Operation: Reality Check
A Sailor Moon/Reality Jumpers FanFic
By Roehl Sybing
Episode 16: Six-Eighteen, Again
It was Monday afternoon in the Jumpers' war room back at the FRC. Today was unusually quiet. Everyone stared at Jake and Serena every time the two tried to make eye contact. The two knew that the others knew about the visit to the ice cream parlor down the block. Whenever Jake or Serena did say something, they said something like, "Nothing happened, alright!?" And nothing did either, but the two wished something did. They just couldn't help liking each other, and they couldn't help hiding it.
Finally, Jake became tired of being stared at. He sighed and walked out of the room without saying a word.
Mike followed Jake out of the building. As they walked for about five minutes, Jake said, "You can stop staring at me back there, you know."
"Don't you mean, 'us?'" Mike replied.
"What are you talking about?"
"You know exactly what I'm talking about."
The two stopped at a bus stop marker and sat down on the bench next to it. Jake looked down on the ground and continued, "You know....sometimes at night I can't sleep, probably 'cause I'm thinking about Serena. I look over her while she's sleeping in my bed. I say to myself that I have this beautiful girl in my room, but I can't do anything about it! What's the word, 'unfortunate?'"
"I think that's it...wait a minute! Mina stays with me, and I did something about it!"
"Yeah, well, she didn't have anyone before, Serena does."
"Heh..." Mike stood up and added, "'Can't do anything 'bout that, can we?"
Jake stood up as well, "Guess not...c'mon, let's go."
As they walked back to the building, Jake thought, "I just can't help it, being around Serena half the time..."
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"When I See You Smile"
Bad English
Sometimes I wonder if I'll ever make it through
Through this world that I have in you
I just wouldn't have a clue
Sometimes it seems this world is closing in on me
There's no way to break free
And then I see you reach for me
Sometimes I wanna give up
I wanna give in
I wanna quit the fight
And then I see you, baby
And everything's all right
Everything's all right
(chorus)
When I see you smile
I can face the world [oh, oh]
Now I can do anything
When I see you smile
I see a ray of light [oh, oh]
I see a shining light through the rain
When I see you smile, baby
Baby, when I see you smile at me
Baby, there's nothing that this world could ever do
That a touch of your hand can do
It's like nothing that I ever knew
And when the rain is falling
I can feel it, but you're here with me now
One look at you, baby, is all I'll ever need
It's all I'll ever need
(repeat chorus)
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"Oh, Serena..." Jake thought almost unconsciously.
Suddenly, he felt someone push him from behind. It was Mike. They were thrown towards the sidewalk as a car behind them drove by.
"Hey, watch it!" Mike shouted towards the car. He looked at Jake and added, "Weren't you watching!? Almost got killed!"
"Umm....sorry 'bout that..."
"S'ok. C'mon, let's go!"
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Jake and Mike walked down the hallway leading to the war room. They could see mist forming around the front door. "What's going on?" Mike asked.
Quickly, they opened the door, only to find that they couldn't see a thing. The two waited for the mist in the room to disappear. After half a minute, when the visibility improved, then rushed into the room. On the floor were Chris, Rei, and Ami, all three of them unconscious.
Jake hit the button marked "EMERGENCY" on the wall, said, "I'll go get a MedTeam," and ran out as an alarm sounded.
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The medical facility, one hour later. The doctor there gave his diagnosis about Ami, Chris, and Rei to Jake and Mike. "They're all right," he said. "But I don't expect them to be awake anytime soon. They're all pretty knocked out, but fortunately nothing serious."
"Thanks," Jake replied as he and Mike left the room. As the two walked down the hall, Jake added, "I'll bet you it's the NegaVerse...again."
Mike said, "Yeah, they took Mina, too. What are we gonna do?"
"Simple," Jake held up Chris' water cannon. "Found this on the floor back at the room. We're going in!"
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Serena, Mina, Lita, Kim, and Jackie were trapped in the NegaVerse. Rope from the rocky walls tied their hands behind their backs.
"Oh, we're never getting out of here!" Serena cried.
Kim said, "Well, I guess Queen Beryl wants us to 'fend for ourselves.' Where did she go anyways?"
"I don't know," Mina replied. "That's her first mistake."
"What do you mean?"
Mina didn't respond to that question right away; she was looking at a small piece of broken glass that lay on the ground next to her shoe. She didn't know where it came from; she only knew it could help her. Using her shoe, Mina stepped on the piece of glass, causing it to pop up into the air over her head as it landed in her hands.
"What are you doing?" Jackie asked.
"You don't live with Mike without learning a few tricks," Mina replied as she blindly used the piece of glass to cut the rope that restrained her hands. After a minute, she was free. "See?" Mina said.
She helped untie the others. After they were all free, Lita said, "Well, that was easy!"
Serena added, "Yeah, a bit TOO easy..."
"I bet there's nothing to worry about," Kim replied. "Besides, you've got...."
"Oh yeah, that's right!"
"MOON STAR POWER!"
"JUPITER STAR POWER!"
"VENUS STAR POWER!"
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"You are aware this is a dangerous job," Hacker One said to Jake and Mike in Dimensional Travel 8.
"Don't need to worry about us," Jake said. "We were trained for this, remember?"
"Let's hope so," Hacker added as he turned on the gateway. "It's all yours, good luck!"
Jake and Mike jumped in the portal and disappeared.
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The group of five - Sailor Moon, Sailor Jupiter, Sailor Venus, Kim, and Jackie - walked down an ill-lit corridor trying to keep a watchful eye of any openings that would reveal attacking enemies. Suddenly, someone holding a small gun appeared in front of them.
Sailor Moon, to her surprise, said, "Darien!?"
The five stopped. Kim used her fire gun in the air to light up the room so they could see clearer. Surely enough, it was who Sailor Moon thought it was.
Sailor Moon took a step forward, but Sailor Venus stopped her, saying, "Don't. Darien's our enemy now, remember?"
Darien smiled and said, "Now, doesn't THIS sound familiar?"
TO BE CONTINUED...