Upon returning to the Alamo the wounded were rushed to the bases medical facilities. Repair crews stated to refit and examine the damaged ships. The Purn refugees where taken off the ships and looked over by medical personnel. There was a sense of fear spreading through out the base. Many had heard of the losses and were horrified that 25 million Purn had been killed. Then the news of Sergeant Jones started to spread around the base. With each bit of information morale started to drop. Yosho was in communication with his father, Earth leaders, and both their Allies to decide their next move and should they make things public.

Sasami was in one of the medical areas by Adam's bed and trying to hold her emotions in. Aeka and the others were resting while Funaho was helping with the wounded; Ryo-oh-ki was with Ryoko who had passed out, too tired to take another step. Sasami looked down at Adam and wanted to heal him, but something was wrong, her healing powers did have their limits else she would have healed all the wounded on the base. But it felt like something was inside Adam and she was not sure what, she need to talk to Washu about it. Till then she pulled up a chair next to the bed and held his hand. "Please Adam do not die, I want you to see me do great things," She said while she was continued holding back the tears.

For the next few days people took turns watching over Adam in the hope that he might recover. However each day he seemed to get just a little worse, the doctors were not optimistic and surprised he had not already died. His wounds on the outside seemed mended, but his internal injuries simply would not heal. Sasami had told Washu about her feelings and Washu used some of her equipment to examine him. Everything seemed normal except a small unnatural energy reading, this reading got her curiosity up and she went back to her lad to assemble some other equipment.

One day Tenchi was watching him when Scarlet Woo and Carl Thomas walked in. The former classmates exchanged hugs. "Scarlet, Carl it is good to see you." Tenchi said as he finished hugging Scarlet. "Good to see you Tenchi, Carol and I were on the same long range patrol aboard the Enterprise (Heavy Cruiser); we just got back and heard the news. How is he?" Scarlet said as she looked at Adam lying there with all sorts of wires coming out of him. "Not good I am afraid; they do not give him much of a chance." Tenchi frowned and bowed his head. Scarlet remained silent, till Carol spoke up.

"Come on guys this is the Serge, he will make it....." Carols voice start to crack as a tear runs down her cheek. ".he has to." The three young officers look at Adam for a moment and recall some of their times with him. Tenchi recall the times Adam had saved his bacon in combat and their friendship. Scarlet recall how he had helped her study for an important exam at a time with she was worn out, a time she started to doubt herself. Carol recalled fawning over him and at how he sometimes would get nervous by her presence, despite that she learned a lot from him that helped her survive the past few years. With all the good memories the three shared one common thought, He looks so weak.

The next day Aeka and Kiyone come in to find medical personnel running about. She looked to Adam's bed and he was gone. They gasp for moment thinking the worst then a nurse tells them that he suddenly disappeared between shift changes. All of the alarms went off and they found an empty bed, that was a few minutes ago. The Princess and detective race to Tenchi's room and inform him. They then go to Ryoko's room and find Washu dimensional door their, they enter. They find Washu, Sasami, Ryoko, and Ryo-oh-ki looking at a large tank of greenish bubbling water with Adam floating in the center of it. "Miss Washu, just what are you doing?" Aeka ask in a concerned voice.

"Relax everyone I using this to heal him and examine him more closely to find the cause of a strange energy reading I found in him earlier." Washu said as she looked at her floating lad top. Everyone then takes a spot in the lab near the tank and watches Adam as he floats in the green watery substance. "Curious." Washu in child form says out loud. "What is it mom?" Ryoko asks. "Well I had full confidence that this would work, but it would take at least a day. Now his injuries are healing at an incredible rate, he could be fully healed in less than thirty minutes now, but that small energy reading I got has spread through out his body, very strange." Washu replies as she rechecks her data.

"Washu, do you have any idea what this strange energy is?" Tenchi asks. "Not a clue, it is similar to something but I just cannot remember what at this time." She says as she continues to look at her screen. "But he will recover right Washu? You said he is healing." Sasami asks in a concerned voice. "His body is healing, but there is now way to know how this energy will affect him." Washu replies in a sad voice, "You all should go; I will call you if there is any change." The group marches our reluctantly with the exception of the cabbit in child form she stays close to the glass and continues to watch Adam.

Everyone else goes about their duties or tries to occupy themselves. The best they can, but they cannot help but think about Adam and Mihoshi. Kiyone accompanied by Tenchi and Aeka left for a few days taking her partners body back to galaxy police head quarters. Ships form Earth and Jurai formed two lines to honor the fallen detective as the transport carrying her body few between them, their would be a lot of transports with fallen heroes in the coming days. The sadness over Mihoshi's loss hung heavy on those that knew her, they resolved in their hearts that those responsible would pay very dearly.

Washu had removed Adam from the tank and he was lying on bed looking peaceful. After numerous examinations and racking her brain she had no idea how he could heal so fast and what this energy was doing to him. The Universes greatest genius was stumped and that made her uneasy. Suddenly Washu head a moan coming from the bed and she rushed over in her adult form. Adam looked as if he was trying to wake up as finally was able to open his eyes. He looked up at Washu and smiled, "Hey doc how is the patient?" Adam said in a weak voice. Washu grabbed his hand and placed her other hand on his fore head, she smiled as she replied, "Stubborn as usual, but healing nicely, you gave us a scare."

Ten minutes later Adam bed had been raised to a sitting position as Sasami burst in the room. She nearly jumped ten feet into Adams arms and holds on to him tightly unable to hold her emotions in any longer. Tears flowed freely from her eyes and Adam just held on to the little princess. "Oh Adam I was so scared, I couldn't heal you.I thought.I thought.." She tried to say through her tears. Adam gently stroked her head, "It is ok Sasami, I am here, though I feel like someone dropped a ten ton rock on my head but I am fine." Sasami just held and let her worries flow out through her tears.

Ryoko was the next to come in. She looked and saw Adam holding Sasami who simply refused to let Adam go. She floated over and landed next to him and bent down and placed her hand on his left shoulder as her eyes got watery, "Adam it is so good to see you, I." Ryoko then leaned in and rested her head on his shoulder as tears started to roll down her cheeks. "My friend it is good to see you as well Ryoko." Adam replied as he grabbed her hand and held it. Ryo-oh-ki in cabbit form seemed to leap out of no where and place herself on Adam's other shoulder and grabbed onto his neck. Washu briefly turned away and wiped a tear from her eye.

A few hours later Funaho came in and found covered by a blanket Sasami holding Ryo-oh-ki while leaning up against a sleeping Adam. Ryoko had to reluctantly attend to some of her duties, but was determined to come right back when they were over. She came over and touched Adams head gently and smiled. Then she joined Washu who was looking a big screen of data. "Hello Funaho, if you're wondering this data is from the scans I took of Adam." Washu says without even looking toward the Queen of Jurai. "Have you found anything?" The Queen asks. "Nothing, there is energy there that should not be there, it may explain his abnormal healing, but what is the energy and what other effects it may have on him is unclear." Washu says as she strokes her chin out of sheer frustration. Funaho looks over at the sleeping trio, she them focuses on Adam. She thinks about all this poor man has been through and will he ever have time to just rest and live.

A few days later Tenchi, Aeka, and Kiyone return to the Alamo. They had received the good news earlier and were looking forward to seeing Adam. They enter and find Sasami feeding Adam some soup. Tenchi walked over closely followed by Aeka, Kiyone had decided to let them visit as she went to her quarters and sat, and she thought she could actually hear Mihoshi's voice. Tenchi places his hand on Adam's shoulder, "Adam I am pleased to see you doing well, recover quickly my friend there is a lot to do, I have to go, but I will see you later." Adam nods his head as Tenchi leaves with a little less worry on his mind. Aeka sits down beside Adam and says, "Yes Adam I am overjoyed to see you on the road to recovery, I was concerned for you." Adam smiles and tries to reply, but Sasami shoves a spoon full of soup in his mouth and with a stern look to Adam and says, "Eat now talk later soldier!" Adam sighs and salutes, Sasami winks at her sister as Aeka lets out a giggle.

At about midnight Earth time Washu kicks everyone out of the lab and orders Adam to get some rest. A few minutes later Kiyone walks in. In a timid voice she asks, "Washu can I go see him please?" Washu nods. Kiyone goes over as Adam opens his eyes and smiles at her. "Hello Adam I just wanted to see how you were doing, I can leave if you like." Adam replies. "No please take a seat, having another beautiful female at my bedside is not going to harm me a bit." She smiles for the first time in days then her face turns somber again. "Adam I just wanted to tell you that..that I am sorry about Mihoshi." Adam was confused. "Sorry? Kiyone I am the one that should be saying that to you, she was your partner." Kiyone looked down. "Some partner I turned out to be, I let her die Adam, I should have been there, distracted that monster, something."

Adam could remember thinking similar things when friends fell in combat and he was not near by, the thought of could he have done something if he was there with them would always eat away at him. Most of the time he most likely would have been killed, but there was those few times that would haunt him. "Kiyone.." Then she looked up with pleading eyes, "Please do not hate me.I...I." She broke down then and there and wept and wept in a heap beside him he gently stroked her head as Washu came over with something to help her calm down. Washu helped her into another bed right near Adam covered her with a blanket and sat by her side. Adam lay back briefly and closed his eyes, suddenly Mihoshi face appeared and a tear ran down his cheek. He had briefly wept when Washu had told him the news. He had only known her briefly, but she could stir emotions in him that he thought he had long deadened, but now she was dead, before he fell asleep he asked God will there be no end to the death and carnage he would see, deep inside he already knew the answer.

During the night Adam woke up to Kiyone screaming in her sleep. He went over to her despite still being weak and his legs still being a little wobbly. She woke up and looked around wildly; she had been dream of the being that killed her partner. She sobbed and asked Mihoshi to forgive her for being a poor partner and lousy friend. Adam tried to comfort her with consoling words, but she would have none of them. She told Adam that she had hated being her partner and usually took her frustration out on Mihoshi. Mihoshi was a good cop, but fro every good thing she did she messed up twice. Kiyone was so happy when they were separated for a time, she actually danced. Then the assignment on Earth and she thought it would start all over again.

"Bubblehead I used to call her, and she could be a pain sometimes, but that was no excuse for the way I acted" Kiyone said as she kept her head down. Right when the medics said she was gone she started to remember how kind Mihoshi was, never responding to Kiyone's fits of rage, always with an encouraging word and could make Kiyone laugh sometimes when she needed to most. She grabbed onto Adam who had remained silent, he really do not know what to say. Kiyone wept again and again till she fell asleep, Adam gently lays her on her pillow and tucked her in. He turns to head for his bed when he takes a dizzy spell and falls to the floor. He is sitting up when Washu in Adult comes in and helps him to bed. "Adam you know better than that, you may have healed up quickly, but you are still weak." Washu said. Adam did not hear her because once his head hit the pillow he went to sleep. Washu smiled bend down and kissed his forehead, "Sleep well Adam, I will find out about this strange energy and I promise it will not harm you."

A week later Adam returns to his quarters and slowly gets back into his normal training routine, much to everyone's surprise, was he not on death's door a few weeks ago? Scarlet and Carol are watching over him as he practices on the firing range with a variety of weapons. Carol has a strange feeling that he is more accurate then usually, she thought she was just imagining it, how could she think that about a master marksman A-1A class, the highest possible in the E.D.F.? Scarlet has the same feeling when he uses his light sword; he was at the top of his game, his movements were gracefully and quick, but instead of having a stern look of concentration, he looks as if he is not even trying.

Ryoko knocks on Adams door that evening. He tells her to come in, she finds him on the floor with his legs propped up on his bed doing crunches, she notices that he must have been in the gym because he seemed to be more cut then usual and was she seeing things when she thought he added twenty or more pounds of muscle. "'Gee Adam you look biff." She says. "Adam laughs, "Its buff Ryoko, I had not noticed, I have noticed the past few days that I seem to have a ton of energy." His Stomach growls and he blushes. "Gee and the way I have been eating the past few days I would be getting fat." Suddenly her stomach growls so loud it makes Adam's sound like a whimper. He grins as she blushes. "Well Corporal let's get to the mess hall before we shake the place apart."

After the mess hall Ryoko goes to Wash's lab to chat with her mother. Adam just wonders around the base, he is still on light duty and is feeling bored. Sasami finds him sitting in an observation area just watching the stars. She sits down beside him and can feel something different about him. "So Princess what are you up too?" He asks. "Oh nothing, just got done with some assignments, we have also been learning some martial arts move in defense class, to pass it we have to show how well we can handle certain weapons, and small tournament, that is tomorrow, you coming?" She asked. "I would not miss you kicking butt for the world Salami. Have you been practicing those couple of moves I have shown you?" He says as he looks down at her.

She stands up and performs a punch, low kick, punch, midsection kick, and a jumping round house with near perfection. "Wow Salami, that is impressive, are you sure you did not receive any training on Jurai?" He asked. "Nope, what can I say, I am talented. Could you teach me some more stuff, like with a light sword?" Salami said. "Ummm ok, after you get your parents permission, in fact I know a traditional sword master that is training some of EDF soldiers, she knows a variety of sword styles from Earth, and maybe if you could get Yosho to teach you some Jurai styles you could become quite the lethal weapon." He said as he playful cringed from her his hands up. She laughs. "That is a good idea, I think that greatest swordsman ever should be a woman, I think the title will suit me quite well." "Gee Sasami aren't we modest." Sasami slaps him across the shoulder.

Adam was escorting Sasami back to her quarters when his stomach growled again, that is when the princess grabs him by the arm and goes to the mess hall. She fixes him some grilled Cajun chicken strips in a salad makes them each a bowl. They continue to talk till on one of the monitors in the mess hall has the scores of the days sporting events in Earth territory. As he watches the scores intently Sasami looks at him. She cannot belief how close she has gotten to him and how much she love him as if he were her favorite brother. It is strange other then the way he can make her laugh or smile, that she seems to draw such courage from him. She had been a little nervous about tomorrow, but now after spending an hour with him she feels as if she could take on the entire base. She is also worried; the part of her that is Tsunami has been finding too many things familiar.

First there was this mysterious enemy, but she just could not place it. Then it was this strange energy that has become part of Adam somehow, she already knew it was changing him physically, almost enhancing him. She laughed at the thought, making a mighty fighting machine into an almost unstoppable one. Yes that could be it. Then Sasami felt a little sad, because she knew that he was putting on a strong face, but that Mihoshi death has hurting him, and the loneliness he had inside for someone special in his life. She knew that it would take him a long time to even think about opening up. Till them he would do what he always does, give. He gives of himself in battle and friendship, just a sergeant in the Earth military, yet so much more. She laughs as he licks the bottom of the salad bowl and gets salad dressing on his nose.

After he had returned the Princess to her quarters he felt restless again and went to the largest observation deck on the base, which was deserted. There he stood and looked out into deep space a feeling of rage came over him, he had never wanted revenge as bad as he did now. They took Sarah, Chip, Larry, sweet Mihoshi, and so many more. He talked to the enemy in a whisper out loud. "No more you bloody monsters, no more, If I have to fight you myself, even if you are but pawns of others and there are things out there more terrible than you, you will pay you all will pay!" His whisper turned into a roar as his clenched his fists by his side; he failed to notice a barely visible orange glow surrounding them. Yosho was in the command center when suddenly the whole base shook. "Ensign what was that, are the stabilizers not working again?" He asked "No sir, we got a weird energy reading for a split second then nothing, everything is fine, no serious damage" the Ensign replied. Washu's instruments also recorded the energy spike, She looked at the big screen and put her hand under her chin and tried to think.

-Next chapter: Times to remember.