking as quietly as I could to the right side of the caves. And that's where I found the secret entrance.
I slipped into the low entrance and landed without grace. I nearly tripped again, but I stayed firm. I looked around awestricken.
It still smelled like too much moisture. It still had that brownish-purplish color on the rocky walls. It still had those holes in the walls, that reminded me of Swiss cheese. I let out a small gasp, as I took it all in. I felt the tears seeping as I thought to myself: I'm home.
Looks like I wasn't as quiet as I thought I was. "Who are you? Wanda…, is that you?" replied a familiar voice.
I quickly turned towards the source of the voice, "Doc…" I whispered.
And there he was. My long-time friend Doc was standing in front of me with his faded blond hair and his face full of awe.
"Doc!" I shouted as I dropped Miss. Nurse and ran to him. I threw myself into his arms and started crying quietly.
He was surprised when I threw myself at him, but he still hugged me back. "Wanda," he said in shock. "Where have you been all this time?" he asked me, still shocked.
"I'll tell you later. Oh Doc, it's so good to be home," I said tearfully, as I hugged him harder.
A low moan tore all the happiness away from me. It also drained all the color from my face. I yanked myself away from Doc and ran at the speed of light towards Nurse. I dropped onto my knees and searched through my backpack. I quickly pulled out the Asleep can and sprayed it on her face. She struggled a bit, but eventually she fell asleep again.
I was gasping, when she finally fell asleep. She nearly gave me a heart attack; if she had woken up and killed herself, then there would've been no way to let Silvers live happily and freely.
I slowly turned around; Doc was looking at me with a still shocked expression. The shocking aura slowly faded away, as he gave me a small smile. "You've gotten yourself in trouble; haven't you, Wanda?"
I gave him a tight smile as I stood up. "Doc, I need your help," I said through my teeth.
"Just name it, Wanda," he said as he became the friend I had known before.
"Cut the soul out of me?" Doc said as he stroked his chin. "Isn't that a song?"
"Doc, I'm being serious!" I shouted from the cot I was sitting on. "There's a part of me that's a soul and there's a part of me that's a human. The human is, of course, me. And the soul is…a friend. There should be a significant difference," I stated for the third time.
"But Wanda…Do you really want me to do this?" he asked quietly as he looked away.
"Of course I do; I know you can do it," I said with a confused expression.
"But what if…what if I fail!?" he shouted as he turned to look at me with a pained expression. "I mean, I have cut a soul in half before and the results weren't exactly nice! I've killed enough of your kind; don't make me kill you, too!" he shouted as he backed away from me.
He fell in his chair and his head dropped into his hands. I stepped off my cot and sat beside him. I patted his back as I whispered, "Doc, you're the only one I could trust this with."
"I don't want to kill you," he said in a muffled voice; his face was still in his hands.
"You won't. I know you won't. She is a soul; I am a human. Our insides should be completely different--"
"But, technically you're the same!" he shouted as he faced me. I was taken aback by the anger on his face; Doc was mostly never angry. "You're the same person; you're the same soul! I can't do this, Wanda; I can't!!"
"Doc, you need to! I'm running out of time," I said as I shook his shoulder.
"I'm sorry, Wanda. But I can't. I can't!!"
"Yes, you can," we heard a new voice quietly say. We both turned around to find Melanie standing in the doorway. She looked exactly the same as before; she still had the watchful look on her face. "We'll help you," she said as she stepped in.
She was followed by a short girl with curly black hair. Sunny. "We'll ask questions later, Wanda. You're clearly in a hurry," Sunny whispered to me.
"And according to my eavesdropping, you're clearly still the same Wanda," Melanie said with a big smile.
"Melanie," I whispered in awe. I was a second away from running to her and hugging her. And she knew it.
Her smile was quickly replaced by a frown, "Save the kissy-kissy-make-up time for later. We've got to get you out of a real mess, don't we?"
I nodded as I wiped my tears. "I'm sorry."
"Same old Wanda," Melanie said as she ruffled up my hair. "How many times do I have to tell you to stop saying sorry?"
"Oh, about 100 more times," I said with a wide smile on my face.
"I really thought you would never come back, Wanda. Looks like I was wrong," Melanie said.
I gasped jokingly. "The great Melanie admits she's wrong!? Ah, I must be seeing things! Doc, something crazy's going on; do you see it!?" I said as I turned to see Doc.
He still had that troubled look on his face. Melanie saw it. "Doc, we're going to do this and we're going to like it, okay? End of story, no buts." Melanie said as she looked through my backpack.
I snickered quietly. "Something funny?" Melanie asked tightly.
"No buts," I repeated her words and chuckled.
She narrowed her eyes as she pointed an aerosol can at me, "You, my friend, have just earned yourself a face full of Asleep."
She sprayed the can.
It took only seconds; I was already smelling the sickly sweet scent.
My eyes were barely open when I hear Melanie say, "We won't let you die, Wanda."
The Point Of View From A Doctor.
I'm literally shaking in fear as I see Mel set Wanda, face-down, on the cot. Sunny was bringing the girl with the red hair.
She said that there'd be a significant difference; just have faith in Wanda, I said to myself as I took a deep breath.
"Now what, Doc?" I hear Mel ask. I still didn't open my eyes; "Bring me No Pain, Heal, and Seal."
"Got it," Mel said as I heard her shuffling through Wanda's backpack. "No Pain…Heal…and Seal," she said to herself. "Anything else?"
"Cryotank. Bring one," I stated as I shook my hands, to keep the blood flowing.
I heard the cryotank being set down on the table. "That's about it, isn't it…?" I heard Melanie say.
"So it is," I whispered as I opened my eyes. I turned my eyes away from the ceiling and faced the two girls, lying side by side on their cots. "Sunny," I called.
"Hmm?" she said as she made her way over to me.
"First things first, I need you to get the soul currently in the red-haired girl out," I stated as I started getting the tools out for both of us. But when she saw me hold the scalpel, I saw her flinch. "Never mind, Sunny. Melanie, you do it. Sunny, you care for the soul as Melanie puts in the new soul and heals the girl."
"And what will you be doing, Doc?" Sunny asked with mild curiosity.
"Splitting the girls up," I said as I took hold of one of Wanda's blond curls. And I have no idea how to even begin…
"Everything's ready, Doc. Should we just…start?" Melanie asked from behind me. We were both sitting on stools, back-to-back. Sunny was sitting at the head of the red-haired girl, with the cryotank turned on and ready.
I took another deep breath. "You do remember how, right Mel?" I asked, buying time.
"Of course. I've seen it through Wanda's memories. Just say the magic word, Doc."
Another deep breath. You're going to deal with it, sooner or later, Doc, I said to myself. "…You may begin." I said the words like they were a death sentence.
I began the usual process: spraying No Pain, using the scalpel to cut an opening as long as the scar, and then slightly opening it to reveal the soul. But I wasn't greeted to the bright blue that I had come to know.
No, I must be seeing things, I said as I opened the edges more. Oh, I was clearly not seeing things.
The soul, that had once been a radiant light blue, was now the color of a deep red. "Oh, my God…" I whispered awestricken. I simply stared at the red soul, like an idiot; I couldn't help it. I knew it was stupid to think this, but for some reason…the color of Wanda's soul looks like the color of a human heart…
I quickly erased my pointless thinking and observed the soul more closely. A significant difference…A significant difference…I repeated again and again.
Nothing. The soul looked the same. I was getting frustrated; and I was soon awarded.
The bottom left corner…the joints were more close together and they were thinner than the rest. And now that I looked at it…, it was slightly a purplish color. Blue and red equals purple.
I'm a genius! I shouted as I quickly grabbed the scalpel. Now, I was cut short. I've found the difference… but how do I separate them?
"Doc, are you done yet?" I heard Melanie say.
I swallowed before answering, "Not yet," I quietly said.
"Please hurry," replied Sunny. "We can't keep the human exposed like this."
Just follow your instincts…I said as I edged the blade at the tip where the purple met the red. I started cutting.
It felt so soft and gooey; I was afraid it might move and mess me up. I cut the line slowly, made sure the purple was completely separated from the red.
I quickly set the scalpel aside and gently took the purple soul out. I looked at it for a second in wonder. It wasn't a magnificent bright blue, but it was still a majestic bright purple. I turned around and placed her in Melanie's hands. I wanted to see her claim her home, but I had to care for Wanda.
I turned around as I grabbed the Heal and Seal bottles. After applying both, I watched the alien medicines heal up Wanda's cut in seconds. It was over now.
"Doc, we did it!" I heard Melanie say cheerfully. "Doc?"
"Who knows if we really did it?" I whispered as I walked to the nearest cot.
"Doc…you shouldn't be upset; they're still breathing," Melanie said, as if that would cheer me up.
"They're breathing, but are they suffering? Will they overcome? Will they keep breathing? Those questions are the ones we need answered," I said as I lied down on my side, away from them. "Until then, I have no choice but to expect the worst." I closed my eyes.
I heard someone making their way to me, but I stayed still. The person sat down beside me and stroked my hair. "Don't worry, Doc. You did a good job," Melanie whispered.
I let out a sigh. "I don't need your sympathy, Mel."
"I'm telling the truth," she said, a little hurt.
I could sense she was about to give some dumb speech to try to cheer me up, but someone interrupted. "Doc, are you down there!? We need your help with the fields!" a deep voice said.
Oh, the drama. Why must it always come? I thought to myself as my eyebrows crumpled. A big scene was going to occur; I knew it was coming.
I felt Mel stiffen at the voice. She quickly got up and walked, I guess, to hide Wanda. "Um…Doc's sleeping! Maybe you should come by another time!"
"What!? Come on, I'm literally dying inside and I don't even get a break!! Wake his ass up!!" the voice shouted more loudly. He was getting closer…I chanted to myself. Well, I wasn't going to stay up for the big scene that was about to occur.
"He's exhausted! Now, go away!!" Melanie screamed as the footsteps grew louder. She ran forward to stop him, but I'm guessing she was too late.
The footsteps halted; I heard something drop. I'm guessing he was holding something.
"What…?" he whispered quietly.
Come forthe`, All-mighty Drama. I think I'm going to take a nap…
My beautiful plans were destroyed as I heard someone's blood-piercing scream fill the room. Well, it filled the whole caves, but you get the point.
I zipped right up and ran to the source of the crime. Wanda.
She was screaming, and she was far past what I'd call "in pain." She screamed as though she were rolling in fire, getting squashed by a toe truck, and getting punched in the gut 10 times by a professional boxer. All at the same time.
What went wrong!? Did I fail…? I thought anxiously as I went to get sedatives. But Wanda's hand caught my eye…
She was clenching her huge stomach.
Why me? I asked myself as I prepared myself for a gruesome job.
A/N: Poor Doc. People just love to torutre you, don't they? Sorry for submitting a rough draft and not editing it. I was in a hurry to get this up, I made it look all ugly. Well, now it's better.
R & R, people. R and R.