Escape from Endeavor
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After a short nap, Angelica decided to see how Nelson and Stacey were doing. Angelica stepped in to Medical to find Nelson applying a bandage to Mystique’s knees, which had been tattered and cut up by the non-skid in Engineering. The cuts were deep and most of the skin had been scraped off. Angelica winced at the thought of how painful those wounds must be.
“May I help?” Angelica asked as she reached for Mystique’s ankles.
Mystique didn’t move, she just looked up at Angelica and nodded.
Angelica focused on healing Mystique’s knees first before she reached out with her senses to find her other wounds and heal those as well. She only took a few minutes and a small amount of energy healing Mystique. Angelica was starting to get used to actually healing people and not just boosting their own metabolism.
“Thank you. I wasn’t sure how you would feel about healing me, knowing what I was doing when I got hurt,” Mystique told her in a low voice.
“Nonsense, I am in your debt. You were right about what I feel when Daemon loses control and sharing his feelings when he’s killing. I can normally block it out but I was in no condition to do it, so I would have had to endure living through it as he killed Mac. You stepping in saved me from that pain.”
“Angelica,” Nelson broke in, not feeling comfortable listening to them talk about the death of his friend. “I would like to thank you. I didn’t realize your healing was this powerful. I am in better shape and healthier than I was twenty years ago.”
Angelica turned and looked at him for the first time since she’d returned to Medical. She was amazed at the changes in his face. “I did that?”
“Yes, when you healed me after my fight with Mac. I have heard rumors of physic healers who are able to heal themselves to the point of perpetual youth but I have never heard of anyone being able to reverse the aging of others,” Nelson said as he showed them his hands and profile.
“Boija Tamoi, you can plan on me stopping by for a visit every ten years or so,” Mystique said.
“You need to be very careful about who knows you can do this. A lot of very powerful people would stop at nothing to become young again. Anti-aging drugs are available to the very rich but they only slow the progress of time. They are still aging but if they had you then they could stay young forever or at the very least become young again, giving them another couple of hundred years of life,” Nelson said as he thought about how valuable Angelica’s ability was.
“But I don’t know how I did it,” Angelica protested. “I was just healing your wounds. I think I’m going to go lay down for a nap. Wake me if something happens, please,” Angelica said, wanting an end to the conversation.
“I know it’s a lot to think about, but you are a very special girl,” Nelson told her as he escorted her out of the room.
“Nelson, I need your help with a distasteful task. Mac’s corpse is in the cargo hold. Daemon and I didn’t know what would be the proper thing to do with it,” Mystique told him, uncomfortable about the topic.
“Yeah, I’ll take care of it. You just need to show me where he is,” Nelson replied, saddened about having to deal with his friend’s corpse.