"Kirra here is one lucky girl, eh Tenchi?" Washu asked. That kid had had them all out of bed at 3 AM, screaming about fire and burning. The machine had completely fried, a tangled mess of melted wires. Kirra had been unhurt, but she was now emitting a strong aura of power. There was no sign of any type of fire in the lab, so Washu could only assume that Kirra's energy had melted everything. It was too bad, really. That invention had been pretty good, and Washu never invented the same thing again. Darn.
"Yeah, and we also found out what was wrong with the cabbit connection too." Tenchi smiled. The cabbit connector, as they called the extension to the ECCES, hadn't been working, so Washu had been planning to fix it tomorrow. Too late.
Kirra coughed on the bed beside him, still unconscious. At least she wasn't in a come this time, and they had Washu to help them, too. She had actually been pretty calm this time, no screams at all. She would mumble sometimes, nothing understandable, but something.
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"GET AWAY FROM ME YOU PERVERT!"
"Ahh, so you DO still have some fight left. Well, that's okay; I like 'em better when they can still fight back. Come on, this way…" He whistled happily, as if he couldn't care less about what he was doing.
"Goddammit, let me GO you freak!" Kirra twisted her wrist, trying to run, get away from this man. He smiled, tightened his grip, and pulled her along.
"Why should I let you go?"
"I haven't done anything wrong! Let me go, now!"
"You've beaten several boys to the ground."
"And was punished for it! Dammit, let go!" Kirra screamed, hoping someone would hear. And care about what was happening.
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"What happened?" Kirra asked groggily. Her head felt like melted Jello. Yuck.
"You fried my machine to pieces, that's what happened." Washu said, a little angry.
"What? Oh, now I remember…that wasn't me, it was the lava! It didn't hit you guys, did it?"
Washu and Tenchi looked at her in surprise. "What?"
"I said, it didn't hit you, did it?"
"No…?" Washu asked. She glanced at Tenchi. Why does she suddenly care about us? Oh well, it means she's more relaxed.
"Good. So, what happened with the lava? And…everything else? Why aren't I dead?"
"There was no lava. What you felt was probably the awakening of your energy-magic. I'm not sure what type of magic yours is, yet. It almost killed you and completely wrecked my machine. It's a wonder it's force didn't kill us too, but it stopped growing just after I woke up."
"Oh. I told the lava to stop…"
"You controlled your power. That's good. But I wouldn't recommend using the full power or you might actually die." Washu told Kirra.
"Don't try it." Tenchi said. "Oh, one more thing, Kirra. Dad decided you should sleep in that little room right next to mine…you know, where you walk thought my room and there's that extra room? Well, that's yours now."
Kirra smiled, feeling tired again. "Great…Thanks…" She managed to say before she was asleep.
"Tenchi," Washu asked, glancing at him in surprise. "Why does your dad want her in that room? I didn't know that."
"Dad says it's to help her—if she starts screaming or something, I'll be able to hear. This way she can't sneak out, either. Okay?"
"Oh, all right. Ryoko and Ayeka won't like it, though."