Sam lay there for about ten minutes and found her rage rising slightly. She focused on it and knew just laying there was a bad move, so she got up and wandered around until she found the healer.

  She felt amazing. Her body was beyond toned, she was ripped! For the first time ever she had a fucking six pack!

  “Great job on the rebuild by the way H.U.D. I feel great!”

  THANK YOU BUT THE REBUILD CAME FROM YOU, I MERELY HELPED CHANNEL THE POWER AND KEPT IT FOCUSED WHILE YOU WERE UNABLE TO.

  Sam nodded. “Yeah we make a cool team huh?”

  EXCEPTIONAL.

  Sam smiled. It was time to get out of here.

  As she walked down the corridor marked by H.U.D. to where Rebecca was located when it hit her where she was going. As she turned the final corner she found the healer chatting to one of the members of the defence force.

  Sam froze on the spot. Indecision hit her until she locked eyes with the man and she began to back up.

  “Woah, hey! You're the one who crashed engines right? I saw you running past us, man you moved like fucking train!”

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  Sam moved forward as Rebecca smiled. “That's the girl.” exclaimed the healer. “She almost blew us all to kingdom come and burnt herself to a crisp trying to put you guys back together. I'm not sure there was anyone on the planet that could have done it but Sam here.”

  The man smiled. “Yeah thanks for that. Although I honestly don't remember much of anything, it was like having the worst flu ever for a few days and then bam! I'm all good.”

  Sam shrugged. “Well it was my actions that created your... er condition in the first place. It was all I could do to reverse it.”

  He grinned as he replied.

  “Yeah for sure that's some scary power you got there. But we all got to learn sometime. Just give us a heads up next time you go for a run heh?”

  Sam was incredulous. The man was laughing! She felt a guilt so deep she couldn't shake it, but she smiled wanly. “I'm glad to hear you're on the road to recovery anyhow.”

  The man nodded, still smiling.

  “Better than that, if the docs right, I'm actually two years younger than I was last week!”

  Sam shook her head. Her emotions were an absolute jumble, she had to get out, to breathe.

  “I'm off Rebecca OK? I feel fit enough, I just need some fresh air.”

  Rebecca nodded. “Take care Sam. If you need me you can call me on the H.U.D. Thanks for that by the way, it's real handy.”

  Sam nodded and turned away desperate to find an exit. She didn't care if it was blowing a gale outside she just needed some space.