rolled her eyes. “Oh, right, that’s fully dressed then, is it? But no, I guess you aren't 'just' a meta to me. Sorry. I suppose if I met a sports star or actress I'd ask questions too. I don’t mean to sound snoopy.”
I like that comparison. I grinned at her. “You do realize that I still have a 'real life' so to speak? I go to college, have friends, eat, date, etc. We 'metas' live our lives, too.” I looked at myself in the mirror. Wow. I’m a super. Dad told me I’d become one some day, but to look at myself, standing here in a costume….
Wait, did I just say date? I'm feeling a little delirious, probably from the blood loss. Hmm, are Rael and I dating now? Sheesh, how could I date a normal guy now? I'd know everything he was thinking, and could beat him in arm wrestling to boot. Not a good way to start off a relationship.
I shook my head and walked to the door. The mindviews of the two men showed me that they were still discussing my ... attributes. I opened the door, and all audible discussion stopped, but their gazes started at my chest this time. If I weren't feeling a little light-headed I might have gotten on their case about it, instead I decided to have fun with them.
I hooked each of my arms in one of theirs and walked toward the stairs. Both of them smiled, then I mentioned, “Guys, has anyone mentioned to you why I'm here?”
Baracco said, “I was called in because you were shot down, so no idea.”
Officer Klinger said, “The guys downstairs were mentioning that you butted in here, and weren’t supposed to help until we nabbed the guy. So I’m not sure either.”
I smiled, “I'm a telepath, a mind reader.”
My smile grew into a grin and I looked at each of their faces while the thought sank in. When they both wondered if I'd heard what they had been thinking I continued, “Yeah, I heard and saw everything you two were just thinking about me....”
Both of them flushed bright red, which kept my grin wide. “Don't worry; I'm used to being stared at, just not, ah, nude.”
They both stammered out apologies. I said, “Oh, stop worrying, I'm not mad at you.” I stopped for a moment and rubbed my face with one hand. I felt almost drunk, very giddy. Either bleeding all over or perhaps my body healing was really affecting me oddly. “Do either of you have anything to eat? I'm feeling kind of lightheaded.”
Baracco said, “I have some energy bars in the ambulance. Would you like them? You're probably feeling the blood loss, but I don't know what to do in the case of a super.”
I smiled at him and said, “You're sweet, thank you.”
We arrived at the elevator and the four of us went down. The guys turned us around once we entered it, but Katherine stopped and simply stared me in the eye while we went down. I smiled at her. She wondered what would cause my eyes to be amethyst, and have a very slight back glow to the sclera. Are my eyes even more backlit now than in the bathroom? No, it must just be darker in here.
She looked perplexed for a moment, then said, “What ... what is that smell? She stepped closer to me and sniffed.” She hadn't gotten close enough in the bathroom to have my normal scent affect her much. She stepped almost nose to nose and sniffed again. “Oh, wow, that's you! Damn you smell good!”
Both of the guys gave her a strange look, and then they leaned closer to me and sniffed. I closed my eyes and sensed through their mindviews. Having three people very close while smelling my new pheromone enhanced fragrance was almost as good as having Rael's super olfactory sense do the same. Possibly even more, since all three of them enjoyed it, and I felt three waves of enjoyment coming at me.
Perhaps being lightheaded added to it, but I let my head roll to the side slightly and sighed, enjoying the sensation.
Baracco asked, “Do you have perfume on?”
Katherine answered