The Healer Series

The Lords Prince Teddy and Tong-Fu remained with the Lymal and L'oki, enjoying the companionship with the Company of Healers. The Lords Prince asked for a Great Banquet to be held, that they might honor the Healers.

After they had finished eating, Lord Prince Teddy stood, "By Order and Convention, the Lodge of Warriors hereby authorizes the creation of the Lodge of Healers, to be separate and distinct from them." He continued, "By authorization of the Rulers of the Three Lands, I hereby create Lords Prince Lymal and L'oki, please stand and be recognized, Lords Prince Lymal and L'oki!"

After the joyful applause had quieted, Lord Prince Teddy continued, "Healers Ton and Kal, please stand."

When the two had stood, facing the leaders of their kind, Lord Prince Teddy said "Healers Ton and Kal, by the authority granted me and by the orders of the Rulers of the Three Lands, I hereby create you Lords Great Healer! Forevermore, you and your other Great Healers shall be Princes of our Lands and Folk, this includes your Cadets and Turned Vampire-Healers." He continued, "The Officers of our Lands are hereby instructed to render you any assistance you may require and any hospitals you establish shall be supported by our Crowns!"

As soon as Lord Prince Teddy had seated himself, Ton and Kal stood and bowed to their Leaders and Ton replied, "Lords Prince of our Folk, we dedicate our gifts to all the Races of Men, without prejudice or favor. Let none of Humankind be prevented of our gifts, let none of Humankind fear to come to us, let those who would prevent anyone from our healing beware our wrath and those who would cause hurt to the Children of Humankind know there is no escape from our anger, for we also are Warriors!"

He turned and commanded, "Great Healers STAND, Great Turned Vampire-Healers STAND, Red Berets, STAND!"

He turned back to Prince Teddy and said, "These, Lords Prince, are yours to command, yours to deliver. We shall go wherever you ask, we shall perform any task of your asking, we shall heal any of your folk and we shall treat all of Humankind!" He continued, "Before God and this Company, we so swear!"

They sat down to absolute silence and slowly the Company of Healers and all their folk stood and began a slow clapping in honor of these Great Healers who had sprung from among them!

The drums began to speak, "THE BOY WARRIOR HEALERS ARE THE GREAT HEALERS OF ALL WHO WOULD ASK OF THEM!"

By the next morning, those who had before no hope of healing, no hope of a cure began to arrive. The deformed, the incurable, the diseased and the hopelessly injured, all who were lost in their infirmities patiently waited for help.

Those who could not heal them wept of their helplessness, the newly made Great Healers went through those who came in hope of help, sending the most desperate through the door first. The Cadets brought them within the treatment area assigned to them.

The room began to glow as healing life energy was wielded by the Great Healers, the Warrior Healers were attracted by the use of energy and they stood watching these gifted young Healers wield energy at levels they had once thought impossible. The metal objects in the room began vibrating and finally melted to the floor as deformed limbs, missing hands and feet and terrible cancers, injuries beyond counting were treated and cured.

Parents and loved ones stood at the door, tears running freely down their faces as those whom they loved were restored to them, healthy and whole.

They worked for nearly a week before those needing their help trickled to a stop. Ton and Kal were standing in the doorway as the last of their patients walked from the clinic, healed and healthy.

Four teen boys walked up to them, slowly and in fear of rejection, "Lords Healer," they began, falling to their knees, "We beg of you, may we be made your Cadets, that we might help others as we have been helped?"

Ton and Kal reached down and raised the boys to their feet, "Are you willing to leave your families and travel wherever we may go?"

The boys replied, "We have already asked and received the permission of our parents to join with you!" Ton and Kal hugged the boys and told them they were welcome to join with the Red Berets.

They began preparations to resume their journey, The Company of Warrior Healers replaced their Cadets that had become Healers and a dozen healers and their Cadets elected to remain in healing at the New Hospital.

The four Great Healers, Ton, Kal, Pos and Rus joined the Company of Healers, along with their Red Berets and Turned Vampire Healers, ready to continue their march.

The drums, once again, began to speak, "THE GREAT HEALERS ARE TRAVELING THE COASTAL ROAD THROUGH THE LANDS OF THE HERDERS!"

The group travelled south through the Land of the Herders, the officers of the Great Herder led villagers to where they could be treated by the Healers.

Near the village of Yellow Cow, parents of eight boys, victims of a rampaging wild herd of steers, brought their children to be healed. The boys had been trampled, their injuries clearly showing they were near death.

Rus spotted them first, a mental wail went out, alerting the other Great Healers to come at once.

The four young Great Healers, their Turned Vampires and Red Berets responded immediately, soon a glow of energy was seen beneath the trees they had chosen to work, other Warrior Healers looked on, still dumbfounded at what they saw. Horribly injured limbs straightened and missing fingers and toes renewed as they watched, a crushed face restored and punctured lungs healed.

The air above them was turning purple as the escaped energy swirled around them, strange bands of more energy jumping from mind to mind as the four Great Healers worked. Even Turned Vampire Healers were seen receiving energy, the Red Beret Cadets feeding their own life force to their Healers, that they might maintain their healing powers.

The boy's parents prostrated themselves before Ton and Kal, promising great payments for the restoration of their sons.

They reached down and raised the parents to their feet, "We ask no payment, what we do is for the good of our folk, we ask only that you treat others as we have treated you."

As they turned, two boys stood there, they were two that they had just healed. One said, "We are brothers, Mac and Zet, our parents have agreed, we ask that you accept us as your Cadets, and that someday we might become Great Healers like yourselves."

They saw that the boys' parents had indeed given their permission, "Remember, this is a trip of labor, we go to heal those who are in need."

Both boys replied, "We know this, but we wish to be Great Healers and do that which you do."

Ton and Kal gave them each a Red Beret and told them to join with the Cadets attending them. The Company of Healers spent the night in the village before they resumed their journey south. The next morning, Mac and Zet bade goodbye to their parents and proudly joined the Cadets walking behind their Great Healers.

That morning, the drums again spoke of their deeds and told the next village that the healers were coming.

When finally, the Company of Healers reached the City of Mariposa, the year had again turned. Huge crowds met them at the outskirts to the capitol city, bringing those in need of their help.

The Rulers of Mariposa, Bobby and Andrea met them and escorted them to a new hospital and asked that they make it their home while they healed the folk of the City and Land of Mariposa. Parents, bringing their children were already lined up and waiting at the entrance to the Children's Clinic.

Mac and Zet were sent to direct those needing immediate care inside first. As they were assessing the children, they were presented with a young girl who had been mauled by a bear, her arm was nearly lifeless, it had been bitten through by the bear and half her foot was gone with the leg bone protruding from the flesh.

Zet mind-screamed, "My Lords Prince Ton and Kal, come at once!" The two rushed to the door, appalled at what they were shown.

Ton said, "Zet, Mac, bring the child inside, assist us!"

The boys, frightened at such an ordeal so early in their training, picked up the small child from her parents and followed Ton and Kal as they headed into the ward.

It was to take both Great Healers to restore the child, they placed the small girl on a bed and Ton and Kal placed their hands upon her, feeding her small body their own life force.

Ton called, "Zet, Mac, join meld and assist us!"

The two new Cadets placed their hands upon Ton and Kal as they had seen other Cadets do and willed their life force into their Healers. Suddenly, there was a bright flash of energy from themselves to both Great Healers, the room lit up like a sunny day and all four of them began to glow. Ton and Kal felt the surge of energy coming from the two boys and the small girl began to heal rapidly.

All the other healers in the area also felt the energy surge and came running, thinking there had been some kind of accident! They stood in thunderstruck awe as they watched a flow of energy from the two Cadets to the Two Great Healers at the same time. It was a flow of energy beyond anything the Warrior Healers had ever seen before, directly mind to mind. It was nearly beyond their capacity to comprehend, such levels had always been thought impossible!

The child's body mended and repaired itself as they watched, a new foot formed and grew on her leg. As soon as she was healed, the girl awoke and reached for both Ton and Kal, kissing each on the cheek.

Her parents were holding each other, tears flooding their faces, they were unable to comprehend how their only child had been restored to health before their very eyes!

Even before the child had been discharged, the drums began to speak, "BOY GREAT HEALERS PERFORM MIRACLE HEALING OF SMALL GIRL!"

Ton and Kal held Mac and Zet and carried them from the room, "Ton asked, "May we read you, something is very different?"

The two Cadets gave their permission and Ton and Kal entered the two boys' minds, they were different from other Cadets, the two boys had minds just like their own!

Ton sent to Kal, "These boys must become healers!"

Kal agreed and asked the two boys, "Is it your wish to become Great Healers as Ton and I are?" Mac and Zet dropped to their knees and they said together, "Lords, we are yours to command, our greatest wish is to be like yourselves!"

Ton sent to Lymal and L'oki, "Fathers, we must delay here, our Cadets Mac and Zet have powers such as our own and wish to be created Great Healers."

They heard in return, "Sons, make it so, we shall wait to receive Great Healers Mac and Zet!"

They took the two boys to an empty treatment room and performed the necessary blood exchange and then sat Vigil over them for six days. On the 7th day, they led two new Great Healers before the Company of Healers waiting outside the door.

The Warrior Healers stared as a nimbus of energy was seen flowing between the four young men as they stood there.

Mac and Zet bowed to Lymal and L'oki and said, "Before God, Lords Prince, we are yours to command. We shall use our powers in the service of all Humankind, we pledge our souls and bodies to this promise."

The Company of Healers sent, "Welcome Great Healers Mac and Zet!"

Ton and Kal requested the use of a Fast Boat from the Mariposan Leaders, Bobby and Andrea. They wished to go to the shrine of the First Bobby and pay homage to the Brother of their ancestor. All six of the Great Healers and their Cadets were supplied a Fast Boat, Lymal and L'oki joined them as they travelled north to Bahia de Los Angeles, where the First Bobby and Andrea lived during the Great Destruction.

They spent three days in rest and exploration of their combined abilities at the Shrine.

As they were returning, they heard a faint call for assistance that was coming from Cabo del Warriors, "We have suffered a great fire and need healers!"

Lymal instructed the boat's crew to increase the reactor to "Emergency" and the boat's speed increased to 250 knots! They raced south to the Cabo at maximum speed and arrived a few hours later.

Before the Fast Boat had made landing, six Great Birds of War leaped from the boat and headed for the village, leaving a trail of smoke and singed feathers to mark their passage.

The villagers were waiting for them, for they had seen the Great Birds in the sky, the Headman prostrated himself before these legendary beings, "Lords Healer, the school caught fire, many children are burned!"

The Great Healers and their Cadets rushed to the room where they could hear the wailing of hurt children, their injuries were appalling! The Cadets arranged the children, those most severely burned were to be treated first. The flow of energy frightened the villagers, the sky glowed and the radiated light shone on the clouds.

The Warrior Healers back in Mariposa sensed the flow of energy and asked for Fast Boats to take them to where they could assist in healing the children. As they crossed the sea, they could see the energy being reflected by the clouds, they urged the Boat Captains to race even faster across the sea!

The injuries suffered by the children were horrific, it was all the Great Healers could do not to burst into tears of sorrow at their agony.

Mac and Zet, the two newest Great Healers, trembled at the task before them, but, as they lay hands upon those who were hurting so badly, they steadied and performed healings once thought impossible. Their Cadets, Rol and Mor sent them their own life force that the children might be healed. Energy was flowing, mind to mind, without physical contact.

Some of the children were yet babies, barely walking! Many were without parents. Mac and Zet vowed this would be corrected before they left the village. As soon as the last child had been healed, the two stood before Ton and Kal, "We must have the children without those to care for them. They must be ours!"

Ton and Kal joined them as they approached the village headman, "Your children without parents, we would take them as our own to nurture, to love and to hold."

The headman feared he would be blamed, "These children are orphans, their parents killed while fishing the sea."

Mac replied, "We care not, they shall be our own children." Thus it was that the six Great Healers carried away twelve new sons!

Mac and Zet each held a new son, Sol and Lars. As they explored their new sons' minds, they made a startling discovery, both boys' minds were like their own!

They mind-screamed to their fathers, Ton and Kal, "We have two future Great Healers, we must investigate the other children!"

They discovered two more children whose minds were like their own.

The Company of Healers returned to Mariposa, they had saved all the injured children and had found four orphaned boys with minds like their own Great Healers. The rest of the orphaned children were adopted by the Warrior Healers, who would raise them as their own.

The Capitol City of Mariposa declared a holiday upon their return, the entire city was in festival, honoring the Healers.

Mac and Zet took great delight in showing off their sons, Sol and Lars. The two little boys were just barely walking, their eyes as big as saucers at the sights of the large city.

The Bobby and Andrea made the Hospital Ship, MHS ROGER available to them on a permanent basis. It was a nuclear powered ship, similar to a heavy cruiser and capable to making 130 knots at maximum reactor power. This was to be their ship permanently, as it was also suitable for the Turned Vampire Healers among them. Sitting on its afterdeck was a fleet of six skimmers, all were the newest models, capable of 280 knots in an emergency.

They returned to their home of Cairns, their folk turned out to greet them, delighting in their return. Lords Prince Teddy and Tong-Fu were on the pier as the great ship tied up.

Lymal and L'oki were first down the gangway as Teddy and Tong-Fu threw their arms around them in greeting and each calling the other, "BROTHER"!

The drums of the Aborigine Folk and those of the Maori People had been talking the entire night, with the same message, "THE WARRIOR-HEALERS AND THE BOY GREAT HEALERS HAVE RETURNED HOME!"

Already their folk were arriving, bringing those so injured and hurt, none other than the Great Healers could save them.

The Great Shaman of the Maori, Kali-Ti, brought his Grandson, Lymal-Tu. The boy, named after his Grandfather's Spirit Brother, Lymal, had been injured while swimming in the sea. Both his arms were paralyzed and he could no longer speak as his brain had been damaged in the accident.

He saw Lymal and through his tears of anguish, he said, "Brother, is it possible to heal my Grandson, Lymal-Tu? Lymal examined the child and shook his head, "Brother, I have not the skill, nor the power to heal the boy."

Kali-Ti started to turn away, his tears flowing down his old face, Lymal spoke again, "Turn not away, beloved Brother, there are those here who can heal my Grand Nephew, Lymal-Tu!"

He mind-screamed for Ton and Kal to come at once.

All six Great Healers and their Cadets responded to Lymal's call.

Ton took the boy from Kali-Ti's arms and they went back aboard the Hospital Ship. There, in the Children's Clinic, he laid the boy on a treatment table and Kal joined him in placing their hands on the boy. The other Great Healers acted as backups to Ton and Kal, energy began to flow, flashing mind to mind. Soon, the entire room was lit up and great bands of energy were seen streaming from Healer to Healer.

While his Grandfather watched, Lymal-Tu's limbs straightened and his clawed hands unfolded, becoming straight and smooth. His twisted legs became straight and the pressure behind his eyes from his injured brain became normal, his eyes no longer bulged out! The boy's tortured breath eased and he fell into a normal sleep.

As Ton collapsed the meld, Kali-Ti sat on the floor, sobbing. He kept repeating, "Bless you Ton, Bless you Kal" through his tears.

Ton and Kal assisted the Great Shaman of the Maori to his feet, "Brother of our Father, dry your tears, Lymal-Tu but sleeps now. When he wakes, he will be as he was before the accident."

The old man could not stop crying, "You are truly, The Healers of Humankind!" He continued, "I, Kali-Ti, Great Shaman of the Maori People name you HEALERS OF THE RACES OF MAN!"

TBC

The journeys of our Warrior Healers are not yet completed, nor are their tasks finished. THEY ARE THE HEALERS OF THE RACES OF MAN.