Bab 150: 29. Kerran. (Once.)
Charles carried the sleeping Mimi to the medbay. He laid her down on the bed, put her in restraints, and sighed. Colin had told him the main thing, and when Mimi was asleep, Colin's theory was that her influence on the men would now be gone so that they would understand, but what the consequences would be, Charles could not know.
Colin had said that he would put the antibody to Bran into the drip first and then come to Med Bay. They could already start the surgery or scans.
He called all the men in and said, "Colin is coming. Now, Mimi has done this for you. In your abdomen is a bag of nutritional fluid that she's made you make for herself. The way Colin explained this, that's how our bumps, it's nourishment for the female, but it has its limitations. The unfit don't make bumps. You make bumps when you're fit, but this is nutritional fluid. Mimi made you give your all. Your utmost, all."
He looked at the three men and carried on with his explanation, trying to explain this as neutrally as he could so there would not be any ill will towards Mimi.
"You are now providing the perfect Mimi food all the time from all your own, and you know how much Mimi consumes. Mimi now weighs 64 kilos. A couple of weeks ago, she weighed 43-44 kilos, 20 kilos in a couple of weeks, and normal consumption on top of that. Colin will help. This is the Alpha's last resort and because it's Mimi, she's been bending the rules. Normally a female will hold a harem to feed herself to avoid overfeeding and she will only take what is necessary."
Charles saw how dangerously Damon's eyes flashed. He continued, trying to get his point across that this was not something that Mimi could have controlled.
"Colin's theory is that this is a kind of stress reaction to everything that has happened. It's also partly mental. Mimi has a powerful will and seems she uses it to get her body to do some pretty crazy things, but Mimi was under the influence herself and it wasn't conscious, it was her body doing it. So try to understand."
Samuel and Damon cursed.
Damon said, "Oh fuck, fine, I'm trying to understand, but the fucking little lady made us feed herself when there was no need, and how fucking blissful she was. Yes, I remember everything. But now we have to act. First things first. Adam, you go to the scanner, Samuel will put you on, Charles, where's Mimi? I need to taste her blood so I can get the dental formula."
Damon grabbed the cannulation equipment, made a cocktail, and went to Mimi. He cannulated Mimi, dripped a maintenance dose of anesthetic and took a tube of blood, and sniffed. The pain almost immediately hit between his eyes, and he bit into the jar. It was cherry red and thick and smelled of bitter almonds.
Adam's results came in, and they found themselves with a new organ. An enormous bag full of feeding fluid. It had grown veins directly into the largest veins and took nutrients from the blood. Damon went to make a cocktail for Adam while Samuel set up the operating theatre. Damon's substance would ensure the organ wouldn't grow back.
First, they operated on Adam before Colin had even arrived. When Damon opened Adam up, they saw a sac that had taken over most of Adam's abdominal cavity. First, Samuel put in a cannula and suctioned it out while Damon knotted the veins and injected a solution of his substance that effectively scarred the tissue.
It took them an hour to get the bag dissected out, and the next one would be so much easier once they knew what they were doing. While they were taking Adam to recover, Samuel went to make Damon a cocktail.
Colin had come by then and gone to examine Mimi.
Colin said, "Oh, I'll let you operate each other. I'll examine Miss, so I know where I'm going; fascinating. This is so bloody fascinating."
Damon went to bed while Samuel cannulated him and sent him to sleep. Samuel dissected Damon, and really, after emptying the bag, it was easier to remove than they already had experienced. He got the bag emptied and over thirty liters of feeding fluid removed from inside Damon.
When Damon woke up pretty soon after the operation, he was ready to take care of Samuel. By then, Colin had taken blood tests on Mimi, several different scans, and tissue and tissue samples from the glands. Once all the men had been operated on, it was time to recover a little, and Colin put all three in hospital beds, cannulated.
They had received a total of 93 litres of feeding fluid, and Colin coldly dripped it back into everyone's veins.
He said, "Mimi is asleep now. We'll operate on her when you've got your energy back, as you can feel it absorbs really quickly and is good for you. It's also changed Mimi's brain chemistry, and that's why she's like the queen bee. She just took it and didn't think. This is common, well, common, and common among shifters, especially cat shifters, and I've never come across this with a werewolf or a vampire."
Damon furrowed his eyebrows, and Samuel muttered, "We need to do a more extensive DNA analysis on Mimi. See if she has any shifter genes. Very interesting."
Colin showed them Mimi's scan results, including the brain chemical shift that showed up in the scan. Damon believed Mimi was as much a victim as they were.
Once the men had got their stuff back and Colin was happy with their condition, it was time to get on with Mimi. Damon and Samuel, along with Colin, went through Mimi's blood tests. Then Colin showed them the gland in Mimi's palate, which came out a cherry-scented paste. Damon remembered the cherry flavor.
Damon emptied the gland, took the paste out just for research and when he smelled it, the teeth worked, gave the next substance. They took Mimi to the operating room and started the removal operation. Damon knew that Mimi's mouth would be really sore for a while, but it was mandatory that a proper scar tissue would grow in place of the gland.
Damon gave a dental filler that would stop the growth and make the scarring worse. He had rarely given any substances that made Mimi in pain, and now he just had to. He had to be a doctor and try to prevent this from happening again. Colin, Samuel, and Damon cut and burned away all the glands.
The scar tissue grew, and the whole palate looked inflamed and tender, but Damon hardened his heart. He would have liked to keep Mimi asleep so she wouldn't have to suffer.
They found another gland at the base of the tongue, which secreted a coconut-scented, soothing, hypnotic, mesmerizing paste or liquid. Colin had explained this, too, was an alpha female trait that would allow the female to control any member of the pack in a forced situation if the male was not around.
Again, burning and cutting away as best they could. The base of the tongue was equally sore and inflamed. Damon felt sorry for Mimi. Her mouth would probably be very sore even though Mimi's healing ability was great. The dental materials would ensure that the tissue would scar and take days to heal. Dental stuff was potent, which beat Mimi's healing ability.
They drained another 44 liters of the already concentrated feeding fluid from inside Mimi, and after the operation, Colin made that fluid drip into the man. The men felt so much better, and it really was a miracle drug; it worked like magic and made the men's withered bodies heal.
Bran had also woken up after Colin's stuff had worked, and he watched, silent and righteous, outraged, as the men cut Mimi. Miss would learn and learn well. Bran didn't hesitate to hurt. He knew Mimi was tough and immortal.
He was deeply pissed off about that stuff. His work was backlogged. He'd have to work pretty fucking hard. Then, he was also hurt in some strange way that he hadn't been fit to be a feeder. Bran had thought of himself as the catch, so whoever got him would be the lucky one. He was vain, and this was a blow to that ego.
Mimi slept in the medbay. But not for long. Bran gave the Marrok order to wake Mimi when Damon had to leave. Nick, Elias, and Rebecca had been busy again, and Damon had to get busy again.
What Bran didn't tell him was that five hours earlier, when he had woken up and heard from Charles what had happened, he had called the original brothers and given them some excellent ideas. Damon had to get out of the way.
Mimi would have to pay with interest. Sometimes, pain and honest violence were the best way to teach, and once again, Bran saw Mimi not as a woman but as a creature, almost an enemy.
Adam left for Chicago to do security again. Samuel went to the clinic, and Damon's phone rang, so he left his phone and wallet next to Mimi's nightstand again. Bran had told or tipped off about a couple of Mimi's houses, and Adam had to get back to his business and maybe check out the houses himself. Samuel had been an easy guide to the clinics, and Bran knew Colin wouldn't be in the house long. Charles had also gone to do what Bran had told him to do.
Bran looked at the sleeping woman who had now been moved to the bed to sleep. He was already planning his punishment. He went to his study to make a call, got some supplies, and got ready.
Something inside Bran woke up, almost turned on his side, and sighed. It wasn't time to wake up yet. It just saw that Bran's judgment was clouded by rage, and it knew Bran could handle the job all by himself and go over as well as he could. It was just a little disappointed not to sense the evil inside Damon. That had been asleep, too.
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