Absorption Distortion

Chapter 22

Back in Present Day.

Nick ran into the main chambers entrance, seeing Malcolm seated in a small sitting area with Nancy not far behind him. "Malcolm!" he calls out as he runs in. "She was in there," He points to a hallway at the left of reception and he runs down there. Nancy walks in the main chambers after him and catches her breath, Malcolm teleports to her side and helps her to the couch. Nick walks into the nurses quarters, not bothering to knock on the door. The nurse is sitting talking to another patient, "Excuse me young man, you can not just barge in here!" He panics, "Sorry, sorry, I was looking for Luna," The nurse advises, "She's been moved to a room to rest now that she's woken up," "What floor?" "21, now please leave," She shoo'd him with her hands and he walk out as fast as he came in. He ran passed Nancy and Malcolm and stopped, "She's woken up. I'm going up to see her," Nancy smiled warmly at Nick as Malcolm rubbed her arm to comfort her, "We'll wait here for you Nick." He made his way to the elevator and selected button '21'. 

As the doors opened, the room encompassed a small foyer leading through to a bedroom. Nick stepped inside, making his way down a few steps to reach the floor level. He walked towards the bedroom as Elder Payton stepped out of the room. "Ahh, Nick," he closed the doors behind him as he approached him. "I wanted to speak with you alone," Payton guided him away from the door, "Now Luna is in a very fragile state. She's only just managed to sit up right. She may be emotional seeing you after the training she endured today," "I was told what you did," Nick scolded, feeling a little annoyed. "Nick, surely you must understand that we've given Luna this training, and will continue to do so, until she is strong enough to control herself..."  Nick's face tightened as Payton finish, "... even if you are killed. We need to make sure she won't destroy everyone. She is very powerful, especially if she's anything like her mother," Nick's face released, trying to regain being calm and questioned, "Did you see her use her ability?" Payton tossed his hair back and shook his head, "I felt it first hand and it nearly killed me. I need to make sure Luna doesn't follow the same path," Nick looked away irritated and went to walk past Payton, he quickly grabbed Nick's arm and stopped him, "Help us by helping her," Nick looked at his hand which gripped on tightly and Payton removed his hand, "I thought you were trying to help her, but all I ever see her go through is pain when you're involved," He opened the bedroom door and walks into the room, closing it on Payton. 

"Luna.." Nick whispers, seeing her across the room sitting up in a large bed with some cream pillows matching the bedding. She looks up at him weakly, her eyes barely able to open, "Nick?" she questioned as he quickly moved to her side. She can't help but cry a little seeing him walk up to her. He smiles at her and wipes her tear, holding her hand in his. "I was so worried about you," he said, as she looked down, "I thought you had... It seemed so real," she started to sob again. "Shhh.." He hushed, pulling her into his chest and wrapping his arms around her. She put a hand around his waist as her face buried into his chest. He rubbed her back as she was able to calm down, sniffling and returning her breath to normal. She pulled herself away from him to look up at his face, "I'm sorry I ruined your day with your mum," she apologized while cleaning up her face, wiping the tears from her eyes. He shrugged his shoulders, "She wasn't mostly bugging me with questions about us," he said, looking away feeling a little nervous as he recalled telling his mum how he felt about Luna. He tried not to think about it hoping Luna was too weak to hear his thoughts. She reached out for his hand and he turned back to see her smiling up to him, her eyes wider now that she has stopped crying. He couldn't help but return her smile and shuffled closer to her, holding onto her hand, "Luna.. I..." he began, dropping his head and letting out an exhale. He was trying to find the right words to say I love you, but was now the right time? A part of him didn't feel ready, not knowing how Luna felt towards him. He fell hard for Luna, and it showed with his protection of her and in a way, it was working against her as she was too drawn to Nick as the training discovered. Everything happened so fast for them, they hadn't really had a chance to spend some time together without worrying about something happening or someone. She looked at him, tilting her head to the side with a wilting posture, she noticed her movement and turned back to her, "...I'm so happy you're awake now," He kissed the back of her hand and she smiled sweetly at him. "How are you feeling now?" She felt her forehead and pushed some lose hair back, "Yeah, I'm okay. Feeling a lot better now," he smiled back at her, but it dropped slightly as he spoke, "I'm not sure how I feel about Payton..." Her brows drawed together, "What do you mean?" He scratched his chin, "I dunno, feels like he doesn't have you're best intentions in mind when putting you through the training," Luna shook her head, "You're wrong Nick. He's helping me, he gave me the energy to wake up," He looked at her blankly, "Wait, what..?" Luna nodded, "He used his ability, he healed me, helped me get better," Nick turned his head away, feeling a little frustrated thinking, 'Yeah for his own personal gain,' he felt Luna's hand tighten her grip against his and he turned back, catching her gaze. "Lay with me?" She requested and he doesn't even pause to deliberate and quickly moves under the bed cover next to Luna, he leans back against the pillow and she moves in, cuddling into his side with his arm wrapped around her shoulders. She purred deeply in her throat as she leaned against Nick, leaning up and nuzzling into his neck. He feel his skin tingle and swallowed hard which she was able to feel his adam's apple moving and pulled back a little, moving to just be against him. He played with her hair in his fingers and breathed her scent in. Even though he didn't have the strength to say it to Luna, he knew it was love he felt.