Fraction

Fraction Chapter 7 - Great Responsibility

Due to the events of the previous night, everyone was fast asleep way beyond their normal timings in the morning. Kelly went into Eve's room and gently shook her.

"Wake up honey, it's time for school..."

"Just a... few more minutes..."

"Come on now. If you don't wake up now, you won't have enough time to fly to school."

"You knew about- of course you knew about it..."

About an hour later, everyone was ready to go. "So uh... how does this work?" Chris asked nervously. "She changes the vectors around your body to make you more streamlined and then she send a vector to your back, lifting you off... if your back doesn't break first." Morning explained. Chris gulped. Eve laughed and said, "He's only joking. I've improved over the days. I won't break your spine... I promise." She patted his back playfully... which lead to him collapsing on the ground. "Broke his back already?" Morning remarked sarcastically. Eve ignored his comment. She was too busy freaking out. But that was only for two seconds. Almost immediately, she was busy sending "test" vectors into his body. Test vectors? It's like when the doctor hits your knee with a rubber hammer to test your reflexes. These vectors were extremely tiny and their force was almost zero. By sending a large number of test vectors into a person's body, she could accurately diagnose almost any injury or disease. A feat which had blown the minds of the teachers in the medical department of the school. Yeah, she was just that awesome. I already told you, didn't I? Most popular girl in school. Anyway, she did not like what she was feeling. Almost every internal organ was perforated in multiple places. "Internal organs shredded... it's a miracle they're even in one piece... Traces of... cancer? Immune system suppressed to a deadly point... screw immune system... there's almost no blood in him. How did this happen? More importantly... how the hell was he even alive all this time if he was this heavily injured?"

"Um... sis... maybe focus on keeping him alive?" Morning said, "I'm trying to calculate the chance of him surviving long enough to reach a hospital but... I can't calculate it... my head reaches a blank every time I try. This can mean one of two things: His chance of survival is 0%... or it's 100%... and judging from the looks of things I think you know which is more possible." "Shut up!" Eve shouted as she concentrated all her powers to hold his torn body together. "I need blood... O positive..." she turned and looked at Morning and Pony who just looked back at her. "Oh for fuck's sake!" she shouted as sent a vector into Chris's hand, making an opening. He didn't even bleed. That's how much blood he had lost. Morning grabbed her hand "Eve! Don't even think about-" he was thrown back before he could complete the sentence. She was about to vector her own wrist open when she heard a man's voice.

"Oh...? What's this? The woman in love is ready to sacrifice herself for her man...?"

"Who are you?"

"Me? Just passing by... but if it's blood you need... I could help you with that..."

"And why would you help me?"

"Let's just say... I need that kid alive more than you do..."

"I don't trust you..."

"Of course you don't... but ask your brother... he might be able to 'judge' me better."

Morning cut in and said, "Eve, I don't know who this guy is but the moment he stepped in, I was able to calculate that the chance of Chris surviving is 100%. This is the first time I've been able to calculate an absolute certainty... Whoever he is, it looks like he can help." The man walked up to Chris... and punched his chest with such force that Eve, Pony and Morning were thrown back. Eve got up and rushed towards the stranger, screaming mindlessly... and then Chris got up. Everyone was speechless. "What the hell did you do?!" Eve asked.