Hello everyone! Thank you for reading, I hope you're enjoying the story as much as I do writing it. Here goes chapter 7 from Burns perspective! Reviews please!

The cave was dull and dark, there was not much to do except think. I was anxious, I was a prohuman soul but I was soul still, even if I was in love with a human. I knew Nate would do almost anything to protect me but I wouldn't let him do certain things. I could always return to souls' boring society if humans kicked me out. I was lost in my thoughts when Jared spoke after a few hours of silence.

- This darkness and stillness is making me sick – He was very frustrated. He was now standing, walking in circles as he did before. Was he trying to guess how Jeb would react? Jeb… who was this eccentric human? How would he react? It was making me even more nervous

- Jared, what will he say? – My voice sounded accusing, - Jeb, I mean. – Jared stopped his circling walk, then I saw it, he was not nervous or anxious he was relaxed but frustrated, nothing else.

- We did it as a formality, because it is his place, but he will accept. I guess he'll state some paranoid conditions… – Jared smiled and I saw a part of what Melanie loved about this man. He was honest and he looked honest – I am not worried about this, I am about the sand storm that happened last night. I hope nothing happened to Mel…

- Thank you, she'll be ok, she's strong… - I tried reassuring him - I guess I'll still be nervous and you'll still be worried, these bodies are not rational enough – I watched how Nate kept messing around. He was tireless, always looking for more, always being stronger, harder and faster. He would always make us move forward. He was now looking at one of the oldest cars in the cave, a Chevy.

Jared realized I was staring at Nate and gave me the space I needed. My thoughts transported me to one of the first hidings with him, not a really a dark still, in the forest near Mormon Lake. We barely knew each other and I could see how Nate was still scared about me, about giving him away.

- Burns? – Jared broke my train of thought, which actually was a relief.

- Jared? – We both laugh silently, the cave made us whisper and the idea of seekers even more.

- Are you a storyteller, like Wanda? – I guess my face expressed everything I was thinking because Jared laugh a little bit, I had no clue what he was talking about – it was a stupid idea, I thought that maybe you were… Wanda's previous planet was a Sea Weed World or something like that and she was a storyteller there. When she came to Earth she became a souls' history professor – He interrupted himself and listened, shushing me and himself. It was already night, Wanda, Ian and Mel should be arriving at any moment.

- Well, I never answered Mel's question – I breathed and remembered – I had to start from the beginning – While Nate was running away he encountered other lonely humans – I shivered with the memory and instinctively touched my left hand - These humans were a group of savages. Savages that every once in a while captured souls to get information – The pain slowly came back to my throat and my hand. Nate heard me and approached us slowly. I swallowed hard and continued - One of these souls was m… me – I stuttered - I tried telling them I wanted to help them but they only saw a lying seeker – Jared was serious and looked very concerned, his moral must be higher than that… or maybe not.

- After hours of torture, I managed to set Burns free and we escaped together – Nate finished the story abruptly, trying to lessen my pain. He hold my hand and hugged me while covering me with the blanket. After being in the Fire World, every other world was cold and blue – I was also scared but I knew that what those humans were doing was wrong – Nate looked at me - When I started running away I was hopeless, I though I couldn't survive and humans were inevitably losing this war. At that moment, when I escaped with Burs, is when I recovered my faith, when I met him.

Before Jared said anything he turned away and run to the entrance of the cave, staying close to the rock. He made a gesture, letting us know we should hide. The lights of a car focused on the entrance and moved forward. Ian and Wanda had just arrived. The three of us immediately relaxed and Jared went to hug Wanda. It could be seen that there were still feelings between them but more like older brother and younger sister feelings, or so I thought. As the time before, Wanda stared at me. She and Ian seemed happy but somehow concerned.

- Sorry Jared, we got what we could – Ian apologized

- I'm sure you did a great job and both of you returned safely home; that's what's important –Then he looked into the car and started helping Ian unload it.

Wanda was still there, standing looking at us. She walked towards us, suddenly something had changed in her, she looked more secure but I couldn't tell, maybe last time she was scared.

- Burns, I'm sorry, I judged you. I want to know you, not to think I know you. – Wow, she was blunt.

- Uh… Sure – She smiled and turned away to help her friends – Wanda! Sorry… I judge you too. Let's get to know each other – Her smile was peaceful

- Sure – she was imitating me but she did it the kindest way possible, the situation made me smile. Maybe this time Nate and I had really found a family.