"She will be fine" Emily turned to Michiru. "But the lack of oxygen and the impact definitely left some damages behind".

"Meaning?" Michiru asked, unbuttoning her shirt. Her right hand was full of bruises.

"I can tell you more when she wakes up" the doctor cleaned her glasses before inspecting Michiru. "I want Amy's opinion on this as well…"

Emily and Amy had been the ships' doctors since it started flying through Domino Galaxy. The ship was called Arometra and it was basically the third, and biggest, Peace spaceship of Domino Galaxy, one of the six to be counted as neutral by every planet. Arometra had three ambassadors of peace, part of 'The United Flying Forces': Darien, Amy, who was also a doctor, and Setsuna. Arometra's purpose was to fly through the Galaxy and take its ambassadors where they were needed: on planets dealing with war, rebels and plague. Besides that, the small army settled on Arometra was used to intervene when force was the last option.

"How did you get these bruises?"

"The explosion hit me as well, but only mildly. My Single Flying Ship was bent a little".

"How many times have I told you to take care of your arms, or do you think you can fly your ship with your teeth?" Emily asked. "Lie down, I need a radiography of your bones".

Michiru did as told and the bed rolled into a tube.

"So you just found her?"

"Yes, she managed sending a sign before hitting the comet".

"Michiru that comet was pretty far away from you. I am surprised you didn't ran out of fuel. You endangered yourself by saving…well I have no idea who you saved".

"She is military".

"Yes, but not from this galaxy, according to her uniform. She has a big tattoo on her back and I have no idea what it means. It's nothing I have seen from our planets. And other than the nametag on her jacket, of which only the word Ha…"

"Haruka" Michiru helped the woman out.

"Right, Haruka. Only that word is readable. That could be a planet, a division, a…"

"It's her name".

"How can you be so sure?"

"I just am".

"You have a small crack in your bone. I will administrate you some calcium to close it back. And you will come in for the next four days to give a dose".

"Yes, ma'am" Michiru joked.

"So? Did you make it?" Emily asked as Michiru rose from the bed.

"Make it where?"

"On the list of new ambassadors".

"Never signed in".

"You don't have to, Amy did it for you".

"I don't know and I have a feeling my planet won't agree with it. We shall see. Ok, is that it?"

"Yes, you can get dressed".

Michiru put her shirt and jacket on, saluted Emily and walked to the Patients Saloon.

"How are you holding up?" she sat on the bed of a woman.

"How does it look to you? My leg is broken!"

"You'll survive, Rei" she patted the woman on her arm.

The woman pouted. Her right eye was ivory, blue and her hair a mess. Michiru thanked the heaven that Rei didn't get to see herself in the mirror.

"Let me comb your hair, what do you say?"

"What? Why?"

"Because it's a little messy, I know you like it neat"

Rei looked around and grabbed the mirror form near her. Michiru sighted, cursing her words just as the woman shouted.

"Don't act like a child, you are not alone in here!" Michiru said.

"But I look awful".

"Well, you are in a hospital, you are not going to a ball".

"Michiru…" Emily stepped inside. "She woke up".

"See you" Michiru jumped of the bed and followed Emily into another, private saloon.

She was supporting her back on the pillow, her eyes staring blank.

"As I suspected, she can't recall a thing" Emily whispered to Michiru.

"Nothing at all?"

"No, not even her name".

Michiru nodded and approached the woman.

"This is Michiru the pilot who found you" Emily said to her patient.

"You were the one to find me?" she spoke, her voice low.

"Yes, your pilot machine was destroyed completely. A comet exploded and it hit all ship around it" Michiru explained to the blonde woman.

The woman nodded.

"I can't recall a thing".

"Well…on your jacket was name tag saying Haruka. Might that be your name?"

"I suppose so".

"Can we call you that?"

She nodded.

"You were dressed in a uniform so I suppose you are from…a military base. But I don't know which. I have never seen that kind of uniform on any planet. And the rebels don't dress like that either. But…what can you recall?"

"Nothing. Just basic knowledge I guess. The four galaxies, the planets, but I could not tell you which one is my home".

"Can't you even tell me what kind of ship you were piloting? It exploded and turned to dust."

She shook her head.

"Not at all".

"She will recall in time" Emily said. "Don't push her".

"Haruka, Haruka, Haruka".

"Michiru".

"What?"

"It's on your nametag".

"Oh, right" Michiru looked down at her jacket.

"You are very beautiful".

"Thank…you…"

"What is your grade?"

"I'm the commander of the 'United Flying Forces' of the third Peace Ship called Aroemtra. You are on Arometra holding the three ambassadors Darien, Amy and Setsuna. In the Domino Galaxy".

"Domino Galaxy…what planet are you from?"

"Oceania".

"That is why your hair is turquoise".

"Commander" Emily said.

"Right. You still need to rest. We'll figure somehow out where you are from".

Michiru left the cabinet and wondered to the stationary of her fleet.

"Ok, so we did as told. We searched for the name 'Haruka' on the data base and the type of the uniform" a man approached her.

"And?"

"Nothing".

"Nothing? What do you mean by nothing?"

"There is no such uniform in none of the four galaxies. Neither a name like this".

Michiru stopped walking and looked at him.

"How can that be possible?"

"Beats me" he shrugged. "Now, your ship has been hit. Join us for repairs?"

"Sure".

Hours passed.

"Commander Kaioh to the medical cabinet please" the voice of the computer announced.

"Heaven, I hope Rei didn't do anything stupid!" Michiru said and walked back fast.

She found Emily chatting with Haruka, who was standing, fully dressed in her uniform.

"You seem to feel better" she said to the blonde woman.

"She does. Her body has a fantastic capacity to heal, I have never seen something like this before. You need to get her a room, there is no reason to keep her here anymore. We are too crowded with the explosion to begin with".

"There are no rooms left, Emily, we had to bring people in from the nearby planet where the comet has exploded".

"Not my problem, sorry, I have enough on my mind with Amy not on the fleet".

"Right, follow me".

"Be careful, you will experience loss of balance. Your head will get dizzy. Try to get enough sleep".

Haruka nodded and followed Michiru. They crossed the deck and got to the dormitories of the staff. Michiru opened a door with the print of her palm and the two entered some kind of office.

"This is a so called apartment. The bedroom is next to it" she pointed to a door. "And I will turn my office into one as well for you. Was meant to be a bedroom…to begin with".

"Thank you" Haruka said polite.

Michiru pressed the button on the big display and the couch opened up, forming a bed. She gathered some papers from an office.

"Does everybody have two rooms on the fleet?"

"No…we turned it into to a double room".

"Who is we?"

"My partner and I. She passed away two years ago".

"I am sorry to hear that. Do you miss her?"

"Every single day. Well, do you know how to use the display?"

"Yes, I think I do".

"Order yourself some clothes and everything else you need. I'll put it on my list of needs" Michiru said walking to the door to her bedroom.

"Why are so nice to me? Regarding me…I could be anyone, maybe an enemy".

"The United Flying Forces" doesn't have enemies. We are chariots of peace, no one dares to be our enemy.

"I see…but you didn't answer my question".

"There is something about you…like a distant memory. I guess you recall me of someone".

"Your partner?"

"No…not her. I don't know" she smiled. "If you need anything, just let me know".

Haruka nodded.

"Thank you again".

Michiru left the room. Haruka remained alone. A confident smile took over her face.

"Did you find out anything?" Setsuna asked as she poured some wine into Michiru's glass.

"No…she can't recall a thing, Emily says it's normal and we can't find anything in the data base. And that ship just exploded to dust, if only one peace would have been left out of it" Michiru replied.

"Might she be from a galaxy unknown to us?" Darien asked.

"She recalls four galaxies…the ones we know".

Darien nodded.

"You have that same feeling as I do, right? She reminds you of something".

He thought for a while. Then he nodded.

"She definitely can't be someone from out childhood…I mean one of us would have recalled her if it would be like that" Setsuna said.

"Maybe Amy?" Darien asked.

"I doubt it".

"Something is not falling in the right puzzle".

Michiru leaned back. Her dark grey uniform riffled up on her arms as she supported her chin in her palm.

"Oceania wants me back" she said.

"What?" Setsuna asked.

"They've sent me a notification saying my given time as commander here expired and that they want me back in the military".

"You're planet is the biggest trouble maker right now!"

"It has always been…and they need new forces. New minds to wash. They want to name me Second General, as that would make me happy".

"You see Michiru…if you would have just listened to us and instead going to Military Academy, you would have chosen The Peace Choir. You would have been an ambassador now, free from any demands".

"Well, one us must have done anything else than that bloody Peace Choir. Or your minds would have just imagined a world with flying baby angles and pink ponies. Somebody needs to keep actual peace when your peace isn't enough" she looked amused at him.

"We won't be able to hold you here much longer. You'll have to return to your tyrant planet eventually" Setunsa said.

"If you don't…" Darien said.

"Become and ambassador?"

"It shouldn't have been you to join the Military Academy it should have been me" Darien said.

"Darien, you couldn't harm a fly" she smiled. "Look, we had great hopes as children and great ideas which we managed holding to. This Galaxy was never more at peace than now. And we will continue our work. I won't return to Oceania, I rather kill myself first".

"Don't say such nonsense" Setsuna looked rough at her.

"Should we get Amy back tomorrow?"

"Yes, please, her work on Oceania is finished".

"I would have sent Rei, but she is in the hospital unable to fly".

"No, no! You can't go there not now!" Setsuna said.

"Who else? Half of my division is recovering from the blast and I don't entrust Amy to the other half. They are children. I'll pick her up quickly. They can't hold me there by force tomorrow".

Michiru returned to her room. She took off her jacket and stretched her arms. Her monitor blinked, which meant Haruka was asking for permission to enter.

"Grant it" Michiru said and the door between the rooms opened.

"So, the doctor said tannin in red wine will do me well, but drinking alone doesn't seem to be my thing. Would you join me for a glass?" she asked lifting a bottle of red wine.

"Sure" she smiled opening a cupboard and taking two glasses out. She placed them on the small, round table next to the window and the two sat down.

"You look concerned" Haruka said.

"Nothing serious, just a…another political issue".

"Such as?"

"Oceania only gives away military for the neutral ships for a period of time. And they wouldn't even do that if they would not be forced. My time expired and they are demanding for my return".

"But I guess they can't make you. You said it yourself, you have no enemies, would anyone attack this ship?"

"No, but I have to go there tomorrow to pick up Ambassador Amy. I can't send anyone else, my division was pretty hurt in the blast".

"And you are afraid they will hold you by force there".

"They can't truly do that, as Amy would also be stuck there and that is a federal crime, to hold hostage an Ambassador. But I fear they will try something…I am not sure what".

"Are you more important to them than this Federal Crime?"

"Oh, no, not even they can ignore laws that much".

"You don't seem to be very fond of Oceania".

"I am not. Not at all. It is controlled by tyrants".

"But you grew up there".

"More or less. I was sent to preschool as a child, in order to escape my planet, on Terion, the most peaceful planet in the Galaxy. I joined The Military Academy later".

"Interesting. So you have no love for you planet?"

"I can't say that, of course I have and all we have ever done was also in favor of the people of Oceania. But I know I can't change the concept of a planet at once".

"We?"

"The Ambassadors and me…you see we all grew up…met in preschool, became friends, have always been close. We work very well together".

"And how come they are Ambassadors and you are not?"

"They went directly to The Peace Choir, I joined the Military. They…plan making me one".

"You definitely don't seem very glad of it".

"No…my place is with my division, taking actions on the actual field. My place is with my ship…not as an Ambassador".

"You are fond of flying?"

"Yes, I am it feels like swimming" she smiled. "Heaven, I have been talking so much about me. I would like to hear of you".

"What? I can't recall anything to tell you" Haruka smiled.

"Right, sorry. But I would like to know much more about you. Tell me something, anything. Whatever you want".

"Well…" Haruka thought. "I realized I do like red wine, have a preference in manly clothes, have read some of the books on your shelf, which is rather funny as I can recall the action in the books, but can't recall my life. And I definitely like women".

Michiru laughed.

"That's all I know about me…" Haruka shrugged amused.

"May…May I see your tattoo?"

"Yes" Haruka said unbuttoning her white shirt.

"You…should turn".

"Why? Are you afraid that you would like what you see?" the woman smirked. "If it makes you feel uncomfortable you can undress as well".

"Oh, aren't you funny" Michiru laughed.

Haruka stood up and turned. She took her shirt off and Michiru looked at the tattoo taking over her whole back. It resembled an unknown image and still it seemed to make somehow sense.

"I don't understand…" Michiru stood up, touching the woman's skin. "It's like…I have never seen this image and still somehow I recall it. Everything about you is a mystery, Haruka. Who are you?"

Michiru's hands felt good on her skin. And Haruka's skin felt good on Michiru's palms. Some unknown letters were imprinted under Haruka's neck.

"You should recall what it says" Michiru grabbed a small device from the table, taking a photo of the tattoo. "You can dress back".

Haruka closed a few buttons of her shirt and sat back down. Michiru transferred the picture on her display. Haruka looked long at it.

"It will live again" Haruka said. "That's what it's saying. But I don't know what language that is".

"How can you not recall a language?"

"Something old…I'm sorry" she rubbed her forehead.

"It's fine. I think you should get some rest".

"Right" she stood up and walked to the door. "Michiru…let me come with you tomorrow…just to make sure".

"On Oceania?"

"Yes…I think I can pilot a Double Flying Spaceship. And, well, I…let me repay you somehow".

"You don't have anything to repay me for".

"Please" she smiled.

"All right, if you wish so. Maybe flying will bring back some memories".

"I hope so" she took Michiru's hand in hers and kissed the woman's palm. "Good night".

"Night, Haruka".

Michiru showered and went to bed. She read a few pages of a book, but couldn't concentrate. She looked at her display: it was still searching the picture and text on Haruka's tattoo. She turned off the light and went to sleep.

Haruka was staring outside the window. She took another sip from her wine and smirked.