About Me
I am one of the few "rebel humans" that remain. Our world has been invaded by aliens, as you would call them, although they are better known as "souls". They take our bodies and continue our lives, but they erase us completely in the process. I escaped, along with my brother Jamie, and hid from them for quite some time. I robbed for food to survive, which is exactly how I met Jared, another remaining human. He was originally in disbelief that he wasn't the only human remaining on the planet, and even though I didn't know it at the time, I fell in love with him the moment he kissed me at that first meeting.
.."If I got to pick anyone to be stranded on a deserted planet with, it would be you."..
We started traveling together, along with my younger brother Jamie. I was unsure as to whether Jared loved me back, or merely loved the fact that I, another human, existed. I was elated to find out that he loved me back, and we somehow managed to secure moments of happiness amidst the turmoil that was the end of humanity as we knew it. Everything was going well, until I saw my cousin was still alive and human. It was only a brief glance and it was on the TV, but I knew I had to find her.
It was hard to leave Jared and Jamie behind, but I did it for their own safety, leaving them with the promise of returning. I would have killed myself before allowing my body to be taken over and my mind crushed by a slithery alien. I actually attempted to do just that, but my attempt proved unsuccessful. I later awoke to find out that my body was no longer my own; it was dominated by a "soul" who called herself Wanderer. At first she did everything she could to force me to disappear into the dark recesses of my mind, but her multiple attempts were unsuccessful. I'm not that type to back down, as she would soon learn.
I had bigger plans then simply allowing her to push me out of my own mind. Continuous daydreams about Jared and Jamie eventually ended in Wanderer developing love for them as well, and I used this newfound weakness of hers to my advantage. I convinced her that we should leave to find them, and after nearly dying in the desert, we did. My uncle Jeb dragged us into his very large cave, where over 20 rebel humans lived in secret. Unfortunately, Jared did not take to well to us, seeing as how he did not know I was still deep inside of my mind. We could not tell him in fear he'd kill us in belief that Wanderer was trying to deceive them. The only reason he did not kill us right away is because he could not bring himself to damage my body.
.."It's hard to be fair sometimes. We don't always feel the right thing, do the right thing."..
I believe that Jamie and Jeb knew from the very beginning that I was still there. Jared, too, although it took more then hope to convince him. It was only when he kissed Wanderer as a test that he became thoroughly convinced, because for one small moment I was able to break free of my own mind and show Jared what I really thought about him making moves on Wanda - I punched him clear in the face. You see, I would never want to hurt Jared, but it made me really mad thinking that he was kissing Wanda, and not me. Along with that, Wanda's love for Jared made her weak, and it was these two conditions that allowed me to break free for a moment.
I hated Wanda at first. Hated her for what she was, for what her entire species had done to mine. But as I inevitably got to know her, due to the fact that by sharing the same mind, we never could get much of a break from one another. After enough time, I grew to love her for who she was as an individual. It was hard not to, seeing as she is probably one of the most altruistic beings I have ever met in my life. This annoyed me at times to no end, such as when she allowed Kyle to get away with nearly murdering us because she didn't want to be unkind to him. Strange, I know, but that's just who she is.
.."Has he forgotten that I'm here? Doesn't he care?"..
Kyle's brother Ian showed a bit too much interest in Wanda for my comfort, and then even Jared started to show interest in her. I worried that maybe he no longer cared for me, and that he had fallen in love with Wanda, but it was not so. He merely communicated with her for my sake. And yet, in a odd way, this upset me because this upset Wanda. She had become my best friend; like my sister, actually, and I did not like to see her hurt.
The problem was that she didn't like to see anyone hurt, which occasionally drove me unbelievably crazy. The Seeker who had been looking for her since our disappearance refused to give up looking for us, even though the other souls believed her to be crazy. Eventually she was brought back to the hideout. The solution Wanda came up with to this problem was the one that angered me the most. She knew the secret to removing a soul without damaging the body, but in exchange for this knowledge, she made Doc agree to remove her from my body and allow her to die.
.."In the bigger picture, you are of much more value to them than I am. You can help them; you can save them. I can't do any of that. You have to stay."..
When Ian heard of her decision, he refused to let her do it. She insisted it had to be done. So he called a trial, deciding the entire household would vote on this matter. Wanda said what she wanted to do, and Jeb asked her my opinion on the matter. She straight out lied to them, saying that I wanted by body back. I would not hear of that, of course. I would rather share my body with my best friend for the rest of my existence then have her die. It was to my complete frustration that I was incapable of sharing that thought with everyone surrounding me. We did not decide in one night, but Wanda escaped to Doc's room with the intention of having him kill her and bring me back. When I awoke in my body once more, Wanda no longer under inside of me, I found that Doc had saved her true form, hibernating her in a cryotank instead of burying her in the ground as she requested.
Wanda didn't want to continue life in the body of another, because she didn't want to feel as though she was taking another life. We later discovered that if a soul resides in a host body for a certain amount of time, it is impossible for that person to regain consciousness before their body wears out and dies from starvation. This happened to Kyle's love Jodi, who eventually had her soul replaced in her. Sunny (the name of Jodi's soul) loves Kyle from Jodi's memories, and is constantly trying to get Jodi to return. She has yet to be successful.
.."I know exactly what you don't want to be. But we're human, and we're selfish, and we don't always do that right thing. We aren't going to let you go. Deal with it."..
We searched for the perfect body for her for a while, wanting to find a somebody like Jodi who could not come back from their disappearance. We also wanted to find somebody that looked like how we all envisioned Wanda and eventually we did. We found a small blonde who looked like an angel, which is how we saw her. She was unhappy to wake up in a new human body, but once informed of the situation, was clearly happy for what we did for her.
Now everything is as perfect as it possibly can be in the given situation. Jared and I can really be together, and Wanda is with Ian. There is also hope for the human species all around - soul parents exist who grow attached to their human children, refusing to place a soul in their minds. More importantly, we recently discovered that we are not the only surviving humans. There are other hideouts in the area similar to ours, leaving us with hope that this war isn't over. And I'm not the type to give up on a fight.
