~*Ch 2*~
The next morning, Talim found herself lying face down, her face pressed into the itchy mattress. The sheets and the pillowcase were torn off the bed and were lying on the floor. It would happen at least once a week. Ever since Talim had been diagnosed with these strange illnesses, she had been sleepwalking; one time, a neighbor had to bring her to her house because she had been in the street. Talim lifted her head, expecting to feel the usual wave of nausea she had in the mornings, but there was nothing. She stood up, expecting her knees to come out from under her, but she stood without even swaggering. Talim walked to the mirror; looking at her self, she saw the color had come back to her face. *What could this mean?* Talim thought to herself. She couldn't just completely heal overnight; it wasn't possible! Then she remembered the pen. She was still holding it. Talim looked down at it, and gasped at what she saw. It was pulsing, and the colors were moving around in swirls. The little symbol at the top was spinning very fast, and flashing different colors at every second. *Could the pen have healed me?* Talim asked herself. *No, it couldn't be true. Pens can't heal people, can they?*
"Take this. It will become of great assistance."
Talim had a quick flashback of the dream she had the night before. That woman, whoever she was, didn't just give her the pen just because. It was for a purpose. But for what?
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Luna sat at the Sailor V game, gazing at the screen in total confusion. The computer said that there was a new scout power, but she couldn't identify it. Whenever she tried, the whole game would crash.
"You find anything yet?"
Artemis appeared beside Luna. "No, nothing yet," Luna replied. "I did find information on a new scout, but when I try to look up her power, the game will crash."
Are you sure?" Artemis asked.
"Positive," Luna replied.
"Let me try," Artemis said, stepping in from of Luna. He tapped at the buttons, then said, "Identify power source." The game pulled up a photo of the scout, a girl with long brown hair and dark eyes. Then it started scanning her powers. The words of the planets started flashing through: Neptune Uranus Mercury Earth Moon Jupiter. Then the words started flashing faster, and the machine started smoking.
"RUN!" Luna yelled, and she jumped off the machine and ran to the other side of the arcade. Artemis followed suit, and after he reached Luna, there was a huge BOOM, and then there was silence.
"That's the strangest thing," Artemis commented. "The machine has information on every scout."
"I guess everything has at least one flaw," Luna commented as she watched the smoke from the machine curl into a wreath in the air.