Behind the Gun
Chapter 2
-Such positive reviews! This next chapter shows a totally different side to Serena's personality. One that wasn't really seen in the first chapter. I hope you like it! Oh yeah, and the reason it took so long for me to get this out is because my brother -jerk- wouldn't get of the computer!
Voices.
She heard voices.
"She's suffered tremendous trauma to the head…Possible amnesia…I didn't think she'd make it…She's going to work…transplant…success!"
She opened her foggy eyes, groggily lolling her head to the side.
White.
All around her was white.
"What am I doing in a hospital?" she mumbled to herself, feeling the beginnings of a pounding headache.
A moving white blur came toward her and she cringed at the dizziness that accompanied the movement.
"Miss Tsukino, welcome back to reality. How are you feeling?" a woman's voice asked.
"Nani? Who are you? Who's Tsukino? What happened to the mission? Where's Treize?" She demanded, her vision clearing to reveal a young woman with dark green hair in a white lab coat. The woman offered a gentle smile.
"I'm sorry. You were in an accident. Your name is Usagi Tsukino. Who's Treize? Do you remember anything about the accident?"
Her eyes widened and she shoved herself into a sitting position, ignoring the scorching pain that raced through her body in doing so. She noticed the bandage that was wrapped around her waste.
"Iie! My name is Serena! I was on a mission. Did-did I die?" she gasped in realization, trying to remember what had happened. She bit her lip.
"Miss Tsukino, what on Earth are you talking about? You were in an accident and you were severely injured. The doctors have contacted your guardian already. He's on his way right now." The nurse said calmly.
"I was stepping from the ship and there was an explosion… Someone shot me…here…" She pressed a hand to her heart. "I was bleeding, and I hit the panel. Something happened after that and I blacked out…I can't remember!"
"Miss Tsukino, it is perfectly natural that you would have difficulty remembering your past. The accident is probably the last thing on your mind right now. Why don't you just rest for now? You must take it easy or you'll reopen your wounds. That glass cut you pretty deep." The nurse said in a slightly strained voice.
Usagi shook her head. "Iie. I have to contact Treize. He must be worried about me!" she attempted to pull herself out of the bed but fell back in pain.
"Damn."
"Miss Tsukino, you've been unconscious for over two weeks. Nobody even knows you exist past the necessary doctors, your guardian, and myself. Don't you even remember who you are?"
The question caught her off guard.
"Nani? What do you mean? Am I someone important? Is this Usagi important to someone?"
The nurse looked shocked. "I think I'll let your guardian tell you that. In fact," She glanced at the white clock on the wall. "He should be here now. Do you wish to see him?"
She nodded. "Hai, I'll see him…whoever he is."
"Good. I'll send him in in a moment. He'll be thrilled to know that the project was a success."
She left.
"I must have died, there's no way I could have survived that blast. But, what happened? I can't remember anything except a fog." Usagi racked her brain for the hundredth time trying to remember what had happened after she was shot.
She sighed in frustration. "And why can't I remember what my mission was?! Ugh!"
"Usagi, please calm yourself." Came a smooth feminine voice. Usagi looked startled.
She looked around at the empty room and frowned, reaching for her gun before realizing that she was in a hospital gown. She growled.
"Who's there? Show yourself!" she demanded.
The voice sighed. "Usagi, I'm not really there with you. I'm inside your mind. The implant that was placed within you is transmitting my voice to your central brain system. No one else can hear me but you."
"And just who the hell are you?" Usagi growled, still looking around suspiciously.
"I am Luna."
"And what? You're like my conscious or something?" Usagi rolled her eyes. "This is getting too weird. I must have been slammed into that panel harder than I thought."
"Usagi, no one knows that you are really Serena Kushrinada, wife of Treize Kushrinada. They all think you're Usagi Tsukino, the experimental soldier for the colonies."
"The what?! People think I'm some experiment? So I'm not even a person now?!" Usagi jolted up, then fell backward in pain as the pounding sensation returned.
Luna's voice returned, more soothing now. "Of course you're a person. You're just a person that happens to have a brain implant and super human strength. You are the ultimate fighting machine, a secret assassin for the colonies that has just been activated."
"But I'm against the colonies! What you're telling me is totally against my beliefs. I can't protect the colonies!"
"Correction," Luna's voice interrupted. "You're a different person now. You've been reincarnated to be a savior for the colonies. The person known as Serena Kushrinada is dead. Usagi Tsukino is now who you are. You can't go back to being the top assassin for OZ."
"But I am the top assassin for OZ." Usagi protested.
"Not anymore." Luna corrected.
Usagi frowned. "If you know so much about me, than tell me what happened when the ship blew up. Did I really die?"
Luna's voice hesitated. "In a matter of speaking…Hai, I suppose you did die. Fortunately though, you were reincarnated into the dormant body that we've been preparing for you. Your memories of OZ and your life as Serena Kushrinada were intact though, so I think something must have went wrong. You weren't supposed to remember anything except your training and survival skills."
"So basically I'm a carbon copy of my real self with my real memories, all of them, and now you want me to work for the colonies? I really must be dead."
"Usagi, listen to me. If the scientists discover that you were really the wife of Treize and you remember everything about your past, they'll have you terminated. You must try to be Usagi Tsukino. Your life depends on it."
Usagi snorted. "My life? My life is over. I want to see Treize! Wait…" Usagi's eyes went wide.
"He must think I'm dead! Oh my God! I have to contact him, tell him I'm alright!" she looked around desperately. "Can't you find anything that's not white around here?!" she asked angrily.
Luna's voice halted her in her desperate search.
"Usagi! Calm down. Treize must not know that you're alive. If word of your survival got out, it would ruin everything! You must become Usagi Tsukino."
"And how do I do that? I miss my Treize!"
"Usagi! Hush! Any moment now Dr. J will come through that door over there and explain everything to you. Don't worry, I'll be with you the whole time."
"And what if he figures out that I'm not really this Usagi person?" Usagi asked skeptically.
"That's impossible." Luna said matter-of-factly.
Usagi frowned. "Yeah?"
"Hai. You see, Project Bunny wasn't supposed to be activated until yesterday and you've been getting used to this body for over two weeks. The project would have been a catastrophe if you had awakened directly following your, um, death."
"Alright. I'm not even going to try to figure out what you just said." Usagi groaned.
"Let me put it this way. You, as Usagi, were just born."
Usagi paused for a moment, looking down at herself to be sure.
"But I'm still me. I'm not any younger."
"You don't understand. Physically, you are now sixteen, not twenty, but you *were* just born yesterday. You're body has been growing in a lab for over three years. You're a test tube baby of sorts."
Usagi gasped. "I, I, I don't really exist?"
Silence.
The door opened suddenly, slamming to reveal Dr. J. His left eye twitched at the sight of her.
"At last. Project Bunny was a success." He smiled. "It is time to begin…" he stepped fully in to the room, closing the door behind him. Usagi stiffened.
To be continued…
-Ha! Ha! Cliffie! Please review and tell me what you think! If you have any ideas too, feel free to tell me!
Chapter 2
-Such positive reviews! This next chapter shows a totally different side to Serena's personality. One that wasn't really seen in the first chapter. I hope you like it! Oh yeah, and the reason it took so long for me to get this out is because my brother -jerk- wouldn't get of the computer!
Voices.
She heard voices.
"She's suffered tremendous trauma to the head…Possible amnesia…I didn't think she'd make it…She's going to work…transplant…success!"
She opened her foggy eyes, groggily lolling her head to the side.
White.
All around her was white.
"What am I doing in a hospital?" she mumbled to herself, feeling the beginnings of a pounding headache.
A moving white blur came toward her and she cringed at the dizziness that accompanied the movement.
"Miss Tsukino, welcome back to reality. How are you feeling?" a woman's voice asked.
"Nani? Who are you? Who's Tsukino? What happened to the mission? Where's Treize?" She demanded, her vision clearing to reveal a young woman with dark green hair in a white lab coat. The woman offered a gentle smile.
"I'm sorry. You were in an accident. Your name is Usagi Tsukino. Who's Treize? Do you remember anything about the accident?"
Her eyes widened and she shoved herself into a sitting position, ignoring the scorching pain that raced through her body in doing so. She noticed the bandage that was wrapped around her waste.
"Iie! My name is Serena! I was on a mission. Did-did I die?" she gasped in realization, trying to remember what had happened. She bit her lip.
"Miss Tsukino, what on Earth are you talking about? You were in an accident and you were severely injured. The doctors have contacted your guardian already. He's on his way right now." The nurse said calmly.
"I was stepping from the ship and there was an explosion… Someone shot me…here…" She pressed a hand to her heart. "I was bleeding, and I hit the panel. Something happened after that and I blacked out…I can't remember!"
"Miss Tsukino, it is perfectly natural that you would have difficulty remembering your past. The accident is probably the last thing on your mind right now. Why don't you just rest for now? You must take it easy or you'll reopen your wounds. That glass cut you pretty deep." The nurse said in a slightly strained voice.
Usagi shook her head. "Iie. I have to contact Treize. He must be worried about me!" she attempted to pull herself out of the bed but fell back in pain.
"Damn."
"Miss Tsukino, you've been unconscious for over two weeks. Nobody even knows you exist past the necessary doctors, your guardian, and myself. Don't you even remember who you are?"
The question caught her off guard.
"Nani? What do you mean? Am I someone important? Is this Usagi important to someone?"
The nurse looked shocked. "I think I'll let your guardian tell you that. In fact," She glanced at the white clock on the wall. "He should be here now. Do you wish to see him?"
She nodded. "Hai, I'll see him…whoever he is."
"Good. I'll send him in in a moment. He'll be thrilled to know that the project was a success."
She left.
"I must have died, there's no way I could have survived that blast. But, what happened? I can't remember anything except a fog." Usagi racked her brain for the hundredth time trying to remember what had happened after she was shot.
She sighed in frustration. "And why can't I remember what my mission was?! Ugh!"
"Usagi, please calm yourself." Came a smooth feminine voice. Usagi looked startled.
She looked around at the empty room and frowned, reaching for her gun before realizing that she was in a hospital gown. She growled.
"Who's there? Show yourself!" she demanded.
The voice sighed. "Usagi, I'm not really there with you. I'm inside your mind. The implant that was placed within you is transmitting my voice to your central brain system. No one else can hear me but you."
"And just who the hell are you?" Usagi growled, still looking around suspiciously.
"I am Luna."
"And what? You're like my conscious or something?" Usagi rolled her eyes. "This is getting too weird. I must have been slammed into that panel harder than I thought."
"Usagi, no one knows that you are really Serena Kushrinada, wife of Treize Kushrinada. They all think you're Usagi Tsukino, the experimental soldier for the colonies."
"The what?! People think I'm some experiment? So I'm not even a person now?!" Usagi jolted up, then fell backward in pain as the pounding sensation returned.
Luna's voice returned, more soothing now. "Of course you're a person. You're just a person that happens to have a brain implant and super human strength. You are the ultimate fighting machine, a secret assassin for the colonies that has just been activated."
"But I'm against the colonies! What you're telling me is totally against my beliefs. I can't protect the colonies!"
"Correction," Luna's voice interrupted. "You're a different person now. You've been reincarnated to be a savior for the colonies. The person known as Serena Kushrinada is dead. Usagi Tsukino is now who you are. You can't go back to being the top assassin for OZ."
"But I am the top assassin for OZ." Usagi protested.
"Not anymore." Luna corrected.
Usagi frowned. "If you know so much about me, than tell me what happened when the ship blew up. Did I really die?"
Luna's voice hesitated. "In a matter of speaking…Hai, I suppose you did die. Fortunately though, you were reincarnated into the dormant body that we've been preparing for you. Your memories of OZ and your life as Serena Kushrinada were intact though, so I think something must have went wrong. You weren't supposed to remember anything except your training and survival skills."
"So basically I'm a carbon copy of my real self with my real memories, all of them, and now you want me to work for the colonies? I really must be dead."
"Usagi, listen to me. If the scientists discover that you were really the wife of Treize and you remember everything about your past, they'll have you terminated. You must try to be Usagi Tsukino. Your life depends on it."
Usagi snorted. "My life? My life is over. I want to see Treize! Wait…" Usagi's eyes went wide.
"He must think I'm dead! Oh my God! I have to contact him, tell him I'm alright!" she looked around desperately. "Can't you find anything that's not white around here?!" she asked angrily.
Luna's voice halted her in her desperate search.
"Usagi! Calm down. Treize must not know that you're alive. If word of your survival got out, it would ruin everything! You must become Usagi Tsukino."
"And how do I do that? I miss my Treize!"
"Usagi! Hush! Any moment now Dr. J will come through that door over there and explain everything to you. Don't worry, I'll be with you the whole time."
"And what if he figures out that I'm not really this Usagi person?" Usagi asked skeptically.
"That's impossible." Luna said matter-of-factly.
Usagi frowned. "Yeah?"
"Hai. You see, Project Bunny wasn't supposed to be activated until yesterday and you've been getting used to this body for over two weeks. The project would have been a catastrophe if you had awakened directly following your, um, death."
"Alright. I'm not even going to try to figure out what you just said." Usagi groaned.
"Let me put it this way. You, as Usagi, were just born."
Usagi paused for a moment, looking down at herself to be sure.
"But I'm still me. I'm not any younger."
"You don't understand. Physically, you are now sixteen, not twenty, but you *were* just born yesterday. You're body has been growing in a lab for over three years. You're a test tube baby of sorts."
Usagi gasped. "I, I, I don't really exist?"
Silence.
The door opened suddenly, slamming to reveal Dr. J. His left eye twitched at the sight of her.
"At last. Project Bunny was a success." He smiled. "It is time to begin…" he stepped fully in to the room, closing the door behind him. Usagi stiffened.
To be continued…
-Ha! Ha! Cliffie! Please review and tell me what you think! If you have any ideas too, feel free to tell me!