Scott walked in wearing a face I had never seen on him before. One of malice and hatred, like someone had killed his dog in front of him twice. Then it changed when he turned and saw me, sitting there in nothing but my skivvies. He seemed in shock. Elysif walked in behind him wondering what had shocked him so much, then she too saw me. I could see tears welling up in her eyes.

“Hey.” Was all I could say, but it was enough. Elysif pushed through Scott and lunged at me while Scott broke into a smile. He was flabbergasted by my sudden appearance.

“Where have you been?” Scott asked.

“Being tortured for three weeks by some psycho and that changeling in a barber’s chair.”

“We went to go find you but you had disappeared by the time we got there along with the two you were talking about.” Elysif said.

“Well, I just got out of there by using my ability.”

“Ability? You mean the time travel one?”

“Yep, I finally figured it out. Sort of.”

“Well here’s your stuff back.” Scott said, handing me my knife, gun, and badge. “I’m getting a drink.”

“Wait were you sober?”

“He’s been sober all day.”

“You can’t do that to yourself. I mean, you are destroying your liver but still.”

“What I want to know is if you were tortured then why is there no markings on your body? We saw tons of blood on the barber’s chair.”

“About that…” I said, grabbing my knife and hacking off a finger. Again, I didn’t even feel it. My body was growing accustomed to being hurt. Both of them gasped as they saw my finger fall onto the floor with a trail of blood trailing behind it. Of course as they did the bone started to form back. This made them stare in bewilderment as it reformed the muscle, ligaments, tissue, and veins followed by the skin and fingernails. I figured that would be easier than explaining why I had no scars.

“S-so you can heal all your wounds like that?” Scott asked.

“Pretty much. However the more I was tortured the less painful it became and faster it healed.”

“Amazing.” Elysif said as she looked over my hand.

“I’m sorry you had to go through that.”

“I won’t act like it was a good thing but you don’t have to be sorry. All I can say is that when I see them again, I am going to repay them ten-fold.” I said with a grin that made Scott look a little concerned.

“Well, let’s get you something to eat.” Scott said as he walked over to the wood stove and started working on a small fire. As he did he started drinking from a half empty bottle of rum. I stood up to go sit on the couch but instead fell over onto my face. I wanted to say ow but I didn’t really feel it. Even if I did say it it would only get drowned out by Elysif’s shriek.

“What’s wrong?” I asked as I pushed myself up off the ground. Scott looked over at Elysif and seemed to immediately knew what she was shrieking about. Then I realized as well. You could see everything from behind due to my lack of covering. Elysif was behind me looking away and covering eyes while her face turned beet red.

I didn’t see why though. She was a doctor. Shouldn’t she be used to seeing that kind of thing? Guess not. I pulled myself onto the couch and laid down. Damn I was heavy. I guess my ability can’t stop muscle atrophy.

“Cover up damn it!” She exclaimed as she threw a coat that was hanging up on the coat rack beside her at me. I did as she asked and covered up. All that I could think about was how amazing it felt to be home but I could still feel the desire to kill that masked man in the back of my mind.