Chapter 15 Confessions

“You son of a bitch! You knew it was going to hurt like that didn't you?” The young Sheriff growls in anger at me.

“Yes I did, but you insisted on proof, and this was the only way, so why spoil the surprise.?” I smiled at him satisfied.

All around us people are murmuring among themselves.

“Did you see that shit?”

“Holy crap what is going on?”

“Is that really the sheriff?”

“So who is next?” I ask looking over all the people.

“I am SIR!” out steps Patterson. Good man I think to myself.

“Ok, Patterson right? One shot to the head should do it”, I instruct.

Patterson takes aim and fires off one round to the head, the second creature goes limp.

Same as the Sheriff, the blue light envelops Patterson and he drops to the ground and screams out “AH FUCK THAT HURT”

And now we have a younger Patterson.

Satisfied, I let both creatures go. And walk over to the Sheriff who is still on one knee on the ground. “You going to be ok there SON” I ask amused,

“Oh don't give me that shit asshole” the Sheriff fires back...but then slowly smiles.”I guess I deserved that one”.

“Yeah you did KID”, I laugh,” sorry had to get one more in there”.

“Yeah yeah I get it already, sorry about earlier, Scott.” He takes the hand I offered and gets up.,”by the way the names Richard Hanson, most call me Rick” He gives me a friendly smile now, seems the trust issues have been dealt with.

“Nice to meet you Rick..” I say to him also with a smile. Then I look over at the young Patterson, "you going to be ok there Patterson?”

“Uhh yeah just catching my breath, that will knock the wind out of you” He says waving me off and giving me a weak smile.

“So care to explain what is going Scott?”, Rick asks

“Let me check on my girls first and you gather everyone and I will tell the whole story in one sitting, that sound ok?” I inquire of Rick

“Yeah Scott, go take care of your ladies, I think one of them is awake now too, the doc is with her.” He replies.

“I rush over to where Cindy and Julie are, I see the Doc taking Cindy's vitals. How is she Doc?”, I ask anxiously. I look to Cindy and see she has an IV drip in her arm, she is awake looking at me with weak smile.

“She will be fine with some rest and time to heal” He says "I will go check on Julie” and walks away.. I bend down to Cindy and put my hand on her forehead then stroke her hair. I lean down and kiss her forehead, “you scared the shit out of me honey.” I whisper to her.

“That was my first”, She says with a weak sigh.

“What was your first?” I ask

“The first time you kissed me”, a tear comes from her eye.

I lean down again and kiss her on the forehead again, “just rest honey, is there anything I can get you?”

“A healing potion”, she says weakly and as if lightning struck me. AH fuck I forgot fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck...........I am such an idiot.

I open my inventory and scan for the healing potion I have in it. And stopped in amazement. My jaw drops. I have several items in there I never saw or heard of before. I survey the inventory of the new items

7 healing potion lower grade

1 healing potion of good quality

3 lesser mana potions

2 good quality mana potions

4 lesser stamina potions

1 good quality stamina potion

7 Worg pelts

7 Worg claws

1 superior quality Battle Axe

8 rusty long swords

3 rusty short swords.

1 long sword of unknown quality

1 ring of unknown quality

Holy shit, where did all this stuff come from? I wonder to myself, then I notice in the lower left panel of the inventory, auto-loot is on.

Well I will worry about that later, I need to get Cindy better fast, and remove the Healing potion of good quality. I take off the stopper and put it to her lips and she drinks it eagerly then lays her head back down and sigh. She looks visibly better almost immediately. I also completely forgot about the Advanced Marine field med kit......sigh. I will save that for more dire emergencies.

Her eyes snap open, “Did you forget Scott?”

I sheepishly grin and embarrassed, “uhh yeah, I forgot all about the use of healing potions and such.”

she slowly sits up,”ugh still a little dizzy” she says laying back down.

“You lost a lot of blood honey” I say to her.

“And whose fault is that?,” she fires at me. Yeah I fucked up forgetting about the healing potions which I could have administered to her right away had I paid attention to details. I sigh

“Honey I fucked up, I really did and I am sorry, it will not happen again”, I say in earnest.

She eyes me then smiles and says”Why are you calling me honey?”

I look at her blankly, not sure how to answer,” it fits?”

“HA!”, she laughs.

I scratch my head and say” I am really worried about Julie” I confess.

“It is no wonder she is out cold, she wasted all that mana in that burst, she is under mana deprivation. Give her a few mana potions and she will be fine.....I think.” Cindy replies, tho the last part of the sentence turns into more of a whisper.

"Ill be right back honey, I promise!" I say to Cindy, she nods and closes her eyes again.

I rush towards Julies bed and see the Doc with her taking her vitals,” Doc can you get her to drink these?” I pull all the mana potions from my inventory, not touching the med kit.

“Um sure, what are they?” Doc inquires seeing my anxious look

“I will explain it all later, but trust me on this please.” I say almost frantic.

“Yeah sure give me a minute” the Doc says not arguing.

I go back to Cindy after leaving the potions with the Doc. “He is administering them to her now”, I say to Cindy, "Thank you Honey”. I lean in and kiss her forehead again.” get some rest and I will check back on you later ok?” Cindy nods with a smile and closes her eyes a tear rolls down her cheek.

I move back to where Julie is just as the doc had finished giving her the last of the mana potions. Then he looks at me” ok done, now what?” he asks

At the same time Julie's eyes begin to flutter and she moans. Then suddenly sits upright and scream “SCOTT!!!!!”

I rush to her side and grab her in my arms and hold her tightly, “It is ok kitten, it is all ok now”. I whisper into her ear.

She is momentarily stunned then grabs me fiercely, squeezing me as hard as she can, yeah she got stronger for sure.”You were being eaten and in pain it was horrible. There was nothing I could do, there was nothing there, I did not know where to shoot” she cries and the words flowing from her like a flood.

“It is ok now kitten I am fine, Cindy is fine and you are fine now too.” I tell her in a calm and soothing voice.”Lay back down and try to get some more rest ok?”

I try to let go, but she does not release me.

“I love you Scott. I have for some time now, even before this incident” She confesses” I can not lose you please. Even if I have to share you.......”

“You will not lose me kitten, I love you too, very much so” I answer honestly and with no hesitation.

“Heh, what a way to confess” she sniffs but then looks up at me, upon which I do not delay and give her a simple kiss on the lips.

I pull away and she is smiling very happily, then sighs looking away,”but you love Cindy too, don't you?”

I do not hide it from her, might as well go all the way here and go with the flow” yes I do kitten, I love you both more than you can imagine.” I say in a soft and sincere voice.” It makes no sense to me, but I realized it back at the house when Cindy made the statement and it struck me”.

“and she loves you with all her heart too you know, just as much as I do.” Julie looks at me again with soft eyes.

“Yeah I realize that, and I think she knows I love her too”,I reply, a burden is lifting from my shoulders, there it is all out in the open now.

“Then you need to tell her that Scott” Julie says and continues”she is hanging on by a thread and you are her only anchor she has, telling her that openly, will give her a better foundation and strengthen her, like it did to me just now”.

“I will do that kitten, but first I need to make sure you are ok”. I say in a soft voice.

“Come here” she says with a smile.

I bend down and she grabs me by the neck and begins to kiss me with a deep passion. Our tongues eagerly intertwine “AHEM! We are interrupted.

The Doc and Sheriff are standing there watching us. “Everyone is waiting for you Scott” The Sheriff says a little embarrassed looking away.

“Was that drink some kind of miracle drug son?” the Doc asks excitedly

“No Doc is was a mana potion” I reply with a smile.

“Mana? Never heard of it” the Doc says with a confused expression.

“Do not worry Doc, I am about to explain everything......” I say with a sigh.

The Sheriff leads the way, but whispers back to me, ”2 girls Scott?” The question was more of a statement of envy than a direct question.