“Are you…”

“I think little miss broke my arm, I need to mend it.” and she walked out of the room leaving Tina alone with Bette for the first time.

　

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Phaedra could feel hands moving slowly over her body. Each arm and leg was rubbed up and down carefully soothing each muscle. The soft hands moved onto her body lingering on the open and much deeper wounds on her chest and torso. Her body was feeling light almost as if her daughter knew or trusted this person. She whispered Bette’s name and caused Bette to open her eyes.

　

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Bette opened her now navy blue eyes, she looked around and smiled as she connected with Tina’s eyes.

“This is one hell of a dream cast.” she smiled up at tina as she continued to rub her body down slowly. “I missed you.”

Tina smiled at the soft voice coming from Bette and the way she looked so tired and beaten made Tina’s heart ache, “I missed you too.” Tina kept her tears in check and said, “Bette I’m sorry. I didn’t know that she wo…” Tina was interrupted by a hand grabbing her wrist tight.

　

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Phaedra could see and feel that the girl was scared and truly concerned for her daughter’s well being. But she couldn’t get the smell out of her nose. Besides the herbs used in the concoction used to heal Bette’s skin there was a faint lingering trace of something familiar to her. A heavy and almost metallic scent sat teasing Phaedra’s nose. With her eyes still seeing what Bette was seeing only in a wavy blue shear curtain, she looked over to Tina. And her face did not become clear until she moved in close to apologize.

And she saw it, those eyes. Those eyes. They were hers. The same eyes she’d seen every night since she was a child in her nightmares. The distinctive shape, size, and color were all the same. She could even feel the same power coursing through her daughter’s body as if it were hers all those years ago.

Phaedra summoned as much power as she could and raised her hand. Making slow circles with her arm and with her arm she created a small cyclone and she watched as her hand started to waver and disappear in the cyclone.