Chapter 13

"What do you mean you were attacked inside your mind by The Mistress?" Katie asked. "Whoever she is." "A mutant named Catgat played a psychic trick on me," Jen answered, her eyes suddenly filled with tears. "He destroyed my house, and killed Alex and our baby," she told them, finally breaking into tears. Alex held her tight, he knew just how attached to that dream life she was.

"But, how?" Trip asked. "How did he destroy your dream life? Isn't that only under your control?"

"Yes," Jen said. "He brought me to his mind, but since I didn't feel it I brought all my fantasies with me, they were now under his control, and he destroyed everything."

"It's all right, sweetie," Alex told her caressing her hair.

"No it's not!" she said, shaking his hand away. "My life is destroyed; my husband and my child are dead!"

"No they aren't. You don't have a child, and you are not married," Alex reminded her. "Now you are awake, and that's good. Together we will find The Mistress and stop her, before she kills any more children." He took her hand. "Trust in me."

"Yes," Jen agreed, looking in his eyes. "I trust you." He smiled that warm sweet smile Jen loved so much. "But first I have to get out of here," she pointed out.

"Don't worry, we'll take care of that," Katie said, grabbing both Lucas and Trip by the collars of their jackets and pulling them out of the room. They stayed out, spying through the small glass square of the door. However, Jen and Alex felt they had privacy.

"So, are you staying here, or are you going back?" Alex asked.

"I'm staying, I have to stop her," she answered.

"We have to," he corrected, caressing her hair. "You have me now, you always had."

"Did you break up with Brynn?"

"You told me not to."

"Good. There are a few things we need to ask her."

"What things?"

"Later," she said quickly. She looked into his eyes and smiled. "Let's talk about us, for now," she said holding his hand.

"What is there to talk about?"

"Is it true what you said in there? I'm already awake and I'm not going back until I stop The Mistress, so you can tell me the truth."

"I love you," he said simply, caressing the side of her face. "I love you and I don't want to lose you. That's the truth."

"Really? Because I can read your mind, you know?"

"I do, that's why I wouldn't dare to lie to you."

"Good," she said simply, smiling harder. "I love you too, you know?"

"There are a lot of things I know," he commented.

"I didn't mean to break up with you, I wouldn't have if I had known how it felt, I thought you didn't love me anymore."

"Stupid you."

"Indeed."

"Are we making up today, or are we going to keep the small talk until tomorrow?"

"That's up to you," she said.

He raised his eyebrows playfully and put his hands behind her neck. "If that's so," he said and then he kissed her. A long kiss that started soft and tender, and grew to be a passionate and hungry one. He kissed her in that moment with all the love he hadn't given her in the past three years. He kissed her for all those times he hadn't. He kissed her deep, careful, soft, hard, shallow, sensual, giving her all kinds of kisses in one. He gave her three years of kisses in one, and she was happy to receive them.

She kissed him back hungrily. Like a girl who is playing with that beautiful doll at last, after pulling it out of the wrapping paper and the box, when that feels like an eternity, and then finally her doll is free and they can play; and the girl plays for hours, not getting bored, not wanting to ever stop. That's how Jen kissed Alex that afternoon.

They kissed for a long time, and they didn't want it to end. They didn't want to stop, they wanted their lips to stay together forever, but their lungs called for air and they had to break apart, like the girl who was eventually defeated by tiredness and fell asleep holding her doll. Their lips broke apart, but their hearts were still together.

He looked into her eyes, and she smiled. "Now this is a world worth living in," she said.

"It will get so much better," he promised.

And they kissed again.

*******

Outside the door, Katie was holding Trip and Lucas tight against her body. Lucas struggled to get out of her embrace. "Hate to have no romance and be a party pooper," he said. "But we have to get Jen out of this hospital."

"The best we can do is call the doctor, he will come, check her, see she's not depressed and let her go in the morning." Trip said.

"The morning?" Katie complained.

"It's the best they can do," Trip explained.

"Well, that'll do. I think Jen won't notice the night is passing by," Lucas said and they set out to look for the doctor.

*******

"You failed me," she said with her cold voice.

"I'm sorry, Mistress, but she is much stronger than we thought," Catgat whimpered.

"You know what your destiny is, Catgat, don't you?" she asked.

"I-I-I Do, ma'am," the mutant whimpered, scared, crying, frightened.

"This changes everything," The Mistress told her right hand mutant. "We have to move faster, now. First thing first, you have a second chance, Catgat, you and Tatag go to Brynn, and make sure she doesn't tell them anything."

"Yes, ma'am, thank you for your mercy," Catgat said.

"He won't fail this time, ma'am, I assure you," Tatag said.

"He'd better not, because if he does, it will be your responsibility," she said.

Tatag nodded and left, with Catgat. "Now, wimp, you'd better do things right this time," Tatag told Catgat, grasping him by the back of his neck. "Or Else."

*******

Brynn sat at her kitchen table drinking some cocoa. The door bell rang; she went to get it. The door opened and her eyes widened. "What are you doing here?" she asked, frightened. "How did you get here?"

To be continued.