In the Moon's Light

Chapter 3: What is this feeling?

Michael's POV:

I get back to the mansion and land a few feet from the front door. The professor is waiting with the door open, and motions me into the office down the hallway to the left of the front door. Sarah is already inside with IV bags, bandages, and what looks like half of the hospital room in here. I guess it'll be better if she wakes up here instead of the hospital room.

"Lay her down on the sofa Michael, but gently. It looks like my job is going to be hard enough without any added damage."

"I would never hurt her!"

I lay her down as gently as I can on the sofa. I can feel the shocked expression from Sarah, I didn't mean to yell at her. I just couldn't take the idea that she thought I might hurt her. I would never hurt her in anyway. I can also feel the professors' eyes on me. Great, can't wait for the questions to start. I place her bag that I grabbed from the ground next to the chair across from her on the sofa, before turning back towards Sarah.

"I didn't mean anything by it Michael. If you'd like to stay and help, start unrolling the bandages and hand me the IV bag please."

I simply nod towards Sarah as I hand her the IV bag before I start unrolling all the bandages. I can still feel the professor looking at me in a queer way. Oh boy, here we go with questions I guess. Let's get this over with.

"Michael, could you show me what they were doing to her tonight?"

" I was afraid you were going to ask me that professor. I can only show you what John and I saw, they had been beating her for a few minutes by the time we found where she was and by the time we got them off of her."

"That will be fine, at least we will have some idea of what she endured."

I begin replaying the scene in my mind so the professor can see for himself exactly what those monsters did to her. I can feel myself getting angry again, as I relive that events that I saw. Once it's over I open my eyes and find the professor giving me that queer look again. I sigh internally, knowing that he wants to ask something else but doesn't what to pry. I give him the chance he wants.

"What is it Professor?"

"It was just something in your memories, anger at what was done to her, but also something else. A deep affection for her. Do you know her?"

I start to say yes, but that isn't true. I feel like I've known her my whole life, and I just saw her for the first time an hour ago. I hand Sarah some bandages and a bottle of rubbing alcohol before turning back to the professor. Jealous and thankful of Sarah's natural ability to be able to tune out conversations like this while she works.

"I've never seen her before tonight professor, it's just......I feel like I have known her my whole life. I want her to stay here with me, I never want her to leave, and I don't even know her name. Is something wrong with me? Could she be a  mutant with a love power or something?"

"No, I don't believe she is. I feel that this is something deeper based on what I saw in your mind, but I can't be sure until she wakes up. The connection you have with her appears to be real though, in some strange way."

"Professor, Michael, I think you both need to see this right now!"

I jump up and rush to Sarah's side, afraid that something is wrong. Then I see what she was talking about. The minor cuts and bruises on my angels' face, arms, and stomach are already healing. And I mean healing completely, not just stopping bleeding, but closing up and disappearing as if nothing happened.

"H-how......how is she doing that? Is she a mutant Sarah? Professor?"

"I will take a blood sample and run a few tests to see, but it definitely makes my job a lot easier if all her minor wounds heal on their own. If nothing else heals, she has four broken ribs, a broken left leg, and possibly a fracture on her right arm."

I feel myself fill with so much anger and hate, I can think of nothing but beating those guys to death. I can take another car and drive back to the city to finish what John started. I will make them suffer for doing this to her.

"I need to go back and finish those monsters off."

I turn to go to leave and go back to the city to kill those monsters, but before I can make it out of the room the professor stops. I turn towards him before I prepare to shake him off my arm, so I can leave.

"No Michael, you need to be here for when she wakes up."

I look back over to her as Sarah finishes wrapping and bandaging her wounds. I feel all of  my anger disappear as I look at her, lying peacefully on the sofa. She looks so frail and weak with the IV in her arm, but so beautiful and strong at the same time. I sigh and nod, agreeing with the professor. It's annoying how he is somehow always right. Sarah takes a blood sample and she and the professor go downstairs to examine it.

I sit by her side as I wait for her to open those beautiful green eyes. I gently stroke her hand as I wait, surprised by how warm it is, and by the fact that I can still feel the current flowing from her hand into mine. How can I feel so strongly about someone I have never even met before? I don't even know her name, but I feel as if she is my whole world now. What is this feeling I have for her, attraction, longing, lust, love? Is this what true love feels like? I mean everyone's heard of true love at first sight, but this is a little extreme if that's what this is.

As sit by her and stare at her, waiting for those beautiful eyes to open again, dreadful thoughts race through my mind. What if she never wakes up, what if I was too late, what if I never learn her name, what if she doesn't feel the same about me when she wakes up, and the worst what if she wakes up and leaves. I do all I can to push these thoughts away but they keep returning, and I'm left thinking and trying to figure out how it's possible for my life to have changed so much and for me to feel so strongly about this girl, no woman, that just came into my life an hour ago.