IT'S THE NAVEL LIFE FOR ME... Part two...
Author: Daferge
The characters in this story and the events of all the Tenchi Muyo shows are property of AIC and Pioneer. I have neither created them, nor do I own them.
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chapter - 10...
( Morning - Day Eleven - North Atlantic )
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Washu held the small piece of glass up into the light and let it glitter for a moment...
The texture of the glass caused a slight rainbow effect, with a tinge of red...
The colors seem to dance and sing in a mathematical way...
She found the effect rather interesting...
A sudden jolt of her surroundings returned her to the real world...
Maybe she had been spending TOO much time buried in her lab...
She was having trouble adjusting to the out side world...
She'd have to thank Tenchi for having her dragged out of her Lab...
Her eyes widened...
TENCHI!!
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She looked down at the table before her, covered with a white sheet...
A white sheet soaked in red, BLOOD!!...
Tenchi's blood...
How could I have gotten so off track?...
She could just kick herself...
Better yet, let Ryoko do it...
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Looking up, she saw Mihoshi watching her, concern in her eyes...
And we always considered YOU the silly one...
Taking a deep breath, Washu got a hold of herself and calmed down...
Slowly she reached over and took Tenchi's wrist...
Using her fingertips, she checked his pulse...
It took a couple of tries, but she got a strong, steady beat...
She couldn't help, but sigh...
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That's our boy...
She managed to see the wardroom clock...
No wonder she was out of it, they'd been at it for almost two hours...
Carefully examining every cut on his back for small shards of glass, before closing them...
All done in a room that rocked and swayed...
After do consideration, beyond their deep concern, Tenchi hadn't really been in any great danger...
None of the flying glass had come near vital organs, it had just been all that blood that had caused EVERYONE to panic...
Including herself, it seems...
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Dropping the blood cover piece of glass in a bowl, Washu looked up at Mihoshi...
There seem to be a question in her eyes...
Washu nodded and Mihoshi sighed, then began to cry...
Washu could see she was holding his other hand with both of hers...
Smiling under her mask, Washu noticed a sailor standing by the door, as if waiting for something...
Washu chuckled and gave the girl a thumbs up...
The door was opened and she was gone in an instant...
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Washu turned back to the table, she had a last gash to clean and close...
As with the others, she be careful so as not to leave any scars...
Tenchi might not bother about them, but she knew the girls would...
Good thing she'd grabbed her own first aid kit when they grabbed her, it had her bottle of special liquid bandage in it...
No need for sewing Tenchi up and no scars left behind...
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As Washu applied some liquid bandage to the cleaned cut, she notice Mihoshi still holding his other hand...
She also saw the tube taped to his arm, the tube they had used to give him blood transfusions...
Getting Mihoshi's attention, she pointed to the tubing, Mihoshi's eyes widened and she went to work carefully removing it...
She gently removed the needle from Tenchi's arm and applied a dab of the liquid bandage...
As Washu watched, she wondered what Tenchi would think when he learned that he now had blood from a large portion of the crew ( including Ayeka, Ryoko and the others ) running in his veins...
Would it help stop those nose bleeds of his?...
She couldn't help it, she started giggling, then burst out laughing...
Mihoshi shook her head, she wasn't sure WHAT Washu found funny...
The girls acting as a net around the table, were just too tired to care one way or the other...
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( On the Bridge... )
Tensions were still running high as the crew concentrated on the storm and trying to keep the ship as steady as possible...
It had gotten lighter outside and most of the rain was gone, for now...
Ayeka could see as far as the bow and even some distance beyond, that helped...
With radar still out and Washu, occupied, she would just have to play it by ear...
Ryoko had the sharpist eye, so she was standing at the window keeping an eye out...
Last thing they needed was to meet another ship, big or small out here now...
Or an iceberg...
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All eyes turned as the bridge door suddenly opened...
Standing there or rather bent over and panting, was a young female sailor...
Finally able to stand up, she did, a big smile on her face...
Sticking out her arm, she stuck her thumb upward...
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The was silence for a while and then the bridge erupted with noise...
Had they had the energy, it would have been cheering...
Ryoko smiled as she watched Ayeka brush something from her cheek...
Suddenly she had to do the same thing...
Ayeka motioned for Kiyone to join her...
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When Kiyone was close enough Ayeka had a request...
" Kiyone... Would you check on Sasami for me, Ryoko and I can't leave... If she's awake let her know... Then put it out on the system for the rest of the crew... "
KIyone smiled and nodded...
She made her way to the door and left the bridge...
Noticing Ryoko looking her way, smiling, Ayeka smiled and nodded...
Then they got back to business, able to concentrate better...
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( Below decks... )
Kiyone quietly open the door to Tenchi's cabin and entered...
Closing it, she carefully made her way in the red emergency light to the bed...
Seeing that Sasami was asleep, Kiyone reached down and adjusted sheets holding her down...
She was startled when Sasami grabbed her hand...
Kiyone looked up into Sasami's concerned face and sighed...
" Word just came up to the bridge... It's done and Tenchi will be alright... "
Kiyone watched as a big smile came to Sasami's face and her eyelids slowly closed...
Even asleep, the smile never left her face...
Smiling, Kiyone bent down and kissed Sasami on the forehead...
"Sweet dreams, Sasami... Ayeka sends her love... "
Kiyone started to leave, but bent down close to Sasami's ear...
" Tenchi sends his love too... "
As Kiyone got up to leave, she heard Sasami giggle...
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Although most of the crew were below in their bunks, due the storm and the power problems, that didn't prevent the grapevine from keeping everyone informed...
Especially if it had to do with their captain health, so the word was already out that the operation was over and the captain OK...
But it was still a relief when Kiyone's voice came over the speaker system...
" Attention on deck... You may or may not have heard, but the operation on the captain is over and all indications are that he'll be alright... As for the storm, we seem to be past the worst and things should be calming... Expect duty call at 0800 and cleanup details to follow... That is all... "
to be continued...
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