Free Manipulating Mikey (First Wave Book 8) by Mikayla Lane Page A

he
felt pouring from him. It felt as if he had no control over his body or
emotions and he watched almost as if in a tunnel as he flipped the table over
and stalked a terrified Lauren into a corner.
    His fists clenched in rage and he
screamed in his mind for his hand to stop as it rose to strike a stunned
Lauren. He barely restrained himself long enough for the Valendran commander to
tackle him to the floor.
    The moment he was away from Lauren,
Mikey felt his mind clear and his body relax, and he struggled to look around
the people holding him to the floor to check on her and make sure she was all
right.
    Testing out whether or not he had
control of his voice again, Mikey called out, “Lauren!”
    “Mikey! Let me go! I have to check
him, something is wrong!” he heard Lauren shout from far away.
    Mikey looked up into the concerned
eyes of the Valendran Commander and whispered, “Keep her away so I don’t hurt
her,” before a rush of darkness overcame him.
    Ivint let go of the unconscious
soldier and waved his hands until everyone backed away from him.
    Lauren pushed through the crowd of
stunned diners and knelt next to Mikey, her hand going to his forehead.
    “He’s on fire! Someone help me get
him to medlab!” Lauren said fearfully as she sent her energy out to find what
was wrong with him.
    Ivint, seeing that Lauren was using
her gift, sent a call through the Shengari’ for assistance before he knelt next
to the doctor and studied the young soldier who had gone from pleasant and
respectful to violent in only minutes.
    Lauren pulled her energy back,
unable to detect what was causing Mikey’s temperature to rise and began to scan
him for the problem. Minutes later, she directed the med techs in getting him
on the gurney as she followed them down the hall to the medlab. Ivint wasn’t
far behind.
    “Lauren, do you have any idea what
happened to cause that?” Ivint asked.
    Lauren answered without taking her
eyes off of her scanner and the results of the tests she’d performed.
    “No, sir. His vitals are checking
out perfectly. I’m not sure what it is yet and will need to run more tests,”
she said as she entered the medlab behind the gurney with Mikey.
    Lauren stopped in the open door,
braced her hands on either side of frame, and prevented Ivint from entering.
    “I need to run some tests. As soon
as I know anything, I will contact you and Grai immediately,” she said as she
allowed the door to close behind her and set the privacy controls so no one
would enter.
    She wasn’t sure why she felt so
protective of the handsome soldier and didn’t have time to care. Instead, she
concentrated her efforts on trying to figure out what was causing his
temperature spike and irrational behavior.
    “Doctor, he’s in a partial comatose
state, but we can’t find a reason for it,” a tech stated at the same time the
door opened.
    Lauren turned to see who overrode
her privacy codes and looked up in surprise at Grai and Blade.
    “Why the hell are you here?” Lauren
demanded with her hands on her hips.
    Grai nodded silently at Blade and
Lauren watched as Blade moved across the room to where Mikey lay on the bed.
When Blade raised his hands to Mikey’s head, Lauren couldn’t hold her tongue
any longer.
    “Get your damn hands away from my
patient!” Lauren yelled as she ran to stop Blade from touching him.
    Lauren gasped as she was caught by
Grai and held tightly as Blade put his hands on Mikey’s head and closed his
eyes. Lauren struggled harder against Grai’s steel like arms.
    “Calm yourself; Blade is fixing
him,” Grai said roughly, trying not to hurt the struggling doctor.
    Lauren stopped fighting and looked
up at him in shock.
    “You let Blade do something to him?
What ever happened to ‘let me ride the memory’? What the hell did you do?” she
angrily demanded.
    Blade opened his eyes, backed away
from the bed, and began walking to the door while Grai let go of Lauren. As
Lauren passed Blade on the way