YM778.TV Chapter 216: I Love You, Erika.
"Ok." Michael stood up and walked towards her. "Why are you so worried? The doctors are on it."
"But it has been two hours now." She stopped, and turned to him.
"I know, The doctor only said her right leg tibia bone is cracked, while her left leg fibula is even more cracked."
Hearing Michael, Erika became more worried that her sister will never walk again.
"But I know with the Highly Advance EXOGEN ultrasound bone healing system, added with the doctors, she\'ll be just fine."
Erika sighed softly, and turned to the ICU door, "Thank you... All of you." She looked at the group over her shoulder.
"Don\'t sweat it, girl! It\'s all thanks to Micky." Jennifer dismissed it with a wave of her hand.
"Yes, If Michael hadn\'t given you the extra Life times, you won\'t have gotten the amount needed." Tyson added.
"Thanks." She looked at the door again. \'Who would have thought the doctor will increase the 5,000 years of life times needed to 100,000.\'
"Are you ok?" Michael walked forward, stopping beside her.
"Why are you helping us?" She asked, turning her head to face him. "I know I\'d asked this question before, but why really are you helping me?" She muttered in a low voice, which only Michael could hear.
"You\'ll know the reason when Maria\'s surgery is done."
Erika nodded slowly, and looked away: \'So there Is a reason, I know he won\'t help us without a motive.\' She thought.
Michael stared at her for a moment, then brought out his phone and made a call... He calmly walked away from the group.
"Yes General Michael?" Robert\'s voice sounded from the line.
"I need your help with something very important."
"I will be happy to help, General."
"This is what you\'ll do."
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[One hour later.]
BAM!
The door opened and a row of doctors walked out, Erika quickly stopped the same doctor who treated Mira days back.
"How is she?"
The doctor smiled at her. "Don\'t worry about it, the surgery went smoothly, the EXOGEN proved to be very useful; but she still has to stay in the hospital for some days, maybe a week. And can start using clutches for now... Maybe in a month time, she\'ll be able to walk freely."
"Can I see her?" She asked with a happy expression.
"Yes, But she\'s still asleep."
"Thank you." Erika rushed past him and entered the room.
"Let\'s go see her, Mira." Jennifer, and Mira stood up, and walked inside.
"Doctor, Is everything is ok?"
"Yes, Mr Michael." The doctor smiled at him. "And thank you for what you and your members did today."
"It\'s nothing." Michael nodded and walked past him towards the Room.
"Aren\'t we going inside?" Tyson asked the two beside him.
"She\'s not running away." Rahond answered with a straight expression.
Violet: "He\'s right."
"Suit yourselves." Tyson stood up and followed Michael inside.
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Erika sat on the chair beside the bed, staring at Maria who was sleeping soundly on it.
"Nothing will happen to you, Maria." She muttered... Hearing the door open, she turned around seeing Jennifer and Mira walking inside.
"How is bestie doing?" Mira asked, walking towards her, while Jennifer sat on the three-seater couch in the room.
"She is sleeping." Erika answered in a low voice.
Squeak!
The door opened again, and Michael and Tyson stepped inside, seeing Michael, Erika stood up and walked towards him with a serious expression, the three stared at her in utter confusion.
"Can I know the reason now?" She asked with a straight face.
"Reason?" Jennifer stared at them with a slight frown.
"Let\'s go then." Michael walked out, leaving a stunned Erika behind.
\'Go where?\'
She turned to Jennifer. "Help me look after Maria."
"Where are you two going? It\'s already nighttime."
"I don\'t know where we are going." She answered, and walked outside.
"Uh...?" Jennifer was stunned because what Erika said was the truth, she has no idea where they were going.
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Rahond and Violet stared at Michael and Erika who walked out of the room, heading to the elevator with serious expression on their faces.
"What happened?" Violet turned to Rahond, who shrugged his shoulders.
"How did you expect me to know that?"
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Michael stopped outside the hospital and ascends into the air, "You want to know why I\'m helping you, right?" He asked.
Erika stared at him, not saying anything.
"Then follow me." He flew into the night sky, she thought for a moment, and followed behind him.
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The two flew for half an hour before arriving at their location.
"Meridian Hill park?" Erika muttered in mild confusion.
"What do you think?" Michael asked, landing in front of the fountain.
Erika slowly landed behind him, she looked around the park which was decorated with beautiful lights, especially the fountain, it was glowing from top to bottom with red, and yellow lights.
"What is all this? And where is everyone?" She asked, noticing the park was quiet, too quiet.
Seeing Michael still backing her, she asked again; "Did you set all this?"
"Yes."
"Why?"
"To be Alone with you." He was still backing her.
""To be alone with me"? I don\'t get."
"I like you, Erika."
"What?" She froze. "What did you say?"
"I\'m saying..." He turned around to face her. "I\'m saying, I love you."
Erika blinked in shock, Utterly speechless.
Michael walked up to Erika, and stopped a foot from her, "And I know how you feel about me..."
"How?"
Michael smiled softly, "My Initial plan was to keep this from you till you are ready, but I figured--"
"--Even with my faults?"
"Everyone has faults."
"My nature."
"That\'s why I fell for you."
She chuckled in disbelief, while looking at her feet; "And I\'m here thinking..."
"Thinking what?" Michael held her chin, raising her head to face him.
"Thinking..." Her heartbeat picked up seeing his brown eyes, the next moment:
Her eyes widened as Michael pressed his lips on hers, Erika stood frozen under the night sky and cascading fountain, reliving her first kiss with the opposite sex.
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Thanks for following me through this journey! This is end of Volume Two... Let\'s dive in to Three.
The gods are enraged with Michael and his pathetic world, making it their prime focus.
Let the battle between the gods begin!