I seemed to be lost in a maze of memories. All of my morphs' thoughts and feelings flooding inside of me all at once. In my mind, I had to try and put up a barricade against them otherwise, they would overtake my mind, filling me with too much emotion.
Opening my eyes, I found I was inside a room. Probably one that Catherine had given us. I shifted into a vampire, but quickly changed into a human girl when too many memories tried to come through at once. A vampire lived longer than a human, thus having many more memories.
I found Cujo sitting by the window, looking out across the landscape. He turned and saw I was awake; he came to my side, sitting on the bed beside me. "You ok?" he asked.
I shrugged. I was far from, but with a little patience and practice I would be ok. "I just got a new power, I guess," I replied.
"What?" he asked with curiosity. "Really? What is it?"
"I take on the memories and thoughts and feelings of those I shift into. Like this girl. She was a student at a high school in Russia. I can clearly see her family and her friends. She had a pet dog too. She was quite popular with the guys. But, I feel how alone she always felt, how closed off she was to the real world." I explained to him about how humans didn't have as many memories as demons and supernatural beings, so it's easier to be them.
He nodded when I had finished. "Seems to me like you need to work on putting up a barrier in your mind to block out the unwanted memories. Over time you'll get used to it."
I nodded my head and stopped short when it caused my headache to worsen. "Ya, you're right. Just don't freak out if I become nice or something." I said the last few words as though it was poison, as if it was the last thing in the world I would ever want, which was close to the truth.
Cujo laughed softly at this and nodded in understanding.
"So, where is everyone? What did I miss?" I asked him once I had regained myself.
"I assume in their rooms," he replied, gesturing out the door.
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