Reflections of the Past…Enter Duran…
Japan…
"All x-rays reveal nothing is wrong with your head, CAT scans…nothing. They're all coming back negative," Mrs. Mizuno said.
"Hmmm…" Sabin put his hand to his chin.
"Were you experiencing any pain during this hallucination? Did anything feel out of the ordinary?"
"No…it was as if I was actually there. I felt no pain, nothing out of the ordinary."
"You know many drugs can cause a hallucination that real, and can dull us to anything around us."
"I don't take any medication nor do I take drugs."
"It might have been something you ate lately. A substance in food that you might have allergic reactions too."
"But would it show up that late? I hadn't had a thing to eat in nearly 4 hours."
"It's possible that effects were delayed to a point where you had to be nearly asleep."
"Very strange." Sabin hopped off the cushioned table and thanked Mrs. Mizuno properly.
Sabin returned to his girlfriend Rei who asked immediately, "So what's the news?"
"We couldn't reach a clear conclusion. It might have been a delayed allergic reaction."
Rei hugged him, "All right, do you know that I love you?"
Sabin smiled back warmly, "I love you too." Sabin started forward and suddenly went blank falling over like a dead body. Rei screamed for a doctor and the secretary called for a stretcher.
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US…
Schala screamed as Aaron swerved in and out of traffic. "Aaron! You're gonna get us KILLED!! Slow the fuck DOWN!!"
After a few seconds Aaron stopped the bike and put the kickstand down. "We're at the first stop."
Schala jumped off the bike and started puking in the weeds. "You are a HORRIBLE driver!" She gave him an angry look and screamed, "Aaron! Are you even listening?!"
Aaron started his laptop up and connected a little antenna to the side. "Windstrom…can you get a better scan of the breach in this area?"
"I am locating the exact area of where the breach is. About 15 meters to the north," Windstrom replied.
Aaron walked back until he found the small softball sized rapture. "Well I'll be…"
"I have also located a point through the breach. It appears to be a storage unit of some kind."
"Can you determine the precise dimension it is in?"
"Attempting…please wait a moment."
Schala walked over to where Aaron was and screamed, "Did…you…hear…me?!"
Aaron covered her mouth and replied, "Lower your voice woman!"
Schala shook free and yelled, "Listen up when I'm talking to you idiot, and don't you EVER call me WOMAN!!"
"Schala! Lower your damn voice!!"
Windstrom make a few beeps and replied, "I am unable to attain which dimension this is breach is located in."
Aaron swore and said, "Is it possible to expand the rapture with energy from my armour to get a better scan?"
"Although it is possible, I would advise against such a rash decision. We have no idea what is behind this breach, and making it too big may allow things to go both ways causing serious problems."
"Can you open a portal to the point we've mapped?"
"I'm afraid I can't. I suggest that before we make an attempt to enter this new dimension, that we get a more thorough scan of the other 12 breaches. This may give us a bigger amount of insight on what could be causing these raptures."
"Perhaps…"
"It would be better to know what the other breaches contain rather than jump in blindly," Schala said.
Aaron thought for a second and said, "You're right…it would be bad to rush into something unknown with a rookie."
Schala took her hand and flung her slightly longer than shoulder length hair stating, "You're right I'm right…"
Aaron sighed and said shaking his head, "Let's go to the next breach."
Schala's stomach tightened and she moaned slowly making her way back to the hog. Aaron fired-up the bike and Schala moaned into the microphone in her helmet, "Please don't go to-."
Aaron kicked the bike into gear and gunned it out of the field. He hit the highway and kicked it into a higher gear. "I'ld slow down Schala…but at this time it's best to find these things out ASAP!" Aaron said into his mic over the purr of the engine.
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Japan…
Rei and Usagi were in the waiting room awaiting the news about their friend Sabin. "Rei-chan…quit pacing, or you'll get sick yourself!"
Rei snapped back sharply, "How do you-!!"
Usagi was half-scared to death at how quickly Rei had snapped back at her, "You're so heartless Rei…"
Rei put a hand to her head and slumped into a chair replying more friendly, "Sorry about that Usagi-chan…I'm just very worried about him."
Usagi slowly made her way back from her cowering position and nodded, "I understand. I guess I was just so taken at how quickly you had snapped at me. I at least expected to finish my sentence."
Rei looked up at Usagi's friendly smile and tried to produce one of her own. It was rather difficult, but she managed at least a half smile. The door to the waiting room opened and a tall man with short black hair appeared. Rei seemed surprised to see him and said in a shocked voice, "Mamoru-san!"
"How is Sabin?" he said sitting in a chair next to Usagi who instantly clung to him.
A scream was hear from behind the patient doors before Rei could bring out a reply, and people started running out of the hospital in fear for their lives. A wave of darkness hit Rei and her ESP twitched at the feeling. "I sense…and evil presence in this hospital…Usagi-chan!"
Usagi nodded and ran into the bathroom. "I'll go ahead!" Mamoru said running through the swinging doors that lead to the patient rooms.
Rei ran into the bathroom as well and transformed with Usagi. Usagi pulled out her locket and yelled, "Moon Eternal…Make-Up!!"
Rei held up her transformation wand and yelled, "Mars Crystal Power…Make- Up!!"
After a few seconds Sailor Moon and Sailor Mars exited the bathroom now in their battle fukus'. They slowly went through the swinging door to the now barren rooms where patients were situated during their tenure at the hospital. "Ami-chan, Mako-chan, Minako-chan! Trouble at the hospital! Transform and get over here ASAP!"
Mars looked around and said after fully inspecting all the rooms, "This floor is clean, let's head up to the next floor."
"Why don't we split up so we can cover more ground. If anything happens we'll be in close contact."
Mars looked at her for a few seconds and nodded, "Good idea. I'll take the upper levels." Sailor Moon nodded and watched as Mars disappeared up the sets of stairs to the upper rooms.
"Well, I didn't think you'ld actually split up. I guess I lost money on that bet!" an evil yet smoothly sounding voice cut into the silence.
"Yoma!"
"Yoma? What's a yoma? Some kind of snack food?"
"Don't play dumb games with me evil creature! I know you're there!"
The grotesque creature appeared out of one of the patient rooms and snorted. He wore a maroon buray on his head, and a massive suit of pressurized power armour encased his muscular body. A gun perhaps the same size as his own body was held upright in his left hand facing the ceiling. "Are you sure you want fight me now that I've exposed myself?"
Sailor Moon looked terrified beyond anything she had ever felt or seen in her life. She stuttered out, "Wh-who…are y-you?! WHAT are you!?"
The near-human creature laughed and replied, "I am as you see me…a human."
"No human would have a voice that warped!"
"I am a human however…there is no doubt about it, but as for my name…you can call me Duran…" He lowered his gun to Sailor Moon's face level aimed it at her. He fired a grenade canister forcing Sailor Moon to duck and jump out of the way. The explosion of the grenade hitting the wall blew away the entire area where she had been. "That was the first setting little girl." Sailor Moon was scared out of her mind. Here in front of here was a psycho that for the most part just did nothing within the range of any of the yomas she had ever faced. What could she do? This was a hospital. There were still people in beds for crying out loud! They had to watch helplessly!" Duran looked on the side of his gun and pushed a small switch near the trigger. His voice fluttered in a whisper, "Run!" He pulled the trigger and Sailor Moon scrambled away as fast as she could. The gun hummed storing energy near the end of the barrel. Sailor Moon scampered down the hall to the stairs for the next floor. A few meters from the stairs Duran suddenly phased out from his position behind her and suddenly appeared in front of her with the end of the gun pointed directly in her face. She ducked instantly right as the gun discharged the energy blast. The energy rushed to the other end of the hall and fragged half the area instantly. "That was the second setting." Duran grinned and lowered the rifle barrel to Sailor Moon's face. "Now…which setting do you prefer to die on?"
"How about you just take back those words and suck on them bastard!" A voice said from the area that was just fragged. "Supreme Thunder!!" A jolt of lightning crashed against the rifle shorting out its use.
Sailor Moon looked behind and said with scared happiness in her voice, "Mina!" (AN: Mina means everything or all in Jap)
"Sorry we're late Sailor Moon!" Sailor Chibi-Moon said, "But someone forgot to inform someone!"
Duran gave a sly, narrow-eyed grin and said grabbing his rifle, "We will finish this another day girls! My work here is far from over…but I will finish soon." Duran phased out once more and supposedly left the building.
Sailor Moon's friends converged on her fragile position on the floor and Venus asked her, "Are you all right?"
Sailor Moon nodded shaking a little, "Yeah…no bumps or bruises."
Sailor Mars burst through the door to the stairs and said, "Sabin is doing fine. He's still up on the 4th floor recovering."
"I'm afraid it's not that simple Mars. Sabin was injected with something, but I'm not sure what," a familiar voice said.
Sailor Moon from her somewhat stunned stupor, and Chibi-Moon both said in unison like a song, "Tuxedo Kamen-sama!"
"He was injected?" Mercury was curious.
"From what I could gather. There was some tampering with the equipment, and the IV had been injected with something else."
"Is it life threatening?"
"No…I don't know what it is, but rest assured it can't be good."
"Then we'll just have to keep a close eye on Sabin for a while."
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Japan…
"All x-rays reveal nothing is wrong with your head, CAT scans…nothing. They're all coming back negative," Mrs. Mizuno said.
"Hmmm…" Sabin put his hand to his chin.
"Were you experiencing any pain during this hallucination? Did anything feel out of the ordinary?"
"No…it was as if I was actually there. I felt no pain, nothing out of the ordinary."
"You know many drugs can cause a hallucination that real, and can dull us to anything around us."
"I don't take any medication nor do I take drugs."
"It might have been something you ate lately. A substance in food that you might have allergic reactions too."
"But would it show up that late? I hadn't had a thing to eat in nearly 4 hours."
"It's possible that effects were delayed to a point where you had to be nearly asleep."
"Very strange." Sabin hopped off the cushioned table and thanked Mrs. Mizuno properly.
Sabin returned to his girlfriend Rei who asked immediately, "So what's the news?"
"We couldn't reach a clear conclusion. It might have been a delayed allergic reaction."
Rei hugged him, "All right, do you know that I love you?"
Sabin smiled back warmly, "I love you too." Sabin started forward and suddenly went blank falling over like a dead body. Rei screamed for a doctor and the secretary called for a stretcher.
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US…
Schala screamed as Aaron swerved in and out of traffic. "Aaron! You're gonna get us KILLED!! Slow the fuck DOWN!!"
After a few seconds Aaron stopped the bike and put the kickstand down. "We're at the first stop."
Schala jumped off the bike and started puking in the weeds. "You are a HORRIBLE driver!" She gave him an angry look and screamed, "Aaron! Are you even listening?!"
Aaron started his laptop up and connected a little antenna to the side. "Windstrom…can you get a better scan of the breach in this area?"
"I am locating the exact area of where the breach is. About 15 meters to the north," Windstrom replied.
Aaron walked back until he found the small softball sized rapture. "Well I'll be…"
"I have also located a point through the breach. It appears to be a storage unit of some kind."
"Can you determine the precise dimension it is in?"
"Attempting…please wait a moment."
Schala walked over to where Aaron was and screamed, "Did…you…hear…me?!"
Aaron covered her mouth and replied, "Lower your voice woman!"
Schala shook free and yelled, "Listen up when I'm talking to you idiot, and don't you EVER call me WOMAN!!"
"Schala! Lower your damn voice!!"
Windstrom make a few beeps and replied, "I am unable to attain which dimension this is breach is located in."
Aaron swore and said, "Is it possible to expand the rapture with energy from my armour to get a better scan?"
"Although it is possible, I would advise against such a rash decision. We have no idea what is behind this breach, and making it too big may allow things to go both ways causing serious problems."
"Can you open a portal to the point we've mapped?"
"I'm afraid I can't. I suggest that before we make an attempt to enter this new dimension, that we get a more thorough scan of the other 12 breaches. This may give us a bigger amount of insight on what could be causing these raptures."
"Perhaps…"
"It would be better to know what the other breaches contain rather than jump in blindly," Schala said.
Aaron thought for a second and said, "You're right…it would be bad to rush into something unknown with a rookie."
Schala took her hand and flung her slightly longer than shoulder length hair stating, "You're right I'm right…"
Aaron sighed and said shaking his head, "Let's go to the next breach."
Schala's stomach tightened and she moaned slowly making her way back to the hog. Aaron fired-up the bike and Schala moaned into the microphone in her helmet, "Please don't go to-."
Aaron kicked the bike into gear and gunned it out of the field. He hit the highway and kicked it into a higher gear. "I'ld slow down Schala…but at this time it's best to find these things out ASAP!" Aaron said into his mic over the purr of the engine.
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Japan…
Rei and Usagi were in the waiting room awaiting the news about their friend Sabin. "Rei-chan…quit pacing, or you'll get sick yourself!"
Rei snapped back sharply, "How do you-!!"
Usagi was half-scared to death at how quickly Rei had snapped back at her, "You're so heartless Rei…"
Rei put a hand to her head and slumped into a chair replying more friendly, "Sorry about that Usagi-chan…I'm just very worried about him."
Usagi slowly made her way back from her cowering position and nodded, "I understand. I guess I was just so taken at how quickly you had snapped at me. I at least expected to finish my sentence."
Rei looked up at Usagi's friendly smile and tried to produce one of her own. It was rather difficult, but she managed at least a half smile. The door to the waiting room opened and a tall man with short black hair appeared. Rei seemed surprised to see him and said in a shocked voice, "Mamoru-san!"
"How is Sabin?" he said sitting in a chair next to Usagi who instantly clung to him.
A scream was hear from behind the patient doors before Rei could bring out a reply, and people started running out of the hospital in fear for their lives. A wave of darkness hit Rei and her ESP twitched at the feeling. "I sense…and evil presence in this hospital…Usagi-chan!"
Usagi nodded and ran into the bathroom. "I'll go ahead!" Mamoru said running through the swinging doors that lead to the patient rooms.
Rei ran into the bathroom as well and transformed with Usagi. Usagi pulled out her locket and yelled, "Moon Eternal…Make-Up!!"
Rei held up her transformation wand and yelled, "Mars Crystal Power…Make- Up!!"
After a few seconds Sailor Moon and Sailor Mars exited the bathroom now in their battle fukus'. They slowly went through the swinging door to the now barren rooms where patients were situated during their tenure at the hospital. "Ami-chan, Mako-chan, Minako-chan! Trouble at the hospital! Transform and get over here ASAP!"
Mars looked around and said after fully inspecting all the rooms, "This floor is clean, let's head up to the next floor."
"Why don't we split up so we can cover more ground. If anything happens we'll be in close contact."
Mars looked at her for a few seconds and nodded, "Good idea. I'll take the upper levels." Sailor Moon nodded and watched as Mars disappeared up the sets of stairs to the upper rooms.
"Well, I didn't think you'ld actually split up. I guess I lost money on that bet!" an evil yet smoothly sounding voice cut into the silence.
"Yoma!"
"Yoma? What's a yoma? Some kind of snack food?"
"Don't play dumb games with me evil creature! I know you're there!"
The grotesque creature appeared out of one of the patient rooms and snorted. He wore a maroon buray on his head, and a massive suit of pressurized power armour encased his muscular body. A gun perhaps the same size as his own body was held upright in his left hand facing the ceiling. "Are you sure you want fight me now that I've exposed myself?"
Sailor Moon looked terrified beyond anything she had ever felt or seen in her life. She stuttered out, "Wh-who…are y-you?! WHAT are you!?"
The near-human creature laughed and replied, "I am as you see me…a human."
"No human would have a voice that warped!"
"I am a human however…there is no doubt about it, but as for my name…you can call me Duran…" He lowered his gun to Sailor Moon's face level aimed it at her. He fired a grenade canister forcing Sailor Moon to duck and jump out of the way. The explosion of the grenade hitting the wall blew away the entire area where she had been. "That was the first setting little girl." Sailor Moon was scared out of her mind. Here in front of here was a psycho that for the most part just did nothing within the range of any of the yomas she had ever faced. What could she do? This was a hospital. There were still people in beds for crying out loud! They had to watch helplessly!" Duran looked on the side of his gun and pushed a small switch near the trigger. His voice fluttered in a whisper, "Run!" He pulled the trigger and Sailor Moon scrambled away as fast as she could. The gun hummed storing energy near the end of the barrel. Sailor Moon scampered down the hall to the stairs for the next floor. A few meters from the stairs Duran suddenly phased out from his position behind her and suddenly appeared in front of her with the end of the gun pointed directly in her face. She ducked instantly right as the gun discharged the energy blast. The energy rushed to the other end of the hall and fragged half the area instantly. "That was the second setting." Duran grinned and lowered the rifle barrel to Sailor Moon's face. "Now…which setting do you prefer to die on?"
"How about you just take back those words and suck on them bastard!" A voice said from the area that was just fragged. "Supreme Thunder!!" A jolt of lightning crashed against the rifle shorting out its use.
Sailor Moon looked behind and said with scared happiness in her voice, "Mina!" (AN: Mina means everything or all in Jap)
"Sorry we're late Sailor Moon!" Sailor Chibi-Moon said, "But someone forgot to inform someone!"
Duran gave a sly, narrow-eyed grin and said grabbing his rifle, "We will finish this another day girls! My work here is far from over…but I will finish soon." Duran phased out once more and supposedly left the building.
Sailor Moon's friends converged on her fragile position on the floor and Venus asked her, "Are you all right?"
Sailor Moon nodded shaking a little, "Yeah…no bumps or bruises."
Sailor Mars burst through the door to the stairs and said, "Sabin is doing fine. He's still up on the 4th floor recovering."
"I'm afraid it's not that simple Mars. Sabin was injected with something, but I'm not sure what," a familiar voice said.
Sailor Moon from her somewhat stunned stupor, and Chibi-Moon both said in unison like a song, "Tuxedo Kamen-sama!"
"He was injected?" Mercury was curious.
"From what I could gather. There was some tampering with the equipment, and the IV had been injected with something else."
"Is it life threatening?"
"No…I don't know what it is, but rest assured it can't be good."
"Then we'll just have to keep a close eye on Sabin for a while."
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