Fallen Star Chronicles (Work in Progress)

Chapter Sixteen - Powers

~Chapter Sixteen - Powers

Daemon doesn't wake for several hours, having depleted his power completely and Erulisse was nearing exhaustion herself after a full twelve hours of purging Ainu's power. She was grateful for Daemon's help, even if it wasn't a whole lot, it was enough to give Ainu's consciousness something to cling to and fight for. Erulisse monitored the babies as well and while they were still too young to detect on a normal scan, their presences were growing stronger by the minute. One of the other nurses brought Erulisse something to eat and drink in order to replenish her strength to continue to purge Ainu's pent up power.

Lith enters the room and makes his way to Erulisse, taking her hand in his and giving some of his power to her to help replenish herself. Erulisse smiles her thanks and continues to purge the power from Ainu. Lith moves from Erulisse to Ainu and takes her hand in his, also giving her some of his power to help her recover from the abuse the pent up power caused on her spirit. Both Erulisse and Lith were amazed that they could feel Ainu's consciousness beginning to come around. Erulisse quickly put Ainu into a sleep trance so that they could continue to help her purge the rest of her power. With how much she has stored unknowingly, it would definitely take a while to get it completely under control, but now that they could contact her consciousness, they would be able to keep her informed while she remains in a sleep state.

Daemon wakes and stretches, feeling both drained and refreshed at the same time and quickly dresses so that he could return to the medical bay and check on Ainu. As he enters the hospital, he could sense Ainu's presence stronger than it was last night and he quickly makes his way to her room, trailing his hand along the wall to locate the room quicker. As he enters, Lith makes his way over to him to lead him to the bed, using the contact to update Daemon on the progress of Ainu. Lith takes Daemon's hand in his and moves it to Ainu's and Daemon grips it tightly, feeling her presence pulsing strong against his. He feels her consciousness stir at his touch and suddenly he feels as if he is transported into her mind.

Daemon is suddenly standing in a field of cherry blossom trees and under one of the trees sits Ainu with Lith and Erulisse on either side of her. He is taken aback at the fact that he can see and looks all around him, taking in everything he can. He makes his way closer and they all turn to look at him. Ainu stands and rushes over to him and he embraces her tightly before pulling back and looking at her from head to toe. He just stares at her, unable to completely comprehend that he can see her while in her subconsciousness. She laughs and pulls him over to where the other two are still sitting under the cherry blossom tree.

"Erulisse and Lith helped me this morning to regain consciousness and updated me on what happened. I had no idea that my powers could become so out of control like this on top of being pregnant. Knowing that I am carrying twins is a little unsettling, especially since I do not know who the father would be out of the two. But other than that I'm doing all right. Erulisse insists on keeping me in a sleep state so that I don't add more to the already massive amount of power and possibly do harm to myself and the babies. Lith is the one that taught me how to contact and interact with others here in my consciousness, which makes it so much easier while purging my power."

"I'm just glad to see that you are all right. I was worried when you collapsed on me."

"I'm sorry, Sir. I had no idea that I was even that sick."

"Don't worry, lass. You will be completely recovered in no time and will be able to continue traveling to my home planet."

Ainu smiles and leans her head against Daemon's shoulder while the others talked about what needs to be done in order to further purge the build up of power. Lith is also able to speak in Ainu's subconsciousness, and sounds melodic like a soft and gentle flute playing through the leaves of a tree. Erulisse mentioned how Daemon was able to help out a little the night before, and thanked him for giving her enough support to last the night. They talk for a while before Erulisse suggests letting Ainu rest before purging more power and they all say their goodbyes for now. Daemon presses a kiss to Ainu's forehead before being sent back into his own body. They all take a deep breath as they come back to themselves and Lith's hand on his shoulder connects them so that Lith can speak to him. The old man tells him that he will go get them all food and he will help Daemon to feed some to Ainu while Erulisse gets some much needed rest.