Chapter 40 Who’s Damian?
I woke up and went to roll off the bed but couldn’t catch myself because I was still missing an arm. You don’t realize how often you go to do something only to remember. “Oh yea I don’t have both arms.” Cass had left at some point and I made myself a buttered cheese toast sandwich for breakfast.
I had a lot to do again today. Our final date was planned and I needed far more biomatter to feel comfortable with it. I spent pretty much all my time that day sucking fat out of people to prepare. Practically putting myself to sleep with how mentally exhausting it was. I had gotten up to about 270 pounds of biomatter. That still seemed low.
Just repairing vessels, moving her spine back into the right place and jolting her back to life cost me so much and I think I sort of cheated with indomitable will reducing the price by making it more mentally exhausting. Aunt May still had a long road to recovery ahead to fully recover.
She was alive though. I’d cut off both my legs as well if it meant she wouldn’t die. At the end of the day I brought someone back from the dead. I was tired though and decided to take a quick nap before my date. Everything went perfectly, not forgetting to set the alarm clock. No wacky zany romcom where we stop talking to each other over a misunderstanding.
She was still getting ready when I knocked on her door. She wore a different dress every single date while I used the same suit. I had more but I wanted her to remember this suit specifically in the future as the one that we went on our dates with. As I waited I checked my messages and scrolled lextok. It was mostly thirst traps but it had the occasional bit of comedy mixed in.
Cass watched over my shoulder at a cat jumping into a bathtub before trying hard to get out but getting stuck. Her sudden laugh made me stop and look at her before noticing Steph out of the corner of my eye. A sleek purple dress with her hair tied up. Golden earrings and a pearl necklace drew attention to her face.
She hadn’t really done her makeup before and I was shocked at her beauty. She was cute without any effort but I could appreciate the work that went into making her truly beautiful. I had to control myself, slowing my heart rate and stopping my erection as I stood up. I walked over to her and offered her my arm which she gently grasped.
I opened a portal to an alleyway and cast a deodorant spell to not ruin her experience. It was right around the corner when she saw the canal and guessed where we were. “We’re in Paris!” She gasped at the sudden ambiance. It was a different time zone allowing us to get into a very good restaurant because it was later than when most would eat. Also I tipped another thousand to make sure.
Dinner was fine, as authentic as the food was the only thing that really stood out to me was the bread. Stephanie seemed to have loved it though. We talked about everything that happened recently and she spoke how she felt she missed her childhood because of who her father was.
She sighed contentedly as we finished our meal and went on a gondola ride. Just as she thought it was over I portaled her to the end of our night. She looked around, noticing immediately where we were. As she eyed me suspiciously I chuckled. “I got permission.” We went into the mansion of Bruce Wayne.
As we walked to a room she stopped as she recognized where we were going. I moved forwards and opened the door letting her see Alfred surrounded by the other members of the bat family. Tears welled in her eyes as I told her what I wanted to do. Placing a hand on him I could tell what was causing him to be comatose.
He had a brain bleed from Joker beating him that didn’t heal correctly. It would take fifty biomass to heal fully but… I think I can get it to where he is awake with less than that. I had rapidly improved my biomass control so my upper limit of 20 two days ago was in my range without struggling.
As I healed the torn tissue I could see more electrical brain waves than before. Just as I was about to start pushing past my limit his eyes fluttered. The old man tried to sit up but Bruce ran to him before he could. As he started to explain I left and stood outside the room. It wasn’t my place to see that touching family reunion.
Loud bawling from Stephanie as she ruined her makeup from seeing him awake. Alfred was as much a father figure to her as Bruce was, maybe even more. I let them settle down before walking back in and telling them I still needed to do more work for him to be fully healed. It wouldn’t be long before he was even better than he was before as I sped up his metabolism. It would help him put the weight back on from being hooked up to machines.
The cartons of food were pumped directly into his stomach through tubes. He had several machines and a catheter. It brought back memories from my original world but I squashed them down. Steph kissed me as I was distracted and even with tear streaked mascara she was still hot. Maybe even more now. I smirked and said. “I thought you weren’t going to do anything until after our third date.”
She looked at me sheepishly. “Well, after our second date I regretted putting that stupid rule in place because I wanted to jump you after you rescued that old woman.” I just smiled at her as something finally clicked in my head. “Hey where’s Damian?”
Steph looked at me confused before asking. “Who’s Damian?” I gulp as I think if anyone would have mentioned him in the 100 but he might have slipped through the cracks. We go back inside and I get ahold of Bruce. “Uhh. I can’t believe I didn’t notice this earlier but you have a son.”