Standard disclaimer: if you must read it refer to chapter one. I don't know
any authers that have disclaimers infront of every chapter. Of course I
don't know any book published authors but that is besides the point.
Chapter 2: Once upon a dream.
Heero reholstered his gun and moved to pick up Serena's prone form. Trowa was helping Wufei with the gunner, whilst Quatre gathered some of the girl's things that never made it into her gym bag. The whole party, with Relena in tow, headed to the Preventors headquarters in Quatre's van. Upon arrival, Serena was rushed to the med labs and the gunner was locked up for questioning.
In Serena's dream, she walked on water, out to meet Pluto.
"Here's the file. I apologize that I didn't give it to you earlier, but that young purple haired man was bopping around the Time Stream again in his blasted machine. Doesn't he realize that for every dimension, there are thousands of realities that are created by different choices that people make everyday and I have to monitor all of them?" she mumbled rubbing her forehead between her index and thumb.
"Puu,." Serena said gently as she rested her hand on Pluto's forearm, " If you want, I can give you a holiday for a week."
"No. It's okay. You have enough on your plate with being a plaything for The Three. (that would be Fate, Destiny and Chance by the way)
"Keep the offer in mind, it will always be open."
"Thanks Hime."
"So since I'm gonna wake up sooner than later."
"I'll get on with telling you what you want to know. Saturn is fine and will follow you soon. There were a few rogue boomers to take care of after you left. The girls are fine. They are handling immortality, and as much as a normal life as that entails, quite well. They are living their dreams several times over in fact. As to you personal effects and pertinent assets, it is all in the file. To recap the important information, though, the keys and address to your loft are in the file. Your bike is parked with your Volvo convertible in the warehouse below. Your hardsuit is stored in a modified walking closet. The room is equipped and stocked as a secondary mission prep room, the original being at the loft. Your closet prep room comes with an automatic door to the outside."
~But my room is on the top floor!~
" It is located behind your book case. This is the part that I am really quite proud of. On the shelf are figurines of all the scouts. You open the room by pulling the pigtails on Sailor Moon."
Serena humph
"There is more but it is all explained in the file."
"Thanks Pluto, but two things." Asks Serena as she peruses the file and stops at this one sheet. " Don't you think that Serenity Usagi Serene Moon Bunny Cosmos Tsukino the 3rd is a little much? And don't call me Hime."
"Of course not. Hime." Setsuna replied grinning. Serena smiled and returned to the mists.
"mmmm. some'un turn of de sunnn..." she moaned, covering her eyes with her hand. Cracking a lid Serena noticed that there were tubes coming from her hand. (blink, blink) Levering herself up, she noticed that she was wired to several machines while gritting her teeth.
~That would be my arm. ~
After checking what remained of the entrance and exit wounds and was satisfied that they were adequately healed, she pulled the wires and tubes from her body
~Damn healing will close gun holes and stop internal bleed and reconstruct organs but can't reattach ligaments. Ah give it another sleep. ~
Swinging her legs over the side of the bed and standing up she noticed a draft. ~Stupid ugly hospital gowns.~ she grumbled. Stripping off the horrid gown, she pulled a pair of loose silk black pants and a white silk mandarin collared tank from her subspace pocket. Shrugging into them, she reached into her pocket again and pulled out a pair of thin-soled black flats. Standing by the window, she ran a hand through her hair waiting for someone to burst through the door any minute to revive her from a flat-line.
Sally was reclined in her chair, pleasantly dozing when Quatre started patting her cheeks. "Miss Sally. Miss Sally?.."
"Huh? .., oh. I'm up.I'm. what's that beeping?" She demanded as she swiveled her head around the room. Spotting the heart monitor for the new patient, she exploded out of her chair and flew down the hall, nearly bowling Wufei over in the process, who could be heard muttering about thoughtless onnas.
Various heads where popping out of the offices to the vehement rant of "shitshitshitshitshit." that could be heard from the usually calm Sally. Upon entrance to the room, she made a bee-line to the electric paddles in hopes of reviving her patient.
"Um, Doctor? Those really aren't necessary."
Sally looked towards the gentle voice and saw her patient. "What are you doing out of bed?" she asked angrily and did a retake "And why aren't you dead?"
"Sorry, I'm not hooked up to the monitors so it reads as a flat-line and figured I could get someone down here faster that way so I could get out of here. I'm not fond of being a patient in a hospital although it seems to be a regular occurrence." She grumbled. " By the way," smiling, she held out her hand, " I'm Serena Tsukino."
Quatre and wufei were left in the whirlwind that was Sally. "What was that about?" "Something to do with the girl that we brought in." "What's up with the girl?" "Oh, hi guys, one of the boxes was beeping a long solid beep and running a flat-line." "Flat .line." Duo's eyes widened, "Quatre, that means her heart stopped." "It does? Ahhh! Where's her room?" And he dashed down the hall with the boys on his heels."
"Oh your Serena, I got a file from Setsuna on you. I guess I'll have to destroy those blood samples that I took. Well anyways, I have some bad news and some good news for you. I've had some of your blood prepped to be sent out but that is just to help build a file on you. The good news," Sally said as she towards her office. "is you have a clean bill of health and I'm signing you out. The bad news is that you wont be able to bear children, ever."
"What!?" , this coming from five startled pilots who had been running towards Serena's room. Sally looked to Serena, who merely shrugged and kept walking.
"The bullet ripped into her uterus and out the other side, leaving the uterus unsuitable to carry a child."
Serena frowned. "Well that bites, but life goes on." "Doesn't it bother you?" asked Duo "No, not right now. I mean, I'm only seventeen and I wasn't thinking about having kids any time soon. Besides the blonde seems to be bothered enough for all of us." She said quietly, jerking her thumb towards Quatre. Quatre was sobbing on Trowa's shoulder, leaving a little trail of wet shirt apparent. Serena sighed and fished through her pockets. She pulled out a hanky and handed it to Quatre.
"Hey don't cry." She said as she gazed into his eyes ~ I see the desert and sandrocks in his eyes. A gentle sadness, desert prince.~ She blinked and looked at him again. "You need a hug." And began to pull him into a hug.
Heero rushed forward and her away from Quatre, unfortunately on her hurt shoulder and pulled his gun. "Who are you and who do you work for?" he demanded in the deadly monotone that sent a shiver along Serena's spine. He clicked the safety off and Trowa and Wufei reached for their guns as well. Serena grunted from the sharp pain in her shoulder and looked at the boys with a slightly pained smile.
"My name is Serenity Tsukino. Friends call me Sere. I don't work for anyone, actually I didn't think that we were allowed to have a job because of school." Looking around Heero, "Sally are they always like this?"
"Yup, call it a character flaw if you must."
"Heh, okay. So what are your names?" she asked turning back to the guys.
"Quatre Rebarbra Winner, it's a pleasure."
"Duo Maxwell, I may run and hide but I never tell a lie."
"Wufei Chang", he spat out
"."
"Hn"
Chapter 2: Once upon a dream.
Heero reholstered his gun and moved to pick up Serena's prone form. Trowa was helping Wufei with the gunner, whilst Quatre gathered some of the girl's things that never made it into her gym bag. The whole party, with Relena in tow, headed to the Preventors headquarters in Quatre's van. Upon arrival, Serena was rushed to the med labs and the gunner was locked up for questioning.
In Serena's dream, she walked on water, out to meet Pluto.
"Here's the file. I apologize that I didn't give it to you earlier, but that young purple haired man was bopping around the Time Stream again in his blasted machine. Doesn't he realize that for every dimension, there are thousands of realities that are created by different choices that people make everyday and I have to monitor all of them?" she mumbled rubbing her forehead between her index and thumb.
"Puu,." Serena said gently as she rested her hand on Pluto's forearm, " If you want, I can give you a holiday for a week."
"No. It's okay. You have enough on your plate with being a plaything for The Three. (that would be Fate, Destiny and Chance by the way)
"Keep the offer in mind, it will always be open."
"Thanks Hime."
"So since I'm gonna wake up sooner than later."
"I'll get on with telling you what you want to know. Saturn is fine and will follow you soon. There were a few rogue boomers to take care of after you left. The girls are fine. They are handling immortality, and as much as a normal life as that entails, quite well. They are living their dreams several times over in fact. As to you personal effects and pertinent assets, it is all in the file. To recap the important information, though, the keys and address to your loft are in the file. Your bike is parked with your Volvo convertible in the warehouse below. Your hardsuit is stored in a modified walking closet. The room is equipped and stocked as a secondary mission prep room, the original being at the loft. Your closet prep room comes with an automatic door to the outside."
~But my room is on the top floor!~
" It is located behind your book case. This is the part that I am really quite proud of. On the shelf are figurines of all the scouts. You open the room by pulling the pigtails on Sailor Moon."
Serena humph
"There is more but it is all explained in the file."
"Thanks Pluto, but two things." Asks Serena as she peruses the file and stops at this one sheet. " Don't you think that Serenity Usagi Serene Moon Bunny Cosmos Tsukino the 3rd is a little much? And don't call me Hime."
"Of course not. Hime." Setsuna replied grinning. Serena smiled and returned to the mists.
"mmmm. some'un turn of de sunnn..." she moaned, covering her eyes with her hand. Cracking a lid Serena noticed that there were tubes coming from her hand. (blink, blink) Levering herself up, she noticed that she was wired to several machines while gritting her teeth.
~That would be my arm. ~
After checking what remained of the entrance and exit wounds and was satisfied that they were adequately healed, she pulled the wires and tubes from her body
~Damn healing will close gun holes and stop internal bleed and reconstruct organs but can't reattach ligaments. Ah give it another sleep. ~
Swinging her legs over the side of the bed and standing up she noticed a draft. ~Stupid ugly hospital gowns.~ she grumbled. Stripping off the horrid gown, she pulled a pair of loose silk black pants and a white silk mandarin collared tank from her subspace pocket. Shrugging into them, she reached into her pocket again and pulled out a pair of thin-soled black flats. Standing by the window, she ran a hand through her hair waiting for someone to burst through the door any minute to revive her from a flat-line.
Sally was reclined in her chair, pleasantly dozing when Quatre started patting her cheeks. "Miss Sally. Miss Sally?.."
"Huh? .., oh. I'm up.I'm. what's that beeping?" She demanded as she swiveled her head around the room. Spotting the heart monitor for the new patient, she exploded out of her chair and flew down the hall, nearly bowling Wufei over in the process, who could be heard muttering about thoughtless onnas.
Various heads where popping out of the offices to the vehement rant of "shitshitshitshitshit." that could be heard from the usually calm Sally. Upon entrance to the room, she made a bee-line to the electric paddles in hopes of reviving her patient.
"Um, Doctor? Those really aren't necessary."
Sally looked towards the gentle voice and saw her patient. "What are you doing out of bed?" she asked angrily and did a retake "And why aren't you dead?"
"Sorry, I'm not hooked up to the monitors so it reads as a flat-line and figured I could get someone down here faster that way so I could get out of here. I'm not fond of being a patient in a hospital although it seems to be a regular occurrence." She grumbled. " By the way," smiling, she held out her hand, " I'm Serena Tsukino."
Quatre and wufei were left in the whirlwind that was Sally. "What was that about?" "Something to do with the girl that we brought in." "What's up with the girl?" "Oh, hi guys, one of the boxes was beeping a long solid beep and running a flat-line." "Flat .line." Duo's eyes widened, "Quatre, that means her heart stopped." "It does? Ahhh! Where's her room?" And he dashed down the hall with the boys on his heels."
"Oh your Serena, I got a file from Setsuna on you. I guess I'll have to destroy those blood samples that I took. Well anyways, I have some bad news and some good news for you. I've had some of your blood prepped to be sent out but that is just to help build a file on you. The good news," Sally said as she towards her office. "is you have a clean bill of health and I'm signing you out. The bad news is that you wont be able to bear children, ever."
"What!?" , this coming from five startled pilots who had been running towards Serena's room. Sally looked to Serena, who merely shrugged and kept walking.
"The bullet ripped into her uterus and out the other side, leaving the uterus unsuitable to carry a child."
Serena frowned. "Well that bites, but life goes on." "Doesn't it bother you?" asked Duo "No, not right now. I mean, I'm only seventeen and I wasn't thinking about having kids any time soon. Besides the blonde seems to be bothered enough for all of us." She said quietly, jerking her thumb towards Quatre. Quatre was sobbing on Trowa's shoulder, leaving a little trail of wet shirt apparent. Serena sighed and fished through her pockets. She pulled out a hanky and handed it to Quatre.
"Hey don't cry." She said as she gazed into his eyes ~ I see the desert and sandrocks in his eyes. A gentle sadness, desert prince.~ She blinked and looked at him again. "You need a hug." And began to pull him into a hug.
Heero rushed forward and her away from Quatre, unfortunately on her hurt shoulder and pulled his gun. "Who are you and who do you work for?" he demanded in the deadly monotone that sent a shiver along Serena's spine. He clicked the safety off and Trowa and Wufei reached for their guns as well. Serena grunted from the sharp pain in her shoulder and looked at the boys with a slightly pained smile.
"My name is Serenity Tsukino. Friends call me Sere. I don't work for anyone, actually I didn't think that we were allowed to have a job because of school." Looking around Heero, "Sally are they always like this?"
"Yup, call it a character flaw if you must."
"Heh, okay. So what are your names?" she asked turning back to the guys.
"Quatre Rebarbra Winner, it's a pleasure."
"Duo Maxwell, I may run and hide but I never tell a lie."
"Wufei Chang", he spat out
"."
"Hn"