191 Getting Out Alive (1/2)

Although Leona had put on a strong front, that didn't mean that she wasn't scared. Now, knowing that Laz had found her, she could barely contain her tears.

Laz just silently held her. He could feel her shaking as she tried her best to not cry. So he didn't move and just let her get out the tears she was holding in. But it didn't last too long. Thanks to a lot of the things she had been through with Laz, she was far more mentally capable now than she would have been six months ago. So although she lost her cool for a minute or two, she was back to normal in no time.

:Are you ok?:

:I'm fine, considering everything.:

:Ok. So is there anything I need to know before I break you out of here? Security, alarms, anything?:

:I don't think so. I didn't notice anything like that during the time I could see in here.:

:Alright. Speaking if which, why didn't you just break these bars yourself if they weren't wired?:

:Brian... he injected me with something he got from some lab up north. It's making my head pound and causing my energy to go nuts. I can't circulate it or control it at all...:

:Something like that exists? Wait... A lab up north? That mother fucker...:

:What?:

:Uh.. nothing. I will tell you later. Alright, let's see. Before I get you out of here, let me try something. Close your eyes and relax.:

Without hesitation, Leona did as Laz asked and closed her eyes. Laz brought both his hands inside the cage while he sat down outside of it and closed his eyes as well. He then focused his spiritual sense into Leona's body. Ever since they had started to share in the joys of passionate lovemaking, they had developed a certain connection with each other. As Laz had gotten stronger, he realized that it was like that for not only Ruby and Leona, but that there was also a connection that still existed with Kennedy and Marlene. The stronger he got and the stronger they got, the more he could feel the connection. He had no idea what it meant, but he felt that it might be helpful here.

As he spread his sense into her body, he was able to see the little black specks that seemed to float throughout her body causing all of the energy around to to go berserk. Due to these tiny specks in some areas of her body, the rest of her body couldn't compensate for them which made her unable to use her energy. As strong as she was normally, these little black specs actually caused her muscles to go out of control along with her energy which prevented her from using even her base strength.

Seeing this, Laz knew that the only way to heal her was to eliminate the black specks. His first thought was to use his own energy and try to push them away, but he quickly gave up on that idea. The specks themselves reacted violently to her own internal energy so Laz felt that adding his energy would just make things worse.

Normally, Laz used the black flame as a weapon. As he grew stronger, he was able to control it more, make it stronger the more energy he fed to it, or weaker if he took it away. This allowed Laz to understand that his black flame was far more complicated than he had realized. So he had a certain amount of confidence that he could use it to remove the black specks from Leona. The problem that he had no idea how it would affect her.

:This might hurt a little.:

:You trying to excite me?:

Laz was a bit startled by her provocative response, but then smiled. She trusted him, no matter what. What was a little pain between lovers?

Laz smiled and closed his eyes to focus. He then sent small waves of his flames into Leona's body. At first, the flames seemed like they wanted to go out of control and burn everything around them, but they soon settled down as though sensing Laz's will. To his astonished eyes, the flames started acting like an intelligent creature and started sniffing out various issues with her body. Before he knew how to react, the black flames that were invisible to the naked eye sought out the drugs that had invaded her system like white blood cells attacking viruses and started to destroy them without further instruction from Laz. But they didn't stop there either. They also attacked various impurities within her blood, hidden injuries throughout her body and even went to her center of energy before joining with her own energy to temper her core, bringing her even closer to the point that Laz was at in his cultivation.

As the black flames finished their purifying, they started to retreat back out of Leona's body while the energy in her body became excited, almost like it was cheering the black flames for their help. As the last bit of fire was about the disperse, a small portion of flame separated from the main blazes and returned back to her center, much to the excitement of her own energy. Then it just settled down and didn't make any other moves.

Seeing this, Laz had no idea what the hell had just happened. All he knew was that it seemed like he was right, that his black flames could do more than just destroy. It was an eye opening experience for Laz and for Leona. As she felt most of the energy leave minus that small bit, she opened up her eyes. Although it was completely dark, after having spread out her own sense towards Laz, she observed the confused look on his face. It seemed like he also had no idea what had happened.

Still, she knew that it was something amazing.

:Are you ok?: Laz asked.

:Yes. Better than ok. Why didn't you do that before?:

:Well... would you believe that I had no idea that I could do that?:

:So I was your test subject huh?:

:In... not so negative words... yes. Now... let's get you out of there...:

:Allow me.:

Before Laz could respond, Leona had used her energy and drawn out her claws. With nothing more that a flick of her fingers, the bars on the cage were cleanly sliced through. Moving quickly, Laz grabbed the bars before they could fall and set them aside, allowing the room to stay as deadly quiet as it was before.

Leona quickly freed herself from the cage before stretching out a bit to loosen her body. Having been freed, she was now expecting to fight with Laz to get out of here, but Laz wasn't really thinking the same thing.