"Oh my god," Turg whispered.
It had been nearly two weeks since that laser hit me, I had ordered that Turg not even be told about what had happened to me until I called for him. He and Cain didn't remember how they had nearly died, they also thought I was on a secret assignment with Astro. Astro hadn't left my side since he brought me in.
Flashback two weeks ago…
"Jessica, I've got another patient for ya," I joked as Astro came hurrying into her office, a slightly panicked look on his face. Jessica shot out of her chair, her mouth open at the sight of me covered in blood.
"Why didn't you touch someone?!" she yelled, pressing her hand to my forehead.
I smiled weakly, "I tried, the laser was a prototype, and somehow it must have Gamma essence, so I couldn't use the energy I took to heal it." I grimaced as Astro shifted, twitchy that I wasn't being cared for.
"Oh…" she said softly, pulling back, she snapped back into her usual persona, ordering Astro to lay me with the rest of the patients.
"No!" I exclaimed, "Turg can't see me like this! Take me to my rooms, you can care for me from there Jessica," I said, clinging to Astro as Jessica tried to put me on a table next to Turg's.
Jessica opened her mouth to argue but closed it, deciding she'd rather stay awake. "Fine, I'll be down as soon as I can to help, I'll need my supplies though, go take her to her rooms Astro," she said, waving him away.
I nodded my head and Astro sped us down the hallways, stopping with a lurch in front of my door. He opened it up and set me down on my bed, turning on the lights, sitting down next to me. I tried to curl up against him, but my wound wouldn't allow it.
Jessica came bustling through the door, a bag in her hands. She unpacked gauze and a weird looking bottle of ointment. "Alright, Astro leave, I'm going to remove her shirt."
"I'm not leaving for a minute." He declared, sitting squarely next to me, looking rock-solid.
Jessica looked at me, I shrugged, "It doesn't really matter; he's already seen me naked."
She eyed me, but stripped my shirt off, gasping in horror at the wound in my abdomen.
"What? Is it really bad?" I asked, not really a fan of self-torture.
"No…" Jessica whispered, shaking her head in denial.
"Tell me!" I ordered, looking at Astro and her in turn.
"I'm so sorry Princess… I cannot heal you. Your wound will either kill you slowly, or if by some miracle, it will heal…" Jessica whispered, looking away.
My eyes widened, my mouth parted, the breath whooshing out of me. My expression changed, "I'm not going to die, my body isn't human anymore remember? I've got the robot part that can keep me alive. Besides, my body isn't a wimp; it can beat this wound and heal it, even without my powers! Don't you dare cry over me until you're dead yourself!" I exclaimed, wiping away the tears running down Jessica's face, I turned to Astro, he couldn't cry but he was giving loud dry sobs, not even listening to what I was saying.
"Hey! What did I just say Astro? No crying over me until you're dead yourself! Since you're a robot and can't die then you don't cry over me. Besides, like I said, if I'm dying it's not gonna be because my body couldn't heal." I said, grabbing his shoulders and shaking him.
End flashback…
"I didn't want you to see me like this until I was better. Jessica said that the wound at least stopped bleeding today, I'm going to be fine don't worry." I smiled. My now frail body was colorless, I had bled for nearly a week, and nothing could stop it. We had one of our deadly weapons bending the blood back into my body so I didn't die.
Turg collapsed at the foot of my bed, sobs wracking his body. Something flickered and then I was surrounded in darkness.
I sighed, "Alright, who turned out the lights?"
I heard Astro cry out, "NO!"
"What?" Then I understood, the lights weren't gone, but my mental sight was. My powers had gradually weakened with my body, and now they gave out. I couldn't see anything at all.
I gasped at the thought of what that meant.
I felt Astro grasp my hands, "Alyssa! Please look at me! This can't happen!" he cried, "Jessica! Come here quick!" he yelled, his voice getting softer for a moment.
I felt tears falling down my cheeks, "What do I look like Astro?" I asked, I couldn't see my reflection anymore even with the mental sight.
"You are still beautiful in too many ways to count, but your eyes don't glow, they're gray and empty, and the normally glowing flatwires underneath them are gray and dull too… Alyssa please hold on! Hold on for me!" he cried.
I smiled, "But why on earth would I leave you in the first place?" I asked, still smiling.
I heard him chuckle as his grip on me loosened to a normal hug. "Good, just don't scare me like that!"
I smiled again, "Don't worry so much about me! I'm gonna be perfectly fine! If you don't believe me, then you can use your scanners to reassure yourself," I suggested.
Nobody said anything, I felt a slight tickle sensation over my body, and then Astro gripped me tighter than before.
"What? What did the scan reveal?" I asked, a small twinge of concern leaking into my voice.
He shook his head into my shoulder. A wave of dizziness passed over me.
"I'm gonna take a nap, m'kay?" I asked, my eyes already closing.
ASTRO'S P.O.V.
Heart rate: 45%
Blood loss: lethal
Oxygen level: normal
Warning: wound detected
Risk of infection: 89.6%
Warning Health levels: critical
Mutant Powers: inactive/disabled
Risk of Death: 92.8%
I looked away, holding her closer.
"I'm gonna take a nap, m'kay?" she asked, her dull eyes closing before she finished.
WARNING: Risk of death 97.8%
"No!" I cried.
"What did your scanners reveal Astro?" Jessica asked wearily.
"You can't die Alyssa!" I cried, almost ignoring her.
Turg and Jessica looked at each other, tears running down their cheeks. Turg came up close to me. "Please Astro, we care about Princess Alyssa too…" Turg pleaded, tugging her out of my arms.
I relayed what my scanners had picked up, including the last update.
Turg turned away so I couldn't see his tears, but Jessica buried her face into Alyssa's chest, clutching her clothing.
I began to sob, my brain whirring, trying to figure out how to save her. I moved Jessica aside, ripping off Alyssa's shirt. I saw the bloodstained bandages and nearly closed it again, but instead removed the bandages too. I looked closely at the open wound.
"What are you doing?" Turg asked, slightly horrified but hopeful at the same time.
"I'm going to see if I can save her with this idea I have. If my scanners are correct, then the gamma essence should be mostly centered there. If I can remove it in time then her body will latch onto the closest source of life-energy to heal herself. If she latches onto me she'll die, so make sure that one of you is closer, or preferably both of you." I explained, switching my eyes to see the gamma essence.
It seemed to glow green all around her wound, blocking any power from healing it successfully. My eyes began to glow and the green began to fade, my lasers vaporizing it.
Alyssa's body lurched forward, reaching for me; I ducked out of the way. Instead she grabbed onto both Jessica and Turg.
They gasped and collapsed almost immediately after she touched them, passing out on the floor, Alyssa couldn't reach them anymore, she tried to grab for me, but I pulled her down to them, and called for someone.
I pulled her away before she killed them, and the powerful weapon came in.
"What do you need?" she asked, walking over to see what I was doing. She collapsed too when Alyssa touched her, but I let her hold on longer because of how powerful, and how young she was.
I looked at her wound, I laughed in joy as the wound glowed and began to heal, closing up before my eyes.
"Alyssa?" I shook her.
Heart Rate: 34.2% & decreasing
WARNING: death in three minutes
Cause: infection in closed wound
Solution: reopen wound, rub in a mixture of alcohol, goldenseal, olive oil, and to seal: honey
I dug through Jessica's bag, I couldn't find the honey or olive oil. Alyssa had already collapsed and was breathing heavily.
I flew to the kitchen, grabbing the olive oil and honey, mixing them up & racing back.
I winced as I reopened the wound, slathering the mixture of oil, alcohol, and goldenseal into it. Once I had let it set in for a minute, I pinched the skin together and rubbed honey over the rest. I waited for a bit, then scanned her a final time.
Heart Rate: 64.3%
Blood count: normal
Oxygen: normal
Health level: 68.7%
Mutant Powers: active/enabled
I sighed in relief, Alyssa would even wake up soon. WARNING: energy levels decreasing rapidly I shook my head and let her go, setting her down on the bed. "Seriously? I thought you were fine!" I exclaimed as my energy levels returned to normal, "That's low my friend, you shouldn't take my energy, it might kill you," I said, stroking her cheek. The flatwires beneath her skin were glowing her normal healthy blue, warmer than her actual skin.
She opened her eyes, "I love you Astro, thank you."
"I love you too Alyssa. Rest." I insisted, craddling her in my arms so she would fall asleep.
A/N: Well... I know I haven't updated in a while but... my last update I didn't... I didn't get any reviews at all. There's no one to thank this time for helping me to work on this. Enjoy I guess...