A/N- I still don't own any of 'em. 'Cept Lyssa and Sarah, and Sarah needs to DIE. A TERRIBLE, HORRIBLE DEATH! *cries and runs off*
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.:.Alyssa*Proudfoot.:.
I guess I'll skip over the three days of torture and depression to get this happy again. Neil woke up today. I was so happy when I found out-It had been two in the morning when the phone rang, and I grabbed the it quickly. If it was important it would be Aki or Gray and they wouldn't mind me picking up.
"Hullo?" I mumbled. I hadn't been sleeping-how CAN you sleep during things like these? -But I didn't know if Aunt Jane was awake.
"Alyssa." It was Captain Edwards' voice, and I trembled. I didn't know if he would tell me Neil was all right or dead. "Get your Aunt and come down to the hospital, alright?"
"Is everything okay?" I asked quickly, ignoring the order. There was a pause at the other end of the line.
"Neil's up." I dropped the phone into the cradle, dressing as fast as I could while running into Aunt Jane's room.
"Aunt Jane!" She looked over, still awake.
"What's wrong, Lyss?" I pulled her out of bed.
"Neil woke up!" She all but jumped out of bed, pulling on her boots (the only part of her uniform she had taken off). Taking my hand, she tugged me along down to the hospital. She did slow down before they could see her, however. Ryan hurried in a second after us, but they let her in first.
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.:.Jane*Proudfoot.:.
God. He's up. I didn't believe it at first but when Aki walked away from the table, he was blinking and looked at me. She smiled at me, when walked out. I offered a slight smile. "Hi." He smiled back, tiredly.
"Hey." He managed. I walked over, standing next to the table.
"Thanks." I said, and he nodded.
"Hey, you would've done it for me, right?" I nodded.
"Unless you were annoying me." He grinned.
"That's comforting."
"Glad to know I could help." I looked down, touching the table.
"You alright?" He asked, and I laughed.
"I should be asking you that."
"I'll live." He smiled the tiniest bit. "Now what about you?" I shrugged.
"You were really bad out there, Neil."
"You're alive, aren't you?"
"Yeah… but I meant more in the 'going towards the light' way." He got a look of understanding on his face before taking my hand and squeezing it slightly.
"I'm not going anywhere, Jane. Sorry, but you're stuck with me." I lifted my eyes to meet his and started to tell him just how scared I had been of losing him when that blonde barged in. I instinctively pulled my hand away from his, turning to face her.
"NEIL!" She sobbed. …Who invited this bimbo? She pushed me out of the way and hugged him. I watched from off to the side as she cried to him, telling him how lost she had been without him. She looked over at me, a glare. "What is she doing here?!"
"She's my friend, Sar…"
"If it wasn't for her, you wouldn't be here! I don't want her here." I shook my head and started towards the door.
"Jane…" He said. I looked at him.
"No, I get it. Sorry for getting you shot." I spat, walking out and past everyone waiting for me outside, heading back to my room. Yeah. I was fine with Neil having a girlfriend.
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.:.Neil*Fleming.:.
Shit. Why was Sarah here? Jane had looked worried, about to cry, even. About to spill her guts, and Sarah blew it. I pushed her away.
"Sarah, what are you doing here?"
"I couldn't sleep, and I heard that kid-"
"Alyssa."
"I heard *Alyssa* say you woke up. So I came."
"I was talking to Jane and you kicked her out." I couldn't scream, but I wanted to.
"I… I just got carried away in pretending to be your girlfriend."
"That isn't the plan… and maybe it's a bad one. You should leave." Her blue eyes widened, and I realized how much I hated them. I hated them because they weren't soft and brown and didn't turn this cute little mahogany color that made it look like there were flames behind her eyes when she was angry. She glared, also something she didn't do like Jane, and ran out. Alyssa was my next visitor.
"Neil!" She ran up, all grins and tears, and hugged me carefully but firmly.
"Hey, Alyss." I hugged her back with one arm.
"I thought I killed you!" She said, her eyes wide. Wait…
"You shot at me?" She rolled her eyes. The ones that looked so much like Jane's it was scary.
"No, stupid. I thought you got shot on purpose for the second half of the plan!"
"Oh… oh. No. I'm not that stupid, Alyssa." She nodded.
"If it's any solace," I blinked. She knew the definition of solace? …Well-read kid. "Aunt Jane was lost without you." She said, sniffling. I managed an impressed look.
"You think?" She shook her head, and my hopes fell.
"I know." They were rising again. "She cried." She nodded, and I was shocked. Jane had cried… for me? Was she sure?
"Are you sure?"
"I was there." She gave me a 'Why would I lie' look. I tried to sit up.
"Um, you should rest."
"I have to go see her." She looked afraid to even push me back down, and I stumbled towards the door and out. Everyone, except Jane and blondie, rushed towards me, telling me to lay back down. I just looked at Ryan. I knew he would be the first one to let me go. "Where'd she go?" Ryan blinked.
"Which one?" I gave him a look.
"Jane."
"She left after that girl came." Aki said, then nodded in understanding. "You want to go after her."
"You are a smart one, Doctor." Gray gave me a 'Leave her alone, it's because of her you're alive' look. I nodded. "Sorry…" She smiled slightly.
"It's alright. You can go after her…" I looked up. Whoa. That was the easiest anyone had ever let me off. "…But go to bed straight after. And come back in the morning, you're still not healed." I nodded again, starting towards the door.
"Thanks, Doc." She smiled.
"No problem."
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.:.Sarah*Tucker.:.
Stupid bitch. I had thought Neil was mine… he had been all over me at lunch! And now what was he saying? That he wanted the damned cross dresser that looked like she joined the MF to make her daddy love her… …That or to learn how to be a man. I balled my hands into fists as her form came into view ahead of me. She was brushing her hand over the back of her eyes. I hurried, and, turning her around, punched her, managing to knock her down. She kicked me in the stomach, and I stumbled back. Neil came running up behind us.
"Neil!" I gasped out, unable to breathe properly from the whore's kick. "She…she attacked me!" And what did that bastard do? He helped her up.
"You okay?" He asked, standing close to her and looking her in the eyes. She nodded.
"You should be resting." She said, touching her cheek, where a cut was. Her eye was red also, and I knew a bruise would form there. I nearly laughed.
"Neil…?" I acted innocent, but he ignored me.
"Come on, we're going back to the hospital." He said, walking away with her. I glared. I would have to find the bitch when he wasn't around. Or better yet, when he was, so he could watch me kill her.
I knew one thing perfectly. This wasn't over.
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.:.Gray*Edwards.:.
When Jane and Neil came back into the room, I was amazed to find the former bleeding from the cheek and with a puffy eye. The latter stood by her side.
"What happened?" I asked as a nurse with black hair touched peroxide to Jane's cut. Jane didn't even flinch, though I knew it must've burned.
"Sarah and Jane were fighting over me in the halls." He said jokingly, but I had to wonder if that was really it.
"More like she followed and attacked me." Jane muttered, taking the ice pack from the nurse and putting it on her eye.
"Are you alright?" Ryan asked, obviously more worried about Jane than what had happened to make her like that.
"Fine." She stayed quiet a moment. "If she wasn't psycho, then she'd make a good soldier." Ryan and Aki laughed quietly, with Neil grinning by her side. I shook my head at the two. How could two people have such blatantly obvious feelings for a person and deny it? But maybe I wasn't one to talk. After all, I had risked the lives of my squad to help the woman I loved live.
"Jane, stay here for tonight, she might try to come back." I said, trying not to yawn in the middle of the statement. "Alyssa can go with Ryan." Alyssa grinned at the older man, who had a horrified look on his face, but nodded. The last thing I heard before they left was an excited, "Now we can play Charades!" from the girl, which caused all of us to smirk. "Neil, go get some sleep." He nodded, seeming a little happier now that Jane would be there. "I'm going to bed."
"Me too." Aki yawned.
"It is rather late, isn't it?" Doctor Sid said, looking at his watch.
"Yeah. And the two of you, no staying up and telling ghost stories, or whatever the hell you used to do and bother Ryan with." They looked at each other and grinned, then nodded at me. "Goodnight."
"'Night, Cap." Neil replied.
"Goodnight, Captain." Jane's voice rang out, always proper. Neil tried to stand a little straighter to be seen as an equal. I walked out with Aki, shaking my head.
"The two of them." I said once we were in the hall.
"I think it's cute." She smiled. "They might tell each other tonight."
"I doubt it." I yawned. Jane had been distraught with Neil gone, but she wouldn't tell him already. She wasn't familiar with the feelings, and was only learning to embrace them now. So it would be awhile.
A few more chapters of this hell, anyway.
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.:.Alyssa*Proudfoot.:.
I guess I'll skip over the three days of torture and depression to get this happy again. Neil woke up today. I was so happy when I found out-It had been two in the morning when the phone rang, and I grabbed the it quickly. If it was important it would be Aki or Gray and they wouldn't mind me picking up.
"Hullo?" I mumbled. I hadn't been sleeping-how CAN you sleep during things like these? -But I didn't know if Aunt Jane was awake.
"Alyssa." It was Captain Edwards' voice, and I trembled. I didn't know if he would tell me Neil was all right or dead. "Get your Aunt and come down to the hospital, alright?"
"Is everything okay?" I asked quickly, ignoring the order. There was a pause at the other end of the line.
"Neil's up." I dropped the phone into the cradle, dressing as fast as I could while running into Aunt Jane's room.
"Aunt Jane!" She looked over, still awake.
"What's wrong, Lyss?" I pulled her out of bed.
"Neil woke up!" She all but jumped out of bed, pulling on her boots (the only part of her uniform she had taken off). Taking my hand, she tugged me along down to the hospital. She did slow down before they could see her, however. Ryan hurried in a second after us, but they let her in first.
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.:.Jane*Proudfoot.:.
God. He's up. I didn't believe it at first but when Aki walked away from the table, he was blinking and looked at me. She smiled at me, when walked out. I offered a slight smile. "Hi." He smiled back, tiredly.
"Hey." He managed. I walked over, standing next to the table.
"Thanks." I said, and he nodded.
"Hey, you would've done it for me, right?" I nodded.
"Unless you were annoying me." He grinned.
"That's comforting."
"Glad to know I could help." I looked down, touching the table.
"You alright?" He asked, and I laughed.
"I should be asking you that."
"I'll live." He smiled the tiniest bit. "Now what about you?" I shrugged.
"You were really bad out there, Neil."
"You're alive, aren't you?"
"Yeah… but I meant more in the 'going towards the light' way." He got a look of understanding on his face before taking my hand and squeezing it slightly.
"I'm not going anywhere, Jane. Sorry, but you're stuck with me." I lifted my eyes to meet his and started to tell him just how scared I had been of losing him when that blonde barged in. I instinctively pulled my hand away from his, turning to face her.
"NEIL!" She sobbed. …Who invited this bimbo? She pushed me out of the way and hugged him. I watched from off to the side as she cried to him, telling him how lost she had been without him. She looked over at me, a glare. "What is she doing here?!"
"She's my friend, Sar…"
"If it wasn't for her, you wouldn't be here! I don't want her here." I shook my head and started towards the door.
"Jane…" He said. I looked at him.
"No, I get it. Sorry for getting you shot." I spat, walking out and past everyone waiting for me outside, heading back to my room. Yeah. I was fine with Neil having a girlfriend.
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.:.Neil*Fleming.:.
Shit. Why was Sarah here? Jane had looked worried, about to cry, even. About to spill her guts, and Sarah blew it. I pushed her away.
"Sarah, what are you doing here?"
"I couldn't sleep, and I heard that kid-"
"Alyssa."
"I heard *Alyssa* say you woke up. So I came."
"I was talking to Jane and you kicked her out." I couldn't scream, but I wanted to.
"I… I just got carried away in pretending to be your girlfriend."
"That isn't the plan… and maybe it's a bad one. You should leave." Her blue eyes widened, and I realized how much I hated them. I hated them because they weren't soft and brown and didn't turn this cute little mahogany color that made it look like there were flames behind her eyes when she was angry. She glared, also something she didn't do like Jane, and ran out. Alyssa was my next visitor.
"Neil!" She ran up, all grins and tears, and hugged me carefully but firmly.
"Hey, Alyss." I hugged her back with one arm.
"I thought I killed you!" She said, her eyes wide. Wait…
"You shot at me?" She rolled her eyes. The ones that looked so much like Jane's it was scary.
"No, stupid. I thought you got shot on purpose for the second half of the plan!"
"Oh… oh. No. I'm not that stupid, Alyssa." She nodded.
"If it's any solace," I blinked. She knew the definition of solace? …Well-read kid. "Aunt Jane was lost without you." She said, sniffling. I managed an impressed look.
"You think?" She shook her head, and my hopes fell.
"I know." They were rising again. "She cried." She nodded, and I was shocked. Jane had cried… for me? Was she sure?
"Are you sure?"
"I was there." She gave me a 'Why would I lie' look. I tried to sit up.
"Um, you should rest."
"I have to go see her." She looked afraid to even push me back down, and I stumbled towards the door and out. Everyone, except Jane and blondie, rushed towards me, telling me to lay back down. I just looked at Ryan. I knew he would be the first one to let me go. "Where'd she go?" Ryan blinked.
"Which one?" I gave him a look.
"Jane."
"She left after that girl came." Aki said, then nodded in understanding. "You want to go after her."
"You are a smart one, Doctor." Gray gave me a 'Leave her alone, it's because of her you're alive' look. I nodded. "Sorry…" She smiled slightly.
"It's alright. You can go after her…" I looked up. Whoa. That was the easiest anyone had ever let me off. "…But go to bed straight after. And come back in the morning, you're still not healed." I nodded again, starting towards the door.
"Thanks, Doc." She smiled.
"No problem."
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.:.Sarah*Tucker.:.
Stupid bitch. I had thought Neil was mine… he had been all over me at lunch! And now what was he saying? That he wanted the damned cross dresser that looked like she joined the MF to make her daddy love her… …That or to learn how to be a man. I balled my hands into fists as her form came into view ahead of me. She was brushing her hand over the back of her eyes. I hurried, and, turning her around, punched her, managing to knock her down. She kicked me in the stomach, and I stumbled back. Neil came running up behind us.
"Neil!" I gasped out, unable to breathe properly from the whore's kick. "She…she attacked me!" And what did that bastard do? He helped her up.
"You okay?" He asked, standing close to her and looking her in the eyes. She nodded.
"You should be resting." She said, touching her cheek, where a cut was. Her eye was red also, and I knew a bruise would form there. I nearly laughed.
"Neil…?" I acted innocent, but he ignored me.
"Come on, we're going back to the hospital." He said, walking away with her. I glared. I would have to find the bitch when he wasn't around. Or better yet, when he was, so he could watch me kill her.
I knew one thing perfectly. This wasn't over.
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.:.Gray*Edwards.:.
When Jane and Neil came back into the room, I was amazed to find the former bleeding from the cheek and with a puffy eye. The latter stood by her side.
"What happened?" I asked as a nurse with black hair touched peroxide to Jane's cut. Jane didn't even flinch, though I knew it must've burned.
"Sarah and Jane were fighting over me in the halls." He said jokingly, but I had to wonder if that was really it.
"More like she followed and attacked me." Jane muttered, taking the ice pack from the nurse and putting it on her eye.
"Are you alright?" Ryan asked, obviously more worried about Jane than what had happened to make her like that.
"Fine." She stayed quiet a moment. "If she wasn't psycho, then she'd make a good soldier." Ryan and Aki laughed quietly, with Neil grinning by her side. I shook my head at the two. How could two people have such blatantly obvious feelings for a person and deny it? But maybe I wasn't one to talk. After all, I had risked the lives of my squad to help the woman I loved live.
"Jane, stay here for tonight, she might try to come back." I said, trying not to yawn in the middle of the statement. "Alyssa can go with Ryan." Alyssa grinned at the older man, who had a horrified look on his face, but nodded. The last thing I heard before they left was an excited, "Now we can play Charades!" from the girl, which caused all of us to smirk. "Neil, go get some sleep." He nodded, seeming a little happier now that Jane would be there. "I'm going to bed."
"Me too." Aki yawned.
"It is rather late, isn't it?" Doctor Sid said, looking at his watch.
"Yeah. And the two of you, no staying up and telling ghost stories, or whatever the hell you used to do and bother Ryan with." They looked at each other and grinned, then nodded at me. "Goodnight."
"'Night, Cap." Neil replied.
"Goodnight, Captain." Jane's voice rang out, always proper. Neil tried to stand a little straighter to be seen as an equal. I walked out with Aki, shaking my head.
"The two of them." I said once we were in the hall.
"I think it's cute." She smiled. "They might tell each other tonight."
"I doubt it." I yawned. Jane had been distraught with Neil gone, but she wouldn't tell him already. She wasn't familiar with the feelings, and was only learning to embrace them now. So it would be awhile.
A few more chapters of this hell, anyway.
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