Falling Skies, Rising Earth

Chapter 9

She's gone. She's really gone. I... I don't know what to think. Getting lost on my train of thought I didn't hear Hal walk up behind me.

"Ben?" Hal said in a worried voice. I glanced over my shoulder to see him standing over at me looking at Clementine. He put his hand on my shoulder and said something I couldn't concentrate on. Hal nodded for me to hurry and go get Dr.Glass with him. When we were walking down the hall my thoughts were so jumbled and mixed up I couldn't focus on anything. My spikes were aching and I had no idea what my feelings were. Do I like her? Of course I do, but I just met her. Am I just lonely? I don't know. I feel like I've known her for years. Grasping my knife on the side of My leg I was ready to enter the room where Karen was. I would kill her if i needed to. Hah, yeah. I chucked at myself thinking of ways to kill her. Wait. What? Am I seriously going crazy? Whatever. I don't care any more. Barging in the room I expected Karen to run up to me, wrapping her "frail" arms around my neck. Insted, I got nothing but everyone caring for Hals girlfriend,no Karen, and an open window. You've got to be kidding me.

*Clem's P.O.V*

Where the hell am I? My spikes felt strange and I kept getting chills. Finally blinking the dried tears off of my intertwined eyelashes I could see I was at the same place I was when I first got a harness put on. I tried turning around but my torso, arms, and legs were strapped down tho the hard medal table so I was on my stomach with my back facing up. I heard a skitter speak as clear as day, which meant he was close buy. I couldn't understand what they were saying, obviously because I don't speak alien. I heard the clanking sounds of there legs coming closer and closer to me. They Unstrapped my arms and legs as well as my torso. I laid limp as they carried me to somewhere I was blind to and have not been before. They laid me down on a different medal table. This one was colder and shaped to fit a human body. They injected me with something that made the left side of my body go numb after they strapped me down again. Then the right side of my body went numb. Only having control of my thoughts and feelings. Next came the harness. I still had some of my thoughts and feeling but most of my recent memories that they felt were useless were erased. They kept the memories of the 2nd mass, Ben, my last group, my childhood, and my sister.

Once everything was on, or in me I could feel everyone with in a certain distance. Even Ben, and my sister. She was alive, and under there control. I wanted to scream but I felt like my mind didn't know how to. I'm stuck, and cant do anything about it.

:Two days later:

*Bens P.O.V.*

It's been two days with out Clementine. Two long, quiet days. I have a feeling that she's still alive, and Karen knows where she is. But then again, it's probably that little glimmer of hope I'm holding on to. I don't know. Sleep is the last thing on my mind. I'm exhausted, we. Have been looking for Karen every day. No tracks, and no idea where she would have gone to. Were out on the woods looking for anything. Gun in hands, finger on triggers, ready for anything to be thrown at us. Hal, weaver, and Matt were here with me. My dad stayed back at camp to keep things under control while we were gone. Four hours passed after leaving camp. No tracks still. We set up tents and cans on strings so if anything try's to attack us from anywhere we could see and hear them. I volunteered to take night watch sense I don't want to sleep.

"Matt, get behind the car on the side of the road and keep your sniper aimed at its head!" I yelled over to mat behind a tree being blind by what's shooting us.

"But Ben I-"

"Don't argue just go!" I screamed over the gun fire. Seeing matts small figure head towards our cars I was using my senses to track any gun fire towards my baby brother, protecting him. Once he was behind the truck we all followed shortly. Hal and I behind the RV and Matt with Weaver behind the truck. I peeked out the side seeing a fish head with two small figures In front of it with skitters and Mechs behind them.

"What do you want?!" Hal yelled from behind the RV. I looked over at Matt making sure he knew the signal to shoot, he nodded his head. The Mechs behind the fish heads shined there spotting light on the two small figures. One was Karen, she introduced the other small beat up figure as Sam, Clementines sister.