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and tried to hide my smile.
    When I woke up the next day, my body was still very sore
but it did feel a little bit better. I looked at the injury from the shrapnel
and realized that it was healing too quickly to be normal. I called out to
Fillie and asked her about it.
    “Yes, you should be healing faster. You are part Sennafae
now. That should not surprise anyone. They all heal quickly and easily. The
more rest you get the faster you will heal.” Fillie wasn’t the least bit
surprised that my injury was almost gone.
    Ash said that today he would take it a bit easier on me,
but I needed to work out to make sure to get that lactic acid out of my
muscles.
    I spent half the day working with Fillie and she was
impressed with how well I was advancing. I told her that I thought I had been
using my power of telekinesis without even realizing it. So she had me practice
moving small objects with my mind. I stacked books until I got it perfect, then
I moved some chairs. Those took a little bit longer to work with. By the end of
our session, we figured out that the heavier the object, the more brain power
it took. Which in turn make me physically weak.
    We weren’t sure if I was so weak from working out or if it
was due to the mental exertion. We kept working on the mental activities over
the following week. I did get stronger. Working the mind was similar to working
muscles. Eventually my brain and my muscles all got stronger.
    After two weeks Lancer finally showed up. Everyone was very
happy to see him and he seemed very happy to see us as well. He was not very
happy with Xandrie. It turned out they had spent an awful lot of time together
over the past two weeks and he was sick and tired of her.
    “Xandrie, I am so happy you are here! Finally another
female in the group! We should go out and do something. Since we have returned
we have hardly seen any rippers and the number of missing girls has done down
as well. Maybe the rippers have moved on?” I really was happy to see her. I
felt like she might become a good friend, she would never replace DeeDee, but I
was happy to have her there with us.
    “B’Lana, I have missed you as well! Who else am I going to
get to help me give these guys a rough time? We need to teach them who owns
this place! Am I right?” Xandrie just laughed and hugged me and then she went
to Ash and hugged him as well.
    Lancer spent the next two weeks anywhere but where Xandrie
was, while Cash couldn’t seem to get enough time with us. I knew they had
history, but it seemed that Cash wanted her back. So one evening I decided to
go and hang out with Lancer and left the two of them alone. Ash tagged along
with me.
    “I think we all need to go out to dinner at that taco place
we all went to, how about next Tuesday we have dinner there? Lancer even you
liked that place. Since it seems that the Rippers have moved on we should check
out those humans who used to work for them.”
    “B’Lana, I don’t think we should go there just yet. We both
have some work to do before we are ready for another fight.” Lancer seemed like
he was depressed. He wouldn’t look at me and just laid there in the bed zoning
out. He barely participated in our conversation.
    “Ok, that’s it. You have had enough time to get over
whatever is bugging you. Tomorrow night we are all going out to dinner. I am
not taking no for an answer.” I looked right into Lancer’s eyes and made sure
he looked back at me.
    “B’Lana I refuse to spend any more time with Xandrie than I
have to, especially with Cash hanging all over her.” Lancer said.
    “Oh, I get it. You are jealous of them. Ok, how about we
just make it a few of us. It can be just be you two, Toren, and I. We could
also invite the Commander. Does he ever leave and do anything besides work?” I
started laughing picturing the Commander going to a nightclub and dancing. I
doubted he even knew what a nightclub was.
    “B’Lana, I am not jealous. I am still mad. After all