Just Taken

Spice Girls/Ace of Base AU Real Person Fiction

Melanie’s health problems were discovered by her peers, who opt to cheer her up in their way. Yet, trouble arises when they have a run-in with an unknown gang. If that wasn’t enough, Melanie had been sectioned by the Mental Health Act and been taken from one hospital to another. Now, with her secrets out in the open, Melanie has to handle a lot more than she can manage.

Written by Beta_Log_86 and found on her works in Ao3.


 * Alternate Universe Fic: Set in 1998, where the characters have civilian lives.
 * Real Person Fic
 * Dark Fic
 * Hurt-Comfort Fic
 * Ambiguous Disorder: Melanie was diagnosed with a list of malnutrition-related illnesses, likely from her anorexia.
 * Bedlam House: Olympus Multi-Diagnosis and Treatment Centre
 * Pet Food Diet: Melanie was found to be eating pet food, mostly cat food along with her limited diet to prevent another choking incident. Emma doesn’t mind this.
 * Linn also pet food, which is justified as her brain was transplanted into a canine.
 * Do Wrong Right: Linn had her brain transplanted into a wolf-like dog, which wasn’t spayed.
 * Don't You Dare Pity Me!: Melanie takes this stance, which Emma requests. The others... not so much.
 * Flipping the Bird: Melanie’s message to the driver who ran her over.
 * Major Injury Underreaction: The ladies were all injured in the nasty fight with a group of gangsters, with Melanie suffering the worst. Despite this, they just calmly walk to the nearest hospital. Melanie even wakes up in the middle of surgery but shrugs it off. To top it off, Melanie even injuries her neck further when she yells at Alife and Arthur for causing a ruckus.
 * Mass "Oh Crap": Melanie's health problems are known, many including her own family were caught off guard.
 * No Medication for Me: Melanie flat out refuses to take medication even for her injuries. The orderlies had to give them by force.
 * Kind Restraints
 * Sanity Slippage: Melanie starts to believe something is wrong but rejects help.
 * Secret Keeper: Emma had kept what was happening to Melanie, even from Melanie’s family.