<div class="floatleft">(http://static.desktopnexus.com/thumbnails/609779-bigthumbnail.jpg)</div><hr/><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>Name:</strong> Natasha Evans<br/><strong>Title:</strong> <del>Snow Angel</del> None yet<br/><strong>Affiliation:</strong> Neutral<br/><strong>Location:</strong> Los Angeles, Art Museum at the corner of Wilshire Blvd and Fairfax Ave<br/><strong>Tags:</strong> Teletrix, Wreck<br/><br/></span></span><hr/><br/>Natasha was a bit disappointed to see Katerina's bare breasts hide from her view again as the girl put her bra back on, but she did her best not to let this disappointment show on her face. Despite being only twenty-six years old, she had quite a turbulent love life already, with both men and women alike.<br/><br/>The last several years, however, life had slowed down. There had been one person in particular that she had cared a great deal about. Thoughts and emotions whirled through her head, but Natasha couldn't recall who this special person was. All she saw in her mind was a dark haze. It was unsettling that she remembered having done and shared so much with a special person in her life, while not being able to remember who he was. That at least she did know for sure, it had been a 'he' and not a 'she', since she recalled making love and regularly having had intercourse with a real phallus and not a plastic substitute.<br/><br/><em>Maybe my memory will come back later, but strange enough it doesn't matter much at the moment. All I know is that my beloved isn't here, though I do hope to find him back. I just wish I knew what happened,</em>Natasha thought.<br/><br/>“Don't worry about me, I think I'll be fine once I ate something,” she replied, pulling herself out of her train of thoughts.<br/><br/>As Katerina put on her last garment, Natasha said, “You look awfully hungry yourself. Maybe you can eat some of those candy bars that somebody dropped in a box. I saw some of the other refugees eating from it. You should probably have something to drink well. I would recommend ordinary water, it'll help you more than all that sugar rich stuff.”<br/><br/>Natasha noticed that Katerina could walk a lot easier now, and she no longer needed her support to get around, she didn't even grunt or wince once, at least not as far as Natasha could detect. Her thoughts of earlier were still distracting her, so it could be that she simply hadn't noticed it. She was happy, however, that she helped out at least one fellow survivor, one that had been through the serum as well no less. They rejoined the others a minute later. Natasha ate the remaining half of a rich energy bar she had opened on her trek to the Art Museum, and already she felt a lot better.<br/><br/><em>This could be problematic in combat. I need to find ways to use my energy more efficiently, or I'll end up eating like a cow for the entire day. Already I'm eating a lot more than I usually would. I need to experiment with my ability and find out if I can use energy more efficiently. Maybe I could first locate the actual trouble spots in a person's body by visualizing them. So far I did a manual examination first, but I think I can skip that part and simply touch somebody to see what's wrong.</em><br/><br/><em>The images in my mind are much more clear and deeper than the most advanced X-ray shots I have seen. I could even look at the images from different angles. CAT scans are quite advanced, but even they don't have the same accuracy as this ability does. I think I can even zoom in on the molecular level! If I just focus on healing those trouble spots, then I should be able to conserve a great deal of energy that otherwise gets wasted on curing the entire body. My patients will feel more sore afterwards, but at least I won't feel as drained as I do now,</em>Natasha considered in silent thought.<br/><br/>It bothered her that she had a useful, potentially even lifesaving, skill that was only useful as long as she didn't get hungry and weak. With her knowledge in medicine and how a body functions, she figured that she should be able to heal only that what requires immediate healing. The skull massage she would give in a moment would be a great way to practice her skills.<br/><br/>She looked over to where Marcus sat, but the giant seemed lost in his own thoughts and the look on his face didn't particularly invite for conversation either. Katerina's earlier comments also stung; she had told her Marcus used to be with 'Apocalypse'. Natasha wasn't sure whether the teenager had been referring to this entire situation, to a certain person who named him or herself Apocalypse, or perhaps to some kind of doomsday device that heralded the end of times, but it became obvious to Natasha that there was a lot more going on than she was aware of.<br/><br/>Whatever the case was, it was quite unsettling to know that something out there was trying to eradicate mankind itself. Learning that one among their midst was a part of that, made a cold shiver run down Natasha's spine. She decided to be very careful around Marcus and suspicious of his activities. On the outside he looked like a calm teenager, but she sensed that on the inside a great deal of things seemed to bother him, and that his head was in turmoil.<br/><br/>Natasha sat with her back against the wall and with a hand gesture she indicated that Katerina should sit before her, “Please sit between my legs and lean your back against my chest so I can massage your temples. You'll be more comfortable that way and make it easier on me.”<br/><br/>She gave the young woman a warm smile and sent warm feelings of feeling secure and safe in her direction. This time, however, Natasha actually felt a weak pulse her mind as she sent the soothing feelings.<br/><br/><em>That's weird... Maybe I have both an active and passive empathy skill?</em>Natasha asked herself.<em>I do seem to be able to sense emotions of others a lot better, and come to think of it, people seem to react different towards me whenever one of these 'pulses' leave my mind. I should experiment with this more later on and see what my limitations are. Let's first help Katerina get rid of her migraine though. I don't want her to suffer from that terrible headache any longer than necessary. If my massage doesn't help then I have strong pain meds as a back up, but I'm curious to find out if my massage will have any effect on her.</em>