The hospital was full.
How? Well, as it turns out, Erik was in a very special version of the Marvel world! There were many magical communities, there were many magical races, and there were heroes. He wasn't in the golden age of heroes yet, there were only heroes like Captain America in the past and the recently new additions, mainly Iron Man, the Fantastic Four, and the X-Men.
Yep! X-Men and Fantastic Four! They were part of this world, and with them came their dangers as well, including dangers that weren't known by Erik. Like right now, a natural disaster had hit California and the hospital he worked on was taking many patients, both mundane and supernatural alike. Erik himself was assigned for the supernatural patients so he could use his magic on them, which was how it got stronger.
[Character Screen:
Name: Erick Bright
Character Rank: F-
Gender: Male
Age: 24
Origin: Magical
Sub-Origin: Awakened
Domains: Holy [Novice], Illusions [Apprentice]
Magic System: [Imagination/Will]
Holy Spells: [(A) Heal III], [Purify II], [Recovery II], [Holy Light I], [Holy Bolt I]
Illusion Spells: [(A) Glamour I]
Background: [Doctor]
Skills/Powers:
Passive: [(P) Medicine III], [(P) Cooking II], [(P) Magical Regeneration I], [(P) Pain Resistance I], [(P) Acting I], [(P) Lying I], [(P) Attractive III], [(P) Reading II], [(P) Mental Resistance III], [(P) Etiquette II], [(P) Energy Recovery II], [(P) Energy Consumption Reduction II], [(P) Sleep Deprivation II]
Active: [(A/P) Magic Sight II],
Unique:]
His spell [Heal] increased in ranking, he was able to heal many more injuries than he could before, he even unlocked a few spells too, making his mastery of his own magic increase in ranking. Since magic goes from [Apprentice], [Novice], [Trained], [Experienced], [Master], [Grandmaster], and [Sage], his magic was now a tier above [Apprentice], which shows how much he was using it. He also unlocked four new spells, a support spell, a healing spell, a spell that removes curses, and an attack spell.
[Purify] would simply send a ray of light onto the target, removing poisons and toxins, as well as minor diseases and other ailments of magical and mundane nature. [Recovery] is like a [Heal] spell, but it is stronger and works slower, with his [Heal] spell he can fix tissue and skin pretty easily as well as a quick bandage to internal damage, but with [Recovery] he can even regrow limbs in the future! It worked slower than [Heal] and consumed more energy from him, but he refused to go down, which is why he received the passive skills [Energy Recovery] and [Energy Consumption Reduction], two skills that helped him a lot seeing as he could recover his magical energy quicker and use less of it!
He hasn't slept in two days, his whole focus was on helping and healing, so much so that his [Mental Resistance] went up due to the stress and he received the skill [Sleep Deprived] which was a passive skill that increased his resistance to sleep deprivation and decreased the amount of sleep he needed. It even increased in ranking once because of his overworking! The director tried to get him to sleep by using a spell on him, but it didn't work because the moment he closed his eyes he snapped out of it, pissed. He didn't actually do or say anything, he just ignored Rerth and went on with his work,not talking to anyone. Many were worried about him, but he kept going, until right now.
He was standing right before a crowd of people in a screaming match.
"These freaks are the reason my wife fucking died!"
"I don't see how they are at fault here, they literally saved many lives, and it's not their fault that-"
"Shut the fuck up, you mutie supporter!"
"Fuck you too bitch-"
The situation was escalating quickly, and Erik just- snapped. He hasn't slept in three days, his emotions were raw because he wasn't able to save as many people as he wanted to, and he felt like a failure. In a few seconds he was right behind them, his presence almost seemed to inflate and enlarge as he angrily shouted: "SHUT UP!" His voice echoed everywhere, the commotion quickly came to a halting stop as he walked forward to see one of the X-Men - Colossus? - in a portable hospital bed, bleeding and looking bad. "Get out of the way before I make you all into fucking emergency patients." His steps were heavy, his eyes bloodshot, and his patient zero. "I haven't slept in two days - No, it's three now, and the last thing I want is you bunch annoying the fuck out of me, so take this shit outside or I'll throw your racist ass out, this is a hospital and I am a fucking doctor, so shut. the fuck. up." There was absolute silence as he just went to the portable hospital bed in which Colossus laid, metal form and all, and pulled it. It should've been impossible, but he didn't care about the pain his muscles were in as he pulled Colossus to a private room where he could treat him.
Because, in his metalform, he weighed about a ton.
He didn't notice he was being followed by a few other people, who looked very concerned for their friend. As his muscles bulged and he ignored the pain, Erik heard the metal man softly say something in a very strong and thick Russian accent: "Heh, yer very strong. Might make me fall in love vith you." His grin widened as his metallic form slowly receded into his fleshy form, his eyes closing as he fainted. Fuck, Erik just placed his hand on the man's bleeding chest and used [Heal] immediately. A pale golden glow escaped his hand as the hole on the man's chest started to close, so he also used [Recovery] and kept the spell active - Erik's face grew paler and paler as more and more energy was taken from him, the man's wound was way more serious than he previously thought.
In fact, various of his internal organs were also severely damaged. "Hey, doctor-" Erik ignored the voice, his magic working more and more, until his vision started to blur and grow hazy- The last thing he saw was Piotr Rasputin open his eyes.
-Scene Cut-
Doctor McFly had noticed first how Erik dragged himself, pushed himself to be better and more, running himself dry. He hadn't slept in four days since the disaster had started, it was a very serious disaster that wasn't natural by any chance! It was something not everyone knew about - A battle between powerful beings had caused this. A tsunami and an earthquake that had torn the US coast in half before wetting it. The tsunami wasn't that bad because a lot of Merfolk and Magic users worked together to stop the tsunami before it could hit the coast at full strength, with the help of Storm they managed to weaken the tsunami enough for it to not be a disaster.
However, the earthquake had managed to severely affect the coast, many hospitals were full at the moment with many patients, and theirs was no exception.
In fact, for four days they have been working non-stop to save lives, of course they rested and slept through that time even if for only a few hours. But Erik? He didn't catch a wink for the entirety of four days, days which he spent using his magic at all times and non-stop too! He was clearly exhausted but he didn't stop, he kept going, and honestly that was admirable as much as it was worrying. It got so bad that Director Rerth tried to put him to sleep with a spell, but it failed badly and Erik hasn't spoken to them ever since, and it has been two days already.
Doctor McFly, full name McFly Uunderic, witnessed the moment in which Erik was truly angry. He looked menacing, tired, but very threatening- He was 6'7 feet tall, packed with bulging muscles, and with a scowl on his face, so of course he was intimidating. But the hottest shit he had seen that day was how Erik just dragged the metal man till he got to a private room, the ground scraped with the sheer weight of the man in the portable hospital bed. 'Might have to add super strength, endurance, and hotness to the list of powers he has.' Indeed there was a list, all those considered important by the Council of United Supernaturals had a list with all known information on them. Doctor McFly followed, just as did four other individuals, a red haired woman, a bald guy in a wheelchair, a small but intimidating guy with a permanent scowl on his face, and a tall blue guy covered in fur. There were many patients that gave a wide berth to the quartet, but there were many more who just looked at them without a care for their appearance or clothes - Because all of them were wearing the same yellow and blue clothes with an X somewhere in their bodies.
"Excuse me, you can't all enter the same room, please." McFly called them before they could enter the room, calling out from the inside, saying: "Hey, doctor-" He called out, but the moment he opened the door he saw him with his hand upon the man's bleeding chest: "Erik!" But it was too late. An explosive bright golden light blinded everyone behind him, making them close their eyes - When he opened them again, he saw Erik, on the floor, completely unconscious. "Fuck." He quickly entered the room in a panic, ignoring the others who were watching with their eyes wide open. "Hey, Erik? Erik?" Quickly doing a few exams, McFly was able to determine that he had fainted due to his lack of energy, sending him into a Energy Depletion. "You stubborn idiot." Fondly cursing his colleague, Uunderic sighed before looking towards the group of Mutants that he knew called themselves X-Men.
They were all looking between him and the fallen Erik before the healed metal man groaned, his eyes open: "Is doctor okay?" Groaning still, Piotr Rasputin pushed himself from a lying position into a sitting position, looking down at said doctor that just saved his life! "Yeah, he's just tired." Uunderic couldn't help but say: "This idiot hasn't slept for four days, working non-stop to save everyone he could… He just needs rest-" He turned to look at Piotr: "-as do you big guy, lie the fuck down before I use some anesthesia on your ass." Erik used a lot of energy to heal the guy, enough to bring him down, and yet he still hasn't fully recovered. "And you four-" He turned around, quickly pointing his finger towards the other four X people that followed him: "You saw nothing here."
"How long doctor sleep?" Piotr asked, sounding very tired: "Have to zank him."
"Have to what now?"
"He meant thank." The bald man in the wheelchair explained: "Is his accent, he just learned English recently."
"Ah, okay. That makes sense." Uunderic nodded to himself: "He'll probably be asleep for at least a day."
-Scene Cut-
"So." Piotr looked up at Erik- While he was 6' foot tall, Erik was 6'7, he was taller than him.
"So…?" Erik confusedly asked- He had just finished his work a few minutes ago, after two whole weeks of working after the disaster that happened, the workload had finally diminished enough.
"I come here to… you know." Fiddling with something behind his back, Piotr looked nervous. "Zank you."
"You're welcome." Erik smiled, it was soft and bright as the first morning rays of sun. "I was just doing my job." His job got easier, seeing as he got a higher boost on power after his efforts.
"I know, still zank you." It was then that Piotr pulled what he was hiding behind his back- Flowers? "I… uh, Don't know how say it." He was visibly nervous, but still said, his thick Russian accent making it cuter than it should be: "Go out?"
I-is he asking him out on a date? "Uh-" suddenly Erik didn't know what to say, so he just took the flowers with his hands visibly shaking and nervously smiled, his face going completely red as he said a little too loudly: "YEAh-" He cleared his throat: "Yeah, I'll go out with you…"
Piotr just nodded, quickly giving Erik the location and time: "Uh- Ruu'staurant, at eight in night?"
"Yeah-" Erik looked down at the flowers on his hand- they were red camellias, in the language of flowers they mean passion, love, and romance. "-i can do that time."
And that's how he got a date.