I'm Fixed

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*****Ryvomi
"She passed. You are fixed now. You have full control. I am an ally. Most importantly, YOU are YOU." the voice says.
I wake up. I feel refreshed for some reason. This is different from a usual you-wake-up-and-feel-refreshed feeling. For some reason, I feel whole. I feel like I have complete control of my body. I blast out of my side of the bed and hurry to the bathroom. When I look in the mirror, I see something I haven't seen in 27 years. My eyes. Their color. My eyes were normal. Over the past years, my eyes were pale. Now, they were hazel—my real eye color. Varvel—I have to tell Varvel, I think. I brush my teeth and hurry out of our room. I find Varvel is his lab.
"Varvel, there you are. Look at me, something's different. She's gone. It's gone." I say, running up to him. He stops what he's doing and turns around. Then, he looks at my eyes.
"You're right, there is. You're cured, but how?" he asks.
"I—I don't know." I say.
"Are you sure?" Varvel asks again for confirmation.
"Wait, I do remember her saying that someone passed." I say.
"Who? Do you have any clue?" Varvel questions.
Avarra. She is Avarra. Your daughter passed.
"Avarra. It's Avarra." I state.
"How do you know?" Varvel questions again.
"The woman—she's still there. She said it was Avarra." I answer.
"She's lying. She's gonna hurt you." he states.
"No—I have full control of her and myself. There's no way she can hurt me without hurting herself, and that won't be smart." I reason. I watch as a Humaveran trains herself and misses a shot.
"Watch out!" she yells. I dash out of the way because a huge boulder Varvel had in his lab starts to roll right behind him. I push him out of the way before he could get hurt and attempt to stop the boulder, but fail. I expect to die, but instead I evaporate. The boulder goes right through me and stops after it hits itself against another boulder, which makes a crack in the wall (built to survive a boulder crash). I reappear. This ghost woman....has she gave me her ghost abilities?
"Ryvomi, we need to talk." Varvel says, pulling me by my arm.
"How did you do that?" Varvel asks.
"I dunno." I answer. Then, it finally dawns on me. I'm fixed. Maybe, just maybe, Avarra won't be scared of me anymore. Maybe I could fix her thinking of me. Just maybe...
"Varvel, do you think it could work?" I ask him.
"I'm not sure—" I cut him off.
"Yes or no." I say.
"I don't know." he answers.
"I want to try." I state. Varvel gives me the that's-a-lot-of-work face and sighs.
"Fine, I'll try." Varvel says.
"Thank you." I say while hugging him.
I'm fixed, I'm fine, I'm me, but will Avarra believe it? Will she trust me again?

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