Saved
Wanda's POV
I heard the tires of the cars and I screamed. "Help!"
My hands throbbed from the unsuccessful digging at the stone I'd done. I knew that whoever had pulled up would be able to fix me. Wither it be Jared, Mel and Ian or weither it be seekers. Though I couldn't imagine how seekers would know that we were here.
I sat there listening to voices and car doors. I didn't recognize the voices.
I sat there for a moment remembering when I thought I'd heard Ian screaming my name. Burns had said it was probably the heat and lack of oxygen. I'd put my head to the hole and breathed in the oxygen from outside but the more my mind cleared the more I was convinced that I'd heard Ian yell "Wanderer."
A face appeared at the whole. It wasn't Jared, Ian or even Jeb or Kyle. It was a soul. The silver danced off his eyes for a moment before he faced away from the light towards us. "My name is Seeker John and me and my colleges are here to help you."
Help. I almost had to laugh. Even though I too was a soul the only thing a soul could do was hurt me. Take me from my family. From my Ian. From my home. Maybe even ship me off planet.
The seekers got us out by using something to move the rock. I was the first out and was immediately handed to the healers a few steps away.
How had they found us? How had they known we were here? I would have thought that if anyone was to rescue us it'd be Jared and Mel.
The healer, a female, took my hands, "My. What happened?" I didn't answer. She took off my homemade bandages and immediately when the air hit the scratches it stung. She took a bottle of 'Clean' inside and out, 'Heal' and 'Smooth' and went to work.
When she was done and Burns had been set next to me and was being attended to by a second healer a tall handsome figure in sunglasses caught my eye.
I struggled. I had to get to him. It was Ian! MY IAN! I almost screamed his name. I wasn't sure if I wanted him to save me from the souls that had saved me or if I wanted him to run before he got caught himself.
Then he took off his sunglasses. The silver that glinted was both frightening and horrible. Ian…. Was now possessed by a soul. I stopped struggling to get to him. I knew Ian was still in there. He wouldn't go down without a fight, I was sure that he wouldn't go down at all.
I wanted to cry but my body didn't have the water for it. My heart broke because my Ian was not mine anymore.
The seekers came over to Burns and I and put soothing hands on our shoulders. "We're sorry if the sight of your capture had alarmed you." The seeker behind me said. "He, the soul that is, insisted on coming with us to extricate you."
My capture? Ian? It took me a moment to see what had happened. Ian must have convinced the soul to say he was our capture so that they would rescue us and not ask questions. "Did you find any other humans?" I asked a quiver in my voice.
"No. The host seems to have been working alone. Or so the soul said. Would you like to meet him?"
I took a deep breath and shook my head. "Maybe later."
"She's needs rest and liquids." The healer in front of me said.
"Very well. Let's go to the nearest healing facility and both souls can get some rest."
I nodded and allowed myself to be taken to a SUV. The air inside was nice and cool, I'd missed air conditioning. I'd lost sight of Ian's body and the soul inside but I knew I'd find him at the facility. I needed to speech to him alone. To the soul and to my Ian.