Chapter 40
Anton was exhausted. He had just landed the Phantom back at Black Manor and had managed to unload the elves from the back with Wraiths help. It seemed that they always visited the medical facilities first, the Butlers were still sleeping, but their wounds were patched up.
He smiled as he watched the medics get to work on Trouble and Grub, but he had enough energy to pull off one more healing of his own. He drew on the powers of the three blades he now carried, twisting the powers to his purposes and through that of the Phoenix. Its powers of healing was what he needed, and he called it forth around him as he felt the wings burst from him once more.
Silver and crimson light flared around him as red and white sparks cascaded down his arms as he placed them on the elf's shoulders where her jacket was torn to reveal naked flesh beneath. He felt her mind slightly as the powers cascaded around like a hurricane within him as it flowed out of his fingertips.
The girls wounds slowly sealed as he withdrew, the power flashing about the wounds still as the wings grew back in and he collapsed against the wall, keeping his balance as Holly jerked upright.
"What?" she muttered under her breath, "What happened?"
"You got hurt," Anton said as he gasped for breath, "I just healed you."
"How?"
"One of the powers I carry allows me to do many things that would be considered impossible," he responded, "Though I sensed your mind when I used it, I don't know how that one happened, my other powers are normally in control, must be that I'm to tired to keep my guard up."
"What did you see?"
"I saw something about the boy I failed to retrieve for those above me, you view him as a friend."
"You saw Artemis?"
"Yes, and I know what happened to him, I agree with the centaur that he is a viper, but he is our viper, he will help us if he can, he won't work for someone who kidnapped him."
"Then you know that I viewed him as a friend?"
"Yes, though I do not totally understand why."
Anton was exhausted. He had just landed the Phantom back at Black Manor and had managed to unload the elves from the back with Wraiths help. It seemed that they always visited the medical facilities first, the Butlers were still sleeping, but their wounds were patched up.
He smiled as he watched the medics get to work on Trouble and Grub, but he had enough energy to pull off one more healing of his own. He drew on the powers of the three blades he now carried, twisting the powers to his purposes and through that of the Phoenix. Its powers of healing was what he needed, and he called it forth around him as he felt the wings burst from him once more.
Silver and crimson light flared around him as red and white sparks cascaded down his arms as he placed them on the elf's shoulders where her jacket was torn to reveal naked flesh beneath. He felt her mind slightly as the powers cascaded around like a hurricane within him as it flowed out of his fingertips.
The girls wounds slowly sealed as he withdrew, the power flashing about the wounds still as the wings grew back in and he collapsed against the wall, keeping his balance as Holly jerked upright.
"What?" she muttered under her breath, "What happened?"
"You got hurt," Anton said as he gasped for breath, "I just healed you."
"How?"
"One of the powers I carry allows me to do many things that would be considered impossible," he responded, "Though I sensed your mind when I used it, I don't know how that one happened, my other powers are normally in control, must be that I'm to tired to keep my guard up."
"What did you see?"
"I saw something about the boy I failed to retrieve for those above me, you view him as a friend."
"You saw Artemis?"
"Yes, and I know what happened to him, I agree with the centaur that he is a viper, but he is our viper, he will help us if he can, he won't work for someone who kidnapped him."
"Then you know that I viewed him as a friend?"
"Yes, though I do not totally understand why."