Enter, stage left, the new campus M.D and Psych Counselor

[Merik.Relian]

"It's no problem at all. Please, have a seat. I went over your student records again, and the medical records I received... I also did a bit of my own 'dabbling'. My apologies if you've felt uneasy the past few days."

Merik pulled his desk chair out and sat, making himself comfortable while he mentally worded his theories.

"Now then...As I read, your unique powers include a form of necromantic bone manipulation... you also have a form of Vampiric flesh binding that can aid in a faster healing when used appropriately. Taking that into consideration, I feel that the abnormal healing speed of the bullet wound was accountable by your abilities.

"As for your recurring nightmares, I can't say exactly what is causing them. Partly, I feel it may be a psychological terror. Often times, trauma as serious as that Mall incident can brand their mark on those involved. Sort of a Post Traumatic Stress event. Another part of me wonders if the recurring dreams and the addition to lives lost is something else... maybe another mutant who has a personal vendetta? Someone with the power to feed you thoughts, or alter your state of consciousness... I don't personally know of any mutants with such abilities other than myself, but I wouldn't rule it out just to be sure."

Merik took a breath and slowly moved his eyes around the room, thinking to himself.

"Since the incident...have you felt at all out of the ordinary? Stronger, weaker..mentally or physically? Also, do you feel like you are being watched often?"

[DeathWyrmNexus]

He took a seat on the comfy couch, procedure and all that. The doctor had definitely did his homework and that was reassuring at the very least.

Alano did quirk his eyebrow at the question. Had he forgotten to mention Lisa's involvement in his report or Natasha's? That was a bit odd to not include a detail. He could have sworn that he told At least the Dean besides Samantha. Then again, he didn't remember ever filling out the report, it might have been the team leader at the time. That sniper guy, the name eluded him.

"Well, I thought it would have been in the report. A former student and a woman from my past managed to pull something on me. It felt like a walking nightmare. I thought everybody had died already and I didn't care anymore. That and the one girl kept drinking my blood. It was, difficult to deal with."

He thought on the actual question and sighed, rubbing his temples.

"As for being any different, it feels like my powers have augmented or evolved, whatever. I can manipulate bones with hardly a thought now and now I can put energy into flesh to help it heal. I helped a previously barren woman conceive with her lover. I don't think I am as strong as I was in that nightmare, I mean the mall though."

It was another breath and thought before he finished.

"I don't even know if I want to be that strong again. I did awful things, I was a nightmare as well as being in one."

[Merik.Relian]

listening, he took a pen and quickly scribbled something on a small note pad on the desk; taking notes. Upon Alano's end, Merik thought heavily on all he had just heard.

"Drinking your blood, you say? You hang out with quite the lot, I must say. Lisa, the woman from your past, and Natasha... I can't say I know much about them. Only as much as you know." He knew he hadn't mentioned either name before, but it didn't matter to him. He knew either way, whether written in a report or floating in Alano's mind. Whether Alano knew he was a Psionic also didn't matter to him. He was in the Dr.'s chair, not the patient's.

"I guess..let's start from the beginning, if you would like to. Tell me about these two women to the best of your recollection. Perhaps it can help to shed some light on your situation from your point of view."

[DeathWyrmNexus]

Alano was a bit confused, how much had that report neglected?

Taking a hard swallow, he began.

"Well, a few years back, Lisa had rejected me in Rio when my powers manifested in front her. Apparently she found out that she was a mutant a bit later and came looking for me. She can enter dreams and apparently make you dream while you are awake."

He sighed, this was sounding way too centric on him already and he had only began.

"I don't know how, but she made a deal with Natasha, a girl that I had a one night stand with here at the school. I got together with Samantha soon after and they had a bit of a cat fight about it. I had to pull Samantha off of her. Didn't really see her too much after that."

All Alano could manage was an embarrassed grin before continuing. In his head, it seemed more the stuff of bad daytime television than the prologue to the most horrible event of his life.

"Anyway, several weeks later, I awoke nude in a front seat with Geoff, also nude in the backseat and Natasha was driving. She was telling us about the school being destroyed and only managing to save us. For some reason, it was all too believable and we just went with it. We stopped at a strip mall and killed a security guard while acquiring new clothes. Then we stopped at a fast food joint for food and Geoff saw the football players come in that had attacked him in the mall before. It got ugly and we killed everybody.

Uhhh.. I don't know how long it took us to get back to the hideout that Lisa was using, but it was unreal to see her again. She had a smile that drew me in but bothered me at the same time. She didn't try to seduce me though, we had things to do, people to avenge.

It was only a bit later that Natasha showed me her power. She can cause fear, lots and lots of fear. If you are ready for it, you could probably do something about it, but I thought I had lost everything. Maybe it made me vulnerable or she is just that strong. She touched me sexually but we didn't have sex and she used her fake fangs to put holes in my neck that my power reflexly fixed."

His voice wavered a bit, it was hard to feel that helpless to a woman that normally a man of his stature shouldn't fear.

"She did it every day, sometimes more than once a day, whenever we could be alone. I think she knew that Lisa wouldn't tolerate it. We never had sex but I knew something was holding her back.

We attacked a house with a family in it for the documents inside. I would tell you more but it involves another professor that is my friend and it is his secret to share, not mine. Nothing he did but what was done to people around him and he was almost next.

Anyway, we eventually went after the mall. Odd, I know that we were getting back at people, but something about it didn't seem like an order that Lisa would give. It was too big and too obvious. We were powerful but we would have died. Natasha, Geoff, and I went but I could have sworn that I felt somebody else there. Small bones, but I didn't think too much of it. Maybe that is why nobody has heard from Natasha. I don't know, but that is the last day she put teeth to my neck and body.

People died, lots of them, and we nearly followed but the school saved us. Last thing I remember is being shot as Samantha came into view. I thought I was already dead and seeing my angel though I don't understand how things like me make it to heaven."

His head hung with the weight of all his memories. Amnesia would be a blessing that too few could understand but he knew that only cowards sought to flee the past, though perhaps he was coward. He wouldn't let tears streak his face, it felt too weak to simply let go. He had been made vulnerable as a child to a crazed woman, he had been wracked with the guilt of the fallen he had made, and had almost given up hope on everything but his damn male pride wouldn't let him cry.

[Merik.Relian]

Upon Alano's completion of his memories, Merik sat back in his chair and waited -- gave Alano time to filter through them once more to himself. After a brief moment of silence, Merik leaned forward and clasped his hands together on the desk and leaned on his elbows.

"The report wasn't lacking in detail. It told everything it needed to from its point of view. I wanted you to tell me so you could cause those memories to surface. I want you to know full well what happened and instead of trying to bury your past, facing it head on. I feel this is the only way you can come to understand and eventually conquer what ails you." Merik stood and walked slowly to a small bust portrait of a woman hanging on his wall. He looked at it as he continued on with his thoughts.

"I feel as though you are still being affected by these women. They may very well still have a hold on you, and you are helpless to fend them off because you do not know how, or simply cannot. The mind is a very fragile thing...but if you are prepared, the mind can weild the strength of nothing you have ever known." He turned to Alano. "If it would be alright with you... I would like to dive into your mind. I would like to see exactly what it is that drives your conflict, and see if I cannot help you to put an end to it. As fanciful as it may sound, I am a Seer of sorts. I can't see the future, but I have a wonderfully strong bond with the workings and manipulation of the mind."

Merik waited patiently for Alano to decide whatever it is he would. He already knew the answer Alano would give. He was psychic. But just the same, he wanted Alano to use his own will to craft decisions.

[DeathWyrmNexus]

It seemed to be a day for Alano's eyebrow to quirk as it quirked yet again. He closed his eyes and considered it. The shrink was a psychic too, that didn't seem fair but what was fair really.

"Eh, sure Doc. Plenty of room in my head for one more, I guess. So, I just lay here or do I cross my legs Indian style or what?"

He tried to have humor about another person toying with his brain, but it seemed more like cynicism than what he intended.

[Merik.Relian]

Merik snickered at the Indian comment. "Yeah, cross your legs. I'm gonna go get some face paint and my big Chief's hat and loin cloth, then I'll do a rain dance around you. Water makes a good conduit, y'know?" He walked toward alano with a smirk across his lips.

"It's easier than all of that. Just keep your eyes closed and sit very still. Lay if you want, but it's not necessary. There is, however, something you should know about this procedure of mine... First, you will feel cold. Then, you will feel as though you are being watched very closely. It may get almost unbearably uneasy, but try your hardest to just deal with it, since you already know what it is. And... if you suddenly start to see my own memories and thoughts, don't freak out. It's an effect of us merging our minds together. I can't stop you from seeing what's in my head.

Whatever I can do in your mind, you can in turn do in mine." Merik cracked his knuckles and shook his hands out, preparing himself for the events to follow. "Just don't be alarmed at what you may find if you pry." He held his hands out and hovered them one inch or so around Alano's temples. "Ready?"

[DeathWyrmNexus]

Alano's eyes widened for a bit. Merged minds, that was a quirky concept.

He laid back on the couch and closed his eyes, trying to not go homophobic about being merged with a dude. That managed to bring a stupid chuckle to his face and thus calmed him.

"Alright, Doc, have at."

[Merik.Relian]

Merik positioned himself accordingly and replaced his hands around Alano's temples. At first Alano felt nothing, then a sudden shock hit him and all he could envision was white. The white faded through the greys to black, and soon a mental flood of emotions, memories and thoughts came through to him, but they were clearly not his own; They were Merik's. Just the same, Merik had full awareness of Alano's mind.

He began searching for the mall memories and all that were connected to it. Lisa, Natasha, the murders and the aftermath. Hopefully what he uncovered could be of help, and if his concerns were true, maybe he would come to encounter that which was afflicting Alano and rid him of it. The search began...

[DeathWyrmNexus]

Alano's breath calmed and the memories began.

The Lie
The First murders
The Second murders
The surprise of a missing lover resurfaced
The touch of a former lover
The letting of blood
The feelings of being trapped in a personal hell
The Fury of Revenge
The sorrow among it all
More killing
More Pain
More screaming
The feeling of that bitch's teeth again
The sight of a personal angel in a personal hell
The sting of the bullet entering
The slipping of life
The realization of awakening
The sore body
Realizing that he only proved the human's point about Mutant.

It all flooded so quick and repeated and repeated. Loss, Murder, Failure, Death. Over and Over again.