"Nimue?" asked Holi, which was short for Oholibama. She was the medic
aboard the Asgard. "Nimue?"
Ram took Nimue by the shoulders and shook her. "Talk to us!" he cried.
"Stop it! That isn't going to make her say anything! For all we know, it could scare her even more!" Holi screamed, swatting Ram in the back of the head. He glared at her as he rubbed the newly forming bump. Holi took Nimue's hands in her own and whispered, "Come on, Nimue." Nimue groaned. Holi smiled. Grumpy looked relieved. Ram glared at Nimue for not obeying him.
"He killed her. He killed her. He killed her," Nimue mumbled, her chin resting on her chest.
"Who? Who killed who?" asked Holi gently. Nimue's head snapped up, but she said nothing.
"Who is he, and who is she?" asked Ram, not sounding gentle or nice at all. Nimue's mouth opened and closed like she was talking, but no sound came out. Then, quite suddenly, Nimue started to scream.
It took them a while to get Nimue calmed down, and when they did, she still wouldn't tell them what had frightened her into unconsciousness. All she did was sit on the table and murmur, "He killed her. He killed her. He killed her. He killed her. He killed her..."
Finally Grumpy said, "Okay, we know he killed her. The questions now are: with what, and in what room? I say with the lead pipe in the Study." Everyone else looked at him. "What?"
"This is no time for jokes," Ram growled. He looked at Holi. "Notify me if she says anything other than 'he killed her'." He walked out of the med bay. Holi nodded at the door.
"I have a plan," Grumpy said suddenly.
"What is it?" asked Holi, turning to face the operator. He shrugged.
"It may not work..."
"Right now, I don't care. Tell me what it is!"
"Okay, now you're beginning to sound like Ram."
"Sorry."
"It's fine. Okay, my plan is to tell Nimue that if she doesn't start talking about what happened, she's gonna have to kiss either Ram or me."
Holi started laughing. She couldn't help it. "That's so crazy, it might just work!"
"I know. Let's try it!" Grumpy sat on the table next to Nimue. "Hi, Nimue! It's me, Grumpy." He looked at Holi for what he should say next.
"Now, I'm gonna let you in on a little secret," Holi mouthed.
"Now, I'm gonna let you in on a little secret," Grumpy said, imitating Holi word for word.
"Over the past, - How many years has she been free? - I have fallen madly in love with you."
"Since the moment I first saw you, I have fallen madly in love with you."
Holi started laughing silently at the look on Nimue's face. Grumpy couldn't see it. It was so funny. It was like a mixture of the look on someone's face when they step in dog poop with bare feet and the look on someone's face when they break their arm. Very disgusted and very pained, that was the look on Nimue's face. Grumpy looked at Holi. She composed herself quickly. "Now, my love, I want you to do one thing."
"Now, my love, I want you to do one little thing." Grumpy looked back up at Holi for guidance.
"Kiss me," Holi mouthed.
A queer look came over Grumpy's face. What if she did kiss him? Holi knew what Grumpy was thinking. "She won't," she mouthed. Grumpy nodded.
"Kiss me," he said, stuttering. Nimue shuddered in disgust. Grumpy shuddered in relief. Holi shuddered with suppressed laughter.
"Oh, okay, then. If you don't want to kiss me, you can just tell me what happened to you."
"No," Nimue muttered.
"Well, then, I'll just have to kiss you, darling." Grumpy puckered up.
"I was having a dream where an Agent was chasing me and I was trying to hide. I ran into an old warehouse. It was raining. I was sitting on the floor when the Agent found me. Then he shot me. And that's where I always wake up, only this time I was trying to get some sleep, and I saw the Agent shoot a young girl. She died. And I was watching the whole thing." Nimue started to sob.
"Are you sure she died?" Grumpy asked. Nimue, suddenly remembering he was there, scooted away. "That was all an act to get you to talk," he explained.
Nimue looked at Holi. "Was it, Holi?"
"Oh, no! He was telling me last night that he loved you!"
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Nimue screamed.
"Yes, it was an act," Holi said.
"Yes, I'm sure she died," Nimue said, answering Grumpy's question.
"How do you know?" Grumpy asked.
"He shot her in the head. She fell to the ground. There was a bullet hole right between her eyes. She was lying facedown on the floor. Her hair was beginning to become red. It was naturally blond. Trust me. She was dead."
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Ram took Nimue by the shoulders and shook her. "Talk to us!" he cried.
"Stop it! That isn't going to make her say anything! For all we know, it could scare her even more!" Holi screamed, swatting Ram in the back of the head. He glared at her as he rubbed the newly forming bump. Holi took Nimue's hands in her own and whispered, "Come on, Nimue." Nimue groaned. Holi smiled. Grumpy looked relieved. Ram glared at Nimue for not obeying him.
"He killed her. He killed her. He killed her," Nimue mumbled, her chin resting on her chest.
"Who? Who killed who?" asked Holi gently. Nimue's head snapped up, but she said nothing.
"Who is he, and who is she?" asked Ram, not sounding gentle or nice at all. Nimue's mouth opened and closed like she was talking, but no sound came out. Then, quite suddenly, Nimue started to scream.
It took them a while to get Nimue calmed down, and when they did, she still wouldn't tell them what had frightened her into unconsciousness. All she did was sit on the table and murmur, "He killed her. He killed her. He killed her. He killed her. He killed her..."
Finally Grumpy said, "Okay, we know he killed her. The questions now are: with what, and in what room? I say with the lead pipe in the Study." Everyone else looked at him. "What?"
"This is no time for jokes," Ram growled. He looked at Holi. "Notify me if she says anything other than 'he killed her'." He walked out of the med bay. Holi nodded at the door.
"I have a plan," Grumpy said suddenly.
"What is it?" asked Holi, turning to face the operator. He shrugged.
"It may not work..."
"Right now, I don't care. Tell me what it is!"
"Okay, now you're beginning to sound like Ram."
"Sorry."
"It's fine. Okay, my plan is to tell Nimue that if she doesn't start talking about what happened, she's gonna have to kiss either Ram or me."
Holi started laughing. She couldn't help it. "That's so crazy, it might just work!"
"I know. Let's try it!" Grumpy sat on the table next to Nimue. "Hi, Nimue! It's me, Grumpy." He looked at Holi for what he should say next.
"Now, I'm gonna let you in on a little secret," Holi mouthed.
"Now, I'm gonna let you in on a little secret," Grumpy said, imitating Holi word for word.
"Over the past, - How many years has she been free? - I have fallen madly in love with you."
"Since the moment I first saw you, I have fallen madly in love with you."
Holi started laughing silently at the look on Nimue's face. Grumpy couldn't see it. It was so funny. It was like a mixture of the look on someone's face when they step in dog poop with bare feet and the look on someone's face when they break their arm. Very disgusted and very pained, that was the look on Nimue's face. Grumpy looked at Holi. She composed herself quickly. "Now, my love, I want you to do one thing."
"Now, my love, I want you to do one little thing." Grumpy looked back up at Holi for guidance.
"Kiss me," Holi mouthed.
A queer look came over Grumpy's face. What if she did kiss him? Holi knew what Grumpy was thinking. "She won't," she mouthed. Grumpy nodded.
"Kiss me," he said, stuttering. Nimue shuddered in disgust. Grumpy shuddered in relief. Holi shuddered with suppressed laughter.
"Oh, okay, then. If you don't want to kiss me, you can just tell me what happened to you."
"No," Nimue muttered.
"Well, then, I'll just have to kiss you, darling." Grumpy puckered up.
"I was having a dream where an Agent was chasing me and I was trying to hide. I ran into an old warehouse. It was raining. I was sitting on the floor when the Agent found me. Then he shot me. And that's where I always wake up, only this time I was trying to get some sleep, and I saw the Agent shoot a young girl. She died. And I was watching the whole thing." Nimue started to sob.
"Are you sure she died?" Grumpy asked. Nimue, suddenly remembering he was there, scooted away. "That was all an act to get you to talk," he explained.
Nimue looked at Holi. "Was it, Holi?"
"Oh, no! He was telling me last night that he loved you!"
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Nimue screamed.
"Yes, it was an act," Holi said.
"Yes, I'm sure she died," Nimue said, answering Grumpy's question.
"How do you know?" Grumpy asked.
"He shot her in the head. She fell to the ground. There was a bullet hole right between her eyes. She was lying facedown on the floor. Her hair was beginning to become red. It was naturally blond. Trust me. She was dead."
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