THIS AND FOLLOWING CHAPTERS ARE FROM THE OLD VERSION OF 'COME BACK' – THEY ARE BACK HERE BY REQUEST AS I HAVE NOT FINISHED THE EDITING OF THIS STORY AND I DO NOT KNOW HOW LONG IT WILL TAKE ME TO FINISH IT.

Disclaimer: All Stephenie Meyer's characters of course.

A/N: Storyline is from where Jared has kissed Wanda and she just left to go to the Doc and have herself removed from Mel's body. Parts of this chapter are from the book.

It has the rating M because future chapters will have very steamy scenes.

Come Back

Chapter One

"Wait ... Wanda" I called out to her. She was gone already and I had half a mind to go after her but I knew there was nothing I could say to make her stay. I felt so conflicted, I had come to love Wanda for the being she is. And as much as I desperately wanted Mel back I didn't want Wanda to leave, there had to be a way for her to have a life here with us, with Ian where she belonged.

The thought of what she was about to do sent stabbing pains in my chest, I couldn't let her do this, to Ian especially, it will kill him to lose her and I know what that feels like, I couldn't do that to him. And what about Jamie, he will find this especially hard; he had grown very close to Wanda. My mind was set and I took off after her without hesitation. The only way for this to end happily would be to find Wanda a new host body for her to inhabit. Fixed on this resolution, I knew I would do whatever it takes to find Wanda a new host so she could stay with us, with Ian.

This would have to be the first time since the invasion that I had no regard for another human, all I cared about was Wanda staying with us so she could have the life she deserved, the love she deserved with Ian. It is clear she loved him and he is completely devoted to her, it has to work out. Mel would want me to do this; I had no doubt about it. As I reached the South wing I slowed my pace until I came to be just outside Doc's area where I stopped and listened. I heard Wanda talking to him. I didn't enter the area knowing that if she knew I was here she would delay her plans only to carry them out later when I wasn't around.

"Tell me something Doc. What's your real name?" Wanda asked.

I heard Doc sniff like he had been crying, this confused me. "Eustace. It's a family name, and my parents were cruel people."

Wanda laughed once then sighed. "Jared's waiting, back by the big cave. I promised him you'd tell him when it was over. Just wait until I – until I ... stop moving, okay? It will be too late for him to do anything about my decision then."

My heart skipped a beat, what was she saying ...? A pain shot through me as the reality of her words sunk in. Wanda wasn't going away at all – she was asking the Doc to let her die once she was removed from Mel's body. Rage hit me and my hands went into fists. How could she do this? Did she think Ian would be okay with it, that he would get over it? And what about Jamie, did she think how this would affect him? My mind filled with ways to stop her. At first I thought about rushing the room and preventing Doc from doing this but again she would only find another way later. My only solution to save her from herself was to wait until Doc had put her under and so I could get him to put her in a hibernation tank, but I had to make sure I didn't leave it too long to stop him before he let her die. Patiently I listened waiting until the time was right. My fists remained clenched my jaw tight.

"I don't want to do this, Wanda" Doc said.

"I know. Thanks for that, Doc. But I'm holding you to your promise." Wanda is stubborn there is no doubt about it.

"Please?" Doc pleaded

"No. You gave me your word. I did my part, didn't I?"

"You did."

"Then do yours. Let me stay with Walt and Wes."

That isn't going to happen Wanda, I don't care what it takes you will live I made an oath to her in my mind.

"Will you be ... in pain?" I heard the agony in Doc's voice, I felt sorry for him but I was also furious that he would ever agree to such an arrangement.

"No, Doc, I won't feel anything." She said calmly but I heard the lie in her words.

"Put me under, Doc" Wanda ordered.

I heard Doc shake a bottle. It would be the chloroform.

"You are the noblest, purest creature I've ever met. The universe will be a darker place without you." I could barely hear Doc's words to Wanda but he was right, she is everything he said and more.

Moments passed without sound until I heard Doc's sob. I stole a glimpse around the corner to make sure she was under. Wanda was motionless face down on the cot. Doc's face was streaked with tears; he was barely able to hold it together. His hand moved gently brushing the curtain of hair away from the back of her neck. It was clear this was torturing him to carry out her last wish. I felt it was safe enough for me to enter the room now.

"Doc, what are you doing?" Knowing full well the arrangement he had with Wanda, I tried to appear ignorant of what I knew.

"You are not supposed to be here Jared. You should go, she didn't want you here." His words were there but the conviction behind them was not.

"I will not stop you taking Wanda out of Mel but you don't appear to have a tank waiting for Wanda." I pointed out.

"She ... won't need ... You should leave." He finally ended on.

"I don't think so Doc. Let me help you, I will just get a tank ready for Wanda." I hoped Doc would not fight me on this; surely he would want to save her as much as I did.

"Wanda didn't want that Jared. We made a deal ... She doesn't want to be a parasite anymore." He said straining to keep his end of the bargain he made with her.

"She will die if you don't put her in the tank" I said more aggressively.

"That is what she wants Jared, don't make this harder for me" he pleaded.

"I can't let you do this Doc, you know that don't you?" my voice was calm but I am sure he detected the threatening manner in my tone.

"She wants to die; I will not force her into a life she doesn't want. I can't and I won't." Doc found his resolve from the promise he made to her. I could see that gentle persuasion wasn't going to work anymore. He has left me with no choice – a more direct approach was needed.

"Now Doc, you know that won't happen." I said as I strolled over to where the hibernation tanks were. I picked one up turning the dials preparing it for Wanda. I placed it on the table next to him. "You will put her in there" I said firmly.

"I can't Jared, please just go." Doc sighed heavily.

In one swift but decisive movement, my hand reached for my knife before I had the blade skilfully held against his throat.

"Like I said Doc, no can do." My teeth gritted "Now please continue and make sure you are very careful Doc, if either of them gets hurt – you will be next if you get my drift." I pressed the knife a little harder against his throat to make my point clear.

Doc swallowed hard "She won't be happy but you leave me no choice."

"Glad to hear you see it my way, now I will move the knife but don't get any funny ideas. One false move and I am not kidding, you will be next." I slowly moved the knife away from his throat but stayed next to him.

Doc nodded then used his scalpel making a deep enough incision down Mel's neck following the same scar line as the one used to put Wanda in. I saw Wanda in her true form, the silver glistening body with all the feelers reaching out to the core areas that allowed her to control Mel's body. I would have been repulsed at seeing this in the past, I would have gladly killed it but now I saw the creatures in a completely different light. She was beautiful to look at, I wanted to protect Wanda and that was all there was to it.

Doc gently stroked Wanda's spine following the procedure she had taught him in of extracting one of her kind safely from a human. His fingers gently went under her and waited for all of Wanda's feelers that connected her to Mel's body to release. I opened the tank ready for her. Doc lifted Wanda in his hands cupping her gently. I held open her tank as Doc placed her inside with care. She wriggled deeper into it before coming to a rest. I closed the lid and found myself cradling her tank protectively.

"Thank you" I said releasing a sigh of relief.

He nodded. I could see the strain that had claimed his face earlier was now gone. He focused on Mel's neck using the skills Wanda had taught him previously. It is incredible how easily their medical sprays worked on the human body. Before long there was only a faint pink scar from where he had just opened her up to remove Wanda.

"It's done" Doc said "Help me roll Wan ... Mel over" he corrected himself.

He won't be the last to call Mel Wanda, I knew this, and somehow I didn't care. Any moment I will have the love of my life back in my arms. I could feel my heart pounding. I put Wanda's tank down carefully and helped Doc roll Mel over.

"How long before she wakes up?" I asked anxiously

"Not long" he replied "Thank you Jared, I am not sure how I would have been able to live with myself if I carried out Wanda's wishes to die."

"It will work out. Ian is going to be mad as hell but I will make sure Wanda has another body." I said. Wanda knew she couldn't stay in Mel's body, it would always be a half life for both of them and I was grateful that she loved Mel enough to give her back to me. The least I could do would be to find her a suitable new one for her to live in.

"She doesn't want to be a parasite Jared, you know that." Doc frowned at the only solution to keep Wanda here on earth.

"Mel will help us work this out, she will want to work this out for Wanda, I am sure of it." My fingers brushed along Mel's cheek hoping that it would help to wake her up, her skin burned against my fingers. The intensity of the fire was heaven to me, I had only just kissed these beautiful lips when I was saying goodbye to Wanda but it was not the same, they didn't reach Mel but from now on they would. I felt a smile form at the thought of her in my arms.

I leaned in against her ear "Melanie Stryder open your eyes for me hun" I whispered. Her scent was irresistible to me, the way it filled my body with stirrings of longing and lust, how it made my mind go crazy with needs that can only be met by Mel's touch, how my heart ached for her to be mine again, how my soul will live once more when she wakes and was whole again. My lips brushed gently against her motionless ones. "Wake up Mel, wake up for me please" I whispered as I pressed my lips a little harder against hers.

Talking to her through my kisses, my thumb brushed against her cheek coaxing her from her slumber. "Come back to me Mel, kiss me, kiss me Mel, I need you." I felt the slightest movement of her lips against mine "That's it hun, wake up" I pressed in harder but still being gentle I heard her moan softly as she fought against the drowsiness of the chloroform.

Her lips gradually became more attentive, more alert to mine. "Mel" I gasped with relief. My emotions of getting her back flooded through me, I felt the tears flow down my cheeks spilling onto her face. I pulled away a little so I could look into her eyes when they opened. My hand wrapped around her back as I pulled her gently into me, I lifted her head cradling it in my hand. "I love you" I cried.

"Kiss me" she said weakly her eyes still closed.

My lips took hers hungrily as she parted them wider for me to enter her mouth. My tongue danced softly, almost seductively in her mouth with hers. I wanted to be rougher knowing it was the way she had always loved it but I held back. I felt her hand on the back of my head as she tried to pull me in harder to her. How could I resist, I didn't want to resist for one moment longer. I pressed my mouth hard on hers as I thrust my tongue deep inside her owning it completely. Her moan of pleasure had me lifting her up to meet my body. Her arms wrapped around my neck.

"Um ... Jared ... As much as I would like to give you two time alone ..." Doc paused

I had lost control, I knew I had but to have Mel back was all that I could absorb for the moment.

"What the hell are you DOING" Ian yelled out.