Yay! Another new chapter! I'm on a roll. I hope you guys enjoyed my last two chapters. I've been in a writing mood lately. I have all these idea that are just itching to get out and be seen. However, I must admit that I am mildly upset. I seem to be getting less and less reviews lately. I know that it's almost the holidays and some of you are very busy. That's okay. But when I look at my story stats and see that I have like thirty hits on a chapter but not a single review, it makes me upset. However, I would like to thank Sonya Rivers for her reviews on my last few chapters. So, please review. Please? *Makes Bambi eyes, whimpers, and makes lower lip quiver* Please? Okay, enough of the guilt trip. Back to business. Read 'NeoFlock' and 'Deadline' by Talon666 and 'Dark Blue' and 'Maximum Ride: Wings vs. Wands' by Madeline Cullen. As I have said a million times before, they are both so freaking amazing. You guys should also be on the lookout for my three new stories. Those stories would be: 'It Takes Two' (Harry Potter), 'Sparks' (Twilight), and 'Like Lightning' (Twilight). I am also in the process of making two new Maximum Ride fanfics. You will have to have read 'With Wings Wide Open' and this story to understand them, but they should be good. Well, I suppose that's all I really need to say for now. I best better be getting on to this lovely chapter, hadn't I? Yeah, I probably should. So, without anymore delay, here is my latest chapter. I really hope you guys enjoy this. It's fairly interesting and certainly not boring.

"Mel, what do you think is going to happen to us?" Jewel asked me, her voice weak and raspy. She looked paler than usual and I thought she was fighting the urge to throw up.

I sighed heavily and turned my head slightly. "I have no idea Jewel." I whispered. I was too tired to say much else.

We had been locked in a dungeon for two days. Now, when I say 'dungeon', that is exactly what I mean. It was the type of thing you'd find in a castle in medieval times. Our legs were chained up, but, thankfully, we were still able to move around a little.

Suddenly, the door swung open. I sighed, knowing what it meant. It was Skye, bringing down our measly meal of bread and a bottle of water. I had tried talking to him the first day we were down there, but my attempt was futile. He wouldn't say one word to me and his eyes were still ice cold. This time would not be any different.

He made his way over to us and handed us our food. He stared at us, his empty eyes following our every move, as we scarfed down our rations. They had to feed us to keep us alive.

When we were finished, I expected Skye to leave, but he pulled out a small silver key instead. It shocked me. Had I actually gotten through to him? Was he actually back to normal? Were we going to escape?

My hope must've shown because Skye smirked at me evilly. "Tanner wants to see you." he told me, making all of my hope vanish.

He bent down next to me and even though he was now the enemy, I still couldn't breathe. He unlocked my chains and then quickly grabbed my hands. He put them behind my back and put handcuffs on them. Then he put a blindfold over my eyes, tightening it to make sure it wouldn't come off. He led me up the stairs, knowing I was way too weak to fight back.

We didn't speak a word to each other as Skye led me towards Tanner. I was glad I had been blindfolded. Seeing Skye would only make all of this so much worse. Hearing his breathing right next to me was bad enough.

Suddenly, Skye jerked me to a stop and then I heard him knock on a door. I then heard it open and was thrust inside. The door shut behind me and, suddenly, I was terrified. I couldn't move. I was glued to the floor.

"Hello Melody." I heard Tanner say. I could feel that he was very close to me. "So glad you could join me."

I said nothing and didn't move from my spot. I couldn't let him know I was afraid, but I was also too tired to do anything else. It's not very comfortable sleeping against a cold, brick wall.

"Come on Melody. Don't be shy." he whispered. He had gotten closer. "What's happened to all of that spirit? Huh, Melody? Where's it all gone to?" He was extremely close now.

I still said nothing to him. I just wanted this to be over. I just wanted him to call Skye back in and let him kill me. I couldn't stand it any longer. I was ready for Skye to take me away from the world.

"Are you gonna talk to me Melody?" Tanner asked. When I didn't respond, he chuckled. "You know, I asked to do this job personally." He was now so close that I could feel his breath in my ear.

In one swift movement, he had grabbed my shoulders and shoved me against a wall. All I could think was, Oh my God. Tanner is going to kill me. Not Skye. Tanner's going to do it.

But, instead of killing me, I felt him push his body up against me. He placed his lips on mine before I could even realize what was going on. I couldn't move. I was in complete shock. But then, I felt Tanner let go of my shoulders and snake his hands up my shirt as he continued to kiss me. I did the only thing I could do. I stomped on his foot as hard as I could. He instantly pulled off of me.

He slapped me and yanked off my blindfold. The bright light hurt my eyes and I squinted.

"Guess we didn't squash your spirit after all." Tanner came into focus as my eyes adjusted to the light.

"Guess not." I managed to choke out. I felt so… dirty knowing that he had put his hands and lips on me. It was so gross.

He sighed. "I really don't know why you do this to yourself." he told me. "Why don't you want to join us?"

"Because I'm not a bad guy." I told him defiantly.

He laughed. "The bad guy? Is that what you think I am?" He looked at me and laughed again. "You've got it all wrong Melody. I'm the good guy. You see, I don't want to hurt you."

It was my turn to laugh. "Are you joking? You don't want to hurt me?"

He shook his head. "I'm going to tell you the honest truth Melody." he said. He came closer to me. "I love you." he whispered, placing his hand on my face.

I tried to shrug him off, shuddering. I could guess why Tanner loved me. I was a challenge to him. That and I was a girl and he was a boy and... You get the picture.

I backed up several paces, but Tanner followed me, smirking. I was beginning to get very afraid.

"What Melody?" he asked. "You're not afraid of me are you?"

I backed up against the wall. "No." I told him. "I'm not afraid of you. I just think you're insane."

He laughed. "Insane? No, I'm not insane. I'm just idealistic. You see Melody, I have a plan." He took a look at the curious expression on my face and smirked. "Now, I can't tell you the plan. That would ruin the surprise."

"How can I tell you that I'll join you if you don't tell me what you plan on doing?" I asked, stalling for time until I could think of a way to get out of there or to make Tanner mad enough to get Skye to kill me.

He smiled. "Okay, fair enough. I just won't tell you the whole thing." He sighed and said, "You see, unlike you, I hate all of those normal people. I can't really see why you like them and feel like you need to protect them. They're weak and vicious. I mean, if they knew what you were, they'd call you a freak. They'd shun you Melody. I want to make them pay."

Pay? For something they hadn't done? Okay, I was way wrong. Tanner wasn't insane. He was a freaking psychotic maniac. I would've backed up more, but I was already against the wall.

"Tanner, let me tell you something." I told him, still stalling. "Everyone in the world has something in common. We all have to grow up. That is hard enough to do without being in a cage. What the whitecoatsdid to my family, everyone here, and countless faceless experiments was awful. They didn't deserveto be tortured. You, Skye, Willow, and Flint didn't deserve to be turned into Erasers. But, there's nothing we can do about that. I want to protect the normal people, like my friends, from suffering like my family has. No one deserves that."

He clapped slowly. "Well Melody, that was a lovely speech, but it's not going to change anything. Are you going to join me or not?" he asked.

The time for stalling was over. I looked him dead in the eyes. "Never in a million years you creep."

His hands wrapped around my throat, squeezing until I couldn't breathe. I was fighting for air, but I wasn't getting any. Everything began getting fuzzy around the edges. Nothing was clear. I actually saw a bright, white light.

Suddenly, Tanner let go of my neck and shoved me into somebody. I fell to the ground, gasping for air, and looked up at Skye. He was looking at Tanner, waiting for orders on what to do with me.

Oh please kill me. I thought desperately. Oh Angel of Death take me now. Let Skye be the last thing I see as he rips me to shreds or strangles the life out of me or cuts me and leaves me on the ground dying from loss of blood. I don't care how he does it. Just let him be the one to do it and make it as slow and as painful as possible.

I must have missed what Tanner said, because I saw Skye nod at him and then he yanked me off the ground. He made a point not to look me in the eyes as he tied the blindfold around my face.

So it seemed as though Skye wouldn't be the last thing I saw. However, his breathing or amused laughter would be the last thing I heard aside from my own sobbing and/or screaming.

I waited for some kind of pain to come, but it never did. I was simply taken out of the room and led on a familiar path. He was taking me back to Jewel. I wondered how long they'd keep us before they decided to kill us.

Suddenly, I felt a burst of pain in my arm. I assumed Skye had dug his claws into me. He must have been getting mad about having to see me and to touch me.

We came to a stop again and I was forced into another room. Skye undid my blindfold and then unlocked my handcuffs, grabbing my arms tightly. If I had the energy to beat him up, knock him out, and then get Jewel and get out I would have. But I didn't feel like it, so I didn't do it.

Skye chained my legs up again and then sneered. "I won't be seeing you for a long time." he told me. "Tanner said you aren't to have anything to eat for a few days. He thinks it'll change your tune."

I said nothing and just stared right on through him. Jewel was asleep next to me, but gave a small grunt.

"I don't know what he sees in you." Skye said. "Look at you. You're weak. If it was me, I'd end your miserable life."

He had no idea how much I wanted him to do that. He just had absolutely no clue how much I wanted everything to end, how much I wanted my heart to stop. It was broken and useless anyway.

"You just aren't gonna talk are you?" he asked. "Is the great Melody finally broken? I know it can't be over me. You never loved me." He stared at me for a moment, shook his head, and began walking out of the room.

I surprised myself by calling to him. He turned around to look at me as I said, "For the record, I did love you Skye. But now? Now I hate you. Or, at least, I hate what you've become. And I don't mean the Eraser part. That I could live with, but I can't live with the way you've been acting."

He stared at me for a moment longer, shook his head again, mumbled something to himself, and walked out of the room.

I was left almost completely alone. The only sound I heard was Jewel breathing deeply in her sleep. All I could see was Skye's unfeeling eyes. I didn't understand how Tanner had convinced him to hate me and so quickly too. I supposed that meant Skye had always had doubts about the way I felt about him.

I sat awake, thinking about Skye, for a long time. Somehow though, I finally managed to fall into a very uncomfortable sleep.

Yeesh. What did you guys think about that? Interesting huh? I'm actually very proud of this chapter. So, I have no idea when I'm updating again. I'll try to make it as soon as I possibly can though. Well, leave me some reviews guys. Please?