…
"Just handle the beasts near us. About the others, just leave it to fate, they already had the chance to escape from Jamie, so now it's up to them."
We can't take care of every person we found in danger, the priority should always be our well-being. Dana was an exception, and I don't see myself going around rescuing kidnapped people, not after I almost got killed by the baseball bat guy and saw Dante's power.
Dante was still a little reluctant, and Rose had a weird face, I know that both of them knew that I was right, but they don't have cold mind like me to help them with this decision.
"Half hour, we can't help more than that. Dante I prefer for you to be healthy and be able to help us if something happens, it's sad, but we can't go around rescuing everyone, not when the cost can be our survival, I'm sorry."
Dante nodded and cuddled near the window and closed his eyes, I threw myself on the couch and checked all the rewards I got this time.
'Stats'
[Name: Spencer Davies
Age: 20 yrs.
Stats:
Str: 16 End:20 Agi: 25 Dex: 21 Int:20 Wis: 16 Cha: 25
Atribute Points: 5
Perks: Cold mind (+), Good Leader (+), Acrobat (+), Vital points view (+), Superior vision color range view(+), Astral Anchor(0)(Bound to Rose Hunter).
Skills:
Skill points: 3
Battle skills: Krav Maga LV. 1 Firearms Lv. 1, Damage Resistance Lv. 1, Dodge Lv.1.
Knowledge: Medicine Lv. 1, Physics Lv2, Math Lv.2, Basic sciences Lv. 5.
Utility Skills: Stealth Lv. 2, Swimming Lv. 2, Tracking LV.1, Driving Lv.1. Ambush Lv.0
Production Skills: Cooking Lv.1, Mechanics Lv.1.
Esper-Related: Link Affinity Lv.2[(Share Thoughts)(Empathy)].
Esper abilities:
E-Rank: Astral Link (Bound to Rose Hunter).
F-Rank: Enhanced Senses (Sight, Taste, Touch), Enhanced Reflexes.
System Points: 230
Others: E(+)-Rank ticket, Surprise box]
Should I use everything right now or should I go home first?...
I was tempted to use everything right now, but I remember how much it hurt when I used the last ticket. It could help me delay my conversation with Rose thought…
I was worried about it, maybe I can ask Dante for some help?
'No~, I told you she was going to get mad and that neither of us liked that plan~!!'
I'm alone at that point. Maybe I should rise my wisdom, and stop doing stupid things…
I wonder what the surprise box is… if I open it now would everything appear Instantaneously, or I can see them inside the system like the other stuff? Are there items too, or are they just ability, system things?
In the end, I didn't use anything. I decided to wait till I'm home, rested, to make the right decision. I went to the place where I had hidden the food before and ate it.
Dante stopped holding the beasts half an hour later.
I let him nap for a while, for him to recover. Rose wasn't talking to me, she was really angry because of what I did, she was talking with Lucy, I'm pretty sure that now Lucy is angry looking at me too… is Rose bad mouthing me with Lucy, or is something more instinctive?
I just petted Dante for a while and let him relax a little.
After another Half an hour we resume our trip back to the apartment.
With Dante here, we didn't have to worry about anything, and we arrived way before noon.
Rose went straight to her body while Dante and I went inside through the door. I climbed the stairs, and Rose was coming down together with Hope.
"Are you ok?". Hope was going to hug me, but when she smelled me, she took a step back.
"I'm ok don't worry everything is fine."
"Fine? You went behind our backs with Rose to complete a mission!"
Oh crap…
Now that I think about it, I told them that I was just going to scout around. What is wrong with me, when did a became a pathological liar?
"Go clean yourself first and rest, there is food left too, we are having a meeting later…"
I'm screwed…
I went ahead, and Dante tried to slip by too…
"You have to go to that meeting too Dante, so don't try to escape by going to play with Dana …"
'I know what I did but what did you do?'
'I think they didn't like the message I left before going to help you~…'
Well, at least I'm not going to be the only one getting scolded today.
'You really think that is the bright side~?!?! I went there to help you!! You have to protect me~!'
'You really think they are going to listen to anything I have to say? I probably even lost the jurisdiction of the tuna cans.'
Dante just looked back at me dispirited.
'Don't worry in the worst case if they are too mad with you we can try telling them about how you have been protecting the group… I think that can help your case. And maybe treat you better.'
'Yeah I can even reveal some of your secrets to earn points too, if I manage to get G and Hope in my side it should be ok, Dana has a vote too right?'
…
I arrived at the roof where G had built a little shack with the water collector system as a base. I started cleaning my face, I took my shirt and check the wound… the stitched looked horrible. I cleaned the wound and left it like that.
I heard something behind, and Isabella's voice came to me.
"Spencer? I brought you clothes."
"Come in."
Isabella came in and saw the wound on my arm.
"Is that a gunshot?"
"Yeah, the funny part is that it was done with my own handgun."
"Those stitches look awful. Do you want me to take them off and do it again?"
"You can do it?"
"I used to be a nurse at the clinic, but since my husband earned enough to live well I decided to resign and use all my time with Dana."
"I would be grateful, I'll go down in a bit."
"Take your time, you will have it rough when you go down."
"I know…"
"No you don't, Gerhard and Hayley were really pissed when Rose came last night and told us that you were going to infiltrate into Jamie's mansion, and with that wound Hope too."
"Hope was ok with what I was going to do?"
"I wouldn't say ok, but she wasn't surprised, she said that you were always a reckless idiot so as long as you come back safe and sound, it was ok."
"I'm going to take my time then, thanks for the heads up by the way."
"No problem I leave you to relax while you can. After you are done tell me, so I can change your stitches."
She left after that short conversation, and under her recommendation, I took my time and got cleaned, It would probably take me a while to get off the blood and other things on me anyway.
I went downstairs and looked for Isabella she has the first aid kit with her, and as soon as she saw me, she started to work.
Carefully she took off the stitches I made and cleaned the wound, Rose came in looking for me and noticed that Isabella was helping with the injury. She has already seen the poor work I made stitching the gunshot, and she stayed there.
Even if she was mad at me, I knew that she was worried because of the wound and the things I have been doing lately.
Thanks to the upgrade of Astral Link we both receive two new abilities.
Share thoughts allow us to share everything that is going on in our minds, this has to be activated but it's impressive, I already used it before.
Empathy was even more amazing and scary at the same time. First empathy was active all the time, and it helps to have a general understanding of the partner situation, for example right now, Rose it's mad at me, but the most important feelings right now are fear and concern.
My recent actions made her scared of me keep doing stupid things and that she was going to lost me.
Isabella finished cleaning my wound and started to put the stitches on it, the results were much better than when I did it myself, she bandaged it to protect it. She also put an ointment on the wound that should help me heal faster.
"I know that you are not going to listen to this… but you should take care of your wound and wait at least two weeks before doing any activity."
She was right. Two weeks? That's the same amount of time that has passed since the meteor shower, and already a lot of things have happened, even if I wanted to rest it was almost impossible.
I tried to check on the store to see if there was something else, but besides some healing ointment that is also available on the regular market, there was no heal potion or something like that. I asked about the other healing ointments to Isabella, but she told me that all of them were about the same as the one we used.
Finally, Isabella finished and clean everything and left, leaving us alone.