Disclaimer: I own nothing, 'cept my mind; but I've probably lost that by now too.
Note to Reader: Duo and Wufei/Meiran are not sleeping together.
Okay, now it's time to get this thing started. All right, boys and girls, get to your places! It's time to start Act V.
2 weeks later, Taikenshaii Memorial Hospital, Colony L3-X18999....
Sally slumped in a chair in the corner of Meiran's small hospital room. Meiran had been comatose for the past 2 weeks with no signs of waking anytime soon. Sally glanced over at the the Chinese girl's still form. The past two weeks had been quite a strain. Duo had told the other gundam pilots the truth about Wufei the moment he got back to the main safehouse. He even confessed to Heero of his "affair" with Wufei. Heero had been furious and nearly put Duo in the hospital. The other pilots, though shocked and perplexed, had come to terms with the facts, though none of them had yet to visit Meiran in the hospital.
Sally closed the book she had been reading, realizing she'd just read the same page about 50 times, yet still had no idea what had happened on that page. She leaned back, her head against the wall, and fell asleep.
Meiran woke up slowly. She looked around groggily trying to figure out where she was. Suddenly, she realized she was in a hospital. She also realized that she didn't have any clothes on. She clutched the sheet that was draped over her body to her protectively and screamed, not realizing anyone else was in the room.
Sally, immediately awakened by the scream, fell out of her chair, hitting her head hard on the end of Meiran's hospital bed. She clutched her head, trying hard not to let the sudden wave of nausea extricate her lunch from her stomach.
A nurse ran into the room to see what was wrong. She glanced at the Chinese girl laying in the hospital bed, then saw the other Chinese girl on the floor clutching her head. The nurse quickly helped Sally up and onto the vacant hospital bed in the room. The nurse then paged for Meiran's doctor.
"What's going on? Where am I?" asked Meiran forcefully.
The nurse looked at her and sighed. "You're at Taikenshaii Memorial Hospital. You were seriously injured when you brought in." The nurse left as the doctor walked in.
The doctor hurried over to Sally and examined her for a concussion. He gave her something for the pain and said, "You should be fine in a little while." After checking various things on Meiran, the doctor left the room.
Meiran sat there in the bed, trying to peice together the memories of what had happened the night she was brought in. She remembered setting a bomb, then running away from soldiers who were shooting at her. She could still feel an afterimage effect of the intense fury of pain that racked her body each time the bullets impacted her. Sally sat up in the other bed, the pain reliever having taken effect. She looked over at Meiran. "What happened?" asked Meiran, her voice edged with fear and anger. "Last thing I remember was getting shot at, then waking up here."
Sally looked at Meiran, an expression of combined sadness and joy etched on her face. "You had been shot multiple times as you fled the enemy compound. Duo brought you here, where they operated on you." Sally immediately recognized the look of fear on Meiran's face. It was almost identical to the one Meiran had given her when she was afraid that Sally would tell the other Gundam pilots that she was really a girl and not a boy. "The doctors quickly realized that you were a girl. They informed Duo of that fact. Needless to say, he was furious. He left on your motorcycle and went back to the hangar. Before leaving for Earth, he crashed your motorcycle into Altron."
Meiran's eyes widened. "He what!?" she exclaimed. "Are they okay?"
"Altron took no damage," responded Sally, "but your motorcycle was destroyed."
Meiran's expression changed from fear to anger to a combination of fear and anger. "Did...did he tell the others?"
Sally nodded slowly. "They've accepted his story as fact, but they haven't accepted you yet. Not one of them has come to visit you in the hospital, and they told me to tell you not to return to the safehouse. Heero was going to throw all of your stuff out onto the street..."
"What!?" Meiran interrupted.
Sally nodded. "Heero nearly put Duo in the hospital when Duo told him about the relationship you two had. I managed to convince the boys to let me move all of your stuff to my place."
"Thank you, Sally," replied Meiran.
Just then, the doctor returned. "Miss Chang Wufei, you're able to go home now." Meiran nodded. The doctor then left Meiran and Sally alone in the room.
((Chibi-Meiran: XD Wufei would explode if someone called him that!
Koishii: Yes, he probably would. Can you stop interrupting the story now, Chibi-Meiran?
Chibi-Meiran: ^^;; Yes, sir, Koishii, Sir!))
"For now, at least, you'll be staying with me," Sally stated.
Meiran nodded, then asked, "The clothes I was wearing are probably no longer fit to wear..."
Sally got up and opened the closet door where some clothes identical to what Meiran usually wore were hanging. "I brought some up here with me so you'd have something to wear when you were finally declared fit to leave.
About 30 minutes later, Sally and Meiran were seated on a shuttle for Earth.
Chibi-Meiran: Awww, Sally's so kind! ^_^
Chibi-Sally: ^^;; It was nothing, really.
Chibi-Catherine: *with a wicked glint her eyes* Can I make some soup for Duo?
Koishii: Uh...sure...go ahead, Chibi-Cat. Chibi-Sal, Chibi-Mei, you two make sure she doesn't cause too much trouble in the kitchen. *turns to the readers* I hope ya'll enjoyed this! Keep an eye out for a possible 6th Act, as well as other stories continuing in the AU of Le Femme Wufei. =^.^=