Bill just stared blankly into the eyes of Professor Curtis all the while Erin was on the verge of crying again.
"You... you mean to say is that... a part of her soul was inside m... my body and that it protected me from my own power?" Bill asked in complete shock.
"Yes... Her soul is the only reason you are still alive, but now her soul has been completely depleted from your body and any injuries you sustain from here on out will not be healed at superhuman speeds." Professor Curtis explained.
All the progress Bill had made for the past two months about moving on and recovering has gone right down the drain in front of his very eyes as his wounds became fresh again.
'Even in death, you protected me...' Bill said to himself as finally he couldn't back his tears.
His heart started to beat faster and faster and his core became more lively than ever as the trigger that the Earth mutant gene was waiting for was finally activated.
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