Infinity: Rising of the Soul Weavers

*Miss Amani - Come On Now *

Opening her eyes abruptly, Ramira was surprised to find herself laying down on a medical bed.

She couldn't remember the last time she was sick or injured that she needed a doctor, yet now she was...

Looking around, she found the crimson-purple haired girl looking at her with a smile. "How are you feeling?"

Hearing her voice, even though it sounded rather caring, made her experience flashbacks of the white blinding radiance.

Hugging herself all of a sudden, she shook in her bed slightly as she tried to calm herself down.

Frowning, Raven stood up and touched her forehead to check her fever or anything abnormal. Finding nothing out of the ordinary after conducting a quick scan, she was even more certain that the problem was a psychological one.

Sighing, she stood up from her seat besides the bed and was about to leave so that Ramira could actually rest.

"Don't leave!" She said while still hugging herself. "Was that… was that I've witnessed real? The white haired you, the blinding light, all of that?"

"Uhm," Raven simply nodded.

"Then why aren't you making fun of me?" Ramira asked, gritting her teeth. 

"Why would I?" Raven asked, confused.

"You made a triple S Deputy General fear for her life, drop down to her knees, and then bedridden her, all the while not even fighting her for real since you didn't even try to punch me or anything, but with simply just flaring your aura…" she answered. "Do you want me to beg that you keep this a secret? Or will you just make fun of me and the EDA anyway?"

Tilting her head, Raven tried to understand the situation, but she couldn't. "I'm sorry, I realize that you may be tired, but you have to know that I am by no means happy that this was the end result." Raven frowned, surprising Ramira.

"I may have won the encounter, but that was not my own power," Raven said,"in the short term, yes I'd obviously win since my rank was enhanced and ended up being about twice as yours, but if the fight was to somehow last for more than ten seconds, I would have been miserably defeated.

"In fact, I am more concerned than anything now that I know people can have access to powers such as mine…" she sighed while looking down at the ground, thinking back to her fight with Liz.

"Can you please elaborate? What do you mean that people can obtain such powers?" Scott's voice came from around the corner with a tray of tea and biscuits for the three of them.

Giving her share to Kayla since unlike her, she could taste food through her avatar, she told the two Deputy Generals about her fight with Liz.

"Wait, and you expected us to deal with that?? With someone of a higher rank than yourself?" Ramira almost dropped her teacup if it wasn't for Scott's fast reflexes.

Raven only shrugged since she wasn't aware of the rank difference at the time.

"Eat your biscuits," Scott said to Ramira who found it hard to. "The sugar is good for you." Sighing, she did as ordered.

"Hm, can you explain what happened, during the fight?" Ramira asked Raven.

"Well, nothing special really," she said, "I activated one of my skills that enhances my powers, err kind of, and I became stronger than you." 

"But this doesn't make any sense, for you to be able to pull something like that, on you're merely a… are you an A ranker?" Ramira asked after estimating her mana level.

"A- actually…"

"Oh you're joking… I, a triple S ranker, got my a*s beaten by an A-..." She didn't know how to react so she ate a biscuit instead.

Shrugging again, Raven didn't know what to say. 

"So are you going to brag about beating a Deputy General?" Ramira asked while sinking her head between her shoulders in embarrassment.

"On the contrary," Raven said. "Feel free to tell them that you won. I was injured and so we had to visit the medbay, that's all."

Hearing that, Ramira frowned. "Why would you do that? If I was your age and have beaten my trainer, I'd be more than happy to brag about it."

"Hm, as I said earlier, it doesn't feel like a win to me," Raven said. "You would have won a fair fight between us two, but I used this as an experiment to test my new skill that's all.

"Also, I'm pretty sure with your experience and career as a ranker, I can benefit a lot from classes with you. That's why I'd like to ask if it's possible for me to keep this avatar here.

"While I won't be always focusing on lessons, my friend Kay will," she said pointing towards the small doll sized avatar munching on biscuits and barely able to fit the teacup in her grasp, using some silver wires to support her."

Watching Kayla like that was enough to shift Ramira's mood positively as she burst out laughing.

Looking at everyone staring at her, Kayla felt embarrassed. "Excuse me, can I eat my snacks in peace? Oh and Scott, you surely got some more of these tasty biscuits somewhere here, no?" She asked, hopeful.

Wiping away her tears, Ramira offered her some of hers. 

"Oh why thank you kind Ramira," Kayla said before she started munching on the new wave of biscuits.

"Interesting, at first I thought she was a robot of sorts, but she's an alien, correct?" Scott asked Raven who nodded.

"I guess that's one way to think of it," as of now, she didn't hold as much of a grudge as she did earlier in the EDA rankers since with her little test, she was able to recognise that the power level she and Liz have is most likely even rare amongst the strongest on the planet. "But Kay is my friend, so I'd appreciate it if you called her by her name, Kayla for you."

"Uhm-nom-nom," Kayla nodded while fitting a whole biscuit into her mouth. Only after swallowing was she able to speak. "You heard her! I'm her bestie and you don't call me alien, you Amarakian alien sucm!"

"Oi, you're being rude," Raven said while flicking tiny Kayla in the forehead, almost dropping a biscuit from her hand. "Is that what sugar does for you?"

"Eh? Hehe, no no sugar doesn't get me high at all!" She said innocently which made Raven a little bit concerned. 

"Interesting, this is your last biscuit then, savour the flavour," Raven said while taking the pack she had and leaving her with the one in her hand only.

Kayla wanted to fight but she knew how stubborn Raven was, so she decided to use her secret weapon.

"Please, Rave…" she pleaded, her eyes watery and pitiful, "I need food, I need biscuits… don't do this to me… do you not like me? I'm your bestie *sniff* I always work hard...

"When did you stop loving me? Did I ever hurt you? Please give me the biscuits-nom!" She was barely able to finish the last word before munching on the last biscuit since she saw Raven eyeing it as if she was planning on snatching it away.