About four hours later Reed told Amara the results to the tests he had been running.
"The dart contained a type of anaesthesia." Reed began. "It put your muscles in a state of sleep, so to speak, and every time you move, your body isn't ready and therefore you feel pain. If my tests were conclusive, this specific anaesthesia was made for us as it targets our powers. In effect it would put our powers in a state of sleep for a lengthy amount of time, specified by the creator. From what I have learnt, you still have at least an hour before the effects ware off completely, but the dart wares off slowly so you should have basic power back. Can you try and move an object?" Amara nodded and focused on a vase that was on her bedside table. She smiled as it slowly started to rise. A part of her had feared that her powers were gone forever.
"Thank God," she said. After a few seconds of moving the vase, she felt exhausted. She gently set the vase back on the table and grinned. Sue entered the infirmary and saw Amara's grin.
"Powers back?" she asked. Amara nodded happily and Sue hugged her. "Good for you." Reed stood awkwardly at the end of Amara's bed, as if he couldn't decide whether to hug his cousin as well. He started towards Amara but stopped abruptly as he changed his mind.
"Amara, you can get up as soon as you feel ready to. I suggest you rest for a little longer," he said before walking out of the room.
"Sue," Amara asked. "Is Johnny back yet?" She noticed Sue looked uncomfortable.
"Um, Amara…there's something I need to tell you. It's the reason I didn't come back until just now." Amara felt the familiar feeling of dread claw at her stomach. She looked into Sue's face and noticed she had been crying.
"What is it Susie? What's going on?" She demanded. The fear now had a grip on her heart.
"It's Johnny…" Sue said, trying not to burst into tears. Amara's patience was running out, she needed to know what was wrong. What if Sue was about to tell her Johnny was dead. No, she told herself, don't think that way. Just breathe. "He's… gone missing." Sue finished, her voice cracking slightly.
"He's what?" Amara asked. "Since when?" She couldn't deal with this, not now.
"He never checked in after going to Vict- I mean Doom's office. Ben and I went over there an hour or so ago. There are signs of a fight…" Sue burst into tears, and Amara's anger dissipated instantly. She hugged Sue as tears started falling down from her own eyes.
"Why wait 'til now to tell me?" She asked quietly.
"We knew you would go storming off to save him," Ben said. He had just walked into the infirmary. Amara could see in his eyes that he was very worried. "And without your full powers you would be an easy target." Amara was annoyed, but she knew he was right. She had been about to go to Dooms. She realised now that she would have given Doom exactly what he wanted: herself. She shuddered at the thought. She wouldn't have even been able to put up a fight.
"But I can't just sit here! I know I'd be no match for them, but…" She said.
"We know, Amara. We feel the same way." Sue confessed quietly. "I think when you are strong enough; we should go back to Doom's. You may be able to sense something that we missed." Amara nodded her agreement and started to get out of bed. Ben Attempted to stop her, but she gently pushed him aside with her powers, to prove she was ready.
"Get Reed," she said simply. "We're going." Sue and Ben nodded and left to get Reed and to get their uniforms on.
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