Chapter 2: The Findings

'Find me, my beloved knight.'

The masked lady almost stop from her tracking when she suddenly heard the familiar voice that came from her very distant past. The only voice who made her hope even though she had to walk in the midst of sorrow and loneliness. The only voice could turn her world full of light and love. The only sun that brightens her every day and night. She rashly went back on her feet and kept on following the trail of the song that slowly faded into a melody as it lead her toward a certain place.

"I'm coming. Just wait patiently." the masked lady muttered to herself as tracked down a kind of energy that was calling her.

Until she stopped and noticed the only tree that has a dent over its trunk as if something heavy had just landed over it. She went closer to the tree but the moist ground suddenly went uneven. She takes a closer look and at the end of her sight. She saw a muddy comforter and her heart rate went to its rapid beating.

"Please, be alive." the masked lady lowly whispered as she went closer to the spot of the muddy comforter.

From the masked lady's perspective, the comforter was soaking wet which made her look around and there were some shattered glasses around the comforter. She carefully went closer to where it was landed and when her hand made contact with the comforter, her heart felt a sudden halt from beating which made her eyes widen. She quickly uncovered whatever was lying underneath it and she couldn't believe what she just saw.

"What a beauty." The masked lady commented as she saw a beautiful young lady who was so badly wounded.

She carefully approached the unconscious young lady and she uncovered the soaked comforter to see exactly what the young lady looked like. The young lady has a beauty that could represent a runway model that could carry any clothing whether it's a pajama or luxury nightwear.

"Seems like you were about to sleep when it happened." The masked lady almost chuckled for the first time while she was studying the beauty of the young lady. It really captivated her with just one glimpse.

The masked lady might be checking the unconscious lady for more detail about its wound but the strong jawline made her take the opportunity to trace its face. As her fingertips touched the soft and smooth fair toned skin of the young lady, a sudden shock quickly passed through her entire body. It suddenly made her feel warm and alive like it was her first time breathing again. She even pants before looking more over the unconscious body of the young lady. She noticed the fair nose that she found herself chuckling out of the blue from the thought of pinching them lightly.

But when her eyes landed on the pouty and inviting lips of the young lady, there was a sudden urge of wanting to have a taste of it. The masked lady quickly snapped herself from where her thoughts were leading her and focused on her job.

She found out that the young lady has a beautiful figure which was totally daring and tempted her for a touch that it never happened before to anyone they came across with. This very unconscious young lady that she was checking like usual in their job has totally different effect on her. It was like this very young lady was calling her entire being and for some reason, she loves how it calls her. But with that thought crossed her mind, she checked her body again, and there she noticed some dislocated bones which were the cause of her unconsciousness.

'Find me.'

"Oh dear, I do found you." The masked lady smiled beneath her cracked mask and carefully cupped the stunning face that she ever touched.

Then the masked lady decided to read the unconscious young lady's energy flow but lay her forehead against hers. There she sensed some foreign feeling that came from her distant memory. It might be faint but it was totally there.

"I found you." the masked lady almost chuckled as soon as her mouth spoke those words that she longed to say to one person alone.

When she distances herself from the young lady's unconscious face, she took her phone and called the others for assistance. Rescue and medical personnel from the government along with their headquarters came to carefully get the wounded young lady into their custody.

"How come she came out alive if she was flown away from the second floor of the orphanage?" Irina wondered curiously as they all came into the woods when the masked lady called for some assistance.

"I am not sure but report to me as soon as you got something before reporting to the headquarters. I'm coming with the medic." The masked lady informed her second-in-command within their team.

"Yes, boss. Should I take charge of these two?" Irina wondered as the other two were looking around the scene where their boss saw the only survivor in the incident.

"If you must. I have to check that lady. She's calling me." The masked lady directly answered Irina as they both went closer to the ambulance that was waiting for her.

"Wow. She must be her." Irina smiled gladly at their boss.

"I wonder. Take care of them, Iri." The masked lady only managed to say before she managed to hop in the ambulance.

"I will." Irina waved her hand as the ambulance went off to the hospital as quickly as they could.

As the ambulance was on the way, something stirred deep inside the unconscious young lady. Her whole body felt agonizing pain but there was also something calming the rush of her heart rate. She might be numbed from moving her body but her mind's eyes; she could tell that there are four people taking care of her somewhere in a moving car. She wanted to check who are they but she couldn't until she felt something warm hold her hand. It was calming but something was odd when her heart rate increases as if it was filled with joy yet couldn't open her eyes.

"Whoever has this hand…I feel you." the unconscious young lady thought until a squeeze pressed over her hand.

When the ambulance finally made it to the nearest hospital, she was immediately sent to the emergency room since her body was totally severe and had multiple injuries. It surprised the doctors and some nurses who took her in that she managed to survive a great fall. She immediately was taken to her surgery as soon as possible because if they won't do anything they were going to lose her for good.

As the masked lady waited outside the emergency room, some personnel or people passing by took notice of her odd appearance. She wears pure dark clothing from head to toe; a black coat that reached her well-toned leg and a hood. She also wore a black sleeveless turtle neck with a zipper that showed her fair curve body and black shaper pants that made her legs tone more precisely. Her hair has semi-long wavy black that was only a length above her chest but it was tied in a high ponytail that made her black with a red cracked mask visible. But she didn't care about those judging looks that she received from them because her mind was totally preoccupied with on person alone. She was waiting patiently in the waiting area when her phone began to ring which she immediately answered.

'Boss, we've got something here.'

"Hit me." She answered the person who called her which was Tacker.

'Yui noticed the fire started in one room underneath the room where your lady flew out. But there was something about this fire. It might start on the ground floor but it was on the ceiling and there's no cut wire or anything that could start a fire. Irina also had information regarding the lady that you took with you. We're going to meet you there.'

"Hurry up then." The masked lady only answered as she noticed the light from the emergency room gone out and a doctor came out to approach her.

"Take off your mask; I'm no different from you." the doctor who performed the surgery greeted her first.

"Never." She answered bluntly.

"But you will when you learn who you saved." He smirked at her.

"Surprise me then, Jeo." She directly told him that made him shook his head before proceeding.

"Fine, but that lady you rescued was once a model but now, I don't think that she could return. There will be some scars over her body due to the impact of her landing. It was totally surprising if a human managed to survive that fall." He informed her about the case of the young lady that she brought in.

"You're saying she isn't?" she curiously wondered about the identity of the young lady that she just helped.

"Not according to what I could see in her. She's still a human but in the middle of the operation, there's some complication that I've encountered but at the same time there wasn't." Dr. Jeo answered but the tone he used was something never skipped into the masked lady's ears. He was amazed by a young lady that he just operated on.

"Meaning?" she was curiously bothered by the tone that the doctor just used.

"She has the spiritual binding like she was being protected by the spirits or something. I might be a doctor in human form but I am still a shifter jackal. I could see that she's different from other humans that I've treated." Dr. Jeo answered honestly as he sense some deadly malice was about to come out from the masked lady that he was talking to.

"Healing capacity?" she wondered.

"Remarkable. In no time, she'll be kicking asses as soon as she got out from here." He chuckled in a friendly manner.

"Anything to add, my team is about to arrive?" she directly asked the doctor regarding the case of the young lady.

"Here's her record. Keep her original record. I already forged some details that had in my copy. Keep her safe. I've got a hunch that she'll be a morning star of your life." He smiled gratefully at her.

"There's only one-morning star in my life and she was long gone." She blankly responded as she felt the ache over her chest as if it was bleeding from old love over and over again.

"Suit yourself. She'll be transferring to room DIP-308." Dr. Jeo informed her about the young lady's whereabouts after the surgery.

"Thanks." She only managed to say as she held the medical information of the young lady that she just rescued.

"Say hello to my wife." He added before he left her within her thoughts.

As the masked lady kept her thoughts personally on her own, she went to the room of the person she just rescued. The hospital might be small but it has the same typical hospital that everyone would know, clean, bright, and light because of the pastel palettes that were mixed with the classic white paints. As she moved with confidence and power over the hall, people that she passes were looking at her as if she was a threat because of her mask yet, she didn't care about it at all. She just went to a certain room and once she came inside, there she saw the beautiful creature that she saved.

'Find me.'

She suddenly heard the familiar voice from her old long love that still lingers within her heart and soul as if it was searching and longing for so long. She approached the unconscious young lady once again and was tempted to touch the face that's been inviting her ever since she found her. She released a defeated sigh before she removed her mask and touched the forehead of the young lady with hers. From that touch, she felt a very powerful energy swirling around the entire body of the lady that she rescued. She quickly distances herself from the lady and looked at her delicately then took the file that she's been holding through her way up in this very room. She noticed it was indeed an original copy due to the hand written by the doctor who performed the young lady's surgery.

"Let's what you've got to be different from others." the masked lady muttered to herself she didn't even realize the excitement of knowing the unconscious lady on the hospital bed in front of her.

The medical file stated:

Patient's Name: Gwen N. Daae

Age: 25

Birth: Unknown

Height: 5'6

Origin: Orphan (parents unknown)

Status: Single

Blood Type: O

Occupation: Model

Medical Findings:

- Unconscious due to the impact of the fall.

- Severely dislocated bones from the right shoulder, left arm, both right & left hands, hip bones, left leg, and right ankle.

- Bruises from the dislocation. A couple of cuts due to the broken window glasses.

- Head injury: Concussion.

Surgery Performed:

- Orthopedic: returning the dislocated bones.

- Couple of stitches around the body.

Added Note (for DIP to check)

- Not much surgery was done. Not in a coma.

- Healing Capacity Estimated: Remarkable. Quick heal. 2-3 days from the day she has the surgery but it will depend on the patient's will to wake up. Doctor's referral of therapy only if needed.

- Small Triquetra symbol burned over her wrist. Maybe received it when she was still a child.

The masked lady couldn't believe what she just read over the original file that the doctor handed to her.

"What just are you?" the mysterious lady was indeed puzzled at how remarkable and promising the patient was before her.