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Date Posted: Saturday, July 29, 08:38:56pm
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's message, "The Healing Touch - Part II (Chapter 30+)" on Tuesday, June 27, 06:45:14pm
Chapter 31
“So where is it you want to go?” Mick inquired.
Nikita’s eyes looked into Michael’s and he silently acquiesced to the question she was asking. “What we really want is to go back to Central One and practice medicine. But we know that is not feasible because of Michael’s ‘death’. But we do want to practice medicine, somewhere where our skills can help others.”
Mick typed a few keys and a hologram appeared, “I thought you might want to return to your duties. I’ve been searching for just the right opportunity. Our sims show that there are multiple spots in the Americas, not my first choice you understand, my tastes run a bit more European.”
Nikita rolled her eyes at the annoying nature of the man, “Mick, please get to the point!”
“Oh all right. Multiple choices in California and a few on the east coast regions as well. I need you two to look at the data, in the meantime we are creating a new background for Michael. Don’t fear you will be able to use your skills in the same capacity that you were at Central One. Nikita you have to finish your surgical residency.”
Without hesitation Nikita told Michael, “I want to go to San Francisco.”
“Why?” he asked gently.
“I had looked into doing my residency at SF General Hospital before I chose Central One. The programs they have there are incredible and they do so much good for the community. And there is so much culture in the city Michael. I know you would it.”
Michael looked into her sparkling eyes and knew at that moment that as long as she looked at him like that he would never be able to deny her anything in his lifetime, “If that is where you want to go, then we shall.” He turned to Mick, “How quickly can it be arranged?”
“Two days. We’ll have your covers established, home purchased and ready…”
Nikita cut him off, “You will not be purchasing my home and filling it full of things that I have not picked out. It’s our home.”
“Popsicle, be reasonable, we have to have you in a secure area and the location needs to be accessible.”
“I will not be reasonable about this. I am not living in places that someone else has bought and furnished, just so that it is positioned correctly and deemed by you to be safe. No way.”
Michael calmly intervened, “There must be a compromise here. Mick, why don’t you send us a collection of houses that are available that we can think about? But understand that the final decision will be ours.”
“All right, I’ll have the data sent to you right away. You can review it in your quarters if you like.”
“That would be fine. And one more thing?”
“Anything for you two, as long as she doesn’t get her hackles all up again.”
Nikita shot Mick a piercing glare and raised her voice, “Don’t you…”
Michael once again stepped in the middle of the two of them, “Ok. I think you two have spent enough time together for now.” He took Nikita’s hand and assisted her to her feet with a look that asked her to accompany him. “Mick we will need a short term residence as the house is getting ready. An apartment perhaps?”
“I’ll see what we can find and send that to you also.”
“Oh, and I don’t want either one of us to start work for at least twelve weeks.”
Nikita looked at him with questioning eyes, “Michael, why? I miss medicine I want to start right away.”
He pulled her into his arms and then looked directly into her eyes, “Because we have both been through a lot in a short period of time. You are physically exhausted and underweight. You need rest and care and that is exactly what I plan to give you. A little time will be good for both of us.”
She sighed and laid her head on his shoulder, savoring in just taking a moment to feel his warmth on her cheek through his shirt. Michael didn’t miss her purposeful move to rest against him. “You’re getting tired aren’t you?’ he asked her very softly.
“I hate to admit it. But yeah I am.”
He pulled her tighter against him, took more of her weight in his arms. She just didn’t have any reserves of energy right now at all. Plus she could be reacting to the new medication that was now coursing through her bloodstream. Michael turned slightly to Mick, “I’m going to take Nikita back to our quarters. I would like to talk to the doctors here about the medication that she is taking. I need to know about the composition of the drugs and any potential side effects to watch for.”
Her head shoot up immediately and he saw the fear in her eyes, “Michael? You think something is wrong?”
He immediately saw the mistake of his prior words, he had to be more careful with her right now. She was still very frightened and easily upset. He smoothed her hair back and stroked her face slowly with his fingers soothing her in any way that he could. “No I do not think that anything is wrong,” he kept his words soft and slowly paced to help slow down her heart which he knew was racing. “I just want to know everything that there is about anything that we are putting into your system. That is all.”
She sighed and closed her eyes, “I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to overreact.”
He kissed her forehead and she slumped against him. “You didn’t overreact Nikita. I scared you and I am the one that is sorry. But you have also been up for a while and I think it is time for you to rest.”
“I think your right.”
He heard the weariness in her words and felt the trembling that was starting in her arms as she held him and tried to hide her tiredness.
Mick noticed it also. “Yes, well, Michael I will send all the data that you asked for, and I will have the doctors available to you when ever you want to talk with them.”
“Thank you Mick.” Then Michael swept Nikita up in his arms. “Come one love, you need to nap while I start to look for our new home.
She wrapped her arms around his neck and laid her head on his shoulder. She was sound asleep before Michael even got her to their quarters and laid her gently on the bed.
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