Melinda Bentley used to be a GC Morale Monitor with her best friend Felicia, Lionel Washington, and Conrad Graham. Melinda's mom was taken in the Rapture, leaving her with her dad. But after the disappearances, her dad started drinking to take away the pain. During school, Melinda makes a friend whose name is Felicia. Since Melinda's dad is a drinker, the two friends run away to Felicia's uncle's house. Discovering that he too was a drinker, the two run away again to the GC Morale Monitor program, wanting to forget their past. There, she meets Lionel Washington and Conrad Graham. After the death of her commander, Terrell Blancka, she traces down the Young Trib Force's whereabouts by way of a computer chip placed in Phoenix's neck. But on the way there, Felicia drinks water contaminatd by W