Chapter 2

(Jared P.O.V)

It seemed as if we were waiting forever for Sunny to return from this last store with everything we need. After this we would be heading home.

Even though it was already dark out, I still parked the van in the darkest corner just to be on the safe side. I glanced at the time; she had been in there for 20 minutes. Only 20 minutes!

It didn't take long for Kyle to start complaining.

"These raids are so BORING now!" he complained

"Oh shut up Kyle. If there so boring then don't come on raids anymore!" Mel spat.

"Shut it Mel"

"No, I'm sick of hearing you complain about everything! Grow up and stop being such a jackass!"

"Stop it, both of you!" I decided to jump in before Sunny came back to find someone with a broken nose or a black eye.

I put my arm around Mel and held her close to me. All of her anger disappeared and she smiled at me. The simplest things she did could make me forget about everything else that was going on. I tuned everything out while I gazed at her.

She was so beautiful and she was all mine. I had to constantly remind myself of that!

I was brought back into reality when Mel shook me violently urging me to look out the window.

"What's wrong Mel?" everyone was tense inside the van, it was almost eerie.

"There's something out there" she whispered, I had never seen her so scared before.

"Are you sure it's not sunny?" I asked quietly and she nodded.

I strained my ears to listen for anything outside of the van. And sure enough I heard someone brush up against the van. I tried to hide my fear from everyone else. It really sucked when you were faced with an enemy that you couldn't even see!

Every fear possible crossed my mind while I waited, what if it was a seeker?

I looked out the back windows and saw Sunny approaching the van with a cart filled with supplies. Just then whatever it was that was outside the van moved to the front and crouched down. I immediately knew what it was doing.

"Shit…" I whispered

"What is it?" Kyle asked, fear all over his face.

"Sunny's going to walk right into a trap!" and with that said Kyle headed for the door. It took all of us to hold him back.

I made my way over to the door, prepared for whatever happens. I strained my eyes to see outside. As Sunny approached the door, the shadow jumped out and attacked her. Sunny let out a muffled scream. I didn't realize what I was doing until it was too late.

I swung the door open and jumped out, grabbing Sunny's attacker. Sunny fell to ground sobbing loudly. Kyle scooped her up into his arms and disappeared into the van again.

Her attacker was small, and she was difficult to get a hold on. She squirmed around trying to break my hold. She even tried kicking but I moved out of the way before her foot came into contact with my leg.

"Let go of me you filthy parasite!" she screeched.

Even with those words I called for the 'Asleep' and spayed it into her face, careful not to breathe it in. I carried her limp form into the van and tied her hands together. I saw Sunny cradled in Kyle's arms while he tried to comfort her. He aslso told her that she was never going on a raid again. I had to agree with that, it was too much for her.

"Guys I think she's human!" They all stared at me with blank expressions.

"Well what do we do then?" Andy asked

"We take her back to the caves!" everyone nodded

"Andy, Brandt help me load everything and then let's get going." They followed me out of the van and helped me load the supplies. We finished quickly and I got into the drivers seat, Mel already in the passenger seat.

"I checked the girl…she's human." She whispered once I got my seatbelt on.

"Alright, well let's keep her tied up for Sunny's sake!" She nodded her head and we both turned to look at Sunny.

She was curled up into a ball, still sobbing into Kyle's chest. Poor Sunny, she definitely didn't deserve this.

I turned around to face the steering wheel. I started the engine and pulled out of the parking lot. It would only be eight hours and we would be home again.

Three hours into the drive the young girl stirred and then woke. Ian was watching her the entire time waiting for her to wake up. He wanted to make sure that she would do something irrational before it was too late.

I guessed she must have seen Ian's eyes because she let out a small shriek.

"You're human!" she gasped. I saw from the mirror that sunny was hidden behind Kyle so there weren't any incidents again.

"You're all human!" She yelled excitedly. Ian let out a sigh.

"Mhm!" She continued looking around, not noticing Sunny. She looked at the rope tied around her wrists with a confused look.

"If we're all human, why am I tied up?" No one knew how to answer without giving away Sunny, so I decided to.

"Just cause your human doesn't mean that we can entirely trust you!" I said seriously. My response made her angry.

"And why the hell not?" she almost yelled. Everyone glanced at Kyle.

The girl followed our glance and at the moment her eyes met Kyle, Sunny popped her head of his side. She was frozen; she was too scared to move. Almost like a deer caught in headlights.

"Oh" the girl said "I'm sorry I attacked you!" At that moment we passed under a street light, the light bounced off of Sunny's eyes. The girl gasped loudly.

"You're a parasite!" She yelled loudly at Sunny. "Why is she still alive?" She started to yell at us now.

"Because she's one of us!" Kyle yelled back.

"Are you all out of your minds?" She was furious now; she turned to Sunny and started moving closer to her "I should have killed you when I had the chance!"

Sunny ducked behind Kyle as the girl started to claw her way through to her.

"Ian use the 'Asleep' NOW!" Mel yelled

Ian started to panic, searching for the 'Asleep' while the girl grew closer and closer to Sunny. He found it just before Kyle had to step in and sprayed it in her face. He dragged her limp form to its original spot. He started searching for something but I had no idea what.

"What the hell are you looking for Ian?" I was already annoyed with the entire situation. I wasn't good with patience, especially when I'm driving and someone tries to kill someone else behind me, and on top of that I have to worry about any seekers that might be following us.

Ian didn't even answer my question. I had to admit I wasn't all that surprised when he turned to glare at me. He finally found what he was looking for. He put duct tape over the girl's mouth, and then tied her legs together.

"Good idea" I said when he was done. He just nodded. He was just as angry as Kyle.

I could tell that he was thinking about what this girl would do to Wanda. He sat in front of the girl facing her. He was silent the rest of the drive, he just glared at her.

Things weren't getting off to a good start with this girl.