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I was lost in an unknown forest, so thirsty my throat felt as though it would crack. I moved through the trees smoothly, following the sound of voices.

As I passed the thick trunks of ancient trees the voices grew louder, furiously chattering.

My thirst was building and building. I moved my legs faster in eager anticipation of reaching the voices, knowing that they would somehow lead to the quenching of my thirst.

Finally I reached a clearing, only to find that it was not voices I had heard, but a river moving swiftly over and around large, smooth rocks that stood out from the riverbed.

I crouched down on the bank and cupped my hands to dip into the water, only to find that the river was not water, but blood.

I stared at the bloodcourse, which was not a ruby red as you might imagine, but almost black. The smell was metallic and mouth watering.

I stared into the depths and saw movement, there seemed to be images travelling with the current.

The liquid carried my memories with it. I watched them swirl and undulate before me, showing glimpses of my younger self, events of importance and simple fleeting moments.

Thirst forgotten, I sat mesmerised by the treasures of my mind. I leaned forwards, my face getting closer and closer to the surface, my hair spilled over my shoulders and dipped into the blood.

Closer still, I leaned until suddenly I found myself toppling in. The current sucked me under immediately and I felt a burst of panic as I struggled to get to the surface.

I fought with all my strength against the torrent but I was lost, I didn't even know where the surface was any more.

My lungs began to burn as I thrashed wildly, my clawed hands raking through the liquid and finding nothing.

A voice rang out, a voice so pure and wonderful that I relaxed immediately "Don't struggle baby." She told me "It's ok, everything will be ok."

Suddenly I didn't need breath, I wasn't immersed in blood any more. I was simply surrounded by emptiness, except for the presence of one other.

I found her without looking, I knew her smell, I could even pick out that little mind glimmer of hers from a crowd of millions.

She wrapped her arms around me and whispered soothing words into my hair in a voice I'd all but forgotten.

It was the voice I'd heard when I was in that dark, warm place. The voice that had told me when I was scared and alone that I was unequivocally loved.

It was her human voice.

I felt tears roll down my cheeks as I repeated the same word over and over "Momma, Momma, Momma."

"Shhhh my little Hummingbird heart. Tell me what's wrong." She soothed.

"I'm so lost, everything is upside down." I sobbed.

"You can't stay here sweetheart."

"I'm scared to wake up." I whispered.

"I know, but he needs you and you need to find your way back home. You can't do that if you hide here with me." She told me gently.

He needs me. Jacob needs me. Jake!

My eyes snapped open. I was immediately alert and drinking in my surroundings.

I was wearing those foul paper pyjamas, I was lying on a single bed, covered in linen that had a perilously low thread count. There was a human in the room with me. It wasn't Jacob. This one was female. She smelled like wildflowers. I could hear her blood pumping through her veins, creating a delicious harmony with the rhythmic breathing of her sleep.

I turned to face Maya as quietly as I could, wincing when the sheets rustled like newspaper. She didn't stir.

I racked my brain trying to work out how I'd gotten from outside in those woods, back to the same old hospital bed I'd woken up in almost a month ago.

There had been a burst of red light aiming for Jake. I protected him. It hurt.

He fed me. I healed. He phased. I blacked out. There was no more.

I knew I was back in The Hub, I could smell it. I listened past Maya's teasing heartbeat and strained my ears in the direction of the door

Nothing.

Jake.

I had to find him.

Well it's been forever since I last posted but I'm back writing again.

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