Note: Made this while making the next chapter. The first 3 chapters were me getting into the swing of things. I want to have about 4k words in a chapter, but interludes will break this rule.

-The Light of Brockton Bay-

- Amy's POV

The hospital has been quiet today. Checking the clock, my shift still has 5 hours left. I was tired, but there are always more people that need help. Rubbing my eyes with a yawn, I head away from the emergency sector of the hospital

Without any people in critical condition, I can focus on patients with less life-threating problems. The rounds are still boring: an old guy with cancer, mother who says her left arm feels funny, and a kid with a broken leg from a skateboarding accident. 'How cliche.'

*Beep Beep Beep Beep* My bracelet flashes red, which means someone just arrived at emergency in critical condition. I start to jog back to the spot I normally spend the day at.

Arriving back at emergency, I'm told that a girl arrived crawling and covered in blood; she collapsed and was moved into a separate room for her privacy. Most hospitals put people in the ICU when they're critical, but people here are so used to me that unless someone is dying this very second, they go in a separate room.

Walking up to the door to the girls room, I see a nurse poking her head out. The nurse gets a look of relief. "She's in here."

As I go inside, the nurse leaves me to do my work, closing the door behind me. On the bed lays a pale girl covered in blood who is a little over 5 and a half feet tall and has long, curly black hair.

Touching the girls skin, her power exploded, showing everything about the girls biology. This girl was messed up badly. Disturbingly, the blood on her isn't hers; even worse is that it's all menstrual blood; there are almost 40 people's worth of unique blood. She has several different infections causing sepsis, multiple organs are failing, blood clots are rampant from menstrual blood mixing with her regular blood, thousands of bug bites, and should have gone into shock hours ago.

By all accounts, this girl should be dying within minutes but for some reason she just isn't. I start moving things around, clearing clots, fixing organs, and purging infections that have spread to almost every corner of her body. 'Luckily, nothing looks like it's reached her bra-.'

Thats when I saw it; her entire Corona Pollentia is gone. Filling in the hole was an irregular lattice of golden roots that had sent tiny strands through the brain. The rest of her brain was normal, but the roots were weird.

It was mesmerizing; it was as if my power had a brain freeze seeing it. Using my power a little further, I give it just a poke. I don't touch or heal brains, so all I do is try to push my sight a little deeper.

Visions light up my eyes; I could see myself with a sword and shield in hand, fighting in a dark alley. I saw my self working in a laboratory, a sign with the name 'K-Corp.' hanging on the wall. In a brief moment, I saw myself in so many scenarios and situations.

Coming to my senses, I look down to the girl on the bed. Her old outfit is gone; replacing it is a set of religious robes and a crown of thorns. She could feel a slight feeling from her—a calmness maybe? It instantly reminded her of Vicky's aura but severely dampened and with a different mood.

Slowly the outfit faded into light, which replaced itself with her old outfit. I should have left for safety a minute ago, but I am just straight up dumbfounded. The girl obviously has powers, but what the fuck is up with everything else?

Giving her a cautious touch, she looks at her brain again; she is definitely not awake, at least if the rest of her brain isn't changed in ways she can't notice. I can feel an urge to poke around at the roots; I could barely restrain myself.

Pulling away, I quickly leave the room. I leave a paper on the handle of the room so that hospital staff know not to go in. If the girl's powers are activating without her knowledge, she needs to be alone. 'I'll just check in every half hour.'

-The Light of Brockton Bay-

- Shardscape, Shaper

What the fuck just happened?