Spectacular World

Doctor White Egg

Shortly before the battle with the Beast...

"Do you think you could use your new power to heal Mr. Larison?" Hope asked softly as she folded her arms.

"I don't know," Sky admitted. The healer leaned against the wall, standing next to the Lord of the Sun. The two of them stood directly outside of the room where the other girls were. Lily was currently watching some cheesy horror movie with Sera and Ashley when the two of them decided they needed some alone time to talk. Sky glanced down at her hand, feeling the power that resided in it. A power that had appeared ever since the defeat of Wish. "I don't think I could fix him. I'm sorry."

Hope closed her eyes and let out a sigh she had been holding. It was a girls' night, one she was spending with all of her new friends, and she had waited the entire day to build up the courage to ask Sky that question regarding the future of Mr. Larison. It was an answer she had expected yet still hated. "You're sure?" She finally asked, opening her eyes.

Sky nodded slowly. "It's his power. He's too strong. I think he would cancel out any changes I tried to make."

"What do you mean by that?" Hope questioned.

Sky held up two fingers. "There are two kinds of effects my power can cause in a person. The first is an effect that a person wants. Let's say you get injured and want me to heal you. I'd touch you and patch you up, and because you wanted that to happen, your power would let me. The second kind of effect, however, is one you don't want. Wish made contact with you several times yet wasn't able to change or twist your form."

"Yeah, I noticed that. The first time I fought her, she kept trying to blow me up, but it wouldn't work. I assumed it was because I was a Lord since she was able to destroy Money Tree's hand with one touch."

"That's sort of right." Sky nodded. "The stronger a person is, the better they're able to negate powers on their level or lower. Wish was only really strong due to the number of lives and healing she had. In the grand scheme of things, you are way stronger than she'll ever be, so anytime she wanted to use her power on you, she'd have to compete with your level of strength, which she couldn't match up to. It isn't just a Lord thing, though. All Supers have this trait. People like the Victorian are rumored to be able to move in frozen time due to how strong they are. The closer to someone's level of power you are, the less their powers can work on you if you don't want them to. It's even the case with durability. Attacks won't harm you simply because you're so strong."

Hope nodded her head but held a small frown. "I get what you're saying, but doesn't that mean you should be able to heal Mr. Larison? The reason you can heal me despite the power difference was because I'd allow it, right? So, if a Super is crazy strong, they can still be affected by weaker powers if they allow them to work. So, all he needs to do is let your power work on him, right?"

"And that right there is the main issue." Sky turned away from Hope and stared out the window. The sun had long since set, and the moon hung high up in the sky. "Do you think he'd let me heal him?"

Hope bit her tongue in order to stop herself from saying a remark she would regret. She had heard Mr. Larison's words to the Victorian after the battle with the Emperor. It was like he had given up a long time ago. It tore her up inside watching that fake smile on his lips earlier today when he had allowed her to drive his car.

"I don't think it matters in the end, though." Sky's words caused Hope's thoughts to cease as the healer looked back down at her hand. "I'm still not sure if I'm actually the Lord of Life yet."

"Of course you are!"

"I could be. There's something I'll need to try first to confirm it, though."

"Oh? What's that?"