Julia fell into a deep sleep, barely hearing Derek's promise but able to truly rest because he had made it.  She trusted Derek and if he said he'd do something, he would.
 
And so, while she slept and unseen to the mortal eye, her body regenerated.  If one had a kind of vision, they would see the following......
 
In a gentle whirlwind motion energy moved about her, gold but not as radiant or bright was swirling away from her and dispersed as more vibrant and bright molecules swirled in and into her.
 
Michael sighed from his vantage point, wondering why she had driven herself so far when she had had the ability to borrow life force from those that would have gladly spared it.  Having seen the Professor only seconds ago before he left to go find Kat, who should already be inside on her way to him, Michael knew he would have done so without question.
 
But then Michael remembered the conversation he had had with Julia a while back.....
 
"I am not going to suck someone's life force from them like a succubus or spiritual vampire!" she had faced him with flashing blue eyes, expression unyielding.
 
"It's not 'sucking' when the person offers it to you.  It's like accepting a glass of cold refreshing water after having walked for hours in a desert."
 
"No," Julia's tone had dropped to a quietness as her gaze took on a far away look before shaking her head with her answer "It's not.  And I won't take from a person like that.  Who's to say that they won't need it themselves anyway?"
 
She just couldn't do it......
 
"Yeah well... at least he was able to get you to finally stop." Michael's thoughts returned to the here and now as he watched her sleep.  He wouldn't have doubted it if she had pushed herself even more had it not been for Derek Rayne's intervention.
 
Even heavenly bodies risked death and Julia had come too close to burning herself out, although she wouldn't have admitted it to anyone.
 
He faded out, a bemused expression on his face.
 
Yes, he had seen Derek Rayne just then........... most interesting.
 
 
Julia slept in the same position she had fallen in, at first deeply and without sensation.... then with hints of images as she started to dream........

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