Alive bond

The birth

-It turns out that the positive energy inside this palace attracts the pure negative energy of Thanos. The good news is that because of this,the extraction will be over sooner than expected. Unfortunately,this is also the bad news. We don't have the luxury to wait for Johanna. I sent her a message telling her to return to the palace immediately but she might be late. Also we can't transport medical equipment here. It would draw too much attention.

-So what is your suggestion?

-I have to perform the extraction.

-Hilarious. Now tell me your real plan.

When Eve didn't answer, Paimon's smile disappeared.And for the first time this year Eve saw fear in his eyes.

-You must be drunk.You can mean what you are saying.

-I have studied the theoretical background. And I spent a few months as Johanna's assistance. It may not be the ideal solution but right now options are extremely limited. Also,don't forget that I'm partially human. This means that my human side contains part of the positive energy I'm emitting. So my energy can still attract Thanos's negative energy but slowly and with more control. In the end I can perform the extraction quickly and efficiently.

-You didn't even remember a basic physics' law. How can I trust you to recall the entire book in Energy Manipulation which you read years ago? Also you weren't assisting Johanna,you were merely observing her. You don't have the experience or the knowledge to perform a quick extraction like this one. If your hands are slower than Thanos's energy as it comes out, even for two seconds,you could lose control of the entire energy supply and I don't even want to think the consequences it could have on the body.

-Paimon,will you please calm down? I should be the one panicking, not you. I understand your concerns but I also agree with the Queen's reasoning.,Haures spoke with admiring calmness.

In truth he was the most scared of them all but he knew strong emotions right now might disturb the energy it was trying to leave his body. So hearing Paimon explaining, in an elaborate manner,to the Queen what could go wrong wasn't helping him in the slightest. Haures didn't tell him but Thanos's life wasn't the only thing in danger right now. If something were to happen,Haures would not be able to survive a second heartbreak.Either he succeeds in reviving his brother right here and now or he might as well die with him.

The strange thing was that this determination that he was feeling also gave him hope. There was nothing he wouldn't do for his baby brother, especially now. This made him realise that this new profound selflessness,despite being out of character for him,that drove him to disregard his own life for the sake of Thanos, made the chances of his brother's survival higher than his.That conclusion calmed him down a bit.

Unfortunately this moment of peace didn't last as he soon felt his energy bend and his energy lines being concentrated on his abdomen where Thanos has been safely rested for a year. This could only mean that the transformation of the matter of his body to energy was nearly complete.It didn't hurt but it still felt uncomfortable. It was progressing much faster than expected. Johanna wouldn't make it in time.

-Eve,would you be so kind as to stop bickering with my brother and check the energy levels of Thanos because I don't think there is a body left anyway?

Eve ran panicked. She transformed her hands from matter to energy and by doing so she could put them inside Haures's body and they could interact with Thanos's energy. The conversion was progressing smoothly. Eve could still feel a hand,a leg and some parts of the chest but all the others were already converted into energy. But then why was Haures yelled? They still had some time left.

Suddenly her hand touched the walls around Thanos and she understood the reason behind Haures's alarm. His energy had become tangled with the energy lines in Haures's body. That way with any sudden movement these lines were pulled. They had to get untangled.