Chapter 59

“How did you do that? Did you know that you could do that?” Lyle asked turning her to face him. The answer must have been on Amaris’ face, because Marco spoke up first. “I think the question is do you know how you did that? That is the first time you healed someone isn’t it?” He ducked his head to meet Amaris’ eyes that were looking at the ground while she searched her mind to remember what she had done. A voice broke through in her head. “Mari, are you alright? That was amazing!! How did you do that? Another new power, do you have any others?” It was Anna’s voice in her head. It snapped her out of her stupor.

Amaris shook her head. “No. I’ve never done that before. I am not even sure how I did it. It seemed like I just thought about it and then did it. I don’t even know if I could do that again.” Amaris looked around at the other three who were all staring at her.

Lewis poked his head around the corner, pulling one of his earphones off his ear in the process. "Hey, is Marco going to be alright?" He had a deep look of concern on his face. Marco leaned forward in his chair wrenching his eyes from Amaris. "Yeah Lou, I'm going to be just fine." Marco's face looked back to Amaris. "Thank you." he said with a slight nod of his head. Lewis seemed satisfied and put his earphone back on and returned to facing forward to fly the plane. Marco took a quick look at both Lewis and the still unconscious co-pilot. "We need to question her and find out who she is working for. See if it is your brother and Sveta, or if there are other parties after her as well. We also need to find out if you can do that again. Being able to heal is a remarkable gift and one that could be very useful. Do you think that you would be able to do that again? " Marco looked at Amaris in ernest. "I honestly am not sure. I don't know how I healed you. You asked me to take the bullet out so that we could stitch you up. I grabbed your arm and started to do just that and then suddenly it was hot and the bullet was out. I am not sure how or why but you were healed." Amaris looked at the little gorup now looking at her. Marco looked around the group “Well, obviously we can not test it right now but if the opportunity comes up in the future we can try again. Hopefully it’s just a hang nail.” He said at an attempt at humor. Anna was the only one who laughed. Lyle stared at Amaris for a long moment and then rolled his sleeves up and reached past her. He grabbed the knife that was sitting on the table. Before anyone could react, with one quick movement he sliced his left forearm. Lyle dropped the knife and grasped his now bleeding arm. After a moment to regain his composure, he held the arm out to Amaris. “Try it again” he ordered.

Everyone gasped. Marco began to move forward to do something, but Lyle held out his good hand to stop him. Lyle’s eyes returned to Amaris. She shook her head and started to back away as drops of blood from his arm hit the plush carpet of the jet. She looked at Anna who looked just as shocked as she was. She nodded encouragingly to Amaris.

Amaris stepped forward unsure if she could do this. Lyle held his arm out to her. “Go ahead. I know you can do it. “. Lyle encouraged. “Lyle I am not sure this is such a good idea.” Marco said reaching for the bandages that were still left unused on the table. “Let her try.” Lyle ordered and he looked at Amaris again expectantly. Amaris took a deep breath and stepped forward. Her hands were trembling slightly as she raised them. A few more drops of blood fell from Lyle’s arm. They were beginning to make a small puddle on the carpet. She stepped a little closer and put her hands on Lyle’s arm. Once again they grew hot. Lyle winced then quickly the look of pain eased. Amaris let go. She suddenly felt tired. He grabbed a piece of gauze and wiped the blood away. Underneath the skin looked just the same as it had before he cut it. Amaris' eyes went round. There was no way that she just did that twice. Why couldn't she have done that before and then she could have saved so many more people. Her thoughts must have showed on her face, Lyle reached out and pulled her into a warm, reassuring embrace. Marco who had also watched the scene, got up and as he walked by put a hand on Amaris' shoulder. "This is all new. You may not be able to change the past, but you can change the future starting right now." He walked away and went to the cockpit and sat with Lewis who was still flying the plane. As Lyle released her he ran his hand down her cheek and looked into her eyes. She found his and there was a strength there that she felt that she could pull from.

“Marco is right. These things you can do are all new to you and still unexplored. Hopefully where we are going we will be able to find you some answers and guidance to learn to use these new powers. “

Without much thought and acting on a pull that she could not explain she reached up and grabbed him by his jacket and pulled him to her, hard. She got up on her toes and kissed him passionately. Everyone and everything fell away for her and she only knew one thing. She wanted him desperately.