Chapter 17
"Mimic?"
"Why isn't she waking up?"
"MIMIC?"
"She's not dead is she?"
"No, of course not. Mimic, wake up!"
"Go get some water, Toad!"
"Yes, snufflekins."
"Rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrnnnnnnnnnnnnn!!"
"Lilian, we can't understand you, remember?"
"Why isn't she waking up?"
"Get some water!"
"I'm coming, I'm coming!"
"Dammit, Todd! Hurry the fuck up!"
"I don't think she's breathing!"
"She's not breathing!"
"She's still got a pulse!"
"TODD!"
Mimic was found the next night trying to crawl out of the basement. Her body was sprawled on the dirt stairs, and she was very cold. She was in the livingroom now, her head in Wanda's lap. Jim was next to her splashing water on her face. Everyone else was surrounding her, other than Bobby who was on the floor in the corner starting off into space, emotionally dead.
"She's still not breathing!"
"FUCK! MIMIC, DON'T YOU DARE DIE!"
"Jim, her tongue! Don't let her swallow it!"
"She's not breathing!"
"Kitty, is there someone you know that can help!?"
"Yes, I'll be back. Lance, come on!"
"HURRY!"
The door closed, and Lance started his jeep. There was a screech as it swirved out of the driveway, and the engine roared as it came to life.
"Someone, get Bobby some water. Revive him now!"
"Bobby, come on, buddy. Wake up. Todd, water!"
"Bobby, come on..."
"MIMIC!"
"NO PULSE!"
"MIMIC!"
"CPR! SOMEONE HURRY!"
"MIMIC!"
"No!!!" Bobby shrieked. "SNIDVA!!! MIMIC, DON'T DIE!!! SNIDVA!"
"SNIDVA! SHE'S GOING UNDER! THERE'S TOO MUCH TRANQUILIZER! GET ILLKUNE IN HERE NOW!"
"GET ILLKUNE!"
"SNIDVA!"
"GET SOMETHING TO DILUTE IT! GET THE ORANGE VILE! ORANGE! HURRY! GET THE NEEDLE INTO HER ARM!"
"DAMMIT! WE'RE LOSING HER! FLATLINE!"
"NO! CPR! DO SOMETHING! WE CAN'T LOSE HER!"
"HURRY!"
"IT'S IN! IT'S PUMPING! SHE'S STILL FLATLINING!"
"ILLKUNE! HELP HER!"
"Aaaaccckk..."
"ILLKUNE!"
"RRrrrrrrr...."
Silence...
click click
Silence...
squeal
Silence...
growl click
Silence...
click cough click
"We have a pulse!"
"She's breathing!"
click click cough
"Illkune, thank god..."
click
click squeal
"She's breathing...oh god."
"DAMN YOU, ANGUS! YOU GAVE HER TOO MUCH! YOU'RE FIRED! GET OUT OF HERE!"
"I GAVE HER THE SPECIFIED AMOUNT! I DIDN'T OVERDOSE IT!"
"He's telling the truth, Morgan. I don't think it was the tranquilizer that did it. He didn't overdose it."
"Then what?"
"Sickness?"
"Sickness?"
"Illkune's been with us doing biological weapon research for seven months. We came back yesterday morning, and let them mingle for a while. She misses him."
"What do you mean?"
"She's going through withdrawal again. It happened right before the Caas Accident remember?"
"Oh, that was what that was?"
"It's like homesickness. She misses Illkune."
"SNIDVA!!!"
"SHE'S STILL NOT BREATHING!"
"PULSE!"
"SHE HAS A PULSE! WAY TO GO, LIZ!"
"She's not breathing..."
The door burst open and more people entered the room. Ororo rushed forward and checked for a pulse. Xavier came forward and put his hands on the side of her head.
"It's a memory..." he said after a few minutes. "She's reliving a memory. I must have pulled it out this morning..."
"What?"
"Who's Illkune?"
"We don't know!"
"Who's Snidva?"
"WE DON'T KNOW!"
There was silence for a while, then she slowly started breathing again, but she didn't wake up. Xavier rubbed his head.
"There are many painful memories here. She's very vulnerable to mental attacks. I guess the one this morning removed the barrier from this memory. She's...in a trance or something."
"This morning?"
"Like, yeah. She came to the mansion this morning."
"Who fucking cares!? How do we wake her up?"
"I don't think we can..." Charles said slowly. "She's in a coma. We have to find Illkune. Whoever that is, he is the only one that can bring her out of this."
Bobby jumped on the ceiling and touched her hand with his tail.
"Snidva...is her real name...," Bobby whispered, sliding onto the couch. He carefully took her hand. "Illkune is her twin. He's the other Mimic."
"Mimic?"
"Why isn't she waking up?"
"MIMIC?"
"She's not dead is she?"
"No, of course not. Mimic, wake up!"
"Go get some water, Toad!"
"Yes, snufflekins."
"Rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrnnnnnnnnnnnnn!!"
"Lilian, we can't understand you, remember?"
"Why isn't she waking up?"
"Get some water!"
"I'm coming, I'm coming!"
"Dammit, Todd! Hurry the fuck up!"
"I don't think she's breathing!"
"She's not breathing!"
"She's still got a pulse!"
"TODD!"
Mimic was found the next night trying to crawl out of the basement. Her body was sprawled on the dirt stairs, and she was very cold. She was in the livingroom now, her head in Wanda's lap. Jim was next to her splashing water on her face. Everyone else was surrounding her, other than Bobby who was on the floor in the corner starting off into space, emotionally dead.
"She's still not breathing!"
"FUCK! MIMIC, DON'T YOU DARE DIE!"
"Jim, her tongue! Don't let her swallow it!"
"She's not breathing!"
"Kitty, is there someone you know that can help!?"
"Yes, I'll be back. Lance, come on!"
"HURRY!"
The door closed, and Lance started his jeep. There was a screech as it swirved out of the driveway, and the engine roared as it came to life.
"Someone, get Bobby some water. Revive him now!"
"Bobby, come on, buddy. Wake up. Todd, water!"
"Bobby, come on..."
"MIMIC!"
"NO PULSE!"
"MIMIC!"
"CPR! SOMEONE HURRY!"
"MIMIC!"
"No!!!" Bobby shrieked. "SNIDVA!!! MIMIC, DON'T DIE!!! SNIDVA!"
"SNIDVA! SHE'S GOING UNDER! THERE'S TOO MUCH TRANQUILIZER! GET ILLKUNE IN HERE NOW!"
"GET ILLKUNE!"
"SNIDVA!"
"GET SOMETHING TO DILUTE IT! GET THE ORANGE VILE! ORANGE! HURRY! GET THE NEEDLE INTO HER ARM!"
"DAMMIT! WE'RE LOSING HER! FLATLINE!"
"NO! CPR! DO SOMETHING! WE CAN'T LOSE HER!"
"HURRY!"
"IT'S IN! IT'S PUMPING! SHE'S STILL FLATLINING!"
"ILLKUNE! HELP HER!"
"Aaaaccckk..."
"ILLKUNE!"
"RRrrrrrrr...."
Silence...
click click
Silence...
squeal
Silence...
growl click
Silence...
click cough click
"We have a pulse!"
"She's breathing!"
click click cough
"Illkune, thank god..."
click
click squeal
"She's breathing...oh god."
"DAMN YOU, ANGUS! YOU GAVE HER TOO MUCH! YOU'RE FIRED! GET OUT OF HERE!"
"I GAVE HER THE SPECIFIED AMOUNT! I DIDN'T OVERDOSE IT!"
"He's telling the truth, Morgan. I don't think it was the tranquilizer that did it. He didn't overdose it."
"Then what?"
"Sickness?"
"Sickness?"
"Illkune's been with us doing biological weapon research for seven months. We came back yesterday morning, and let them mingle for a while. She misses him."
"What do you mean?"
"She's going through withdrawal again. It happened right before the Caas Accident remember?"
"Oh, that was what that was?"
"It's like homesickness. She misses Illkune."
"SNIDVA!!!"
"SHE'S STILL NOT BREATHING!"
"PULSE!"
"SHE HAS A PULSE! WAY TO GO, LIZ!"
"She's not breathing..."
The door burst open and more people entered the room. Ororo rushed forward and checked for a pulse. Xavier came forward and put his hands on the side of her head.
"It's a memory..." he said after a few minutes. "She's reliving a memory. I must have pulled it out this morning..."
"What?"
"Who's Illkune?"
"We don't know!"
"Who's Snidva?"
"WE DON'T KNOW!"
There was silence for a while, then she slowly started breathing again, but she didn't wake up. Xavier rubbed his head.
"There are many painful memories here. She's very vulnerable to mental attacks. I guess the one this morning removed the barrier from this memory. She's...in a trance or something."
"This morning?"
"Like, yeah. She came to the mansion this morning."
"Who fucking cares!? How do we wake her up?"
"I don't think we can..." Charles said slowly. "She's in a coma. We have to find Illkune. Whoever that is, he is the only one that can bring her out of this."
Bobby jumped on the ceiling and touched her hand with his tail.
"Snidva...is her real name...," Bobby whispered, sliding onto the couch. He carefully took her hand. "Illkune is her twin. He's the other Mimic."