The plan was to hit it with an ionic blast and reducing the intruding pieces down to basic components , which the body it's self would eventually deal with it it's own way. No surgery or worrisome removal process and it was a plan that even Savanna couldn't find fault with once they got the strength just right. That had been Quatre and Jason's part in the plan , they were the strategists of the group so tweaking the machine was best left to them but finding out what material had been used was bound to be the most difficult part of the job.
Niki had tried different herb mixtures to break hers down but all it had done was take away some of the irritation the metal was causing her , Savanna outright refused to be a guinea pig for experiments , Amy wasn't that sure that messing with it was a good idea after finding out exactly how it was connected to her brain and Trel was about ready to pull it out no matter what it did. In the end Trel had let them use her for the experiments , at least that way she knew it would be safe for the others in the end.
"Man ... I really don't like this" was all Amy had said as she watched , sure so far all they had done was cut the piece that was sticking out off the back of the neck to further investigate but it still creeped her out.
"Yeah , but it ain't bleeding so it shouldn't do any damage so long as I'm careful" Trel laughed , Savanna was gone as soon as she found out what was going on.
"But what if those things dig further into your head?" Amy asked , going white at the though.
"Well ... " Trel thought for a minute then laughed " Guess you'll need a new doctor huh?"
"That is not funny Trela " muttered Niki , she'd remained quiet till now , sitting in the corner of the room and almost wishing she hadn't stayed after all.
"Oh come on guys , if it is tied then it shouldn't go creeping along , and besides it would be almost impossible to get out if someone didn't offer to try ..." Trel said , she had made up her mind from the time it was brought up , she wanted this out in the worst way and hadn't even thought twice when everyone else had fallen quiet.
Niki shook her head and walked out , there was no way she was going to watch what came next let alone sit here and think about all the things that could go wrong.
"Famous last words "sighed Amy as she watched Niki leave. "Does Duo know?"
"Jason is good with machines , he may be a joker but this is his field , so stop worrying already ..." exasperated Trel , wondering why everyone was panicking already.
"Your avoiding the question" said Amy in a flat tone.
"Your right , I am" grinned Trel as she turned back to watch Quatre and Jason , the wisps of hair that had not been pulled up from her neck reminding her how little this event happened.
"He'll kill someone if this goes wrong" she warned Trel , Amy had always felt connected to Duo much like a sister would be.
"Hey , we've lived so far right?" Trel lectured without taking her eyes from what was going on in the next room.
Amy quickly knocked on wood , one of the few things you never said before something like this was that it couldn't get any worse and now Trel had just as much as said it.
"Why don't you go get something to eat , I'll come get you if you want before it all starts" came Trel's voice , it was easy to see she was not really paying attention to the conversation anyway and almost looked like she was going to help the other two anyway.
"Yeah sure but first ... did you want lilies or roses?" Amy joked , at least she'd have some time to talk her out of this later , or warn Duo about it.
"Um ... what?" Trel looked around to see Amy's grin.
"Oh nothing , just seeing if you had heard a word I said" joked Amy as she waved before she left the room.
Trel shook her head before cracking a smile , at least now she didn't have to hear about her untimely death as she went next door to get a first hand look at how this was going to work , they had started the testings so it really shouldn't be that long before it was ready.
She had watched the whole thing and the theory seemed simple enough , all that was left was a powder from where they had hit the metal and even though the question that remained was what would it do to the flesh surrounding it this was still their best plan. Of course there was no way of knowing how it would work until they tried and that was where she came in.
She hadn't promised anyone that she'd come get them and the only one she asked had never really given her an answer so that made this easier. She left the watch on so everything could be monitored and put the purple shades down on her seat before she crawled up on the table and got comfortable , watching as Jason tried to psyche her out about the whole think.
She grinned back at him as he kept joking but when he had left to reconfigure things she didn't feel as confident as she had let on and was just now wishing she had brought something to listen to. "Hey Jason , do you actually have something music wise that doesn't sound like Godzilla?"
"If that is a joke ..." he was cut off as Trowa walked in , having gotten Amy to keep Savanna occupied for the moment while he had come to investigate this whole thing she had been upset about.
"Oh sorry ... I didn't mean to interrupt" was all he said , taking the whole scene in. "I just wanted to see how your progress was"
"Well ... I have the first victim on the table , should I schedule you in next ?" cooed Jason with a manic grin on his face and a crazed look in his eyes.
Trowa's face dropped into a shocked look as he looked from Jason to Quatre.
Quatre giggled back and brought his hand to cover his mouth , he had been subjected to Jason's insane quotes all day so this one hadn't seemed out of place and almost tame compared to some of them.
"Nevermind ..." Trowa mumbled as he turned around and left , not wanting to see anymore.
"Ah ... I can not work in these conditions , I am not a man to be toyed with ..." yelled Jason in mock exasperation as he dramatically flung his arms in the air before turning back to his work.
"Hey , how about that music Jason?" snickered Trel as she turned back into the position she had been in before Trowa came in.
"There is no pleasing you people ..." he continued his mini rant as he stormed across the room and turned the television on , searching the channels till he found one with music.
"Okay , guess that'll have to do" she muttered.
"Dr. Jeckell didn't have this many problems " he continued grumbling , drawing another laugh from Quatre as he went back to the configurations.
"Yeah , but didn't he have a hunchback to do all the meager things?" grinned Trel , the music was relaxing but cracking jokes was making her feel less concerned.
"I'm better , my assistant can stand straight" he grinned as he leered over towards Quatre.
The whole room broke out in laughter as the finished aligning the emitter and taking final checks.
"Savanna , you have one weird friend" Trowa said when he had returned to the pair still playing a game , it was some kind of video fighting game which he had never heard of.
"Which one ... oh , you mean Jason?" she said as round two had just finished , looking up at Trowa.
"Yes , he asked if I wanted to be his next victim" Trowa grimaced as he remembered the look in Jason's eyes.
"Next , good luck there , Trel wants to go first" Amy laughed , she had gotten the upper hand in Savanna's inattentive moment.
"Yeah , think they were working on her when I left" he said as his eyes turned to the television.
"What ... she was suppose to come get us" yelled Amy as she bounced up from the seat she had been sitting in , the game forgotten.
Trowa shrugged. "Maybe they hadn't started , but she was laying down and ..."
"If this doesn't kill her I will" said Amy as she tore out of the room , making it half way to the room before almost knocking Duo and Heero over in the hall as they left the kitchen area.
Amy stopped with some help as she bumped into Heero , she took a breath , looked at the pair and continued on , it was no use telling them about it now.
"What do you suppose that was all about?"smirked Duo as he watched her run to the end of the corridor.
"Out of the way , excuse me .." came Savanna's voice as she had seen the obstacle and was not about to stop just to avoid them.
Heero and Duo took the refuge offered by the sides of the hall and watched her race by with growing interest.
"Cat fight?" asked an amused Duo to a blank faced Heero who faced him from across the hall.
"Only if they catch her " said Trowa as he walked closer to the pair , in no hurry to go back into a room where Jason controlled the machinery.
The girls had ran into the room they had all sat in earlier but saw no point in continuing as it had already begun and were afraid if they interrupted it would end badly so there was little to do but sit and watch , waiting for it to end.
The other three walked in but only one knew what was going on , and that was only due to Savanna telling him earlier.
"Hey , they got that thing off her neck" said Duo as he came up to the window and watched what was going on.
"Really , they did that a few hours ago , now she's gonna get her brain fried just to get the whole thing out" fumed Amy.
Duo looked at Amy with surprise and then back at the machine. "Ah ... you wanna explain that a little better , think I lost something in the translation there"
"Ah , the operation was a success , will that be cash or charge?" Jason grinned as he turned the machine off , pleased with his own handy work.
"Oh man , I think that ride needs a sedative from now on" groaned Trel , who was glad she no longer had to fight just to keep still and even happier it was not a process she had to repeat.
"What the hell did you think you were doing?" came Duo's angry voice from the door , he had been the first to reach it and had not calmed down from finding out that this had been kept from him.
"Um ... having a nap?" was all Trel could come up with , her stomach was over ruling her mind as she wished it were true.
"Oh great , another one with a death wish ... how many times do you have to 'almost' die before this game isn't so fun?" he said , dropping the last part down to a whisper , letting everyone else from behind him finally enter the room and then leaving.
"I'm going to kill you" said Amy as she looked down at Trel.
"That's Heero's line ... anyone got an Advil , think I may end up with a headache" moaned Trel , still not bothering to move.
"It shouldn't have given you a headache" said Jason , rechecking all that they had done.
"I mean from all the yelling" she snickered , trying to lay quiet so her stomach would settle.
Savanna and Trowa had gone to tell the others that the machine had worked , Amy had gone in search of Duo who had been no where in sight when the room calmed down and Heero had gone to report back to Une about their latest findings.
Trel had eventually moved herself into the observation room and found a soft couch to lay down on after telling Jason that Gravol and a mild sedative would be all he needed to get his ride approved. She was still there when Niki walked in with Wufei , now that it seemed safe and no one had stopped her from going next and that was exactly what she planned on doing.
"Oh ... I hope you haven't eaten recently Niki" sighed Trel from the couch , finally getting both of their attention.
"Are you sure you don't want something for that , you know I can make something up" Niki said , coming over to Trel and checking her over with concern.
"Nah , just happy to lay here quietly , besides now I get to see how gross it looked" Trel smiled back , snuggling under the blanket she had found.
Jason had found a few things that would likely help Niki out before letting her crawl up on the table , the big difference was that she was not going through this alone , Wufei had stayed right where she could see him and Trel relaxed , knowing that when she did wake up the enraptured Chinese youth would still be there and ever watchful.
The whole process took little time , it was the waking that consumed most of the time but that too was a good thing , giving her body time to deal with both the pain and nausea that would assail her when finally she did wake.
Amy came next and by now all knew the risks and how so far it had worked without any sever repercussions but that didn't drop the protective nature Heero displayed when Amy finally closed her eyes. He had moved so he could watch both her and Jason while the process was going on.
Trel got up from the couch and went in search of Savanna , she was next and had not shown her face since Trel had finished. They had expected that she wouldn't be easy to convince which was the only reason Trel had decided to stay awake and watch , hoping that Savanna's worry could be ebbed if she saw one up and moving after the whole thing.
After a few minutes of looking it was Trowa and Savanna that had found Trel , they had been in the gym working out and had just now finished. Trel informed them that Amy had just gone in and that Niki looked to be in fine shape after the whole thing so Savanna was likely to be needed soon.
Leaving them to digest the news Trel finally decided to find her own bed for the peace and quiet surroundings instead of watching everyone from the side lounge , with her stomach still doing a few flips every so often a nice quiet dark room would seem like heaven to rest in right now. The part she hadn't forseen was someone else having curled up on her bed instead , when she walked in it looked like someone had been listening to her CD player and fell asleep. Duo was propped up against the wall with her blanket in behind him fast asleep , the sight almost made her laugh if she trusted her stomach enough to try.
She walked over knowing better then to disturb him but still seeking the refuge of a dark hole in the wall that she just grabbed an extra blanket and lay down gently beside him , listening to scraps of the song that was playing and finally wondering how long he had been asleep , after all she hadn't seen him since earlier that morning and here it was well after noon now but soon stopped her thoughts as her mind wandered into a light slumber bringing her some small amount of relief.
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Well that be this one , guess I was closer to finishing this chappy then I had thought. Incase you wonder I was taken prisoner by a game called Disciples 2 and had to slay the evil game so I could throw the last page in and put it up.
Matt: I did not forget you but I am sure that by now Relena has found a way to keep you from worrying , I just wasn't gonna ask her exactly what that was *L*