Operation: Reality Check
A Sailor Moon/FRC Fanfic
By Roehl Sybing
Epsiode 4: Hospital Break
Chris, Mike, and Jackie entered the hospital and headed toward the front desk. The nurse behind the desk noticed the three kids and asked, "May I help you?"
Chris replied, "Yes, one of our, um, friends, might be here?"
"Yeah, she was with us last night," Jackie added, "We thought she went home, but she wasn't, so we thought she was missing, and so we think she's here..."
The nurse said, "OK, who is this 'she' we are talking about?"
Mike jumped in, "Her name is Minako Aino. A-I-N-O, I think. Everyone else calls her Mina."
The nurse typed in the name on the computer next to her, and after a few moments the monitor displayed "NO MATCH."
The nurse said, "No one by that name here. Maybe she's a Jane Doe. Could you describe her for me?"
The three thought back to how Serena described her friend, while Chris replied, "OK, she's 14, has blonde hair, blue eyes, and we last saw her with a sailor suit on."
She typed the characteristics in and got a match:
Name: Jane Doe
Medical history: Unknown
Age: Unknown, probably 14-16
Hair: Blonde
Eyes: Blue
Condition: Multiple wounds around body, concussion to head
"OK, she's on the fourth floor, room 18-A. The elevator is on your second left, from the elevator go straight to the right and you'll reach the nursing station. Ask where's 18-A to the person there and they'll take you there," the nurse said.
Chris, Mike, and Jackie all followed the directions and reached the nursing station. The man behind the desk had an ID card on his shirt that said, "DR. WILLIAM FINNEGAN." He asked, "Can I help you?"
Jackie replied, "Could you take us to room 18-A?"
"That room has a Jane Doe in it, is she one of your friends?"
The three nodded.
"OK, then follow me."
A few twists and turns through the fourth floor led the three and the doctor to room 18-A, where their missing person is. She was wearing a hospital frock while laying on a bed, asleep. Dr. Finnegan said, "The police found her at the docks late last night, and she was taken here. I tried to talk to her this morning when she first woke up, but she wasn't speaking in English. Are you sure that this is your friend?"
Mike replied, "Yeah. Could you wake her up for us?"
The doctor didn't need to, because the girl on the bed was already awake at the sound of the doctor's voice. A little weak, she said, "What's going on?"
The three realized it was their wrist translators doing the translation, but the doctor said, "Hey, you DO speak English."
"English?"
Jackie turned to the doctor and said, "Uh, could we talk to her alone?"
"Well, alright. I'll be at my station if you need me." The doctor then left the room.
The girl said, "Who ARE you?"
Chris stood in front and asked, "Um.....Minako, right?"
Mina was surprised, saying, "H-how did you know my name?"
"We all know about you and the rest of the Sailor Scouts. You are, what was that, Sailor Venus, right?"
Mina, who was more surprised, nodded and asked, "How did you know about all that?"
Chris, Mike, and Jackie helped explain the long story (* as in the story of Issue 1).
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Back at the nursing station, Finnegan was looking through some of the case files involving his patients. He was then interrupted when a man in military clothing came up to the desk. The man had the words "UC ARMY" printed on his shirt. The doctor recognized the man and asked, "What do you want now?"
"The military is requesting that we take your Jane Doe the police found on the docks last night."
"How did you learn about that patient?"
"Oh come on, Doctor. The United Community is aware of every move everyone makes."
"Why do you want the girl anyway?"
"We got hold of some of the medical charts from this hospital. They reveal her to be above normal than usual, and so some of our scientists want her."
"She isn't a specimen, you know."
The man pointed a gun at Finnegan and said, "The military says she is. Hand her over."
"You won't get away with this, you know."
"I have so far, Doctor," the man with the gun added. He directed the doctor out of his seat and said, "Take me to her or I'll shoot you."
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"OK, so Serena and you guys have joined together?" Mina asked.
"Yeah, sort of." Mike replied.
Jackie spoke, "Look, we have to get you out of this dimension."
"Well, I can't be in any more danger than I am in now, right? So how do we get out of here?"
"With this little thing," Jackie said as she reached into her pocket. But nothing was there. She said, "Hey, it's gone! The device is gone!"
Mike screamed at Jackie, "WHAT? HOW COULD YOU LOSE THE TRACK-AND-RETURN DEVICE?!?"
"Sorry! I knew my pocket felt a little empty when we entered the city...."
Mina said, "What's a....track-and-return device?"
Chris added, "It's the mechanism that returns us to our own reality. Now we CAN'T get back."
"Look. All we gotta do is go back to where we landed. Hopefully it's there."
"What if someone picked it up?"
"Yeah right. There was no one around for a mile!"
"Well then, I guess we have to walk all the way there."
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All four walked out of the room and into the hallway. They met up with the man holding the gun up to Dr. Finnegan. The man pointed at Mina and said, "Hey, aren't you the one they found on the docks?"
"Uh oh. We're in trouble..." they all thought.
"I've been ordered to take you with me, so...."
Finnegan shouted, "RUN! ALL OF YOU!"
The four ran the other way, with the man running after them. While chasing the four kids down, the man talked into his communicator, "Units 1 and 2, secure the first floor." After a flight down the stairs, they were able to lose their enemy. They quickly entered the elevator and pushed the button marked "B" for basement garage.
"Garage? What for?"
Mike added, "I got a plan..."
Once inside the basement, they looked throughout the garage and noticed an ambulance with its left door open. They all crammed inside the ambulance. Mina said, "Great, we don't have any keys!"
"Keys? What for?" Mike said, "Jackie, give me a paper clip."
She handed a paper clip to Mike, who unfolded it into a small metal wire. Within seconds, he was able to start the car with the wire.
Chris asked, "You DO remember how to drive a car, right?"
Mike didn't answer, as he drived the car out of the garage and into the street. A military-colored car noticed the four kids in the ambulance, realized it was the four the soldier in the hospital was talking about, and quickly pursued them. Mike shouted, "Oh great, they're after us!" and quickly hit the right pedal. The speedometer reached 55 once the ambulance made a right turn while hitting a parked car on the corner. Obviously they were trying to reach their point of origin.
Jackie shouted, "Hey speed racer, you plan on drawing less attention to ourselves?"
"Obviously you don't notice the car behind us, do you?"
"The car at the back is running at 40!"
They were able to lost the car, but upon reaching the guarded exit of the city, a helicopter came flying in right above the car, following its every move. Every few seconds or so it was firing its guns on the ambulance. It was able to damage the roof and the windshield of the ambulance.
Mina opened the window on the right at looked at the helicopter. She put her hand back inside the vehicle and said, "We gotta get rid of this helicopter...........VENUS POWER!"
She quickly transformed into Sailor Venus in front of the other three kids. From the view of the helicopter, the pilot saw a blinding flash of light coming from the damaged ambulance.
"You're going to help?" Chris asked.
"Yeah, leave this helicopter to me!" She put her head out of the window again and shouted, "VENUS CRESCENT V, SMASH!" A powerful beam was fired from Sailor Venus' fingers and impacted upon the helicopter. With fire from the damaged part of the helicopter quickly surrounding the flying object, it crashed straight into the ground and exploded. The four all shouted, "YES!"
But their problems weren't over. In the distance appeared a group of police and military vehicles blocking the ambulance from continuing.
Mike said, "Hm, they think we're going that way!" The ambulance drove off the road, avoiding the enemy. Once their opponents noticed that they made a left turn, they quickly followed them.
Once the vehicle traveled a mile off the road, Chris noticed a small object on the ground, "Hey, it's our TAR device!"
Mike quickly hit the brakes and stopped the ambulance. The four exited the car while Jackie grabbed the small device on the ground. She hit the red button on the panel of the TAR device. A portal opened out of thin air right next to the four. Mike grabbed Sailor Venus by the hand and said, "C'mon, let's get out of here!" They all jumped into the portal and disappeared.
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Once the group of cars were able to reach the abandoned ambulance, the squad quickly searched the area, failing to find a single trace of their targets. Another car reached the area, and from it came Dr. Finnegan and the soldier from the hospital. The two were greeted by another man in military clothing. He said, "There's no sign of them. It's like they've disappeared off the face of the Earth."
The doctor said, "Well, I'm glad they got away. They don't need to be researched on by the likes of the United Community."
"That's for us to decide. As for you, we must ask of your absolute silence in this matter."
"Of course, I have.....always stayed quiet about your affairs."
"Yes, but it appears you've been involved in too many of our affairs..." The man pulled a gun out and shot Dr. Finnegan in the head. He turned to the soldier and said, "Go on, you're dismissed."
TO BE CONTINUED......