Evelyn, M.D

Evelyn showed up randomly in the night, passing through the Tower unseen and unheard until she knocked on Kitty's door. It took Kitty, clad only in a pair of shorts and a tank top, an abnormally long time to get up to answer the door, having more pain in her leg than usual. She swung open the door with the intent to tell whoever behind it to piss off, but paused upon seeing Evelyn. The beautiful Healer was wearing an off-white, sleeveless dress that, even on the extremely tall woman, swept across the floor. Around her neck was a collection of gold necklaces and pendants that chimed when she walked. Kitty rubbed the sleep from her eyes and mumbled, "Evelyn?"

"I have come to heal you, child." She said in her perfect, clear voice.

"Oh, okay." Kitty nodded, still half-asleep. Evelyn was the only person who could call Kitty a child without repercussions, even at three in the morning. "Just let me get my crutches."

"I apologize for not being able to heal you until now." Evelyn said as she lead Kitty to her room. "But it seems my sister requires me and I will be unable to work here any longer."

"Oh," Kitty gasped, somewhat out of breath from using the crutches so much. "Is your sister going to be okay?"

Evelyn held open the door to her room, smiling at Kitty. "You never focus on you, always asking and wanting to help others." She ushered Kitty to sit down on the bed before shuffling around to grab various pots and jars. "It is very refreshing. And yes, my sister will be fine as long as I am there to help her."

"Thank you for this." Kitty laid down on the bed, knowing that whatever Evelyn was about to do would probably be painful. "I know you don't have to come here and help, especially if your sister is sick, but it means alot."

Evelyn started laying out the different ingredients and tools on the desk beside her. "Did you know that I originally came here all those months ago as a favor to Charles? I was only to be here for a week, but stayed because I like you very much." Evelyn gently began to unwrap the gauze covering Kitty's arm. "I believe that is why he sent me here. So I would meet you and continue to heal."

Kitty grit her teeth from the pain as Evelyn smeared a white cream on her arm. "You were going to stop healing people? Why?"

Evelyn stopped what she was doing and looked up at Kitty with sad eyes. "I am older than your friend Logan by thousands and thousands of years. Almost half of that time was spent being forced to heal terrible people." She grabbed a leaf from a hat box and placed it over the cream on her arm, then tied a piece of string around it. "I felt there was no good left, no point in fixing those who would go on to hurt more people."

Kitty shook her head, confused. "But I hurt people for a livin', I'm pretty far from good."

"Roll over and pull off your shirt." Evelyn directed and Kitty did as told. "That is all true. But I see regret and sorrow in you that most do not possess." She ran her fingers gently over the burns littering Kitty's back and side, examining them carefully. "In the last few years, you have purposely gone after those who do bad: Child molesters, murderers, rapists. You do not even collect on half of the jobs, do not charge the families."

Kitty felt her pouring something that felt suspiciously like honey all over the burns. "What can I say," Kitty shrugged. "I'm charitable."

"When I came here, you had the gash on your neck." Evelyn recalled, placing more leaves on Kitty's burns. "I told you I could fix it and you were shocked. You had no intent to ask of me to heal it, though you knew I was a healer and possibly a witch."

Although Kitty was on her stomach, she managed to turn to look at Evelyn. "Can you read minds?" She asked in a hushed voice.

Evelyn laughed. "No, child. When you have been on this earth for as long as I have, you learn to read people. You knew I was a witch the moment you saw me." She removed the leaves from Kitty's back and took a damp cloth to begin cleaning the wounds.

"Well, not for sure, I didn't." Kitty mumbled.

"I appreciate your honesty." Evelyn finished removing the thick, honey-like substance and ran her fingers over the now slightly pink scars. "These, like the neck, will fade more. Now turn back over."

Kitty pulled her shirt back on and laid on her back, being careful of the cast. She idly wondered about how Evelyn would remove the cast so she could heal it, then remembered her recent admission of being a witch. "You're not staying through the night are you?"

Evelyn, who was reaching for a long, curved stick, paused. "No, I am not. I am leaving once I heal you."

"You know you don't have to." Kitty informed the Healer as she took the lid off of a very small, red jar. "Heal me, I mean."

"I will always be willing to heal you, as long as I am able." Evelyn assured her as she handed Kitty a stick, about three-fourths an inch in diameter. "Bite on this."

Kitty placed the bite stick in her mouth and laid all the way down to prepare for the pain. She couldn't see what Evelyn was doing, but she heard a loud crack then felt a burning pain deep in her shin bone. It got progressively worse and Kitty was glad that the bite stick muffled her cries of pain. She raised her head off the pillow and saw Evelyn with her eyes closed and her hands plunged deep in the wound in Kitty's shin. It was about this time that she passed out from the pain.

When she woke up, Evelyn was untying the string around her arm and gently unpeeling the leaves off. "Welcome back." She greeted as she ran her fingers over the spot that once lacked a section of skin and muscle, but now looked almost normal. "How do you feel?"

Kitty felt that the bite stick was missing from her mouth, permitting her to speak. "A little bit of pain in my leg, but overall, fan-fucking-tastic." She said cheerfully.

Evelyn couldn't help but smile. "Your hearing should be better. I did what I could with it. You will need to put these," She handed Kitty a stack of oddly shaped leaves. "On your leg covering the wound for exactly three days, held on with this." Evelyn produced more of the thick string before she started to clean and pack up her supplies. "Be careful walking and do not run for a week. After that, you should be fine."

"Thank you so much, Evelyn." Kitty went to stand up but almost fell. "Woah, jelly legs."

Evelyn quickly appeared at her side and helped her up. "It will feel like that for about fifteen hours, which is how long I recommend you sleep tonight."

Kitty hugged the Healer, who looked taken aback for just a moment before hugging her back. "I hope your sister gets better." She said after breaking the hug.

"I do, too." Evelyn said before walking out the door.