26: Operation Blues

The next morning, Saturday, around 11AM.

Tetsuo and Magumi get ready to leave for the base. The morning before, Tetsuo decided that he was going to go through with the opereration for the sake of Magumi. Magumi puts on her coat. It's twards the end of October and it's getting colder out. Tetsuo slips on his as well. Magumi is looking for Akira in the next room. Tetsuo hasn't really spoken much about anything since they woke up. " Akira...we need to take you to Kaneda's okay?" Magumi reaches under the bed and gently helps Akira up. Tetsuo drives Magumi back to Kaneda's. He doesn't really know how his bike got there. They arrive at Kaneda's and walk into the house. Kaneda sits up right away and shouts out something. " Kaneda...uh...We need to keep Akira here for a while..okay?" Magumi says placing a hand on Akira's shoulder. " WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU ARE? YOU THINK YOU LIVE HERE? YOU THINK YOU CAN JUST DISAPEAR WITH TETSUO WHENEVER YOU FEEL LIKE IT?!" Kaneda grabs her shoulders stifly and shakes her. Magumi looks a bit confused. " Don't you remember what happened? Tetsuo didn't mean to do that something was taking over his mind and we're gonna get that fixed alright?!" Magumi says trying to break free of his grasp. " AHH!!!! TETSUO IS PHYCO! YOUR PHYCO TETSUO! YOU DESTROYED HALF THE FUCKING CITY!!!" Kaneda shouts, still gripping her shoulders. Tetsuo looks incredibly angry. The walls start to tremble slightly. " Kaneda.." Tetsuo murmers. Just than, Kei and Yamagata enter the room. Akira runs over to Kei and attaches himself to his leg. Kei looks down and smiles at him. " Akira..?" Kei murmers. The trembling stops. Magumi places her palms against Kaneda's chest. " Kei..can you take care of Akira for a while? Only for a little while..we'll be back.." Magumi murmers looking to the side. Kaneda drops his deadly grip. " I'm comming with you guys." He says. " What?!" Magumi looks up. Tetsuo shows some suprise. " That's right..." He grabs his red, pill logo jacket off the couch and puts it on in a hurry. " You..can't!" Magumi tries to start. Kaneda has made up his mind.

He reaches into his coat pocket and pulls out a pair of red cracked goggles and hands them to Magumi. " Theese yours?" He asks. Magumi swipes them. " Yeah..hurry up.." She murmers. Kei and Yama. look a bit confused but stay behind to watch Akira.

They walk outside. Kay runs out. " KANEDA! Where are you going?!" She shouts. " I'm going with Tetsuo to get his damn head fixed.." He says. She nods. " Ok...I-" Kay starts. " You're staying here. I don't want you to get hurt and besides you think Yamagata and Kei can take care of Akira on their own? NOOO!" Kaneda hugs Kay tightly. " I"ll be back before you know it alright?" He murmers. Kay nods and kisses him deeply. Kaneda hops off his bike and rides off not waiting for Magumi and Tetsuo. " He always did like to get a head start.." Tetsuo murmers. Kay enters the house. Magumi walks twards her bike, Tetsuo grabs her hand suddenly. " Magumi.." He starts. She spins around. His hand is cold. He looks serious. " I'm..scared." He chuckles a bit. " I want you to ride with me..just in case this is the last-" Tetsuo stops. Magumi presses her lips against his and kisses him deeply. " It won't be the last time." Magumi says. She holds him tightly around the waist and leans into him. Tetsuo holds her tightly. Small tears form in her eyes. " I love you Magumi...I just want you to know that." He whispers. Magumi holds him tighter. " I love you too, Tetsuo..I don't want to lose you.." She whispers. " I love you so much.." She looks up and Tetsuo wipes the small tears off her cheeks. " It will be alright.." He says. She puts the broken goggles on her head. They climb onto his bike. She grips Tetsuo tightly around his waist and enjoys the moment as they drive off.

They arrive at the base with Kaneda waiting for them. " Well hurry up let's go in.." Kaneda says folding his arms. Tetsuo shoots him a look. Kaneda shrugs and they enter the buiding and walk through the large, all too familuar metal doors. They walks through the hall and allmost on time the old man greets them. " Hello, Mr.Shima, I see your here." The old Man smokes his cigarette right down to the butt and throws it onto the tile floor, smashing it with his foot. Tetsuo nods. " So you can fix my head old man?" He asks. The old man nods slowly. " Yes, follow me and we can get this over with as soon as possible, alright?" He leads them to a large operation like door. " Please..if I may say without sounding intrusive, take off your shirt and make sure you're all comfortable.." The Doctor says. " You two can go sit over there.." He points to a few red seats next to the doors. " ER..Doc.." Tetsuo interups. The Old man looks up. " Yes?" He asks. " Um..are you gonna shave my head?" He asks. " NO..you're lucky." THe Old man shakes his head. " When you're ready, you can go into that room and make yourself comfortable on the table. The operation should take about only seven hours, if everything goes well.." He says. Tetsuo nods, peeling off his jacket and shirt.The old man disapears behind the swining door. Kaneda places a hand on Tetsuo's bare shoulder. " Tetsuo..I hope you come back. Just to let you know." Kaneda murmer. Tetsuo smirks at him. " I'm sorry for being like I was before..I now know it isn't your fault.." Kaneda smiles. Tetsuo gives his a light punch in the stomach. " Kaneda.." He says. They smile. Magumi hugs Tetsuo tightly and kisses him. " You better come back.." She threatens. Tetsuo kisses her gently, gives her hand one more squeeze and starts to walk off to the operating table.

" Are you worried?" Kaneda asks.
" Yeah.." Magumi murmers.
" C'mon, he made it this far.." Kaneda smirks.
" I still have funny feeling this is set up..I don't know.." Magumi stares at the tiles. " It just feels funny.." She adds. Kaneda shrugs and stretches his hands behind his head and slumps into his chair. " Seven hours.." He murmers. Magumi slumps her shoulders. Seven hours...

Tetsuo lays back on the table. It feels like dream. Things are happening in slow motion. It feels so strange. " I'm going to place this mask over you now.." The old man extends the mask to fit over Tetsuo's nose and mouth snuggly. " You should feel light headed and calm.." The old mad flips a few buttons and Tetsuo breathes deeply. He feels light headed and sleepy. It feels like I've done this before..The old man sticks him with an IV. Tetsuo starts to close his eyes, just before he doses off he hears Magumi's voice; telling him that she loves him. Than deep darkness. The old man begins his work gingerly, fearing for his life.

" Miss Gena...how can we just stand here and allow him to operate on Tetsuo like this? AND THERE ARE TWO OF HIS COMRADS OUT THERE!!! JUST SITTING THERE!!!" A soilder shouts impatiently at her. Miss Gena raises an eyebrow. " This is a hush-hush situation, alright? That's means when the right time comes we will do exactly that ok?" She says. Miss Gena and the soilder are in the room right across from Tetsuo's surgery. They are waiting patiently for the perfect moment to strike.

Meanwhile:

" Colonel..." Chiyoko weakly pulls herself up from her bed to come face to face with the Colonel. " Are you alright?" She whispers. The Colonel nods his head. " You need to rest, please go back to sleep." The Colonel says through clenched teeth. Chiyoko lays down again and slowly drifts off to sleep. " I hope Tetsuo is better." He murmers to himself.

Magumi drifts off and her head drifts onto Kaneda's lap startling him. " First she is worried now she is sleeping like a rock." Kaneda murmers, not moving his hands from behind his head. " I don't get her." Kaneda sighs and places his hands on her back softly. " I hope Tetsuo is alright." He thinks to himself. " This whole ordeal is bizarre." Kaneda thinks.
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Tetsuo heart moniter beginds to go erratic. The old man stops surgery. " Something is wrong..I haft to pull him out.." He tries to wake him up, but fails. He starts to panic. " Emergency code..four blue..prepare a room for patient 4-a emergency care!!!!" The old man shouts into his intercom. The old man pushes Tetsuo out of the room franticly in front of Magumi and Kaneda. " Tetsuo?!" Kaneda shouts. The old man runs him down the hall.

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Tetsuo slowly wakes up. He is in a hospital room, with the moniters lightly beeping. He sees Magumi looking very worried out the window, than rushing to his side that she now sees he is awake. " It's been seven hours already?" Tetsuo asks, his voice hoarse and weakly. Magumi begins to tear up, and streams of tears flow from her eyes down her cheeks and blot the sheets Tetsuo has layed lightly over him. She sits calmly by his bed. Tetsuo takes her hand and clasps it. " What is it? Why are you crying?" Tetsuo asks, pulling her closer to him. Magumi wipes her eyes and looks at Tetsuo. " It's been seven days." Magumi says. Tetsuo sits up weakly and puts his arms around her back, letting her head rest on his shoulder. " It's Ok magumi, it's all right now.."

Lady Gena pulls her head back from out of the room. " Our time to strike will be very soon..." She loads her gun and pulls it to her breast. The soilder nods. So do the other ten standing outsidet the room. Kaneda is looking at a vending machine, trying to decide what kind of soda he wants. He knows Tetsuo will be fine. He puts a few yen in and punches in a number. After a few seconds, nothing. He waits some more, nothing. " GRRR!!!" He starts to kick the crap out of the machine, fustrated.

To Be Continued...

I plan on the next chapter being the end of this long, long , long..Akira story. ( You're all cheering! lol) Don't worry I plan on making another one ( NOT THIS LONG!!! Don't worry! That's a turn off for some people and fiction..) and the next one will have a more specific plot.^.^ Love and peace! Sayonara for now!

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