Chibi Meg: In the last chapter of 'Virus' (I know, it WAS called Escaping
Sanity, but I changed it, so ha! XP), Ryoko witnesses Ayeka and Tenchi
kissing and tries running away. However, a reluctant Tenchi tries to go
after her and only gets slapped in the process. And again, Ryoko is
confronted by the reflection of herself in her dreams, this time though,
things look like they may turn bad! Can Ryoko find anyone to help her solve
her dilemma? All in the next chapter of Virus:
Chapter Three: Seeking the Pink
Ryoko awoke from her terrible dream across the tree branch as the sun slowly began to rise above the tree tops. As she sat up, a sharp pain shot through her mind. She tightly closed her eyes and covered the sides of her head with her hands as she felt the pain throb continuously.
"What is happening to me?!" She cried through her clenched teeth. The dreams, the headaches, everything.. It was driving her insane. She was being stalked in her dreams by an entity that she didn't even understand, and it was winning.
'I need help,' She thought to herself.
'Help? Who can possibly help you?' she heard herself respond.
And then the thought came to her. She opened her eyes and lightly released her hands from the sides of her head, "Washu.. Washu can help me," She whispered with a slight hope in her voice. Out of anyone, Washu was the best choice; she was a genius after all.
Ryoko, tolerating her headache, leaned forward off from the branch and flew forward before phasing out completely.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Washu was busy in her multi-dimensional lab. She was sitting in her chair with her virtual keyboard underneath her typing fingers with her eyes looking up at the virtual flat screens around her filled with information and data from whatever she had been working on (which no one knew, or understood).
She paused for a moment and smiled her childish smile, "I hear someone coming!" With that, Ryoko reappeared above the ground in her lab, seeming weak and slightly slumped over.
"Washu-" she muttered weakly before losing consciousness. She closed her eyes and dropped from mid-air onto the ground beneath her with a loud thud.
Washu stared, bewildered, at Ryoko lying on her floor and slowly raised an eyebrow. "Well, that's not something you see everyday," she said to herself before standing from her floating chair. As she began to walk towards Ryoko, she noticed something strange which she had never seen before. Washu quickly ran to Ryoko's side and kneeled low beside her, examining the back of her neck. Washu noticed something like an ink smear behind Ryoko's left ear; it was small, but sent a chill through Washu's heart as she lightly placed her fingers upon it. It was cold to the touch, cold and unnerving.
Washu's face turned grim as she stared upon it, "This isn't good.. This isn't good at all.."
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Tenchi awoke abruptly after a bird chirped loudly in the tree near him from a cat walking by. Tenchi found that after chasing after Ryoko, he had fallen asleep on the porch waiting for her to come back. He rubbed his blurry eyes and looked at the sky above him, it was early and brighter then he desired, but he didn't care.
Sasami, Tenchi noticed, had been waiting for Tenchi to wake up and was curled up sleeping beside him innocently. He smiled kindly and placed a gentle hand on top of her blue hair. As he began to stand, he noticed a cup filled with was earlier hot tea beside her. He reached over her to pick up the glass; the tea was now ice cold.
'Sasami takes care of me so much; she's just like a sister. Well, I think she'd be like a sister. I guess I'd know better if I did have a sister. Wow, I think too much,' Tenchi thought as he rolled his eyes. When Tenchi stood up, he reached down and gently lifted Sasami off from the ground. He turned and walked into the house and into the living room where there had been an empty couch. He knelt next to one of the empty couches and placed Sasami onto the couch without waking her (surprisingly to him). He reached over towards the end of the couch where there had been a thick blanket and unfolded it to lie out on top of her.
Tenchi turned and walked away down the hall and paused at the kitchen door. As he looked at the shut door, he remembered to the night before when Ryoko had run off. He closed his eyes and continued walking down the hall until he stopped once more in front of Washu's lab door. He felt inside him a great urge to enter, and he didn't exactly know why. He slowly placed his hand upon the doorknob and began to turn it until his grandfather entered into the hall from the bottom of the stairs at the end of the hall.
"Tenchi-"
Tenchi quickly released the knob and turned to his grandfather and smiled, "Hello Grandfather! Sleep well?"
Yosho placed his hands behind his back and looked at Tenchi, "How could I? After that ruckus?" Tenchi's smile slowly faded and his eyes sunk after hearing what he said, and looked as if to respond. His grandfather saw this and sighed, "Tenchi, take a bath and get ready to go into the field. It's going to be a beautiful day, a great time to work."
"Yes Grandfather," Tenchi responded obediently and he left the door behind him to walk up the stairs and get ready for his melancholy bath.
Chapter Three: Seeking the Pink
Ryoko awoke from her terrible dream across the tree branch as the sun slowly began to rise above the tree tops. As she sat up, a sharp pain shot through her mind. She tightly closed her eyes and covered the sides of her head with her hands as she felt the pain throb continuously.
"What is happening to me?!" She cried through her clenched teeth. The dreams, the headaches, everything.. It was driving her insane. She was being stalked in her dreams by an entity that she didn't even understand, and it was winning.
'I need help,' She thought to herself.
'Help? Who can possibly help you?' she heard herself respond.
And then the thought came to her. She opened her eyes and lightly released her hands from the sides of her head, "Washu.. Washu can help me," She whispered with a slight hope in her voice. Out of anyone, Washu was the best choice; she was a genius after all.
Ryoko, tolerating her headache, leaned forward off from the branch and flew forward before phasing out completely.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Washu was busy in her multi-dimensional lab. She was sitting in her chair with her virtual keyboard underneath her typing fingers with her eyes looking up at the virtual flat screens around her filled with information and data from whatever she had been working on (which no one knew, or understood).
She paused for a moment and smiled her childish smile, "I hear someone coming!" With that, Ryoko reappeared above the ground in her lab, seeming weak and slightly slumped over.
"Washu-" she muttered weakly before losing consciousness. She closed her eyes and dropped from mid-air onto the ground beneath her with a loud thud.
Washu stared, bewildered, at Ryoko lying on her floor and slowly raised an eyebrow. "Well, that's not something you see everyday," she said to herself before standing from her floating chair. As she began to walk towards Ryoko, she noticed something strange which she had never seen before. Washu quickly ran to Ryoko's side and kneeled low beside her, examining the back of her neck. Washu noticed something like an ink smear behind Ryoko's left ear; it was small, but sent a chill through Washu's heart as she lightly placed her fingers upon it. It was cold to the touch, cold and unnerving.
Washu's face turned grim as she stared upon it, "This isn't good.. This isn't good at all.."
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Tenchi awoke abruptly after a bird chirped loudly in the tree near him from a cat walking by. Tenchi found that after chasing after Ryoko, he had fallen asleep on the porch waiting for her to come back. He rubbed his blurry eyes and looked at the sky above him, it was early and brighter then he desired, but he didn't care.
Sasami, Tenchi noticed, had been waiting for Tenchi to wake up and was curled up sleeping beside him innocently. He smiled kindly and placed a gentle hand on top of her blue hair. As he began to stand, he noticed a cup filled with was earlier hot tea beside her. He reached over her to pick up the glass; the tea was now ice cold.
'Sasami takes care of me so much; she's just like a sister. Well, I think she'd be like a sister. I guess I'd know better if I did have a sister. Wow, I think too much,' Tenchi thought as he rolled his eyes. When Tenchi stood up, he reached down and gently lifted Sasami off from the ground. He turned and walked into the house and into the living room where there had been an empty couch. He knelt next to one of the empty couches and placed Sasami onto the couch without waking her (surprisingly to him). He reached over towards the end of the couch where there had been a thick blanket and unfolded it to lie out on top of her.
Tenchi turned and walked away down the hall and paused at the kitchen door. As he looked at the shut door, he remembered to the night before when Ryoko had run off. He closed his eyes and continued walking down the hall until he stopped once more in front of Washu's lab door. He felt inside him a great urge to enter, and he didn't exactly know why. He slowly placed his hand upon the doorknob and began to turn it until his grandfather entered into the hall from the bottom of the stairs at the end of the hall.
"Tenchi-"
Tenchi quickly released the knob and turned to his grandfather and smiled, "Hello Grandfather! Sleep well?"
Yosho placed his hands behind his back and looked at Tenchi, "How could I? After that ruckus?" Tenchi's smile slowly faded and his eyes sunk after hearing what he said, and looked as if to respond. His grandfather saw this and sighed, "Tenchi, take a bath and get ready to go into the field. It's going to be a beautiful day, a great time to work."
"Yes Grandfather," Tenchi responded obediently and he left the door behind him to walk up the stairs and get ready for his melancholy bath.