Edited by luvtaread
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Lloyd awoke in a bed not sure whether he was alive or dead. Many thoughts had run through his head since he dove out that window. The most prominent of which had been of Jill. As he thought of her and remembered that night together, something strange had happened, he could swear that some of his wounds healed as he fell. Of course reality must have set in at some point during the fall because he had obviously blacked out.
Now he was on a bed and if the beeping sound he heard and his immobility told him anything it was that he was in the hospital. It was exactly where you would expect to find a man that had been beaten, shot, and taken a swan dive off the top floor of a Vegas hotel. Well that man wouldn't be here, more likely in the morgue than a room still breathing, but as Lloyd proved before leaping, he was no ordinary man.
Like the Goddess he was infused with some immortal essence that allowed him to survive. Still even with that the fall should have killed him, but also like the Goddess love was his power source and in that fall he had recalled a source of love. It was only an echo and a memory of the emotion, not the real thing, because with the real thing he would likely have walked away unscathed, but the memory was enough to keep him alive and that was all that mattered.
"Lloyd! You're awake thank god! What happened to you? They said you tried to kill yourself." Jill said and Lloyd smiled, at least one part of his plan had gone right. Jill's name and number had surely been found on his person. Which is how she was now at his bedside. He also could see her emotion and while he was glad to she her caring about him and that small dosage of love was likely what woke him from what was surely a coma, he needed something more powerful if he was going to get out of town in time to stop the Goddess.
He tried to answer but couldn't move his jaw.
"You broke your jaw in the attempt Lloyd, along with most everything else." Lloyd sighed; the pain that that caused told him a few ribs had been broken as well. He was tempted to use telepathy but not wanting to send his one ally away screaming he looked for other means, which Jill provided. "They gave me this pad and paper write down what you need."
Lloyd took the pen and scribbled a note.
Jill then read it aloud, "Will explain later, kiss me." She then looked at him, "Kiss you? Lloyd I don't think that's quite appropriate."
Lloyd then signaled for the paper and wrote, "Do you trust me?"
"Of course," Jill said handing the paper back to him. He then pointed at the 'kiss me' again. She hesitantly agreed and after looking around she leaned in and gave him a quick kiss. It did nothing. She pulled back and asked if that was better. Lloyd did his best to shake his head then wrote 'with emotion' on the paper. Jill clearly didn't understand and said, "Lloyd I can't I kind of need a more responsive partner for that."
Lloyd wrote 'please try' on the paper and Jill nodded. As she readied herself Lloyd saw the emotions rising in her. Her love for him began radiating from her eyes as she moved in again. It invigorated Lloyd, but not as much as the kiss. Never had Lloyd been kissed with such emotion and never again would he doubt Jill's love for him. He only hoped it was strong enough for what he had to tell her next.
As the warmth of love enveloped him he felt his body healing and his strength returned. Soon he almost felt he was emitting light as the stiffness around his limbs seemingly dissolved he reached out to embrace Jill. Soon even his jaw could move and as he pulled Jill into a deeper kiss he felt her tongue enter his mouth. It seemed that in that moment she too had forgotten about the injuries.
When the kiss had ended somehow Lloyd's casts were gone and he felt better than he had since, well, that night he spent with Jill.
"Lloyd?!" Jill said looking at him in disbelief, "You're, you're..."
"Yes, I'll explain later right now lets go."
"Lloyd Frank I'm not going anywhere until you tell me what's going on. First you apparently try to kill yourself and land in a coma and now you're completely fine? What is this Lloyd?"