Konnichiwa Minna-san! I'm back! Since I left the last chapter at such a cliffy I decided to get this chapter up as soon as I could. And just a little thing before I let you start reading, Tieria's a tiny bit (alright maybe a lot bit) out of character at the beginning but then again, just look at the state I've left him in from the last chapter…anyone would be acting out of character after that. Well, enjoy!

Disclaimer: I do not own Gundam 00 or the characters, I'm just borrowing them for a while (with Veda's permission of course). But Destiny and Miracle are mine.

Happy Reading!


Chapter Eleven: Infectious Hallucinations

Destiny sighed as she tried to calm Tieria down. She had never seen him this way before and she made a mental note to ask either Neil or Sumeragi if Tieria had some kind of panic disorder. "Tieria-kun," She said softly as she ran her finger through his almost sweat soaked hair, "I need you to tell me what you were dreaming about."

"Setsuna shot me…" he muttered as he shook violently, "I was dying and everyone was watching as I died…Sumeragi dismissed me…and Neil was dead… and I wasn't allowed to live…knowing what I knew…"

"It's alright," Destiny said, "That's not going to happen. So just relax."

A few minutes later just as the violent tremors that Tieria had been experiencing had subsided, Sumeragi, Linda and Neil entered the room causing Tieria to once again start shaking uncontrollably.

Sumeragi walked up to the bed and placed her hand on Tieria's forehead. She sighed //This is bad// She thought, "Linda give me the thermometer, his fever is bad." Sumeragi said.

"I was expecting that," Linda said as she inspected the wound, "It's not that bad. He'll be fine after a day or so on antibiotics. He caught it early. How high is his fever?"

"Thirty-nine point five," Sumeragi said.

Linda nodded, "That doesn't surprise me," She said, "Please don't worry too much. Tieria-kun's fever is high however if it was serious it would be well above forty." Linda sighed to herself. She wasn't expecting Tieria's fever to be quite as high as it was based on the stage of the infection. //His fever should only be around thirty-eight point nine at the highest// She thought. She didn't bother telling Sumeragi, she was already stressed out enough, //He's still weak though, his high fever could be caused by that. I hope that's the case…//

"Sumeragi…" Tieria whispered, "Are you…going…to dismiss me…?"

"Tieria," Sumeragi said as she placed an ice pack on the boy's forehead, "Why would I dismiss you? I need you to fight for me. Don't worry about that now, just rest, you'll feel better."

"You're not…going to…dismiss me…?" He asked.

"No Tieria," She said, "I promise. Now get some sleep." She sighed, "Linda, how does it look?"

"Not bad," Linda said as she dabbed a cream like substance on a gauze pad, "Like I said we caught it early, so it's still local. Tieria-kun, I'm sorry but this might burn a bit." She then carefully pressed the pad to the boy's stomach.

Tieria gasped in pain. His stomach was already painful to begin with and the burning and pressure only made it unbearable. And if he had the energy to do so, he would have been screaming. He wanted it all to stop but he was still terrified to go back to sleep, he didn't want to see those images again.

"All set," Linda said as she bandaged the wound, "All I need to do now is set up the IV. This will be the easy part Tieria-kun."

Linda was about to get the IV line in Tieria's arm when the boy pulled his arm away, causing the needle to cut his skin.

"Stop…"He gasped, "Don't…"

Sumeragi sighed. She had forgotten all about Tieria's fear of needles, "Tieria, Linda has to do this," She said softly, "If she doesn't, you'll get sicker. You need to let her do this. You're too sick for an oral antibiotic."

"No…" Tieria gasped.

"Neil," Sumeragi said. She hated making any of her crew members do anything that they didn't want to do however, sometimes it was necessary, "I need you to hold him down, just please don't hurt him."

Neil nodded and walked up to Tieria and grabbed the boy's arm, "I'm sorry Tieria," He said, "But the infection is going to kill you if we don't do this." He then restrained Tieria in a way so that he couldn't pull his arm away.

"Let me go…" Tieria gasped as he tried to struggle but was stopped by an extreme pain in his stomach, "Stop…please…Let me go…"

"No Tieria," Neil said, "You need this medicine."


Setsuna was rather confused when he walked into the residence hall. All of the lights were on. Normally the lights were off at three in the morning. So either something happened while he was finishing the repairs to his Gundam or someone forgot to turn off the lights. He was just about to enter his room when he heard muffled voices coming from Tieria's room. His curiosity got the better of him and he entered the older boy's room.


Linda and Neil were still having issues holding down the feverish and nearly hysterical Tieria down long enough to get the IV line into his arm when the door opened.

"Tieria," A voice called, "What's wrong?"

Tieria immediately stopped struggling. That voice struck fear in him, "No…" He gasped as the tremors returned and worsened ten-fold, "No…not you…please…no…don't kill me…"

"What?" Setsuna asked, "Tieria, why would I kill you?"

"Don't…kill me…" Tieria moaned, "I…won't tell…our secrets…please don't shoot me…"

Setsuna looked towards Destiny, "What's going on?" he asked. Tieria never acted like this. Tieria was always extremely stable so why was he so hysterical right now, what had happened to him?

"He had a nightmare where you shot and killed him," Destiny said softly so Tieria wouldn't hear, "He's not thinking very clearly. He developed an infection so he has a high fever."

"Setsuna," Neil called, "I need you to help me hold him down so we can get the IV line in his arm."

As Setsuna went over to go help Neil, Destiny continued to watch. And as she watched something happened and the scene changed. It was no longer Setsuna and Neil holding Tieria down, it was two faceless men in white lab coats. Linda wasn't the one working with the IV, it was a faceless dark-haired woman.

"Destiny," Sumeragi asked, "Is everything alright?"

Destiny knew that Sumeragi called her by her name however she could have sworn she heard the name Jori. She was about to asked Sumeragi who Jori was when the scene changed further. Tieria's gasps and weak please had been replaced by the piercing yet vaguely familiar screams of a young child.

She tried to shake the mental images her mind was conjuring up when one of the faceless men turned to face her.

"Your bother is going to die Jori."

Then the scene she was witnessing went black as she lost consciousness.


Sumeragi was concerned about the Destiny. She had been acting strange since Setsuna had entered the room.

"Destiny," Sumeragi said, "Is everything alright?"

Sumeragi bit her lip when the girl didn't respond. //Please don't tell me that she's being controlled// Sumeragi thought, //We don't need that right now//

"Sumeragi," Neil said as he turned around, "We got the IV in."

Then before Sumeragi could respond there was a dull thud from behind her.

"Destiny!" Neil called as he released Tieria and ran over to the collapsed girl, "Destiny, what's wrong?"

Tieria weakly looked over at the girl and instead of seeing the teenaged girl in Neil's arms, he saw a girl no older than thirteen in the arms of a faceless short-haired man. He shut his eyes quickly trying to shake the hallucination that was probably caused by the fever he was running however when he opened his eyes again the scene had not changed.

"Jo…Jori…" He called out weakly. Jori? Who was that? He had never uttered that name before in his life and yet he felt as though he had called that name countless times. "Jori…!"

Neil looked over at Tieria, "Tieria," he asked, "Who's Jori?"

"Where…where are you taking Jori…?" Tieria asked, "Stop…"

"Tieria," Neil said, "This is Destiny, not Jori."

"No, stop…" Tieria cried weakly, "Don't take my sister!"

Neil and Sumeragi looked at each other, "Tieria, what are you talking about?" Sumeragi asked.

Tieria never heard the question he heard something else.

"Take her away. You're working him up too much."

"No stop!" Tieria cried, "Don't take her away!"

"Neil," Sumeragi said softly, "Bring her to her room."

Neil nodded and Sumeragi walked up to the bed, "Calm down Tieria," She said. She knew that there was no point in trying to reason with Tieria at the moment, there was a good chance that he had no idea what he was talking about, "We're not going to take your sister away from you. We're just going to bring her to her room so she can get some rest. Is that alright?"

Tieria blinked and realized that Sumeragi was standing in front of him. "Sumeragi…?" He whispered, "When did…you get here?"

"I've been here the entire time," She said realizing that Tieria was once again attempting to think straight, "Tieria, who's Jori?"

"Jori?" Tieria whispered as he closed his eyes, "I don't know anyone by that name."

Sumeragi was about to protest but decided against it. With the condition that Tieria was in, he probably had no idea what he had been screaming about not even five minutes prior. "That's fine," Sumeragi said, "Linda is he all set?"

"Yes," Linda said, "Do you need me to check on Destiny?"

"You can if you want to," Sumeragi said as Neil reentered the room, "But I'm not sure that will be necessary."

Linda nodded and left the room.

"Setsuna," Sumeragi said, "You're free to go. Thank you for your help."

Setsuna nodded, "Keep me updated on his condition." He said.

"We will," Neil said, "Destiny will be fine. She's suffering from some kind of mental trauma."

"I wonder what happened to her," Sumeragi wondered a loud.

"I'm sure she'll tell us when she wakes up," Neil said as he turned to Tieria, "Tieria, go back to sleep, you'll feel better."

"I can't," Tieria whispered, "I'll have that dream again…"

Neil sighed, "I'll be back," he said as he left the room.

"Tieria," Sumeragi said, "What were you dreaming about?"

"I don't remember," Tieria said, "But…it frightened me…I don't want that to happen again."

"It's not going to happen again," Sumeragi said, "Tieria, you're not going to get better if you stay awake for the rest of the night. Please, get some sleep."

"Sumeragi," Tieria whispered as tears streamed down his face, "I don't want to."

Sumeragi sighed as Neil reentered the room, "Where did you go?" She asked.

"Just to get him something to drink," Neil said.

"But the-" Sumeragi didn't complete her sentence. Neil gave her the 'cut it out now' motion with his hand, "That's a good idea."

"Here Tieria," Neil said as he handed the small water bottle to the boy, "Try to drink it all."

Sumeragi looked at Neil and mouthed, "What did you put in the water?"

"A sleep aid," Neil mouthed back.

"Neil," Tieria muttered as she struggled to keep his eyes open, "Why…why can't I keep my…eyes…open…?"

"Because you're sick and your body is exhausted," Neil said, "Just close your eyes and don't worry about a thing."

Tieria nodded slightly and shut his eyes.

"Tieria…" Neil called after about three minutes, "I think it's safe to say he's not awake anymore. You can get to bed, I'll watch him for the rest of the night."

Sumeragi nodded, "Check his temperature every few hours or so," She said, "Good night Neil."

"Good night," Sumeragi said, "And thank you."


Destiny woke up rather disoriented. She remembered the vision she had witnessed but she didn't remember how she got to her room.

"Ah you're awake."

She sat up, "Neil-san," she said, "What are you doing here? Shouldn't you be watching Tieria-kun?"

"The kid's out cold," Neil said, "I slipped him a sleep aid. He's not going to wake up for a while."

"That's good," Destiny said, "How's he doing?"

"We got the IV line in just before you collapsed," Neil said, "He's on a powerful antibiotic so he should be fine in a day or so. He's still got a high fever but it's coming down."

"I'm glad," She said.

"What happened to you last night?" Neil asked.

"I'm not sure," Destiny said, "It was odd though, one minute it was you Setsuna-san and Vashti-san then the next it was two faceless men and a faceless woman. But the thing that disturbed me the most when towards the end one of the men turned around and said 'your brother is going to die Jori.' I don't understand any of it."

"Now that is odd," Neil said, "After you fainted Tieria kept crying out stuff like 'where are you taking my sister' and 'Stop don't take Jori?' Then five minutes later he had no clue who Jori was."

"So apparently the name does have some significance to the two of you," Neil said, "It's a shame you can't look into it."

"Even if I still had my link to Veda," Destiny said, "It's probably level seven information and Ribbons is the only person who has level seven privileges."

"I see," Neil said.

"What time is it anyway?" Destiny asked.

"It's about nine," Neil said, "So in other words breakfast time."

"Before we go to breakfast, I want to check on Tieria," Destiny said,

"Alright," Neil said as he turned for the door, "I'll let you get dressed then." He left the room then a few minutes later Destiny walked into the hallway in her maroon uniform, "That color looks good on you."

"Thanks," Destiny said as she headed across the hall to Tieria's room.


Destiny sighed as she placed her hand on Tieira's forehead. His skin was still rather warm and clammy and his face held a look of pain and discomfort.

"Destiny," Neil said, "Check his temperature."

Destiny picked up the scan thermometer and placed it on Tieria's forehead, "Thirty-eight point eight," She said, "What was it last time?"

"Thirty-nine point three," Neil said, "Linda will be happy his temperature has dropped a bit more than half a degree in just about six hours."

"That's really good," Destiny said softly.


"Mama," Mileina said as Destiny and Neil entered the room, "Where's Erde-san? You said yesterday that he would start eating normal meals with us today. So where is he?"

"He won't be coming to breakfast today," Destiny said softly.

"Eh, why?" Mileina asked, "Is he still worried about what everyone thinks about him?"

"No," Destiny said, "He's running a high fever from an infection."

Allelujah looked over at the girl, "No, way…" He gasped, "He's still really weak isn't he? He doesn't need this right now."

"We have him on a really powerful antibiotic right now," Neil said, "So he should be alright by tomorrow."

Allelujah sighed, "I know that Tieria was a strong person four years," He said, "But even then there was a limit as to what he could handle. Things must be so much harder for him now."

"I'm sure he'll be alright," Destiny said as she helped herself to breakfast, "His stomach wound is just about healed. He's still a strong person Haptism-san, if he wasn't he wouldn't have survived the past five years." She then looked towards Neil, "Neil-san, does Tieria-kun have some of panic disorder?"

"Why do you ask?" Neil asked in return.

"The way he was acting last night," She said, "He was displaying all the symptoms of a massive panic attack and I was just curious."

"Yeah he does," Neil said, "He probably has some kind of generalized panic disorder."

"Great, that's just what we need," Lyle said, "So not only does he have a homicidal alternate personality, he has a panic disorder. So I guess when he's killing us he'll be having a panic attack as well, wonderful."

"You had better watch your mouth!" Allelujah called. Normally it was Neil who was offended but this time Lyle managed to anger Allelujah, "That little thing Tieria pulled the other day is a far cry from a sign of an alternate personality. Trust me, I would know." He then walked off without another word, leaving a confused Marie to follow him.

"What the hell was that all about?" Lyle asked.

"I couldn't tell you," Neil said, "But just be thankful that Hallelujah isn't will us anymore."

"Who the hell is Hallelujah?" Lyle asked.

"A true homicidal alternate personality."


Tieria was rather confused when he woke up. First of all according to his watch it was eighteen hundred hours Greenwich Mean Time and secondly there was an IV line in his arm. And he just couldn't understand why he felt so sick either.

//What happened to me// he thought as he sat up as much as his strangely weak body would allow him to, //Why do I feel so weak?// He then hit the call button near his bed and waited. A few minutes later, Sumeragi, Linda and Destiny entered the room.

"Tieria," Sumeragi said with a smile, "You're awake, I'm so glad?"

"Sumeragi," Tieria said, "What happened to me? Why do I feel so sick?"

"You developed an infection," Sumeragi said, "You woke up with a high fever at around three in the morning after having a violent nightmare. Do you remember?"

Tieria thought for a minute then shook his head, "I don't remember anything of that manner," He said.

Sumeragi and Linda looked at each other and nodded as Linda mouthed "It's for the best."

Linda then placed her hand on Tieria's forehead, "He still has a fever Sumeragi," She said as she removed her hand then handed the thermometer to Tieria, "It's probably a bit higher than it's been but it's getting later."

"That's not bad is it?" Sumeragi asked as she bit her lip. The young pilot in front of her had gone through a lot in the past four years and she was extremely worried about him.

"No, it's not," Linda said, "It's completely fine. Fevers are always worse at night and while we've severely weakened the infection, he still has it." She then turned her attention to Tieria, who had just handed her the thermometer, "It's not that high either it's thirty-eight point eight."

Sumeragi nodded, "Are you hungry at all Tieria?" She asked knowing full well what the answer was going to be.

"No," Tieria answered. He was feeling quite nauseous and he didn't think that eating would be a good idea, "My stomach is sick and I would rather not eat anything."

"I'm not surprised," Sumeragi said, "The medication you're on makes everyone else nauseous, I'm surprised it didn't make you sick."

"He hasn't eaten in a little over twenty-four hours," Linda said, "And he was unconscious during the time it would have made him sick. Tieria-kun, I need you to lie down for me."

Tieria nodded and silently complied. He was glad to lie down, he was exhausted. Although he didn't quite understand that either, he had slept all day so why was he so tired? "Sumeragi," He said tiredly as Linda inspected the wound on his stomach, "Why am I so tired? I know the fever has something to do with it but I've slept all day."

"Neil slipped you a sleep aid this morning," Sumeragi said, "You wouldn't go back to sleep on your own this morning."

Tieria nodded and shut his eyes. He wanted to sleep but he wouldn't be able to until Linda and Sumeragi left because he knew that they were going to ask more questions about how he felt.

"Tieria-kun," Linda said as she began dabbing a cream-like substance on the wound, "Does this hurt at all?"

"There's some pressure," Tieria said softly, "But there's no pain."

"That's good," Linda said, "That means it's just about healed. Sumeragi, I think he's ready to resume normal activity. Tomorrow might be too soon, I can imagine he'll be weak but as soon as he feels strong enough." She looked at Tieria, "Just don't over do it."

Tieria nodded as Linda left the room.

"Do you need anything Tieria?" Sumeragi asked as she helped pull the covers over the boy.

Tieria shook his head. He just wanted to get back to sleep.

"Alright," She said as she headed for the door, "Sleep well Tieria."

"Tieria-kun," Destiny said as she approached the bed, "Are you up for a little chat?"

"Destiny," Tieria said tiredly, "Can we talk tomorrow? I'm exhausted, I'm not feeling well at all and I just want to get some sleep."

"I understand," Destiny said, "I didn't think you were going to want to talk anyway. I'll let you sleep. Call me if you need anything during the night."

Tieria nodded and finally slipped into a deep and very restful sleep.


So, it looks like Tieria's going to be okay after this chapter, the infection he was suffering from is just about gone so he'll be back to normal. And this time Lyle pissed off Allelujah and if Halle was still around, I think he would have ripped the Dylandi in half but whatever. And just what is the whole deal with this Jori person? Both Tieria and Destiny know the name so what does it mean? They'll figure it out eventually but until then the two of them can just be confused about it. Until next time Minna-san!

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