Chapter 26

"It's my fault, Hakase" Jun quickly confessed, thinking that Nambu was referring to the scene he walked in on between her and Joe.

Thinking the same thing, Joe quickly contradicted her, "No, it's my fault."

"It's obviously someone's fault, but neither of you are telling me anything! Now will one of you tell me why Joe is bleeding, why Ken's Bird Rang is on the other side of the room, why I'm stepping in a pile of shuriken feathers and, in case neither of you have noticed, why are Jinpei, Ryu, and Ken all unconscious on the floor?" Nambu's voice had risen with such intensity that he was now to the point of yelling, "What happened here?"

"Well, Hakase", Jun started quietly and nervously, "I was just getting into bed when Ken came in the door. Except it didn't seem that it was really Ken."

Hakase raised an eyebrow, "What are you trying to say, Jun?"

"Well, it was Ken, but he had this crazy look in his eye. Hakase, he attacked me and tried to kill me!"

"What??"

"It's true, Hakase" Joe broke in. "I heard Jun's scream and ran in here. Ken was on her with his Bird Rang to her throat. Then Jinpei and Ryu came to the door and shot their sonic guns at me. That's how I got the shoulder wound."

Nambu's eyes widened, "What about the shuriken feathers? And the burn mark on Ken's forehead?" he asked dismayed.

"Ken turned and tried to attack Joe. I threw my yo-yo at him to knock the Bird Rang out of his hand and I jumped at Joe so he would drop his shuriken" Jun paused, then added embarrassed, "I guess I missed Ken's hand and hit him in the head instead".

"Joe, you were going to throw your shuriken at Ken?" Nambu questioned, his dismay turning into anger, "How could you attack your Commander like that?"

"Me??" Joe answered back, quickly on the defense. "Ken's the one who tried to kill me and Jun!"

"Yes, but it seems you're still sane, whereas Ken and the others are not!" Hakase rebuked.

Joe growled in frustration. Nambu took a second to let his own anger subside, then changed the subject, "We need to get to the medical wing. Joe, you need to get that shoulder examined and bandaged, and we need to get the others into some sort of restraint and tested before they wake up."

As Nambu waited for some orderlies to come, Jun started to walk with Joe back to his room so he could put some clothes on.

"Jun." Nambu commanded.

Jun turned to face Nambu. She understood what he meant just by the way he said her name. "Yes, Hakase?" she asked timidly.

"Joe can go to his room by himself. You stay here."

"Yes, Hakase." Jun responded defeated. Jun walked back into her room and slipped into the bathroom to put her civvies back on.