12. Secret Smiles

“This is for the Mother Goddess!” He cried as he swooped his swords in a double arc down, knocking the light elf’s sword out of his hands. The light elf scrambled back.

A gurgling cough stopped Doc in his tracks. The girl was barely alive, and he could save her if he wanted to. The death magic was ready, waiting. It wanted to be used.

The light elf was retreating, sprinting away. He could easily catch him… but the girl might be dead by the time he returned. Damn. Doc let the light elf go. His footsteps were growing fainter as each second passed.

The girl was in bad shape. Blue and black bruises circled her neck where the light elf had strangled her. Her torso was a bloody mess of slashes, but her heart was still intact and beating faintly. The warm glow of her soul surrounded her heart, forcing it to keep beating. She didn’t want to die. He could tell by the stubbornness with which she clung to life.

Pulling those electric sparks of death magic from the air he guided them to her wound, focusing first on repairing the worst damage. Ruptured arteries fused together seamlessly, muscle re-attached itself together, and bone crunched into place as if nothing had ever happened. When her body was whole again, he focused on repairing her air passages that had been damaged during the strangulation. The bruises paled and faded into white, perfect skin. Doc secretly smiled to himself, proud of the work he accomplished. Almost no one could have saved her life, except for him and the most powerful Disciples of the Mother Goddess.

She was still unconscious and would be for a while, healing such extensive wounds so quickly exhausts the body.

Behind him a man screamed. Doc stiffened and turned. His guard had been down while he healed the girl. Using the death magic was like a drug. Always wanting more, and loosing yourself to it every time. It took so much focus that he could forget the world around him as he directed those powerful electric sparks into flesh. What a fool he had been. The light elf could have stabbed him in the back while he was so engrossed in healing the girl.