Author's note: Okay so I'm a slacker, I'll be the first to admit that...well okay actually it's more along the lines of I wasn't being a slacker, some things happened that made me put off writing for a while. Oh well I'm back to the writing again, slowly though...can't just rush in to these things. Comments, questions, offers of millions of dollars...or I guess if you really must as well hate are all welcome. (though I should warn you, comments of hate will be printed off laughed at, and fed to my dogs.
Disclaimer: Ranma 1/2 isn't mine, I don't own it never will..sadness. Psycho ward people are however mine..JOY!
Trauma a Ranma 1/2 fanfic by Crikit
DAY 2:
There's one thing about being in a place like the mental ward. You have no sense of the passage of time. We have no clocks here, they've all been broken and never replaced, and the windows all have thick curtains on them…which so do not go with the color scheme of the room… I don't know if that's to keep us from seeing the outside world or from the outside world from seeing us. Either way it sucks. How would you like to go through day to day life not knowing what it's like outside, not being able to watch the sunrise, see birds fly, watch old ladies beat hooligans to a pulp with their purses or anything like that, you wouldn't!
We listen to the nurses and other staff, when they say that it's time to eat, we eat. When they say that it's time to sleep, we sleep…well most of us do anyway, Ranma (I've decided to call her that until I know otherwise) is the only one who doesn't. She doesn't seem to like to sleep; in fact at times it seems she almost avoids it. When all the rest of us are making our way to our rooms and the comfort…hehehe…of our beds, she prefers to stay in the safety I guess of her corner. The nurses and other staff tried to get her to move a few times when she first got here but they eventually learned to leave her alone, she sleeps when she wants (usually in the corner), she moves when she wants, and she eats when she wants. The eating part is why some of the staff have started bringing in extra sandwiches or stuff that doesn't need to be heated with them. They won't admit but I think they've started to take a liking to her.
Last night however was a bit different, two of the regulars were sick, they had food poisoning or something from eating some cookies that a visitor had left behind so we had a couple of fill ins from the kiddies ward. They treat us like were idiots and we aren't okay well some of us are…but we honestly can't help it we're crazy, our minds are so twisted that we can't help but be stupid, or can we. I remember once in a movie there was a line that went just because I'm smart doesn't mean I can't act dumb, maybe that's what some of do…oh cool a new Franklin book…then again maybe some of us really are dumb.
Anyway as I was saying last night we had a couple of replacements for the regulars they seemed nice, well one of them did the other one looked like a drill sergeant crossed with a cafeteria lady I still get shivers thinking about her. So freaky (that is what we ever so affectionately called her…hehehe…) decided that she had enough with the wackos staring at her. That and I think she had enough of watching Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure (the tape got stuck in the VCR we couldn't turn it off honest) so she sent us off to bed. The majority of us went with no questions asked, in fact the room cleared out rather quickly, all that was left was Eimi, Ranma and I.
Eimi and I were taking our time I think we both thought the same thing, that being let's make sure that they didn't hurt Ranma after all somebody has to look out for the kid when you have strangers about. We waited quietly by the door watching the nurses every move her advance on Ranma and Ranma's eyes locked on her while sitting in the corner trapped like a deer caught in headlights. Freaky was reaching out a hand to grab by the arm when suddenly I heard Eimi whisper beside me. It was so quiet that I decided to help out, the nurses never would have heard her otherwise, so I did what any sensible person would do…I elbowed her in the ribs.
"I wouldn't do that if I were you!"
Freaky heard Eimi's voice loud and clear and stopped just short of having a hand on Ranma's arm, she turned and glared and I felt Eimi shrink beside me. "And why might that be?"
"Well…well…well…" Eimi stopped unable to answer, instead she turned pleading eyes towards me to take over.
"Because she doesn't like to be touched." Upon hearing my voice freaky turned her eyes towards me…they were beady almost snake like, cool a drill sergeant, cafeteria lady, snake cross…wow science at work. "You touch her and she'll freak its happened everytime."
"I'll be the judge of that." She took her attention off the two of us and turned her attention to the other nurse who seemed to cower almost as much as we did. "Check her file."
"Hai…uh what's her name?"
I felt the eyes turning back towards us quickly blurted out Ranma's first and last name. Eimi looked at me as if I was crazy, oh wait I am, I could tell that from the look she was giving me though there was going to be some explaining done later. A few minutes later young one…hehehe freaky and young one, the new comedy team of the ages…better then Abbott and Costello, better then Laurel and Hardy…that's right it's freaky and young one, live one night only in the psycho ward. Anyway a few minutes later young one proclaimed that the two of us were right and that for the time being freaky should just leave Ranma alone. Freaky wasn't happy about that, it was obvious by the grimace on her face…or maybe she just had gas now that's a mystery of the ages.
Ranma was safe for the time being, but the question was how long would she remain so. She had two heavies breathing down her neck and I knew just knew that in a matter of time she would no longer be able to handle the intense pressure and snap. Hey that's pretty good, maybe when I get out of here I should consider writing mystery novels for a living…nah, would never fly. So thinking that Ranma was safe Eimi and I started to walk down the hallway towards our respective rooms.
"How did you know her name?"
"I sorta eavesdropped this afternoon when that girl came to see her…I really couldn't help it."
We stopped outside my room and Eimi took one look down the hall and then back at me, "Do you think she'll be all right?"
I shrugged really not sure how to answer, we both knew what the answer was but I think it made Eimi feel better in asking. I didn't answer her either instead I just turned and walked in to my room shutting the door behind me. Walking to my bed I lied down and just stared up at the ceiling waiting for the sounds that I knew would soon be echoing down the hallway to the main room.
I must have dozed off though because I woke up around two o'clock (I know it was two because the old guy who likes to sing Perry Como songs was singing Papa Loves Mama which is his two o'clock song) that's when I heard it though. That bob awful scream and the staff running around trying to get out of the path of hurricane Ranma. I don't know what happened after that, I feel back asleep and didn't wake up till this morning, and at breakfast the staff was keeping mom about the incident and Ranma wasn't speaking either…nothing new about that though.
It's just after lunch now, which sucked by the way. You can only have soggy fish sticks and creamed corn so many days a week without going er sane. Now that it's after lunch though we have nothing to do. Group was canceled because of family issues with the therapist (who ever heard of a therapist with family issues?) we can't play monopoly because I torched the board a few weeks ago…Eimi cheated what else could I do sit there and let her get away with it? I don't think so. So I have nothing to do now except to sit and stare at the floor.
Wait a minute…I think my luck is about to change, YES! It is woo hooo; she's back, Akane, the mystery girl from yesterday. The nurse looks up and smiles before pointing her to the corner, I see she's not gonna make the same mistake as yesterday. Darn and I was ever so looking forward to a show. Oh well I guess I'll just have to see what happens with the other two, maybe, just maybe I'll learn something that will give me a clue as to what happened.
"Hi Ranma." Akane sits down on the floor opposite Ranma and glances around the room before continue; "I heard about what happened last night. The hospital phoned looking for your dad, Nabiki answered the phone, which I guess is sort of a good thing, because if daddy answered we never would have found out. Speaking of Nabiki she's stopped trying to make money off of everything little thing that she can think of instead she's trying to make life miserable for Kuno and Ryoga, oh and trying to find your dad."
Nabiki, Kuno, Ryoga? Hmmm maybe she's part of a gang and she was gonna rat one of those people out to the cops only they found out before she could, but then why would Nabiki be making life miserable for the other two and trying to find Ranma's dad? I look across the room and see Eimi devoting all her attention on the two girls in the corner as well. Obviously she's thinking the same thing I am, that they are a hell of a lot more entertaining then watching the dust collect on the various pieces of furniture.
"Nabiki says hi by the way, and so does Kasumi." I see Akane reach down beside her to a bag that she had on the floor. She takes out a box and slowly puts it down in front of Ranma. I strain to see what's inside but it doesn't work. "Here these are for you. Homemade cookies."
Ranma looks at the box and a look of horror briefly plays across her face causing Akane to laugh in response. "Don't worry Ranma, I didn't make them. Kasumi did. So we know that they're safe."
I don't know what it is but when Akane makes the comment about the cookies being safe she looks almost as if she's about to cry, but a quick glance at our stylish tile floor seems to be enough for her to get her emotions in check. It's what Ranma does when Akane looks at the floor that intrigues me. Ranma slowly reaches out a hand as if she wants to comfort the other girl but she suddenly stops as if unsure that she should continue so she drops her hand back down to the ground and looks away until Akane regains her composure.
"Well, um…I think I should I go Ranma. We still can't leave Kasumi by herself and Nabiki has somewhere to go when I get home…at least that's what she said. I'll come back tomorrow I promise." And with that Akane gets up to leave stopping only to look Ranma once in the eyes before turning and running out the door. When she leaves I look over at Ranma and notice a slight tear in her eye, I also notice that the box of cookies that was sitting in front of her when Akane left has now mysteriously vanished. Wow Ranma's a magician as well as a nut case.
Oops gotta go I told some of the others that I would show them how to start a fire using only a plastic fork and spoon…and I would hate to disappoint them
Disclaimer: Ranma 1/2 isn't mine, I don't own it never will..sadness. Psycho ward people are however mine..JOY!
Trauma a Ranma 1/2 fanfic by Crikit
DAY 2:
There's one thing about being in a place like the mental ward. You have no sense of the passage of time. We have no clocks here, they've all been broken and never replaced, and the windows all have thick curtains on them…which so do not go with the color scheme of the room… I don't know if that's to keep us from seeing the outside world or from the outside world from seeing us. Either way it sucks. How would you like to go through day to day life not knowing what it's like outside, not being able to watch the sunrise, see birds fly, watch old ladies beat hooligans to a pulp with their purses or anything like that, you wouldn't!
We listen to the nurses and other staff, when they say that it's time to eat, we eat. When they say that it's time to sleep, we sleep…well most of us do anyway, Ranma (I've decided to call her that until I know otherwise) is the only one who doesn't. She doesn't seem to like to sleep; in fact at times it seems she almost avoids it. When all the rest of us are making our way to our rooms and the comfort…hehehe…of our beds, she prefers to stay in the safety I guess of her corner. The nurses and other staff tried to get her to move a few times when she first got here but they eventually learned to leave her alone, she sleeps when she wants (usually in the corner), she moves when she wants, and she eats when she wants. The eating part is why some of the staff have started bringing in extra sandwiches or stuff that doesn't need to be heated with them. They won't admit but I think they've started to take a liking to her.
Last night however was a bit different, two of the regulars were sick, they had food poisoning or something from eating some cookies that a visitor had left behind so we had a couple of fill ins from the kiddies ward. They treat us like were idiots and we aren't okay well some of us are…but we honestly can't help it we're crazy, our minds are so twisted that we can't help but be stupid, or can we. I remember once in a movie there was a line that went just because I'm smart doesn't mean I can't act dumb, maybe that's what some of do…oh cool a new Franklin book…then again maybe some of us really are dumb.
Anyway as I was saying last night we had a couple of replacements for the regulars they seemed nice, well one of them did the other one looked like a drill sergeant crossed with a cafeteria lady I still get shivers thinking about her. So freaky (that is what we ever so affectionately called her…hehehe…) decided that she had enough with the wackos staring at her. That and I think she had enough of watching Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure (the tape got stuck in the VCR we couldn't turn it off honest) so she sent us off to bed. The majority of us went with no questions asked, in fact the room cleared out rather quickly, all that was left was Eimi, Ranma and I.
Eimi and I were taking our time I think we both thought the same thing, that being let's make sure that they didn't hurt Ranma after all somebody has to look out for the kid when you have strangers about. We waited quietly by the door watching the nurses every move her advance on Ranma and Ranma's eyes locked on her while sitting in the corner trapped like a deer caught in headlights. Freaky was reaching out a hand to grab by the arm when suddenly I heard Eimi whisper beside me. It was so quiet that I decided to help out, the nurses never would have heard her otherwise, so I did what any sensible person would do…I elbowed her in the ribs.
"I wouldn't do that if I were you!"
Freaky heard Eimi's voice loud and clear and stopped just short of having a hand on Ranma's arm, she turned and glared and I felt Eimi shrink beside me. "And why might that be?"
"Well…well…well…" Eimi stopped unable to answer, instead she turned pleading eyes towards me to take over.
"Because she doesn't like to be touched." Upon hearing my voice freaky turned her eyes towards me…they were beady almost snake like, cool a drill sergeant, cafeteria lady, snake cross…wow science at work. "You touch her and she'll freak its happened everytime."
"I'll be the judge of that." She took her attention off the two of us and turned her attention to the other nurse who seemed to cower almost as much as we did. "Check her file."
"Hai…uh what's her name?"
I felt the eyes turning back towards us quickly blurted out Ranma's first and last name. Eimi looked at me as if I was crazy, oh wait I am, I could tell that from the look she was giving me though there was going to be some explaining done later. A few minutes later young one…hehehe freaky and young one, the new comedy team of the ages…better then Abbott and Costello, better then Laurel and Hardy…that's right it's freaky and young one, live one night only in the psycho ward. Anyway a few minutes later young one proclaimed that the two of us were right and that for the time being freaky should just leave Ranma alone. Freaky wasn't happy about that, it was obvious by the grimace on her face…or maybe she just had gas now that's a mystery of the ages.
Ranma was safe for the time being, but the question was how long would she remain so. She had two heavies breathing down her neck and I knew just knew that in a matter of time she would no longer be able to handle the intense pressure and snap. Hey that's pretty good, maybe when I get out of here I should consider writing mystery novels for a living…nah, would never fly. So thinking that Ranma was safe Eimi and I started to walk down the hallway towards our respective rooms.
"How did you know her name?"
"I sorta eavesdropped this afternoon when that girl came to see her…I really couldn't help it."
We stopped outside my room and Eimi took one look down the hall and then back at me, "Do you think she'll be all right?"
I shrugged really not sure how to answer, we both knew what the answer was but I think it made Eimi feel better in asking. I didn't answer her either instead I just turned and walked in to my room shutting the door behind me. Walking to my bed I lied down and just stared up at the ceiling waiting for the sounds that I knew would soon be echoing down the hallway to the main room.
I must have dozed off though because I woke up around two o'clock (I know it was two because the old guy who likes to sing Perry Como songs was singing Papa Loves Mama which is his two o'clock song) that's when I heard it though. That bob awful scream and the staff running around trying to get out of the path of hurricane Ranma. I don't know what happened after that, I feel back asleep and didn't wake up till this morning, and at breakfast the staff was keeping mom about the incident and Ranma wasn't speaking either…nothing new about that though.
It's just after lunch now, which sucked by the way. You can only have soggy fish sticks and creamed corn so many days a week without going er sane. Now that it's after lunch though we have nothing to do. Group was canceled because of family issues with the therapist (who ever heard of a therapist with family issues?) we can't play monopoly because I torched the board a few weeks ago…Eimi cheated what else could I do sit there and let her get away with it? I don't think so. So I have nothing to do now except to sit and stare at the floor.
Wait a minute…I think my luck is about to change, YES! It is woo hooo; she's back, Akane, the mystery girl from yesterday. The nurse looks up and smiles before pointing her to the corner, I see she's not gonna make the same mistake as yesterday. Darn and I was ever so looking forward to a show. Oh well I guess I'll just have to see what happens with the other two, maybe, just maybe I'll learn something that will give me a clue as to what happened.
"Hi Ranma." Akane sits down on the floor opposite Ranma and glances around the room before continue; "I heard about what happened last night. The hospital phoned looking for your dad, Nabiki answered the phone, which I guess is sort of a good thing, because if daddy answered we never would have found out. Speaking of Nabiki she's stopped trying to make money off of everything little thing that she can think of instead she's trying to make life miserable for Kuno and Ryoga, oh and trying to find your dad."
Nabiki, Kuno, Ryoga? Hmmm maybe she's part of a gang and she was gonna rat one of those people out to the cops only they found out before she could, but then why would Nabiki be making life miserable for the other two and trying to find Ranma's dad? I look across the room and see Eimi devoting all her attention on the two girls in the corner as well. Obviously she's thinking the same thing I am, that they are a hell of a lot more entertaining then watching the dust collect on the various pieces of furniture.
"Nabiki says hi by the way, and so does Kasumi." I see Akane reach down beside her to a bag that she had on the floor. She takes out a box and slowly puts it down in front of Ranma. I strain to see what's inside but it doesn't work. "Here these are for you. Homemade cookies."
Ranma looks at the box and a look of horror briefly plays across her face causing Akane to laugh in response. "Don't worry Ranma, I didn't make them. Kasumi did. So we know that they're safe."
I don't know what it is but when Akane makes the comment about the cookies being safe she looks almost as if she's about to cry, but a quick glance at our stylish tile floor seems to be enough for her to get her emotions in check. It's what Ranma does when Akane looks at the floor that intrigues me. Ranma slowly reaches out a hand as if she wants to comfort the other girl but she suddenly stops as if unsure that she should continue so she drops her hand back down to the ground and looks away until Akane regains her composure.
"Well, um…I think I should I go Ranma. We still can't leave Kasumi by herself and Nabiki has somewhere to go when I get home…at least that's what she said. I'll come back tomorrow I promise." And with that Akane gets up to leave stopping only to look Ranma once in the eyes before turning and running out the door. When she leaves I look over at Ranma and notice a slight tear in her eye, I also notice that the box of cookies that was sitting in front of her when Akane left has now mysteriously vanished. Wow Ranma's a magician as well as a nut case.
Oops gotta go I told some of the others that I would show them how to start a fire using only a plastic fork and spoon…and I would hate to disappoint them