Once he had helped chaos realign his spline, chaos had begun healing immediately. It was strange to feel the healing aura that surrounded his hands and arms as the healing pulse surrounded him as he continued to hold the fracture in place. It felt nice, as if the healing energy was piercing through his own bones and to his own ether stream. It took a solid 30 minutes, but Margulis was a little saddened as chaos' healing ether began to fade. They had tested to see if chaos had any feelings in his legs, and to chaos' relief, he was able to feel them and move them slightly.
chaos was still in incredible amounts of paint though, and Margulis had to piggy-back him back to the sleeping quarters. Chaos had taken off the top of his body suit, and had laid down on his stomach. Margulis now able to see chaos' back saw it was now a giant bruise, some of it almost completely black. Margulis had gone to the emergency supply and found some medical equipment that he could use. Reading one in particular, he found a medical device that was specifically made to help with broken bones and reconnect nerves. Once he returned, chaos had already fallen asleep, his breathing had finally started evening out.
He had spent a few extra minutes setting up the device, having the readings go to his computer to help him. He was not familiar at all with this sort of care. If this had been anywhere else, he would have just had one of his men take care of this. He gave a sigh in frustration as he tried to scan chaos again, but it was again not functioning properly.
"It only works when chaos wants it to." Margulis thought as he positioned the device just above the break. The device activated, and finally readings began to show on Margulis' computer. It was showing many broken nerve ends that had not connected properly during chaos' healing. He positioned the machine at the first batch of nerves, and let the machine repair them.
Chaos jump slightly as the nerves were marked on Margulis' computer as reconnected. Chaos turned his head, his eyes looked tired and slightly pained.
"You didn't do a good job. There is still a lot of work to be done." Margulis commented as he repositioned the device and moved to another batch of nerves. Chaos twitched again as the nerves were reconnected. "Does that hurt or something? Quit moving."
"Sorry." Chaos lay his head back on the pillow, "It does hurt, but manageable."
"You are a pain in the ass. You know that?" Margulis commented as he moved the device again. "How did those bars fall inside the tube?"
"I'm…not quite sure." Chaos said quietly. "I was sealing a fuel tube, the one I told you would cause us problems once we hit space. I remember the bars leaning against the wall just outside the tube itself."
"Are you saying they just fell? Why would you position them so precariously?" Margulis asked, though he already had an idea of the answer he would receive.
"Well, they may have been loosened by the crash. I never looked at them." Chaos admitted, and twitched a little as the device reconnected some more nerves.
"Do not move." Margulis said again. The conversation lulled, and only after a few minutes chaos drifted off again. Margulis continued working until he found himself starting to drift off himself. He knew there were still many hours of healing left to do. He needed the rest though, and he put the device down on chaos' stand that was located next to his cot. Margulis fell on his cot unceremoniously, not even removing his coat, he drifted off quickly into sleep.
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He was standing in the cargo bay that housed the E.S. units. He was looking up at his own unit Levi as the scientist had setup a test for the subject. He had felt extremely pleased with the results the scientists had presented him with, and had given them the go ahead to continue with their line of experimentation. They had noticed a significant relation in the way the subject reacted and that of the Vessels of Anima, used to power their E.S. units. They had hooked the subject up to a machine, his body almost completely hidden and covered in machines and tubes.
"We are ready to begin." The head scientist had come over to him.
"Go ahead" Margulis said, a smile appearing on his face as he stepped over to the main console with the readouts.
"Beginning Phase 1." The head scientist said as he pressed a few buttons. The machines started to hum as the subject began to emanate a strange light. The subject made a strangled noise, and then a pained groan. Margulis then walked over to the subject, and peered down at him.
"Shut it. You are making a scene. Be a good boy." Margulis said as the light around the subject began glowing brighter.
"Beginning Phase 2." He heard the scientist say behind him. The subject's face scrunched up in obvious pain, as he tried to fight the effects of the machine.
Margulis heard metal moving, and he looked up at E.S. Levi. It had begun to move slightly, and he noticed a light slightly glowing where the Vessel of Anima had been inserted into it. The head of Levi moved and looked down at where they were, and it's arm moved slightly, but nothing else.
"So. You do have the power to manipulate the Vessels of Anima." Margulis sneered down at the subject. "I want to test this more fully. This could be extremely useful to us."