Chapter Ten
Hooked up to all sorts of monitoring equipment, Lexi lay unconscious in the infirmary. Just as she'd been since her return to the tower. However, all that was soon to change.
Even in her sleep, Lexi's super hearing was able to detect the conversation between Ace and Tech. And one particular detail seemed to somehow reach her subconscious mind. The fact that Danger was hurt.
She stirred uncomfortably in her sleep as troubling images of Danger being harmed and or killed played across her mind.
Slowly, the start of a brain blast began to appear as the images grew worst. As before, the energy lingered, beginning to accumulate. As the charge grew, an eerie pink glow settled over Lexi's entire body, growing brighter and brighter as the charge continued to build.
Alarms sounded as the charge grew volatile, beginning to lash out randomly at various medical equipment. It continued growing faster and faster as Lexi's brain activity readings quickly shot through the roof.
Monitoring equipment shorted out and began shooting sparks before ultimately exploding. It soon appeared as if the tower, as well as a sizable portion of the city would be decimated in the same manner the power plant had been scoured from the land. But suddenly, the energy seemed to stabilize somewhat.
Somehow, the enormous charge seemed to internalize, causing the pink glow surrounding Lexi to intensify.
Her eyes shot open, blazing like torches as small surges of energy danced across her body like lightning. She sat up and quickly got to her feet. At that, the imfermiry door suddenly opened. Tech stood in the doorway, looking as if he'd just been running.
"Lexi, your powers are currently highly unstable." Tech warned in what he hoped was a calming voice. "I'll need to sedate you if we don't want things getting out of hand in the near future."
"I need to find Danger." Lex said as she pushed past him and kept going without a second thought. Tech quickly rushed in front of her as she entered the hall, blocking her path.
"This is serious Lex. You're endangering yourself and the lives of everyone around you just by being conscious. I have to put you back to sleep before something goes horribly wrong." Tech said.
"I need to find Danger." Lex repeated as she pushed past him for the second time.
"I'm afraid I'll have to insist that you stay." Tech said as he grabbed her by the arm.
Lexi regarded coyote with a cold and dangerous look. The next thing he knew, he found himself crashing through several walls, straight to the outside of the tower.
No longer hindered by Tech, Lexi continued her search for Danger.
She focused and locked onto the sound of his voice, then took off running in the direction it was coming from. Apparently, even her super hearing was enhanced in her current state.
As she neared the end of the hall she was in, the energy surrounding Lexi's body flared up like flames as she plowed through the wall as if it were paper.
She emerged outside the tower and landed unscathed on the pavement below, then launched herself into a jump that spanned the length of roughly six city blocks. The next covered over eight. And the third, over twelve.
To pedestrians watching from the ground, she looked like a blazing pink comet as she passed over the darkened city, drawing closer and closer to her destination.
(A.N) Would've had this chapter up sooner. Unfortunately, I got sick. Then injured. And that meant that I couldn't easily get out to the library to post.
On a separate note, Gwyneth is just another spelling of the name Gweneth. So is Gwenyth. I wasn't really sure which was the most common spelling, so I just picked one. Hopefully the one I picked was actually a correct spelling.