Alex and Lucas flew out of the ship towards the planet with no need for a landing craft. The planet was twice as big as Earth with its atmosphere gleaming a wondrous blue as it reflected the light from the sun.
The star system itself served as a research facility for a great many things with one being the biological sciences. Of course, its health facilities were also top-notch.
"This way," Lucas said as he guided Alex towards the facility. "I already notified them of our arrival and should get everything prepared."
Once at the facility, they moved past the many guards and health personnel, straight to the chamber Zol was kept.
A woman with blonde hair, dark sclera and wearing a doctor's coat waited for the two at the entrance. She was the head doctor in charge of the facility and was known by everyone as Felicity Dove.
"Welcome, Lord Lucas." She bowled to Lucas and then turned to Alex and did the same. "Lord Alexander."
The two acknowledged her greetings with a nod and waited for her to guide them. "Please."
The doors were slid open as the trio walked into the room. It was a completely white space, quite spacious with a bed at the far end.
Holographic displays floated just before the bed, showing the parameters of the person lying in the bed.
[It really is Lord Zol.] Xex muttered. [Can't believe he is in such a state.]
Xex made his own scans on Alex's behalf while Felicity explained the state of Zol in the last couple of months.
"So, basically there are no changes in his condition." Lucas turned to the doctor, and she nodded to his words. "You may leave us."
"Of course," Felicity said and excused herself.
[Same here, Alex.] Xex seconded the doctor's words. [He appears to be fine but the traces of void energy in his abdomen seem to be the problem.]
Alex nodded as he stepped closer to the bed with furrowed brows and a piercing gaze. Zol appeared incredibly pale and looked to have lost a few kilograms. There were almost no signs of breathing as he appeared as still as a rock.
'Space.' Alex mused as focused on his stomach region. 'His vortexes appear to be functional but almost barely. But just enough to keep him going.'
The area of the damage appeared dark and smokey to his eyes. The space tear that ripped him in half still had lingering traces due to void energy. It prevented the final step in his healing process.
But then, his own eyes caused him to pause.
"Xex, do you see what I see?" Alex asked just out of intrigue.
[I'm afraid I can't see anything.] Xex replied, confirming his suspicions. It knew Alex wasn't just asking for asking sake as there might have been something it spotted.
'My eyes seemed to have evolved as well.' Alex took his gaze off Zol and looked around. 'Amazing. Not only can I 'see' energy with my senses, but I can now do it with my eyes.'
A brief closure returned his gaze back to normal and another focus on what he wanted to see switched the vision back. And the world Alex saw was a beautiful blend of energies of varying colours.
'We seem to call all these energies mana,' Alex pondered as he looked around. 'What if mana comes in different variants?' He felt like he was on the verge of something.
"Alex…?" Lucas called out Alex's strange behaviour. "Are you alright?"
"Ah, yes." Alex snapped out of the moment he nearly lost himself in. "I'm good." He assured before turning back to Zol.
'I'll get back to that at a later date.'
Under the nervous gaze of Lucas, Alex stretched out a right hand over Zol's stomach. 'Taking out the lingering energies and spatial energies should do the trick.'
If it had been a simple spatial wound, any spatial with a good enough understanding could handle the injury. But void energy made everything complicated.
First, Alex sucked a bit of the lingering energy to see how it affected Zol's cells and when no negative reactions occurred, he pushed it further.
Alex took his time as he absorbed the void energy and caused its aura to leak into the room. It was too little to harm someone like Lucas, but he chose to stand back—just to be safe.
'The energy is entangled with the spatial energy, making things slightly difficult. But my spatial abilities came in handy.'
While no harm came to Zol's cells, the continued absorption threatened to widen the spatial damage to his tissues.
Alex had to manoeuvre carefully and seal the gaps in space while simultaneously siphoning the energy.
It was a delicate process that would have been difficult if Alex didn't have the ability to split his conscience to do multiple tasks at once.
Several minutes later, Alex stepped back and gazed at the hunter's expression. "It's done."
[Parameters appear to be changing.] Xex added as the floating displays began changing their numbers. [They're returning to normal.]
Alex nodded and turned to Lucas who swallowed hard and then stepped closer. The lingering trace of void energy was gone while the peeping sounds and changing figures told him Alex did what he said he would.
'He really did it,' Lucas smiled slightly as he gazed at his ancestor—although called uncle by all. As the displays adjusted to the new readings, Alex stepped back and observed.
'His vortexes are still slow and won't be able to absorb the energy needed for his recovery. My black hole absorbs void energy instead of mana.' A quick thought allowed him to see the flowing energies in the room.
'The many colours could stand for the different abilities…?' Alex felt that there should be a different word in place of the abilities, but he couldn't put his finger on it.
'I'll need to take time and contemplate this,' With a decision made, Alex focused on the colours that matched Zol's telekinetic abilities, appearing a hunter green.
Staring at his hand, Alex pondered for a while and then coated his right palm in void energy, instantly making Lucas turn around.
"Alex…?" Lucas was puzzled. He naturally got curious but refrained from asking anything.
"Stand back," Alex said as he stepped closer. "I want to see something."