A.N.: Hey, minna. So sorry about the delay on getting this up but I have
exams coming up which has been taking up all my time. Um.enjoy?
The Death of Lucrezia Noin, the Birth of
Luca Firoin Pt. 6
11:45p.m. February 9, 200
".Noin? Noin!" Sally repeated.
"Hm? What Sally? I'm sorry, my mind was wandering." Lucrezia apologized, snapping out of the past.
"That's alright," Sally said, giving her friend a sympathetic look. "We need to prep for take off. Command tower just gave us clearance."
"Alright, then." Noin responded, somewhat detached.
Sally Po glanced at the former lieutenant worriedly. She herself was leaving everything she had known for the past few years, but she didn't have something to tie her down either, unlike Noin. Persistently ignoring the little voice in the back of her mind that defied this, she began flipping switches and pulling toggles. The roaring of the engine started and they put on their headphones.
"This is command tower, Preventer Water, you are cleared for take off. Proceed to runway 02. Over." Came a crackling voice on the earpieces.
"Roger that. Preventers Water and Fire: proceeding to depart from runway 02. Over and out." Sally responded, cutting the connection. "Well Noin, we're on our own now. Next stop, Sanc Kingdom."
The plane raced through the rain and took flight. After gaining necessary altitude, the autopilot was turned on.
The former doctor once again glanced at her silent companion. She was still staring out the window, her deep purple eyes watching headquarters grow smaller and smaller in the distance. Sally winced. She remembered seeing her friend's world come crashing down around her in those usually warm eyes only a couple days before.
* * * * *
-flashback-
7:30 a.m. February 7, 200
Sally had been coming back from breakfast in the mess hall bringing a cup of coffee with her for Noin, who hadn't shown up. Sally frowned, recalling that this was the third time in the last week that Noin had accidentally 'slept in'. Approaching her door, Sally swiped her card through it.
Instead of finding the former lieutenant asleep in bed, she found her resting next to the toilet, looking extremely pale. The smell of vomit was strong in the air even though the window in her room had been left open to the cold morning air.
Sally set down the cup of coffee and started shaking her friend. "Noin? Noin! Are you alright?"
"Hm? Ugh." Noin slowly opened her eyes and blinked a couple times to focus them. "Oh. Good morning Sally." She dragged herself in to an upright position and stumbled to the sink, washing her mouth out with the ice-cold tap water.
Sally stared at her. 'She's acting as if this is the most normal thing in the world! What's going on here?' She decided to voice her concerns. "Um.Noin? Are you sick? You could take the day off, I'm sure Commander Une won't mind."
" No, I'm fine. Really Sally. I don't know what's going on but I got sick Tuesday and Wednesday too and I'm still alive. It goes away in the mornings and I'm ok for the rest of the day. Maybe it was some bug or food poisoning or something? Could be still getting out of my system, you know? Weird."
"Possibly, but why don't you let me check you out anyway? Take a shower and meet me in the med. lab in half an hour, ok? Oh, and I brought you some coffee if you want it." Sally grinned as Noin downed the first gulp in less then a second. She then cradled the cup in both hands and closed her eyes as she let the second mouthful swish around her tongue for a moment.
"Mmmm.Sally, you're my savior!" She claimed, opening her eyes. "And sure, I'll be right down, ok? Maybe you can give me something to stop me from losing my dinner at two o'clock every morning." She groaned, shooting a distasteful look at the toilet.
Sally laughed, " Alright, see you then." 'Two o'clock in the morning, huh? Doesn't sound like food poisoning to me.' She cut off that train of thought. 'Ridiculous! How could. wait a minute.' Sally stopped dead in her tracks as the memory of Noin coming home hung over just a few weeks ago came back to her. 'No, I won't even suspect it. Still.I'll give her the tests, just in case.' And she walked down the hall, trying to think of other illnesses that had the symptoms Noin was displaying.
A.N. : I know, short. Oh well. Cya next week!
The Death of Lucrezia Noin, the Birth of
Luca Firoin Pt. 6
11:45p.m. February 9, 200
".Noin? Noin!" Sally repeated.
"Hm? What Sally? I'm sorry, my mind was wandering." Lucrezia apologized, snapping out of the past.
"That's alright," Sally said, giving her friend a sympathetic look. "We need to prep for take off. Command tower just gave us clearance."
"Alright, then." Noin responded, somewhat detached.
Sally Po glanced at the former lieutenant worriedly. She herself was leaving everything she had known for the past few years, but she didn't have something to tie her down either, unlike Noin. Persistently ignoring the little voice in the back of her mind that defied this, she began flipping switches and pulling toggles. The roaring of the engine started and they put on their headphones.
"This is command tower, Preventer Water, you are cleared for take off. Proceed to runway 02. Over." Came a crackling voice on the earpieces.
"Roger that. Preventers Water and Fire: proceeding to depart from runway 02. Over and out." Sally responded, cutting the connection. "Well Noin, we're on our own now. Next stop, Sanc Kingdom."
The plane raced through the rain and took flight. After gaining necessary altitude, the autopilot was turned on.
The former doctor once again glanced at her silent companion. She was still staring out the window, her deep purple eyes watching headquarters grow smaller and smaller in the distance. Sally winced. She remembered seeing her friend's world come crashing down around her in those usually warm eyes only a couple days before.
* * * * *
-flashback-
7:30 a.m. February 7, 200
Sally had been coming back from breakfast in the mess hall bringing a cup of coffee with her for Noin, who hadn't shown up. Sally frowned, recalling that this was the third time in the last week that Noin had accidentally 'slept in'. Approaching her door, Sally swiped her card through it.
Instead of finding the former lieutenant asleep in bed, she found her resting next to the toilet, looking extremely pale. The smell of vomit was strong in the air even though the window in her room had been left open to the cold morning air.
Sally set down the cup of coffee and started shaking her friend. "Noin? Noin! Are you alright?"
"Hm? Ugh." Noin slowly opened her eyes and blinked a couple times to focus them. "Oh. Good morning Sally." She dragged herself in to an upright position and stumbled to the sink, washing her mouth out with the ice-cold tap water.
Sally stared at her. 'She's acting as if this is the most normal thing in the world! What's going on here?' She decided to voice her concerns. "Um.Noin? Are you sick? You could take the day off, I'm sure Commander Une won't mind."
" No, I'm fine. Really Sally. I don't know what's going on but I got sick Tuesday and Wednesday too and I'm still alive. It goes away in the mornings and I'm ok for the rest of the day. Maybe it was some bug or food poisoning or something? Could be still getting out of my system, you know? Weird."
"Possibly, but why don't you let me check you out anyway? Take a shower and meet me in the med. lab in half an hour, ok? Oh, and I brought you some coffee if you want it." Sally grinned as Noin downed the first gulp in less then a second. She then cradled the cup in both hands and closed her eyes as she let the second mouthful swish around her tongue for a moment.
"Mmmm.Sally, you're my savior!" She claimed, opening her eyes. "And sure, I'll be right down, ok? Maybe you can give me something to stop me from losing my dinner at two o'clock every morning." She groaned, shooting a distasteful look at the toilet.
Sally laughed, " Alright, see you then." 'Two o'clock in the morning, huh? Doesn't sound like food poisoning to me.' She cut off that train of thought. 'Ridiculous! How could. wait a minute.' Sally stopped dead in her tracks as the memory of Noin coming home hung over just a few weeks ago came back to her. 'No, I won't even suspect it. Still.I'll give her the tests, just in case.' And she walked down the hall, trying to think of other illnesses that had the symptoms Noin was displaying.
A.N. : I know, short. Oh well. Cya next week!
